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* ''1... 2... 3... KICK IT! Drop That Beat Like An Ugly Baby'' is ''VideoGame/AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAAARecklessDisregardForGravity'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}''
* ''VideoGame/OneThousandAndOneSpikes'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''VideoGame/MeatBoy'' and ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy''.
* ''VideoGame/ThreeDDotGameHeroes'' can be described as ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets Toys/{{LEGO}} meets ''VideoGame/GinormoSword''.
* The ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series could be described as "a {{Shounen}} series written by John Grisham".
** ''Music/{{Brentalfloss}}'' [[http://youtu.be/hSyYps8xJfs says]] it's a comedy of errors with the violence of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''.
* ''VideoGame/AcesWildManicBrawlingAction'' is ''Scott Pilgrim'' ([[{{Comic/ScottPilgrim}} In terms]] [[{{Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld}} of any]] [[{{VideoGame/ScottPilgrim}} version]]), with the [[HighAltitudeBattle High Altitude Battles]] of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', and a scoring system similar to ''VideoGame/GodHand''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Achron}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Braid}}''
* ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'' is ''VideoGame/{{Valis}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SimCity'' meets Christianity.
* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G. II]]'' is ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' meets ''VideoGame/RumbleRoses''.
* ''VideoGame/AfterBurner'' is ''Film/TopGun'' meets ''Franchise/{{Macross}}''.
* ''VideoGame/AfterfallInsanity'' is ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' meets ''Film/MadMax''.
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' is ''VideoGame/WarCraft'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}''.
** ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology'' is ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' Meets ''VideoGame/BlackAndWhite''.
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders'' is ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}''.
** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders'' is ''MasterOfMagic'' meets ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic''.
* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''.
* ''[[VideoGame/AkibasTrip Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed]]'' is ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai'' meets ''[[VideoGame/RyuGaGotoku Yakuza]]'' meets ''Anime/KillLaKill''.
* ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'' is ''Film/{{Alien}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}''.
* ''VideoGame/AlienStorm'' is ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe''.
* ''Franchise/AliensVsPredator'' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halo}} ODST''.
* ''Amazing Island''. Some critic described on the back of the games case that it was like ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''MarioParty''.
* ''VideoGame/AmongTheSleep'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' meets ''VideoGame/PapoAndYo''.
* ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'' = ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': ''VideoGame/MarioParty Edition'' featuring ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.
* ''Angry Birds Space'' is ''Angry Birds'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
** ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' itself is ''Crush the Castle'' meets a bright, sugary art style.
** SpinOff ''Angry Birds Stella POP!'' is ''Bubble Witch Saga 2'' meets ''Angry Birds Stella''.
* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' is ''Franchise/SylvanianFamilies'' meets ''VideoGame/TheSims''.
* ''VideoGame/AnUntitledStory'' was described by its author as ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Jumper}}'', though ''VideoGame/{{Seiklus}}'' meets ''Jumper'' is also feasible.
* ''VideoGame/ArkSurvivalEvolved'' is ''VideoGame/DayZ'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheStompingLand''
* ''[[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Art of Fighting]]'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' meets ''Film/{{Taken}}'', meets ''Film/RumbleInTheBronx''.
* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' is ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' meets AncientConspiracy.
** The plot of VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI is {{Inception}} meets {{Kingdom of Heaven}}.
** VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption''.
** VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag is ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' meets ''VideoGame/SidMeiersPirates''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Astebreed}}'' can be seen as ''VideoGame/EtherVapor'' meets ''VideoGame/AlltynexSecond''.
** Or ''VideoGame/EtherVapor'' meets ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders''.
* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' is basically ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''VideoGame/GodHand'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meets [[RatedMForManly A bunch of Steroids and Testosterone Growth hormone]]. ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' ([[{{Crossover}} Literally]]) and some more ''SuperRobotGenre'' (Via DLC) are in it as well.
* ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}'' is ''RockBand'' meets ''VideoGame/{{F-Zero}}'' meets ''[[TRONLines TRON]] [[Film/TRONLegacy Legacy]]'' meets a Media Player Visualization.
* ''[[VideoGame/Aurora4X Aurora]]'' is a mix of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', ''War in the Pacific'', ''VideoGame/SpaceEmpires'' and every complex strategy game you can think of.
* ''VideoGame/{{Awesomenauts}}'' is ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', with a liberal dash of [[Main/SaturdayMorningCartoon 80's cartoons]] mixed in.
* ''Axel's Magic Hammer'' is ''VideoGame/AlexKidd in Miracle World'' meets ''VideoGame/RickDangerous''.
* ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'' is ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' meets ''VideoGame/PsychicForce''.
* ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' is MLB/MLS/NBA/NFL/NHL meets ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]]''-esque characters.
* ''VideoGame/BadRatsTheRatsRevenge'' is ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleMachine'' meets ''Animation/{{Ratatoing}}'' with a bit of ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' thrown in.
* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' meets ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows'' as imagined by Creator/RoaldDahl.
* ''TheBannerSaga'' is Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire meets VideoGame/TheOregonTrail and TheKingOfDragonPass.
* ''[[VideoGame/BanzaiPecan BANZAI PECAN: The Last Hope for the Young Century]]'' can be described as ''VideoGame/GodHand'' in the form of ''VideoGame/KungFuMaster'' meets ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', with a kick of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Franchise/DevilMayCry''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' is a cross between ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' and ''Contra''. For one thing, it's a beat-em-up like Double Dragon, and the Toads' helicopter resembles the one from Conta.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' is what you get when you mix ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' with ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe''.
** Alternatively, ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
* ''VideoGame/BeatHazard'' is ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SpaceWar''.
* ''Music/TheBeatles'': ''RockBand'' is ''Rock Band'' meets ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''.
* ''VideoGame/BeyondTheBeyond'' is 1/3 ''VideoGame/ShiningForce'', and 2/3 ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.[[note]]the ''Shining Force''connection is that both games were developed by Camelot Software Planning, and ''Beyond'' uses a basic version of ''Shining''[='=]s PrestigeClass system.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'' is ''Literature/TheEyeOfArgon'' meets ''VideoGame/GranTurismo''.
* ''BillyHatcherAndTheGiantEgg'' is ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' with a heaping helping of CluckingFunny.
* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' is ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' meets ''Franchise/SilentHill'' meets {{roguelike}}s.
* ''VideoGame/BionicDues'' takes the bitesize nature of ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'', the story of ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'', the HumongousMecha strategy aspect of ''VideoGame/MechCommander'', and the customisation of ''VideoGame/GratuitousSpaceBattles''.
* ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP BEAT]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' meets ''Rez''.
** ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP CORE]]'' is ''VideoGame/MissileCommand'' meets ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
** ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP VOID]]'' is ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' as a BulletHell.
** ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP RUNNER]]'' is ''VideoGame/VibRibbon'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy''.
** ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP FATE]]'' is ''{{VideoGame/Rez}}'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Touhou}}''.
** ''[[BitTrip BIT.TRIP FLUX]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' meets a hefty dose of {{Symbolism}}.
** The series' spin-off game, "[[ColonCancer BIT.TRIP Presents: Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien]]", is the regular BIT.TRIP RUNNER meets Saturday morning cartoons.
* ''Blast Works'' is ''Darius'' meets ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''.
** And ''Katamari'' itself is ''Bubbles'' (1982 arcade game by Williams) meets the brightly-colored collect-fests of the fifth console generation.
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' meets ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' meets ''Franchise/MortalKombat''.
** Or ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''.
* ''TabletopGame/BloodBowl'' is ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodstorm}}'' is ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaMan''.
* ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'' is ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' and ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''. Alternatively, it's ''Tekken'' meets ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Blur}}'' is ''Project Gotham Racing'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioKart''. Makes sense, since ''Blur'' and ''PGR'' are both from [[http://kotaku.com/tag/bizarrecreations/ Bizarre Creations.]]
* ''VideoGame/BoilingPointRoadToHell'' (and the sequel, ''White Gold: War in Paradise'') is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''VideoGame/DeusEx''.
* Gearbox Studios pitched ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' as "''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''".
* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''[[spoiler:Film/GroundhogDay]]''.
* ''VideoGame/BroForce'' is ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' meets ''Film/TheExpendables'' meets ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'', with a lives system similar to ''VideoGame/AliensInfestation''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}'' is ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'' meets ''VideoGame/MadWorld''.
* ''VideoGame/CarriesOrderUp'' is ''VideoGame/{{Tapper}}'' meets ''VideoGame/PacMan''.
* ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'': ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}'' meets Website/{{Newgrounds}}.
* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' can be described as ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'', with artwork by the artist of ''Manga/DeathNote''.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow'' could be ''Castlevania'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' is most certainly ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' is ''VideoGame/{{Cadash}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'' meets ''[[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} Super Metroid]]''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'' meets ''Theatre/SwanLake'' or ''Film/BlackSwan''
** [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]] described the game's puzzle-platforming dream sequences as "Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet meets VideoGame/QBert".
* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' is NintendoHard 8-bit platformers meets ''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}'', with a touch of ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' and ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster''.
** or ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' meets ''VideoGame/TheNeverhood''.
* ''VideoGame/ChimeraBeast'' is [[Characters/Warhammer40000Tyranids Tyranids]] meets ''VideoGame/{{Gaiares}}''. Or ''VideoGame/RType'' meets the ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos''
* ''VideoGame/ChromaSquad'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' meets ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', with a pinch of ''Franchise/KamenRider'' on the side.
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Series/DoctorWho''.
* ''VideoGame/ClockworkEmpires'' is the gameplay of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' and the setting of ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresIII'' meets ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth''.
* ''VideoGame/CodeNameSteam'' is ''Literature/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' meets ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' meets comic books, with a bit of stealth and ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' {{Guest Fighters}} as well.
* ''VideoGame/ComicJumper'' is ''VideoGame/ComixZone'' meets ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishment'' meets ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberiumWars'' is ''G.I. Joe'' fighting COBRA, when all of a sudden a third faction shows up that happens to be a AlienInvasion force.
* ''VideoGame/Conception2ChildrenOfTheSevenStars'' is ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SakuraTaisen''.
* ''Confidential Mission'' is ''VideoGame/VirtuaCop'' meets ''Film/JamesBond'' meets ''Film/MissionImpossible''.
* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' is ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
* [[{{Website/TheEscapist}} The Escapist]]'s review of ''{{VideoGame/Consortium}}'' described the game by saying, "you're left wondering who mixed the ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' chocolate with your ''[[VideoGame/TheStanleyParable Stanley Parable]]'' peanut butter".
* ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' = ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' + ''Film/{{Commando}}'' + ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII''[[note]]While the series is also associated with ''Film/{{Predator}}'' thanks to Bob Wakelin's cover artwork for the NES version (who used promotional stills from ''Predator'' for reference), the original ''Contra'' arcade game actually predates ''Predator'' by four months.[[/note]]
** ''[[DolledUpInstallment Contra Force]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' ([[RecycledINSPACE in the modern day]]) with the power-up system from ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''.
** ''[[{{Bowdlerise}} Probotector]] is ''Contra meets ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM robotization]]''.
* ''VideoGame/CookServeDelicious'' is ''VideoGame/CookingMama'' meets ''VideoGame/WarioWare'', with twice the speed and pressure.
* ''VideoGame/CopyKitty'' is ''VideoGame/BangaiO'' (target-based mission) meets ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' and ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes'' (weapon combining) meets ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Mega Man Network Transmission]]'' (graphical style and the cyberspace setting).
* ''[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/273110 Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies]]'':
** Zombie Scenario mode is ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' meets ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''.
** Zombie Shelter mode is ''Counter-Strike'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Minecraft}}''.
* ''Cratermaze'' is ''Heiankyo Alien'' with a dash of ''VideoGame/LodeRunner''.
* ''VideoGame/CrimsonSkies'' is DieselPunk meets ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow''.
* ''VideoGame/CrimzonClover'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Ray|Series}}Force''.
* ''VideoGame/CrossyRoad'' is ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' meets ''VideoGame/FlappyBird''.
* ''VideoGame/CryptOfTheNecrodancer'' is ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl'' meets ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Culdcept}}'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' with elements of ''MagicTheGathering''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies''
* ''VideoGame/CuteThingsDyingViolently'' is ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}.''
* ''VideoGame/{{Cytus}}'' is ''VideoGame/DJMAXTechnika'' turned 90 degrees with the music of the ''BMS of Fighters'' series of ''VideoGame/{{beatmania}} IIDX'' simfiles.
* ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'' is ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' meets ''Franchise/AceAttorney''.
** Or ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' meets ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors''.
* ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'' is ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
** Alternatively, it's also ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets TheDevil.
* The ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' series itself is like ''VideoGame/SimCity'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', and the second game adds ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' to the mix.
* ''VideoGame/{{Dark Escape 4D}}'' is ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSeed 2'' is ''VideoGame/SilentHill'' meets ''Film/TheRoom''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' is ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', starring [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse The Horseman of War]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' with characters based on the monsters from the Franchise/UniversalHorror movies.
* ''Day of Defeat: Source'' is ''VideoGame/{{Counter-Strike}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''.
** Or simply ''Counter-Strike'' meets UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'': ''TwinPeaks'' meets ''VideoGame/SilentHill'', with a dash of ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' is ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFight''
* ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' is the premise of ''[[VideoGame/SystemShock System Shock 2]]'' with the gameplay of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', but heavily inspired by ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and ''Film/EventHorizon''.
* ''VideoGame/DeathToSpies'' is ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Commandos}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' and ''VideoGame/DOTA2'' are ''Aeon of Strife'' meets ''[[VideoGame/Warcraft Warcraft 3]]''
* ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'' is ''Anime/TheBigO'' meets Creator/HPLovecraft.
* ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'' is ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''
* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' is ''Franchise/MassEffect'' meets ''Franchise/MetalGear'', at least in terms of gameplay. Visually, it's like ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance.
** [[VideoGame/DeusEx The original]] is ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' meets ''Film/TheMatrix''.
* ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' is ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Narutaru}}''
* ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers'' is ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' meets ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''.
* ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis'' and it's sequel are ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' meets ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.
** ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis3'' is ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' meets ''Jurassic Park''.
* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' in general is ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' meets ''Franchise/LooneyTunes''.
** ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
** ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaDimension2 Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness]]'' is ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]'' minus the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets TheBusCameBack.
** ''[[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow''.
** ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'' is ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''.
** ''VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten'' is ''Anime/CodeGeass'' meets ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer''.
** ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 5}}: Alliance of Vengeance'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' has been described as ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''VideoGame/BioShock''.
** It has also been described as ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' meets ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkMessiah''.
** It also has strong undercurrents of an Creator/HPLovecraft style CosmicHorrorStory in its LowFantasy setting.
* ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' is Disney meets ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' meets ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''.
* ''VideoGame/{{DJMAX}} Technika'' is ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Lumines}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry'' is ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' as filtered through ''Film/{{Blade}}'' or ''Film/{{Underworld}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DokaponKingdom'' is ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioParty''.
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''.
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'' is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii''.
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU''.
*** Since the reveal of Cranky Kong as a character with his pogo cane, ''Tropical Freeze'' has been called ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/DuckTales''.
* ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' is described by authors as "Creator/TimBurton meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''".
* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' was once [[WordOfGod described by John Carmack as]] ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' meets ''Film/EvilDead2''.
** ''VideoGame/DoomTheRoguelike'' is, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as one might expect from the title]] ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Rogue}}''
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is ''BaldursGate'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' with a little bit of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', and medieval Christianity thrown in for good measure.
* ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'' is ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai'' meets ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokaiTenkaichi'' meets ''VideoGame/DragonBallOnline'' meets ''Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z''
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestMonsters'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' with a touch of ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''.
* ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' is ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' is ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' meets ''{{Manga/Berserk}}''. Gameplay-Wise, it's ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' meets ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon''.
* ''DrawnToLife'' is ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'' meets ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''.
* ''Driv3r'' is ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII''. An interesting case, see also ''GTA III'''s own entry.
* ''Videogame/DriverSanFrancisco'' is basically ''Videogame/{{Driver}}'' meets ''Series/QuantumLeap''.
* ''VideoGame/DrMario'' is ''VideoGame/MarioBros'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DroxOperative'' is ''VideoGame/StarControl'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''.
* [[{{Creator/TheCynicalBrit}} TotalBiscuit]] describes ''VideoGame/DuckGame'' as, "A cross between ''VideoGame/WarioWare'', ''VideoGame/{{Towerfall}}'', and ''[[{{VideoGame/SuperSmashBros}} Smash Bros]]'' with online multiplayer and [[TauntButton a dedicated quack button]]"
* ''VideoGame/{{Duskers}}'' is the "remotely guiding an expendable team through abandoned facilities full of monsters" aspect of ''VideoGame/{{Deadnaut}}'' mixed with the named node-based movement of ''VideoGame/ThereCameAnEcho'', and the command-prompt mechanic of games like ''VideoGame/HackerEvolution''.
* ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'' meets ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'', or [[VideoGame/{{Claw}} Captain Claw]] meets ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade''.
* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' is described on ThisVeryWiki as something that "Plays like a dizzyingly complex hybrid of ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' and ''VideoGame/TheSims'', [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs if all your little people were manic-depressive alcoholics]].
* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors: Strikeforce'' is ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
* People have said that the horror game ''Dying Light'' is "''VideoGame/DeadIsland'' meets ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''."
* Video game reviewer [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] describes ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' as "a cross between the Franchise/CthulhuMythos and ''[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show]]''."
** ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' could also be seen as ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'', with some ''WesternAnimation/{{Gravity Falls}}'' thrown in for extra [[MindScrew Weirdness]]
* ''Eets'' is loosely summed up as ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' meets ''TheIncredibleMachine''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Eldritch}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' mixed with ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu''.
* ''VideoGame/EnslavedOdysseyToTheWest'' is ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' meets ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''.
* ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity'' is ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''[[note]]top-down TwoDSpace[[/note]] meets ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}''[[note]]WideOpenSandbox space simulator[[/note]].
* ''ESWAT'' is ''VideoGame/{{Shinobi}}'' meets ''Franchise/RoboCop''.
* First-person adventure game ''VideoGame/EtherOne'' is ''{{VideoGame/Myst}}'' meets ''{{Literature/Paprika}}''.
** Alternatively, ''Film/{{Inception}}'' meets ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' in the style of ''VideoGame/DearEsther''.
* ''VideoGame/EtherVapor'' is a toned-down version of ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun''[='=]s weapon system meets ''[[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Salamander]]''[='=]s [[GameplayRoulette perspective changing]] in an attempt to stop ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' from [[AIIsACrapshoot happening]].
* ''VisualNovel/EverlastingSummer'' is ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' meets ''Film/{{Inception}}'' on the set of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome,_or_No_Trespassing Welcome, or No Trespassing]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Eversion}}'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' meets ''VideoGame/MonsterParty''.
** Or maybe it's ''VideoGame/{{Cocoron}}'' meets ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''.
* ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'' is ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' meets ''Film/JamesBond''
* ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'' is ''Literature/ShutterIsland'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.
** Or ''Film/{{Inception}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.
* ''{{VideoGame/Evolve}}'' is ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''Film/{{Predator}}''
* ''[=EZ2Dancer=]'' is ''Dance [=ManiaX=]'' meets ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
** ''Techno Motion'' is ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' meets ''Pump It Up''. [[MemeticMutation KONAMI AND ANDAMIRO WILL SUE.]]
** ''Pump It Up Pro'' is ''VideoGame/InTheGroove'' meets ''Pump It Up''.
* ''Fairytale Fights'': ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' meets ''{{Hoodwinked}}'' as seen through ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''-colored filters.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' francise is ''Film/MadMax'' meets ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}''.
** Starting from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' it became ''Mad Max'' meets ''Pleasantville'' with elements of ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''.
* ''VideoGame/FantasyLife'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' meets ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing.''
* ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' is ''Film/{{Deliverance}}'' meets ''Series/ManVsWild'' meets ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''.
** ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'' is ''Far Cry 3'' meets ''Film/TheTerminator'' meets ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'', with laser-shooting dinosaurs.
* ''VideoGame/FarmingSimulator'': ''Farm Tycoon'' meets ''VideoGame/GranTurismo''
* ''VideoGame/{{Farmville}}'': ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' meets ''Website/{{Facebook}}''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' = ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' + ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesMyLifeAsAKing'' = ''Crystal Chronicles'' + ''VideoGame/DarkCloud''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''TacticsOgre''.
** And in terms of plot and feel it's ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' meets EatPrayLove.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' is ''{{VideoGame/Xenoblade}}'' with a car, according to {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}}.
* The ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R.]]'' series is essentially ''Film/HardBoiled'' meets ''Film/TheRing'' meets ''Film/{{Scanners}}'' meets ''Manga/ElfenLied''. Each game in the franchise has its own unique elements as well:
** The original ''F.E.A.R.'' is ''Film/DieHard'' meets the above.
** ''F.E.A.R. 2'' is ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' meets the above, being the most firmly sci-fi esque game in the series.
** ''F.3.A.R.'' is ''Film/InTheMouthOfMadness'' meets the above.
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' is ''VideoGame/NightTrap'' meets ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach'' [[RecycledINSPACE in a]] SuckECheeses.
** Gameplay wise, it's ''Granny's Footsteps'' meets ''Night Trap'' with ''[[CreepyPasta The Strangest Security Tape I've Ever Seen]]'' as a FramingDevice.
* ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' described ''VideoGame/FossilFighters'' as ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.
* First person exploration-based puzzle game ''FRACT OSC'' is ''{{VideoGame/Myst}}'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Rez}}''.
* ''VideoGame/FragileDreamsFarewellRuinsOfTheMoon'' is ''Series/LifeAfterPeople'' meets ''Franchise/SilentHill''
* ''Free Realms'': ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Neopets}}''
* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'' can easily be described if Creator/{{Treasure}} made a ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' title.
** In particular: ''VideoGame/SonicRush'' meets ''[[VideoGame/GunstarHeroes Gunstar Super Heroes]]''
** Not unlike ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'', which is a mish-mash of tropes from Nintendo games, ''Freedom Planet'' is a mish-mash of tropes from UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis games, such as the ''Sonic'' games, ''VideoGame/DynamiteHeaddy'', ''VideoGame/RocketKnightAdventures'', and ''VideoGame/{{Ristar}}''.
* ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight'': ''VideoGame/StarControl'' meets ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress''
* ''[=F1 Race Stars=]'' is ''MarioKart'' meets UsefulNotes/FormulaOne.
* ''Gaist Crusher'' is ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''Manga/SaintSeiya''.
* ''Gan Gan Ganchan'' is ''VideoGame/{{Flicky}}'' meets the MazeGame genre.
* ''Gate of Thunder'' is ''VideoGame/ThunderForce'' meets ''VideoGame/ZeroWing'' (without the Engrish).
* ''VideoGame/{{GeNeSis}}'' is totally ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', on a Flash game!
* ''VideoGame/{{Genocide}}'' is ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' meets ''VideoGame/AssaultSuitsValken'' meets ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Future Soldier'' is essentially ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' with the plot of ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''.
* ''VideoGame/GiantsCitizenKabuto'' is ''VideoGame/{{Tribes}}'' meets ''VideoGame/WaveRace'' meets the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeries'' meets ''{{Rampage}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GodHand'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' meets ''FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Franchise/DevilMayCry''.
* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' is ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' meets ''ShadowOfTheColossus'' meets ''ClashOfTheTitans''.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'' is ''VidoeGame/DoubleDragon'' meets ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian''
** ''Ax Battler: A Golden Axe Legend'' is ''Golden Axe'' meets ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun's'' gameplay is ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. The story is ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' meets ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology''.
* ''VideoGame/GotchaForce'' is ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}} NEO'' is ''Life Force/Salamander'' with the weapon system from ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun''...[-[[RecycledInSpace FOR THE MOBILE PHONES!]]-]
* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}} V'' is ''Life Force/Salamander'' meets ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'' or ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}''.
** Or perhaps ''Gradius NEO'' revamped by the [[{{Creator/Treasure}} same developers]] of ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'' or ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoChinatownWars'' is ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'' meets ''crime''.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' is ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' meets ''Series/MiamiVice''.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets TheItalianJob2003 meets OceansEleven.
** The plot feels like the film ''Film/{{Heat}}'' as done by the creators of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
* ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' is ''VideoGame/DaytonaUSA'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' meets ''VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer''.
* ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'' can be described as FilmNoir meets the Dia de los Muertos.
* ''VideoGame/GrimGrimoire'' is ''Film/GroundhogDay'' meets ''Franchise/HarryPotter''
* ''{{VideoGame/Guacamelee}}'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' meets ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'' meets ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha''
* ''VideoGame/GuardianHeroes'' is ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes'' meets ''VideoGame/MadStalkerFullMetalForce'' with the chaotic action of Capcom's ''[[VideoGame/AlienVsPredatorCapcom Alien vs. Predator]]'' arcade game while taking notes from their ''[[VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsChroniclesOfMystara Dungeon & Dragons]]'' beat 'em ups.
* ''VideoGame/TheGuardianLegend'' is ''VideoGame/{{Aleste}}'' meets ''Golvellius''.
* ''VideoGame/TheGuidedFateParadox'' is ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' meets VideoGame/ZettaiHeroProject.
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''
* ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'': Creator/{{Harmonix}} has openly stated that GH is equal parts ''VideoGame/GuitarFreaks'' (concept and peripherals), ''VideoGame/{{Frequency}}'' (game play) and ''VideoGame/KaraokeRevolution'' (visual presentation).
** ''videoGame/GuitarHeroLive'' is ''Guitar Hero'' meets Creator/{{MTV}} (GHTV) and [[UsefulNotes/OtherSegaSystems the Sega CD]] (GH Live).
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}} Battle Assault'' is ''Gundam'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' or ''VideoGame/SoulSeries''.
* ''{{VideoGame/Gunpoint}}'' is ''VideoGame/TheArtOfTheft'' meets ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'', with ''VideoGame/MarkOfTheNinja'' and ''Franchise/MetalGear'' trying to sneak around the side, and a side order of ''Film/ChinaTown''.
* ''Gyromancer'' is ''Final Fantasy'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}} Twist''
* ''VideoGame/{{Gyruss}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Galaga}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tempest}}''.
** ''[[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/tt_e.html Torus Trooper]]'' is ''Gyruss'' meets ''VideoGame/{{F-Zero}}''.
* ''[[VideoGame/DotHackR1Games .hack//]]'' is ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'' meets ''Film/{{Tron}}'' meets German poetry.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''.
** ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''CaptainAmerica'' by way of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.
** Video game Historian/analyst Kieth Fienstien on CNBC described ''Halo'' as ''Franchise/RoboCop'', with Colonial Marines from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', meets ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'', with a ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''/''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' subplot.
** Let's not forget ''{{Ringworld}}'', the most obvious one of all for those familiar with it.
* ''VideoGame/HappyWars'' is ''VideoGame/DungeonDefenders'' meets ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers''.
* ''VideoGame/HappyWheels'' is ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' meets ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''.
* ''Heart of Darkness'' is ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen'' meets ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld''.
* ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' is ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' with the gameplay of ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}''.
* [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOfTaSDW-zs&hd=1 described]] ''VideoGame/HellYeahWrathOfTheDeadRabbit'' as ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit'' meets ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' meets ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' meets ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''.
* ''Series/HellsKitchen'' for the NintendoWii: ''VideoGame/CookingMama'' meets ''VideoGame/DinerDash'' meets a looming CGI Gordon Ramsay.
* ''VideoGame/{{Heretic}}'' is basically ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''.
* ''Herobank'' is what you get if ''VideoGame/MegamanBattleNetwork'' meets ''Anime/CControl'' with the latter [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on it's meds]].
* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' literally came about when New World Computing combined ''VideoGame/KingsBounty'' with ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic''.
* ''{{Homefront}}'' is ''Film/RedDawn1984'' meets ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''.
* ''HotelDuskRoom215'' is ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' meets ''Professor Layton''.
** ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsAceAttorney'' literally ''is'' Ace Attorney meets Professor Layton.
* ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' is the original ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets the mind-screwy side of ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''.
** ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber'' is the original game meets ''Film/PulpFiction''.
* ''[[VideoGame/HotaruNoNikkiTheFireflyDiary htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary]]'' is ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}''. Altenatively, it's Creator/NipponIchi meets IndieGame.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hydlide}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Ultima}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheTowerOfDruaga''.
* ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' is, as the name implies, ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''.
** In terms of plot, WordOfGod says it's "''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''Film/TheAvengers2012''".
* ''VideoGame/IAmAlive'' is Film/CliffHanger (in a city) meets ''Film/TheRoad''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ibara}}'' is ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Do|nPachi}}DonPachi dai ou jou''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}'' = ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'' + ''VideoGame/SilhouetteMirage''.
* ''{{Incredipede}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{QWOP}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}''
* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' is ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' (The soccer setting) meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' (The RPG elements), with the art style from ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Indivisible}}'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' meets ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'', with a similar artstyle to ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}''.
* ''VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis'' is ''{{VideoGame/Dota 2}}'' meets the DCUniverse.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ingress}}'' is Website/{{Google}} Maps meets ''TabletopGame/{{Go}}''.
* ''VideoGame/InvisibleInc'' is ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'' meets ''{{XCOM}}''.
* The marketing blurbs for ''VideoGame/ImmortalSouls'' describe it as ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', which is close enough for government work.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ironcast}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}'' meets ''VideoGame/BionicDues'' in the style of ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}''.
* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' is ''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]'' meets ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon''.
* ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade'' is basically ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''.
** And ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'' is ''Jak II'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Motorstorm}}''.
* ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit'' is ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Turrican}}''. Indeed, it was inspired by those two games.
* ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' is ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''.
* ''Jewelry Master'' is ''Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''.
* ''Jongbou'', by Creator/{{SNK}}, is ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}}''.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Jump S|uperStars}}tars'' series is ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' meets ''Magazine/ShonenJump''.
** Add ''SSB'' to ''Franchise/{{Onimusha}}'' and you get ''VideoGame/OnimushaBladeWarriors''.
** Do the same to ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' to get ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesSmashUp''.
** Mix some ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' and ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' to ''Smash Bros'' and you have ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl's]]'' Subspace Emissary.
** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' meets ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
* ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' is ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' meets ''{{Mercenaries}}'' with a dash of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto,'' thoroughly marinated in RuleOfCool, awesomeness, and an awful lot of StuffBlowingUp.
* ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'' is ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Silent Hunter| Series}}'' meets ''Jane's Fleet Command''.
* ''VideoGame/KaoTheKangaroo: Round 2'' is ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Rayman 2}}'' with some elements borrowed from ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon''.
* ''VideoGame/KentuckyRouteZero'' is ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' if the Antebellum America motif was jumped forward to a [[TheGreatDepression Great Depression]] motif, those classic cartoon homages were instead homages to 1950s American theater set designs, and the conceit was purgatory as a metaphor for debt instead of purgatory as a metaphor for insecurities.
** ''Or'' It's just [[AdventureGame Adventure Games]] meets {{Main/Theater}}.
* ''VideoGame/KickleCubicle'' is ''VideoGame/AdventuresOfLolo'' meets ''Pengo''.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' is either ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' meets ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon'' as written by ''[[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Rick Riordan.]]'', or ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishmentStarSuccessor''[[note]]Air Battle segments[[/note]] meets ''VideoGame/SeriousSam''[[note]]Land Battle segments[[/note]] meets ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''[[note]]Weapon fusion[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'' is ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''
* ''KingdomHearts'' is [[CrossOver quite literally]] ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
** Alternatively it's ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}''.
** On that note, ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' is ''Disney/MickeyMouse'' meets VideoGame/DeusEx and VideoGame/SystemShock.
** ''KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' is Kingdom Hearts meets ''MegaManBattleNetwork''.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' is ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' meets ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}''
* ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'' is ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
* ''[[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Kirby]]''
** ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand'' is ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|1}}'' meets ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland''.
** ''Kirby'' + ''Line Rider'' = ''VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse''
** ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' + ''VideoGame/YoshisStory'' = ''Kirby's Epic Yarn''
** ''Kirby & the Amazing Mirror'' + ''VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse'' + ''Franchise/{{Pikmin}}'' = ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack''
* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' meets ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''
* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' is ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' meets ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. Based on the division of players into two sides (one "light" but not good, and one dark yet not "evil") that were at war, but have an unstable treaty...
* ''VideoGame/{{Knytt}}'' is ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' meets ''VideoGame/{{ICO}}''.
** ''VideoGame/KnyttStories'' is ''VideoGame/{{Knytt}}'' with the atmosphere and flora (and ring world, in the case of ''A Strange Dream'') of ''{{Creatures}}''.
* ''Film/KungFury The Game'' is ''VideoGame/OneFingerDeathPunch'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFight''.
* ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''VideoGame/KnightmareIITheMazeOfGalious''.
* ''VideoGame/LANoire'' is ''Film/LAConfidential'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' is ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' meets ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' meets ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub''.
* ''[[VideoGame/DanballSenki LBX: Little Battlers eXperience]]'' is ''VideoGame/CustomRobo'' meets ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' meets ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven''.
* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' is ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' meets ''Dracula'' meets ''Shakespeare'' meets ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''
* ''VideoGame/LegendaryWings'' is ''VideoGame/{{Xevious}}'' meets ''VideoGame/KidIcarus''.
* ''VideoGame/LegendOfLegaia'' is ''VideoGame/WildArms'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDarkWitch'' is, gameplay-wise, ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' is ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay'', with a dose of ''Film/TheMask''. Or ''Film/DonnieDarko'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
*** Or ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''Main/GermanExpressionism''.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' is Zelda with some ''Manga/OnePiece'' elements.
** ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' is ''The Legend Of Zelda'' meets ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' is VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast meets ComicBook/{{Shazam}}.
* ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcers 3'' is ''Police 911'' (or ''TimeCrisis'') meets ''VideoGame/WanganMidnight Maximum Tune''. To be fair, it's a DolledUpInstallment.
* ''[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/250050/ Life Goes On]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' meets ''VideoGame/RogueLegacy''.
* ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' is ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' meets ''Film/DonnieDarko'' meets ''VideoGame/GoneHome'', with a dash of ''Series/TwinPeaks'' added in.
* ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII'' is ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask''.
* ''VideoGame/LittleInferno'' is ''Yule Log'' meets ''Amazon Prime''.
* ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' is ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Onechanbara}}''
* ''VisualNovel/LongLiveTheQueen'' is ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
* ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestival'' is ''VideoGame/PuzzleAndDragons'' meets ''maimai'' but only as a half-circle.
* ''VideoGame/{{Lugaru}}'' is ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' meets lo-res computer graphics.
* ''{{Lumines}}'' is ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' meets ''Rez''.
** Or ''Planet Puzzle League'' meets ''Beatmania''.
* ''VideoGame/MadStalkerFullMetalForce'' is ''VideoGame/TheNinjaWarriorsAgain'' meets ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' with mechas.
* ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' is ''Film/TheRunningMan'' meets ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}'' meets ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' meets ''VideoGame/GodHand'' meets ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' meets ''ComicBook/SinCity'' meets ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
* ''VideoGame/TheMagicCircle'' is ''VideoGame/HackNSlash'' meets ''Literature/{{Mogworld}}'' with a touch of ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable''.
* Creator/DataEast's ArcadeGame ''Mad Alien'' is ''VideoGame/{{Galaxian}}'' meets ''Monaco GP''.
* ''VideoGame/MagiciansQuestMysteriousTimes'' is ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' meets ''Franchise/HarryPotter''
* ''VideoGame/{{Magicka}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Loom}}'' meets ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''.
* ''VideoGame/MalditaCastilla'' is ''Amadis de Gaul'' meets ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Rygar}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''.
* ''VideoGame/ManaKhemiaAlchemistsOfAlRevis'' is ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' meets [[spoiler:''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}'' is ''Film/TheWarriors'' meets ''Film/TheRunningMan'' meets the SlasherMovie genre.
** ''Manhunt 2'' is the SlasherMovie genre meets [[spoiler:''Film/FightClub''.]]
* The ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' games are ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' meets ''VideoGame/EarthBound''.
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' is ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''RendezvousWithRama'' meets ''Literature/TheCallOfCthulhu''.
** Or ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' and [[TropeOverdosed a whole lot of tropes.]]
*** To be a little more specific on the ''Franchise/StarWars'' part, it's ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek'', with a little bit of [[spoiler:the Franchise/CthulhuMythos]] and ''GearsOfWar'' (combat-wise) thrown in., as well as ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''. ''Mass Effect'' has a lot of plot points taken from Halo.
* ''VideoGame/MassiveChalice'' has been pitched on Kickstarter as "''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''".
* ''MasterOfMagic'' is ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' by way of ''VideoGame/MasterOfOrion''.
* ''MasterReboot'' is ''VideoGame/RememberMe'' meets ''Film/{{Tron}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Slender}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TheMaw'' is ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob'' meets ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}''.
* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne 1 & 2'' is ''JohnWoo's'' ''HeroicBloodshed'' genre meets ''FilmNoir'' meets ''Film/TheMatrix''.
** ''VideoGame/MaxPayne3'' is ''Film/ManOnFire'' meets ''HeroicBloodshed'' meets ''Film/TheMatrix''.
* ''VideoGame/{{McPixel}}'' is ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' meets ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry.''
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan8BitDeathmatch'' is ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.
* ''[[GoKartingWithBowser Mega Man Battle & Chase]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioKart64''.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' is ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' meets ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''.
* ''VideoGame/MegabytePunch'' is ''VideoGame/CustomRobo'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.
* ''VideoGame/MenOfValor'' is ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor: Allied Assault'' meets ''Film/FullMetalJacket''.
* The ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series:
** ''Film/JamesBond'' meets ''Film/TheMatrix'' meets ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' and (in MSX games' case) ''VideoGame/{{Rogue}}'' or (in [=MGS2=]'s case) ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' too.
** ''Film/JamesBond'', meets The paranoid Government ConspiracyKitchenSink angle of ''The X-Files'', meets ''a lot'' of ''Tom Clancy'' novels, meets ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}''.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' is ''Film/JamesBond'' meets ''Film/TheDeerHunter''.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid'' is ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' meets ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' meets ''VideoGame/ShirenTheWanderer''.
** ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearOnline Metal Gear Arcade]]'' is ''Metal Gear'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Police911}}''.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'': Creator/PlatinumGames' ''Videogame/{{Vanquish}}'' + Creator/HideoKojima's ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' {{Cyborg}} [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja Ninjas]].
* Destructoid described ''VideoGame/MercenaryKings'' as ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalSlug''.
* ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos'' has been described as "''Series/TheWestWing'' meets ''{{Anime/Robotech}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Rampage}}''."
** Or ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''Film/AirForceOne''.
* ''VideoGame/MetamorphicForce'' is ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
* ''VideoGame/MewGenics'' was described by its creator as ''VideoGame/TheSims'' meets ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'' meets ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Tamagotchi}}''.
* ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor'' is the combat of the VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries meets the WideOpenSandbox parkour of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'', and the hierarchy manipulation of ''[[{{VideoGame/TheGodfather}} The Godfather II]]''...[-[[RecycledInSpace IN MIDDLE-EARTH!]]-]
* ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'' ''was'' ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
** ''VideoGame/MightAndMagicClashOfHeroes'' is ''Might And Magic'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Meteos}}''.
* ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'' is ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}''[='=]s platforming and PowerCopying with ''VideoGame/{{Vectorman}}''[='=]s transformation capabilities.
* Yahtzee described ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' to be "Zelda meets ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood''".
* ''VideoGame/MiniRobotWars'' is ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaMan''.
* XboxLiveArcade shooter ''VideoGame/MondayNightCombat'' can best be summed up as ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' meets ''The Bigs'' meets ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' with a few elements of ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' game mixed in. Yes, [[SoCoolItsAwesome it's as good a combination as it sounds]]!
* ''VideoGame/MechWarrior: Online'' is ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'' meets ''TabletopGame/BattleTech''.
* ''VideoGame/ModNationRacers'' is ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' meets ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''.
* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Cabela's Big Game Hunt'' meets ''GuildWars''.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' is ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' meets ''Film/EnterTheDragon'', meets ''The Quest'' meets, ''Film/{{Bloodsport}}'', meets the ''{{Wuxia}}'' genre with SciFi, and {{Horror}} overtones, and with a dusting of ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
* ''VideoGame/TheMunchables'': ''VideoGame/TheMaw'' meets ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''.
* ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade'': ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' meets ''VideoGame/OdinSphere''.
* ''VideoGame/MuscleMarch'': ''VideoGame/ChoAniki'' meets ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hole_in_the_Wall_%28U.S._game_show%29 Hole in the Wall]]''
* ''VideoGame/{{Mushihimesama}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' meets ''[[VideoGame/DonPachi DoDonPachi]]'' or ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' meets ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'', story-wise.
** ''VideoGame/{{Mushihime|sama}}-[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1qtMJKc3hk tama]]'' is ''Videogame/{{Peggle}}'' meets ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo''.
* ''VideoGame/MutantRampageBodySlam'' is ''VideoGame/{{Madworld}}'' meets ''Mutation Nation'' meets ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Link: The Faces Of Evil/Zelda: Wand of Gamelon]]''.
* ''VideoGame/MysticWarriors'' is ''VideoGame/{{Shinobi}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Nehrim}}'' is ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' ('''not''' ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'' oddly enough, despite being a mod for it.) meets ''VideoGame/{{Gothic}}'' (Adding the Deadly Reflex mod adds "meets ''VideoGame/DarkMessiah''").
* ''VideoGame/NeonXSZ'' can be described in the broad sense of gaming history as ''{{VideoGame/Descent}}'' meets ''{{Film/Tron}}'', although in a more modern sense, it is perhaps better described as ''{{VideoGame/Retrovirus}}'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Diablo}}''.
* ''Videogame/{{NES Remix}}'' is ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' meets ''VideoGame/NintendoWorldChampionships''.
* ''VideoGame/NetHack'' is ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets the alphabet.
* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' module ''VideoGame/TheBastardOfKosigan'' is Medieval Burgundy meets ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. Yes, the King of France has a pet dragon. And the Inquisition has actual witches to worry about. And the ruling house of the Barony of Velan are elves.
** ''VideoGame/ADanceWithRogues'' is ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' meets ''Literature/DaughterOfTheLioness with a whole lot more explicit sex.
** ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' is ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' meets ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}''.
* ''NFL Blitz'': ''VideoGame/TecmoBowl'' meets ''VideoGame/NBAJam''.
* ''Vidogame/{{Nier}}'' is basically ''VideoGame/VagrantStory'' meets [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'']].
* ''Night Slashers'' is ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania|I}}'' meets ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage''.
* ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' is the original ''Film/SawI'' in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' and ''Franchise/ProfessorLayton'' universe.
* ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni Wrath of the White Witch'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}''.
** Or ''VideoGame/BraveStory'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}''.
* [[Creator/EpicGames Cliff Bleszinski]] [[https://twitter.com/therealcliffyb/status/99578240049487872 described]] the freeware racing game ''VideoGame/NitronicRush'' as "''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}}'' meets ''Film/{{TRON}}''."
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'': ''Film/KillBill'' meets ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim''
* ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'' is ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and the Spaceman Spiff segments from ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}'': ''VideoGame/{{QWOP}}'' meets the ''Chicken Boo'' sketches from ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''.
** [[http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/11/09/octodad-dadliest-catch-is-an-absurd-physics-game-starring-a-perfectly-ordinary-human/ Android Police calls it]] "a mix of the goofy premise of ''VideoGame/GoatSimulator'' and the awful controls of ''VideoGame/{{QWOP}}''."
* ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}'': ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Myst}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' is Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda meets Myth/JapaneseMythology.
* ''VideoGame/OmegaBoost'' is ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' meets ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon''.
* ''Omega Five'': ''VideoGame/RType'' meets ''VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds''.
* ''VideoGame/OmegaQuintet'' is going to be ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' meets ''Franchise/LoveLive'' with a dash of ''VideoGame/SenranKagura''.
* ''VideoGame/OmertaCityOfGangsters'' is ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' meets ''Film/TheUntouchables''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Onechanbara}}'' is a zombie BMovie meets ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''Franchise/DynastyWarriors''.
* ''VideoGame/OrganTrail'' is ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' meets ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Otomedius}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' meets ''Franchise/KamenRider''...[-[[RecycledInSpace IN THE]] [[WorldOfActionGirls WORLD OF ACTION GIRLS!]]-]
* ''VideoGame/OurDarkerPurpose'' is ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' as imagined by Creator/TimBurton.
* ''Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty'': ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' meets ''Literature/TheWaterMargin''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'': ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' meets ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' meets ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'': ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'' meets ''Franchise/LordOfTheRings''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' meets''VideoGame/MondayNightCombat''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}'' could be described as ''VideoGame/SeriousSam'' meets ''Franchise/DevilMayCry''.
* ''[[VideoGame/PandorasTower Pandora's Tower]]'' is essentially ''[[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Castlevania]]'', meets ''[[VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus Shadow of the Colossus]]'', meets ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''.
* ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon'' is ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' meets ''VideoGame/SpaceHarrier'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Ray|Series}}Force''.
* ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' is (gameplay-wise) ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' meets ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.
* ''VideoGame/ParaWorld'': ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresIII'' meets ''Literature/TheLostWorld''.
* ''Patriot Dark'' is ''VideoGame/DoDonPachi'' meets ''Ketsui'' meets ''Espgaluda''. (In other words, it's what happens when you throw {{Cave}}'s games into a blender.)
* ''VideoGame/{{Peggle}}'' is ''[[VideoGame/BubbleBobble Puzzle Bobble]]'' meets pachinko.
* ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' is ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles'', with the gameplay of ''VideoGame/{{GoldenEye|1997}}''.
* The entire ''Persona'' series is ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets Jungian psychology.
** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' is something akin to ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' meets ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''...
** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'': ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' meets ''Manga/DeathNote''. Alternatively: ''Literature/AmericanGods'' doing something illegal with ''Literature/KafkaOnTheShore'' and ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' meets the ''Persona'' series, or ''[=JoJo=]'s Bizarre Adventure'' meets ''Series/VeronicaMars''.
** ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' is ''VideoGame/{{BlazBlue}}'' meets ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureHeritageForTheFuture'' with some RPG bits from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' thrown in.
** ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' is ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' meets ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey''.
* ''VideoGame/PhantomBreaker'' is ''VideoGame/Asuka120Percent'' meets ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''. Its spin-off, ''Phantom Breaker: [=BattleGrounds=]'', is ''Phantom Breaker'' meets ''VideoGame/PanzerBandit'' with the art and music style of ''[[VideoGame/ScottPilgrim Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game]]''.
* ''VideoGame/PhantasyCalradia'' is ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade'' meets ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Phoenotopia}}'' is ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' meets ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''.
* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies: Garden Warfare'': [=PvZ=] meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''.
* ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale'': ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' meets ''VideoGame/ThrillKill'' [[note]]Not so much contentwise, but because both games are based on defeating opponents through building up a OneHitKill meter.[[/note]]
* [[TheyJustDidntCare In spite of itself]], ''VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies'' is ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' meets [[BleachedUnderpants Softcore]] [[{{Eroge}} Porn]].
* ''VideoGame/PokemonConquest'' is ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''VideoGame/NobunagasAmbition''[[note]]in fact, the Japanese title of the game is ''Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition''[[/note]], with character designs from ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors''.
** The entire ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' Franchise was based off the creator's experiences in his youth of capturing bugs. So bug catching meets {{Mon}} RPG.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' is ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ShirenTheWanderer'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGear1''.
** ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament'' is ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''. It even shows in the name!
* ''VideoGame/{{Police 911}}'' is ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcers'' meets ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'' meets ''VideoGame/ParaParaParadise'''s sensors.
* ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' is tennis meets television.
* ''VideoGame/PopNMusic'' is ''VideoGame/BishiBashi Championship'' meets ''{{beatmania}}''.
* The {{SNK}} arcade and NES game ''P.O.W. Prisoners of War'' is ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' meets ''Film/TheGreatEscape''.
* ''VideoGame/ThePrecursors'' is ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' meets ''{{Freelancer}}''.
* The ''Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon'' beat 'em up by Banpresto is ''Anime/SailorMoon'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' with the magic system of ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe''.
* ''VideoGame/PrimalCarnage'' is ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' meets ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Dinosaurs]].
* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia'' meets ''[[spoiler:Film/TheMatrix]]'' meets ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode''.
* ''VideoGame/PrismaticSolid'' is ''iS - internal section'' meets ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'' minus a story or plot.
* ''Prisoner of War'' is ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask''.
* ''Project U-Ta-Hi-Me'' is Ichigo Citron's ''HECTOR '39'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Symphony}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'': ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleHulkUltimateDestruction'' meets the game of ''Spider-Man 2'' meets ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets [[{{Gorn}} a big bucket of blood]].
** Or ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleHulkUltimateDestruction'' meets ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'': "''VideoGame/EarthBound'' meets mid-to-late-90s Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}."
** Or "''VideoGame/EarthBound'' meets ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''" in terms of wackiness.
** Or ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''.
** [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] also described ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' as "It's kinda like if Creator/TimBurton knocked up Creator/DavidLynch in [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka's chocolate factory]] and [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs he did meth right up until the birth]]."
** And in terms of gameplay, ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' (because of levels like Sasha's Shooting Gallery and The Milkman Conspiracy, and the interactive title screen), meets ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' (because of the rail grinding)
* ''VideoGame/{{Pulseman}}'' is ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' with ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'s'' art style
* ''VideoGame/PumpItUp Pro'' is ''VideoGame/InTheGroove'' meets ''Pump It Up''.
* ''VideoGame/PuzzleAgent'' is ''Franchise/ProfessorLayton'' in ''Film/{{Fargo}}''.
** Or, given some of the MindScrew in the games, ''Professor Layton'' meets ''Series/TwinPeaks''
* ''VideoGame/PuzzleAndDragons'' is ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
* ''Puzzle Craft'' is ''Cradle of Rome'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
* ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest'': ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}'' meets ''{{Warlords}}''.
** ''Puzzle Quest 2'': ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}'' meets ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''
** PQ:Galatrix: ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest'' meets ''Hexic'' meets ''EVEOnline''.
** Puzzle Kingdoms: ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}'' meets ''FireEmblem''.
** ''Puzzle Chronicles'': ''Super Puzzle Fighter'' meets ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian''.
* ''[[VideoGame/RainbowIslands Rainbow Islands Evolution]]'': ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' meets the Z-axis and ''SambaDeAmigo''.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' is ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' meets ImpossiblyCoolWeapon.
* ''VideoGame/RavensCry'' is ''[[VideoGame/{{Risen}} Risen 2: Dark Waters]]'' meets ''VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution''.
* ''VideoGame/RazingStorm'' is ''VideoGame/GHOSTSquad'' meets ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Receiver}}'' is the dystopian sci-fi FPS child of VideoGame/{{QWOP}} and VideoGame/{{Rogue}}.
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'': ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''Film/TheWildBunch''.
* ''VideoGame/RememberMe'' is ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'' meets ''Film/TheFifthElement'', or just Creator/LucBesson in general.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1'' is ''SWAT'' meets ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' meets ''Warning Signs'' with genetic experiments involving mutant monsters..
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' is ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' meets ''Film/TheWickerMan'' (1973 version) meets ''Film/TheThing1982''.
** Or ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' meet ''Series/TwentyFour'' meets ''Dagon'' meets ''TheWickerMan''.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' is ''Film/TheConstantGardener'' meets ''Literature/ThePuppetMasters'' meets ''Film/BlackhawkDown''
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' is ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' meets ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare/Black Ops'' meets ''Resident Evil 2'' and ''5'' with HEAVY doses of John Woo and Michael Bay tropes.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2'' is ''Franchise/{{SAW}}'' with ''Resident Evil'' characters and zombies.
* ''VideoGame/RetroCityRampage'': If the original ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' and ''VideoGame/BadStreetBrawler'' threw a party and invited every [[NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES-era]] game and pop culture reference they could think of.
* ''Resogun'' is ''VideoGame/{{Defender}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperStardustHD''
* ''VideoGame/ReVolt'' is, going by the game's ExcusePlot, ''[[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio Pinocchio]]'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' meets ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' (if R.C. was the only character).
* ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ray|Series}}Crisis'' (both its setting ''and'' the lock-on mechanic!) meets ''VideoGame/StarBlade''.
** Alternatively: ''VideoGame/SpaceHarrier'' meets ''Film/{{Tron}}'' with a helping of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia synesthesia]].
* ''VideoGame/RhythmThiefAndTheEmperorsTreasure'' is ''Franchise/ProfessorLayton'' meets ''Franchise/LupinIII'' meets ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' and ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Rime}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''
* ''VideoGame/{{Ristar}}'' is ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/BionicCommando''.
* ''Road Avenger'' is ''VideoGame/DragonsLair'' meets ''Road Blasters'' (The game was called "Road Blaster EX" in Japan)
* ''VideoGame/RockBand'' is ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' meets ''Drum Mania'' meets ''Karaoke Revolution''.
* ''VideoGame/RockOfAges'' is ''VideoGame/MarbleMadness'' meets ''Rampart'', as animated by Creator/TerryGilliam.
* ''VideoGame/RodeaTheSkySoldier'' is ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams'' meets ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''.
* ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose'': ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' meets ''SilentHill'', except that they are all girls.
* ''VideoGame/{{Rune}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Unreal|I}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DieByTheSword'' meets Myth/NorseMythology.
* ''VideoGame/RuneFactory: A Fantasy HarvestMoon'' is ''VideoGame/DungeonSiege'' meets ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher''. A lot of official sources will all but state this.
** ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' is ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' meets ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher'' meets ''VideoGame/AtelierMeruruTheApprenticeOfArland''.
* ''Rusty'' is ''VideoGame/SuperCastlevaniaIV'' meets ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI Vampire Killer]]''.
* ''VideoGame/SakuraSamurai'' is ''VideoGame/NazoNoMurasamejo'' meets ''VideoGame/PunchOut''.
* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' meets ''{{Psych}}'' (even though they both came out long after ''Sam and Max'').
* ''Saturday Morning RPG'' is ''VideoGame/CostumeQuest'' meets ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''.
* ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' is your typical MagicalGirlfriend story as done by Creator/DavidCronenberg, with some notes from Creator/HPLovecraft.
* ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' is ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' meets the Franchise/CthulhuMythos.
* ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' is basically ''Anime/QueensBlade'' meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' meets ''LightNovel/HyakkaRyouranSamuraiGirls'', althrough the Nintendo3DS version is ''Anime/QueensBlade'' meets ''VideoGame/GuardianHeroes''.
** By WordOfGod, it's ''Anime/SailorMoon'' meets ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' after taking some notes from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.
** ''VideoGame/SenranKagura Bon Appetite'' is ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' meets ''VideoGame/CookingMama'' meets ''VideoGame/GuitarHero''.
* [[SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove Little-known]] PC and Xbox FPS ''{{Section 8}}'' is best described as ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' meets ''VideoGame/AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAAARecklessDisregardForGravity'' meets ''The Outfit'' meets ''{{Crackdown}}''.
* ''VideoGame/SenkoNoRonde'' is ''Manga/TowardTheTerra'' meets ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'' with elements of a {{bullet hell}} {{shoot|EmUp}}er.
* ''VideoGame/SepterraCore'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''PlanescapeTorment''.
** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' meets ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''.
* ''VideoGame/SeriousSam'' is ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' meets ''VideoGame/TombRaider''.
* ''VisualNovel/SevenKingdomsThePrincessProblem'' is ''VisualNovel/LongLiveTheQueen'' meets ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''.
* ''VideoGame/ShadowComplex'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' meets Orson Scott Card's ''[[Literature/OrsonScottCardsEmpire Empire]]''.
* ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' = ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' + ''Creator/MontyPython'' + ''Literature/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront'' + ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' + Tim Powers' work + ...[[WidgetSeries it's complicated, huh]]?
* ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' is ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' meets ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''.
* ''VideoGame/ShadowsOfTheDamned'' is ''Orpheus in the Underworld'' meets ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}''.
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' would be ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' if it wasn't actually ''{{older|ThanTheyThink}}'' than Pokemon.
* ''VideoGame/ShirenTheWanderer'' is ''VideoGame/MetalGear1'' in a JidaiGeki fashion.
* {{Music/Brentalfloss}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktCH_zpEMN4 described]] ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' as combining the best parts of ''VideoGame/DuckTales'', ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'', ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' and ''{{VideoGame/Zelda II|TheAdventureOfLink}}''.
* ''SilentHill3'' is ''Film/{{Juno}}'' meets Creator/HPLovecraft. No word on what the other ones are.
* ''VideoGame/TheSimsMedieval'': VideoGame/TheSims meets ''VideoGame/{{Stronghold}}''
* ''TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets [[VideoGame/TheSimpsons the Simpsons arcade game]] meets ContinuityPorn.
* ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishment'' is ''[[VideoGame/{{Contra}} Contra III: The Alien Wars]]'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' as a RailShooter.
* An advertisement for the game ''VideoGame/SinsOfASolarEmpire'' (which really has nothing to do with sins) says Gamespot described it as ''Galactic Civilization'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}''.
** ''SinsOfASolarEmpire'' is ''VideoGame/GalacticCivilizations'' meets ''VideoGame/SupremeCommander''.
* ''VideoGame/SinsOfASolarEmpire'' is ''VideoGame/ConquestFrontierWars'' meets ''VideoGame/SupremeCommander''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Singularity}}'' is ''VideoGame/BioShock'' meets ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' meets the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeries''.
* ''VideoGame/SkyOdyssey'' is ''{{Pilotwings}}'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.
* ''{{VideoGame/Skullgirls}}'' is ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'' meets ''Anime/QueensBlade'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''.
* ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'' is ''Film/InfernalAffairs'' and ''Film/TheDeparted'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''.
* ''Franchise/SlyCooper'' is ''Franchise/LupinIII'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' meets ''Disney/RobinHood''.
* ''VideoGame/SmashTV'' is ''VideoGame/{{Robotron 2084}}'' meets ''Film/TheRunningMan''
* ''{{VideoGame/SOMA}}'' can be described as ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' meets ''VideoGame/BioShock'' meets ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' (classic gameplay at least) was Franchise/SuperMarioBros meets racing games.
** ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' is ''Sonic The Hedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/PowerStone''.
** ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' is ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'', with ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''-style slapstick and injuries.
** ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' is ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' meets ''Literature/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays'' meets ''VideoGame/{{God of War|Series}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Ristar}}''.
** ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' is ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
** ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' is ''VideoGame/MickeyMania'' meets ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' ([[MyFutureSelfAndMe he even meets his classic self]]).
** ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'' is ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' meets the planetoid gameplay of ''Super Mario Galaxy'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld''.
** ''VideoGame/SonicShuffle'' is ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioParty'', with the artstyle of ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio''.
** ''Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing'' is ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' meets [[Creator/{{Sega}} Sega's back catalog]]. Likewise, ''Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed'' is the previous game meets ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing'', albeit with all three vehicle types usable within the same race.
** ''VideoGame/SonicBoom: Rise of Lyric'' is ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' meets ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime''
* ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' is the setting and characters of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' with the gameplay of ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' and a darker, more comedic version of the story of ''Film/MazesAndMonsters''.
* ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders Extreme'' is ''Space Invaders'' meets ''Rez''.
* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'' is ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Planetfall}}''.
* ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' is ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' meets the ''Franchise/TalesSeries'' DeconstructorFleet formula.
** Alternatively, it's the atmosphere of ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' meets the bait and switch GenreDeconstruction of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Spectrobes}}'': ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Spelunky}}'' is ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' meets {{Roguelike}}s. And ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''.
* ''VideoGame/SpiderManWebOfShadows'' is ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}''
* ''VideoGame/SpiralKnights'' is a ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'' {{MMORPG}} meets clockwork ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' or {{steampunk}} ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]'' with some ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles'' added in for good measure.
** Also some ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' is ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' meets ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' meets ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' meets ''Anime/SquidGirl''.
** Or it can be thought of as ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes'' meets ''[[Series/NickelodeonGuts Nickelodeon's GUTS]]'' with the antics of ''[[Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision You Can't Do That on Television]]''.
* ''VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsBattleForBikiniBottom'' is ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' and ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' meets ContinuityPorn.
** ''Sponge on the Run'' is ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'' meets ''VideoGame/TempleRun'' with a mild dose of ''VideoGame/FlappyBird''.
* ''{{VideoGame/Starbound}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek'' with a bit of ''Series/DoctorWho''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'': ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator''.
** ''VideoGame/StarcraftII: Wings of Liberty'' is sort of ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' meets ''Series/{{Firefly}}''.
** Alternative for ''Starcraft: Brood Wars'': ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}''.
** ''Starcraft''' is basically the art style of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' copy-and-pasted onto ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'' with a good amount of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' thrown into the mix.
* ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy Starfy]]'' is ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' meets ''EccoTheDolphin''.
* ''Franchise/StarOcean'' is ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
* ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront'' is, of course, ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}''
* ''VideoGame/StarWarsEpisodeIRacer'' and its sequel ''Revenge'' are ''Franchise/StarWars'' plus ''VideoGame/FZero''.
* ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'' is the prologue of ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' meets ''Film/TheTrumanShow''.
* ''VideoGame/SteelBattalion'' is ''[[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS VOTOMS]]'' meets ''[[SimulationGame X Simulator.]]''
* ''VideoGame/Stinkoman20X6'' is ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' meets ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''.
* ''{{Strife}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''StarWars''.
** ''Star Wars: VideoGame/{{Dark Forces|Saga}}'' would also fit this description, in a different way.
* The ''VideoGame/{{SUGURI}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{sora}}'' series can be described as ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''
** It's spin-off sequels, ''Acceleration of SUGURI'', is ''SUGURI'' meets ''Senko no Ronde''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' is ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''Literature/WaterMargin''.
* ''SummonNight: Swordcraft Story'' is ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' meets ''Literature/HarryPotter'', but with [[ItemCrafting blacksmithing]] instead of magic.
* ''VideoGame/SuperAmazingWagonAdventure'' is ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' meets ''VideoGame/NoTimeToExplain''.
* ''VideoGame/SuperExplodingZoo'' is ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' is ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleMachine'' for 2D Mario levels.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' is ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
** The ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series in general is ''VideoGame/MarioBros'' meets ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''.
* ''[[VideoGame/MeatBoy Super Meat Boy]]'' is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' meets ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy''.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' is ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' [[StealthPun combined]] with HumongousMecha (or, alternately, Banpresto-made {{licensed game}}s depending on the entry).
** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'' is ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' meets ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros for Wii U'''s Target Blast mode is the previous games' Break the Targets mode meets ''VideoGame/AngryBirds''.
* ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013'' is ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter'' meets ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTrespasser'', with the design philosophy of ''{{VideoGame/QWOP}}'''
* ''VideoGame/{{Sushido}} is ''VideoGame/RidiculousFishing'' meets ''VideoGame/OneFingerDeathPunch''.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' is ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TheTalosPrinciple'' is ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' meets ''Literature/IRobot'' meets ''Film/TheMatrix'' in the ''[[VideoGame/SeriousSam Serious Sam 4]]'' engine.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' with [[NiceHat hats]], [[UpToEleven oh so many hats.]]
* ''VideoGame/TengaiMakyou Ziria'': ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari''.
* ''Videogame/TerraBattle'' is ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' meets {{Metroidvania}}.
* ''VideoGame/TheSpellcastingSeries'' is ''VideoGame/{{Enchanter}}'' meets ''VideoGame/LeatherGoddessesOfPhobos''.
* ''VideoGame/TheatrhythmFinalFantasy'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents''.
* The fanmade ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' mod titled ''Thinking With Time Machine'' is ''Portal'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Blinx}}''
* ''VideoGame/ThisWarOfMine'' is ''VideoGame/LittleComputerPeople'' meets ''VideoGame/DayZ'' meets ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''.
* ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'' is ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' meets ''Franchise/StreetFighter''[[note]]Creator/LaurenFaust worked on the game, so that helped[[/note]], under the engine of ''{{VideoGame/Skullgirls}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TitanFall'' is ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' meets ''Film/PacificRim'' meets ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''.
** Alternatively, the parkour combat and story-multiplayer merging of ''VideoGame/{{Brink}}'' meets the South African setting and mech suits of ''{{Film/District9}}''
* ''VideoGame/TitanQuest'' is ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' meets ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans''.
* ''VideoGame/TokyoJungle'' is ''VideoGame/{{Nintendogs}}'' meets ''Series/LifeAfterPeople''.
* ''VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer'' is ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' meets ''VideoGame/OutRun''.
* ''Franchise/TombRaider'' (2013) = ''Film/DieHard'' + ''Series/{{Lost}}''
* ''VideoGame/ToneSphere'' is ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' meets ''VideoGame/PointBlank'', with more ''BMS of Fighters'' music.
* ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' is Genesis-era ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' [[VideoGame3DLeap in 3D.]]
** ''VideoGame/TonyHawksUnderground 2'' is rather literally ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' meets ''Series/{{Jackass}}''.
** The games from ''American Wasteland'' onwards are ''Tony Hawk'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto.''
** ''Tony Hawk RIDE'' is ''Tony Hawk'' meets ''VideoGame/GuitarHero''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Torchlight}}'' is VideoGame/{{Diablo}} meets {{Fate}}
* ''VideoGame/TotalOverdose'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' crossed with ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'', then pushed through a filter shaped like the [[{{Film/ElMariachi}} Mari]][[{{Film/Desperado}} achi]] [[{{Film/OnceUponATimeInMexico}} Trilogy]].
* ''VideoGame/ToTheMoon'' is ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'' meets ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' itself is ''VideoGame/KikiKaikai'' (Pocky & Rocky in the U.S.) meets ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro'' with an ImprobablyFemaleCast.
** Or {{Moe}} [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal meets]] [[FantasyKitchenSink Myths]].
** ''Double Dealing Character'' is ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga''[[note]]bombing constantly and then suiciding so you can get more bombs[[/note]] meets ''VideoGame/{{Mushihimesama}} Futari''[='=]s Maniac mode[[note]]generating large amounts of items at once for maximum point bonuses[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Transcendence}}'' is ''VideoGame/NetHack'' meets ''StarControl''.
* ''VideoGame/TrioThePunch'' is ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' with Creator/DataEast characters.
* ''VideoGame/TroubleWitches'' is ''VideoGame/MagicalChase'' meets ''VideoGame/CastleOfShikigami''.
* ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/522276 Tuper Tario Tros.]]'' is ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' very literally.
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'': ''Literature/TenLittleIndians'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay''.
** ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'' is ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' meets ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''Film/DieHard''
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' is ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' meets ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CaveStory''.
* ''VideoGame/UnlimitedSaGa'': ''[=SaGa=]'' series combat meets ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' styled exploration with slot machine reels.
* ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' is ''Film/DeadSnow'' meets ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'' meets some of the story and character treatment of ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors''.
* ''Uriel's Chasm'' is ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' as made by Wisdom Tree, with a framework of {{Creepypasta}}.
* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' is ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} 1942'' meets SakuraWars.
** Plot-wise it's ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' meets ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}'' is ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' meets ''VideoGame/PN03'' meets ''Anime/NeoHumanCasshern''.
* ''V-V'' is ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Raiden}}''.
* ''VideoGame/VibRibbon'' is ''VideoGame/BitTrip'' mixed with ''WesternAnimation/LaLinea''.
** Its spin-off sequel, Mojib-Ribbon, is ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper'' meets ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'', with ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'s'' art style.
* ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' is ''Franchise/KamenRider'' meets ''Film/LastActionHero'' story wise, with game play similar to ''VideoGame/KungFuMaster''.
* ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' is a mix of the tropes MortonsFork and ZombieApocalypse
* ''VideoGame/WanganMidnight Maximum Tune'' is ''VideoGame/InitialDArcadeStage'' meets ''VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'': ''VideoGame/DuneII'' meets ''Literature/LordOfTheRings''.
** ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' is ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' meets ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' at Myth/NorseMythology's Tavern.
* ''[[VideoGame/TheEndTimesVermintide Warhammer: The End Times -- Vermindtide]]'': The gameplay formula of ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', applied to the classic ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' fantasy setting during the [[TabletopGame/WarhammerTheEndTimes twilight of its timeline]].
* ''VideoGame/WarioWare'': ''Game & Watch'' meets the animated segments of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.
* ''VideoGame/WatchDogs'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' with a pinch of ''Anime/DennouCoil''.
* ''[[Creator/FiveZeroFiveGames Way of the Dogg]]'' is ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' meets ''[[VideoGame/DefJamSeries Def Jam Vendetta]]''.
* ''VideoGame/WeHappyFew'' is ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' meets ''Series/ThePrisoner''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Wet}}'' is ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' meets ''{{Stranglehold}}'' meets ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'', as directed by Creator/QuentinTarantino.
* ''Wibarm'' is ''VideoGame/{{Thexder}}'' meets ''DragonSlayerIIXanadu''.
* ''VideoGame/WildStar'' is what would happen if you put ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', ''RatchetAndClank'', ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' and {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s in a blender.
* ''Winback: Covert Ops'' is ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.
* ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'' is ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' meets ''Film/InglouriousBasterds''.
* ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'' is ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'', with ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'s'' control scheme and ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'s'' interface.
** Or ''Pikmin'' meets ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes''.
* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' is ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' meets ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Worms}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' meets ''Artillery''. (The game's WorkingTitle was ''Lemartillery''.)
* ''VisualNovel/XBlazeCodeEmbryo'' is ''VideoGame/{{Blazblue}}'' meets ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' can best be described as ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' meets ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' meets {{Gnosticism}}. Of course, one of these works came out ''after'' the game did.
* So far, ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'' seems to be "what you get when [[{{VideoGame/Xenoblade}} the first]] ''{{VideoGame/Xenoblade}}'' meets [[{{VideoGame/Xenogears}} its long-lost older sibling]], and then they both team up with ''{{VideoGame/Mass Effect}}'' to kick ass." {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}} described the hub world of ''Xenoblade Chronicles X'' as "a ''Franchise/GrandTheftAuto'' city but with giant robots".
* The ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' series is typically described as "''{{Freelancer}}'' [[note]] You actually pilot your ship, emphasis on side missions, silly physics[[/note]] meets ''EVEOnline'' [[note]] being able to pilot any ship in the game, emphasis on the economy, SceneryPorn[[/note]] meets ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}''[[note]]WideOpenSandbox trading and combat.[[/note]]" -- though the ''X-Universe'' series predates both ''{{Freelancer}}'' and ''VideoGame/EVEOnline''.
* ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'' is ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.
* ''VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld'' is ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'' meets ''VideoGame/YoshisStory''.
* The freeware game ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'' has been touted as "''VideoGame/EarthBound'' meets ''SilentHill''," which is pretty accurate given the utter MindScrew factor.
* ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/zening Zening]]'' is ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' meet ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ziggurat}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Heretic}}'' as a {{Roguelike}}.
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[[folder:Characters]]
* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G.]]''
** Yuka Takeuchi is [[Chaacters/StreetFighter Ryu]] combined with Akira, from ''[[HGame "Viper V16"]]''
** Satomi Yajima is [[Characters/TheKingOfFightersTheRugalSaga Kyo Kusanagi]] combined with [[Characters/BleachKarakuraTownResidents Tatsuki Arisawa]]
** Kaori Yanase is [[Characters/FatalFury Kim Kaphwan]] + [[Characters/ArtOfFighting King]]
** Tamao Mitsurugi is [[Characters/StreetFighterAlpha Sakura Kasugano]] combined with [[Characters/TheKingOfFightersTheOrochiSaga97 Shingo Yabuki]]
** Saki Shinjo is Rugal Bernstein + [[Characters/TheKingOfFightersTheOrochiSaga95 Iori Yagami]] + [[Characters/TheKingOfFightersTheOrochiSaga96 Vice]] all rolled into one character
* [[VideoGame/ApeEscape Specter]]: [[Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes Dr. Zaius]] meets [[VideoGame/MegaMan Dr. Wily]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]], minus the MommyIssues.
* [[VideoGame/ArcanaHeart Lilica Felchenerow]]: [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} Etna]] meets [[VideoGame/StreetsOfRage Sammy/Eddie "Skate" Hunter]].
* ''[[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Art of Fighting]]''
** Ryo Sakazaki = [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Ryu combined with Ken]] + [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]].
** Robert Garcia = Creator/AntonioBanderas meets [[VideoGame/FatalFury Kim Kaphwan.]]
** King = [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Rothrock Cynthia Rothrock]] meets Robert Garcia.
* [[VideoGame/AsurasWrath Asura]]: [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Akuma]] meets [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]] and [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]], with a dash of ''[[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]]''.
** Augus: [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Jinpachi]] meets [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Kenpachi]] with [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth's sword]], with a bit more of Sun Wukong like his pupil.
** Yasha: [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Rei]] meets [[Franchise/KamenRider any Kamen Rider]] meets [[VideoGame/{{Megaman}} Protoman]]
** [[spoiler: The Golden Spider/ Chakravartin]]: [[Anime/MadokaMagica Kyubey]] meets [[Myth/HinduMythology Vishnu]] meets [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann The Anti-Spiral]].
* From ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'':
** Gunvolt is [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Zero]] meets [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Edward Elric]] meets [[ComicBook/{{Static}} Virgil Ovid Hawkins]].
** Elise is [[Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular Tomoko Kuroki]] meets [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Hidden Phantom]] meets Hyleg Ourobuckle with a hint of [[VideoGame/MegaManZX Rospark]].
* [[BaldursGate Minsc]]: [[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Obelix]] + {{Deadpool}} + Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian + head injury + hamster
* VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} is [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Dante]] meets [[VideoGame/SpaceChannel5 Ulala]].
* [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]] is ComicBook/JudgeDredd meets Anime/SpeedRacer.
* [[VideoGame/BioShock Andrew Ryan]] is [[Film/TheAviator Howard Hughes]] meets Creator/AynRand
* [[VideoGame/BioShockInfinite Daisy Fitzroy]] is Nat Turner meets Angela Davis meets [[Film/DjangoUnchained Django]].
** Songbird is [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon Toothless]] meets [[VideoGame/BioShock a Big Daddy]].
** Elizabeth is [[Disney/BeautyandtheBeast Belle]] meets [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]].
* [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Bang Shishigami]]: [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto Uzumaki]] + [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Sanger Zonvolt]] + [[Franchise/MortalKombat Johnny Cage]] + [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Chipp Zanuff]].
** Alternatively, Naruto + '''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness CAPTAIN GORDON, DEFENDER OF EARTH!]]'''
*** [[http://www.google.co.id/imglanding?q=kisame+%26+harribel&um=1&hl=id&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1440&bih=683&tbs=isch:1&tbnid=BIptbPtDbln9_M:&imgrefurl=http://lounge.moviecodec.com/vs-forum/kisame-hoshigaki-vs-zoro-from-op-76021/&imgurl=http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/user/6/6738-137355-bangequationjpg-620x.jpg&zoom=1&w=620&h=484 From this picture]]: Bang = Naruto + [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]].
** Hazama: [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Gin Ichimaru]] + SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, with elements of [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Aizen Sousuke]], Music/MichaelJackson and [[VideoGame/MeltyBlood Night of Wallachia]] + [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear I-No]] + [[Franchise/MortalKombat Quan Chi + Shao Kahn]].
** Ragna The Bloodedge: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Sol Badguy]] + [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Archer]] + [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Dante]] + [[Franchise/MortalKombat Scorpion]].
** Hakumen: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Justice + Axl Low + Johnny + Ky Kiske]] + [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Archer]] (again) + [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]] + [[Franchise/MortalKombat Noob Saibot]].
** Jin Kisaragi: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Ky Kiske]] + [[Anime/YuGiOh Seito Kaiba]] + [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Emiya Shirou]] + [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Tsukuyomi]] + [[Franchise/MortalKombat Sub-Zero]].
** Relius Clover: [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Father]] + [[CharClone Char Aznable]] + [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]] + ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' + [[Franchise/MortalKombat Shang Tsung]].
** Nu-13: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Justice]] + [[Manga/FutureDiary Yuno Gasai]] + [[Franchise/MortalKombat Kano + Mileena + Sektor]].
** Valkenhayn: [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Alfred Pennyworth]] + [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Jon Talbain]] + [[Franchise/MortalKombat Nightwolf]].
** Taokaka: [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Felicia]] + [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Hsein Ko/Lei Lei]].
* [[VideoGame/{{Bubsy}} Bubsy Bobcat]] is Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog meets [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Scrappy Doo]].
* [[VideoGame/BunnyMustDie Bunny the Honeywhite]] is [[VideoGame/KeioFlyingSquadron Rami Nana-hikari]] meets [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Sakuya Izayoi]].
* PC Gamer [[http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/20/mr-torgues-campaign-of-carnage-dlc-borderlands-2/ has this to say]] about Mr. Torgue of VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}: If a syringe containing the distilled souls of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'''s Hercule Satan, ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''′s Saxton Hale, and Wrestling/HulkHogan was injected into someone’s arm, you’d get Mr. Torgue.
* [[BountyHunter Zegram Ghart]] from RogueGalaxy has been described by fans as [[PiratesoftheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]] meets [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Auron]]
* [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Simon Belmont]]: Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian meets Franchise/IndianaJones.
** Richter Belmont: [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]] meets Simon Belmont.
** Juste Belmont: Alucard + Santa Claus.
* [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Dante]] is [[Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra Cobra]] meets [[Manga/InuYasha Inu-Yasha]] meets [[Anime/{{Hellsing}} Alucard]].
* [[VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice Champloo-sensei]]: [[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Adell]] + Emeril Lagasse (BAM!) + John Madden (BOOM!) + Adell (again, for extra [[HotBlooded spice]]).
* [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Merrill]] is [[Franchise/MassEffect Tali]] crossed with an archetypal power-hungry TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons wizard.
** Fenris is a hybrid of [[Manga/DogsBulletsAndCarnage Heine Rammsteiner]] and [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Tailmon]].
** Zevran Arainai is a plausible result of a FusionDance between [[{{Shrek}} Puss in Boots]] and [[SexAndTheCity Samantha Jones]].
** The [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Qunari]] are a strange mutant cross between the [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Tau]] and [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orcs]], with a dash of the ancient Muslim caliphate and feudal Japan thrown in for flavor.
*** Or possibly [[Franchise/StarTrek Klingons]]...
** Alistair is [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Jon Snow]] meets [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Xander]].
** Dorian Pavus is [[Film/ThePrincessBride Westley]] meets [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]] as a mage.
** Cole is [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Vivi Ornitier]] meets [[Franchise/MassEffect Thane Krios and/or Legion]].
** The Iron Bull manages to be [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Kenpachi Zaraki]] meets Film/JamesBond.
* VideoGame/DukeNukem: Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, SylvesterStallone, Creator/BruceCampbell and pretty much every other 80s action movie hero, all rolled up into one pop culture parody.
* [[VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail Fidget]]: [[VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue Ruby]] meets [[WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers Foxglove]].
* [[VideoGame/EndlessFrontier Haken Browning]] is [[Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra Cobra]] meets [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Dante]]
** [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Archibald Grims]] is [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Gauron]] cosplaying as [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Wong Yunfat]]. Or [[Anime/CodeGeass Clovis]] donning LennonSpecs and acting much like [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ali Al-Saachez]].
* [[VideoGame/EarthBound Porky Minch]] (or [[DubNameChange Pokey Minch]] in the US release): [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Eric Cartman]] meets [[WebCombic/{{Sonichu}} Christian Weston Chandler]]. Explored further on [=CWCki=] [[http://www.sonichu.com/cwcki/User:Lime/Wild_Mass_Guessing here]] and [[http://www.sonichu.com/cwcki/User:Clydec/porkypasta here]].
** Thrown in some [[Franchise/StarWars Emperor Palpatine]] with the above for him in ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}''.
* [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Leopaldon]] is [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Sasquatch]] meets [[VideoGame/WakuWaku7 Politank Z]].
** Faust: UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper + [[Series/TheGongShow The Unknown Comic]].
** Chipp Zanuff: BillyIdol + [[VideoGame/{{Strider}} Strider Hiryuu]].
* [[VideoGame/HalfLife G-Man]] is [[Film/TheMatrix Agent Smith]] meets [[Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate Torgo]].
* [[Videogame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]]: SilentProtagonist meets meets BadassNormal (meets PoweredArmor).
* [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]] himself is ComicBook/CaptainAmerica meets IronMan meets [[Literature/EndersGame Ender Wiggin]] meets [[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]].
* Franchise/{{Kirby}} is Jigglypuff/Clefairy meets [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]].
* [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Bastila]] is [[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights Aribeth]] meets [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker]].
* [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Bastila Shan]] comes across as something of an [[Franchise/StarWars Obi-Wan]] meets [[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights Aribeth]].
** Carth is a bit of a cross between Han and Leia's initial defining characteristics.
* Jack of ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' looks like ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} crossed with [[Franchise/EvilDead Ash Williams.]]
* [[Franchise/MassEffect Mordin Solus]]: [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Retsu Unohana]] + [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Sheldon Cooper]] [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]].
** [[DarkActionGirl Jack]]: [[Series/{{Firefly}} River Tam]] + [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]].
** Thane Krios: [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} Abe Sapiens]] as [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 the Spy]].
** Shepard is [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries James T. Kirk]] crossed with [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Revan]].
* [[VideoGame/PanzerBandit Jingoro]] is most likely an {{expy}} of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife and Sephiroth]], fused together with a {{samurai}}.
* The titular ''VideoGame/{{Kamui}}'' fighter is the lovechild of the [[VideoGame/RaySeries RVA-818-X-LAY and R-GRAY 2]] fighters.
* [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] is [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Legalos]] mees Franchise/IndianaJones, with a dash of [[Disney/TheSwordInTheStone King Arthur.]]
* Franchise/MegaMan is Anime/AstroBoy meets [[Anime/NeoHumanCasshern Casshern]].
* [[VideoGame/SplinterCell Sam Fisher]] is [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]] through the eyes of Creator/TomClancy.
* [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Senator Armstrong]]: [[VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos Richard Hawk]] meets [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh]].
* [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]] is [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]] meets Franchise/JamesBond meets [[VideoGame/SplinterCell Sam Fisher]].
** Big Boss is Plissken meets Franchise/{{Rambo}}.
* [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Deviljho]] is what you get when Capcom watches ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' and hires [[Franchise/DragonQuest Koichi Sugiyama]].
** And the voice of Wolverine for good measure.
* VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit is [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Bugs Bunny]] meets Franchise/{{Rambo}} meet Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog.
* [[VideoGame/MOTHER3 Lucas]]: [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Roxas]] meets [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi]] meets [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Alphonse Elric]], maybe with [[Manga/DragonBall Gohan Jr.]] for good measure.
* [[VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors Snake]] is [[Franchise/AceAttorney Miles Edgeworth]] with a bit of either a grown-up Another Day [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Joshua Kiryu]] or [[Film/ThePrincessBride Westley]].
** Santa is [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Toshiro Hitsugaya]] meets [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Beat]].
** Clover is [[HarvestMoon Luna]] meets [[Manga/DeathNote Misa Amane]].
** Phi from [[VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward the sequel]] is [[{{VisualNovel/Ever17}} Tsugumi Komachi]] meets [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Cyborg]].
* [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Ryoji Mochizuki]]: [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Kaworu Nagisa]] meets [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Zelos Wilder]] (Starts off on the Zelos end, but moves closer and closer to the Kaworu end as the game progresses).
* From ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'':
** Yuu Narukami (the protagonist): [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Freddy]] meets [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Minato Arisato]].
** Yosuke Hanamura: [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Junpei Iori]] meets [[Literature/HarryPotter Ron Weasley]]
*** [[spoiler:and when calling out Adachi, [[Manga/DeathNote Near]] meets [[Anime/CodeGeass Suzaku]]. Bonus points for having the same English voice actor as Suzaku.]]
*** With just a hint of Minato in there too. If you consider the [[Creator/YuriLowenthal Voice Actor]] and the headphones.
** Chie Satonaka: [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Yukari Takeba]] meets Creator/BruceLee or [[VideoGame/{{Persona 2}} Lisa Silverman]] meets [[VideoGame/{{Persona 2}} Ulala Serizawa]].
** Tohru Adachi: [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Shuji Ikutsuki]] meets [[Manga/DeathNote Matsuda]].
*** [[spoiler:And then becomes [[Manga/DeathNote Light]] meets [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch]]. Bonus points for having the same English voice actor as Lelouch.]]
** Kanji Tatsumi: [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Shinjiro Aragaki]] (notice a pattern here?) meets [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Nelson Muntz]].
*** Kanji Tatsumi was more of a [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Shinjiro Aragaki meets Akihiko Sanada.]]
** Naoto Shirogane: [[RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy Raidou Kuzunoha]] meets [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena Tenjou]].
** ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor''[='=]s [[HelloInsertNameHere protagonist]] is ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'''s meets [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Wriggle Nightbug]].
* [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Shinx]] is KimbaTheWhiteLion meets Pikachu.
** [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon The Great Dusknoir]] is [[VideoGame/EternalDarkness Pious Augustus]] meets [[{{Terminator}}the Terminator]].
* [[VideoGame/ProjectXZone Mii Koryuji]] is VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} meets [[VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw Juliet Starling]] meets [[VideoGame/ArcanaHeart Petra Johanna Lagerkvist]].
* [[Franchise/RatchetAndClank Captain Qwark]] is [[Manga/DragonBall Mr. Satan]] meets [[TheHangover Alan Garner]].
* From ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'':
** Spiritia Rosenberg: VideoGame/{{Mega Man|4}} meets [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saber]].
** Zorne Zeppelin: VideoGame/{{Bomberman}} meets a moodier [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Rin Tohsaka]].
** Trauare Wrede: [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 Air Man]] meets [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Fairy Leviathan]].
** Luste Teuber: [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 Metal Man]] meets [[VideoGame/ArcanaHeart Lilica Felchenerow]] meets [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Flandre Scarlet]] with Cirno's CloudCuckooLander-ness.
** Grolla Seyfarth: [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Zero]] meets [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Rider]].
** Sichte Meister: [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dio Brando and Noriaki Kakyoin]] fused together and gender-bent.
** Count Michael Zeppelin: [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Dracula]] meets [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 Heat Man]]. [[spoiler:In the sequel, he's Dracula meets [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 Gamma]].]]
** Iris Zeppelin: [[spoiler:Dr. Wily meets [[VideoGame/MegaManX8 Lumine]] with an added emphasis of being a cruel monster.]]
** Lecht and Rink Refraktia: [[VisualNovel/EfAFairyTaleOfTheTwo Kei and Chihiro Shindo]] meets [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 Gemini Man]].
* The titular heroine of ''Rusty'' is ''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}''[='=]s Samus Aran in her Justin Bailey outfit meets ''VideoGame/SuperCastlevaniaIV''[='=]s Simon Belmont. Unfortunately Rusty [[DenialOfDiagonalAttack lacks Simon's ability to attack diagonally]].
* The [[VideoGame/SinsOfASolarEmpire Advent]], as a whole, are [[Series/StargateSG1 Ori]] with a [[Franchise/StarTrek Borg Collective]], with [[VideoGame/SupremeCommander Aeon Illuminate]] theme.
* ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'':
** Asuka is [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto Uzumaki]] meets [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Yuffie Kisaragi]].
** Hibari is [[Anime/QueensBlade Cute]] meets [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hinata Hyuga]] meets [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy]].
** Homura is a gender-bended [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Date Masamune]] meets a less ruthless [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sasuke Uchiha]].
** Hikage is [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Yuuka Kazami]] meets [[Franchise/MetalGear Vamp]].
** Ikaruga is [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Jin Kisaragi]] meets [[Manga/HighSchoolOfTheDead Saeko Busujima]].
** Yagyuu is [[Manga/{{Gintama}} Kagura]] meets a less stoic [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami]].
** Mirai is [[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} Ruri "Kuroneko" Gokou]] meets [[Franchise/{{Rambo}} John Rambo]].
* Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} is WesterAnimation/FelixTheCat meets TheFlash.
** Alternatively, Sonic is [[Anime/{{DragonballZ}} Goku]] meets [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Dante]].
** Tails is [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]] or [[Literature/HarryPotter Hermione]] meets one of the kids from WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox meets [[Anime/{{DragonballZ}} Gohan Jr.]].
** VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog is [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Mewtwo]] meets [[Music/BlackSabbath Black Sabbath's "Iron Man"]] meets [[Anime/{{DragonBallZ}} Vegeta]].
* [[SuperMarioBros Mario]]: MickeyMouse meets {{Popeye}}, with [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs mushrooms instead of spinach!]], or ComicBook/{{Asterix}} meets a plumber meets Nintendo's former landlord Mario Segali.
** Bowser: KingMook turtle meets [[BreathWeapon fire breathing]] {{Kaiju}}.
** Luigi is [[Manga/{{OnePiece}} Usopp]] meets [[Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} Tails]]
* [[SyphonFilter Gabriel Logan]] is [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]] meets [[VideoGame/SplinterCell Sam Fisher]].
* [[VideoGame/TheWonderful101 Luka Alan Smithee]] is the Luka from ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' (They even have the same scarf!) with a dash of [[spoiler:[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]].]]
* [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Scout]]: [[VideoGame/EarthBound Ness]] meets Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog meets [[BanjoKazooie Kazooie]] meets VinceOffer.
** Saxton Hale: just about every MemeticBadass meets Theodore Roosevelt (in more than one aspect, looks being one of them) meets Bear Grylls.
* [[VideoGame/TimeCrisis Wild Dog]] is [[Film/HardBoiled Mad Dog]] meets [[VideoGame/MegaManX Sigma]].
* ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'' Lara Croft: [[HungerGames Katniss Everdeen]] meets [[VideoGame/{{Uncharted}} Nathan Drake]] with a dash of [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] {{Adorkable}}
* [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Sakuya Izayoi]] is [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dio Brando]] meets [[Manga/BlackButler Sebastian Michaelis]], genderbent.
* [[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Arthas]] is KingArthur meets [[StarWars Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader]]
* [[VideoGame/TheWitchAndTheHundredKnight Metallia]] is [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Marisa Kirisame]] meets [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Etna]].
* [[VideoGame/HeavyRain Ethan Mars]] is [[VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}} Lucas Kane]] meets [[VideoGame/SilentHill1 Harry Mason]].
* From TalesOfGraces:
** Asbel Lhant is [[Anime/CodeGeass Suzaku Kururugi]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Lloyd Irving]].
** Sophie is [[Anime/CodeGeass C.C]] meets [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami]].
* [[VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine Captain Martin Walker]] is essentially [[VideoGame/{{Uncharted}} Nathan Drake]] meets [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]].
* [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Trevor Phillips]] is StoneColdSteveAustin meets {{Wolverine}}
* [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Verdugo]] is a cross between a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]] and a Franchise/{{Predator}}.
* VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa}}:
** Makoto Naegi is [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]] meets [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]].
** Monokuma is [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Teddie]] meets [[Franchise/{{Saw}} Jigsaw]].
** Kyoko Kirigiri is [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Naoto Shirogane]] meets [[Franchise/AceAttorney Mia Fey]] meets [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami]].
** Byakuya Togami is [[Anime/YuGiOh Seto Kaiba]] meets [[Franchise/AceAttorney Miles Edgeworth]].
** Yasuhiro Hagakure is [[Franchise/AceAttorney Larry Butz]] meets [[ScoobyDoo Shaggy]] meets [[AncientAliens Giorgio A. Tsoukalos]].
** [[spoiler: The real Junko Enoshima is [[Franchise/AceAttorney Dahlia Hawthorne]] meets [[{{Film/Se7en}} John Doe]].]]
** Chihiro Fujisaki is [[Anime/SerialExperimentsLain Lain Iwakura]] meets [[SteinsGate Ruka Urushibara]].
** Aoi Asahina is [[Franchise/AceAttorney Maya Fey]] meets [[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} Chie Satonaka]].
** Toko Fukawa is [[Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular Tomoko Kuroki]] meets [[Manga/DragonBall Launch]] meets [[spoiler: UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper]]
** Leon Kuwata is [[Franchise/AceAttorney Larry Butz]] meets [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]].
* [[VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder Telka]] is [[VideoGame/BioshockInfinite Elizabeth]] meets [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} Patricia Tannis]].
* [[VideoGame/{{Guacamelee}} Juan]] is [[VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}} Rick]] meets [[Film/NachoLibre Ignacio]].
** El Presidente's daughter is [[VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}} Jennifer]] meets [[WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife Maria]]
* From ''VisualNovel/XBlazeCodeEmbryo'':
** Touya Kagami is [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Shirou Emiya]] meets [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/{{Blazblue}} Ragna The Bloodedge.]]]]
** Es is [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saber]] meets [[VideoGame/{{Blazblue}} Nu13.]]
* Franchise/CrashBandicoot is [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Tasmanian Devil]] meets Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog.
* [[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU Nabbit]] is [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds Ravio]] meets [[Franchise/SuperMario Ninji]] meets [[{{Franchise/Kirby}} Tac]].
* ''[[VideoGame/CherryTreeHighComedyClub Cherry Tree High series]]''
** Miley Verisse is Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog meets [[Manga/KOn Ritsu Tainaka]].
** Ai Fujino/Ai Towano is [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite2 Yancy]] meets [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Cream the Rabbit]].
* Human characters from ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}''.
** [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Hilda]] is Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog meets [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Jupiter]] meets [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]].
** [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite2 Rosa]] is {{Franchise/Sailor Moon}} meets [[Manga/KOn Yui Hirasawa]].
** [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite2 Yancy]] is [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Cream the Rabbit]] meets [[Franchise/LoveLive Honoka Kousaka]] meets [[Manga/LuckyStar Miyuki Takara]].
* [[VideoGame/{{Nier}} Father Nier]] is [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]] meets [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]] while Brother Nier is [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]] meets [[VideoGame/{{Drakengard}} Caim]].
* [[VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth The New Kid]] is [[TheElderScrollsVSkyrim The Dragonborn]] meets [[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} Yu Narukami]].
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* ''VideoGame/WeHappyFew'' is ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' meets ''Literature/BraveNewWorld''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' has been described as ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Franchise/{{Bioshock}}''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Singularity}}'' is ''Franchise/BioShock'' meets ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' meets the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeries''.

* [[Franchise/BioShock Andrew Ryan]] is [[Film/TheAviator Howard Hughes]] meets Creator/AynRand

** Songbird is [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon Toothless]] meets [[Franchise/BioShock a Big Daddy]].

* [[VideoGame/{{Bubsy}} Bobcat]] is Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog meets [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Scrappy Doo]].

* VideoGame/Bubsy Bobcat is Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog meets [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Scrappy Doo]].

* [[VideoGame/Bubsy Bubsy Bobcat]] is [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog]] meets [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Scrappy Doo]].

* ''{{Klonoa}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' meets ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''

** ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' is ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' meets ''Literature/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays'' meets ''Franchise/GodOfWar'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Ristar}}''.

* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' is basically ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Anime/GurrenLagann'' meets ''VideoGame/GodHand'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meets [[RatedMForManly A bunch of Steroids and Testosterone Growth hormone]]. ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' ([[{{Crossover}} Literally]]) and some more ''SuperRobotGenre'' (Via DLC) are in it as well.

** [[spoiler: The Golden Spider/ Chakravartin]]: [[Anime/MadokaMagica Kyubey]] meets [[Myth/HinduMythology Vishnu]] meets [[GurrenLagann The Anti-Spiral]].

*** [[http://www.google.co.id/imglanding?q=kisame+%26+harribel&um=1&hl=id&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1440&bih=683&tbs=isch:1&tbnid=BIptbPtDbln9_M:&imgrefurl=http://lounge.moviecodec.com/vs-forum/kisame-hoshigaki-vs-zoro-from-op-76021/&imgurl=http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/user/6/6738-137355-bangequationjpg-620x.jpg&zoom=1&w=620&h=484 From this picture]]: Bang = Naruto + [[GurrenLagann Kamina]].

* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''VideoGame/StreetFighter''

* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' is ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' and ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' with battle mechanics from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''.

* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' is ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' meets ImpossiblyCoolWeapons.

* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' is ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.

* [[SyphonFilter Gabriel Logan]] is [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]] meets [[SplinterCell Sam Fisher]].

* [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]] is [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]] meets Franchise/JamesBond meets [[SplinterCell Sam Fisher]].

* ''RuneFactory: A Fantasy HarvestMoon'' is ''VideoGame/DungeonSiege'' meets ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher''. A lot of official sources will all but state this.
** ''VideoGame/RuneFactory 4'' is ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' meets ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher'' meets ''VideoGame/AtelierMeruruTheApprenticeOfArland''.

* ''VideoGame/LegendOfDarkWitch'' is, gameplay-wise, ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''.

* ''Majin Shoujo: Chronicle 2D Act'' is, gameplay-wise, ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''.