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- Fairytale Fights: Castle Crashers meets Hoodwinked! as seen through Animal Crossing-colored filters.
- FAITH: The Unholy Trinity is The Exorcist meets Silent Hill, by way of Castle Wolfenstein and Haunted House.
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is Takeshi's Castle meets Boohbah meets Wipeout (2008) meets Splatoon.
- The Fallout franchise as a whole is Mad Max meets Pleasantville.
- Fallout is Mad Max meets Threads meets Wasteland meets Diablo.
- Fallout 2 is Fallout meets Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior meets Dune meets Waterworld.
- Notably, starting from Fallout 3, it has shifted to now overall being Mad Max meets Pleasantville with elements of both The Elder Scrolls and Terminator.
- Fallout 3 is Fallout 2 meets The Road meets Philip K. Dick's The Penultimate Truth.
- In turn, the Fallout 3 DLCs are as follows: Broken Steel is Fallout 3 meets The Iron Giant meets Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, The Pitt is Fallout 3 meets Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, Operation: Anchorage! is Fallout 3 meets The Matrix meets Battlefield 4, Point Lookout is Fallout 3 meets the Cthulhu Mythos, and Mothership Zeta is Fallout 3 meets Plan 9 from Outer Space.
- Fallout: New Vegas is Fallout 3 meets Casino meets The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, with elements of Firefly and Gladiator.
- In turn, the Fallout: New Vegas DLCs are as follows: Dead Money is Fallout: New Vegas meets The Treasure of the Sierra Madre meets the Saw series, Honest Hearts is Fallout: New Vegas meets Dances with Wolves, Old World Blues is Fallout: New Vegas meets The Wonderful Wizard of Oz meets The Brave Little Toaster, and Lonesome Road is Fallout: New Vegas meets The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. And regarding fan mods, New Vegas Bounties is Fallout: New Vegas meets Blood Meridian.
- Fallout 4 is Fallout: New Vegas meets The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim meets Mad Max: Fury Road meets Blade Runner meets Terminator 2: Judgment Day meets Buck Rogers meets The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, all marinated with a sprinkling of Final Fantasy IV and seasoned with a side-dash of both Minecraft and Mass Effect 3.
- In turn, the Fallout 4 DLCS are as follows: Automatron is Fallout 4 meets Mega Man, Far Harbor is Fallout 4 meets The Mist meets A Canticle for Leibowitz, and Nuka-World is Fallout 4 meets Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome meets both Takeshi's Castle and Kemono Friends.
- Fallout 76 is Fallout meets Life After People meets Mass Effect: Andromeda meets the works of H. P. Lovecraft, all combined with a hefty amount of Appalachian folklore.
- Fantasy Life is Final Fantasy V meets Animal Crossing, with the art style of Professor Layton.
- Or, Final Fantasy V meets Rune Factory, minus the farming.
- Far Cry series:
- Far Cry is Unreal meets Doom³ meets Man vs. Wild meets The Island of Doctor Moreau.
- Far Cry 2 is Far Cry meets Blood Diamond.
- Far Cry 3 is Far Cry 2 meets Deliverance meets Heart of Darkness meets Batman: Arkham Asylum.
- Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is Far Cry 3 meets The Terminator meets G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, with laser-shooting dinosaurs.
- Trials of the Blood Dragon is Trials meets Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.
- Far Cry 4 is Far Cry 3 meets Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
- Far Cry Primal is Far Cry 4 meets Quest for Fire meets 10,000 BC.
- Far Cry 5 is Far Cry 4 meets Metal Wolf Chaos meets Waco.
- Far Cry: New Dawn is Far Cry 5 meets Fallout: New Vegas meets Borderlands 2.
- Far Cry 6 is Far Cry: New Dawn meets V for Vendetta meets Breaking Bad.
- Farming Simulator: Farm Tycoon meets Gran Turismo
- Farmville: Harvest Moon meets Facebook.
- Fast & Furious: Crossroads is The Fast and the Furious meets Driv3r meets Ride to Hell: Retribution.
- FAST Racing League: F-Zero or Wip Eout meets Ikaruga.
- the 2003 unreleased The Fast and the Furious game is Tokyo Extreme Racer meets Midnight Club with Need for Speed: Underground's customization features.
- Fate Series:
- Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star = Fate/EXTRA + Dynasty Warriors with a hint of Senran Kagura.
- Fate/EXTRA = Fate/stay night + Persona 3 + The Matrix.
- Fate/Grand Order = Fate/stay night + Brave Frontier + Doctor Who + Kingdom Hearts + Granblue Fantasy + Shin Megami Tensei + Kamen Rider Den-O + Kamen Rider Decade + Mirai Sentai Timeranger + Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Fausseté Amour is Valis meets Ghosts 'n Goblins meets Bionic Commando.
- Faxanadu is Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu meets Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.
- Fe is Ori and the Blind Forest meets Journey (2012) meets Shadow of the Colossus.
- Fear & Hunger is NetHack meets Berserk meets Silent Hill.
- Or Darkest Dungeon meets The Binding of Isaac and F.A.T.A.L. (Minus F.A.T.A.L's bigoted humor and broken, convoluted rules).
- Fear & Hunger: Termina is Umineko: When They Cry meets Bloodborne meets Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors meets Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom.
- Final Fight is Double Dragon meets Streets of Fire meets Street Fighter.
- Fire & Ice: The Daring Adventures of Cool Coyote takes some game mechanicsnote as well as the cartoon-animal artstyle from the Bubble Bobble seriesnote , and combines them with elements of Turricannote .
- The Fire Emblem series' most notable examples:
- Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War is Fire Emblem meets A Song of Ice and Fire meets Phantasy Star III.
- Fire Emblem: Awakening is Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light meets Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War meets the X-Men storyline Days of Future Past.
- Fire Emblem Warriors is Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light meets Fire Emblem: Awakening meets Fire Emblem Fates meets Dynasty Warriors (natch) with a hint of Fire Emblem Gaiden and Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
- Fire Emblem Heroes is Fire Emblem meets Brave Frontier meets Crisis on Infinite Earths.
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses is Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War meets Fire Emblem Fates meets The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel meets Game of Thrones meets Berserk meets Castlevania: Symphony of the Night meets Final Fantasy VII meets Persona 5.
- Alternatively Fire Emblem: Three Houses is Harry Potter meets Persona meets Kamen Rider Build.
- The First Encounter Assault Recon series is essentially Hard Boiled meets The Ring meets Scanners meets Elfen Lied. Each game in the franchise has its own unique elements as well:
- The original F.E.A.R. is Die Hard meets the above.
- F.E.A.R. 2 is Halo meets the above, being the most firmly sci-fi esque game in the series.
- F.3.A.R. is In the Mouth of Madness meets the above.
- Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is Fist of the North Star meets Like a Dragon meets Mad Max: Fury Road.
- Fear Equation is the gameplay of Deadnaut, the setting of Snowpiercer, and the supernatural side of The Fog.
- Five Nights at Freddy's in general is A Nightmare on Elm Street meets Terminator meets Serial Experiments Lain meets SCP Foundation.
- Five Nights at Freddy's is above meets Night Trap meets SCP – Containment Breach in a Suck E. Cheese's. Gameplay wise, it's Granny's Footsteps meets Night Trap with The Strangest Security Tape I've Ever Seen as a Framing Device.
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is Five Nights at Freddy's meets Child's Play.
- Five Nights at Freddy's 3 is Five Nights at Freddy's 2 meets Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
- Five Nights at Freddy's 4 is Five Nights at Freddy's 3 meets A Nightmare on Elm Street.
- Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location is Five Nights at Freddy's 4 meets Portal 2.
- Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator is Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location meets Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.
- Ultimate Custom Night is Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator meets Super Mario Maker.
- Five Nights At Freddys VR Help Wanted is Ultimate Custom Night meets Bendy and the Ink Machine meets Wes Craven's New Nightmare.
- Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach is Five Nights At Freddys VR Help Wanted meets Devil May Cry 5 meets Willy's Wonderland meets JoJo's Bizarre Adventure meets Transformers: Prime by way of Alien: Isolation.
- Five Nights at Treasure Island is Five Nights at Freddy's meets Abandoned by Disney.
- The Flame in the Flood is Don't Starve meets The Oregon Trail meets A Boy and His Dog.
- Flappy Bird is the "Profit Bird" from Jetpack Joyride meets art assets from Super Mario Bros. 3 meets QWOP-style controls.
- Flashback is Total Recall (1990) meets They Live! with a little bit of Blade Runner, The Running Man, and Alien thrown in.
- Flying Red Barrel ~Diary of a Little Aviator~ is Touhou Project meets Porco Rosso.
- Foamstars: Splatoon meets Overwatch. Alternately, a fusion accident between Splatoon, ARMS, and a Mizutsune.
- For Honor is Bushido Blade meets Assassin's Creed meets Mortal Kombat: Armageddon by way of Berserk, Vagabond, Vinland Saga, Kingdom and Innocent.
- Forsaken is Descent meets Jet Moto meets Sewer Shark.
- Forspoken is Ultima meets Sword Art Online, The Witcher and Ms. Marvel (2014).
- Forza series:
- Forza Motorsport series is Gran Turismo meets TOCA series (the predecessor to GRID), with Need for Speed: Underground's vehicle customization systems.
- Forza Horizon series is Gran Turismo meets Midnight Club meets Test Drive Unlimited meets Need for Speed: Underground also GRID and DIRT.
- Nintendo Power described Fossil Fighters as Pokémon meets Jurassic Park.
- Fortnite is Team Fortress 2 meets Minecraft.
- Save the World is Left 4 Dead meets Minecraft. Battle Royale, meanwhile, is the aforementioned meets PUBG meets Ready Player One (2018).
- First person exploration-based puzzle game FRACT OSC is Myst meets Rez.
- Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon is Life After People meets Silent Hill
- Free Realms: World of Warcraft meets Neopets
- Freedom Planet can easily be described if Treasure made a Sonic the Hedgehog title.
- In particular: Sonic Rush meets Gunstar Super Heroes
- Not unlike Shovel Knight, which is a mish-mash of tropes from Nintendo games, Freedom Planet is a mish-mash of tropes from Sega Genesis games, such as the Sonic games, Dynamite Headdy, Rocket Knight Adventures, and Ristar.
- Friction (the independent Light Gun Game by Friction Game Studios) is Razing Storm meets Target Terror meets F.E.A.R. meets Transformers (2007).
- Friday Night Funkin' is DanceDanceRevolution meets Parappa The Rapper meets Scott Pilgrim as done by Newgrounds.
- Frostpunk is basically CitiesSkylines meets Snowpiercer meets This War of Mine.
- The Fruit of Grisaia is essentially Katawa Shoujo meets The Professional.
- FTL: Faster Than Light: Star Control meets Dwarf Fortress
- F1 Race Stars is Mario Kart meets Formula One.
- Fuga: Melodies of Steel is Bokurano meets The Oregon Trail meets Darkest Dungeon meets Miitopia with a hint of Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume set in a World of Funny Animals.
- Or Tail Concerto meets Valkyria Chronicles meets Howl's Moving Castle meets Bokurano meets Digimon Adventure meets Darkest Dungeon meets Digimon Survive.
- Or per the games' tagline, War meets Vengeance meets Kemono.
- Full Auto is Burnout meets Twisted Metal.
- Furi is The Red Star meets Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater meets No More Heroes. Or Dark Souls meets Ikaruga meets The Running Man.
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- GachiTora! is Kenka Banchō meets Great Teacher Onizuka and/or Gokusen... With a dose of Psychonauts.
- Gaist Crusher is Monster Hunter meets Saint Seiya.
- Gal*Gun is Virtua Cop meets Tokimeki Memorial.
- Gamedec is The Matrix meets Disco Elysium''.
- Gan Gan Ganchan is Flicky meets the Maze Game genre.
- The Gardens Between is Life Is Strange meets Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
- Garou: Mark of the Wolves is Fatal Fury meets The Last Blade meets Street Fighter III.
- Gate of Thunder is Thunder Force meets Zero Wing (without the Engrish).
- Geist is Metroid Prime meets Ghost (1990), with a few nods to The Exorcist.
- Genesis 2009 is totally Kingdom Hearts meets Persona 4, as a Flash game!
- Gears of War is Warhammer 40,000 meets Halo
- Genocide is Ninja Gaiden meets Assault Suits Valken meets Patlabor.
- Genshin Impact is Honkai Impact 3rd meets The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild meets The Division meets Assassin's Creed and Fate/Grand Order.
- The Getaway is Grand Theft Auto if it were made by Guy Ritchie.
- Gensou Skydrift is Touhou Project meets Mario Kart: Double Dash!! meets Sonic Riders.
- Getsu Fuma Den is Genpei Tōma Den meets Castlevania II: Simon's Quest meets Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
- Getsu Fuma Den: Undying Moon is Getsu Fuma Den meets Dead Cells.
- Gex is the GEICO Gecko meets Stay Tuned meets Channel Chasers, with loads of TV and movie references.
- Ghost Master is The Sims meets Ghostbusters
- Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is essentially Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots with the plot of Modern Warfare.
- Ghostrunner is Ninja Gaiden meets Mirror's Edge meets Blade Runner.
- Ghost of Tsushima is Angolmois meets The Patriot (2000) meets Braveheart meets Akira Kurosawa samurai films garnished with the stealth gameplay of Assassin's Creed and Tenchu, along with the open-world aspect of Red Dead Redemption II.
- Ghostwire: Tokyo is inFAMOUS meets The World Ends with You.
- Giants: Citizen Kabuto is Tribes meets Wave Race meets the Command & Conquer: Red Alert Series meets Rampage.
- Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure is the Cthulhu Mythos meets Creator/Disney and Monkey Island.
- Gimmick! (1992) is Hebereke meets Castlevania.
- Girls' Frontline is Advance Wars meets Upotte!! meets Gunslinger Girl meets Metal Gear meets Modern Warfare meets Fallout Tactics meets Terminator Salvation.
- The Girl and the Robot is ICO meets Castle in the Sky
- God Eater is Monster Hunter meets Neon Genesis Evangelion.
- God Hand is Final Fight meets Fist of the North Star meets Devil May Cry.
- God of War is Devil May Cry meets Shadow of the Colossus meets Clash of the Titans meets Mortal Kombat meets Rygar: The Legendary Adventure meets Berserk.
- God of War (PS4) is God of War meets Logan meets Vikings meets The Road meets Asura's Wrath meets The Last of Us meets Rebuild of Evangelion meets DmC: Devil May Cry.
- God of War Ragnarök is God of War (PS4) meets Assassin's Creed: Valhalla meets Devil May Cry 5 meets The Last of Us Part II meets Horizon Forbidden West meets Ghost of Tsushima.
- God of Weapons is Brotato meets Backpack Hero.
- Golden Axe is Double Dragon meets Conan the Barbarian
- Ax Battler: A Golden Axe Legend is Golden Axe meets Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.
- Golden Sun's gameplay is The Legend of Zelda meets Final Fantasy. The story is Avatar: The Last Airbendernote meets Age of Mythology.
- Golf Story is Everybody's Golf meets Stardew Valley
- Gone Golfing is Golf With Your Friends meets Bendy and the Ink Machine
- Gone Home is Myst meets My So-Called Life and But I'm a Cheerleader.
- Goodbye Volcano High is Night in the Woods meets Dinosaurs and Last Night.
- Gotcha Force is Virtual-ON meets Pokémon.
- Grabbed by the Ghoulies is Luigi's Mansion meets Banjo-Kazooie meets a kid-friendly version of Splatterhouse.
- Granblue Fantasy is Rage of Bahamut meets Brave Frontier meets Final Fantasy meets Skies of Arcadia with a dash of Hunter × Hunter.
- Gradius NEO is Life Force/Salamander with the weapon system from Radiant Silvergun...FOR THE MOBILE PHONES!
- Gradius ReBirth is Gradius: The Interstellar Assault meets the MSX games (The Nemesis series and Salamander port) meets Gradius Gaiden 's art style and Gradius III 's music soundfont.
- Gradius V is Life Force/Salamander meets Radiant Silvergun or Ikaruga.
- Or perhaps Gradius NEO revamped by the same developers of Radiant Silvergun or Ikaruga.
- Grand Theft Auto:
- Grand Theft Auto III is Grand Theft Auto meets Driver meets Goodfellas.
- Or Grand Theft Auto meets No Country for Old Men but in The Big Rotten Apple instead of Texas.
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is Grand Theft Auto III meets Boyz n the Hood meets Colors meets The Count of Monte Cristo meets JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is Scarface meets Grand Theft Auto III meets Miami Vice.
- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is Grand Theft Auto III meets The Sopranos.
- Grand Theft Auto IV is Grand Theft Auto III meets Brother (1997) meets Behind Enemy Lines meets The Sopranos meets Mobile Suit Gundam SEED meets Berserk.
- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is Grand Theft Auto IV (story) meets Grand Theft Auto (Classic) (gameplay) meets Crazy Taxi meets Chinatown.
- Grand Theft Auto V is Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas meets Grand Theft Auto IV meets Max Payne meets Heat meets Breaking Bad meets Gone in Sixty Seconds meets Game of Thrones meets Sin City meets Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny meets South Park meets Fast Five.
- Grand Theft Auto III is Grand Theft Auto meets Driver meets Goodfellas.
- Granny is Hello Neighbor meets low-quality Silent Hill.
- Gran Turismo is Daytona USA meets Need for Speed meets Tokyo Xtreme Racer.
- Actually, it is the racing version of Super Smash Bros. with Japanese carmakers and tuners joining the racing fray.
- Graveyard Keeper is Don't Starve meets Stardew Valley.
- Gravity Circuit can be described as Mega Man Zero meets Sonic the Hedgehog.
- Gravity Rush is Bioshock Infinite meets inFAMOUS meets Super Mario Galaxy 2 in a World of Action Girls.
- Gravity Rush 2 is Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep meets NieR: Automata meets Super Mario Galaxy meets Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
- Great Greed is Dragon Quest meets Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
- Grezzo 2 is Doom meets Postal in Italy.
- GRID is Gran Turismo meets Forza Motorsport meets Need for Speed meets Project Gotham Racing.
- Grid Legends is Need for Speed: ProStreet with Formula 1: Drive to Survive-style narration.
- GRIDD: Retroenhanced
is TRON meets Starblade and/or Star Fox. - Grim Fandango can be described as Film Noir meets the Dia de los Muertos.
- GrimGrimoire is Groundhog Day meets Harry Potter.
- Grounded is Honey, I Shrunk the Kids meets ARK: Survival Evolved
- Guacamelee! is Castlevania: Symphony of the Night meets Grim Fandango meets ¡Mucha Lucha!
- Guardian Heroes is Gunstar Heroes meets Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force with the chaotic action of Capcom's Alien vs. Predator arcade game while taking notes from their Dungeon & Dragons beat 'em ups.
- The Guardian Legend is Aleste meets Golvellius.
- Guardian Tales is MapleStory meets any of the classic The Legend of Zelda games.
- The Guided Fate Paradox is Shakugan no Shana meets Zettai Hero Project.
- Guilty Gear is Street Fighter meets JoJo's Bizarre Adventure meets Neon Genesis Evangelion meets Bastard!! (1988) (the last one was confirmed by Word of God to have been a major influence on the series)
- Guitar Hero: Harmonix has openly stated that GH is equal parts Guitar Freaks (concept and peripherals), Frequency (game play) and Karaoke Revolution (visual presentation).
- Guitar Hero Live is Guitar Hero meets MTV (GHTV) and the Sega CD (GH Live).
- Gundam Battle Assault is Gundam meets Tekken or Soul Series.
- Gungrave is Devil May Cry is meets The God Father meets The Matrix meets Heroic Bloodshed.
- Gunpoint is The Art of Theft meets Inspector Gadget, with Mark of the Ninja and Metal Gear trying to sneak around the side, and a side order of China Town.
- Guwange is Gunsmoke meets Genpei Tōma Den.
- Gyromancer is Final Fantasy meets Bejeweled Twist
- Gyruss is Galaga meets Tempest.
- Torus Trooper is Gyruss meets F-Zero.
- Torus Trooper
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- .hack// is Phantasy Star Online meets TRON meets German poetry.
- Hades is Diablo meets God of War.
- Or Hercules meets Devil May Cry and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
- Half-Life:
- Half-Life 1 is Quake meets The X-Files.
- Half-Life: Opposing Force is Half-Life 1 meets Call of Duty.
- Half-Life 2 is Half-Life 1 meets Nineteen Eighty-Four.
- Or Doom II meets Halo: Combat Evolved meets The Matrix meets ICO meets Beyond Good & Evil.
- Half-Life: Alyx is Half-Life 2 meets Boneworks meets Portal meets Bioshock Infinite Burial At Sea meets Kim Possible.
- Halo is Marathon meets Starcraft meets Call of Duty.
- Starship Troopers meets Captain America by way of The Lord of the Rings.
- Video game Historian/analyst Kieth Fienstien on CNBC described Halo as RoboCop, with Colonial Marines from Aliens, meets The War of the Worlds, with a Night of the Living Dead (1968)/Invasion of the Body Snatchers subplot.
- Let's not forget Ringworld, the most obvious one of all for those familiar with it.
- Happy Game is Chuchel meets The Binding of Isaac meets Happy Tree Friends meet Blub Boy
- Happy Wars is Dungeon Defenders meets Castle Crashers.
- Happy Wheels is Happy Tree Friends meets LittleBigPlanet.
- Hard Edge is Resident Evil meets an anime-styled Die Hard IN THE FUTURE.
- Hardcore Mecha is Metal Slug meets Super Robot Wars.
- Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells: Candy Crush meets Harry Potter.
- A Hat in Time is Super Mario 64 meets The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker meets Banjo-Kazooie.
- Or Wind Waker meets Super Mario Odyssey.
- Have a Nice Death (2022) is Hollow Knight meets Hades meets Darksiders.
- Haven (2020) is Castle in the Sky meets Journey (2012) meets Persona meets Romeo and Juliet IN SPACE!!!.
- Heart of Darkness is Commander Keen meets Another World.
- Heavy Rain is Se7en meets Saw with the gameplay of Fahrenheit.
- TotalBiscuit described Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit as Jazz Jackrabbit meets Disgaea meets WarioWare meets Earthworm Jim
- Hello Neighbor is The 'Burbs meets Outlast
- Hell Pie is Demon Turf meets Conker's Bad Fur Day meets Ren & Stimpy.
- Helldivers is Starship Troopers meets Left 4 Dead.
- Hellpoint is Bloodborne meets Dead Space.
- Alternatively: Dark Souls meets Doom (2016).
- Hell's Kitchen for the Wii: Cooking Mama meets Diner Dash meets a looming CGI Gordon Ramsay.
- Helltaker is Johnny Bravo meets Leisure Suit Larry meets Hazbin Hotel meets Shin Megami Tensei meets Sokoban.
- Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure is DuckTales meets Panel de Pon.
- Henry Stickmin Series is Choose Your Own Adventure meets Looney Tunes.
- Heretic is basically Doom meets Castlevania.
- Herobank is what you get if Mega Man Battle Network meets [C] – Control with the latter on it's meds.
- Heroes of Might and Magic literally came about when New World Computing combined King's Bounty with Might and Magic.
- Heroes of the Storm is League of Legends meets Super Smash Bros. meets Blizzard Entertainment.
- Hexcells is Minesweeper meets Picross.
- Hextech Mayhem is BIT.TRIP Runner meets Friday Night Funkin' meets 'Splosion Man meets the League of Legends universe.
- High on Life is Odd World Strangers Wrath meets Rick and Morty
- Hi-Fi RUSH is FLCL meets Jet Set Radio, Metal: Hellsinger and Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan, according to Steam Curator Designer Plays.
- Or A Lighter and Softer God Hand meets Gitaroo Man
- Hitman is Tenchu meets James Bond meets Golgo 13.
- Hollow Cocoon is Kuon meets Siren Games meets Fatal Frame
- Hollow Knight is Dark Souls meets Ori and the Blind Forest. Or Dark Souls meets A Bug's Life. Or Dark Souls meets The Secret of NIMH, but with anthropomorphic bugs instead of mammals.
- Homefront is Red Dawn (1984) meets Modern Warfare.
- Honkai Impact 3rd is Bayonetta meets NieR: Automata meets Warframe.
- It's also Devil May Cry meets Monster Hunter meets Neon Genesis Evangelion, with a bit of Fate and JoJo thrown in for good measure.
- Honkai: Star Rail is Honkai Impact 3rd meets Genshin Impact meets Galaxy Express 999 meets Star Ocean meets the Trails Series.
- Hood: Outlaws and Legends: Robin Hood meets Game of Thrones and PAYDAY: The Heist.
- Horizon Zero Dawn is Monster Hunter meets Zoids: Chaotic Century meets Tomb Raider meets The Hunger Games meets Avatar.
- Alternatively, The Matrix meets Castle in the Sky meets Brave.
- Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is Ace Attorney Investigations meets Professor Layton.
- Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney literally is Ace Attorney meets Professor Layton.
- Hotline Miami is Grand Theft Auto meets Hitman meets Manhunt meets Miami Vice meets Beverly Hills Cop meets Kick-Ass meets Killer7 meets Cocaine Cowboys meets No More Heroes meets Smash TV meets Drive (2011) meets Half-Life meets the works of David Lynch.
- htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary is Phantom Brave meets Limbo. Altenatively, it's Nippon Ichi meets Indie Game.
- Hrot is Quake meets S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Atomic Heart, and Chernobyl.
- HunieCam Studio is HuniePop meets Sim Tycoon meets Cookie Clicker.
- HuniePop is True Love Junai Monogatari meets Bejeweled.
- Hunt: Showdown is Van Helsing meets Resident Evil, with a dash of Bloodborne'' for flavour.
- Hydlide is Ultima meets The Tower of Druaga.
- Hydro Thunder is Daytona USA meets San Francisco Rush.
- Offroad Thunder is Sega Rally meets Hydro Thunder meets Off-Road Challenge.
- Arctic Thunder is Motor Raid meets Offroad Thunder meets Cruis'n.
- The Spiritual Successor H 2 Overdrive is Scud Race meets Hydro Thunder.
- Hyper Light Drifter is Journey (2012) meets Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
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- I Am Alive is Cliffhanger (in a city) meets The Road.
- I Am Fish is I Am Bread meets Finding Nemo.
- Ibara is Battle Garegga meets DoDonPachi dai ou jou.
- Replace Garegga with Recca and Armed Police Batrider to get Pink Sweets.
- The Arrange Mode of Pink Sweets is Recca meets Battle Bakraid.
- Replace Garegga with Recca and Armed Police Batrider to get Pink Sweets.
- _iCEY._ is Dust: An Elysian Tail meets The Stanley Parable
- Identity V is Dead by Daylight meets Coraline
- Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is Crusaders of the Lost Idols meets Dungeons & Dragons
- Idol Death Game TV is The iDOLM@STER or Love Live! meets Danganronpa.
- Idol Showdown is hololive meets Skullgirls
- Ikari Warriors is Commando (Capcom) meets TNK III meets Rambo with good dose of Kung Fu Master.
- Victory Road is Ikari Warriors meets 2001: A Space Odyssey meets Starship Troopers meets Alien.
- Ikari III: The Rescue is Ikari Warriors meets Bad Dudes meets Double Dragon with some dash of Streets of Rage.
- Ikaruga = Radiant Silvergun + Silhouette Mirage.
- I=MGCM is Magical Girl Raising Project meets Pretty Cure, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Dragon Ball, and Persona with The Multiverse, Fanservice (and Fan Disservice).
- Immortals Fenyx Rising: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild + Assassin's Creed: Odyssey minus some RPG-grinding and RNG for things such as items and character progression.
- Or The Legend of Zelda meets Kid Icarus: Uprising.
- Immortals Of Aveum is The Wheel of Time meets Destiny.
- Incredipede is QWOP meets Spore
- Inazuma Eleven is Captain Tsubasa (The soccer setting) meets Final Fantasy (The RPG elements), with the art style from Professor Layton.
- The sequel is Blue Dragon (The avatar system) meets Star Wars (The political setting).
- Indie Pogo is Super Smash Bros. meets a Steam sale.
- Indivisible is Super Metroid meets Valkyrie Profile, with a similar artstyle to Skullgirls.
- inFAMOUS series:
- inFAMOUS is Spider-Man meets [PROTOTYPE] (with an additional Karma Meter) and Escape from New York (though it's set in a discount version of New York).
- inFAMOUS 2 is the first inFAMOUS game injected with a slight dose of X-Men (specifically the themes of anti-superhuman bigotry), set in a blatant pastiche of New Orleans.
- inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood is inFAMOUS 2 meets Dracula and a ton of Vampire Tropes, set during a Fictional Holiday that's a mashup of Halloween and Mardi Gras.
- In Famous Second Son is inFAMOUS 2 injected with an even greater dose of X-Men (and all of its blatant racism allegories), set in (the actual city of) Seattle.
- Infernax is Castlevania meets Korgoth of Barbaria.
- Infinite Crisis is Dota 2 meets the DC Universe.
- Ingress is Portal meets Google Maps meets Go.
- Initial D Arcade Stage is Initial D meets Sega Rally.
- Injustice is Kingdom Come meets the Justice League episode "A Better World" meets The Dark Knight Returns meets the original Squadron Supreme:
- Injustice: Gods Among Us is Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe meets Mortal Kombat 9 meets V for Vendetta meets Nineteen Eighty-Four meets Watchmen meets Superman: Red Son meets Flashpoint meets Superman vs. the Elite.
- Injustice 2 is Injustice: Gods Among Us meets Mortal Kombat X meets Captain America: Civil War meets The Boys, with a customization system similar to Team Fortress 2 and featuring Hellboy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- Inscryption is Slay the Spire meets Pony Island.
- Insurgency is Modern Warfare meets ARMA.
- Into the Breach is Pacific Rim meets Edge of Tomorrow meets Fire Emblem.
- Interstate '76 is Mad Max meets Death Race meets Goldfinger.
- In the Hunt is R-Type meets The Hunt for Red October.
- Intrepid Izzy is Indiana Jones meets Shantae.
- Invasion: The Abductors is Gunblade N.Y./L.A. Machineguns meets Virtua Cop meets Men in Black with some elements of The House of the Dead.
- Invisible, Inc. is Alpha Protocol meets X-COM.
- The marketing blurbs for Immortal Souls describe it as Puzzle Quest meets Bejeweled meets Final Fantasy, which is close enough for government work.
- Ironcast is Bejeweled meets Bionic Dues in the style of Dishonored.
- Iron Marines is Kingdom Rush meets Starcraft.
- Iron Storm is Scythe meets Return to Castle Wolfenstein (minus Nazi superscience and undead) and Nineteen Eighty-Four.
- It Takes Two is Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons meets A Way Out meets Silent Hill: Shattered Memories meets The Brave Little Toaster.
- Or Marriage Story meets Toy Story.
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- The Jackbox Party Pack:
- Trivia Murder Party is Truth or Consequences meets Saw.
- Fibbage: Enough About You is Fibbage meets Two Truths and a Lie.
- Mad Verse City is Epic Rap Battles of History meets The Transformers meets Mad Libs.
- Push the Button! is Werewolf (1997) meets The Thing (1982).
- Champ'd Up is Pictionary meets Superfight.
- Talking Points is "Newscasters" from Whose Line Is It Anyway? meets Powerpoint Karaoke.
- The Devils and the Details is Spaceteam meets Neighbors from Hell.
- Poll Mine is Knightmare meets Family Feud.
- Jade Empire is Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
- Jak and Daxter:
- Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is Crash Bandicoot meets Banjo-Kazooie with Pixar aesthetics and storytelling.
- Jak II: Renegade is basically Jak and Daxter meets Grand Theft Auto.
- Jak 3 is Jak II meets Final Fantasy XII meets Motorstorm.
- Jak X: Combat Racing is Jak and Daxter meets Death Race.
- Janitor/Jump Joe is Miner 2049er meets Impossible Mission.
- Jazz Jackrabbit is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Turrican. Indeed, it was inspired by those two games.
- Jazzpunk is Dear Esther with the tone and setting of Meet the Robinsons.
- Jet Force Gemini is Starship Troopers meets Star Wars meets Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
- Jet Set Radio is Tony Hawk's Pro Skater meets Grand Theft Auto meets Durarara!!.
- Jewelry Master is Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo meets Tetris.
- Johnny Nero Action Hero is Time Crisis meets Virtua Cop with Affectionate Parody of comics in vein of 80s/90s action films.
- Or CarnEvil meets Invasion: The Abductors meets Time Crisis meets Comic Book.
- Jongbou, by SNK, is Breakout meets Mahjong.
- The Jump Stars series is Super Smash Bros. meets Shonen Jump.
- J-Stars Victory VS is Jump Super Stars meets Anarchy Reigns.
- Jump Force can be referred to as Re:CREATORS with Shonen Jump properties.
- Alternately, J-Stars Victory VS meets the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Judgment is Yakuza meets Ace Attorney with a dash of Case Closed.
- Lost Judgment adds a bit of Bully into the mix.
- Juiced is Need for Speed: Underground 2 meets Street Racing Syndicate and Midnight Club.
- Junkworld is Kingdom Rush meets Fallout
- Just Cause 2 is Bionic Commando meets Mercenaries with a dash of Grand Theft Auto, thoroughly marinated in Rule of Cool, awesomeness, and an awful lot of Stuff Blowing Up.
- Just Shapes & Beats is Rez meets Undertale.
- Justice League Task Force is the Justice League of America meets Street Fighter II.
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- KanColle is Strike Witches meets Girls und Panzer meets Arpeggio of Blue Steel meets Transformers meets Warframe.
- Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 is Ty the Tasmanian Tiger meets Rayman 2: The Great Escape with some elements borrowed from Spyro the Dragon.
- Kenshi, for a better description, would be Berserk meets Fist of the North Star meets Dr. STONE meets Game of Thrones meets every RTS game cliche known meets Lone Wolf and Cub.
- Katana ZERO starts from the premise of Hotline Miami meets Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai. Then the plot starts to come together and reveals elements of Jacob's Ladder and Dredd.
- Kentucky Route Zero is Over the Garden Wall if the Antebellum America motif was jumped forward to a 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 Adventure Games meets Theater.
- American Southern Gothic Magical Realism!
- Ketsui is DoDonPachi DaiOuJou meets Soukyugurentai.
- Add the bullet cancelling mechanics of Progear and Espgaluda for the X-Mode Arrange Mode.
- Remove the chip multiplier and insert equal parts DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Black Label's Hyper Mode and Battle Garegga for the Deathtiny Arrange Mode.
- Kickle Cubicle is Adventures of Lolo meets Pengo.
- Kid Icarus is Metroidvania meets Classical Mythology.
- Kid Icarus: Uprising is either Kid Icarus meets Panzer Dragoon as written by Rick Riordan., or Sin and Punishment: Star Successornote meets Serious Samnote meets Shin Megami Tenseinote .
- Or literally, Kid Icarus meets Hard Corps: Uprising with the gameplay style of Metroid: Other M.
- Kid Icarus: Uprising is either Kid Icarus meets Panzer Dragoon as written by Rick Riordan., or Sin and Punishment: Star Successornote meets Serious Samnote meets Shin Megami Tenseinote .
- Killer7 is The Silver Case meets Resident Evil's puzzles meets Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.
- Killer Frequency is Do You Copy? meets Lifeline meets a more mundane version of Friday the 13th
- Killer Instinct is Mortal Kombat meets Street Fighter meets Darkstalkers (the latter more so for the 2013 reboot).
- Killing Floor and Killing Floor 2 is Nazi Zombies meets Counter-Strike meets Resident Evil Mercenaries mode.
- Killing Time was described as "...the bastard child of Doom and The 7th Guest" by Next Generation magazine.
- Kingdom Hearts is quite literally Disney meets Final Fantasy.
- Or Final Fantasy meets Bone.
- Or Disney meets Ratchet & Clank.
- The Disney Animated Canon meets Star Wars meets Bleach.
- Disney meets the Shōnen Demographic.
- Or Naruto meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit meets the Disney Mouse and Duck Comics meets Jak and Daxter.
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories is Kingdom Hearts meets Mega Man Battle Network.
- Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days is Kingdom Hearts meets Neon Genesis Evangelion.
- Or ‘’Disney’’ meets ‘’The Force Unleashed’’
- Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep is pretty much Disney meets Revenge of the Sith
- The events of the Castle of Dreams in said game is also Cinderella meets Othello, with some elements of Paradise Lost.
- Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] is Final Fantasy meets Pokémon.
- Sora's scenario in The Grid is pretty much TRON: Legacy meets Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
- Kingdom Hearts III is Disney meets The Last Battle meets Avengers: Endgame meets The Rise of Skywalker
- Kingdom of Loathing is World of Warcraft meets xkcd
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is The Elder Scrolls meets God of War.
- The King of Fighters started out as literally Fatal Fury meets Art of Fighting meets Psycho Soldier meets Ikari Warriors meets original characters and obvious Street Fighter II gameplay and aesthetic.
- Kirby: Mega Man (Classic) meets Super Mario Bros..
- Kirby's Dream Land is Mega Man meets Super Mario Bros. 2 meets Yoshi's Island.
- Kirby's Adventure is Kirby's Dream Land meets Super Mario Bros. 3.
- Kirby's Avalanche is Kirby meets Puyo Puyo.
- Kirby's Dream Land 2 is Kirby's Adventure meets Super Mario World.
- Kirby's Dream Course is Kirby meets Marble Madness meets Zany Golf.
- Kirby's Block Ball is Kirby meets Breakout.
- Kirby Superstar is Kirby's Adventure meets Super Mario All-Stars meets Donkey Kong Country.
- Kirby Air Ride is Kirby meets Mario Kart.
- Kirby: Canvas Curse is Kirby meets Line Rider.
- Animal Crossing + Yoshi's Story = Kirby's Epic Yarn
- Kirby & the Amazing Mirror + Kirby: Canvas Curse + Pikmin = Kirby Mass Attack
- Kirby: Planet Robobot is Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann meets Mother 3 meets Big Hero 6 at the end.
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land is Kirby’s Blowout Blast with copy abilities meets NieR: Automata.
- Kirby's Dream Buffet is Kirby Super Star's Gourmet Race meets Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble meets Fall Guys.
- Klonoa is Kirby meets Sonic the Hedgehog meets NiGHTS into Dreams….
- Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade is Dark Souls meets Kingdom of Heaven (both came out after this game however).
- Knytt is Shadow of the Colossus meets ICO.
- Knytt Stories is Knytt with the atmosphere and flora (and ring world, in the case of A Strange Dream) of Creatures.
- Kung Fu Chivalry is Double Dragon meets Prince of Persia meets Street Fighter meets the Wuxia genre.
- Kung Fury The Game is One Finger Death Punch meets Final Fight.
- Kuon is Fatal Frame meets Ju On.
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- Laika: Aged Through Blood is LISA: The Painful RPG meets Ghost Rider.
- Gameplay-wise, it's Happy Wheels meets Katana ZERO meets Blasphemous.
- La-Mulana is Indiana Jones meets Knightmare II: The Maze of Galious.
- L.A. Noire is L.A. Confidential meets Grand Theft Auto meets Dragnet meets Chinatown meets The Two Jakes slightly garnished with a pinch of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
- The Last Blade is Samurai Shodown meets Rurouni Kenshin.
- Last Duel is Spy Hunter meets Truxton.
- The Last of Us is Uncharted meets The Walking Dead meets Lone Wolf and Cub meets 28 Days Later meets 28 Weeks Later meets NieR.
- The Last of Us Part II is The Last of Us meets Spec Ops: The Line meets Only God Forgives meets Batman Returns.
- The Last Remnant is Romancing Saga 3 meets Ogre Battle meets Berserk.
- LBX: Little Battlers eXperience is Custom Robo meets Armored Core meets Inazuma Eleven.
- LED Storm (Mad Gear) is Bump 'n' Jump meets Spy Hunter.
- Left 4 Dead is Resident Evil meets Half-Life meets Contra.
- Legacy of Kain is The Elric Saga meets Dracula meets Shakespeare meets Back to the Future
- The Legacy Realm Of Terror is Sweet Home (1989) meets Ultima Underworld.
- Legendary Wings is Xevious meets Kid Icarus.
- Legend of Legaia is Wild ARMs meets Xenogears meets Pokémon.
- The Legend of Dark Witch is, gameplay-wise, Mega Man meets Gradius.
- The Legend of Dragoon is Final Fantasy meets Super Sentai (and by extension, Power Rangers)
- The Legend of Spyro is Spyro the Dragon meets The Lord of the Rings.
- The Legend of Zelda is Super Mario Bros. meets La Morte D Arthur meets The Lord of the Rings meets Classical Mythology.
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is The Legend of Zelda meets Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu meets Metroid meets Dark Souls.
- The Legend of Zelda CD-i Games:
- Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon are Zelda II: The Adventure of Link by way of The Legend of Zelda (1989), King's Quest and Ed Wood's filmography.
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past meets Final Fantasy IV meets Super Mario 64 meets Shazam!.
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time meets The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening meets Donnie Darko meets Alice's Adventures in Wonderland meets Twin Peaks meets Groundhog Day meets The Mask, by way of I Am Legend.
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask meets Drakengard meets Berserk.
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is The Legend of Zelda meets One Piece.
- The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker meets Final Fantasy VI meets Howl's Moving Castle.
- The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass meets Ghost, with a dash of Fullmetal Alchemist.
- Hyrule Warriors is, as the name implies, The Legend of Zelda meets Dynasty Warriors.
- In terms of plot, Word of God says it's "The Legend of Zelda meets The Avengers (2012)".
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is Hyrule Warriors meets The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild meets Halo: Reach meets X-Men: Days of Future Past.
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is The Legend of Zelda meets The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker meets The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess meets The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim meets The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt meets Xenoblade Chronicles X meets Princess Mononoke meets Shadow of the Colossus meets Minecraft meets Crystalis meets Assassin's Creed II meets Avatar: The Last Airbender.
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild meets Red Dead Redemption II meets Super Mario Sunshine meets Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts meets Elden Ring meets God of War Ragnarök meets The Legend of Korra meets The Owl House meets Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts meets Castle in the Sky meets Mnemosyne meets Dragon Ball Z meets Attack on Titan.
- The Legendary Starfy (both the game and the character) is Kirby meets SpongeBob SquarePants.
- LEGO Adaptation Game:
- LEGO Star Wars is X-Men Legends meets Star Wars.
- LEGO Indiana Jones is LEGO Star Wars meets Indiana Jones.
- LEGO Batman is LEGO Indiana Jones meets Batman.
- LEGO Harry Potter is LEGO Batman meets Harry Potter.
- Lego Batman 2 DC Super Heroes is LEGO Batman meets Grand Theft Auto III.
- LEGO Dimensions is any LEGO adaptation game meets a bunch of various franchises meets Disney Infinity.
- Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga is LEGO Star Wars meets Batman: Arkham City meets God of War meets Gears of War meets Crimson Skies High Road To Revenge meets F-Zero.
- Alternatively, it's LEGO Star Wars meets Super Mario Odyssey.
- LEGO 2K Drive is LEGO Racers meets Gran Turismo meets The Crew (2014).
- Lethal Crisis is Mega Man Zero meets SUGURI. Throw in some roguelike elements and you have Lethal Crisis PROTOSPHERE.
- Lethal Enforcers 3 is Police 911 (or Time Crisis) meets Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune. To be fair, it's a Dolled-Up Installment.
- Lethal League is a fusion of squash and dodgeball, as a Super Smash Bros.-style 4P fighting game, and with the aesthetics of Jet Set Radio.
- Lethal Thunder is R-Type meets Raiden.
- Let It Die is Dark Souls meets No More Heroes
- Life Goes On is Lemmings meets Rogue Legacy
- Liberation Maiden is Omega Boost meets Thunder Force meets sora with the Patriotic Fervor of Metal Wolf Chaos.
- Liberator is Missile Command meets Star Raiders.
- Lies of P is The Adventures of Pinocchio meets Bloodborne meets Devil May Cry 5.
- Life Is Strange:
- Twin Peaks meets The X-Files (i.e. paranormal mysteries), meets The Butterfly Effect.
- Donnie Darko meets Twin Peaks meets My So-Called Life.
- Chrono Trigger meets Donnie Darko meets Gone Home, with a dash of Twin Peaks added in.
- The Butterfly Effect meets Twin Peaks meets Blue Is the Warmest Color.
- Like Dreamer is DoDonPachi DaiOuJou meets Touhou Project with Challenge Gamer VTubers.
- Lilo & Stitch for Game Boy Advance is the movie of the same name meets Metal Slug.
- Lightning Fighters (Trigon) is Raiden meets Gaiapolis.
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is Valkyrie Profile meets The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
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- The First is Yume Nikki meets Clarissa and The Binding of Isaac.
- The Painful is EarthBound (1994) meets Fist of the North Star meets Nier.
- Or Mother 3 meets The Last of Us meets Bojack Horseman, with the setting of an inverted Y: The Last Man.
- Or, Undertale meets Children of Men meets Fist of the North Star meets Spec Ops: The Line.
- Little Inferno is Yule Log meets Amazon Prime.
- Little Medusa is Kickle Cubicle meets Greek mythology.
- Little Nightmares is the works of Tim Burton combined with both The City of Lost Children and Spirited Away.
- Little Nightmares is The Orphanage meets Kairo.
- Live A Live: In general, the game is Final Fantasy meets a Tamer and Chaster Heavy Metal and The Dark Tower.
- The Prehistoric Chapter is One Million Years B.C. meets Popeye meets Lady and the Tramp.
- The Imperial China Chapter is Kung Fu Panda meets Fire Emblem: Three Houses meets Enter the Dragon.
- The Edo Japan Chapter is Ninja Gaiden meets Metal Gear Solid meets Like a Dragon: Ishin! meets The Mysterious Murasame Castle.
- The Wild West Chapter is Unforgiven meets The Magnificent Seven (1960) meets Command & Conquer.
- The Present Day Chapter is Street Fighter II meets Kamen Rider meets Mega Man.
- The Near Future Chapter is The World Ends with You meets Batman Beyond meets Mazinger Z.
- The Distant Future Chapter is The Adventures of Pinocchio meets WALL•E meets Alien meets 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- The Middle Ages Chapter is Final Fantasy meets Dragon Quest. At first, anyway. Later, it becomes Tales of... meets Spec Ops: The Line.
- The Final Chapter is The Subspace Emissary meets Chrono Trigger.
- Lobotomy Corporation is SimTower meets SCP – Containment Breach.
- Lollipop Chainsaw is Dead Rising meets Onechanbara.
- Long Live the Queen is Princess Maker meets Game of Thrones.
- The Steam game Longvinter is Animal Crossing meets Rust.
- The Looker is The Witness meets The Stanley Parable.
- Loop Hero is Bastion meets Hades and Darkest Dungeon.
- Lost Ark is League of Legends meets Dota 2 meets Darksiders meets StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty meets Berserk meets Final Fantasy XIV meets Diablo meets PUBG.
- The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is Tolkien's Legendarium meets Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
- Lost Dimension is Valkyria Chronicles meets Danganronpa.
- Love Live! School idol festival is Puzzle & Dragons meets maimai but only as a half-circle.
- Or Love Live! meets THE iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls.
- Lugaru is Usagi Yojimbo meets lo-res computer graphics.
- Luigi's Mansion is Super Mario Bros. meets Resident Evil meets Ghostbusters meets The Haunted Mansion.
- Lumines is Puyo Puyo meets Rez.
- Or Planet Puzzle League meets Beatmania.
