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* ''Fairytale Fights'': ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'' as seen through ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''-colored filters.
* ''VideoGame/FallGuysUltimateKnockout'' is ''Series/TakeshisCastle'' meets ''Series/{{Boohbah}}'' meets ''Series/Wipeout2008'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', with a few touches of ''Film/BattleRoyale'', ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami''.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' franchise as a whole is ''Film/MadMax'' meets ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}''.
** Notably, starting from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', it has shifted to now overall being ''Mad Max'' meets ''Pleasantville'' with elements of both ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' and ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''.
** ''Fallout 3'' is ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' meets ''Literature/TheRoad'' meets Creator/{{Philip K Dick}}'s ''The Penultimate Truth''.
*** In turn, the ''Fallout 3'' [=DLCs=] are as follows: ''Broken Steel'' is Fallout 3 meets ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' meets ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]'', ''The Pitt'' is Fallout 3 meets ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', ''Operation: Anchorage!'' is Fallout 3 meets ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' meets ''[[VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} Battlefield 4]]'', ''Point Lookout'' is Fallout 3 meets the ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'', and ''Mothership Zeta'' is Fallout 3 meets ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace''.
** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is ''Mad Max'' meets ''Film/{{Casino}}'' meets ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', with elements of both ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' and ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''.
*** In turn, the ''Fallout: New Vegas'' [=DLCs=] are as follows: ''Dead Money'' is Fallout: New Vegas meets ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'', ''Honest Hearts'' is Fallout: New Vegas meets ''Film/DancesWithWolves'', ''Old World Blues'' is Fallout: New Vegas meets ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'', and ''Lonesome Road'' is Fallout: New Vegas meets ''Literature/TheRimeOfTheAncientMariner''. And regarding fan mods, ''VideoGame/NewVegasBounties'' is Fallout: New Vegas meets ''Literature/BloodMeridian''.
** ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' is ''Mad Max'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Terminator'' meets ''ComicStrip/BuckRogers'' meets ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', all while also featuring a bit of both ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and ''Franchise/MassEffect''.
*** In turn, the ''Fallout 4'' [=DLCS=] are as follows: ''Automatron'' is ''Fallout 4'' meets ''Franchise/MegaMan'', ''Far Harbor'' is Fallout 4 meets ''Film/TheMist'' meets ''Literature/ACanticleForLeibowitz'', and ''[=Nuka-World=]'' is Fallout 4 meets ''Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome'' meets both ''Series/TakeshisCastle'' and ''Anime/KemonoFriends''.
** ''VideoGame/Fallout76'' is ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 1}}'' meets ''Series/LifeAfterPeople'' meets Creator/HPLovecraft and a hefty amount of Appalachian folklore.
* ''VideoGame/FantasyLife'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' meets ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'', with the art style of ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton''.
** Or, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' meets ''VideoGame/RuneFactory'', minus the farming.
* ''Franchise/FarCry'':
** ''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.
*** ''Trials of The Blood Dragon'' is ''Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Trials}}''.
** ''VideoGame/FarCry4'' is ''Far Cry 3'' meets ''VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves''.
** ''VideoGame/FarCryPrimal'' is ''Far Cry 3'' meets ''Film/QuestForFire'' and ''Film/TenThousandBC''.
** ''Videogame/FarCry5'' is ''Far Cry 3'' meets ''Videogame/MetalWolfChaos'' (without the mecha and president) meets ''Waco''.
** ''Videogame/FarCryNewDawn'' is ''Far Cry 5'' meets ''Videogame/{{Fallout}}'' meets ''Videogame/Borderlands2''.
* ''VideoGame/FarmingSimulator'': ''Farm Tycoon'' meets ''VideoGame/GranTurismo''
* ''VideoGame/{{Farmville}}'': ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' meets ''Website/{{Facebook}}''.
* ''Fast & Furious: Crossroads'' is ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' meets ''[[VideoGame/{{Driver}} Driv3r]]'' meets ''VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution''.
* ''VideoGame/FASTRacingLeague'': ''VideoGame/FZero'' or ''VideoGame/WipEout'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}''.
* ''Franchise/FateSeries'':
** ''VideoGame/FateExtellaTheUmbralStar'' is ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' meets ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' with a hint of ''VideoGame/SenranKagura''.
** ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' is ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' meets ''VideoGame/Persona3'' meets ''Franchise/TheMatrix''.
** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' is ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' meets ''VideoGame/BraveFrontier'' meets ''Series/DoctorWho'' meets ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderDecade''.
*** Alternatively it's ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' meets ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' meets ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''.
* ''Fausseté Amour'' is ''VideoGame/{{Valis}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'' meets ''VideoGame/BionicCommando''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Faxanadu}}'' is ''VideoGame/DragonSlayerIIXanadu'' meets ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fe}}'' is ''VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus''.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' = ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' + ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesMyLifeAsAKing'' = ''Crystal Chronicles'' + ''VideoGame/DarkCloud''
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''VideoGame/TacticsOgre''.
** And in terms of plot and feel it's ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' meets ''Film/EatPrayLove''.
*** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' meets ''Film/CharliesAngels''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' are ''Final Fantasy'' meet ''VideoGame/{{Everquest}}''.
*** The Shadowbringers extension has been described by some as ''Final Fantasy'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' in the world of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance''.
*** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' meets ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''.
** ''[[VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII]]'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' is ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' with a car, according to {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}}.
*** Or ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' meets ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' meets a better version of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0'' 's combat.
*** Or ''Final Fantasy'' meets ''Film/TheHangover''
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0'' is ''Final Fantasy'' meets the narrative of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' meets Creator/PlatinumGames combat.
*** Or ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' written by ''Creator/GenUrobuchi''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' meets ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVotoms'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' meets ''Series/UltramanLeo''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' meets ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' meets ''Series/UltramanTiga'' meets ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'' meets ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''.
*** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI'' meets ''Series/KamenRider555'' meets ''Series/UltramanNexus''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' are ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Series/DenkouChoujinGridman''.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' is ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' meets ''Film/StreetsOfFire'' meets ''Franchise/StreetFighter''.
* The ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series' most notable examples:
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' is ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' meets ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIII''.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' is ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' meets ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' meets the X-Men storyline ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast''.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors'' is ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' meets ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' meets ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' meets ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin natch]]) with a hint of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade''.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' is ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' meets ''VideoGame/BraveFrontier'' meets ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' is ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' meets ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' meets ''VideoGame/Persona5''.
*** Alternatively ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' is ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' meets ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBuild''.
* The ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'' 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/FistOfTheNorthStarLostParadise'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets the gameplay, wacky side-missions and minigames from ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}''.
* ''VideoGame/FearEquation'' is the gameplay of ''VideoGame/{{Deadnaut}}'', the setting of ''Film/{{Snowpiercer}}'', and the supernatural side of ''Film/TheFog''.
* ''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.
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' is ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''.
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' is ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' meets ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' meets ''Film/ChoppingMall''.
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtTreasureIsland'' is ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' meets ''WebOriginal/AbandonedByDisney''.
* ''VideoGame/TheFlameInTheFlood'' is ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' meets ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' meets ''Film/ABoyAndHisDog''.
* ''VideoGame/FlappyBird'' is the "Profit Bird" from ''VideoGame/JetpackJoyride'' meets art assets from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Flashback}}'' is ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' meets ''Film/TheyLive'' with a little bit of ''Film/BladeRunner'', ''Film/TheRunningMan'', and ''Film/{{Alien}}'' thrown in.
* ''VideoGame/FlyingRedBarrel ~Diary of a Little Aviator~'' is ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' meets ''Anime/PorcoRosso''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Forsaken}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}'' meets ''VideoGame/JetMoto'' meets ''VideoGame/SewerShark''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Forza}}'' series:
** ''Forza Motorsport'' series is ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' meets ''[[Videogame/RidgeRacer R: Racing Evolution]]'' with ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnderground'''s vehicle customization systems.
** ''Forza Horizon'' series is ''VideoGame/TestDriveUnlimited'' meets ''VideoGame/MidnightClub'' with dash of ''VideoGame/{{GRID}}''.
* ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' described ''VideoGame/FossilFighters'' as ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}: Save the World'' is ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''. Battle Royale adds in ''VideoGame/PlayerunknownsBattlegrounds'' as well.
* 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 ''Website/{{Neopets}}''
* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'' can easily be described if Creator/{{Treasure}} made a ''VideoGame/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/FridayNightFunkin'' is ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' meets ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper'' meets ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' as done by Website/{{Newgrounds}}.
* ''VisualNovel/TheFruitOfGrisaia'' is essentially ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' meets ''Film/TheProfessional''.
* ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight'': ''VideoGame/StarControl'' meets ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress''
* ''[=F1 Race Stars=]'' is ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' meets UsefulNotes/FormulaOne.
* ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'' is ''Anime/{{Bokurano}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' with a hint of ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfileCovenantOfThePlume'' set in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals.
* ''VideoGame/{{Furi}}'' is ''VideoGame/TheRedStar'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' meets ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''. Or ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}'' meets ''Film/TheRunningMan''.
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* ''[=GachiTora!=]'' is ''VideoGame/KenkaBancho'' meets ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' and/or ''Manga/{{Gokusen}}''... With a dose of ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''.
* ''Gaist Crusher'' is ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''Manga/SaintSeiya''.
* ''VideoGame/GalGun'' is ''VideoGame/VirtuaCop'' meets ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial''.
* ''Gan Gan Ganchan'' is ''VideoGame/{{Flicky}}'' meets the MazeGame genre.
* ''VideoGame/TheGardensBetween'' is ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' meets ''VideoGame/CaptainToadTreasureTracker''
* ''VideoGame/GarouMarkOfTheWolves'' is ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'' meets ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII''.
* ''Gate of Thunder'' is ''VideoGame/ThunderForce'' meets ''VideoGame/ZeroWing'' (without the Engrish).
* ''VideoGame/Genesis2009'' is totally ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' meets ''VideoGame/Persona4'', as a Flash game!
* ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' is ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Genocide}}'' is ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' meets ''VideoGame/AssaultSuitsValken'' meets ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' is ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' meets ''Videogame/TheDivision'' meets ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' and ''Videogame/FateGrandOrder''.
* ''Gensou Skydrift'' is ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioKartDoubleDash'' meets ''VideoGame/SonicRiders''.
* ''VideoGame/GetsuFumaDen'' is ''Videogame/GenpeiToumaDen'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''
** ''Getsu Fuma Den: Undying Moon'' is ''VideoGame/GetsuFumaDen'' meets ''VideoGame/DeadCells''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Gex}}'' is the ''Advertising/{{Geico}}'' Gecko meets ''Film/StayTuned'' meets ''WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers'', with [[ReferenceOverdosed loads of TV and movie references]].
* ''VideoGame/GhostMaster'' is ''VideoGame/TheSims'' meets ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''
* ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Future Soldier'' is essentially ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' with the plot of ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ghostrunner}}'' is ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' meets ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner''.
* ''VideoGame/GhostOfTsushima'' is ''Manga/{{Angolmois}}'' meets ''Film/ThePatriot'' meets ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' meets Creator/AkiraKurosawa samurai films garnished with the stealth gameplay of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' and ''VideoGame/{{Tenchu}}'', along with the open-world aspect of ''Videogame/RedDeadRedemption2''.
* ''VideoGame/GiantsCitizenKabuto'' is ''VideoGame/{{Tribes}}'' meets ''VideoGame/WaveRace'' meets the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeries'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Rampage}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'' is ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars'' meets ''Manga/{{Upotte}}'' meets ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' meets ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' meets ''VideoGame/FalloutTactics'' meets ''Film/TerminatorSalvation''.
* ''VideoGame/TheGirlAndTheRobot'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'' meets ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''
* ''VideoGame/GodEater'' is ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* ''VideoGame/GodHand'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''.
* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' is ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' meets ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}'' meets ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' meets ''[[VideoGame/{{Rygar}} Rygar: The Legendary Adventure]]'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.
** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' however, is ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'' meets ''Film/{{Logan}}'' meets ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'' meets ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor''.
*** Alternatively, it's ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' meets ''Film/TheRoad'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'' is ''VideoGame/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''[[note]]The games predate ''Avatar'' by a few years, however[[/note]] meets ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology''.
* ''VideoGame/GolfStory'' is ''VideoGame/EverybodysGolf'' meets ''VideoGame/StardewValley''
* ''VideoGame/GoneGolfing'' is ''VideoGame/GolfWithYourFriends'' meets ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine''
* ''VideoGame/GotchaForce'' is ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' is ''VideoGame/RageOfBahamut'' meets ''VideoGame/BraveFrontier'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' with a dash of ''Manga/HunterXHunter''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}} NEO'' is ''Life Force/Salamander'' with the weapon system from ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun''...[-[[RecycledInSpace FOR THE MOBILE PHONES!]]-]
* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}} [=ReBirth=]'' is ''Gradius: The Interstellar Assault'' meets the UsefulNotes/{{MSX}} games (The ''Nemesis'' series and ''Salamander'' port) meets ''Gradius Gaiden'' 's art style and ''Gradius III'' 's music soundfont.
* ''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/GrandTheftAuto'':
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}''
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' is ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' meets ''Series/MiamiVice''.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' meets ''Film/{{Brother}}'' (especially the second film).
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoChinatownWars'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' (story) meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoClassic'' (gameplay) meets ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'' meets ''Film/{{Chinatown}}''.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' meets ''Film/TheItalianJob2003'' meets ''Film/OceansEleven''.
*** The plot feels like the film ''Film/{{Heat}}'' as done by the creators of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Granny}}'' is ''VideoGame/HelloNeighbor'' meets low-quality ''Franchise/SilentHill''.
* ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' is ''VideoGame/DaytonaUSA'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' meets ''VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer''.
** Actually, it is the racing version of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' with [[CreatorProvincialism Japanese carmakers and tuners]] [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld joining the racing fray]].
* ''VideoGame/GraveyardKeeper'' is ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' meets ''VideoGame/StardewValley''.
* ''VideoGame/GravityRush'' is ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'' meets ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' in a WorldOfActionGirls.
* ''VideoGame/GravityRush2'' is ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' meets ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.
* ''VideoGame/GreatGreed'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''.
* ''VideoGame/Grezzo2'' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Postal}}'' in UsefulNotes/{{Italy}}.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC_MCCe0KRU GRIDD: Retroenhanced]]'' is ''Film/{{TRON}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Starblade}}'' and/or ''VideoGame/StarFox''.
* ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'' can be described as FilmNoir meets the Dia de los Muertos.
* ''VideoGame/GrimGrimoire'' is ''Film/GroundhogDay'' meets ''Franchise/HarryPotter''
* ''VideoGame/{{Grounded}}'' is ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' meets ''VideoGame/ARKSurvivalEvolved''
* ''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/GuardianTales'' is ''VideoGame/MapleStory'' meets any of the classic ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' games.
* ''VideoGame/TheGuidedFateParadox'' is ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' meets VideoGame/ZettaiHeroProject.
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Manga/Bastard1988'' (the last one was confirmed by WordOfGod to have been a major influence on the series)
* ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'': Creator/{{Harmonix}} has openly stated that GH is equal parts ''VideoGame/GuitarFreaks'' (concept and peripherals), ''VideoGame/{{Frequency|Harmonix}}'' (game play) and ''VideoGame/KaraokeRevolution'' (visual presentation).
** ''VideoGame/GuitarHeroLive'' is ''Guitar Hero'' meets Creator/{{MTV}} (GHTV) and the UsefulNotes/SegaCD (GH Live).
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}} Battle Assault'' is ''Gundam'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' or ''VideoGame/SoulSeries''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' is ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' is meets ''Film/TheGodFather'' meets ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' meets HeroicBloodshed.
* ''{{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/FZero''.
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[[folder:H]]
* ''[[VideoGame/DotHackR1Games .hack//]]'' is ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'' meets ''Film/{{Tron}}'' meets German poetry.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
* ''VideoGame/HalfLife'':
** ''VideoGame/HalfLife1 1'' is ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''.
** ''Half-Life: Opposing Force'' is ''Half-Life 1'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''.
** ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' is ''Half-Life 1'' meets ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''.
** ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''ComicBook/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 ''Literature/{{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''.
* ''VideoGame/HardEdge'' is ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' meets an anime-styled ''Film/DieHard'' [-[[RecycledInSpace IN THE FUTURE]]-].
* ''VideoGame/HardcoreMecha'' is ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''.
* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' meets ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''.
** Or ''Wind Waker'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''.
* ''Have a Nice Death!'' is ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}''.
* ''VideoGame/Haven2020'' is ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'' meets ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' [-[[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!!!]]-].
* ''VideoGame/HeartOfDarkness'' is ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen'' meets ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld''.
* ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' is ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' with the gameplay of ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}''.
* {{Creator/T|heCynicalBrit}}otalBiscuit [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOfTaSDW-zs&hd=1 described]] ''VideoGame/HellYeahWrathOfTheDeadRabbit'' as ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit'' meets ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' meets ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' meets ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''
* ''VideoGame/HelloNeighbor'' is ''Film/TheBurbs'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Hellpoint}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DeadSpace''.
** Alternatively: ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'' meets ''Videogame/Doom2016''.
* ''Series/HellsKitchen'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}: ''VideoGame/CookingMama'' meets ''VideoGame/DinerDash'' meets a looming CGI Creator/GordonRamsay.
* ''VideoGame/{{Helltaker}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' meets ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'' meets ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' meets ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Sokoban}}''.
* ''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 Creator/NewWorldComputing combined ''VideoGame/KingsBounty'' with ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic''.
* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' is ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' meets Creator/BlizzardEntertainment.
* ''Hexcells'' is ''Minesweeper'' meets ''Picross''.
* ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Tenchu}}'' meets ''Franchise/JamesBond'' meets ''Manga/Golgo13''.
* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' is ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest''. Or ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife''. Or ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh'', but with antropomorphic bugs instead of mammals.
* ''VideoGame/{{Homefront}}'' is ''Film/RedDawn1984'' meets ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''.
* ''Videogame/HonkaiImpact3rd'' is ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' meets ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' meets ''Videogame/{{Warframe}}''.
** It's also ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', with a bit of ''[[Franchise/FateSeries Fate]]'' and ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure JoJo]]'' thrown in for good measure.
* ''VideoGame/HoodOutlawsAndLegends'': ''Myth/RobinHood'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' and ''VideoGame/PaydayTheHeist''.
%%* ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest''
* ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' is ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''Anime/ZoidsChaoticCentury'' meets ''Franchise/TombRaider'' meets ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' meets ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.
** Alternatively, ''Film/TheMatrix'' meets ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''.
* ''VisualNovel/HotelDuskRoom215'' is ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' meets ''Professor Layton''.
** ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsAceAttorney'' literally ''is'' Ace Attorney meets Professor Layton.
* ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}'' meets ''Series/MiamiVice'' meets ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' meets ''ComicBook/KickAss'' meets ''VideoGame/Killer7'' meets ''Film/CocaineCowboys'' meets ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' meets ''VideoGame/SmashTV'' meets ''Film/Drive2011'' meets ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' meets the works of Creator/DavidLynch.
** ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber'' is ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' meets ''Film/PulpFiction''.
* ''[[VideoGame/HotaruNoNikkiTheFireflyDiary htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary]]'' is ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}''. Altenatively, it's Creator/NipponIchi meets IndieGame.
* ''VideoGame/HunieCamStudio'' is ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' meets ''Sim Tycoon'' meets ''VideoGame/CookieClicker''.
** ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' is ''VisualNovel/TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}''.
* ''VideoGame/HuntShowdown'' is ''Film/VanHelsing meets ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', with a dash of ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' for flavour.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hydlide}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheTowerOfDruaga''.
* ''VideoGame/HyperLightDrifter'' is ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'' meets ''Anime/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''.
* ''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/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' is ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' meets ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' meets ''[[spoiler: Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast]]''.
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[[folder:I]]
* ''VideoGame/IAmAlive'' is Film/CliffHanger (in a city) meets ''Film/TheRoad''.
* ''I Am Fish'' is ''VideoGame/IAmBread'' meets ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ibara}}'' is ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Do|nPachi}}DonPachi dai ou jou''.
** Replace ''Garegga'' with ''VideoGame/{{Recca}}'' and ''VideoGame/ArmedPoliceBatrider'' to get ''Pink Sweets''.
*** The ArrangeMode of ''Pink Sweets'' is ''Recca'' meets ''Battle Bakraid''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Icey}}'' is ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail'' meets ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable''
* ''VideoGame/IdleChampionsOfTheForgottenRealms'' is ''VideoGame/CrusadersOfTheLostIdols'' meets ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
* ''Idol Death Game TV'' is ''VideoGame/TheIdolMaster'' or ''Franchise/LoveLive'' meets ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}''.
* ''VideoGame/IkariWarriors'' is ''VideoGame/{{Commando}}'' meets ''TNK III'' meets ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' with good dose of ''VideoGame/KungFuMaster''.
** ''Victory Road'' is ''Ikari Warriors'' meets ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' meets ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''Film/{{Alien}}''.
** ''Ikari III: The Rescue'' is ''Ikari Warriors'' meets ''VideoGame/BadDudes'' meets ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' with some dash of ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}'' = ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'' + ''VideoGame/SilhouetteMirage''.
* ''VideoGame/{{IMGCM}}'' is ''LightNovel/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'' meets ''Anime/PrettyCure'', ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', ''Manga/DragonBall'', and ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' with TheMultiverse, FanService (and FanDisservice).
* ''VideoGame/ImmortalsFenyxRising'': ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' + ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'' minus some RPG-grinding and RNG for things such as items and character progression.
** Or ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''.
* ''VideoGame/{{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''.
** The sequel is ''VideoGame/BlueDragon'' (The avatar system) meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' (The political setting).
* ''VideoGame/IndiePogo'' is ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' meets a UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} sale.
* ''VideoGame/{{Indivisible}}'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' meets ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'', with a similar artstyle to ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}''.
* ''VideoGame/InfamousSecondSon'' is ''VideoGame/InFamous'' meets ''Franchise/XMen''.
* ''VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis'' is ''VideoGame/Dota2'' meets the Franchise/DCUniverse.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ingress}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' meets Website/{{Google}} Maps meets ''TabletopGame/{{Go}}''.
* ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'' is ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' meets the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E11And12ABetterWorld A Better World]]" meets ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' meets the original ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'':
** ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' is ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' meets ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' meets ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' meets ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' meets ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite''.
** ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' is ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' meets ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' meets ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' meets ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' meets ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' meets ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' with the customization system of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', and some garnishes of ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' and ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''.
* ''Videogame/{{Insurgency}}'' is ''Videogame/ModernWarfare'' meets ''Videogame/ArmA''.
* ''VideoGame/IntoTheBreach'' is ''Film/PacificRim'' meets ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' meets ''VideoGame/FireEmblem''.
* ''VideoGame/Interstate76'' is ''Film/MadMax'' meets ''Film/DeathRace'' meets ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.
* ''VideoGame/InvisibleInc'' is ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'' meets ''VideoGame/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/IronMarines'' is ''VideoGame/KingdomRush'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{It Takes Two|2021}}'' is ''VideoGame/BrothersATaleOfTwoSons'' meets ''VideoGame/AWayOut'' meets ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster''.
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[[folder:J]]
* ''VideoGame/TheJackboxPartyPack'':
** ''Trivia Murder Party'' is ''Series/TruthOrConsequences'' meets ''Film/{{Saw}}''.
** ''Fibbage: Enough About You'' is ''Fibbage'' meets ''Two Truths and a Lie''.
** ''Mad Verse City'' is ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' meets ''Franchise/TheTransformers'' meets ''Mad Libs''.
** ''Push the Button!'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Werewolf}}'' meets ''Film/TheThing1982''.
** ''Champ'd Up'' is ''Pictionary'' meets ''Superfight''.
** ''Talking Points'' is "Newscasters" from ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' meets Microsoft Powerpoint.
** ''The Devils and the Details'' is ''Spaceteam'' meets ''WesternAnimation/NeighborsFromHell''.
* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' is ''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]'' meets ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon''.
* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'':
** ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' meets ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' with Creator/{{Pixar}} aesthetics and storytelling.
** ''VideoGame/JakII'' is basically ''Jak and Daxter'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''.
** ''VideoGame/Jak3'' is ''Jak II'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Motorstorm}}''.
** ''VideoGame/JakXCombatRacing'' is ''Jak and Daxter'' meets ''Film/DeathRace''.
* ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit'' is ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Turrican}}''. Indeed, it was inspired by those two games.
* ''VideoGame/{{Jazzpunk}}'' is ''VideoGame/DearEsther'' with the tone and setting of ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons''.
* ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' is ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''.
* ''Jewelry Master'' is ''Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''.
* ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureHeritageForTheFuture'' is ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' meets ''VideoGame/RedEarth''.
* ''Johnny Nero Action Hero'' is ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'' meets ''VideoGame/{{SeriousSam}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', ''Film/AlienS'', ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', ''Film/TheMummy1999'' meets ''Film/DollarsTrilogy'', ''Film/{{Tombstone}}'', ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' meets ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' meets ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''.
* ''Jongbou'', by Creator/{{SNK}}, is ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}}''.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Jump S|uperStars}}tars'' series is ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' meets ''Magazine/ShonenJump''.
** ''VideoGame/JStarsVictoryVS'' is ''VideoGame/JumpSuperstars'' meets ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns''.
** ''VideoGame/JumpForce'' can be referred to as ''Anime/ReCreators'' with ''Magazine/ShonenJump'' properties.
*** Alternately, ''VideoGame/JStarsVictoryVS'' meets the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
* ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' meets ''Franchise/AceAttorney''.
* ''Junkworld'' is ''VideoGame/KingdomRush'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''
* ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' is ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}}'' with a dash of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto,'' thoroughly marinated in RuleOfCool, awesomeness, and an awful lot of StuffBlowingUp.
* ''VideoGame/JustShapesAndBeats'' is ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}'' meets ''Videogame/{{Undertale}}''.
* ''VideoGame/JusticeLeagueTaskForce'' is the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica meets ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''.
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[[folder:K]]
* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' games:
** ''Kamen Rider: Seigi No Keifu'' is ''Franchise/KamenRider'' meets ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' with a few TimeTravel shenanigans.
** ''VideoGame/KamenRiderClimaxHeroes'' is ''Franchise/KamenRider'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulSeries''.
** ''VideoGame/KamenRiderBattrideWar'' is ''Franchise/KamenRider'' meets ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''.
** ''KAMEN RIDER: memory of heroez'' is ''VideoGame/KamenRiderClimaxHeroes'' meets ''VideoGame/KamenRiderBattrideWar'' featuring ''[[Series/KamenRiderDouble Kamen Rider W]]'', ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'', and ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'' meets ''Series/UltraGalaxyFightNewGenerationHeroes'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI'' meets ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5''.
* ''VideoGame/KanColle'' is ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' meets ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' meets ''Manga/ArpeggioOfBlueSteel'' meets ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}''.
* ''VideoGame/KaoTheKangaroo: Round 2'' is ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'' meets ''VideoGame/Rayman2TheGreatEscape'' with some elements borrowed from ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Kenshi}}'', [[GenreBusting for a better description]], would be ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Manga/DrStone'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''every'' RTS game cliche known meets ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub''.
* ''VideoGame/KatanaZERO'' starts from the premise of ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' meets ''Film/GhostDogTheWayOfTheSamurai''. [[spoiler:Then the plot starts to come together and reveals elements of ''Film/JacobsLadder'' and ''Film/{{Dredd}}''.]]
* ''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 {{Adventure Game}}s meets {{Theater}}.
** [[FantasyAmericana American]] SouthernGothic MagicalRealism!
* ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' is ''[[VideoGame/DonPachi DoDonPachi DaiOuJou]]'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Soukyugurentai}}''.
** Add the bullet cancelling mechanics of ''VideoGame/{{Progear}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Espgaluda}}'' for the ''X-Mode'' ArrangeMode.
** Remove the chip multiplier and insert equal parts ''[=DoDonPachi=] [=DaiFukkatsu=] Black Label'''s Hyper Mode and ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'' for the ''Deathtiny'' ArrangeMode.
* ''VideoGame/KickleCubicle'' is ''VideoGame/AdventuresOfLolo'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Pengo}}''.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' is {{Metroidvania}} meets Myth/ClassicalMythology.
** ''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]].
*** Or literally, ''Kid Icarus'' meets ''VideoGame/HardCorpsUprising'' with the gameplay style of ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM''.
* ''VideoGame/Killer7'' is ''VideoGame/TheSilverCase'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1'''s puzzles meets ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness''.
* ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' is ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' meets ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' (the latter more so for the 2013 reboot).
* ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'' is ''VideoGame/NaziZombies'' meets ''Videogame/CounterStrike'' meets ''Videogame/ResidentEvil'' Mercenaries mode.
** ''VideoGame/KillingFloor2'' is ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'' meets ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' meets ''VideoGame/BrutalDoom'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'' meets ''VideoGame/MadWorld''.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' is [[CrossOver quite literally]] ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
** Or ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}''.
** Or ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' meets ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank''.
** The ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''.
** ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' meets the ShonenDemographic.
** On that note, ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' is ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' meets VideoGame/DeusEx and VideoGame/SystemShock.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' is ''Kingdom Hearts'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork''.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' is pretty much ''Disney'' meets ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''
*** The events of the Castle of Dreams in said game is also ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' meets ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', with some elements of ''Literature/ParadiseLost''.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
*** Sora's scenario in The Grid is pretty much ''Film/TronLegacy'' meets ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' is ''Disney'' meets ''Literature/TheLastBattle'' meets ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' is ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' meets ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}''
* ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'' is ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' started out as literally ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' meets ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' meets ''VideoGame/PsychoSoldier'' meets ''VideoGame/IkariWarriors'' meets original characters and obvious ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' gameplay and aesthetic.
* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}''
** ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand'' is ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|1}}'' meets ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland''.
** ''Kirby'' + ''VideoGame/LineRider'' = ''VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse''
** ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' + ''VideoGame/YoshisStory'' = ''Kirby's Epic Yarn''
** ''Kirby & the Amazing Mirror'' + ''VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse'' + ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'' = ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack''
** ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' is ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''VideoGame/Mother3'' meets [[spoiler: ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'']] at the end.
** ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottonLand'' is shaping up to be [[VideoGame/KirbysBlowoutBlast Kirby’s Blowout Blast]] with copy abilities meets ''VideoGame/NierAutomata''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheTempleInfernalCrusade'' is ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven'' (both came out after this game however).
* ''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 ''VideoGame/{{Creatures}}''.
* ''[[https://youtu.be/hJSShnkTcKo Kung Fu Chivalry]]'' is ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' meets ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia'' meets ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' meets the {{Wuxia}} genre.
* ''Film/KungFury The Game'' is ''VideoGame/OneFingerDeathPunch'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFight''.
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* ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''VideoGame/KnightmareIITheMazeOfGalious''.
* ''VideoGame/LANoire'' is ''Film/LAConfidential'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' meets ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'' meets ''Film/TheTwoJakes'' slightly garnished with a pinch of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'' is ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' meets ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''.
* ''Last Duel'' is ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Truxton}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' is ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' meets ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' meets ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'' meets ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'' meets ''Film/TwentyEightWeeksLater''.
** Or ''[[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead The Walking Dead Adventure Game]]'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Nier}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' is ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' meets ''Film/OnlyGodForgives''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastRemnant'' is ''VideoGame/RomancingSaga3'' meets ''VideoGame/OgreBattle'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.
* ''[[VideoGame/LBXLittleBattlersExperience LBX: Little Battlers eXperience]]'' is ''VideoGame/CustomRobo'' meets ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' meets ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven''.
* ''LED Storm (Mad Gear)'' is ''VideoGame/BumpNJump'' meets ''VideoGame/SpyHunter''.
* ''Videogame/Left4Dead'' is ''Videogame/ResidentEvil'' meets ''Videogame/HalfLife'' meets ''Videogame/{{Contra}}''.
* ''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}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' (and by extension, ''Franchise/PowerRangers'')
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'' is ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' meets ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' is ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay'', with a dose of ''Film/TheMask''. Or ''Film/DonnieDarko'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
*** Or a DarkerAndEdgier version of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]] meets ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay'' meets Main/GermanExpressionism.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' is ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' with some ''Manga/OnePiece'' elements.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' is ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}''.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' is ''VideoGame/{{The Legend Of Zelda|I}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' meets ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'' meets ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' meets ''VideoGame/HellbladeSenuasSacrifice'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Crystalis}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' meets ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy'' (both the game and the character) is ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''.
* ''VideoGame/LethalCrisis'' is ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' meets ''VideoGame/{{SUGURI}}''. Throw in some ''{{roguelike}}'' elements and you have ''Lethal Crisis PROTOSPHERE''.
* ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcers 3'' is ''Police 911'' (or ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'') meets ''VideoGame/WanganMidnight Maximum Tune.'' To be fair, it's a DolledUpInstallment.
* ''VideoGame/LethalLeague'' is a fusion of squash and dodgeball, as a ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''-style 4P fighting game, and with the aesthetics of ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio''.
* ''VideoGame/LethalThunder'' is ''VideoGame/RType'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Raiden}}''.
* ''VideoGame/LetItDie'' is ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''
* ''[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/250050/ Life Goes On]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' meets ''VideoGame/RogueLegacy''.
* ''VideoGame/LiberationMaiden'' is ''VideoGame/OmegaBoost'' meets ''VideoGame/ThunderForce'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Sora}}'' with the PatrioticFervor of ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos''.
* ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'':
** ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles'' (i.e. paranormal mysteries), meets ''Film/TheButterflyEffect''.
** ''Film/DonnieDarko'' meets ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Series/MySoCalledLife''.
** ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' meets ''Film/DonnieDarko'' meets ''VideoGame/GoneHome,'' with a dash of ''Series/TwinPeaks'' added in.
** ''Film/TheButterflyEffect'' meets ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''ComicBook/BlueIsTheWarmestColor''.
* ''[[VideoGame/LiloAndStitchGameBoyAdvance Lilo & Stitch]]'' for UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance is [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch the movie of the same name]] meets ''VideoGame/MetalSlug''.
** ''[[VideoGame/LiloAndStitch2HamstervielHavoc Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc]]'' is ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalSlug''.
* ''Lightning Fighters (Trigon)'' is ''VideoGame/{{Raiden}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Gaiapolis}}''.
* ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII'' is ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask.''
* ''VideoGame/{{Lisa}}''
** ''The First'' is ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'' meets ''Webcomic/{{Clarissa}}''.
** ''The Painful'' is ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}''.
*** Or ''VideoGame/Mother3'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' meets ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'', with the setting of an inverted ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan''.
*** Or, ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' meets ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''.
* ''VideoGame/LittleInferno'' is ''Yule Log'' meets ''Amazon Prime.''
* ''Little Medusa'' is ''VideoGame/KickleCubicle'' meets [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]].
* ''VideoGame/LittleNightmares'' is the works of Creator/TimBurton combined with both ''Film/TheCityOfLostChildren'' and ''Anime/SpiritedAway''.
* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'':
** The Present Day Chapter is ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaMan''.
** The Science Fiction Chapter is ''Film/{{Alien}}'' meets ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
** The [[spoiler:Knight Chapter]] is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' meets ''VideoGame/DragonQuest''. [[spoiler: At first, anyway. Later, it becomes ''VideoGame/TalesOf'' meets ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''.]]
* ''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'' is ''VideoGame/SimTower'' meets ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach.''
* ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' is ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Onechanbara}}.''
* ''VisualNovel/LongLiveTheQueen'' is ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones.''
* ''VideoGame/LostDimension'' is ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' meets ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}.''
* ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestival'' is ''VideoGame/PuzzleAndDragons'' meets ''maimai'' but only as a half-circle.
** Or ''Franchise/LoveLive'' meets ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Lugaru}}'' is ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' meets lo-res computer graphics.
* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' is ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' meets ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' meets ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Lumines}}'' is ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}.''
** Or ''Planet Puzzle League'' meets ''Beatmania.''
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* ''VideoGame/{{GeNeSis}}'' is totally ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' meets ''VideoGame/Persona4'', as a Flash game!

* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Manga/{{Bastard}}'' (the last one was confirmed by WordOfGod to have been a major influence on the series)

* ''[[VideoGame/DanballSenki LBX: Little Battlers eXperience]]'' is ''VideoGame/CustomRobo'' meets ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' meets ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven''.

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* ''1... 2... 3... KICK IT! Drop That Beat Like An Ugly Baby'' is ''VideoGame/AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAAARecklessDisregardForGravity'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}''
* ''VideoGame/ThreeDDotGameHeroes'' can be described as ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets Toys/{{LEGO}} meets ''VideoGame/GinormoSword''.
* ''VideoGame/SevenDaysToDie'' is ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DayZ''.
* ''VideoGame/SeventhDragon'' Is basically ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' with TheDragonsComeBack.
* ''VideoGame/EightBitKiller'' is ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' mixed with ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
* ''VideoGame/ThirteenSentinelsAegisRim'' is ''VideoGame/FrontMission'' meets ''Film/PacificRim'' meets ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier'' meets ''VideoGame/AegisOfEarthProtonovusAssault'' meets ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TwentyXX'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/ThirtyXX'' are ''Franchise/MegaMan'' meets ''VideoGame/RogueLegacy''.
* ''VideoGame/OneHundredPercentOrangeJuice'' is ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' meets ''VideoGame/DokaponKingdom'' meets the works of Creator/OrangeJuice.
* ''VideoGame/OneThousandAndOneSpikes'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''VideoGame/MeatBoy'' and ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy''.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Abadox}}'' is ''VideoGame/SectionZ'' meets ''[[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Life Force]]''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Abzu}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'' meets ''VideoGame/EndlessOcean''.
* ''VideoGame/ARESExtinctionAgenda'' is ''VideoGame/{{Abuse}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Turrican}}'', while taking some plot and gameplay elements from ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Academagia}}'' is what happens when a video game set in a WizardingSchool ''isn't'' either ''Literature/HarryPotter'' meets ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' (equals ''VideoGame/GrimGrimoire''), or ''Roleplay/PolyhistorAcademy'' given the ''VideoGame/NamcoHigh'' treatment.
* 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}}''.
** ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'' is ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' meets ''Literature/SherlockHolmes''.
* ''VideoGame/AceCombat3Electrosphere'' is ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' meets ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell''.
* ''VideoGame/AcesWildManicBrawlingAction'' is ''Scott Pilgrim'' ([[ComicBook/ScottPilgrim In terms]] [[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld of any]] [[VideoGame/ScottPilgrim version]]), with the {{High Altitude Battle}}s 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 ''VideoGame/{{Populous}}''.
* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G. II]]'' is ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' meets ''VideoGame/RumbleRoses''.
* ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobin'' is ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' meets ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes'' meets ''UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} {{Demoscene}}''.
* ''VideoGame/AdvertCity'' is the cruel and near-unstoppable MegaCorp oligopoly seen in works like ''{{VideoGame/Syndicate}}'' getting [[CurbStompBattle rekt]] by the rise of the LightningBruiser ManipulativeBastard that is [[BigBrotherIsWatching Big Data]], in the form of a business sim where [[spoiler:[[VillainProtagonist your company, AdsPlay]], is [[YouBastard Big Data]]]].
** Alternatively, ''AdvertCity'' is to ''{{Film/BladeRunner}}'' what ''{{VideoGame/Beholder}}'' is to ''{{Literature/NineteenEightyFour}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Aaero}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tempest}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GitarooMan''.
* ''VideoGame/AfterBurner'' is ''Film/TopGun'' meets ''Anime/{{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 ''VideoGame/MasterOfMagic'' meets ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic''.
* ''VideoGame/AgentsOfMayhem'' is ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' in the world of ''VideoGame/SaintsRow''.
** [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] describes the game as "a cross between ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' and ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe'', a ''[[{{Portmanteau}} Saints' Joe]]'' if you will."
* ''VideoGame/{{Aground}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ADarkRoom'' meets ''[[https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/593832 Utopian Mining]]''.
* ''Ajax'' is ''VideoGame/{{Xevious}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TwinCobra'' meets ''VideoGame/AfterBurner''.
* ''VideoGame/AkaiKatana'' is ''VideoGame/{{Progear}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Guwange}}''.
* ''VideoGame/AkanesasuSekaiDeKimiToUtau'': ''VideoGame/OneHundredSleepingPrincesAndTheKingdomOfDreams'' meets Japanese history.
* ''[[VideoGame/AkibasTrip Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed]]'' is ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai'' meets ''Videogame/DeadRising'' (or ''Videogame/SleepingDogs'') meets ''Anime/KillLaKill'' meets ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD''.
* ''VideoGame/AlanWake'' is ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' as written by Creator/StephenKing.
** ''Alan Wake's American Nightmare'' is instead ''Alan Wake'' meets ''Franchise/EvilDead'' as penned by Creator/QuentinTarantino.
* ''VideoGame/AlchemistCode'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' meets ''VideoGame/BraveFrontier''.
* ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'' is ''Film/{{Alien}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}''.
* ''VideoGame/AlienStorm'' is ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe''.
* ''VideoGame/AlienSyndrome'' is ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}''.
* ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST''.
* ''Videogame/AliensColonialMarines'' is ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''
* ''VideoGame/{{Alundra}}'' is ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet''. The second game is ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' meets ''Anime/MonsterRancher'' (specifically the anime).
* ''Amazing Island''. Some critic described on the back of the games case that it was like ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioParty''.
* ''VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice'' is ''Film/ReturnToOz'' meets ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''.
* ''VideoGame/AmongTheSleep'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' meets ''VideoGame/PapoAndYo''.
* ''VideoGame/AmongUs'' is ''Film/{{The Thing|1982}}'' meets ''VideoGame/FallGuysUltimateKnockout'' if it were a game of [[TabletopGame/{{Werewolf}} Mafia/Werewolf]].
* ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'' = ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': ''VideoGame/MarioParty Edition'' featuring ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Anbennar}}'' is ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis IV'' meets ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
* ''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/AnimalJam'' is ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' meets ''Series/AnimalAtlas'' meets ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''.
* ''VideoGame/AnUntitledStory'' was described by its author as ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Jumper}}'', though ''VideoGame/{{Seiklus}}'' meets ''Jumper'' is also feasible.
* ''VideoGame/APlagueTaleInnocence'' is what happens when you mix ''VideoGame/HellbladeSenuasSacrifice'', ''VideoGame/BrothersATaleOfTwoSons'', ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' and ''Film/TheGoonies'' together and put them in France during UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar.
* ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'' is ''VideoGame/PlayerUnknownsBattlegrounds'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Aquaria}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' meets ''VideoGame/EccoTheDolphin'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Flashback}}''.
* ''VideoGame/ArabianFight'' is ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'' is ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' meets ''Anime/KemonoFriends'' meets ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun'' meets ''[[Website/{{Pixiv}} Pixiv Fantasia]]''.
* ''VideoGame/ArkSurvivalEvolved'' is ''VideoGame/DayZ'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Rust}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheStompingLand''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Armello}}'' is ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Literature/{{Redwall}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}'' is ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', with a side dash of ''Franchise/DragonBall'' and ''Manga/{{Akira}}''.
* ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' meets ''Film/{{Taken}}'' meets ''Film/RumbleInTheBronx''.
* ''Arumana no Kiseki'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''Roc 'n Rope''.
* ''VideoGame/AshesOfTheSingularity'' is ''VideoGame/TotalAnnihilation'' meets ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm''
* The ''VideoGame/{{Asphalt}}'' series of mobile racing games by ''Creator/{{Gameloft}}'' is ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' real cars meets ''Videogame/{{Burnout}}'' takedown and action based racing meets ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer'' drift mechanics.
** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/TestDrive'' meets ''VideoGame/OutRun'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' with some ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' flair.
* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' is ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' meets AncientConspiracy meets ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones''.
** The plot of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' is ''Literature/{{Alamut}}'' meets ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven''.
** The "Ezio Trilogy" could be summed as ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Series/TheBorgias'' meets Creator/DanBrown meets ''Series/MediciMastersOfFlorence'':
*** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode''.
*** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Literature/AngelsAndDemons''.
*** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Literature/DanBrownsInferno''.
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'' meets ''Film/ThePatriot'' meets ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' with a side order of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' Original Trilogy.
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'' is ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' meets ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' meets ''Series/BlackSails''.
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue'' is ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'' meets ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' meets the ''Franchise/StarWars'' Prequel Trilogy.
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' meets ''Film/LesMiserables2012'' meets ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''.
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'' meets ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' [[RecycledInSpace in Victorian Britain]].
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Series/{{Rome}}'' meets ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'' meets ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy'' meets ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' with the combat mechanics of ''VideoGame/ForHonor''.
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Film/ThreeHundred'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''{{Series/Vikings}}'' meets ''Series/TheLastKingdom'' meets ''VideoGame/ForHonor'' garinished with the gameplay mechanics of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' and the mythological flavor of Creator/MarvelComics' [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]].
* ''VideoGame/AstalonTearsOfTheEarth'' is ''Alwa's Awakening'' or ''VideoGame/CastleInTheDarkness'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Trine}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Astebreed}}'' can be seen as ''VideoGame/EtherVapor'' meets ''VideoGame/AlltynexSecond''.
** Or ''VideoGame/EtherVapor'' meets ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders''.
* ''VideoGame/AstralChain'' is essentially ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* ''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 hormones]] with dashes of ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' ([[{{Crossover}} Literally]]) and some more SuperRobotGenre (Via DLC) being in it as well.
* ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}'' is ''VideoGame/RockBand'' meets ''VideoGame/FZero'' meets ''Film/TRONLegacy'' 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.
* ''Auto Destruct'' is ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' meets ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance''.
* AVGN KO Boxing is ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' meets ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' on the Atari 2600.
* ''VideoGame/AviaryAttorney'' is, more or less explicitly ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' meets ''Literature/LesMiserables'' meets [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ignace_Isidore_G%C3%A9rard_Grandville J. J. Grandville's]] ''Les Métamorphoses du jour''.
* ''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/AxiomVerge'' is ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' meets ''VideoGame/OutOfThisWorld''.
* ''VideoGame/AzurLane'' is ''VideoGame/KanColle'' meets ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarships'' meets horizontal ShootEmUp gameplay.
** Alternatively, it's ''VideoGame/KanColle'' meets ''Franchise/TouhouProject''.
* ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'' is ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' meets ''VideoGame/AlisiaDragoon'' meets ''VideoGame/PsychicForce''.

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* ''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/BalanWonderworld'' is ''VideoGame/NiGHTSJourneyOfDreams'' meets ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee''.
* ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning'' is ''VideoGame/SonicsSchoolhouse'' meets ''VideoGame/SlenderTheArrival''.
* The ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' trilogy as a whole (especially ''Throne of Bhaal'') is ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' setting.
* ''VideoGame/BangaiO'' is ''Anime/{{Dangaioh}}'' with the insanity of ''VideoGame/DynamiteHeaddy'' and the [[NintendoHard brutal difficulty]] of ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun''.
* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' meets ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows'' as imagined by Creator/RoaldDahl.
* ''VideoGame/TheBannerSaga'' is ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' meets ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' and ''VideoGame/KingOfDragonPass''.
* ''Battle Bay'' is ''Fortress Destroyer'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', but with a lot less paint involved.
* ''VideoGame/BattleArenaToshinden'' is ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' meets ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter''.
* ''VideoGame/BattleBrothers'' is ''VideoGame/{{XCOM}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade'', in a setting very similar to ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}''.
* ''VideoGame/BattleChefBrigade'' is ''Series/IronChef'' mixed with ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}} Twist'' and the combat of ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail''.
* ''VideoGame/TheBattleCats'' is ''Literature/WarriorCats'' meets ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'', with the gameplay of ''VideoGame/PlantsVersusZombies'' and added hilarity of the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series.
* ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'' is ''VideoGame/GunFrontier'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Zanac}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TheBattleOfOlympus'' is ''[[Myth/ClassicalMythology Orpheus & Eurydice]]'' meets ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''.
* ''Battle Traverse'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Progear}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' is a cross between ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' and ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}''. For one thing, it's a beat-em-up like ''Double Dragon'', and the Toads' helicopter resembles the one from ''Contra''. Also, ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' is a clear inspiration.
* The PC-FX FMV game ''Battle Heat'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Anime/QueensBlade'' with both males and females alike meets [[spoiler:''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'']].
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' is what you get when you mix ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' with ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe''.
** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
* ''VideoGame/BeatHazard'' is ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SpaceWar''.
* ''Music/TheBeatles'': ''VideoGame/RockBand'' is ''Rock Band'' meets ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''.
* ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'': ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' as written by Creator/HPLovecraft with the gameplay of ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''
** Alternatively, it's ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'' meets ''WebOriginal/AbandonedByDisney''.
* ''VideoGame/BeyondOasis'': ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' meets ''Literature/ArabianNights''
* ''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''.
* ''VideoGame/BillyHatcherAndTheGiantEgg'' is ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' with a heaping helping of CluckingFunny.
* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' is ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' meets ''Franchise/SilentHill'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Biomutant}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Maneater}}''[[note]]RPG mechanics and open world gameplay, plus the narrator[[/note]] meets ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana''[[note]]plot about a World Tree[[/note]] meets ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''[[note]]martial arts in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals[[/note]] with a healthy dose of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', topped off with combat taking notes from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' and ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank''.
* ''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''.
* ''[[VideoGame/BitTrip BIT.TRIP BEAT]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' meets ''Rez''.
** ''[[VideoGame/BitTrip BIT.TRIP CORE]]'' is ''VideoGame/MissileCommand'' meets ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
** ''[[VideoGame/BitTrip BIT.TRIP VOID]]'' is ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' as a BulletHell.
** ''[[VideoGame/BitTrip BIT.TRIP RUNNER]]'' is ''VideoGame/VibRibbon'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy''.
** ''[[VideoGame/BitTrip BIT.TRIP FATE]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}'' meets ''Franchise/TouhouProject''.
** ''[[VideoGame/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.
* ''Bladed Fury'' is ''VideoGame/{{Valis}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''.
* ''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/{{Blasphemous}}'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Unworthy}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkDevotion'' meets ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Blackthorne}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Flashback}}'' (general gameplay) meets ''VideoGame/TheLostVikings'' (similar puzzles and password system).
* ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster (NES)'': ''VideoGame/Metroid1'' meets ''VideoGame/CityConnection''
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' meets ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'', ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}, ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''.
* ''VideoGame/BlazingChrome'' is ''[[VideoGame/{{Contra}} Contra: Hard Corps]]'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Shatterhand}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' meets ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' is ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets the works of Creator/HPLovecraft meets ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''.
* ''TabletopGame/BloodBowl'' is ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{BloodRayne}}'' is ''ComicBook/{{Blade}}'' meets ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' meets ''VideoGame/JediKnightIIJediOutcast'' meets ''VideoGame/MaxPayne''.
* ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'' is ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' and ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''. Alternatively, it's ''Tekken'' meets ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast'' or ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}''.
* ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'' with the mechanics of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow'' and set within the time period of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodstorm}}'' is ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaMan''.
* ''VideoGame/BlueReflection'' is ''Manga/SailorMoon'' meets ''VideoGame/Persona4''.
* ''VideoGame/BlueRevolver'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' meets ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'' meets ''VideoGame/DangunFeveron''.
* ''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''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bombergirl}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Otomedius}}'' with a hint of ''VideoGame/{{Dota 2}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' was pitched by Gearbox Studios as "''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''".
** In a setting that's half ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' and half ''Film/MadMax''.
* ''VideoGame/BotVice'' is ''Franchise/MegaMan'' meets ''VideoGame/WildGuns'' meets ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis''.
* ''Boyfriend Dungeon'' is ''VisualNovel/DreamDaddy'' meets ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' meets ''VideoGame/Persona4'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' meets ''Series/BeverlyHills90210''
* ''BPM: Bullets Per Minute'' is ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' meets ''VideoGame/CryptOfTheNecrodancer''.
* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''[[spoiler:Film/GroundhogDay]]''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}'' is ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' meets ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''.
* ''VideoGame/BroForce'' is ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' meets ''Film/TheExpendables'' meets ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'' meets ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', with a lives system similar to ''VideoGame/AliensInfestation''.
* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' is ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' meets ''Film/SchoolOfRock''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bujingai}}'' is ''VideoGame/Shinobi2002'' meets ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' with a ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' aesthetic and soundtrack.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}'' is ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'' meets ''VideoGame/MadWorld''.
* ''VideoGame/BuddySimulator1984'' is ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bugsnax}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs2'' meets ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' [[spoiler:meets ''Film/TheStuff'']].
* ''VideoGame/BungoToAlchemist'': ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'' meets Taishō roman.
* ''Videogame/TheBureauXCOMDeclassified'' is ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Videogame/MassEffect3''.
* ''VideoGame/BurningRangers'' is ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' meets ''Film/{{Backdraft}}''.

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* ''VideoGame/CadenceOfHyrule'' is almost literally ''VideoGame/CryptOfTheNecrodancer'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast''.
* ''VideoGame/CadillacsAndDinosaurs'' is ''ComicBook/XenozoicTales'' (the original comics) meets ''VideoGame/{{Growl}}'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFight''.
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' series:
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' is ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' meets ''Film/TheDeerHunter''.
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' is ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' meets ''Film/RedDawn'' meets ''Series/{{Dexter}}''.
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsColdWar'' is ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' meets ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' meets ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate'' [[spoiler:(except it's the [[AntiHero "good guys"]] who do the brainwashing)]].
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps3'' is ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' meets ''Videogame/{{Crysis}}'' meets ''Film/{{Robocop}}'' meets ''Film/JacobsLadder''.
** ''VideoGame/CallofDutyInfiniteWarfare'' is ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' meets ''Series/TheExpanse'' meets ''Videogame/MassEffect3''.
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019'' is ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' meets ''Film/ThirteenHoursTheSecretSoldiersOfBenghazi'' meets ''Film/ZeroDarkThirty''.
*** The free-to-play ''Call Of Duty: Warzone'' meanwhile is ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' meets ''VideoGame/PlayerunknownsBattlegrounds'' meets ''VideoGame/Battlefield3'' and ''[[VideoGame/Battlefield4 4]]''.
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'' is ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' meet ''VideoGame/KillingFloor''
* ''Videogame/CallToArms'' is ''Videogame/MenOfWar'' meets ''Videogame/{{Battlefield}}''.
* ''VideoGame/CapcomVs'' is Creator/{{Capcom}}'s characters meeting [[Creator/MarvelComics another]] [[Creator/TatsunokoProduction company's]] [[Creator/{{SNK}} characters]] meets ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''. Quite literally in the case of the last one, due to the existence of ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom''.
* ''VideoGame/CarnEvil'' is ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDead'' meets ''Film/TheCarnivalOfSouls'' meets ''Film/KillerKlownsFromOuterSpace'' meets ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' meets ''Film/{{Jumanji}}''.
* ''VideoGame/CarriesOrderUp'' is ''VideoGame/{{Tapper}}'' meets ''VideoGame/PacMan''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Carrion}}'' is ''VideoGame/ApeOut'' meets ''Film/TheThing1982'' meets ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''.
* '' Creator/CartoonNetwork: Punch Time Explosion XL'' ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' meets Cartoon Network's non-licensed roster, circa 2010.
* ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' is ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}'' meets Website/{{Newgrounds}}.
* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' in general is ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'' meets ''Franchise/UniversalHorror''.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaI'' meets ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaI'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLostVikings''.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' meets ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' meets ''VideoGame/Castlevania64'' meets ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''
** ''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'' and/or the PowerCopying mechanics of ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' turned UpToEleven.
*** ''Dawn of Sorrow's'' Julius Mode is ''Castlevania'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse''.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'' is ''Dawn of Sorrow's'' Julius Mode meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines'' meets the "levels in paintings" aspect of ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' is most certainly ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' meets ''VideoGame/MaximoGhostsToGlory''.
*** The first ''Lords of Shadow'' game is ''VideoGame/SuperCastlevaniaIV'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' with a dash of ''Film/PansLabyrinth''.
*** ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOfFate Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate]]'' is ''Videogame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon''
*** ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2 Lords of Shadow 2]]'' is ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' meets the plot of ''Film/EndOfDays''.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' is ''VideoGame/{{Cadash}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'' meets ''[[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} Super Metroid]]''.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDissonance'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaManX''.
* ''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/ChaosLegion'' is ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' meets ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''
* ''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.
** Alternatively, it's ''VideoGame/XCom'' meets ''Franchise/PowerRangers''.
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Series/DoctorWho''.
* ''VideoGame/{{CHUNITHM}}'' is ''[[VideoGame/{{Bemani}} Keyboardmania]]'' meets ''VideoGame/SoundVoltex''.
* ''VideoGame/TheCitadel'' is ''Relics'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' meets ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'' meets ''VideoGame/BrutalDoom''.
* ''VideoGame/CitiesSkylines'' is ''VideoGame/SimCity 4'' meets ''[[VideoGame/TransportTycoon Train Fever]]''.
* ''VideoGame/CityShroudedInShadow'' is ''VideoGame/DisasterReport'' meets the {{Kaiju}} genre.
* ''VideoGame/{{Cloudpunk}}'' is ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Film/TheFifthElement''.
* ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' is ''VideoGame/{{Habbo}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}}'' with some heaping of ''VideoGame/{{Webkinz}}''.
* ''VideoGame/ClockworkEmpires'' is the gameplay of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' and the setting of ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresIII'' meets ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth''.
* ''Cloudbuilt'' is ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' meets ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge''.
* ''VideoGame/CodeNameSteam'' is ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' meets ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' meets comic books, with a bit of stealth and ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' {{Guest Fighter}}s as well.
* ''VideoGame/CodeVein'' is ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''VideoGame/GodEaterBurst''.
* ''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/{{Commandos}}'' is ''Videogame/MetalGear'' meets ''Videogame/{{Syndicate}}'' meets ''UsefulNotes/WorldWarII''.
* The ''[[VideoGame/ConceptionPleaseGiveBirthToMyChild Conception]]'' series is ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' meets a {{Harem}} anime.
* ''VideoGame/Conception2ChildrenOfTheSevenStars'' is ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SakuraWars''.
* ''VideoGame/CondemnedCriminalOrigins'' is ''Film/Se7en'' meets ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs''.
* ''Confidential Mission'' is ''VideoGame/VirtuaCop'' meets ''Film/JamesBond'' meets ''Film/MissionImpossible''.
* ''Conflicks: Revolutionary Space Battles'' is ''VideoGame/TreasurePlanetBattleAtProcyon'' meets ''VideoGame/JamestownLegendOfTheLostColony'' meets ''VideoGame/AngryBirds''.
* ''VideoGame/CongoBongo'': ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' meets ''VideoGame/CrystalCastles''
* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' is ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' meets ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
* Website/TheEscapist'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/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM robotization]]''.
** ''Contra: Shattered Soldier'' is ''Contra'' meets ''Film/DemolitionMan''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'' is ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' meets ''Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy'', as set in the Wiki/SCPFoundation and starring Series/WynonnaEarp.
** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'' is the Wiki/SCPFoundation ran by the VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}.
* ''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).
* ''VideoGame/CorpseParty'' is ''VideoGame/SweetHome'' meets ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''.
* ''[[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}}''.
* The ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series in general is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' meets ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''.
** ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996'' is ''[[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1 Donkey Kong Country (1994)]]'', ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' and ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' meet ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'', ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' and ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'' with a side dash of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''.
** ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996'' meets ''Film/ANewHope'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' meets ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' meets ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest''.
** ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack'' meets ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' meets ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble''.
** ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack'' and ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped'' meet ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManX''.
** ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' meets ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy''.
** ''VideoGame/CrashOfTheTitans'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'' and ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity'' meet ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManZX''.
** ''VideoGame/CrashMindOverMutant'' is ''VideoGame/CrashOfTheTitans'' meets ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' meets ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.
** ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996'', ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack'' and ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped'' meet ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns''.
** ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot4ItsAboutTime'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' meets ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' meets ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' meets ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'' meets ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Series/DoctorWho'' meets ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Celeste}}'' meets ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'' meets ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SpiesInDisguise'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' meets ''TabletopGame/BladesInTheDark'' meets ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' meets ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'', all spiked with the [[NintendoHard extreme difficulty]] of ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'' and a side dash of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' and ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.
* ''Cratermaze'' is ''Heiankyo Alien'' with a dash of ''VideoGame/LodeRunner''.
* ''VideoGame/CrisisForce'' is ''VideoGame/TerraCresta'' meets ''Vapor Trail''.
* ''VideoGame/TheCrew'' is ''VideoGame/TestDrive Unlimited'' meets ''VideoGame/DriverSanFrancisco'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed: [[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnderground Underground]]'' through ''Undercover'' meets ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Forza}} Horizon''[[note]]post-''Wild Run''[[/note]] meets ''Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit'' (2010) and ''Need for Speed Rivals''[[note]]post-''Calling All Units''[[/note]]... [[AC:[[RecycledInSpace in]] [[{{Eagleland}} America!]]]]
** ''VideoGame/TheCrew2'' is all of the above meeting ''VideoGame/HydroThunder'' and ''VideoGame/{{Pilotwings}}''.
* ''VideoGame/CriminalCase'' is ''Series/TheWire'' meets ''Series/{{CSI}}'' meets ''Series/CriminalMinds'' meets ''Series/LawAndOrder'' meets ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' with a subtle trace of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' and ''Franchise/MortalKombat''.
* ''VideoGame/CrimsonSkies'' is DieselPunk meets ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow''.
* ''VideoGame/CrimzonClover'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Ray|Series}}Force''.
* ''CROSS×BEATS'' is ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'' with ''VideoGame/{{DanceDanceRevolution}}''[='=]s former musicians.
* ''VideoGame/CrossyRoad'' is ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' meets ''VideoGame/FlappyBird''.
** Or essentially, if ''Frogger'' was an Endless Runner.
* ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings'' is ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' meets ''VideoGame/TheSims''.
* ''Videogame/CrueltySquad'' is ''Videogame/FarCry'' meets ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' meets ''Videogame/DeusEx'' meets ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta''.
* ''VideoGame/CryptOfTheNecrodancer'' is ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl'' meets ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
** Alternatively, the game is ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' meets ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
* ''Videogame/{{Crysis}}'' and ''Videogame/CrysisWarhead'' is ''Franchise/FarCry'' meets ''Videogame/{{Halo}}''
** ''Videogame/Crysis2'' and ''Videogame/Crysis3'' is ''Videogame/{{Halo}}'' meets ''Videogame/CallOfDuty''.
* ''VideoGame/CubeEscape'' is the ''VideoGame/{{Submachine}}'' series meets ''Series/TwinPeaks''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Culdcept}}'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' with elements of ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SilhouetteMirage'' in the art styles of Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer.
* ''VideoGame/CuteThingsDyingViolently'' is ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}.''
* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' meets ''Videogame/TheDivision'' (but completely solo) meets ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic'' meets ''Anime/PlasticMemories''.
* ''VideoGame/CyberShadow'' is ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Cytus}}'' is ''VideoGame/DJMAXTechnika'' turned 90 degrees with the music of the ''BMS of Fighters'' series of ''VideoGame/{{beatmania}} IIDX'' simfiles.

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* ''VideoGame/DangunFeveron'' is any Creator/{{Toaplan}} shooter meets [[GratuitousDiscoSequence Disco]].
* ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'' is ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
** Alternatively, it's also ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheTempleInfernalCrusade''.
** In summary, it is ''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/DarkEscape4D'' is ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSeedII'' is ''Franchise/SilentHill'' meets ''Film/TheRoom''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' is ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', starring [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse The Horseman of War]]. Add in some ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' staring The Horseman of Death and you have ''VideoGame/DarksidersII''.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'':
** ''VideoGame/KingsField'' meets ''VideoGame/TombRaider'' (especially the Core Design series) meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''
** Or ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheTempleInfernalCrusade'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Berserk}}'', with some elements of Creator/HPLovecraft.
* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' with characters based on the monsters from the Franchise/UniversalHorror movies.
* ''VideoGame/DarkVoid'' is ''ComicBook/TheRocketeer'' meets ''Literature/TheLostWorld1912'', with a side of ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.
* ''[[VideoGame/DarkWatch Darkwatch]]'' was originally conceived, [[WordOfGod in the words of head designer Paul O'Connor]], as "''ComicBook/{{Blade}}'' meets ''Franchise/MenInBlack'' in the Old West". The actual game is more like ''Film/VanHelsing'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' meets ''ComicBook/JonahHex''.
* ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' is ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets Creator/HPLovecraft meets ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' meets ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' meets the horror aspects of ''[[Franchise/ASongOfIceAndFire A Song Of Ice And Fire's]]'' extended lore, meets ''Film/TheRaid''.
* ''Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum'' is ''VideoGame/ImpossibleMission'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Sokoban}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Spelunker}}'' [-{{IN SPACE}}!-]
* ''VideoGame/DayOfDefeat: Source'' is ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''.
** Or simply ''Counter-Strike'' meets UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* ''VideoGame/{{DayZ}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{ArmA}}'' meets ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'': ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Franchise/SilentHill'', with a dash of ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' is ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' meets ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' meets ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' meets ''VideoGame/HellbladeSenuasSacrifice'' meets ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' meets ''Franchise/SilentHill'' meets ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' meets ''Franchise/FinalDestination'' meets ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DeadCells'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' meets ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' with a splash of ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''.
* The ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' series in general is ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'', and ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur]]'' meets the works of Creator/GoNagai, particularly ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' and ''Anime/DevilmanLady''.
** ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5'' is ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'' meets ''Series/KamenRider555'' meets ''Franchise/UltramanZero''.
** ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive6'' is ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI'' meets ''VideoGame/Tekken7'' meets ''Series/UltramanRB''.
** The ''Dead or Alive: Xtreme'' spin-off series is ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' meets the DatingSim genre.
* ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' is ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' in terms of gameplay, and both of them meets ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' and ''Anime/HighschoolOfTheDead'' story-wise.
* ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' is ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' meets ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' meets ''Film/EventHorizon''.
* ''VideoGame/DeadstormPirates'' is ''VideoGame/LetsGoJungle'' meets ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' meets ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens''.
* ''VideoGame/DeathEndReQuest'' is ''Franchise/DotHack'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' with some elements of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Deathloop}}'' can be best described as ''Franchise/{{Dishonored}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'', with a dash of ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' and ''Film/GroundhogDay''.
* ''VideoGame/DeathRoadToCanada'' is ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' meets the ''ZombieApocalypse'' genre meets ''VideoGame/RogueLegacy''.
* ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'' is ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' meets ''Literature/ThePostman'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' meets ''Film/{{Eraserhead}}'', [[MindScrew as far as anyone can tell]].
* ''VideoGame/DeathToSpies'' is ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Commandos}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Deceit}}'' is StealthBasedGame meets ''TabletopGame/TheWerewolvesOfMillersHollow''.
* ''VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic'' is ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' and ''VideoGame/DOTA2'' are ''Aeon of Strife'' meets ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII''
* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' seems to be ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' meets the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' games.
** Or ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}: VideoGame/TheHalloweenHack''.
** Chapter 2 is ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' meets ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSharkboyAndLavagirl''.
* ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'' is ''Anime/TheBigO'' meets Creator/HPLovecraft.
* ''Demon Sword (Fudou Myououden)'' is ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKage'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'' and its sequel ''Videogame/Destiny2'' is ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''
** Or ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Franchise/SuperSentai''
* ''VideoGame/DestinyConnectTickTockTravelers'' is ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' meets ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''
* ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' meets ''Film/MarsAttacks''
* ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu'' is ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman'' is ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Film/RoboCop1987'' meets ''Film/IRobot'' meets Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Robot'' novels (''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'', ''Literature/TheNakedSun'' and ''Literature/TheRobotsOfDawn'').
* ''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 ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Franchise/TheMatrix''.
* ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' is ''VideoGame/Persona3'' meets ''Manga/ShadowStar''
* ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'' is ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''VideoGame/Persona4''
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' is ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' meets the HackAndSlash genre meets ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' .
** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' is ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'' due to Dante being more [[TheStoic stoic]] and [[TheQuietOne quiet]].
** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' is ''Film/{{Versus}}'' meets ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' meets ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''.
** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' is ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' (Nero's Devil Trigger functions like a Stand) meets ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireII''.
** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' is ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' meets ''VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry'' meets ''VideoGame/ChaosLegion'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZTheTreeOfMight''.
** ''VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry'' is ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' as filtered through ''Film/{{Blade}}'' or ''Film/{{Underworld|2003}}''.
*** Alternatively, it's ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''Film/TheyLive'' and ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Dex}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Flashback}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DeusEx''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' is ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Doom}}'' meets ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''.
* ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers'' is ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' meets ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''.
* ''Diadra Empty'' is ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon'' meets ''VideoGame/FantasyZone''.
* ''VideoGame/DigimonStoryCyberSleuth'' is ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Persona}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis'' and it's sequel are ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' meets ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.
** ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis3'' is ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' meets ''Jurassic Park''.
** ''VideoGame/DinoStalker'' is ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'' meets ''Jurassic Park''.
* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' is ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' meets ''VideoGame/LANoire'' meets ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'' meets ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''.
* ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{BlackMatrix}}'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
** ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaDimension2 Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness]]'' is ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]'' minus the ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
** ''[[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow''.
** ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'' is ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''.
** ''VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten'' is ''Anime/CodeGeass'' meets ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer''.
** ''VideoGame/Disgaea5AllianceOfVengeance'' is ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' meets ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam''.
** ''VideoGame/Disgaea6DefianceOfDestiny'' is ''VideoGame/ZettaiHeroProject'' meets ''VideoGame/TrillionGodOfDestruction''
* ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' has been described as ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''VideoGame/BioShock'' meets ''VideoGame/EscapeFromButcherBay''.
** 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 Creator/{{Disney}} meets ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' meets ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''.
* ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'' is ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' meets ''VideoGame/BaldursGate''
** ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSin'' is ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' with the combat of ''VideoGame/Fallout1'' [[VideoGame/Fallout2 and 2]].
* ''VideoGame/TheDivision'' is ''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'' with an [[ThePlague epidemic]] and the player as [[SwappedRoles one of the comics many armed secretive US government antagonists.]]
** Or for more mainstream media, ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' meets ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' but without the zombies.
* ''VideoGame/{{DJMAX}} Technika'' is ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Lumines}}''.
* ''Dodgeball Academia'' is ''VideoGame/SuperDodgeBall'' meets ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven''.
* ''VideoGame/DokaponKingdom'' is ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioParty''.
* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' is ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Imscared}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''.
** Storywise, it's ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' meets Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{Misery}}''
** Another way of putting it is ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' meets [[spoiler: ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' meets ''Film/CabinInTheWoods'']]
* ''VideoGame/DonPachi'' is ''VideoGame/{{Raiden}}'' meets ''Batsugun''.
** The "plot" of [=DoDonPachi=] [=DaiFukkatsu=] is ''[[VideoGame/RaySeries RayCrisis]]''[[note]] Both center around preventing another game's events from happening[[/note]] meets [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun''[[note]]The events of both games end up [[ShootTheShaggyDog being completely pointless]], and also end with an endless loop.[[/note]]]].
** ''[=DoDonPachi=] [=DaiFukkatsu=] Black Label'' is ''[=DoDonPachi=]'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Recca}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Ibara}} Black Label''.
*** Add ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' and ''Creator/{{Virt}}'' to get its ArrangeMode.
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'' is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii''.
** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'' with a dusting of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders]]''.
*** 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''.
** Or more accurately, ''Film/{{Rambo}}'' meets ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}''
** ''Doom II: Hell on Earth'' and ''Final Doom: The Plutonia Experiment'' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''Literature/TheSilmarillion''
** ''Final Doom: TNT'' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''Film/EventHorizon''.
** ''VideoGame/Doom3''' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SystemShock'' without the RPGElements.
** ''Doom RPG'' (the Java phone game) is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic''.
** ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime''.
** ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' is ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' meets ''Videogame/SuperMarioBros'' (the platforms and swinging fire pillars were giveaways).
*** ''The Ancient Gods'' is ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' meets ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' meets ''Literature/TheBible''.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is ''Franchise/BaldursGate'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' with a little bit of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', and medieval Christianity thrown in for good measure.
* ''VideoGame/DragonballFighterz'' is ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokaiTenkaichi'' meets ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' meets ''VideoGame/OmikronTheNomadSoul''.
* ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'' is ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai'' meets ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokaiTenkaichi'' meets ''VideoGame/DragonBallOnline'' meets ''Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z''
* ''VideoGame/DragonMarkedForDeath'' is ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDespair'' with a setting similar to ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV''.
* ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Hydlide}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Terranigma}}'' with a dash of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestMonsters'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' with a touch of ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestBuilders'' and [[VideoGame/DragonQuestBuilders2 it's sequel]] are ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DragonsCrown'' is Capcom's ''VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsChroniclesOfMystara'' meet ''VideoGame/OdinSphere''.
* ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''.
* ''Franchise/{{Drakengard}}'' is ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. Gameplay-Wise, it's ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' meets ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon''.
** The [[VideoGame/{{Drakengard}} original game]] is ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' by way of ''Literature/BloodMeridian''.
** ''VideoGame/Drakengard3'' is ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'' and ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' by way of ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
* ''VideoGame/DrawnToLife'' is ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'' meets ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''.
* ''[=Driv3r0=]'' 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/{{DRL}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Rogue}}''. This was more blatantly obvious back when it was still called ''Doom, the Roguelike''.
* ''VideoGame/DrMario'' is ''VideoGame/MarioBros'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''.
* ''VideoGame/DroxOperative'' is ''VideoGame/StarControl'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''.
* Creator/{{T|heCynicalBrit}}otalBiscuit describes ''VideoGame/DuckGame'' as, "A cross between ''VideoGame/WarioWare'', ''VideoGame/{{Towerfall}}'', and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' with online multiplayer and [[TauntButton a dedicated quack button]]"
* ''VideoGame/DuckSeason'' is ''VideoGame/DuckHunt'' meets ''Literature/NESGodzillaCreepypasta''.
* ''VideoGame/DudeStop'' is ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' meets ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'' meets ''VideoGame/ThereIsNoGame''.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN0qDsp6YfY Duet (Commando '86)]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Commando}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Dusk}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}''.
* ''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 Wiki/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]].
* People have said that the horror game ''VideoGame/DyingLight'' is "''VideoGame/DeadIsland'' meets ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' meets ''VideoGame/Fallout3''."

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* 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}}''[[note]]Gravity Falls came in the 2010's, though[[/note]] thrown in for extra [[MindScrew Weirdness]]
* ''Eets'' is loosely summed up as ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleMachine''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Eldritch}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' mixed with ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu''.
* ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' is ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'' meets ''Film/MenInBlack''. In the highest difficulty, replace the latter with ''Series/CharliesAngels''.
* ''VideoGame/TheEndTimesVermintide'' is ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''VideoGame/MordheimCityOfTheDamned''.
* ''VideoGame/EnslavedOdysseyToTheWest'' is ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' meets ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''.
* ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon'' is ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}''.
** Or: ''VideoGame/SmashTV'' meets ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' meets BulletHell.
* ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' meets ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}'' with LampshadeHanging added into the mix.
* ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity'' is ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''[[note]]top-down TwoDSpace[[/note]] meets ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}''[[note]]WideOpenSandbox space simulator[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Espgaluda}}'' is ''VideoGame/EspRaDe'' meets ''VideoGame/MahouDaisakusen'' and ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''.
** Add more ''[=ESP=] Ra.De'' for the [=PS2=] ArrangeMode.
* ''VideoGame/ESwat'' is ''VideoGame/{{Shinobi}}'' meets ''Franchise/RoboCop''.
* ''VideoGame/EternalChampions'' is ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' meets ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' meets ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' meets ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes''.
* ''Eternal City'' is ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Videogame/XCOM2'' (although real-time) with MOBA-style controls.
* 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]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Everhood}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CryptOfTheNecrodancer''.
* ''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 ''Film/{{Inception}}'' meets ''Franchise/SilentHill'' and ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''.
* ''{{VideoGame/Evolve}}'' is ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''Film/{{Predator}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'''s VS Saxton Hale Mode.
* ''VideoGame/EvolveIdle'' is ''VideoGame/KittensGame'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}''.
* ''[=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''.

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* ''Fairytale Fights'': ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'' as seen through ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''-colored filters.
* ''VideoGame/FallGuysUltimateKnockout'' is ''Series/TakeshisCastle'' meets ''Series/{{Boohbah}}'' meets ''Series/Wipeout2008'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', with a few touches of ''Film/BattleRoyale'', ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami''.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' franchise as a whole is ''Film/MadMax'' meets ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}''.
** Notably, starting from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', it has shifted to now overall being ''Mad Max'' meets ''Pleasantville'' with elements of both ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' and ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''.
** ''Fallout 3'' is ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' meets ''Literature/TheRoad'' meets Creator/{{Philip K Dick}}'s ''The Penultimate Truth''.
*** In turn, the ''Fallout 3'' [=DLCs=] are as follows: ''Broken Steel'' is Fallout 3 meets ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' meets ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]'', ''The Pitt'' is Fallout 3 meets ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', ''Operation: Anchorage!'' is Fallout 3 meets ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' meets ''[[VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} Battlefield 4]]'', ''Point Lookout'' is Fallout 3 meets the ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'', and ''Mothership Zeta'' is Fallout 3 meets ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace''.
** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is ''Mad Max'' meets ''Film/{{Casino}}'' meets ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', with elements of both ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' and ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''.
*** In turn, the ''Fallout: New Vegas'' [=DLCs=] are as follows: ''Dead Money'' is Fallout: New Vegas meets ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'', ''Honest Hearts'' is Fallout: New Vegas meets ''Film/DancesWithWolves'', ''Old World Blues'' is Fallout: New Vegas meets ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'', and ''Lonesome Road'' is Fallout: New Vegas meets ''Literature/TheRimeOfTheAncientMariner''. And regarding fan mods, ''VideoGame/NewVegasBounties'' is Fallout: New Vegas meets ''Literature/BloodMeridian''.
** ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' is ''Mad Max'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Terminator'' meets ''ComicStrip/BuckRogers'' meets ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', all while also featuring a bit of both ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and ''Franchise/MassEffect''.
*** In turn, the ''Fallout 4'' [=DLCS=] are as follows: ''Automatron'' is ''Fallout 4'' meets ''Franchise/MegaMan'', ''Far Harbor'' is Fallout 4 meets ''Film/TheMist'' meets ''Literature/ACanticleForLeibowitz'', and ''[=Nuka-World=]'' is Fallout 4 meets ''Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome'' meets both ''Series/TakeshisCastle'' and ''Anime/KemonoFriends''.
** ''VideoGame/Fallout76'' is ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 1}}'' meets ''Series/LifeAfterPeople'' meets Creator/HPLovecraft and a hefty amount of Appalachian folklore.
* ''VideoGame/FantasyLife'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' meets ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'', with the art style of ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton''.
** Or, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' meets ''VideoGame/RuneFactory'', minus the farming.
* ''Franchise/FarCry'':
** ''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.
*** ''Trials of The Blood Dragon'' is ''Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Trials}}''.
** ''VideoGame/FarCry4'' is ''Far Cry 3'' meets ''VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves''.
** ''VideoGame/FarCryPrimal'' is ''Far Cry 3'' meets ''Film/QuestForFire'' and ''Film/TenThousandBC''.
** ''Videogame/FarCry5'' is ''Far Cry 3'' meets ''Videogame/MetalWolfChaos'' (without the mecha and president) meets ''Waco''.
** ''Videogame/FarCryNewDawn'' is ''Far Cry 5'' meets ''Videogame/{{Fallout}}'' meets ''Videogame/Borderlands2''.
* ''VideoGame/FarmingSimulator'': ''Farm Tycoon'' meets ''VideoGame/GranTurismo''
* ''VideoGame/{{Farmville}}'': ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' meets ''Website/{{Facebook}}''.
* ''Fast & Furious: Crossroads'' is ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' meets ''[[VideoGame/{{Driver}} Driv3r]]'' meets ''VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution''.
* ''VideoGame/FASTRacingLeague'': ''VideoGame/FZero'' or ''VideoGame/WipEout'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}''.
* ''Franchise/FateSeries'':
** ''VideoGame/FateExtellaTheUmbralStar'' is ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' meets ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' with a hint of ''VideoGame/SenranKagura''.
** ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' is ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' meets ''VideoGame/Persona3'' meets ''Franchise/TheMatrix''.
** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' is ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' meets ''VideoGame/BraveFrontier'' meets ''Series/DoctorWho'' meets ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderDecade''.
*** Alternatively it's ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' meets ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' meets ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''.
* ''Fausseté Amour'' is ''VideoGame/{{Valis}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'' meets ''VideoGame/BionicCommando''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Faxanadu}}'' is ''VideoGame/DragonSlayerIIXanadu'' meets ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fe}}'' is ''VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus''.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' = ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' + ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesMyLifeAsAKing'' = ''Crystal Chronicles'' + ''VideoGame/DarkCloud''
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''VideoGame/TacticsOgre''.
** And in terms of plot and feel it's ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' meets ''Film/EatPrayLove''.
*** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' meets ''Film/CharliesAngels''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' are ''Final Fantasy'' meet ''VideoGame/{{Everquest}}''.
*** The Shadowbringers extension has been described by some as ''Final Fantasy'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' in the world of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance''.
*** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' meets ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''.
** ''[[VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII]]'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' is ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' with a car, according to {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}}.
*** Or ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' meets ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' meets a better version of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0'' 's combat.
*** Or ''Final Fantasy'' meets ''Film/TheHangover''
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0'' is ''Final Fantasy'' meets the narrative of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' meets Creator/PlatinumGames combat.
*** Or ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' written by ''Creator/GenUrobuchi''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' meets ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVotoms'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' meets ''Series/UltramanLeo''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' meets ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' meets ''Series/UltramanTiga'' meets ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'' meets ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''.
*** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI'' meets ''Series/KamenRider555'' meets ''Series/UltramanNexus''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' are ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Series/DenkouChoujinGridman''.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' is ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' meets ''Film/StreetsOfFire'' meets ''Franchise/StreetFighter''.
* The ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series' most notable examples:
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' is ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' meets ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIII''.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' is ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' meets ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' meets the X-Men storyline ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast''.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors'' is ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' meets ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' meets ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' meets ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin natch]]) with a hint of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade''.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' is ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' meets ''VideoGame/BraveFrontier'' meets ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' is ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' meets ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' meets ''VideoGame/Persona5''.
*** Alternatively ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' is ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' meets ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBuild''.
* The ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'' 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/FistOfTheNorthStarLostParadise'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets the gameplay, wacky side-missions and minigames from ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}''.
* ''VideoGame/FearEquation'' is the gameplay of ''VideoGame/{{Deadnaut}}'', the setting of ''Film/{{Snowpiercer}}'', and the supernatural side of ''Film/TheFog''.
* ''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.
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' is ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''.
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' is ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' meets ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' meets ''Film/ChoppingMall''.
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtTreasureIsland'' is ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' meets ''WebOriginal/AbandonedByDisney''.
* ''VideoGame/TheFlameInTheFlood'' is ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' meets ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' meets ''Film/ABoyAndHisDog''.
* ''VideoGame/FlappyBird'' is the "Profit Bird" from ''VideoGame/JetpackJoyride'' meets art assets from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Flashback}}'' is ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' meets ''Film/TheyLive'' with a little bit of ''Film/BladeRunner'', ''Film/TheRunningMan'', and ''Film/{{Alien}}'' thrown in.
* ''VideoGame/FlyingRedBarrel ~Diary of a Little Aviator~'' is ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' meets ''Anime/PorcoRosso''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Forsaken}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}'' meets ''VideoGame/JetMoto'' meets ''VideoGame/SewerShark''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Forza}}'' series:
** ''Forza Motorsport'' series is ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' meets ''[[Videogame/RidgeRacer R: Racing Evolution]]'' with ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnderground'''s vehicle customization systems.
** ''Forza Horizon'' series is ''VideoGame/TestDriveUnlimited'' meets ''VideoGame/MidnightClub'' with dash of ''VideoGame/{{GRID}}''.
* ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' described ''VideoGame/FossilFighters'' as ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}: Save the World'' is ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''. Battle Royale adds in ''VideoGame/PlayerunknownsBattlegrounds'' as well.
* 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 ''Website/{{Neopets}}''
* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'' can easily be described if Creator/{{Treasure}} made a ''VideoGame/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/FridayNightFunkin'' is ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' meets ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper'' meets ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' as done by Website/{{Newgrounds}}.
* ''VisualNovel/TheFruitOfGrisaia'' is essentially ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' meets ''Film/TheProfessional''.
* ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight'': ''VideoGame/StarControl'' meets ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress''
* ''[=F1 Race Stars=]'' is ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' meets UsefulNotes/FormulaOne.
* ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'' is ''Anime/{{Bokurano}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' with a hint of ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfileCovenantOfThePlume'' set in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals.
* ''VideoGame/{{Furi}}'' is ''VideoGame/TheRedStar'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' meets ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''. Or ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}'' meets ''Film/TheRunningMan''.

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* ''[=GachiTora!=]'' is ''VideoGame/KenkaBancho'' meets ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' and/or ''Manga/{{Gokusen}}''... With a dose of ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''.
* ''Gaist Crusher'' is ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''Manga/SaintSeiya''.
* ''VideoGame/GalGun'' is ''VideoGame/VirtuaCop'' meets ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial''.
* ''Gan Gan Ganchan'' is ''VideoGame/{{Flicky}}'' meets the MazeGame genre.
* ''VideoGame/TheGardensBetween'' is ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' meets ''VideoGame/CaptainToadTreasureTracker''
* ''VideoGame/GarouMarkOfTheWolves'' is ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'' meets ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII''.
* ''Gate of Thunder'' is ''VideoGame/ThunderForce'' meets ''VideoGame/ZeroWing'' (without the Engrish).
* ''VideoGame/{{GeNeSis}}'' is totally ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' meets ''VideoGame/Persona4'', as a Flash game!
* ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' is ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Genocide}}'' is ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' meets ''VideoGame/AssaultSuitsValken'' meets ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' is ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' meets ''Videogame/TheDivision'' meets ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' and ''Videogame/FateGrandOrder''.
* ''Gensou Skydrift'' is ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioKartDoubleDash'' meets ''VideoGame/SonicRiders''.
* ''VideoGame/GetsuFumaDen'' is ''Videogame/GenpeiToumaDen'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''
** ''Getsu Fuma Den: Undying Moon'' is ''VideoGame/GetsuFumaDen'' meets ''VideoGame/DeadCells''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Gex}}'' is the ''Advertising/{{Geico}}'' Gecko meets ''Film/StayTuned'' meets ''WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers'', with [[ReferenceOverdosed loads of TV and movie references]].
* ''VideoGame/GhostMaster'' is ''VideoGame/TheSims'' meets ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''
* ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Future Soldier'' is essentially ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' with the plot of ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ghostrunner}}'' is ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' meets ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner''.
* ''VideoGame/GhostOfTsushima'' is ''Manga/{{Angolmois}}'' meets ''Film/ThePatriot'' meets ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' meets Creator/AkiraKurosawa samurai films garnished with the stealth gameplay of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' and ''VideoGame/{{Tenchu}}'', along with the open-world aspect of ''Videogame/RedDeadRedemption2''.
* ''VideoGame/GiantsCitizenKabuto'' is ''VideoGame/{{Tribes}}'' meets ''VideoGame/WaveRace'' meets the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeries'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Rampage}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'' is ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars'' meets ''Manga/{{Upotte}}'' meets ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' meets ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' meets ''VideoGame/FalloutTactics'' meets ''Film/TerminatorSalvation''.
* ''VideoGame/TheGirlAndTheRobot'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'' meets ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''
* ''VideoGame/GodEater'' is ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* ''VideoGame/GodHand'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''.
* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' is ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' meets ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}'' meets ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' meets ''[[VideoGame/{{Rygar}} Rygar: The Legendary Adventure]]'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.
** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' however, is ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'' meets ''Film/{{Logan}}'' meets ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'' meets ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor''.
*** Alternatively, it's ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' meets ''Film/TheRoad'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'' is ''VideoGame/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''[[note]]The games predate ''Avatar'' by a few years, however[[/note]] meets ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology''.
* ''VideoGame/GolfStory'' is ''VideoGame/EverybodysGolf'' meets ''VideoGame/StardewValley''
* ''VideoGame/GoneGolfing'' is ''VideoGame/GolfWithYourFriends'' meets ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine''
* ''VideoGame/GotchaForce'' is ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' is ''VideoGame/RageOfBahamut'' meets ''VideoGame/BraveFrontier'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' with a dash of ''Manga/HunterXHunter''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}} NEO'' is ''Life Force/Salamander'' with the weapon system from ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun''...[-[[RecycledInSpace FOR THE MOBILE PHONES!]]-]
* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}} [=ReBirth=]'' is ''Gradius: The Interstellar Assault'' meets the UsefulNotes/{{MSX}} games (The ''Nemesis'' series and ''Salamander'' port) meets ''Gradius Gaiden'' 's art style and ''Gradius III'' 's music soundfont.
* ''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/GrandTheftAuto'':
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}''
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' is ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' meets ''Series/MiamiVice''.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' meets ''Film/{{Brother}}'' (especially the second film).
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoChinatownWars'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' (story) meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoClassic'' (gameplay) meets ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'' meets ''Film/{{Chinatown}}''.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' meets ''Film/TheItalianJob2003'' meets ''Film/OceansEleven''.
*** The plot feels like the film ''Film/{{Heat}}'' as done by the creators of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Granny}}'' is ''VideoGame/HelloNeighbor'' meets low-quality ''Franchise/SilentHill''.
* ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' is ''VideoGame/DaytonaUSA'' meets ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' meets ''VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer''.
** Actually, it is the racing version of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' with [[CreatorProvincialism Japanese carmakers and tuners]] [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld joining the racing fray]].
* ''VideoGame/GraveyardKeeper'' is ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' meets ''VideoGame/StardewValley''.
* ''VideoGame/GravityRush'' is ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'' meets ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' in a WorldOfActionGirls.
* ''VideoGame/GravityRush2'' is ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' meets ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.
* ''VideoGame/GreatGreed'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''.
* ''VideoGame/Grezzo2'' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Postal}}'' in UsefulNotes/{{Italy}}.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC_MCCe0KRU GRIDD: Retroenhanced]]'' is ''Film/{{TRON}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Starblade}}'' and/or ''VideoGame/StarFox''.
* ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'' can be described as FilmNoir meets the Dia de los Muertos.
* ''VideoGame/GrimGrimoire'' is ''Film/GroundhogDay'' meets ''Franchise/HarryPotter''
* ''VideoGame/{{Grounded}}'' is ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' meets ''VideoGame/ARKSurvivalEvolved''
* ''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/GuardianTales'' is ''VideoGame/MapleStory'' meets any of the classic ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' games.
* ''VideoGame/TheGuidedFateParadox'' is ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' meets VideoGame/ZettaiHeroProject.
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Manga/{{Bastard}}'' (the last one was confirmed by WordOfGod to have been a major influence on the series)
* ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'': Creator/{{Harmonix}} has openly stated that GH is equal parts ''VideoGame/GuitarFreaks'' (concept and peripherals), ''VideoGame/{{Frequency|Harmonix}}'' (game play) and ''VideoGame/KaraokeRevolution'' (visual presentation).
** ''VideoGame/GuitarHeroLive'' is ''Guitar Hero'' meets Creator/{{MTV}} (GHTV) and the UsefulNotes/SegaCD (GH Live).
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}} Battle Assault'' is ''Gundam'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' or ''VideoGame/SoulSeries''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' is ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' is meets ''Film/TheGodFather'' meets ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' meets HeroicBloodshed.
* ''{{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/FZero''.
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[[folder:H]]
* ''[[VideoGame/DotHackR1Games .hack//]]'' is ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'' meets ''Film/{{Tron}}'' meets German poetry.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
* ''VideoGame/HalfLife'':
** ''VideoGame/HalfLife1 1'' is ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles''.
** ''Half-Life: Opposing Force'' is ''Half-Life 1'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''.
** ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' is ''Half-Life 1'' meets ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''.
** ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''ComicBook/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 ''Literature/{{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''.
* ''VideoGame/HardEdge'' is ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' meets an anime-styled ''Film/DieHard'' [-[[RecycledInSpace IN THE FUTURE]]-].
* ''VideoGame/HardcoreMecha'' is ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''.
* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' meets ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''.
** Or ''Wind Waker'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''.
* ''Have a Nice Death!'' is ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}''.
* ''VideoGame/Haven2020'' is ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'' meets ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' [-[[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!!!]]-].
* ''VideoGame/HeartOfDarkness'' is ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen'' meets ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld''.
* ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' is ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' with the gameplay of ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}''.
* {{Creator/T|heCynicalBrit}}otalBiscuit [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOfTaSDW-zs&hd=1 described]] ''VideoGame/HellYeahWrathOfTheDeadRabbit'' as ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit'' meets ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' meets ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' meets ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''
* ''VideoGame/HelloNeighbor'' is ''Film/TheBurbs'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Hellpoint}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DeadSpace''.
** Alternatively: ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'' meets ''Videogame/Doom2016''.
* ''Series/HellsKitchen'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}: ''VideoGame/CookingMama'' meets ''VideoGame/DinerDash'' meets a looming CGI Creator/GordonRamsay.
* ''VideoGame/{{Helltaker}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' meets ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'' meets ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' meets ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Sokoban}}''.
* ''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 Creator/NewWorldComputing combined ''VideoGame/KingsBounty'' with ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic''.
* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' is ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' meets Creator/BlizzardEntertainment.
* ''Hexcells'' is ''Minesweeper'' meets ''Picross''.
* ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Tenchu}}'' meets ''Franchise/JamesBond'' meets ''Manga/Golgo13''.
* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' is ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest''. Or ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife''. Or ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh'', but with antropomorphic bugs instead of mammals.
* ''VideoGame/{{Homefront}}'' is ''Film/RedDawn1984'' meets ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''.
* ''Videogame/HonkaiImpact3rd'' is ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' meets ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' meets ''Videogame/{{Warframe}}''.
** It's also ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', with a bit of ''[[Franchise/FateSeries Fate]]'' and ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure JoJo]]'' thrown in for good measure.
* ''VideoGame/HoodOutlawsAndLegends'': ''Myth/RobinHood'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' and ''VideoGame/PaydayTheHeist''.
%%* ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest''
* ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' is ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''Anime/ZoidsChaoticCentury'' meets ''Franchise/TombRaider'' meets ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' meets ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.
** Alternatively, ''Film/TheMatrix'' meets ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''.
* ''VisualNovel/HotelDuskRoom215'' is ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' meets ''Professor Layton''.
** ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsAceAttorney'' literally ''is'' Ace Attorney meets Professor Layton.
* ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}'' meets ''Series/MiamiVice'' meets ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' meets ''ComicBook/KickAss'' meets ''VideoGame/Killer7'' meets ''Film/CocaineCowboys'' meets ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' meets ''VideoGame/SmashTV'' meets ''Film/Drive2011'' meets ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' meets the works of Creator/DavidLynch.
** ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber'' is ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' meets ''Film/PulpFiction''.
* ''[[VideoGame/HotaruNoNikkiTheFireflyDiary htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary]]'' is ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}''. Altenatively, it's Creator/NipponIchi meets IndieGame.
* ''VideoGame/HunieCamStudio'' is ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' meets ''Sim Tycoon'' meets ''VideoGame/CookieClicker''.
** ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' is ''VisualNovel/TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}''.
* ''VideoGame/HuntShowdown'' is ''Film/VanHelsing meets ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', with a dash of ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' for flavour.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hydlide}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{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/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' is ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' meets ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' meets ''[[spoiler: Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast]]''.
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[[folder:I]]
* ''VideoGame/IAmAlive'' is Film/CliffHanger (in a city) meets ''Film/TheRoad''.
* ''I Am Fish'' is ''VideoGame/IAmBread'' meets ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ibara}}'' is ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Do|nPachi}}DonPachi dai ou jou''.
** Replace ''Garegga'' with ''VideoGame/{{Recca}}'' and ''VideoGame/ArmedPoliceBatrider'' to get ''Pink Sweets''.
*** The ArrangeMode of ''Pink Sweets'' is ''Recca'' meets ''Battle Bakraid''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Icey}}'' is ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail'' meets ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable''
* ''VideoGame/IdleChampionsOfTheForgottenRealms'' is ''VideoGame/CrusadersOfTheLostIdols'' meets ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
* ''Idol Death Game TV'' is ''VideoGame/TheIdolMaster'' or ''Franchise/LoveLive'' meets ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}''.
* ''VideoGame/IkariWarriors'' is ''VideoGame/{{Commando}}'' meets ''TNK III'' meets ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' with good dose of ''VideoGame/KungFuMaster''.
** ''Victory Road'' is ''Ikari Warriors'' meets ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' meets ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''Film/{{Alien}}''.
** ''Ikari III: The Rescue'' is ''Ikari Warriors'' meets ''VideoGame/BadDudes'' meets ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' with some dash of ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}'' = ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'' + ''VideoGame/SilhouetteMirage''.
* ''VideoGame/{{IMGCM}}'' is ''LightNovel/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'' meets ''Anime/PrettyCure'', ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', ''Manga/DragonBall'', and ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' with TheMultiverse, FanService (and FanDisservice).
* ''VideoGame/ImmortalsFenyxRising'': ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' + ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'' minus some RPG-grinding and RNG for things such as items and character progression.
** Or ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''.
* ''VideoGame/{{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''.
** The sequel is ''VideoGame/BlueDragon'' (The avatar system) meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' (The political setting).
* ''VideoGame/IndiePogo'' is ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' meets a UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} sale.
* ''VideoGame/{{Indivisible}}'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' meets ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'', with a similar artstyle to ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}''.
* ''VideoGame/InfamousSecondSon'' is ''VideoGame/InFamous'' meets ''Franchise/XMen''.
* ''VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis'' is ''VideoGame/Dota2'' meets the Franchise/DCUniverse.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ingress}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' meets Website/{{Google}} Maps meets ''TabletopGame/{{Go}}''.
* ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'' is ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' meets the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E11And12ABetterWorld A Better World]]" meets ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' meets the original ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'':
** ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' is ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' meets ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' meets ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' meets ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' meets ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite''.
** ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' is ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' meets ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' meets ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' meets ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' meets ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' meets ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' with the customization system of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', and some garnishes of ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' and ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''.
* ''Videogame/{{Insurgency}}'' is ''Videogame/ModernWarfare'' meets ''Videogame/ArmA''.
* ''VideoGame/IntoTheBreach'' is ''Film/PacificRim'' meets ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' meets ''VideoGame/FireEmblem''.
* ''VideoGame/Interstate76'' is ''Film/MadMax'' meets ''Film/DeathRace'' meets ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.
* ''VideoGame/InvisibleInc'' is ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'' meets ''VideoGame/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/IronMarines'' is ''VideoGame/KingdomRush'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{It Takes Two|2021}}'' is ''VideoGame/BrothersATaleOfTwoSons'' meets ''VideoGame/AWayOut'' meets ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster''.
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[[folder:J]]
* ''VideoGame/TheJackboxPartyPack'':
** ''Trivia Murder Party'' is ''Series/TruthOrConsequences'' meets ''Film/{{Saw}}''.
** ''Fibbage: Enough About You'' is ''Fibbage'' meets ''Two Truths and a Lie''.
** ''Mad Verse City'' is ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' meets ''Franchise/TheTransformers'' meets ''Mad Libs''.
** ''Push the Button!'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Werewolf}}'' meets ''Film/TheThing1982''.
** ''Champ'd Up'' is ''Pictionary'' meets ''Superfight''.
** ''Talking Points'' is "Newscasters" from ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' meets Microsoft Powerpoint.
** ''The Devils and the Details'' is ''Spaceteam'' meets ''WesternAnimation/NeighborsFromHell''.
* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' is ''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]'' meets ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon''.
* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'':
** ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' meets ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' with Creator/{{Pixar}} aesthetics and storytelling.
** ''VideoGame/JakII'' is basically ''Jak and Daxter'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''.
** ''VideoGame/Jak3'' is ''Jak II'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Motorstorm}}''.
** ''VideoGame/JakXCombatRacing'' is ''Jak and Daxter'' meets ''Film/DeathRace''.
* ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit'' is ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Turrican}}''. Indeed, it was inspired by those two games.
* ''VideoGame/{{Jazzpunk}}'' is ''VideoGame/DearEsther'' with the tone and setting of ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons''.
* ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' is ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''.
* ''Jewelry Master'' is ''Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''.
* ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureHeritageForTheFuture'' is ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' meets ''VideoGame/RedEarth''.
* ''Johnny Nero Action Hero'' is ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'' meets ''VideoGame/{{SeriousSam}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', ''Film/AlienS'', ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', ''Film/TheMummy1999'' meets ''Film/DollarsTrilogy'', ''Film/{{Tombstone}}'', ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' meets ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' meets ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''.
* ''Jongbou'', by Creator/{{SNK}}, is ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}}''.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Jump S|uperStars}}tars'' series is ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' meets ''Magazine/ShonenJump''.
** ''VideoGame/JStarsVictoryVS'' is ''VideoGame/JumpSuperstars'' meets ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns''.
** ''VideoGame/JumpForce'' can be referred to as ''Anime/ReCreators'' with ''Magazine/ShonenJump'' properties.
*** Alternately, ''VideoGame/JStarsVictoryVS'' meets the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
* ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' meets ''Franchise/AceAttorney''.
* ''Junkworld'' is ''VideoGame/KingdomRush'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''
* ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' is ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}}'' with a dash of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto,'' thoroughly marinated in RuleOfCool, awesomeness, and an awful lot of StuffBlowingUp.
* ''VideoGame/JustShapesAndBeats'' is ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}'' meets ''Videogame/{{Undertale}}''.
* ''VideoGame/JusticeLeagueTaskForce'' is the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica meets ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''.
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[[folder:K]]
* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' games:
** ''Kamen Rider: Seigi No Keifu'' is ''Franchise/KamenRider'' meets ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' with a few TimeTravel shenanigans.
** ''VideoGame/KamenRiderClimaxHeroes'' is ''Franchise/KamenRider'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulSeries''.
** ''VideoGame/KamenRiderBattrideWar'' is ''Franchise/KamenRider'' meets ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''.
** ''KAMEN RIDER: memory of heroez'' is ''VideoGame/KamenRiderClimaxHeroes'' meets ''VideoGame/KamenRiderBattrideWar'' featuring ''[[Series/KamenRiderDouble Kamen Rider W]]'', ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'', and ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'' meets ''Series/UltraGalaxyFightNewGenerationHeroes'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI'' meets ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5''.
* ''VideoGame/KanColle'' is ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' meets ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' meets ''Manga/ArpeggioOfBlueSteel'' meets ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}''.
* ''VideoGame/KaoTheKangaroo: Round 2'' is ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'' meets ''VideoGame/Rayman2TheGreatEscape'' with some elements borrowed from ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Kenshi}}'', [[GenreBusting for a better description]], would be ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Manga/DrStone'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''every'' RTS game cliche known meets ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub''.
* ''VideoGame/KatanaZERO'' starts from the premise of ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' meets ''Film/GhostDogTheWayOfTheSamurai''. [[spoiler:Then the plot starts to come together and reveals elements of ''Film/JacobsLadder'' and ''Film/{{Dredd}}''.]]
* ''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 {{Adventure Game}}s meets {{Theater}}.
** [[FantasyAmericana American]] SouthernGothic MagicalRealism!
* ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' is ''[[VideoGame/DonPachi DoDonPachi DaiOuJou]]'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Soukyugurentai}}''.
** Add the bullet cancelling mechanics of ''VideoGame/{{Progear}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Espgaluda}}'' for the ''X-Mode'' ArrangeMode.
** Remove the chip multiplier and insert equal parts ''[=DoDonPachi=] [=DaiFukkatsu=] Black Label'''s Hyper Mode and ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'' for the ''Deathtiny'' ArrangeMode.
* ''VideoGame/KickleCubicle'' is ''VideoGame/AdventuresOfLolo'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Pengo}}''.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' is {{Metroidvania}} meets Myth/ClassicalMythology.
** ''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]].
*** Or literally, ''Kid Icarus'' meets ''VideoGame/HardCorpsUprising'' with the gameplay style of ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM''.
* ''VideoGame/Killer7'' is ''VideoGame/TheSilverCase'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1'''s puzzles meets ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness''.
* ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' is ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' meets ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' (the latter more so for the 2013 reboot).
* ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'' is ''VideoGame/NaziZombies'' meets ''Videogame/CounterStrike'' meets ''Videogame/ResidentEvil'' Mercenaries mode.
** ''VideoGame/KillingFloor2'' is ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'' meets ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' meets ''VideoGame/BrutalDoom'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'' meets ''VideoGame/MadWorld''.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' is [[CrossOver quite literally]] ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
** Or ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}''.
** Or ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' meets ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank''.
** The ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''.
** ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' meets the ShonenDemographic.
** On that note, ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' is ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' meets VideoGame/DeusEx and VideoGame/SystemShock.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' is ''Kingdom Hearts'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork''.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' is pretty much ''Disney'' meets ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''
*** The events of the Castle of Dreams in said game is also ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' meets ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', with some elements of ''Literature/ParadiseLost''.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
*** Sora's scenario in The Grid is pretty much ''Film/TronLegacy'' meets ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' is ''Disney'' meets ''Literature/TheLastBattle'' meets ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' is ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' meets ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}''
* ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'' is ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' started out as literally ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' meets ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' meets ''VideoGame/PsychoSoldier'' meets ''VideoGame/IkariWarriors'' meets original characters and obvious ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' gameplay and aesthetic.
* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}''
** ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand'' is ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|1}}'' meets ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland''.
** ''Kirby'' + ''VideoGame/LineRider'' = ''VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse''
** ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' + ''VideoGame/YoshisStory'' = ''Kirby's Epic Yarn''
** ''Kirby & the Amazing Mirror'' + ''VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse'' + ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'' = ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack''
** ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' is ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''VideoGame/Mother3'' meets [[spoiler: ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'']] at the end.
** ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottonLand'' is shaping up to be [[VideoGame/KirbysBlowoutBlast Kirby’s Blowout Blast]] with copy abilities meets ''VideoGame/NierAutomata''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheTempleInfernalCrusade'' is ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven'' (both came out after this game however).
* ''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 ''VideoGame/{{Creatures}}''.
* ''[[https://youtu.be/hJSShnkTcKo Kung Fu Chivalry]]'' is ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' meets ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia'' meets ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' meets the {{Wuxia}} genre.
* ''Film/KungFury The Game'' is ''VideoGame/OneFingerDeathPunch'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFight''.
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* ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''VideoGame/KnightmareIITheMazeOfGalious''.
* ''VideoGame/LANoire'' is ''Film/LAConfidential'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' meets ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'' meets ''Film/TheTwoJakes'' slightly garnished with a pinch of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'' is ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' meets ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''.
* ''Last Duel'' is ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Truxton}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' is ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' meets ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' meets ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'' meets ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'' meets ''Film/TwentyEightWeeksLater''.
** Or ''[[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead The Walking Dead Adventure Game]]'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Nier}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' is ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' meets ''Film/OnlyGodForgives''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastRemnant'' is ''VideoGame/RomancingSaga3'' meets ''VideoGame/OgreBattle'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.
* ''[[VideoGame/DanballSenki LBX: Little Battlers eXperience]]'' is ''VideoGame/CustomRobo'' meets ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' meets ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven''.
* ''LED Storm (Mad Gear)'' is ''VideoGame/BumpNJump'' meets ''VideoGame/SpyHunter''.
* ''Videogame/Left4Dead'' is ''Videogame/ResidentEvil'' meets ''Videogame/HalfLife'' meets ''Videogame/{{Contra}}''.
* ''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}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' (and by extension, ''Franchise/PowerRangers'')
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'' is ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' meets ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' is ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay'', with a dose of ''Film/TheMask''. Or ''Film/DonnieDarko'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
*** Or a DarkerAndEdgier version of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]] meets ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay'' meets Main/GermanExpressionism.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' is ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' with some ''Manga/OnePiece'' elements.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' is ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}''.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' is ''VideoGame/{{The Legend Of Zelda|I}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' meets ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'' meets ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' meets ''VideoGame/HellbladeSenuasSacrifice'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Crystalis}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' meets ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy'' (both the game and the character) is ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''.
* ''VideoGame/LethalCrisis'' is ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' meets ''VideoGame/{{SUGURI}}''. Throw in some ''{{roguelike}}'' elements and you have ''Lethal Crisis PROTOSPHERE''.
* ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcers 3'' is ''Police 911'' (or ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'') meets ''VideoGame/WanganMidnight Maximum Tune.'' To be fair, it's a DolledUpInstallment.
* ''VideoGame/LethalLeague'' is a fusion of squash and dodgeball, as a ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''-style 4P fighting game, and with the aesthetics of ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio''.
* ''VideoGame/LethalThunder'' is ''VideoGame/RType'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Raiden}}''.
* ''VideoGame/LetItDie'' is ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''
* ''[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/250050/ Life Goes On]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' meets ''VideoGame/RogueLegacy''.
* ''VideoGame/LiberationMaiden'' is ''VideoGame/OmegaBoost'' meets ''VideoGame/ThunderForce'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Sora}}'' with the PatrioticFervor of ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos''.
* ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'':
** ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles'' (i.e. paranormal mysteries), meets ''Film/TheButterflyEffect''.
** ''Film/DonnieDarko'' meets ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Series/MySoCalledLife''.
** ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' meets ''Film/DonnieDarko'' meets ''VideoGame/GoneHome,'' with a dash of ''Series/TwinPeaks'' added in.
** ''Film/TheButterflyEffect'' meets ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''ComicBook/BlueIsTheWarmestColor''.
* ''[[VideoGame/LiloAndStitchGameBoyAdvance Lilo & Stitch]]'' for UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance is [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch the movie of the same name]] meets ''VideoGame/MetalSlug''.
** ''[[VideoGame/LiloAndStitch2HamstervielHavoc Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc]]'' is ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalSlug''.
* ''Lightning Fighters (Trigon)'' is ''VideoGame/{{Raiden}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Gaiapolis}}''.
* ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII'' is ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask.''
* ''VideoGame/{{Lisa}}''
** ''The First'' is ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'' meets ''Webcomic/{{Clarissa}}''.
** ''The Painful'' is ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}''.
*** Or ''VideoGame/Mother3'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' meets ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'', with the setting of an inverted ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan''.
*** Or, ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' meets ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''.
* ''VideoGame/LittleInferno'' is ''Yule Log'' meets ''Amazon Prime.''
* ''Little Medusa'' is ''VideoGame/KickleCubicle'' meets [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]].
* ''VideoGame/LittleNightmares'' is the works of Creator/TimBurton combined with both ''Film/TheCityOfLostChildren'' and ''Anime/SpiritedAway''.
* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'':
** The Present Day Chapter is ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaMan''.
** The Science Fiction Chapter is ''Film/{{Alien}}'' meets ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
** The [[spoiler:Knight Chapter]] is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' meets ''VideoGame/DragonQuest''. [[spoiler: At first, anyway. Later, it becomes ''VideoGame/TalesOf'' meets ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''.]]
* ''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'' is ''VideoGame/SimTower'' meets ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach.''
* ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' is ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Onechanbara}}.''
* ''VisualNovel/LongLiveTheQueen'' is ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones.''
* ''VideoGame/LostDimension'' is ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' meets ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}.''
* ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestival'' is ''VideoGame/PuzzleAndDragons'' meets ''maimai'' but only as a half-circle.
** Or ''Franchise/LoveLive'' meets ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Lugaru}}'' is ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' meets lo-res computer graphics.
* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' is ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' meets ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' meets ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Lumines}}'' is ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}.''
** Or ''Planet Puzzle League'' meets ''Beatmania.''
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** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBeach'' is ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' meets ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' meets ''Film/ChoppingMall''.

* ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''WebComic/8BitTheater'' meets ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}'' with LampshadeHanging added into the mix.

** Chapter 2 is ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' meets ''FilmTheAdventuresOfSharkboyAndLavagirl''.

** [[VideoGame/KirbyandtheForgottonLand Kirby and the Forgotten Land]] is shaping up to be [[VideoGame/KirbysBlowoutBlast Kirby’s Blowout Blast]] with copy abilities meets [[VideoGame/NierAutomata Nier Automata.]]

* ''Johnny Nero Action Hero'' is ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'' meets ''VideoGame/{{SeriousSam}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', ''Film/AlienS'', ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', ''Film/TheMummy1999'' meets ''Film/DollarsTrilogy'', ''Film/{{Tombstone}}'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' meets ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' meets ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''.

** ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' meets Demographic/{{Shonen}}.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' is ''{{VideoGame/Xenoblade}}'' with a car, according to {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}}.

* ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' is ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets Creator/HPLovecraft meets ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' meets ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' meets the horror aspects of ''[[Franchise/ASongOfIceAndFire A Song Of Ice And Fire's]]'' extended lore, meets Film/TheRaid.

* ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' is ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets Creator/HPLovecraft meets ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' meets ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' meets the horror aspects of ''Franchise/ASongOfIceAndFire'' extended lore.