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Sable is Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind meets Star Wars: The Force Awakens meets The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
SaGa (RPG) is The Elder Scrolls meets Final Fantasy.
Saints Row is Grand Theft Auto (open-world gameplay) meets The Sims (character customization) meets Need for Speed: Underground/Midnight Club (vehicle customization and street race mini-game) if it had been left to marinate Rule of Cool and Rule of Funny for a fortnight.
- Saints Row IV is Saints Row: The Third meets Metal Wolf Chaos meets The Matrix.
- Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell is Saints Row IV meets Inferno.
Sakuna Of Rice And Ruin is Odin Sphere meets Ōkami.
- Alternatively, it's Muramasa: The Demon Blade meets Story of Seasons.
Sakura Samurai is The Mysterious Murasame Castle meets Punch-Out!!.
Sakura Wars is Tokimeki Memorial meets Virtual-ON meets Shin Megami Tensei I meets Super Robot Wars.
- Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love is Sakura Wars (1996) meets Shenmue II meets New York, New York.
- Sakura Wars (2019) is Sakura Wars (1996) meets Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon meets Shin Megami Tensei IV meets Border Break.
Sam & Max: Freelance Police: Animaniacs meets Psych (even though they both came out long after Sam and Max).
Saturday Morning RPG is Costume Quest meets Robot Chicken.
Saya no Uta is your typical Magical Girlfriend story as done by David Cronenberg, with some notes from H. P. Lovecraft.
- Alternatively, it's Shallow Hal as remade by H. P. Lovecraft.
SCAT: Special Cybernetic Attack Team AKA Final Mission AKA Action in New York is Contra meets Section Z.
Scarlet Hollow is Twin Peaks meets Gravity Falls and Life Is Strange.
Scarlet Nexus is Kingdom Hearts and Devil May Cry meet Astral Chain and NieR: Automata.
Scorn is Prey meets Saya no Uta.
- Or Agony (2018) meets Inner Chains.
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game is River City Ransom meets FLCL and Final Fight.
Scratchin' Melodii is PaRappa the Rapper and Um Jammer Lammy meet Friday Night Funkin' meets Songbird Symphony.
Secret of Evermore is Secret of Mana meets Chrono Trigger meets Mystery Science Theater 3000.
The Secret World is Deus Ex meets the Cthulhu Mythos meets The Dresden Files.
Second Life is The Sims meets an online chat room meets the weird side of the internet
Section 8 is best described as Battlefield meets AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity meets The Outfit meets Crackdown.
Seicross is Defender meets Demolition Derby meets Return of the Jedi: The Arcade Game.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is Dark Souls meets Dororo meets Tenchu meets Berserk meets Lone Wolf and Cub.
Sengoku Basara is Samurai Warriors meets Devil May Cry.
Senran Kagura is basically Queen's Blade meets Sengoku Basara meets Samurai Girls, althrough the Nintendo 3DS version is Queen's Blade meets Guardian Heroes.
- By Word of God, it's Sailor Moon meets Saint Seiya after taking some notes from Naruto.
- Senran Kagura Bon Appetite is Senran Kagura meets Cooking Mama meets Guitar Hero.
- Senran Kagura Peach Beach Splash is Senran Kagura meets Splatoon
  - The gameplay could be described as Splatoon meets Armored Core by way of a wet T-shirt contest.
Senko no Ronde is Toward the Terra meets Virtual-ON with elements of a bullet hell shooter, or Psychic Force meets Twinkle Star Sprites.
Septerra Core:
- Final Fantasy VII meets Baldur's Gate.
- Alternatively, Chrono Trigger meets Discworld.
Serious Sam is Duke Nukem 3D meets Tomb Raider.
- Serious Sam 3: BFE is Doom meets Earth Defense Force.
Seven Kingdoms: The Princess Problem is Long Live the Queen meets Dragon Age: Origins.
The Sexy Brutale is Clue meets Saw meets The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
Shadowverse is Rage of Bahamut meets Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.
Shadow Complex is Super Metroid meets Orson Scott Card's Empire.
Shadow Hearts = Hellboy + Monty Python + All Quiet on the Western Front + Indiana Jones + Tim Powers' work.
Shadow the Hedgehog is Sonic Adventure 2 meets Resident Evil.
Shadowrun Returns is Shadowrun meets Final Fantasy meets Ultima.
Shadow of the Ninja is Contra meets Ninja Gaiden.
Shadows of the Damned is Orpheus in the Underworld meets Grindhouse.
Shadow Warrior (1997) is Duke Nukem 3D meets Big Trouble in Little China and Ninja Gaiden (NES).
- Shadow Warrior (2013) is Serious Sam: The First Encounter meets Bioshock 1 meets Deadpool.
Shantae is Monster World IV meets Aladdin meets My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic meets Sabrina: The Animated Series meets Metroid.
- Shantae (2002) is the Sabrina games meeting up with Monster World IV and Metroid.
- Shantae: Risky's Revenge is Shantae meets Aladdin: The Return of Jafar.
- Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is Shantae meets Simon's Quest meets Sinbad the Sailor meets Twilight's Kingdom.
- Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is Shantae meets Mega Man (Classic) meets Donkey Kong Country meets My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
- Shantae and the Seven Sirens is Shantae meets Super Mario Sunshine meets Mega Man ZX.
Shin Megami Tensei would be Fist of the North Star meets Pokémon if it wasn't actually older than Pokemon.
- Alternatively, it's Dragon Quest meets Devilman meets the writings of William Blake.
- Or Wasteland/Fallout meets Violence Jack and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
Shining Resonance is the Shining Series meets Dragalia Lost meets Tales of the Abyss.
Shinjuku no Okami is Kenka Banchō meets True Crime.
Shiren the Wanderer is Metal Gear in a Jidaigeki fashion.
Shiwuyu/Shokumonogatari/Tale of Food: Touken Ranbu meets Food Fantasy meets Onmyoji, but set in China.
- Guo Bao Rou: Ichigo Hitofuri meets Sebastian Michaelis.
Shovel Knight:
- Brentalfloss described Shovel of Hope as combining the best parts of DuckTales, Mega Man, Castlevania and Zelda II.
- King of Cards is A Confederacy of Dunces meets Wario Land 4 meets Yu-Gi-Oh!.
- Shovel Knight Dig is Shovel Knight meetes Downwell.
Showdown Bandit is The Gunstringer meets Bendy and the Ink Machine.
Shutshimi can best be described as a cross between Parodius and WarioWare.
SIGNALIS is Ghost in the Shell meets Video Resident Evil meets Silent Hill meets Blade Runner''
Silent Hill:
- Silent Hill is Resident Evil meets Call of Cthulhu.
- Silent Hill 2 is Silent Hill meets The Count of Monte Cristo meets In the Mouth of Madness.
- Silent Hill 3 is Juno meets Jacob's Ladder meets Session 9 meets the works of H. P. Lovecraft.
The Sims: Barbie meets SimCity.
- The Sims Medieval: The Sims meets Stronghold.
The Simpsons
- The Simpsons Hit & Run is Grand Theft Auto meets the Simpsons arcade game meets Continuity Porn.
- The Simpsons: Road Rage is Crazy Taxi meets Simpsons Continuity Porn.
SiN is Duke Nukem 3D meets Goldeneye 1997 and Metal Gear Solid.
Sin and Punishment is Contra III: The Alien Wars meets Neon Genesis Evangelion as a Rail Shooter.
- Sin and Punishment: Star Successor is Neon Genesis Evangelion meets Space Harrier.
SINoALICE is Drakengard meets American McGee's Alice, Ever After, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and Darkest Dungeon. The Taiwanese and Global server ending also adds OMORI.
An advertisement for the game Sins of a Solar Empire (which really has nothing to do with sins) says Gamespot described it as Galactic Civilization meets Homeworld.
- Alternatively, it is Galactic Civilizations meets Supreme Commander.
- Or it could be Conquest: Frontier Wars meets Supreme Commander.
Singularity is BioShock meets Back to the Future meets the Command & Conquer: Red Alert Series.
Siralim is Dragon Quest Monsters meets Rogue with a pinch of Little King's Story.
Skies of Arcadia is Final Fantasy meets Suikoden meets One Piece.
- Alternatively, it's Captain Harlock meets Final Fantasy IX meets Suikoden.
Skyblazer is Mega Man (Classic) meets Strider meets Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts.
Sky: Children of the Light is Journey (2012) meets Child of Light.
Skylight Freerange is Mass Effect as made by Dingo Pictures.
Sky Odyssey is Pilotwings meets Indiana Jones.
Skullgirls is Arcana Heart meets Queen's Blade meets Darkstalkers.
- Alternatively, Arcana Heart meets BioShock meets the works of H. P. Lovecraft meets Darkstalkers.
- Or anachronistically, Idol Showdown meets Pax Britannica/Iron Harvest.
Slay the Princess is The Stanley Parable meets Call of Cthulhu with a dash of Disco Elysium.
Sleeping Dogs (2012) is Infernal Affairs and The Departed meets Grand Theft Auto meets Assassin's Creed meets Batman: Arkham City meets Yakuza.
Sly Cooper as a whole is Lupin III meets Robin Hood (1973) meets Metal Gear.
- Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus is Lupin III meets Crash Bandicoot.
- Sly 2: Band of Thieves is Ocean's Eleven meets Super Mario 64.
- Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves is Sly 2: Band of Thieves meets Indiana Jones meets The A-Team.
- Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time is pretty much Lupin III meets Back to the Future meets Faust.
  - "Go West Young Racoon" is Ren & Stimpy meets The Great Train Robbery.
  - "Of Mice and Mech" is Robin Hood (1973) meets Frozen meets Othello.
  - "40 Thieves" is Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves meets 101 Dalmatians.
Smash TV is Robotron: 2084 meets The Running Man
Snatcher is Blade Runner meets The Terminator meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets AKIRA.
SOMA is Amnesia: The Dark Descent meets BioShock meets I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.
SoniComi is Super Sonico meets Simple 2000 Series Vol. 53: The Camera Kozou.
Sorry, We're Closed is Silent Hill meets Jojos Bizarre Adventure
SOS is Prince of Persia meets The Poseidon Adventure.
Soul Sacrifice is Monster Hunter Freedom 2 meets God Eater meets Demon's Souls meets Drakengard meets Nier meets Berserk meets The Evil Dead meets Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
Soulstice is Berserk and Claymore meet Bayonetta and Devil May Cry.
South Park: The Stick of Truth is the setting and characters of South Park with the gameplay of Paper Mario and a darker, more comedic version of the story of Mazes and Monsters.
South Park: The Fractured but Whole is South Park: The Stick of Truth meets Captain America: Civil War meets Flashpoint.
Space Invaders Extreme is Space Invaders meets Rez.
Space Quest is King's Quest meets Planetfall.
Spartan: Total Warrior is God of War meets Dynasty Warriors.
Spec Ops: The Line is SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs meets Gears of War meets Heart of Darkness meets Shutter Island.
- Alternatively, Call of Duty meets Nier.
- It could also probably be described as Apocalypse Now meets Silent Hill 2 as made by Martin Scorsese.
- Or Johnny Got His Gun meets Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem meets Fight Club meets Requiem for a Dream by way of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and with a side dash of Se7en.
- Or The Hurt Locker meets Come and See meets Jacob's Ladder.
- Or Saving Private Ryan meets Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
- Or the Third-Person Shooter genre meets the deconstructive elements of Watchmen.
- Or Medal of Honor meets Call of Duty: Black Ops meets Planescape: Torment, by way of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
- More succinctly, it can be summed up as Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare meets Silent Hill 2 meets Heart of Darkness.
- Or Far Cry 2 meets Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater meets Drakengard.
Spectrobes: Phantasy Star meets Pokémon.
Speed Power Gunbike is Megazone 23 meets OutRun meets Neon Genesis Evangelion.
SpeedRunners is Super Meat Boy meets Mario Kart in the style of The Incredibles.
The Spellcasting Series is Enchanter meets Leather Goddesses of Phobos.
- Or in more mainstream terms: Harry Potter meets Porky's.
- Or Harry Potter meets Revenge of the Nerds
- Or The Worst Witch meets Leisure Suit Larry.
Spelunky is Spelunker meets Super Mario Bros..
Spider-Man games:
- Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is Spider-Man meets Fable
- Spider-Man (PS4) is Spider-Man meets the Batman: Arkham Series with a dash of Devil May Cry.
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales is Spider-Man (PS4) meets Infamous meets Static Shock.
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is Spider-Man (PS4) meets [PROTOTYPE] meets Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.
Spiral Knights is a Phantasy Star MMORPG meets clockwork Mega Man or steampunk Zelda with some Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles added in for good measure.
Splatoon:
- The franchise can be:
  - Team Fortress 2 meets Jet Set Radio meets Codename: Kids Next Door meets Squid Girl.
  - Or it can be thought of as Gunstar Heroes meets Nickelodeon's GUTS with the antics of You Can't Do That on Television.
- Main weapons:
  - Sploosh-o-matic = Splattershot Jr. + Inkbrush
  - Splattershot Nova = Aerospray + Splattershot Pro
  - Squeezer = Splattershot Pro + Splattershot Jr.
  - Carbon Roller = Splat Roller + Inkbrush
  - Flingza Roller = Splat Roller + Dynamo Roller
  - Big Swig Roller = Splat Roller + Aerospray
  - Sloshing Machine = Slosher + Blaster
  - Explosher = Slosher + Rapid Blaster Pro
  - Dread Wringer = Slosher + L-3 Nozzlenose
  - Mini Splatling = Heavy Splatling + Splattershot
  - Hydra Splatling = Heavy Splatling + E-liter 4K
  - Ballpoint Splatling = Heavy Splatling + Jet Squelcher + Splattershot Jr.
  - Nautilus = Heavy Splatling + Goo Tuber
  - Heavy Edit Splatling = Hydra Splatling + Nautilus
  - Dapple Dualies = Splat Dualies + Sploosh-o-matic
  - Glooga Dualies = Splat Dualies + .52 Gal
  - Dualie Squelchers = Splat Dualies + Dual Squelcher
  - Douser Dualies = Splattershot Nova + Glooga Dualies
  - Undercover Brella = Splat Brella + Clash Blaster
  - Recycled Brella 24 = Undercover Brella + Tenta Brella
  - Clash Blaster = Blaster + Splattershot
  - S-BLAST = H-3 Nozzlenoze + Luna Blaster
  - Painbrush = Octobrush + Dynamo Roller
  - Tri-Stringer = Splat Charger + Explosher
  - REEF-LUX 450 = Squiffer + Splattershot Jr.
  - Splatana Stamper = Splat Roller + Bamboozler 14
  - Splatana Wiper = Carbon Roller + Bamboozler 14
- Sub weapons:
  - Ink Mine = Point Sensor + Suction Bomb
  - Seeker = Curling Bomb + Autobomb
  - Toxic Mist = Disruptor + Point Sensor
  - Fizzy Bomb = Curling Bomb + Splat Bomb
  - Torpedo = Autobomb + Splat Bomb
  - Angle Shooter = Burst Bomb + Point Sensor
- Special weapons:
  - Baller = Bubbler + Kraken (or decompositively, Reefslider + Crab Tank)
  - Big Bubbler = Splash Wall + Squid Beakon (sub weapons, but...)
  - Booyah Bomb = Inkstrike + Bubble Blower
  - Crab Tank = Sting Ray + Baller
  - Inkjet = Inkzooka + Zipcaster
  - Killer Wail 5.1 = Killer Wail + Tenta Missiles
  - Reefslider = Baller + Splashdown
  - Splattercolor Screen = Ink Storm + Bubble Blower
  - Triple Inkstrike = Inkstrike + Bomb Launcher (mainly Suction Bombs)
  - Ultra Stamp = Kraken + Inkzooka
  - Zipcaster = Inkjet + Bomb Launcher
Splatterhouse: Friday the 13th meets Evil Dead meets House.
Splinter Cell is Metal Gear meets Syphon Filter and the works of Tom Clancy.
Splitgate is Halo meets Portal.
SpongeBob SquarePants games:
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom is SpongeBob SquarePants meets Banjo-Kazooie meets Continuity Porn.
- The SpongeBob Movie Game is The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie meets SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom's gameplay and graphics engine, with some elements of Ratchet & Clank.
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! is SpongeBob SquarePants meets Mario Party.
- Sponge on the Run is The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water meets Temple Run with a mild dose of Flappy Bird.
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion is Monster Party meets SCP – Containment Breach meets The Cabin in the Woods.
Spore is Feeding Frenzy (The Cell Stage) meets E.V.O.: Search for Eden (The Creature Stage) meets Age of Empires (The Tribal Stage) meets Civilization (The Civilization Stage) meets Star Control and SimEarth (The Space Stage).
- Galactic Adventures is Spore's Creature Stage meets RPG Maker.
Spyro the Dragon in general is Crash Bandicoot combined with the open spaces of Banjo-Kazooie.
- Spyro the Dragon (1998) is Crash Bandicoot (1996) meets Banjo-Kazooie meets Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
- Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! is Spyro the Dragon meets Banjo-Tooie meets Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back.
- Spyro: Year of the Dragon is Spyro the Dragon meets Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped meets Donkey Kong 64.
- Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly is Spyro the Dragon meets Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex meets Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).
- Spyro: A Hero's Tail is Spyro: Year Of The Dragon meets Crash Twinsanity.
- Spyro Reignited Trilogy is Spyro the Dragon's rendition of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy.
Squirrel Stapler is Deer Hunter meets Duck Season.
Starbound is Terraria meets Metroid meets Mass Effect meets Dead Space meets Fallout 4 settlement system.
Starcraft: Starship Troopers meets Alien vs. Predator.
- Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty is sort of Starcraft meets Firefly.
- Alternative for Starcraft: Brood War: Starship Troopers meets Warcraft.
- Starcraft is basically the art style of Warhammer 40,000 copy-and-pasted onto Starship Troopers with a good amount of Firefly thrown into the mix.
StarCrawlers is Legend of Grimrock meets Firefly
Stardew Valley is the aesthetic of Harvest Moon SNES meets the play style of Harvest Moon DS meets Minecraft's resource gathering and crafting.
Starfield is No Man's Sky meets Mass Effect, Fallout 4, and The Outer Worlds.
Star Fox is Redwall meets Thunderbirds. Or Albedo: Erma Felna EDF meets Star Wars.
- Star Fox Adventures is Star Fox meets the 3D The Legend of Zelda games meets Dinosaur Planet (Rare)- of which the game is a reworking.
- Star Fox: Assault is Star Fox meets Jet Force Gemini
- Star Fox Zero is all the above plus Macross.
Star Gladiator and it's sequel Plasma Sword are Soul Series meets Star Wars meets Street Fighter EX meets Battle Arena Toshinden.
Star Ocean is Tales of Phantasia meets Star Trek.
- Star Ocean: The Second Story is Tales of Destiny 2 meets Suikoden.
- Star Ocean: Till the End of Time is all of the above meets The Matrix.
Star Soldier series:
- Starship Hector is Star Soldier meets Terra Cresta.
- Super Star Soldier is Star Soldier meets Blazing Lazers.
- Star Parodier is Star Soldier meets Parodius.
- Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth is Star Soldier meets RayStorm.
Star Renegades isInto the Breach (sci-fi roguelite with dimension-hopping) meets Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Adversary System).
Star Wars games:
- Star Wars: Battlefront is, of course, Star Wars meets Battlefield.
- Star Wars Episode I: Racer and its sequel Revenge are Star Wars plus F-Zero.
- The licensed game of Revenge of the Sith is Star Wars meets Streets of Rage.
- The Force Unleashed is God of War meets Star Wars.
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is The Force Unleashed meets Dark Souls with a combat system similar to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order meets Elden Ring.
- Star Wars: The Old Republic is Knights of the Old Republic meets World of Warcraft. 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...
The Stanley Parable is the prologue of Half-Life meets The Truman Show.
- Alternatively, it's Stranger Than Fiction meets Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead as filmed in Half-Life 2.
Steel Battalion is VOTOMS meets X Simulator.
Steel Saviour is Einhänder meets R-Type.
Stellar Blade is NieR: Automata meets Darksiders.
- Alternatively, Dead or Alive meets Code Vein, starring Battle Angel Alita.
Stellaris is the space stage from Spore as a Real-Time Strategy game.
Still Wakes The Deep is The Thing meets The Rig meets Don't Look Now meets Sapphire and Steel meets Kes meets Firewatch
Stinkoman 20X6 is Mega Man meets Homestar Runner.
Stories: The Path of Destinies is Bastion meets Shadow the Hedgehog.
Strania -The Stella Machina- is M.U.S.H.A. meets Einhänder.
Streets of Fury has been described by Hardcore Gaming 101 as Guardian Heroes meets Guardians of the 'Hood. Alternatively, it's Streets of Rage meets Dong Dong Never Die.
Streets of Rage is Final Fight meets Streets of Fire.
Streets of Rogue is Deus Ex meets Saints Row: The Third.
Strife is Doom meets Star Wars.
- Star Wars: Dark Forces would also fit this description, in a different way.
Street Racing Syndicate is Need for Speed: Underground 2 meets the cancelled 2003 The Fast and the Furious game.
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift tie-in game is Street Racing Syndicate meets Tokyo Xtreme Racer.
Strikers 1945 is 1942 meets Aero Fighters.
Strider (NES) is Bionic Commando (NES) meets Ninja Gaiden (NES).
Strike Blazinger looks like the lovechild of Space Harrier and The Guardian Legend, while the retraux side game FX Unit Yuki is Mega Man meets Valis.
Stubbs the Zombie is Destroy All Humans! meets Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green.
Subnautica is Endless Ocean meets ''Minecraft IN SPACE!!
The Suffering is Manhunt meets Silent Hill meets The Wire meets The Green Mile.
The SUGURI and sora series can be described as Gradius meets Touhou Project
- Its spin-off sequels, Acceleration of SUGURI, is SUGURI meets Senko no Ronde.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is Batman: Arkham Knight meets Injustice 2 meets The Boys (2019) meets Kamen Rider Outsiders.
Suikoden franchise:
- Suikoden is Final Fantasy meets A Song of Ice and Fire meets Shin Megami Tensei meets Water Margin.
- Suikoden II is Suikoden meets Berserk.
- Suikoden III is Suikoden II meets Final Fantasy VI.
- Suikoden IV is Suikoden III meets Final Fantasy VII meets Castlevania: Lament of Innocence.
- Suikoden V is Suikoden IV meets JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story is Diablo meets Harry Potter, but with blacksmithing instead of magic.
Sunless Sea is Sid Meier's Pirates! meets Fallen London.
Sunset Riders is Contra meets Iron Horse meets Gun Fight.
Super Amazing Wagon Adventure is The Oregon Trail meets No Time to Explain.
Super Exploding Zoo is Angry Birds meets Pikmin
Superhot is Braid meets Mirror's Edge meets The Matrix
Superliminal is The Stanley Parable meets Inception.
The entire Super Mario Bros. franchise in general is Popeye meets Mickey Mouse meets Alice in Wonderland meets Doraemon meets Land of Oz.
- Super Mario Bros. is Mario Bros. meets Donkey Kong meets Alice in Wonderland.
- Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels is Super Mario Bros. meets Takeshi's Castle.
- Super Mario Bros. 2 is Super Mario Bros. meets Doki Doki Panic meets The Wizard of Oz.
- Super Mario Bros. 3 is Super Mario Bros. meets Around the World in Eighty Days meets Doraemon.
- Super Mario Land is Super Mario Bros. meets Gradius.
- Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins is Super Mario World meets Adventures In The Magic Kingdom meets the Fleischer Popeye shorts.
- Super Mario World is Super Mario Bros. meets The Land That Time Forgot.
- Hotel Mario is Mario Bros. meets The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!.
- Super Mario 64 is Super Mario World meets Castle of Illusion.
  - SM64 - Twisted Adventures is Super Mario 74 meets Super Mario 64 LentiLevels.
- Mario Party is Super Mario Bros. meets Monopoly meets Double Dare (1986).
- Mario Kart is Super Mario Bros. meets Wacky Races.
- The Paper Mario series in-general is Super Mario Bros. meets the paper aesthetic of PaRappa the Rapper meets EarthBound.
  - Super Paper Mario is Paper Mario meets Kingdom Hearts with a dash of Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- and Final Fantasy VI.
  - Paper Mario: Color Splash is Paper Mario meets de Blob and Splatoon.
- The Mario & Luigi games are Super Mario Bros. meets EarthBound.
  - Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam is Mario & Luigi literally meeting Paper Mario, Sonic Generations-style.
- Super Mario Sunshine is Super Mario 64 meets Jet Set Radio
- Super Mario Galaxy is Super Mario 64 meets The Little Prince meets Neon Genesis Evangelion.
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 is Super Mario Galaxy meets New Super Mario Bros. Wii meets Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.
- New Super Mario Bros. U is New Super Mario Bros. meets Super Mario World, with a dash of Super Mario Bros. 3.
- Super Mario 3D Land is Super Mario Bros. 3 meets Super Mario 64.
- Super Mario 3D World is Super Mario 3D Land meets Super Mario Bros. 2 meets Adventure Time meets Sonic Colors.
  - Bowser's Fury is Super Mario 3D World meets Super Mario Sunshine meets Super Mario Odyssey with a dash of Paper Mario: Color Splash.
- Super Mario Maker is Super Mario Bros. meets LittleBigPlanet.
- Super Mario Odyssey is Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 meet Grand Theft Auto V, Sonic Unleashed, Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped.
- Super Mario Maker 2: The Story Mode is Super Mario Maker meets Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder is New Super Mario Bros. U meets Super Mario Run meets Super Mario 3D World meets Balan Wonderworld meets Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.
- Super Mario RPG is Super Mario Bros. meets Final Fantasy.
Super Meat Boy is Donkey Kong meets I Wanna Be the Guy.
Super Princess Peach is Super Mario Bros. 2 meets Super Mario World meets Yoshi's Island meets Wario Land.
- Princess Peach: Showtime! is Super Mario Odyssey meets Super Princess Peach meets Balan Wonderworld meets Hime Chans Ribbon meets Princess Knight meets Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey with a dash of Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Sonic Unleashed.
Super Robot Wars is Fire Emblem combined with Humongous Mecha and the entirety of the Super Robot Genre (or, alternately, Banpresto-made licensed games depending on the entry).
- Super Robot Wars Z is Super Robot Wars meets Crisis on Infinite Earths
In general, Super Smash Bros. is The King of Fighters meets Nintendo.
- Mix some Streets of Rage and Kirby to Smash Bros and you have Brawl's Subspace Emissary.
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U's Target Blast mode is the previous games' "Break the Targets" mode meets Angry Birds.
- Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo 3DS's Smash Run mode is Super Smash Bros. meets Kirby Air Ride's City Trial mode.
- Super Smash Bros. For Wii U's Smash Tour mode is Super Smash Bros. meets Mario Party.
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's World of Light story is Super Smash Bros. meets Avengers: Endgame (with the Downer Beginning being the climax of Avengers: Infinity War).
Supra Mayro Kratt is Mario Kart meets Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing.
Surgeon Simulator 2013 is Trauma Center meets Jurassic Park: Trespasser, with the design philosophy of QWOP.
Sushido is Ridiculous Fishing meets One Finger Death Punch.
The Sword Art Online gameverse is the Sword Art Online anime as told by Compile Heart.
- Infinity Moment/Hollow Fragment is the Aincrad arc of SAO meets the original PS2 tetralogy of .hack.
- Hollow Realization is the Aincrad arc of SAO meets .hack//G.U..
- Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet is the Phantom Bullet arc meets Freedom Wars. Or Phantom Bullet arc meets Fallout meets Warframe meets Just Cause.
Symphonia is Hollow Knight meets Rayman Legends.
System Shock is Neuromancer meets Ultima Underworld and The Legacy Realm Of Terror.
- System Shock 2 is Half-Life meets Thief meets 2001: A Space Odyssey meets Alien meets Event Horizon meets Silent Hill.

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Taimanin series
- The visual novels:
  - Taimanin Asagi = Dead or Alive + Ninja Gaiden + Highlander + Guyver + Devilman + Kamen Rider 555
- Online Universe:
  - Taimanin Asagi Battle Arena = Taimanin Asagi + Mortal Kombat: Armageddon + Soulcalibur V + Devilman Lady + Kamen Rider Decade + Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
  - Taimanin RPG = Taimanin Asagi + Taimanin Asagi Battle Arena + Fire Emblem + Project × Zone + SD Gundam G Generation
  - Action Taimanin = Taimanin Asagi + Taimanin RPG + Honkai Impact 3rd + Fate/Grand Order + Dynasty Warriors + Sengoku Basara + Tekken + Soulcalibur VI + Kamen Rider: The First (and The Next) + Kamen Rider Amazons + Kamen Rider Zero-One + Super Smash Bros. + Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (and Destiny) + Mobile Suit Gundam 00.
The Tales Series is essentially Final Fantasy meets Fighting Game mechanics meets Deconstructor Fleet.
- Tales of Berseria is the Tales Series meets Berserk meets BlazBlue meets Drakengard 3.
- Tales of Hearts is the Tales Series meets Kingdom Hearts meets Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-.
- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World is Tales of Symphonia meets Pokémon.
Tattletail is Five Nights at Freddy's meets Slender: The Arrival meets Gremlins featuring a cross between Furbys and a slightly less evil version of The Woodland Critters.
The Talos Principle is Portal meets Myst meets I, Robot meets The Matrix in the Serious Sam 4 engine.
Target Terror is Maximum Force meets Lethal Enforcers 1.
Team Fortress 2: The Incredibles meets Battlefield with many hats.
- Or Team Fortress 1 meets Serious Sam and The Venture Bros..
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash Up is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles plus Super Smash Bros..
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game/Turtles In Time meets Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game meets Guardian Heroes, sprinkled with elements of X-Men (1992), The Simpsons and Capcom vs..
The entire Tekken series = Street Fighter + Virtua Fighter + Mortal Kombat + Devilman.
- Tekken 6 = Tekken 5 + Jojos Bizarre Adventure + Code Geass + Mobile Suit Gundam SEED + Ultraman Leo + Revenge of the Sith.
- Tekken 7 = Tekken 6 + Super Smash Bros. + Street Fighter + Ultraman Nexus + Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny + The Empire Strikes Back.
- Tekken 8 = Tekken 7 + Mortal Kombat 11 + Guilty Gear -STRIVE- + Action Taimanin + Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack + Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury + Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom + Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann + Kamen Rider Revice + Kamen Rider Outsiders + Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger + Ultraman Geed + Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad + Baki Hanma — Son of Ogre + Invincible + Return of the Jedi.
Telling Lies is sex, lies, and videotape meets The Conversation.
Tengai Makyou Ziria: Dragon Quest meets Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari.
Tennis Ace is The Prince of Tennis meets Beastars
Terra Battle is Fire Emblem meets Final Fantasy.
Terra Force is Terra Cresta meets Gradius.
Terraria is Minecraft meets ActRaiser.
Tetris 99 is Tetris meets the battle royale.
Tetris Effect is Tetris meets Lumines.
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy is Final Fantasy meets Elite Beat Agents.
The fanmade Portal mod Thinking With Time Machine is Portal meets Blinx
That's Not My Neighbor is Papers, Please meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers
This War of Mine is Little Computer People meets DayZ meets Spec Ops: The Line.
Them's Fightin' Herds is My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic meets Street Fighter^note, under the engine of Skullgirls.
Thousand-Week Reich is the original timeline meets The New Order Last Days Of Europe meets Fatherland meets Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg.
Time Crisis is Rolling Thunder meets Virtua Cop.
Timespinner is Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia meets Chrono Trigger.
Tinykin is Pikmin meets Chibi-Robo! meets Banjo-Kazooie.
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is Borderlands meets Dungeons & Dragons.
Tiny Toon Adventures game for NES is Tiny Toon Adventures meets Super Mario Bros. 3.
Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure is Tiny Toon Adventures meets Super Mario World and Sonic the Hedgehog.
Titanfall is Armored Trooper VOTOMS meets Call of Duty meets Pacific Rim meets Attack on Titan.
- Alternatively, the parkour combat and story-multiplayer merging of Brink! meets the South African setting and mech suits of District9.
Titan Quest is Diablo meets Clash of the Titans.
Togges is Super Mario Galaxy meets Katamari Damacy meets Pikmin meets the grid-based block placing of Minecraft.
Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE is Persona 4 meets Fire Emblem meets Love Live!.
Tokyo Jungle is Nintendogs meets Life After People.
Tokyo Xanadu is The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel meets Shakugan no Shana meets Persona.
Tokyo Xtreme Racer is Gran Turismo meets OutRun.
Tomb Raider
- The original game is Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis meets Jill of the Jungle and Alone in the Dark.
- Tomb Raider (2013) = Die Hard + Lost.
  - Or Far Cry 3 meets The Hunger Games.
  - Or Uncharted: Drake's Fortune meets Far Cry 3 In the Style of Metroid: Other M.
Tone Sphere is Elite Beat Agents meets Point Blank, with more BMS of Fighters music.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is Genesis-era Sonic the Hedgehog meets Street Fighter II in 3D.
- Tony Hawk's Underground 2 is rather literally Tony Hawk's Pro Skater meets Jackass.
- The games from American Wasteland onwards are Tony Hawk meets Grand Theft Auto.
- Tony Hawk RIDE is Tony Hawk meets Guitar Hero.
Toontown Online is Second Life meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit meets Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger
Top Banana is Rainbow Islands meets Soft & Cuddly meets Earthbound 1994 (more specifically the final boss).
Torchlight is Diablo meets Fate.
Total Overdose is Grand Theft Auto crossed with Max Payne, then pushed through a filter shaped like the Mari achi Trilogy.
To the Moon is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets Chrono Trigger.
Touhou Project itself is Kiki Kaikai (Pocky & Rocky in the U.S.) meets GeGeGe no Kitarō with an Improbably Female Cast.
- Or Moe meets Myths.
- Double Dealing Character is Battle Bakraid ^note meets Mushihime-sama Futari's Maniac mode ^note.
- Hidden Star in Four Seasons is early Windows-era Touhou games meets Len'en Mugenri ~ Evanescent Existence ^note with a hint of Len'en Tasouken ~ Earthen Miraculous Sword onwards ^note.
Touhou Genso Wanderer is Touhou Project meets Pokémon Mystery Dungeon.
Touhou Soccer is Touhou Project meets Mario Strikers.
Touken Ranbu is KanColle meets Hakuouki meets Back to the Future.
Toukiden is Monster Hunter meets Onimusha
Toxic Ravine is Canyon Bomber meets Defender meets Lemmings.
Tower of Fantasy is Genshin Impact meets Borderlands meets Devil May Cry 5.
The Town with No Name is Law Of The West meets Blazing Saddles and The Legend of Zelda CD-i Games.
The Trails Series is Dragon Slayer meets Final Fantasy meets the Tales Series, with lots of Worldbuilding. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel adds a bit of Persona 3 and Gundam to the mix.
Transcendence is NetHack meets Star Control.
Trepang2 is First Encounter Assault Recon meets SCP Foundation.
Trials of the Blood Dragon is literally Trials meets Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.
Trillion: God of Destruction is Disgaea meets Zettai Hero Project meets Attack on Titan. Including the Anyone Can Die part.
Trio the Punch is Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo with Data East characters.
Trivia Murder Party is You Don't Know Jack meets Saw.
Trouble Witches is Magical Chase meets Castle of Shikigami.
Tunic is The Legend of Zelda meets Fez.
Turbo Overkill is Duke Nukem 3D meets Sonic the Hedgehog
Tuper Tario Tros. is Super Mario Bros. meets Tetris very literally.
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is The Legend of Zelda meets Adventure Time.
Human Entertainment's Twilight Syndrome series is Clock Tower meets 1990s Japanese horror anthology (i. e. Honto ni atta kowai hanashi (aka Scary True Stories) and/or Yonimo kimiyona monogatari (aka Tales of the Unusual).)
Twisted Wonderland is Ever After High meets Ouran High School Host Club meets Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
- Or Kingdom Hearts meets Harry Potter meets Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

U

Ultima, as a whole, is Dungeons & Dragons and Wizardry meets the increasingly subversive story elements of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Dune, and The Elric Saga. ^*At least until Ultima IX came along
ULTRAKILL is Quake meets Devil May Cry. The game and its developers are very well aware of this fact, as you can see at DevilMayQuake.com^note.
Uma Musume Pretty Derby is Gallop Racer meets The Idolmaster.
Umineko: When They Cry: Ten Little Indians meets Groundhog Day.
- Umineko: When They Cry is The Usual Suspects meets And Then There Were None.
Unavowed is The Hangover meets The Dresden Files in the universe of The Blackwell Series.
Uncharted is Lupin III meets Tomb Raider meets Indiana Jones, National Treasure, and Die Hard.
Undertale is EarthBound meets Berserk meets Spec Ops: The Line.
- Or Touhou Project meets Recca meets OFF meets Cave Story.
- Or: EarthBound meets Touhou Project with Memetic Mutation.
- Or the JRPG genre meets both Monster and 20th Century Boys, with a bit of System Shock 2 and Silent Hill.
- Or Steven Universe meets Sweet Home meets EarthBound.
- Or Dora the Explorer meets Monsters, Inc. meets Resident Evil 2.
- Or Mother 3 by way of Nier and Planescape: Torment.
- Or EarthBound meets Ikaruga meets Soul Nomad & the World Eaters.
- Or EarthBound meets Re:Zero meets Drakengard by way of Watchmen, Fight Club and I Am Legend.
- More succinctly, it's Re:Zero meets 20th Century Boys meets Alan Moore's Miracleman meets Animorphs, in the world of Planescape: Torment.
  - The True Pacifist Route is EarthBound meets Ikaruga's Dot Eater achievement.
  - The Genocide Route is EarthBound meets Soul Nomad & the World Eaters's Demon Path.
Unfortunate Spacemen is Among Us meets Aliens as a First-Person Shooter.
Unicorn Overlord is Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War meets Ogre Battle meets Langrisser.
Unlimited Saga: SaGa series combat meets Dungeons & Dragons styled exploration with slot machine reels.
UnMetal is Metal Gear meets the Hot Shots! movies.
Until Dawn is Dead Snow meets The Cabin in the Woods meets some of the story and character treatment of Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.
- Or Heavy Rain meets Cry_Wolf meets Evil Dead (2013).
Untitled Goose Game is an old-fashioned Slapstick Silent Movie of The Roaring '20s meets Metal Gear Solid with an artstyle loosely reminiscent of Franco-Belgian Comics.
Until Daybreak is Five Nights at Freddy's meets Ao Oni.
Uppers is Kenka Banchō meets Senran Kagura.
Up N Down is Bump 'n' Jump meets Rally-X.
The Upturned is Resident Evil meets It Steals meets Luigi's Mansion if it was actually scary while keeping the humor.
Uriel's Chasm is Neon Genesis Evangelion as made by Wisdom Tree, with a framework of Creepypasta.

V

Valfaris is Turrican meets Brütal Legend.
Valkyria Chronicles is Battlefield 1942 meets Sakura Wars.
- Plot-wise it's Band of Brothers meets Haruhi Suzumiya.
- Valkyria Chronicles 4 is Fire Emblem meets Medal of Honor.
Valorant is Overwatch meets Counter-Strike gameplay wise.
- Art-style wise, it's Crossfire (which, in many elements, plays like Counter-Strike too) meets Team Fortress 2
Vampire Night is House of the Dead meets Blade meets The Matrix.
Vampire Survivors is Castlevania meets Magic Survival.
Vanguard Bandits is Tactics Ogre meets The Vision of Escaflowne.
Vanquish is Gears of War meets P.N.03 meets Neo Human Casshern.
V-V is Gradius meets Raiden.
Vib-Ribbon is BIT.TRIP mixed with La Linea.
- Its spin-off sequel, Mojib-Ribbon, is Parappa The Rapper meets Vocaloid, with Ōkami's art style.
Viewfinder is Portal meets Eastshade and Monument Valley.
Viewpoint is Zaxxon meets R-Type.
Viewtiful Joe is Kamen Rider meets Last Action Hero story-wise. Gameplay-wise, it is Devil May Cry meets Kung Fu Master.
Vigilante 8 is Twisted Metal meets Mad Max meets Shaft.
Void Bastards is Rogue Legacy meets Strafe in the style of XIII
Voidigo is Nuclear Throne meets Monster Hunter meets Adventure Time meets Rick and Morty.

W

The Walking Dead is a mix of the tropes Morton's Fork and Zombie Apocalypse
Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune is Initial D Arcade Stage meets Tokyo Xtreme Racer.
Warcraft: Dune II meets Warhammer.
- Warcraft III is Starcraft meets Night of the Living Dead (1968) at Norse Mythology's Tavern.
Warframe is Mass Effect meets Destiny meets Fate/stay night meets Asura Cryin' meets Arpeggio of Blue Steel meets Strike Witches.
Warhammer: The End Times -- Vermindtide: The gameplay formula of Left 4 Dead, applied to the classic Warhammer fantasy setting during the twilight of its timeline.
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters: The setting of Warhammer 40,000 meets XCOM 2.
Warhawk is Twisted Metal meets Ace Combat
Wario Land: Super Mario Bros. meets DuckTales (1987) meets Indiana Jones.
- Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins meets DuckTales.
- Virtual Boy Wario Land: Wario Land meets Super Pitfall.
- Wario Land II: Wario Land meets It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
- Wario Land 3: Wario Land II meets Metroid meets Super Mario Bros. 2.
- Wario Land 4: Wario Land meets Raiders of the Lost Ark meets Super Mario 64.
- Wario Blast: Bomberman meets Wario Land
- Wario World: Wario Land meets the 3D gameplay of Bomberman 64 and Grabbed by the Ghoulies.
- Wario Land: Shake It!: Wario Land 4 meets Wario Land II meets Wario: Master of Disguise
- WarioWare: Game & Watch meets the animated segments of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Warriors Series:
- Dynasty Warriors = Romance of the Three Kingdoms + Gosei Sentai Dairanger.
  - Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce = Dynasty Warriors + Dragon Ball Z.
- Samurai Warriors = Dynasty Warriors + Nobunaga's Ambition + Rurouni Kenshin.
  - Samurai Warriors 5 = Samurai Warriors + Sengoku Basara + Kamen Rider Gaim + Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.
- Warriors Orochi (and 2) = Dynasty Warriors + Samurai Warriors + Kingdom Hearts + Ultraman Mebius.
  - Warriors Orochi 3 = Warriors Orochi 2 + Kamen Rider Decade + Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger + Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  - Warriors Orochi 4 = Warriors Orochi 3 + Kamen Rider Zi-O + Ultraman Ginga + Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V.
Watch_Dogs is Grand Theft Auto meets Person of Interest with a pinch of Metal Gear Solid and Assassin's Creed.
- Watch_Dogs 2 is Watch Dogs meets Mr. Robot.
- Watch Dogs: Legion is the original game meets V for Vendetta with a dash of Syndicate and The Sims (the latter two, due to ability to recruit and relationship values between almost every NPC respectively).
Way of the Dogg is Elite Beat Agents meets Def Jam Vendetta.
Way of the Samurai is Fable meets Jidaigeki.
Way to the Woods is Bambi meets ICO.
We Happy Few is Don't Starve meets Bioshock meets The Prisoner meets Brave New World.
West of Loathing is Kingdom of Loathing meets Red Dead Redemption with a pinch of South Park: The Stick of Truth.
WET is Mirror's Edge meets Stranglehold meets Devil May Cry, as directed by Quentin Tarantino.
What The Dub? is Use Your Words meets Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Who's Lila? is No Longer Human meets Dark Seed and Tomie.
Wibarm is Thexder meets Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu.
Wick is Slender: The Arrival meets Five Nights at Freddy's.
The Wild at Heart is Pikmin meets Luigi's Mansion meets Where the Wild Things Are.
Wildfrost is "...the strategy of Slay the Spire [with] the charm of Adventure Time", according to PC Gamer.
WildStar is what would happen if you put World of Warcraft, Ratchet & Clank, Firefly and Saturday Morning Cartoons in a blender.
Winback: Covert Operations is the plot of GoldenEye meets the general gameplay of Syphon Filter and the cover mechanics of Time Crisis.
WipEout is Mario Kart meets Stunt Car Racer meets F-Zero.
Whiplash is Banjo-Kazooie meets Crash Bandicoot meets The Defiant Ones meets Ren & Stimpy.
White Day: A Labyrinth Named School is ...they're here! meets Ju-on.
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is Nioh meets Dynasty Warriors.
Wolfchild is Switchblade meets Shadow of the Beast.
Wolfenstein:
- Castle Wolfenstein is Shoplifting Boy meets The Great Escape.
- Wolfenstein 3-D is Castle Wolfenstein meets Catacomb 3D.
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein is Wolfenstein 3-D meets H. P. Lovecraft.
  - Or Medal of Honor (1999) meets Half-Life and Tomb Raider I.
- Wolfenstein (2009) is Raiders of the Lost Ark meets Hexen.
  - Or Return to Castle Wolfenstein meets Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.
- Wolfenstein: The New Order is Captain America: The First Avenger meets Inglourious Basterds meets The Man in the High Castle garnished with the gameplay mechanics of Duke Nukem and some of the story elements of The New Order Last Days Of Europe.
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is Captain America: Civil War meets Bioshock Infinite meets Crysis 2 meets Dishonored.
The Wonderful 101 is Viewtiful Joe meets Pikmin, with Ōkami's control scheme and Bayonetta's interface.
- Or Pikmin meets City of Heroes.
The World Ends with You is Kingdom Hearts meets Jet Set Radio.
World of Final Fantasy is Final Fantasy meets Pokémon.
World of Horror is Arkham Horror meets the works of Junji Ito.
Worms is Lemmings meets Artillery. (The game's Working Title was Lemartillery.)
Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game: The WWF meets Mortal Kombat (1992)
- Alternatively, The WWF meets NBA Jam.
WWE All Stars is WWE meets NBA Jam.

X

X-Blades is Tomb Raider meets Devil May Cry 2.
XBlaze Code: Embryo is Blazblue meets Fate/stay night.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is Fire Emblem meets War of the Worlds
- XCOM 2 is Fire Emblem meets The Avengers meets Logan's Run.
Xenoblade Chronicles = Xenogears + Final Fantasy XII + Attack on Titan + The Dead Zone
- Xenoblade Chronicles X = Xenoblade Chronicles + Xenosaga + Mass Effect 2 + Titan A.E. + Halo 3
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 = Xenoblade Chronicles X + The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time + Mobile Suit Gundam SEED + Shin Megami Tensei II
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 = Xenoblade Chronicles 2 + Fire Emblem: Three Houses + Metroid Dread + Dead Space + Final Fantasy V + Final Fantasy VI + Final Fantasy IX + Final Fantasy X + Digital Devil Saga + Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne + Persona 5 + Space Runaway Ideon + Mobile Suit Victory Gundam + Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans + DEVILMAN crybaby + Berserk + Kamen Rider Decade + Kamen Rider Amazons + Star Trek: Discovery + The Empire Strikes Back + Return of the Jedi + Amphibia + Æon Flux + Batman Beyond + Primal (2019)
Xeno Crisis is Smash TV meets Alien Syndrome.
Xenogears is Neon Genesis Evangelion meets Mobile Fighter G Gundam meets Chrono Trigger meets Shin Megami Tensei I.
Xenosaga is Xenogears meets Star Trek meets Star Wars.
Xenon Racer is Ridge Racer meets Future GPX Cyber Formula.
Xexex is Gradius meets R-Type meets X-Multiply.
The X-Universe series is typically described as "Freelancer ^note meets EVE Online ^note meets Elite^noteWide-Open Sandbox trading and combat." — though the X-Universe series predates both Freelancer and EVE Online.
X-Multiply is Fantastic Voyage meets Alien.

Y

Yandere Simulator is Heathers with Anime Tropes.
Yar's Revenge (2011) is Yars' Revenge (1982) meets Sin and Punishment: Star Successor and Panzer Dragoon.
Yakuza is Shenmue meets Grand Theft Auto (minus vehicles) meets Fist of the North Star.
- Yakuza: Dead Souls is Shenmue meets Grand Theft Auto with a dash of Resident Evil and Left 4 Dead. Also, Yakuza meets The House of the Dead.
- Yakuza 0 is Shenmue meets Grand Theft Auto: Vice City with a healthy dose of River City Ransom.
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon is Shenmue meets GTA meets Dragon Quest with a dash of Persona 5.
- The overall tone of the Yakuza series as a whole between the dark, gritty main plots and the often much sillier and more light-hearted side content is a Martin Scorsese crime film like Goodfellas occasionally interrupted by an episode of The Simpsons.
Yo-kai Watch is Pokémon meets Ghostbusters.
- Or Pokemon meets Gegege No Kitaro.
- Or Ben 10 meets Pokémon.
- Excluding the constant Pokémon comparisons, it can be described as Ni no Kuni meets a kid-friendlier Shin Megami Tensei with the writing of EarthBound and the art of Professor Layton.
- Or Pokemon meets Touhou Project.
Yooka-Laylee is Banjo-Kazooie meets Chameleon Twist
Yoshi's Island:
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is Super Mario World meets Super Mario Bros. 2 meets Rugrats
- Yoshi's Woolly World is Yoshi's Island meets Kirby's Epic Yarn.
- Yoshi's Crafted World is Yoshi's Island meets LittleBigPlanet.
The story arc of Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished ~ Omen and Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished – The Final Chapter is The Lord of the Rings meets Castle in the Sky. In terms of gameplay, it's Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu meets The Legend of Zelda.
- Ys III: Wanderers From Ys is the gameplay of Faxanadu meets the plot of Ninja Gaiden 1 (NES).
- Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim is The Epic of Gilgamesh meets Pirates of the Caribbean meets Pocahontas.
The freeware game Yume Nikki has been touted as "EarthBound meets Silent Hill," which is pretty accurate given the utter Mind Screw factor.
Yuuyami Doori Tankentai is Gakkou no Kaidan meets Scooby-Doo (via Twilight Syndrome-like gameplay).

Z

Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure is Monkey Island meets WarioWare: Smooth Moves.
Zangyura is Castlevania meets Takeshi's Castle.
Zening is Code Lyoko and Final Fantasy Tactics meet Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Zen: Intergalactic Ninja is Ninja Gaiden meets Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
Ziggurat is Heretic as a Roguelike.
Zombie Night Terror is Lemmings meets Infectonator!.
Zombie Virus is Crazy Taxi meets House of the Dead.
Zombies Ate My Neighbors is Robotron: 2084 meets classic horror movie tropes.
Zoochosis is Planet Zoo meets The Thing (2002).

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