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5* ''1... 2... 3... KICK IT! Drop That Beat Like An Ugly Baby'' is ''VideoGame/AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaARecklessDisregardForGravity'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}''
6* ''VideoGame/ThreeDDotGameHeroes'' can be described as ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets Toys/{{LEGO}} meets ''VideoGame/GinormoSword''.
7* ''VideoGame/SixtySeconds'' is ''ComicBook/WhenTheWindBlows'' meets ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' meets ''VideoGame/FalloutShelter'' meets ''WesternAnimation/WaitTillYourFatherGetsHome''.
8* ''VideoGame/SevenDaysToDie'' is ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DayZ''.
9* ''VideoGame/SeventhDragon'' Is basically ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' with TheDragonsComeBack.
10* ''VideoGame/EightBitKiller'' is ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' mixed with ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
11* ''VideoGame/ThirteenSentinelsAegisRim'' is ''VideoGame/FrontMission'' meets ''Film/PacificRim'' meets ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier'' meets ''VideoGame/AegisOfEarthProtonovusAssault'' meets ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}''.
12* ''VideoGame/TwentyXX'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/ThirtyXX'' are ''Franchise/MegaMan'' meets ''VideoGame/RogueLegacy''.
13* ''VideoGame/OneHundredPercentOrangeJuice'' is ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' meets ''VideoGame/DokaponKingdom'' meets the works of Creator/OrangeJuice.
14* ''VideoGame/OneThousandAndOneSpikes'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''VideoGame/MeatBoy'' and ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy''.
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18* ''VideoGame/{{Abadox}}'' is ''VideoGame/SectionZ'' meets ''[[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Life Force]]''.
19* ''VideoGame/{{Abzu}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Journey|2012}}'' meets ''VideoGame/EndlessOcean''.
20* ''VideoGame/ARESExtinctionAgenda'' is ''VideoGame/{{Abuse}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Turrican}}'', while taking some plot and gameplay elements from ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime''.
21* ''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.
22* The ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series could be described as "a {{Shounen}} series written by Creator/JohnGrisham".
23** ''Music/{{Brentalfloss}}'' [[http://youtu.be/hSyYps8xJfs says]] it's a comedy of errors with the violence of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''.
24** ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'' is ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' meets ''Literature/SherlockHolmes''.
25* ''VideoGame/AceCombat'':
26** ''VideoGame/AceCombat3Electrosphere'' is ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' meets ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell''.
27** ''VideoGame/AceCombatAssaultHorizon'' is ''VideoGame/AceCombatJointAssault'' meets ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis 4'''s Complete Mission mode.
28** ''VideoGame/AceCombatInfinity'' is ''VideoGame/AceCombatJointAssault'' meets ''VideoGame/AceCombatAssaultHorizon'' with mashups of elements from Strangereal-based games.
29* ''VideoGame/AcesWildManicBrawlingAction'' is ''Scott Pilgrim'' ([[ComicBook/ScottPilgrim In terms]] [[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld of any]] [[VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorldTheGame version]]), with the {{High Altitude Battle}}s of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', and a scoring system similar to ''VideoGame/GodHand''.
30* ''VideoGame/{{Achron}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Braid}}''
31* ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'' is ''VideoGame/{{Valis}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SimCity'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Populous}}''.
32* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G. II]]'' is ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' meets ''VideoGame/RumbleRoses''.
33* ''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]]]].
34** Alternatively, ''AdvertCity'' is to ''{{Film/BladeRunner}}'' what ''{{VideoGame/Beholder}}'' is to ''{{Literature/NineteenEightyFour}}''.
35* ''VideoGame/{{Aaero}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tempest}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GitarooMan''.
36* ''VideoGame/AfterBurner'' is ''Film/TopGun'' meets ''Anime/{{Macross}}''.
37* ''VideoGame/AfterfallInsanity'' is ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' meets ''Film/MadMax''.
38* ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' is ''VideoGame/WarCraft'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}''.
39** ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology'' is ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' Meets ''VideoGame/BlackAndWhite''.
40* ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders'' is ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}''.
41** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders'' is ''VideoGame/MasterOfMagic'' meets ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic''.
42* ''VideoGame/AgentsOfMayhem'' is ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' in the world of ''VideoGame/SaintsRow''.
43** [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] describes the game as "a cross between ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' and ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe'', a ''[[{{Portmanteau}} Saints' Joe]]'' if you will."
44* ''VideoGame/{{Aground}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ADarkRoom'' meets ''[[https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/593832 Utopian Mining]]''.
45* ''Ajax'' is ''VideoGame/{{Xevious}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TwinCobra'' meets ''VideoGame/AfterBurner''.
46* ''VideoGame/AkaiKatana'' is ''VideoGame/{{Progear}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Guwange}}''.
47* ''VideoGame/AkanesasuSekaiDeKimiToUtau'': ''VideoGame/OneHundredSleepingPrincesAndTheKingdomOfDreams'' meets Japanese history.
48* ''[[VideoGame/AkibasTrip Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed]]'' is ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai'' meets ''Videogame/DeadRising'' (or ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs2012'') meets ''Anime/KillLaKill'' meets ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD''.
49* ''VideoGame/AlanWake'':
50** The original game is ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' as written by Creator/StephenKing.
51*** Alternatively, ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Film/InTheMouthOfMadness''.
52** ''Alan Wake's American Nightmare'' is instead ''Alan Wake'' meets ''Franchise/EvilDead'' as penned by Creator/QuentinTarantino.
53** ''VideoGame/AlanWakeII'' is ''Series/TrueDetective'' meets ''Film/VanishingOn7thStreet''.
54* ''VideoGame/AlchemistCode'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' meets ''VideoGame/BraveFrontier''.
55* ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'' is ''Film/{{Alien}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}''.
56* ''VideoGame/AlienStorm'' is ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe''.
57* ''VideoGame/AlienSyndrome'' is ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}''.
58* ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST''.
59* ''Videogame/AliensColonialMarines'' is ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''
60* ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark'':
61** The 1992 original is ''VideoGame/LauraBow'' meets ''VideoGame/SweetHome1989''.
62** The 2008 reboot is ''Film/AloneInTheDark2005'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' meets ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''.
63** ''Alone in the Dark: Illumination'' is the 2008 game meets ''VideoGame/AlanWake'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', by way of ''VideoGame/TheSlaughteringGrounds''.
64** ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark2024'' is the 1992 original meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' and ''VideoGame/WhiteNight''.
65* ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'' is ''VideoGame/SplinterCell'' meets ''VideoGame/MassEffect''.
66* ''VideoGame/{{Alundra}}'' is ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet''. The second game is ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' meets ''Anime/MonsterRancher'' (specifically the anime).
67* ''VideoGame/AmandaTheAdventurer'' is ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' meets ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning'' meets ''Anime/PopeeThePerformer'' meets ''Literature/CandleCove''.
68** Alternatively, all of those things plus ''Literature/TheRing''.
69* ''Amazing Island''. Some critic described on the back of the games case that it was like ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioParty''.
70* ''VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice'' is ''Film/ReturnToOz'' meets ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''.
71* ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' is ''{{Film/Memento}}'' meets ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness''.
72* ''VideoGame/AmongTheSleep'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' meets ''VideoGame/PapoAndYo''.
73* ''VideoGame/AmongUs'' is ''Film/{{The Thing|1982}}'' meets ''VideoGame/FallGuysUltimateKnockout'' if it were a game of [[TabletopGame/Werewolf1997 Mafia/Werewolf]].
74* ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'' = ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': ''VideoGame/MarioParty Edition'' featuring ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.
75* ''VideoGame/{{Anbennar}}'' is ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis IV'' meets ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
76* ''VideoGame/AndysAppleFarm'' is ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning'' meets ''WebAnimation/TheWaltenFiles''.
77* ''VideoGame/AngelsOfDeath'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}'' meets ''Webcomic/RubyQuest'' with the general energy of ''Manga/MagicalGirlSite'' and the visual aesthetic of horror B-movies.
78* ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' is ''Crush the Castle'' meets a bright, sugary art style.
79** ''Angry Birds Space'' is ''Angry Birds'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
80** SpinOff ''Angry Birds Stella POP!'' is ''Bubble Witch Saga 2'' meets ''Angry Birds Stella''.
81* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' is ''Franchise/SylvanianFamilies'' meets ''VideoGame/TheSims''.
82* ''VideoGame/AnimalJam'' is ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' meets ''Series/AnimalAtlas'' meets ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''.
83* ''VisualNovel/{{Anomie}}'' is ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' meets ''Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth''.
84* ''VideoGame/AnotherCrabsTreasure'' is ''VideoGame/SpongebobSquarepantsBattleForBikiniBottom'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tinykin}}''.
85* ''VideoGame/AnUntitledStory'' was described by its author as ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Jumper}}'', though ''VideoGame/{{Seiklus}}'' meets ''Jumper'' is also feasible.
86* ''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.
87* ''VideoGame/ApeEscape'' is ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' meets ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' meets a kid-friendly version of ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes''.
88* ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'' is ''VideoGame/PlayerUnknownsBattlegrounds'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}''.
89* ''VideoGame/{{Aquaria}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' meets ''VideoGame/EccoTheDolphin'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Flashback}}''.
90* ''VisualNovel/Aquarium2022'' is ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'' meets ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' meets ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' [[spoiler:with a hint of ''Film/{{Inception}}'']].
91* ''VideoGame/ArabianFight'' is ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''.
92* ''Archvale'' is ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon''.
93* ''VideoGame/ArdyLightfoot'' is ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' with a pinch of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''.
94* ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'' is ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' meets ''Anime/KemonoFriends'' meets ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun'' meets ''[[Platform/{{Pixiv}} Pixiv Fantasia]]''.
95* ''VideoGame/ArkSurvivalEvolved'' is ''VideoGame/DayZ'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Rust}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheStompingLand''.
96* ''VideoGame/{{Armello}}'' is ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Literature/{{Redwall}}''.
97* ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreVIFiresOfRubicon'' is ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' meets ''Literature/{{Dune}}''.
98* ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}'' is ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', with a side dash of ''Franchise/DragonBall'' and ''Manga/{{Akira}}''.
99* ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' is ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' meets ''Film/{{Taken}}'' meets ''Film/RumbleInTheBronx''.
100* ''Arumana no Kiseki'' is ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''Roc 'n Rope''.
101* ''VideoGame/AshesOfTheSingularity'' is ''VideoGame/TotalAnnihilation'' meets ''Website/OrionsArm''
102* 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.
103** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/TestDrive'' meets ''VideoGame/OutRun'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' with some ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' flair.
104* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' is ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' meets AncientConspiracy meets ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones''.
105** The plot of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' is ''Literature/{{Alamut}}'' meets ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven''.
106** The "Ezio Trilogy" could be summed as ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Series/TheBorgias'' meets Creator/DanBrown meets ''Series/{{Medici}}'':
107*** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode''.
108*** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Literature/AngelsAndDemons''.
109*** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Literature/{{Inferno|2013}}''.
110** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'' meets ''Film/ThePatriot2000'' meets ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' with a side order of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' Original Trilogy.
111** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'' is ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' meets ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' meets ''Series/BlackSails''.
112** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue'' is ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'' meets ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' meets the ''Franchise/StarWars'' Prequel Trilogy.
113** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' meets ''Film/LesMiserables2012'' meets ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''.
114** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'' meets ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' [[RecycledInSpace in Victorian Britain]].
115** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Series/{{Rome}}'' meets ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'' meets ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy'' meets ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' with the combat mechanics of ''VideoGame/ForHonor''.
116** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'' is ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''Film/ThreeHundred'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
117** ''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]].
118* ''VideoGame/AssettoCorsa'' is ''VideoGame/{{TORCS}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{MUGEN}}'' with official licensed cars.
119* ''VideoGame/AstalonTearsOfTheEarth'' is ''VideoGame/AlwasAwakening'' or ''VideoGame/CastleInTheDarkness'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Trine}}''.
120* ''VideoGame/{{Astebreed}}'' can be seen as ''VideoGame/EtherVapor'' meets ''VideoGame/AlltynexSecond''.
121** Or ''VideoGame/EtherVapor'' meets ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders''.
122* ''VideoGame/AstralChain'' is essentially ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
123* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' is basically ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''VideoGame/GodHand'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' with dashes of ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' ([[{{Crossover}} Literally]]) and some more SuperRobotGenre (Via DLC) being in it as well.
124* ''VideoGame/AtariMania'' is the OminousVisualGlitch CrisisCrossover apocalypse concept of ''WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}}'' meets the gameplay of ''VideoGame/NESRemix''.
125* ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}'' is ''VideoGame/RockBand'' meets ''VideoGame/FZero'' meets ''Film/TRONLegacy'' meets a Media Player Visualization.
126* ''[[VideoGame/Aurora4X Aurora]]'' is a mix of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', ''War in the Pacific'', ''VideoGame/SpaceEmpires'' and every complex strategy game you can think of.
127* ''VideoGame/AutoDestruct'' is ''VideoGame/SpyHunter'' meets ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance''.
128* AVGN KO Boxing is ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' meets ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' on the Atari 2600.
129* ''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''.
130* ''VideoGame/{{Awesomenauts}}'' is ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', with a liberal dash of [[Main/SaturdayMorningCartoon 80's cartoons]] mixed in.
131* ''Axel's Magic Hammer'' is ''VideoGame/AlexKidd in Miracle World'' meets ''VideoGame/RickDangerous''.
132* ''Atomicrops'' is ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' meets ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon''
133* ''VideoGame/AxiomVerge'' is ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' meets ''VideoGame/OutOfThisWorld''.
134* ''VideoGame/AzurLane'' is ''VideoGame/KanColle'' meets ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarships'' meets horizontal ShootEmUp gameplay.
135** Alternatively, it's ''VideoGame/KanColle'' meets ''Franchise/TouhouProject''.
136* ''VideoGame/AzureDreams'' is ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Angband}}''.
137* ''VideoGame/{{Azure Striker Gunvolt|Series}}'' is ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' meets ''VideoGame/AlisiaDragoon'' meets ''VideoGame/PsychicForce''.
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141* ''VideoGame/TheBabyInYellow'' is ''Literature/TheKingInYellow'' meets ''WesternAnimation/JackJackAttack''.
142* ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' is MLB/MLS/NBA/NFL/NHL meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''.
143* ''VideoGame/BadRatsTheRatsRevenge'' is ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleMachine'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatoing}}'' with a bit of ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' thrown in.
144* ''VideoGame/BahamutLagoon'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Seaman}}'' meets ''Literature/GoneGirl''.
145* ''VideoGame/BalanWonderworld'' is ''VideoGame/NiGHTSJourneyOfDreams'' meets ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''.
146* ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning'' is ''VideoGame/SonicsSchoolhouse'' meets ''VideoGame/SlenderTheArrival''.
147* The ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' trilogy as a whole (especially ''Throne of Bhaal'') is ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' setting.
148* ''VideoGame/BangaiO'' is ''Anime/{{Dangaioh}}'' with the insanity of ''VideoGame/DynamiteHeaddy'' and the [[NintendoHard brutal difficulty]] of ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun''.
149* ''VideoGame/BangOnBallsChronicles'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' meets the ''{{VideoGame/Lego Adaptation Game}}s'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Gex}}'' meets ''Webcomic/{{Polandball}}''.
150* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' meets ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows'' as imagined by Creator/RoaldDahl.
151* ''VideoGame/TheBannerSaga'' is ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' meets ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' and ''VideoGame/KingOfDragonPass''.
152* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' games:
153** ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobin'' is ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' meets ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes'' meets ''Platform/{{Amiga}} {{Demoscene}}''.
154** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' is ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' and ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth''.
155** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' is ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' meets ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
156* ''Battle Bay'' is ''Fortress Destroyer'' meets ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'', but with a lot less paint involved.
157* ''VideoGame/BattleArenaToshinden'' is ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' meets ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter''.
158* ''VideoGame/BattleBrothers'' is ''VideoGame/{{XCOM}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade'', in a setting very similar to ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}''.
159* ''VideoGame/BattleChefBrigade'' is ''Series/IronChef'' mixed with ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}} Twist'' and the combat of ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail''.
160* ''VideoGame/TheBattleCats'' is ''Literature/WarriorCats'' meets ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'', with the gameplay of ''VideoGame/PlantsVersusZombies'' and added hilarity of the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series.
161* ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'' is ''VideoGame/GunFrontier'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Zanac}}''.
162* ''VideoGame/TheBattleOfOlympus'' is ''[[Myth/ClassicalMythology Orpheus & Eurydice]]'' meets ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''.
163* ''Battle Traverse'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Progear}}''.
164* ''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.
165* The PC-FX FMV game ''Battle Heat'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Anime/QueensBlade'' with both males and females alike meets [[spoiler:''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'']].
166* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' is what you get when you mix ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' with ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe''.
167** ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'' is ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.
168** ''VideoGame/Bayonetta3'' is ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'' meets ''Series/DoctorWho'' meets ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' meets ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' meets ''Series/WandaVision'' meets ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' meets ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'' meets ''Film/NoTimeToDie''.
169* ''VideoGame/BeaconPines'' is ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' meets ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Series/StrangerThings''.
170* ''VideoGame/BeatHazard'' is ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SpaceWar''.
171* ''VideoGame/TheBeatlesAdventuresInPepperland'' is ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2''.
172* ''Music/TheBeatles'': ''VideoGame/RockBand'' is ''Rock Band'' meets ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''.
173* ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'' is ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' as written by Creator/HPLovecraft and with the gameplay of ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''.
174** Alternatively, it's ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'' meets ''Literature/AbandonedByDisney''.
175* ''VideoGame/BeyondOasis'': ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' meets ''Literature/ArabianNights''
176* ''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]]
177* ''VideoGame/BigBoyBoxing'' is described by the creators as ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' meets ''VideoGame/PunchOut''.
178* ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'' is ''Literature/TheEyeOfArgon'' meets ''VideoGame/GranTurismo''.
179* ''VideoGame/BillyHatcherAndTheGiantEgg'' is ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''.
180* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' is ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' meets ''Franchise/SilentHill'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''.
181** Or ''VideoGame/ZombiesAteMyNeighbors'' meets ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'' meets ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Squee}}'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}''.
182* ''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 ''Franchise/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''.
183* ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}''
184** ''[[VideoGame/BioShock1 BioShock]]'' is Ride/WaltDisneyWorld's [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/DisneyThemeParks unmade EPCOT "city of the future"]] meets UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}}, with the horror atmosphere of ''VideoGame/SystemShock'', the dystopian setting of ''VideoGame/DeusEx'', and the fast-paced gameplay of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', but in first-person.
185*** Or ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'' meets ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'' meets ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' meets ''Film/TotalRecall1990''.
186** ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'' is ''VideoGame/Bioshock2'' meets ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Braid}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' meets ''Literature/TheHandmaidsTale'' meets ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''.
187* ''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''.
188* ''[[VideoGame/BitTrip BIT.TRIP BEAT]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' meets ''Rez''.
189** ''[[VideoGame/BitTrip BIT.TRIP CORE]]'' is ''VideoGame/MissileCommand'' meets ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
190** ''[[VideoGame/BitTrip BIT.TRIP VOID]]'' is ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' as a BulletHell.
191** ''[[VideoGame/BitTrip BIT.TRIP RUNNER]]'' is ''VideoGame/VibRibbon'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy''.
192** ''[[VideoGame/BitTrip BIT.TRIP FATE]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}'' meets ''Franchise/TouhouProject''.
193** ''[[VideoGame/BitTrip BIT.TRIP FLUX]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' meets a hefty dose of {{Symbolism}}.
194** 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.
195* ''VideoGame/BlackMythWukong'' is ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' meets ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''
196* ''VideoGame/BladedFury'' is ''VideoGame/{{Valis}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''.
197* ''Blast Works'' is ''Darius'' meets ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''.
198** And ''Katamari'' itself is ''Bubbles'' (1982 arcade game by Williams) meets the brightly-colored collect-fests of the fifth console generation.
199* ''VideoGame/{{Blasphemous}}'' is ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' meets ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'' meets ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheTempleInfernalCrusade'' meets ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLastDoor'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' meets ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkDevotion'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' meets ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' meets ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'' meets ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}}''.
200** Or ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' meets ''VideoGame/FearAndHunger'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'', by way of ''Film/TheDevilsBackbone''.
201** ''VideoGame/BlasphemousII'' is ''VideoGame/{{Blasphemous}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'' meets ''Film/{{Logan}}'' meets ''Film/PansLabyrinth''.
202* ''VideoGame/{{Blackthorne}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Flashback}}'' (general gameplay) meets ''VideoGame/TheLostVikings'' (similar puzzles and password system).
203* ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster (NES)'': ''VideoGame/Metroid1'' meets ''VideoGame/CityConnection''
204* ''VideoGame/BlasterMasterZero'' is ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'' meets ''VideoGame/MegamanZero'' meets ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt''.
205* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' meets ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'', ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}, ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''.
206* ''VideoGame/BlazingChrome'' is ''[[VideoGame/{{Contra}} Contra: Hard Corps]]'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Shatterhand}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' meets ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}''.
207* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' licensed games:
208** ''The Blade of Fate'' and ''Dark Souls'' are ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' meets ''Manga/YuYuHakusho Makyo Toitsusen'' meets ''VideoGame/AstroBoyOmegaFactor''.
209** ''VideoGame/BleachThe3rdPhantom'' is ''Bleach'' meets ''VideoGame/FireEmblem''.
210* ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'' is ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' meets ''Franchise/EvilDead''.
211** Or ''VideoGame/{{Outlaws}}'' meets ''VideoGame/KillingTime'' and a [[DenserAndWackier toned down]], [[LightmareFuel irreverant]] version of ''Literature/BloodMeridian''.
212* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' is ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets the works of Creator/HPLovecraft meets ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''.
213** Or ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'', ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', and ''VideoGame/FallenLondon''.
214* ''TabletopGame/BloodBowl'' is ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}''.
215* ''VideoGame/{{BloodRayne}}'' is ''ComicBook/{{Blade}}'' meets ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' meets ''VideoGame/JediKnightIIJediOutcast'' meets ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' and in the first game, ''VideoGame/ReturnToCastleWolfenstein''.
216* ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'' is ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' and ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''. Alternatively, it's ''Tekken'' meets ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast1988'' or ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}''.
217* ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'' with the mechanics of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow'' and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow'' and set within the time period of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight''.
218* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodstorm}}'' is ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaMan''.
219* ''VideoGame/BlueDragon'''s [[Laconic/BlueDragon Laconic]] page describes it as ''VideoGame/Persona2'' in the style of ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
220** Alternatively, it's ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' (''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' in particular).
221* ''VideoGame/BlueReflection'' is ''Manga/SailorMoon'' meets ''VideoGame/Persona4''.
222** ''VideoGame/BlueReflectionSecondLight'' is an all-girl version of ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' meets ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' with the pervasive lesbian overtones of ''[[PseudoRomanticFriendship Shoujo Sect]]''.
223* ''VideoGame/BlueFire'' is ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' meets ''VideoGame/MeatBoy'' meets ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''.
224* ''VideoGame/BlueRevolver'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' meets ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'' meets ''VideoGame/DangunFeveron''.
225* ''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.]]
226* ''VideoGame/BoilingPointRoadToHell'' (and the sequel, ''White Gold: War in Paradise'') is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''VideoGame/DeusEx''.
227* ''VideoGame/{{Bombergirl}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Otomedius}}'' with a hint of ''VideoGame/{{Dota 2}}''.
228* ''VideoGame/BonniesBakery'' is ''Videogame/DinerDash'' meets ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''.
229** [[spoiler:[[DisguisedHorrorStory Until it becomes]] ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'' meets ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''.]]
230* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' was pitched by Gearbox Studios as "''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''".
231** In a setting that's half ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' and half ''Film/MadMax''.
232** Alternatively, it's ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' meets ''Anime/DesertPunk'', ''VideoGame/SeriousSam'', and ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''.
233* ''VideoGame/BotVice'' is ''Franchise/MegaMan'' meets ''VideoGame/WildGuns'' meets ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis''.
234* ''Boyfriend Dungeon'' is ''VisualNovel/DreamDaddy'' meets ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' meets ''VideoGame/Persona4'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' meets ''Series/BeverlyHills90210''
235* ''BPM: Bullets Per Minute'' is ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' meets ''VideoGame/CryptOfTheNecrodancer''.
236* ''VideoGame/BrambleTheMountainKing'' is ''VideoGame/LittleNightmares'' meets ''VideoGame/UnforgivingANorthernHymn'' meets ''VideoGame/BrothersATaleOfTwoSons'' (though with a much happier ending than these 3 games)
237* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''[[spoiler:Film/GroundhogDay]]''.
238* ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}'' is ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' meets ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}''.
239* ''VideoGame/BroForce'' is ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' meets ''Film/TheExpendables'' meets ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'' meets ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', with a lives system similar to ''VideoGame/AliensInfestation''.
240* ''VideoGame/BreakThru'' is ''VideoGame/BumpNJump'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Jackal}}''.
241* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' is ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' meets ''Film/SchoolOfRock''.
242* ''VideoGame/BrutalOrchestra'' is ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Lisa}}''.
243* ''VideoGame/{{Bujingai}}'' is ''VideoGame/Shinobi2002'' meets ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' with a ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' aesthetic and soundtrack.
244* ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}'' is ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'' meets ''VideoGame/MadWorld''.
245* ''VideoGame/BuddySimulator1984'' is ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}''.
246* ''VideoGame/BugFables'' is ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' meets ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife''.
247* ''VideoGame/{{Bugsnax}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs2'' meets ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' [[spoiler:meets ''Film/TheStuff'']].
248** In [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee Croshaw's]] ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' review of the game, he described it as being akin to “''Series/FraggleRock'' as directed by Creator/DavidCronenberg.”
249* ''VideoGame/BungoToAlchemist'': ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'' meets Taishō roman.
250* ''Videogame/TheBureauXCOMDeclassified'' is ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Videogame/MassEffect3''.
251* ''VideoGame/BurningRangers'' is [[Series/MetalHeroes The]] [[Series/TokkeiWinspector Rescue]] [[Series/TokkyuuShireiSolbrain Mission]] [[Series/TokusouExceedraft Trilogy]] meets ''Film/{{Backdraft}}''.
252* ''VideoGame/ByeSweetCarole'' is ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' meets ''VideoGame/ClockTower''
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256* ''VideoGame/CadillacsAndDinosaurs'' is ''ComicBook/XenozoicTales'' (the original comics) meets ''VideoGame/{{Growl}}'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFight''.
257* ''VideoGame/{{Caladrius}}'' is ''VideoGame/RaidenFighters'' meets ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' in a {{Steampunk}} setting.
258* ''VideoGame/TheCallistoProtocol'' is ''VideoGame/DeadSpace3'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Scorn}}'' meets ''VideoGame/EscapeFromButcherBay'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII''.
259* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' series:
260** ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'':
261*** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare'' is ''VideoGame/ShadowOpsRedMercury'' meets ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' meets ''VideoGame/GhostReconAdvancedWarfighter'' meets ''Film/BlackHawkDown''.
262*** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019'' is ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' meets ''Film/ThirteenHoursTheSecretSoldiersOfBenghazi'' meets ''Film/ZeroDarkThirty''.
263*** The free-to-play ''Call Of Duty: Warzone'' meanwhile is ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' meets ''VideoGame/PlayerunknownsBattlegrounds'' meets ''VideoGame/Battlefield3'' and ''[[VideoGame/Battlefield4 4]]''.
264*** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareII'' is ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' meets ''Film/{{Sicario}}'' meets ''Film/SicarioDayOfTheSoldado''.
265** The ''Black Ops'' subseries as a whole is ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGear''
266*** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' is ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' meets ''Film/TheDeerHunter''.
267*** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' is ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' meets ''Film/RedDawn1984'' meets ''Series/{{Dexter}}''.
268*** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsColdWar'' is ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' meets ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' meets ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate'' [[spoiler:(except it's the [[AntiHero "good guys"]] who do the brainwashing)]].
269*** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsIII'' is ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' meets ''Videogame/{{Crysis}}'' meets ''Franchise/RoboCop'' meets ''Film/JacobsLadder''.
270** ''VideoGame/CallofDutyInfiniteWarfare'' is ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' meets ''Series/TheExpanse'' meets ''Videogame/MassEffect3''.
271** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'' is ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' meets ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'' or ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''.
272* ''Videogame/CallToArms'' is ''Videogame/MenOfWar'' meets ''Videogame/{{Battlefield}}''.
273* ''VideoGame/CandyCrushSaga'' is ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/CandyLand''.
274* ''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''.
275* ''Franchise/CarmenSandiego'' is ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'' meets ''Franchise/JamesBond'' as an interactive video-game.
276* ''VideoGame/CarnEvil'' is ''VideoGame/CryptKiller'' meets 80s/90s HorrorComedy films meets ''Film/{{Jumanji}}''.
277* ''VideoGame/CarriesOrderUp'' is ''VideoGame/{{Tapper}}'' meets ''VideoGame/PacMan''.
278* ''VideoGame/{{Carrion}}'' is ''VideoGame/ApeOut'' meets ''Film/TheThing1982'' meets ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''.
279* '' Creator/CartoonNetwork: Punch Time Explosion XL'' ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' meets Cartoon Network's non-licensed roster, circa 2010.
280* ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' is ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}'' meets Platform/{{Newgrounds}}.
281* ''{{Franchise/Castlevania}}'' is ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'' meets ''{{Literature/Dracula}}'' (and Franchise/UniversalHorror in general).
282** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaI'' meets ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''.
283** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaI'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLostVikings''.
284** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' meets ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
285** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' meets ''VideoGame/Castlevania64'' meets ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.
286** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' can be described as ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'', with artwork by the artist of ''Manga/DeathNote''.
287** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow'' could be ''Castlevania'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' and/or the PowerCopying mechanics of ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic''.
288*** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow''[='s=] Julius Mode is ''Castlevania'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse''.
289** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'' is ''Dawn of Sorrow's'' Julius Mode meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines'' meets the "levels in paintings" aspect of ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.
290** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' is ''VideoGame/SuperCastlevaniaIV'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''VideoGame/MaximoGhostsToGlory'' meets ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' with a dash of ''Film/PansLabyrinth''.
291*** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOfFate'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' meets ''Videogame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon''.
292*** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOfFate'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness'' meets ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'' meets ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' meets ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'' meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' meets ''Film/EndOfDays''.
293** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' is ''VideoGame/{{Cadash}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid''.
294** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDissonance'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/MegaManX''.
295* ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'' meets ''Theatre/SwanLake'' meets ''Film/BlackSwan''.
296** Alternatively, it can be described as ''ICO'' + ''School Days'' + ''Buffalo '66'' + ''Persona'' + ''The Twilight Zone (1959)'' + ''Black Swan'' + ''Audition'' + ''Cowboy Bebop'' + ''Future Diary''
297** [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]] described the game's puzzle-platforming dream sequences as "Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet meets VideoGame/QBert".
298* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' is NintendoHard 8-bit platformers meets ''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}'', with a touch of ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' and ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster''.
299** or ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' meets ''VideoGame/TheNeverhood''.
300* ''VideoGame/ChaosLegion'' is ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' meets ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''
301* ''VideoGame/ChasmTheRift'' is ''VideoGame/QuakeI'' meets ''Series/DoctorWho''.
302* ''VideoGame/ChildrenOfTheSun'' is ''VideoGame/SniperElite'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Superhot}}'' meets ''Film/{{Hanna}}'' meets ''Film/Mandy2018''.
303* ''VideoGame/ChimeraBeast'' is [[Characters/Warhammer40000Tyranids Tyranids]] meets ''VideoGame/{{Gaiares}}''. Or ''VideoGame/RType'' meets the ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos''
304* ''VideoGame/ChromaSquad'' is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' meets ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', with a pinch of ''Franchise/KamenRider'' on the side.
305** Alternatively, it's ''VideoGame/XCom'' meets ''Franchise/PowerRangers''.
306* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' meets ''Series/DoctorWho''.
307** Or ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/LiveALive''.
308* ''VideoGame/{{CHUNITHM}}'' is ''[[VideoGame/{{Bemani}} Keyboardmania]]'' meets ''VideoGame/SoundVoltex''.
309* ''Circus Electrique'' is ''{{VideoGame/WeHappyFew}}'' meets ''{{VideoGame/DarkestDungeon}}''
310* ''VideoGame/TheCitadel'' is ''Relics'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' meets ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'' meets ''VideoGame/BrutalDoom''.
311* ''VideoGame/CitiesSkylines'' is ''VideoGame/SimCity 4'' meets ''[[VideoGame/TransportTycoon Train Fever]]''.
312* ''VideoGame/CityShroudedInShadow'' is ''VideoGame/DisasterReport'' meets the {{Kaiju}} genre.
313* ''VideoGame/{{Cloudpunk}}'' is ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Film/TheFifthElement''.
314* ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' is ''VideoGame/{{Habbo}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}}'' with some heaping of ''VideoGame/{{Webkinz}}''.
315* ''VideoGame/ClockworkEmpires'' is the gameplay of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' and the setting of ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresIII'' meets ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth''.
316* ''Cloudbuilt'' is ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' meets ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge''.
317* ''VideoGame/CodeNameSteam'' is ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' meets ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' meets comic books, with a bit of stealth and ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' {{Guest Fighter}}s as well.
318* ''VideoGame/CodeVein'' is ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''VideoGame/GodEaterBurst''.
319* ''VideoGame/ComicJumper'' is ''VideoGame/ComixZone'' meets ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishment'' meets ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''.
320* ''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.
321* ''VideoGame/CommandoCapcom'' is ''Videogame/MetalGear'' meets ''Videogame/{{Syndicate}}'' meets ''UsefulNotes/WorldWarII''.
322* The ''[[VideoGame/ConceptionPleaseGiveBirthToMyChild Conception]]'' series is ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' meets a [[HaremGenre Harem]] anime.
323* ''VideoGame/Conception2ChildrenOfTheSevenStars'' is ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SakuraWars''.
324* ''VideoGame/CondemnedCriminalOrigins'' is ''Film/Se7en'' meets ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs''.
325* ''Confidential Mission'' is ''VideoGame/VirtuaCop'' meets ''Film/JamesBond'' meets ''Film/MissionImpossible''.
326* ''Conflicks: Revolutionary Space Battles'' is ''VideoGame/TreasurePlanetBattleAtProcyon'' meets ''VideoGame/JamestownLegendOfTheLostColony'' meets ''VideoGame/AngryBirds''.
327* ''VideoGame/CongoBongo'': ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Crystal Castles|1983}}''
328* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' is ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' meets ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
329** Or ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}''.
330** Or ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' meets ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' meets ''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat''.
331* 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".
332* ''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]]
333** ''[[DolledUpInstallment Contra Force]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' ([[RecycledINSPACE in the modern day]]) with the power-up system from ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''.
334** ''[[{{Bowdlerise}} Probotector]] is ''Contra meets ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM robotization]]''.
335** ''Contra: Shattered Soldier'' is ''Contra'' meets ''Film/DemolitionMan''.
336* ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'' is ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' meets ''Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy'' as set in the Website/SCPFoundation and starring Series/WynonnaEarp, all while featuring gameplay reminiscent of both ''VideoGame/AlanWake'' and ''VideoGame/BioShock1''.
337%%** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'' is the Website/SCPFoundation ran by the VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}.
338* ''VideoGame/{{Cookies}}'' is ''VideoGame/CondemnedCriminalOrigins'' meets ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'', by way of ''Franchise/SilentHill''.
339** Or "...''Silent Hill'', ''Series/TwinPeaks'', and ''Series/TheWire'' made messy love all over ''Film/{{Candyman}}'' while watching reruns of ''[[Series/TheBozoShow Bozo the Clown]]''.”, as described by [[https://www.dreadxp.com/review/cookies-review-definitely-lost-my-deposit-after-that/ one critic]] quoted on the game's itch.io page.
340* ''VisualNovel/CookingCompanions'' is ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' meets ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' meets ''Film/{{The Thing|1982}}'' meets ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''.
341* ''VideoGame/CookServeDelicious'' is ''VideoGame/CookingMama'' meets ''VideoGame/WarioWare'', with twice the speed and pressure.
342* ''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).
343* ''VideoGame/CornKidz64'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' meets ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' meets ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' meets ''Literature/ChildrenOfTheCorn''.
344* ''VideoGame/CorpseParty'' is ''VideoGame/SweetHome1989'' meets ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''.
345* ''Cosmo Dreamer'' is ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' meets ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}''.
346* ''[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/273110 Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies]]'':
347** Zombie Scenario mode is ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' meets ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''.
348** Zombie Shelter mode is ''Counter-Strike'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Minecraft}}''.
349* The ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series in general is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' meets ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''.
350** ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996'' is ''[[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1 Donkey Kong Country (1994)]]'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' meet ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'', ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' and ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''.
351** ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996'' meets ''Film/ANewHope'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' meets ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' meets ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest''.
352** ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack'' meets ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' meets ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble''.
353** ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' meets ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing'' with the CompetitiveBalance of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioKart''.
354** ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack'' and ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped'' meet ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManX''.
355** ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' meets ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Whiplash}}''.
356** ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing'' is ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'' and ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioKartDoubleDash'' with a hint of ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun''.
357** ''VideoGame/CrashOfTheTitans'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'' and ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity'' meet ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManZX''.
358** ''VideoGame/CrashMindOverMutant'' is ''VideoGame/CrashOfTheTitans'' meets ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' meets ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.
359** ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996'', ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack'' and ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped'' meet ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns''.
360** ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot4ItsAboutTime'' is ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' meets ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' meets ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' meets ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'' meets ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SpiesInDisguise''.
361* ''Cratermaze'' is ''Heiankyo Alien'' with a dash of ''VideoGame/LodeRunner''.
362* ''VideoGame/CrisisForce'' is ''VideoGame/TerraCresta'' meets ''Vapor Trail''.
363* ''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!]]]]
364** ''VideoGame/TheCrew2'' is all of the above meeting ''VideoGame/HydroThunder'' and ''VideoGame/{{Pilotwings}}''.
365* ''VideoGame/CriminalCase'' is ''Series/CriminalMinds'' meets ''Series/TheWire'' meets ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', with a bit of ''Franchise/MortalKombat''.
366* ''VideoGame/CrimsonSkies'' is ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Film/TreasureIsland''.
367** Alternatively, DieselPunk meets ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow''.
368* ''VideoGame/CrimsonSkiesHighRoadToRevenge'' is ''VideoGame/CrimsonSkies'' meets ''VideoGame/StarWarsRogueSquadron''.
369** Originally, it was going to be ''VideoGame/CrimsonSkies'' meets InteractiveMovie, but the concept was scrapped due to mediocre reception at [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3 2002]].
370* ''VideoGame/CrimzonClover'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Ray|Series}}Force''.
371* ''CROSS×BEATS'' is ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'' with ''VideoGame/{{DanceDanceRevolution}}''[='=]s former musicians.
372* ''VideoGame/CrossyRoad'' is ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' meets ''VideoGame/FlappyBird''.
373** Or essentially, if ''Frogger'' was an Endless Runner.
374* ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings'' is ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' meets ''VideoGame/TheSims''.
375* ''Videogame/CrueltySquad'' is ''Videogame/FarCry'' meets ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' meets ''Videogame/DeusEx'' meets ''VideoGame/LSDDreamEmulator'' meets ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta''.
376** Or ''VideoGame/RainbowSix'' meets ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'', InTheStyleOf ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami''.
377* ''VideoGame/CryptOfTheNecrodancer'' is ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl'' meets ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
378** Alternatively, the game is ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' meets ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
379*** ''VideoGame/CadenceOfHyrule'' is almost literally ''VideoGame/CryptOfTheNecrodancer'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast''.
380* ''Videogame/{{Crysis}}'' and ''Videogame/CrysisWarhead'' is ''Franchise/FarCry'' meets ''Videogame/{{Halo}}''
381** ''Videogame/Crysis2'' and ''Videogame/Crysis3'' is ''Videogame/{{Halo}}'' meets ''Videogame/CallOfDuty''.
382* ''VideoGame/CubeEscape'' is the ''VideoGame/{{Submachine}}'' series meets ''Series/TwinPeaks''.
383* ''VideoGame/{{Culdcept}}'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' with elements of ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''.
384* ''VideoGame/CultOfTheLamb'' has been described by multiple people as ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' plus ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''.
385** Alternatively, It's ''WesternAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Film/MidSommar''
386* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SilhouetteMirage'' in the art styles of Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer.
387* ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfIssyos'' is ''VideoGame/TheBattleOfOlympus'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood''.
388* ''VideoGame/CuteThingsDyingViolently'' is ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}.''
389* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' is ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'' meets ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' meets ''Videogame/TheDivision'' meets ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic'' meets ''Anime/PlasticMemories'' meets ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' meets ''VideoGame/WolfensteinYoungblood'' meets ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain''.
390* ''VideoGame/CyberShadow'' is ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight''.
391* ''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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395* ''VideoGame/DangunFeveron'' is any Creator/{{Toaplan}} shooter meets [[GratuitousDiscoSequence Disco]].
396* ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'' is ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
397** Alternatively, it's also ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheTempleInfernalCrusade''.
398** In summary, it is ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets TheDevil.
399* The ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' series itself is like ''VideoGame/SimCity'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', and the second game adds ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' to the mix.
400* ''VideoGame/DarkEscape4D'' is ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''.
401* ''VideoGame/DarkSeedII'' is ''Franchise/SilentHill'' meets ''Film/TheRoom2003''.
402* ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' is ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' meets ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''Film/MadMax'' meets ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur]]'', starring the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse.
403** ''VideoGame/DarksidersII'' is ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' meets ''VideoGame/DantesInferno''.
404** ''VideoGame/DarksidersIII'' is ''VideoGame/DarksidersII'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII''.
405** ''VideoGame/DarksidersGenesis'' is '' VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GodOfWarAscension''.
406* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'':
407** ''VideoGame/KingsField'' meets ''Franchise/TombRaider'' (especially the Core Design series) meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''
408** Or ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheTempleInfernalCrusade'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Berserk|AndTheBandOfTheHawk}}'', with some elements of Creator/HPLovecraft.
409* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' is ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' with characters based on the monsters from the Franchise/UniversalHorror movies.
410* ''VideoGame/DarkVoid'' is ''ComicBook/TheRocketeer'' meets ''Literature/TheLostWorld1912'', with a side of ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.
411* ''[[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''.
412* ''Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum'' is ''VideoGame/ImpossibleMission'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Sokoban}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Spelunker}}'' [-{{IN SPACE}}!-]
413* ''VideoGame/DaveTheDiver'' is ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'' meets ''[[VideoGame/PapaLouieArcade Papa's Sushiria]]'' meets ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons''.
414* ''VideoGame/DawnOfCrafting'''s description claims itself to be where ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CookieClicker''.
415* ''VideoGame/DayOfDefeat: Source'' is ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''.
416** Or simply ''Counter-Strike'' meets UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
417* ''VideoGame/DaysGone'' is ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' meets ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' and ''Film/WorldWarZ'', according to the main page.
418** Or it's ''VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution'' meets ''VideoGame/SyphonFilter: Logan's Shadow'' in a ZombieApocalypse WideOpenSandbox.
419* ''VideoGame/{{DayZ}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{ArmA}}'' meets ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
420* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'': ''Series/TwinPeaks'' meets ''Franchise/SilentHill'', with a dash of ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Illbleed}}''.
421* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' is ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}'' neets ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay'' meets ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', guest-starring many {{horror}} film characters.
422* ''VideoGame/DeadCells'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' meets ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' with a splash of ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''.
423* ''VisualNovel/DeadEndAegis'' is ''Anime/PrettyCure'' mixed with ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''
424* ''VideoGame/DeadIsland'' is described by [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] as "...the unnatural [[VulgarHumor spunk-baby produced by a mutual masturbation session]] between ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' and ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'', during which lingering eye contact was made with ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''".
425* The ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' series in general is ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' and ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' meets the works of Creator/GoNagai, particularly ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' and ''Anime/DevilmanLady'' and all served up with a side order of ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur]]''.
426** ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5'' is ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'' meets ''Series/KamenRider555'' meets ''Franchise/UltramanZero''.
427** ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive6'' is ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI'' meets ''VideoGame/Tekken7'' meets ''Series/UltramanRB''.
428** The ''Dead or Alive: Xtreme'' spin-off series is ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' meets the DatingSim genre.
429* ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' is ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' in terms of gameplay, and both of them meets ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' and ''Anime/HighschoolOfTheDead'' story-wise.
430* ''VideoGame/DeadSpace1'' is ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' meets ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'' meets ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' meets ''Film/EventHorizon''.
431** ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'' is ''VideoGame/DeadSpace1'' meets ''Literature/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'' meets ''Film/{{Predator}}'' meets ''Film/{{The Thing|1982}}''.
432** ''VideoGame/DeadSpace3'' is ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'' meets ''VideoGame/Halo4'' meets ''Film/Alien3'' meets ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
433** [[VideoGame/DeadSpaceRemake The remake]] is [[VideoGame/DeadSpace1 the original]] meets ''VideoGame/TheCallistoProtocol'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake''.
434* ''VideoGame/DeadstormPirates'' is ''VideoGame/LetsGoJungle'' meets ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.
435* ''VideoGame/DeathEndReQuest'' is ''Franchise/DotHack'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' with some elements of ''Literature/SwordArtOnline''.
436* ''VideoGame/{{Deathloop}}'' can be best described as ''Franchise/{{Dishonored}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'', with a dash of ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' and ''Film/GroundhogDay''.
437* ''VideoGame/DeathwishEnforcers'' is ''Film/DirtyHarry'' and ''Film/DeathWish'' meets ''VideoGame/SunsetRiders''.
438* ''VideoGame/DeathRoadToCanada'' is ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' meets the ''ZombieApocalypse'' genre meets ''VideoGame/RogueLegacy''.
439* ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'' is ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' meets ''Literature/ThePostman'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' meets ''Film/{{Eraserhead}}'', [[MindScrew as far as anyone can tell]].
440** Or ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' meets ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}''.
441** Or ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' meets ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' meets ''VideoGame/OrganTrail'' meets a [[LighterAndSofter toned-down]] version of ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}''.
442* ''VideoGame/DeathToSpies'' is ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CommandoCapcom''.
443* ''VideoGame/{{Deceit}}'' is StealthBasedGame meets ''TabletopGame/TheWerewolvesOfMillersHollow''.
444* ''VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic'' is ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
445* ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' and ''VideoGame/DOTA2'' are ''Aeon of Strife'' meets ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII''
446* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' seems to be ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' meets the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' games.
447** Or ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}: VideoGame/TheHalloweenHack''.
448** Chapter 1 is ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' meets ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero''.
449** Chapter 2 is ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' meets ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSharkboyAndLavagirl'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart''.
450* ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'' is ''Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon'' meets ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu''.
451** Or ''Anime/TheBigO'' meets the Franchise/CthulhuMythos.
452* ''Demon Sword (Fudou Myououden)'' is ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKage'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}''.
453* ''VideoGame/DepressionQuest'' is ''VideoGame/LifeTheGame'' meets ''Literature/TheBellJar''.
454* ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'' and its sequel ''Videogame/Destiny2'' are ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'' meets ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''.
455** Or ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Franchise/SuperSentai''
456* ''VideoGame/DestinyConnectTickTockTravelers'' is ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' meets ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''
457* ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' meets ''Film/MarsAttacks''
458* ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu'' is ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''.
459* ''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'').
460* ''Franchise/DeusExUniverse''
461** ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' is ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' meets ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Franchise/TheMatrix''.
462** ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' is ''Franchise/MassEffect'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', at least in terms of gameplay. Visually, it's like ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance.
463* ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' is ''VideoGame/Persona3'' meets ''Manga/ShadowStar''
464* ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'' is ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''VideoGame/Persona4''
465* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' is ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' meets ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' meets ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' meets ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}''.
466** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' is ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''Literature/VampireHunterD'' due to Dante being more [[TheStoic stoic]] and [[TheQuietOne quiet]].
467** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' is ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight''.
468** Alternatively, ''Film/{{Versus}}'' meets ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' meets ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''.
469** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' is ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' meets ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' meets ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' (Nero's Devil Trigger functions like a Stand) meets ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireII''.
470** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' is ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' meets ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ChaosLegion'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZTheTreeOfMight'' meets ''VideoGame/Persona5''.
471** ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'' is ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' as filtered through ''Film/{{Blade}}'' or ''Film/{{Underworld|2003}}''.
472*** Alternatively, it's ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''Film/TheyLive'' and ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''.
473* ''VideoGame/{{Dex}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Flashback}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DeusEx''.
474* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' is ''VideoGame/WarCraft'' meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' meets ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''.
475* ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers'' is ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' meets ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''.
476* ''Diadra Empty'' is ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon'' meets ''VideoGame/FantasyZone''.
477* ''VideoGame/DigimonStoryCyberSleuth'' is ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Persona}}''.
478** ''VideoGame/DigimonSurvive'' is ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor''.
479* ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis'' and it's sequel are ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' meets ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.
480** ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis3'' is ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' meets ''Jurassic Park''.
481** ''VideoGame/DinoStalker'' is ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'' meets ''Jurassic Park''.
482* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' is ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' meets ''VideoGame/LANoire'' meets ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'' meets ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''.
483** Alternatively, it's ''Literature/InherentVice'' meets ''Literature/{{Germinal}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' meets ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''.
484** Or ''Literature/TheCityAndTheCity'' meets ''VideoGame/Pathologic2'' meets ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''.
485* ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]'' is ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{BlackMatrix}}'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
486** ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaDimension2 Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness]]'' is ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]'' minus the ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
487** ''[[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow''.
488** ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'' is ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''.
489** ''VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten'' is ''Anime/CodeGeass'' meets ''Literature/TheDevilIsAPartTimer''.
490** ''VideoGame/Disgaea5AllianceOfVengeance'' is ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' meets ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam''.
491** ''VideoGame/Disgaea6DefianceOfDestiny'' is ''VideoGame/ZettaiHeroProject'' meets ''VideoGame/TrillionGodOfDestruction''
492* ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' has been described as ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''VideoGame/BioShock'' meets ''VideoGame/EscapeFromButcherBay''.
493** It has also been described as ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' meets ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkMessiah''.
494** It also has strong undercurrents of an Creator/HPLovecraft style CosmicHorrorStory in its LowFantasy setting.
495** Alternatively, it's ''VideoGame/ThiefTheDarkProject'' meets ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' and ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''.
496* ''VideoGame/DisneyDreamlightValley'' is ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' meets ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' meets ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''.
497* ''VideoGame/DisneyIllusionIsland'' is ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' meets ''VideoGame/RaymanLegends'' meets ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand''.
498* ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' is Creator/{{Disney}} meets ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' meets ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''.
499* ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'' is ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' meets ''VideoGame/BaldursGate''
500** ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSin'' is ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' with the combat of ''VideoGame/Fallout1'' [[VideoGame/Fallout2 and 2]].
501* ''VideoGame/TheDivision'' is ''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'' with an [[ThePlague epidemic]] and the player as [[SwappedRoles one of the comics many armed secretive US government antagonists.]]
502** Or for more mainstream media, ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' meets ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' but without the zombies.
503* ''VideoGame/{{DJMAX}} Technika'' is ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Lumines}}''.
504* ''VideoGame/DodgeballAcademia'' is ''VideoGame/SuperDodgeBall'' meets ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven''.
505* ''VideoGame/DokaponKingdom'' is ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioParty''.
506* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' is ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Imscared}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''.
507** Storywise, it's ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' meets Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{Misery}}''
508** Another way of putting it is ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' meets [[spoiler: ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' meets ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'']].
509** Or ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', by way of ''Manga/ElfenLied''.
510* ''VideoGame/DokiDokiPanic'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' meets ''Literature/ArabianNights'' (particularly ''Literature/{{Aladdin}}'')
511* ''VideoGame/DonPachi'' is ''VideoGame/{{Raiden}}'' meets ''Batsugun''.
512** 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]]]].
513** ''[=DoDonPachi=] [=DaiFukkatsu=] Black Label'' is ''[=DoDonPachi=]'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Recca}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Ibara}} Black Label''.
514*** Add ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' and ''Creator/{{Virt}}'' to get its ArrangeMode.
515* ''Franchise/DonkeyKong'': ''Franchise/KingKong'' meets ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}''.
516** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' is ''Film/KingKong1933'' meets ''VideoGame/GameAndWatch''.
517** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' is ''Franchise/DonkeyKong'' with the gameplay of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''.
518** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'' is ''Donkey Kong'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''.
519** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'' is ''Donkey Kong Country'' meets ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''.
520** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'' is ''Diddy's Kong Quest'' meets ''Film/AdventuresInBabysitting'' meets ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''.
521** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.
522** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'' is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii''.
523** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'' with a dusting of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders]]''.
524*** Since the reveal of Cranky Kong as a character with his pogo cane, ''Tropical Freeze'' has been called ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' meets ''VideoGame/DuckTales''.
525* ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' is described by authors as "Creator/TimBurton meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''".
526* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' was once [[WordOfGod described by John Carmack as]] ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' meets ''Film/EvilDead2''.
527** Or more accurately, ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}''
528** ''VideoGame/DoomIIHellOnEarth'' and ''VideoGame/FinalDoom: The Plutonia Experiment'' are both ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''Literature/TheSilmarillion''
529** ''Final Doom: TNT'' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''Film/EventHorizon''.
530** ''VideoGame/Doom3''' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SystemShock'' without the RPGElements.
531** ''Doom RPG'' (the Java phone game) is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic''.
532** ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' meets ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.
533*** Or ''VideoGame/Doom3'' meets ''VideoGame/BrutalDoom'' and ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}''.
534** ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' is ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' meets ''Videogame/DevilMayCry5'' meets ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.
535** ''VideoGame/{{Sigil}}'' is ''Doom'' meets ''Film/DragMeToHell''
536* ''VideoGame/DougHuggem'' is ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' meets ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel'' and ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends''.
537* ''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.
538* ''VideoGame/DragonballFighterz'' is ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokaiTenkaichi'' meets ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' meets ''VideoGame/OmikronTheNomadSoul''.
539* ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'' is ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai'' meets ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokaiTenkaichi'' meets ''VideoGame/DragonBallOnline'' meets ''Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z''
540* ''VideoGame/DragonMarkedForDeath'' is ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDespair'' with a setting similar to ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV''.
541* ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' is ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Hydlide}}''.
542** Or ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''Franchise/DragonBall'' and the ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon''.
543** [[VideoGame/DragonQuestI The original game]] is ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DragonsLair''.
544** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Terranigma}}'' with a dash of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.
545** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestMonsters'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' with a touch of ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''.
546** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestBuilders'' and [[VideoGame/DragonQuestBuilders2 it's sequel]] are ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
547* ''VideoGame/DragonsCrown'' is Capcom's ''VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsChroniclesOfMystara'' meet ''VideoGame/OdinSphere''.
548* ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' is ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''.
549* ''Franchise/{{Drakengard}}'' is ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. Gameplay-Wise, it's ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' meets ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon''.
550** The [[VideoGame/{{Drakengard}} original game]] is ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' by way of ''Literature/BloodMeridian''.
551** ''VideoGame/Drakengard3'' is ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'' and ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' by way of ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
552*** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/Drakengard3'' is the original '' VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Off}}''.
553* ''VideoGame/DrawnToLife'' is ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'' meets ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''.
554** ''Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter'' (DS) is ''Drawn to Life'' meets ''VideoGame/DeBlob'' meets [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'']].
555** ''Drawn to Life: Two Realms'' is ''Drawn to Life'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''.
556* ''VideoGame/DreadDelusion'' is ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' meets ''VideoGame/KingsField'', according to YouTuber Casey Explosion.
557* ''VideoGame/{{Dredge}}'' is ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''.
558* ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}'' is ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' meets ''Film/{{Bullitt}}'' meets ''Film/TheFrenchConnection'' meets ''Film/TheDriver''.
559** ''[[VideoGame/{{Driver}} DRIV3R]]'' (aka Driver 3) is ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII''. An interesting case, see also ''GTA III'''s own entry.
560** ''VideoGame/DriverSanFrancisco'' is basically ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}'' meets ''Series/QuantumLeap''.
561* ''VideoGame/{{DRL}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Rogue}}''. This was more blatantly obvious back when it was still called ''Doom, the Roguelike''.
562* ''VideoGame/DrMario'' is ''VideoGame/MarioBros'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''.
563* ''VideoGame/DroxOperative'' is ''VideoGame/StarControl'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''.
564* 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]]"
565* ''VideoGame/DuckSeason'' is ''VideoGame/DuckHunt'' meets ''Literature/NESGodzillaCreepypasta''.
566* ''VideoGame/DudeStop'' is ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' meets ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'' meets ''VideoGame/ThereIsNoGame''.
567* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN0qDsp6YfY Duet (Commando '86)]]'' is ''VideoGame/CommandoCapcom'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}''.
568* ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'':
569** ''VideoGame/DukeNukemI'' is ''VideoGame/SecretAgent'' meets ''VideoGame/AlienCarnage''.
570** ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' is ''VideoGame/DoomII'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' and ''Magazine/{{Mad}}''.
571** ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' is ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'' meets ''VideoGame/Postal2'' meets ''Film/DisasterMovie2008''.
572* ''VideoGame/{{Dusk}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}''.
573* ''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''.
574* ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail'' is ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'' meets ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'', or [[VideoGame/{{Claw}} Captain Claw]] meets ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade''.
575* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' is described on Website/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]]".
576** Alternately and (perhaps) more accurately, it's ''VideoGame/NetHack'' meets ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' meets ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', by way of a [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs LSD-laced mixture]] of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', and the combined works of Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti, Creator/VincentVanGogh and Creator/LeonardoDaVinci.
577* People have said that the horror game ''VideoGame/DyingLight'' is "''VideoGame/DeadIsland'' meets ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' meets ''VideoGame/Fallout3''."
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581* ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' is "a cross between the Franchise/CthulhuMythos and ''[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show]]''", according to video game reviewer [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]].
582** It 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]].
583* ''VideoGame/{{Eastward}}'' is described by [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] as being "kind of ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]''[[BuffySpeak -y]], kind of ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994''-y, kind of ''[[VideoGame/{{Lisa}} Lisa: The Painful]]'' but [[LighterAndSofter not quite as likely to induce suicidal depression-y]]".
584* ''Eets'' is loosely summed up as ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleMachine''.
585* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' is ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' meets ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' meets ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' meets ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar''.
586* ''VideoGame/Eldritch2013'' is ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' mixed with ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu''.
587* ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' is ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'' meets ''Film/MenInBlack''. In the highest difficulty, replace the latter with ''Series/CharliesAngels''.
588* ''VideoGame/TheEndIsNigh'' is ''VideoGame/MeatBoy'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}'' and ''WebAnimation/SaladFingers''.
589* ''VideoGame/TheEndTimesVermintide'' is ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''VideoGame/MordheimCityOfTheDamned''.
590* ''VideoGame/EnslavedOdysseyToTheWest'' is ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' meets ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''.
591* ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon'' is ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}''.
592** Or: ''VideoGame/SmashTV'' meets ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' meets BulletHell.
593** ''VideoGame/ExitTheGungeon'' is ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon'' meets the PlatformGame.
594** ''Enter the Gungeon: House of the Gundead'' is ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon'' meets ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' with a sprinkling of ''VideoGame/BadDudes''.
595* ''VideoGame/{{Entogious}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Hylics}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CrueltySquad'', according to Steam curator Dark Strategy Games.
596* ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'' is, like how a Youtuber [[https://www.youtube.com/c/Shyguymask Shyguymask]] described its [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy5 fifth game]] in his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpHFQmrEWqs Top 15 BEST Flash Games of All Time!]]" video, ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' plus ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
597* ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' is ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' meets ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' and ''VideoGame/SystemShock''.
598** Or ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine''.
599* ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity'' is ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}''[[note]]top-down TwoDSpace[[/note]] meets ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}''[[note]]WideOpenSandbox space simulator[[/note]].
600* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uny7FGK4vMc Esoteric Ebb]] is ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' characters playing ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
601* ''VideoGame/{{Espgaluda}}'' is ''VideoGame/EspRaDe'' meets ''VideoGame/MahouDaisakusen'' and ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''.
602** Add more ''[=ESP=] Ra.De'' for the [=PS2=] ArrangeMode.
603* ''VideoGame/ESwat'' is ''VideoGame/{{Shinobi}}'' meets ''Franchise/RoboCop''.
604* ''VideoGame/EternalChampions'' is ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' meets ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' meets ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' meets ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes''.
605* ''VideoGame/EternalCity'' is ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Videogame/XCOM2'' (although real-time) with MOBA-style controls.
606* ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' is ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' meets ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu''.
607* First-person adventure game ''VideoGame/EtherOne'' is ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' meets ''Literature/{{Paprika}}''.
608** Alternatively, ''Film/{{Inception}}'' meets ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' in the style of ''VideoGame/DearEsther''.
609* ''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]].
610* ''VideoGame/{{Everhood}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' meets ''VideoGame/CryptOfTheNecrodancer''.
611* ''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]].
612* ''VideoGame/{{Eversion}}'' is ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' meets ''VideoGame/MonsterParty''.
613** Or maybe it's ''VideoGame/{{Cocoron}}'' meets ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''.
614* ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'' is ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' meets ''Film/JamesBond''
615* ''VideoGame/EvilWest'' is ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemptionII'' meets ''Film/VanHelsing'' meets ''Franchise/EvilDead''.
616* ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'' is ''Film/{{Inception}}'' meets ''Franchise/SilentHill'' and ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''.
617** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''
618* ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin2'' is ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'' meets ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6''.
619* ''{{VideoGame/Evolve}}'' is ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' meets ''Film/{{Predator}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'''s VS Saxton Hale Mode.
620* ''VideoGame/EvolveIdle'' is ''VideoGame/KittensGame'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}''.
621* ''[=EZ2Dancer=]'' is ''Dance [=ManiaX=]'' meets ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
622** ''Techno Motion'' is ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' meets ''Pump It Up''. [[MemeticMutation KONAMI AND ANDAMIRO WILL SUE.]]
623** ''Pump It Up Pro'' is ''VideoGame/InTheGroove'' meets ''Pump It Up''.
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