List of fictional games

This is a list of fictional games, that is games which were specifically created for works of fiction, or which otherwise originated in fiction.

Many fictional games have been "translated" to the real world by fans or ludophiles by creating pieces and rules to fit the descriptions given in the source work. For example, unofficial versions of Fizzbin can be found in reality, and Mornington Crescent is widely played in online forums.

Billiards games

• Dom-jot - Star Trek: The Next Generation, a game similar to bumper pool played on an octagonal table
• Grav-Pool - Red Dwarf
• Intergalactic Bar Billiards - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a game played by cosmic entities using planets as billiard balls, trying to "pocket" them into black holes
• Pond - Discworld
• Quantum Pool - Cosmonaut Keep by Ken MacLeod
• Shuggy - Judge Dredd

Board games

• 110th Congress the Game - Last Call with Carson Daly
• Angela's Ashes the Game - a board game from the MADtv episode #5.13^[1]
• Angry Angry Aardvarks - a board game from the video game The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield; a parody of Hungry Hungry Hippos
• Awkward - Robot Chicken
• Azad - a tactical game featured in the novel The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
• Battleboat - a guessing board game from The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (S22E04)^[2]; a parody of Battleship
• Bill Gates' World Monopoly - a board game from the video game The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield; a parody of Monopoly
• Blocko - a construction game from The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (S22E04)^[3]; a parody of Lego
• Boots & Bladders - a racing board game from the video game The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield; a parody of Snakes and Ladders
• Cabbage - one of the three most popular board games in Hooterville, from the Green Acres episode "It's Human to Be Humane" (S2E19)^[4]; a parody of Cribbage
• Capitol City Monopoly - a board game from The Simpsons episode "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (S15E12)^[5]; a parody of Monopoly
• Castles - a board game similar to chess in The Dark Tower fantasy series by Stephen King
• Chardee MacDennis: The Game of Games - a board game made up of every other board game and named after the leads on It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, introduced in the episode "Chardee MacDennis: The Game of Games" (S7E07)^[6]
• Christian Clue - a board game from The Simpsons episode "Bart Has Two Mommies" (S17E14)^[7]; a parody of Clue
• Chutes and Lawyers - a racing game from The Big Bang Theory episode "The Mommy Observation" (S7E18)^[8]; a parody of Snakes and Ladders - "You slide down a chute and then work your way back up through the appellate system."
• Citizenship - a board game from The Simpsons episode "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" (S10E11)^[9]
• Clam Traffic Jam - a board game from The Simpsons episode "Grift of the Magi" (S11E09)^[10]
• COBRA-PULT! - a board game manufactured by Boardelectrix, from the Homestar Runner episode "what I want" (Strong Bad Email #163)^[11]
• The Colonizers of Malaar - a strategy board game from the 30 Rock episode "St. Patrick's Day" (S6E12)^[12]; a parody of Settlers of Catan
• Color Wheel Roulette Stupid Home Edition! - a board game manufactured by Boardelectrix, from the Homestar Runner episode "redesign" (Strong Bad Email #153)^[13]
• Command Board - Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
• The Cones of Dunshire - a complex strategy board game designed by Ben Wyatt in Parks and Recreation
• Congress: The Home Game - a board game advertised in The Daily Show (S21E65)^[14]; "The two-party board game of writing laws for the best country on earth."
• Connect Three - a connection game from The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (S22E04)^[15] and American Dad episode "Bahama Mama" (S12E05)^[16]; a parody of Connect Four
• Consternation - a memory board game from The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (S22E04)^[17]; a parody of Concentration
• Cop Rock - a karaoke board game from the video game The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield
• Counter-Factuals - a guessing game developed by Drs. Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler in The Big Bang Theory episode "The Zazzy Substitution" (S4E03)^[18]
• Counter-Feet - a Magykal board game played in the Septimus Heap series, by Angie Sage
• Coupling - a board game in the Coupling episode "Bed Time" (S4E03)^[19]
• Crapple - a board game in the Stroker and Hoop episode "The Five Diamonds (aka A Hard Act to Follow)" (S1E02)^[20]
• Crate of Apes - a toy game from The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (S22E04)^[21]; a parody of Barrel of Monkeys
• Crazy Chase - a board game advertised in The Whitest Kids U' Know episode #5.8^[22], described as "the only board game with literally one thousand dice"
• Cyvasse - a strategy game in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, which appears to be a combination of Chess and Battleship
• Dejarik or Holochess - a variant of chess played in the Star Wars setting^[23]
• Dial-a-Date - a board game from The Simpsons comic story "Slumber Party Seance" (Simpsons Comics #227)
• Dodj or Daar- a board game first seen in The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Third" (S1E03)^[24]; pronounced "Dodge Or Dare", the game has the power to bend space and time
• Don't Whiz on the Electric Fence - a board game from the Ren & Stimpy episode "Sven Hoëk" (S2E04)^[25]; a parody of Mystery Date
• Dotcomopoly - from the "Dotcomopoly!" article by Dave Itzkoff in the February 2001 issue of Maxim magazine
• Double Cranko - a game made up by Hawkeye Pierce and B.J. Hunnicutt in the M*A*S*H episode "Your Hit Parade" (6E18)^[26], combining checkers, chess, poker and gin rummy
• Drops and Risers - a racing board game from The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (S22E04)^[27]; a parody of Snakes and Ladders
• Dungeon Dice Monsters - a board game featured in the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime
• Duopoly - a board game from The Simpsons episode "Fat Man and Little Boy" (S16E05)^[28]; a parody of Monopoly
• The Flying Dutchman's Treasure Hunt - a board game featured in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Aargh!" (S1E17a)^[29], that uses a real treasure map
• D.U.I. Swervin' Slot Cars - a racing game from the video game The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield; a parody of slot car racing
• Edna Krabappoly - a board game from The Simpsons episode "Brawl in the Family" (S13E07)^[30]; a parody of Monopoly
• Eels and Escalators - a racing game from the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Sailor Mouth" (S2E18)^[31]; a parody of Snakes and Ladders
• Electrocution! - a battery-operated board game from the video game The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield; a parody of Operation (game)
• Emissaries to Byzantium - a board game from The Simpsons episode "Changing of the Guardian" (S24E11)^[32]
• Energy-Shortage Game - a board game from The Simpsons episode "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" (S10E11)^[33]
• Euthanasia - a board game from the Robot Chicken episode "Nightmare Generator" (S1E16)^[34]; a parody of The Game of Life concerned with controlling the pet population
• Exclusive Possession - a fictionalized version of Monopoly; Discworld
• Foreclosure - a board game featured in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode "Multiple Meat" (S7E09)^[35]
• Frontgammon - a board game from the American Dad episode "Bahama Mama" (S12E05)^[36]; a parody of Backgammon
• Funopoly - a board game first seen in The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (S22E04)^[37]; a parody of Monopoly
• Gallip-olopoly - a board game from The Simpsons episode "Brawl in the Family" (S13E07)^[38]; a parody of Monopoly
• Game The Game - a board game featured in the Kirby Buckets episode "That Sinking Feeling" (S3E11)^[39]
• The Game of County Seats - a board game from The Simpsons episode "Grift of the Magi" (S11E09)^[40]
• The Game of Fencing - a game featured in The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
• The Game of Lent - a board game from The Simpsons episode "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" (S10E11)^[41]; a parody of The Game of Life
• Gamey - a board game from the Ren & Stimpy episode "Sven Hoëk" (S2E04)^[42]
• Gavel Whacking - a board game from the Robot Chicken episode "Rabbits on a Roller Coaster" (S3E03)^[43]; a parody of Whack-a-Mole
• Gayle Force Winds - a complex board game featured in the Bob's Burgers episode "The Kids Run Away" (S4E19)^[44]
• Goblin's Teeth - a board game from the novel Who's Afraid of Beowulf?, by Tom Holt
• Godopoly - a board game from The Simpsons comic story "Rod & Todd Pray-Off" (Bart Simpson #25)
• Good Samaritan - a board game first seen in The Simpsons episode "Lisa's First Word" (S04E10)^[45]
• Grand Theft Auto: The Board Game - a board game from the MADtv episode #5.13^[46]
• Gringo - Mad magazine; board is a combination parody of Monopoly and Scrabble
• Grumpy Grumpy Gnus - a board game from the video game The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield; a parody of Hungry Hungry Hippos
• Guess Whom? - a guessing game from the American Dad episode "Bahama Mama" (S12E05)^[47]; a parody of Guess Who?
• Hippo in the House - a board game from The Simpsons episode "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" (S10E11)^[48]
• Hot Monogamy - a board game for failing marriages from the Family Guy episode "Peter's Two Dads" (S5E10)^[49]
• Hungry, Hungry Oprahs: The Frantic Burger-Munching Game - a board game featured in a skit in The Man Show episode "Jobs" (S1E11)^[50]; redesigned Hungry Hungry Hippos game with the hippos replaced by Oprah Winfreys
• Icehouse - The Empty City by Andrew Looney; an example of a fictional game that now exists as a real-world one
• Immigrants Out - MadTV
• It's Not Jackie Chan - a board game manufactured by Cinco Family Corporation, advertised in the Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! episode "Chan" (S3E02)^[51]
• Interstellar Pig - a board game featuring in the novel of the same name by William Sleator
• Jetan - a chess-like strategy game from the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel The Chessmen of Mars
• Jumanji - from the book and movie of the same name
• The Game of Jurvy-Skat - a board game manufactured by Boardelectrix, from the Homestar Runner episode "Family Resemblence"(sic) (strongbad_email.exe Bonus Email #4)^[52]; "The classic game of 'Oh, no you don't!'" and "Goodtime Family Fun™."
• Kadis-kot - a board game first seen in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Endgame" (S7E25)^[53]
• Kaissa - a chess-like game described in John Norman's (Dr. John Lange) World of Gor ^[54]
• Kerplunk - a building game from The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (S22E04)^[55]
• Klin Zha - Klingon game from the Star Trek novel The Final Reflection; not considered part of the current canon^[56]
• Klunk - Smallville
• Lab Rats: The Game of Science and Murder - a board game being developed by David Hodges, featuring in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "You Kill Me" (S8E08)^[57]; a pseudo-Clue game
• Lakeside Boggle - a board game from The Simpsons episode "Dangerous Curves" (S20E05)^[58]; a parody of Boggle
• Land Baron - a fictionalized version of Monopoly introduced in the DC Comics Justice League Quarterly issue #6
• Leegos - a construction game from the American Dad episode "Bahama Mama" (S12E05)^[59]; a parody of Lego
• Libido - a word game from The Simpsons episode "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" (S15E17)^[60]; a naughty-word version of Scrabble
• The Lil' Mortician - a board game from the video game The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield
• LIVING - a board game from the South Park episode "All About Mormons" (S7E12)^[61]; a parody of The Game of Life
• Logos - a word game from the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Bad Words" (S4E09)^[62]; a pseudo-Scrabble game
• Mamba - a supernatural board game from the film Open Graves^[63] (2009)
• Manopoly - a parody of Monopoly; For Better or For Worse
• Marshgammon - from How I Met Your Mother episode "Game Night" (S1E15)^[64]
• Misery Date - a board game from the Ren & Stimpy episode "Sven Hoëk" (S2E04)^[65]; a parody of Mystery Date
• Monopolyopoly - mentioned on The Colbert Report, a game where every square is a different version of Monopoly
• Monotony - a board game from the Ren & Stimpy episode "Sven Hoëk" (S2E04)^[66] and the Green Acres episode "It's Human to Be Humane" (S2E19)^[67] (where it is one of the three most popular board games in Hooterville); a parody of Monopoly
• Moosetrap! - a board game from the video game The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield; a parody of Mouse Trap
• Mouse Catch - a board game first seen in The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (S22E04)^[68]; a parody of Mouse Trap
• Mystery Dude - a construction toy from The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (S22E04)^[69]; a parody of Mystery Date
• Neurosis - a very difficult board game from the Rugrats episode "The Baby Vanishes" (S3E06a)^[70]
• Next Concussion Child-Safe Grenade Kit - a board game from the video game The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield
• Ninja Hover Jet - a board game in The Simpsons episode "Brick Like Me" (S25E20)^[71]
• No Mo Homos - MadTV
• Not A Game: The Government Shutdown Home Game - a board game from The Colbert Report episode "Government Shutdown's One-Week Anniversary" (S9E188)^[72]; from the makers of Not Sorry and Operation Denied Due to Preexisting Condition
• Not Sorry! - a board game from The Colbert Report episode "Government Shutdown's One-Week Anniversary" (S9E188)^[73]; from the makers of Not A Game: The Government Shutdown Home Game and Operation Denied Due to Preexisting Condition
• Nuke 'Em - a family game manufactured by Butler Brothers, advertised in the movie RoboCop^[74] (1987)
• Operation Denied Due to Preexisting Condition - a board game from The Colbert Report episode "Government Shutdown's One-Week Anniversary" (S9E188)^[75]; from the makers of Not A Game: The Government Shutdown Home Game and Not Sorry
• Organ Harvest - Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Pai Sho - a strategy game first seen in the Avatar: The Last Airbender episode "The Desert" (S2E11)^[76]
• Personality Chess - a strategy game from The Tar-Aiym Krang, by Alan Dean Foster
• Po'Nopoly - a fictionalized version of Monopoly from Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
• Pocket Bocci - a board game from the video game The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield; a parody of Bocci
• Prosfair - a game from Blood Blockade Battlefront inspired by chess; the game is so difficult and complex that it drives most humans insane and can cause internal bleeding if played for extended periods of time
• Purecheesy - a board game from the Ren & Stimpy episode "Sven Hoëk" (S2E04)^[77]; a parody of Parcheesi
• Cheops or Pyramid Chess a chess variant from the Dune] series by Frank Herbert
• Quintet - an assassination game in Quintet^[78] (1979)
• Rai-Net Access Battlers - Steins;Gate, based on the German-made game Geister! die guten und die bösen
• Rasta-Mon-opoly - a board game from The Simpsons episode "Brawl in the Family" (S13E07)^[79]; a parody of Monopoly
• Ravenous Ravenous Rhinos - a board game from The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (S22E04)^[80]; a parody of Hungry Hungry Hippos
• Research Lab - a board game developed by Dr. Sheldon Cooper, first seen in The Big Bang Theory episode "The Guitarist Amplification" (S3E07)^[81]; "The physics is theoretical, but the fun is real."
• Regicide - a strategy game within the Warhammer 40,000 background, particularly in Dan Abnett's Eisenhorn series; seems to be similar to chess
• Rockopoly - The Flintstones' version of Monopoly
• Rice-a-Roni - MADtv
• The Running Man Home Game - The Running Man
• Satan's Path - a board game from The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (S22E04)^[82]; a parody of Jumanji
• Scot Free - a board game based on the Kennedy assassination, The Kentucky Fried Movie
• Scrabbleship - a board game first seen in The Simpsons episode "The Old Man and the Key" (S13E13)^[83]; a combination of Scrabble and Battleship, it is a game Lisa claims makes no sense
• Scrabble YG - a version of Scrabble with only Ys and Gs; Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• Scrapple - a word game from the American Dad episode "Bahama Mama" (S12E05)^[84]; a parody of Scrabble
• Scribble - a word game from the Ren & Stimpy episode "Sven Hoëk" (S2E04)^[85] and the Green Acres episode "It's Human to Be Humane" (S2E19)^[86] (where it is one of the three most popular board games in Hooterville); a parody of Scrabble
• Secret Agent Obstacle Chess - a board game developed by Dr. Sheldon Cooper, first seen in The Big Bang Theory episode "The Work Song Nanocluster" (S2E18)^[87]; this is a version of chess where, before making a move, the player must navigate a field of laser sensors
• Sha'rah - from The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan; a strategy game involving the capture and manipulation of The Fisher, a neutral piece
• Shop 'Til You Cook - Mash Up
• The Show! Stupid Home Edition - a board game manufactured by Boardelectrix, from the Homestar Runner episode "geddup noise" (Strong Bad Email #136)^[88]
• Slides and Stepstools - a racing game from American Dad episode "Bahama Mama" (S12E05)^[89]; a parody of Snakes and Ladders
• Slumlord - a board game from The Simpsons comic story "No Purchase Necessary" (Bart Simpson #27); a parody of Monopoly
• Snakes and Foxes - The Wheel of Time; checkers-like game with both colors having different rules. Similarly to Tic-Tac-Toe the game is impossible to win when played with two competent players, unless one of them cheats. It is revealed to be a parable for dealing with the snake-like Eelfinn and fox-like Aelfinn.
• Snoops & Ladders - Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• The Social Ladder Board Game - Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld
• Spank the Monkey - a game played in the Rocko's Modern Life episode "Gutter Balls" (S2E23b)^[90]
• Starchase - a children's trading game featured in the novel Cyteen (1988), by C. J. Cherryh
• Stars and Comets - in Andre Norton novels
• Starving Starving Rhinos - a board game from the American Dad episode "Bahama Mama" (S12E05)^[91]; a parody of Hungry Hungry Hippos
• Stealth Chess - a chess variant played in the Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild, in which pieces move invisibly; Discworld
• Stone the Sinners - a family game in the MADtv episode ""^[92]
• Stones - probably Go, from The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan; known as "no'ri" in the Age of Legends
• Super Duper Extra Mega Buggle II - a board game from the video game The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield
• Super Twister - a Twister variant from Son of the Mask
• Surgeon - an Operation clone; House
• Swisster - a Twister parody made of Swiss cheese; MAD TV series
• Syria! - The Daily Show
• Tadek - a strategy game in the Farscape episode "The Flax" (S1E12)^[93] that involves building holographic columns while pushing game pieces around a board; the game can be used for gambling
• Taffy Land - a racing board game from The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (S22E04)^[94]; a parody of Candy Land
• Tcheran - from The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan; mentioned only once, as a popular game in the Age of Legends
• Teamsters 'n' Scabs - a board game from the video game The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield
• Three Cornered Pitney - Mad magazine
• Three-Dimensional Chess - a strategy game first seen in the Star Trek episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (S1E01)^[95], later developed into a real game
• Three-Person Chess - a strategy game developed by Dr. Sheldon Cooper, first seen in The Big Bang Theory episode "The Wildebeest Implementation" (S4E22)^[96]; although real three-person chess exists, the version depicted in the show is unique
• Through The Woods - The Family Circus
• Throws - The White Rose novel by Glen Cook: "Throws was essentially four-player checkers. The board was four times the usual size. Players played from each side. An element of chance was added by throwing a die before each move. If a player’s throw came up six, he could move any combination of pieces six moves. Checkers rules generally applied, except that a jump could be declined."
• Thud - a chess-like game of Trolls and Dwarves appearing in Terry Pratchett's novel of the same name
• Tiddlywonks - an indoor game from The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (S22E04)^[97]; a parody of Tiddlywinks
• Tom Sizemore's Game of Life - a family game in the Family Guy episode "Peter's Def Jam" (S15E12)^[98]; a parody of The Game of Life
• Tool Time - Home Improvement
• Tower of Cows - Arthur
• Travel-Up - Starship, novel by Brian W. Aldiss (1958) (Non-Stop in British editions)
• Twilight: The Game - a board game from the Robot Chicken episode "The Godfather of the Bride II" (S5E18)^[99]
• Two Decades of Dignity - a family game in the Family Guy episode "Petarded" (S4E06)^[100]
• Unincorporated Candy Township - a board game from American Dad episode "Bahama Mama" (S12E05)^[101]; a parody of Candy Land
• The Universe - a board game in The Simpsons episode "Brick Like Me" (S25E20)^[102]
• Virtual Springfield: The Board Game - a board game from the video game The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield; it is a parody of the video game in which it appears
• Vivisection - Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories - an Operation-like game where the player dissects real rats
• Vlet - a strategic sort of game involving a complex landscape board, small figurines, rolls of dice and card draws to determine fates and outcomes, etc.; the novel Triton
• Waterloo - Psychonauts
• Welfare - MadTV; a parody of Monopoly
• What Could Go Wrong?: The Game' - Gravity Falls; a parody of Jumanji
• White Trash Clue - Saturday Night Live's version of Clue
• Who Killed Who? - The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy; parody of Clue
• Wizard Chess - Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling; played exactly the same as real chess, with the exception of the fact the pieces move when given voice commands
• Whoopsie! - a board game from the Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything episode "The Chair" (S1E04)^[103]; a parody of Candy Land
• Yale Diploma Guaranteed - a board game in The Simpsons episode "Labor Pains" (S25E05)^[104]
• Yahtzu - a dice game from The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (S22E04)^[105]; a parody of Yahtzee
• You Done It! - a board game in The Simpsons episode "Pay Pal" (S25E21)^[106]; a parody of Clue
• Zaggle! The Fun Phonics Game - from the "Missing School"^[107] installment of the webcomic Perry Bible Fellowship
• Zathura - from the book and movie of the same name
• Zuffstaffle Geese Fighters - Computer Gaming World

Card games

• 5-Card Air War - the webcomic Erfworld by Rob Balder
• Arcomage - the Might and Magic series
• Alliances - Beggar's Banquet (1997, ISBN 0-441-00434-2 ), by Daniel Hood
• Assumption - a poker variation using the five suits of the Tarot deck amongst 13 players, appearing in the Tim Powers fantasy novel Last Call
• Beastmaker - The Seventh Tower series by Garth Nix
• Bluff - The Game-Players of Titan by Philip K. Dick
• Cabbage - a parody of cribbage; Green Acres TV series
• Caravan - Fallout: New Vegas
• Card Wars - Adventure Time
• Carousel Hazard - Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
• Crabbage - a parody of cribbage; File 13 (board game)
• Cripple Mr Onion - Discworld (fan rules have been created, but are not official, and use ordinary playing cards rather than a Discworld "Caroc" deck)
• Cups - game invented by Chandler as an excuse to give money to Joey - Friends TV series
• Damage - the Iain Banks novel Consider Phlebas
• Diamondback - Cerebus by Dave Sim
• Dos - a parody of UNO; File 13 (board game)
• Double Fanucci - Zork computer game
• Dragon Poker - the MythAdventures books by Robert Asprin
• Duel Monsters - Yu-Gi-Oh!
• Exploding Snap - Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
• Fizzbin - Star Trek
• Fortune's Tower - Fable 2
• Go Johnny Go Go Go Go - The League of Gentlemen
• Gwent - The Witcher 3, a CCG wherein the player chooses themed cards based on one of the factions of that world
• Hokey Monsters - a parody of the Pokémon Trading Card Game in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode "It's Hokey Mon!"
• Mystic Warlords of Ka'a - fantasy card game from The Big Bang Theory; Sheldon and Raj compete in a Mystic Warlords of Ka'a tournament against Sheldon's "arch nemesis" Wil Wheaton in the episode "The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary"; it is now a virtual online CCG playable via Facebook
• Mystic The Summoning - fantasy card game from Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything; Conner competes in a Mystic The Summoning tournament against The Rainmaker in the episode "The Penpal"
• Pazaak - Star Wars; played in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
• Pontoon Bridge - played in The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard; the name is a pun
• Pyramid - Battlestar Galactica (1978series)
• Speed Card Game - a card game featured in the game Xenogears
• Sphere Break - Final Fantasy X-2 video game
• Tall Card - a card game played in the TV series Firefly
• Tegwar - Bang the Drum Slowly (the novel by Mark Harris, also a film); it is a game basically designed to separate a sucker from his cash. The letters stand for "The Exciting Game Without Any Rules." When the characters in the film play the game, they appear to be making things up as they go along.
• Tetra Master - a card game in Final Fantasy IX played with cards depicting monsters and characters from the game. It was eventually produced as a real collectible card game in Europe, but made its first appearance as a fictional game.
• Tongo - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine TV series
• Tragic: The Garnering - a parody of Magic: The Gathering; Fallout 2
• Triad - Battlestar Galactica (2004 series)
• Triple Triad - a collectible card game in Final Fantasy VIII, played with cards depicting monsters and characters from the game
• Vaccination - a constantly-evolving card game invented by some of the characters in Anne Tyler's novel The Accidental Tourist
• Watch Me - a card game in The Dark Tower fantasy series by Stephen King
• Whis - a card game in Tales of Eternia, played with cards depicting the five elements
• Wicked Grace - Dragon Age
• Zanabas/Zanabatars/Zinta - Power Rangers; an unnamed poker like card game played with circular cards that feature various colored geometric shapes; possible names for the game are from the hands called

Role-playing games

• Apartments and Accountants - parallel universe version of Dungeons and Dragons; Simon the Sorcerer
• Battlin' Bakeries - a "roll-playing" game; What's New with Phil & Dixie
• Black Dog - a parody of White Wolf, a popular role-playing game within the universe it is based on; World of Darkness
• BURPS, the 'Boring Universal RolePlaying System' (plus the BURPS Blue Collar worldbook and the supplements BURPS Mundane Tech, BURPS Itty Bitty Bestiary, and BURPS Folks) - a role-playing game from Roleplayer issue #23^[108]
• Coin Toss Dungeon - What's New with Phil & Dixie
• Castles and Cauldrons - a role-playing game from the Adventures in Odyssey episodes "Castles and Cauldrons, Part 1" (#122)^[109] and "Castles and Cauldrons, Part 2" (#123)^[110]; a parody of Dungeons & Dragons
• Demons and Dragons - a role-playing game from the Quantum Leap episode "Another Mother - September 30, 1981" (S2E13)^[111]; a parody of Dungeons & Dragons
• Druid's Pursuit - Eyes of Prey by John Sandford
• Dungeon of Soap - What's New with Phil & Dixie
• Dungeons & Dinobonoids - The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
• Dungeons & Discourse - a philosophical RPG by Dresden Codak
• Dungeons & Dungeons - Zork
• Dungeons, Dungeons, & More Dungeons - Gravity Falls episode "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons" (S2E13)^[112]
• Dwarflord: The Conquest - Lizzie McGuire episode "Gordo and the Dwarves" (S1E27)^[113]
• Escape From C'thulu - What's New with Phil & Dixie
• Eternal Sphere - a virtual world in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
• Gettysburg - Eyes of Prey by John Sandford
• Goryhawk - a parody of Greyhawk; Dork Tower
• HackMaster (and its many spinoffs) - Knights of the Dinner Table
• Hobby Shop of Doom - What's New with Phil & Dixie
• Hobgoblin - Hobgoblin (1981) by John Coyne
• Home & Hearth - What's New with Phil & Dixie
• Loot & Wank VIII - Grand Theft Auto IV
• Mage: The Ascription - a parody of Mage: The Ascension; Dork Tower
• Mazes and Monsters - a 1981 novel and 1982 movie; novel by Rona Jaffe
• Monsters & Mazes - a role-playing game from the Dexter's Laboratory episode "D & DD" (S2E3a)^[114]; a parody of Dungeons & Dragons
• Papers and Paychecks - the RPG played in the Dungeons and Dragons universe; players pretend to be "workers and students in an industrialized and technological society"^[115]
• Monster World - Yu-Gi-Oh!
• Ol' Quadim - a parody of Al-Qadim; Dork Tower
• Painscape - a parody of Planescape; Dork Tower
• Pixie: The Stomping - a parody of Changeling: The Dreaming; - Dork Tower
• Skullduggery - Skullduggery (1983)^[116]
• Realm of Darthon - Regular Show episode "But I Have a Receipt" (S2E12)^[117]
• Sword Lords of Sorcery TripTank episode "Green Out" (S2E20)^[118]
• Vampire: The Groveling - a parody of Vampire: The Masquerade; Dork Tower
• Vegetable Wars - What's New with Phil & Dixie
• Vikings & Vampires - a role-playing game from The Simpsons comic story "The Prince and the Penal System" (Bart Simpson #72); a parody of Dungeons & Dragons
• Warhamster - a parody of Warhammer; Dork Tower^[119]
• Werewolf: The Apothecary - a parody of Werewolf: The Apocalypse; Dork Tower
• Wizards and Warlocks - The Greatest American Hero episode "Wizards and Warlocks" (S3E10)^[120]
• Wizards and Warlords - The Anodyne Necklace by Martha Grimes
• Wizards & Warriors - DC Comics

Sports

Athletic Sports

• Assassin's Guild Wall Game - " a cross between squash, urban rock climbing and actual bodily harm", Discworld (named after the Eton Wall Game)
• Indoor hang gliding - Geoff Maltby in the television series Benidorm claims to be North West champion of it
• Lifting - popular extreme sport, similar to surfing, but in the air; practitioners ride "reflection boards" on waves of "Transparence Light Particles"; from anime/manga series Eureka Seven
• Taking the Stone - in Farscape, a game played by the youth of an unnamed royal cemetery planet. The game consists of jumping into a deep well, and chanting while falling. A sonic net at the bottom of the well, sustained by the participants' voices, cushions their fall. When the youth reach the age of 22 cycles, rather than grow old and be deformed by the planet's radiation, they stop chanting part way into the leap and die against the rocks. This death is called Taking the Stone.

Combat Sports

• Anbo-Jitsu - Star Trek: The Next Generation, a one-on-one martial arts combat sport wherein the players are blindfolded and use proximity-detector staves to locate the opponent
• Ape Fighting - from Futurama, a fighting sport involving two apes (typically gorillas) engaging in pugilistic combat while adorned with comically-undersized costumes and props
• Baskiceball - from How I Met Your Mother, a game that consist mainly of "wailing on each other" with no real rules
• B'tduz - a game in which two dwarfs stand a few feet apart and throw rocks at each other's heads; Discworld
• Pro Bending - Avatar: The Legend of Korra , a football/soccer/MMA hybrid game wherein two teams - each composed of a waterbender, an earthbender, and a firebender - utilize their respective elements in combat to push the other team back and take territory on an elevated, six-sector, hexagonal field in a best-of-three-falls match. Players try to knock each other back or off the end of the field into the water pit below, and the team that wins two rounds or else achieves a "knockout" - wherein all three members of the other team are knocked off the platform in a single round - wins the match.
• The Running Man - from The Running Man, the titular television show features convicted criminals fighting for their lives (and pardons) in an arena while being hunted down by professional celebrity mercenaries called "stalkers", presented in the same vein as theme-based pro-wrestlers
• Ultimate Robot Fighting - "Raging Bender" episode of Futurama, a 31st Century version of pro-wrestling in that it is done moreso for show than competition, but where the combatants can suffer horrific damage and even destruction, as they are robots and do not fear mortality

Team Ball Sports

• 12 Ball - a game similar to four player ping pong but plays on a table shaped like a + with a player standing at each point and wielding two double ended paddles a hand that comes out of the middle serves the ball then periodically ads more the longer there is no score until there are 12 in play. The Wizards of Waverly Place
• 43-Man Squamish - fictional college sport from Mad Magazine
• Aargrooha - Troll football, traditionally played with a human head, Discworld
• Aeroball - futuristic version of basketball played with jet packs in the 2000 AD strip Harlem Heroes
• Aerocrosse - variable-gravity game featuring elements of lacrosse, from Orbital Resonance by John Barnes
• Airball - Avatar: The Last Airbender, a game played by airbender monks who use their art to steer a hollow, slotted ball across a field of upright posts to get it into the goal without falling from the posts
• Australian Indoor Rules Quiddich - a game created by webcomic MacHall ^[121]
• Big Ball - from the Chowder episode of the same name;the full name of the sport is actually "Field Tournament Style Up and Down on the Ground Manja Flanja Blanja Banja Ishka Bibble-Babble Flabble Doma Roma Floma Boma Jingle Jangle Every Angle Bricka Bracka Flacka Stacka Two Ton Re-Run Free For All Big Ball"
• Blatasmorkian Baseball - from Quack Pack; a foreign version of baseball with sausages for bats and cabbages for balls; other equipment includes goats, accordions and chickens
• Blernsball - 30th-century version of baseball, Futurama, called the "Earthican Pastime"
• Blitz – a futuristic, full-contact extreme sport hybrid of hockey and basketball played with a flying disc from the 2002 video game Deathrow
• Blitzball - Final Fantasy X, a soccer-like game played in a massive sphere of water, also a game created by Phineas in the novel A Separate Peace
• Blood Bowl - a fictional form of football from the tabletop wargame of the same name
• Brockian Ultra-Cricket - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a strangely-violent field sport that involves people "hitting each other with sticks and then running away for no readily-apparent reason", the result of a race memory of a war with an ancient and evil alien race thousands of years ago
• Calvinball - a game where there are only two rules: players must wear masks, and you can never play the same way twice; Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
• Crossball - a tennis-like game from The Vorkosigan Saga
• Deathball - a giant ball maze game played in Futurama
• Eggboard - a team sport invented by Dada artist Jean Arp, in which both teams leave the field of play
• Exy - the Lacrosse variant from the All for The Game series by Nora Sakavic
• Farnarkeling - created by John Clarke, in the 1980s Australian TV comedy show The Gillies Report; played on a field called a grommet in periods called umlauts, with players 'warbling vigorously' with 'the bevelled orb'; Dave Sorensen was 'the hope of Australian farnarkeling'
• Fennel - cricket style game 'reported' in the spoof newspaper The St Cleve Chronicle and Linwell Advertiser which forms the LP cover for rock group Jethro Tull's 1972 concept album Thick as a Brick
• Fightball - the basketballish game played by the gangs in the Fightball card game
• Five Bar Gate - a game reminiscent of both squash and ice hockey from the comic book Cerebus
• Goblin Football - from Goblins of the Labyrinth by Terry Jones and Brian Froud; the object is to eat the ball, which is made difficult by the fact that the ball is several feet in diameter and made of solid teak
• Gravball - mentioned by Spartan John-117 in the novel Halo: The Fall of Reach
• Grifball - Red vs. Blue
• Hockey Z-9 - "For Your Ice Only" episode of Phineas and Ferb
• HyperBlade - an ultraviolent variant of ice hockey played on an ellipsoidal rink with either a puck or a severed head, from the PC game of the same name
• Laserball - from the movie The Fifth Element
• Moopsball - team sport created by Gary Cohn in Rules for Moopsball (1976), referenced in Legion of Superheroes and in Gene Wolfe's There Are Doors
• Pyramid - a rugby/basketball-hybrid ball game played on a pyramid-shaped court in the new Battlestar Galactica series
• Quantum soccer - Greg Egan's Border Guards
• Quidditch - Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, a team sport with four balls and seven players on each team who ride around on broomsticks
• Quodpot - Quidditch Through the Ages by J. K. Rowling
• Real Foosball - I Am Weasel
• Slaughterball - a violent bloodsport wherein 2-4 teams of genetically engineered super-athletes clash in a remorseless steel pit and score points by injuring opponents and shooting goals, from the Slaughterball board game set in the world of the cyberpunk novel Dead Dwarves Don’t Dance
• Triad - a contact sport with elements of football and basketball from Battlestar Galactica (1978 series)

Non-Team Ball Sports

• Croquet using flamingos as mallets - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• Electro-Magnetic Golf - from Brave New World
• Escalator Squash - from Brave New World
• Fire Ball - game invented by Chandler and Joey - Friends TV series
• Fizzball - involves hitting beer cans with bats or other sticks, with no points or competitive elements, popularized in Sam & Max comics
• Igo Soccer - the participants have to do figures with some pebbles and a ball, sport from the Japanese shõnen Nichijō

Other Sports

• Akilini - Bionicle
• Apopudobalia - encyclopedia fictitious entry
• BASEketball - from the movie of the same name
• Bungee Ball - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward
• Buttball - a sport made up by the Game Grumps during a play session of Dennis the Menace, described as the future's most popular sport
• Centrifugal Bumblepuppy - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• Eschaton - the novel Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
• Flonkerton - created by Jim in the Office episode "Office Olympics"
• Flying Derby - horse racing involving flying horses (Sofia the First)
• Football X-7 - "My Fair Goalie" episode of Phineas and Ferb
• Frungy - played by the Zoq-Fot-Pik in Star Control II
• Futuresport - from the movie of the same name
• German batball - from Kurt Vonnegut's novel The Sirens of Titan
• Guyball - ball game played by Green Wing's Dr Guy Secretan.
• Hadaul - from Jack Vance's Demon Princes book The Face
• Hussade - from Jack Vance's Alastor series
• Ja'La dh Jin - from Terry Goodkind's The Sword of Truth series
• Jiggly Ball - Scrubs' "My Jiggly Ball" episode
• Jugger - the movie The Blood of Heroes
• Kasaba ball - the show Jungle Cubs in the episode "Kasaba Ball"
• Killball - referenced several times in the book The Running Man, but not described much
• Kolhii - from Lego's Bionicle franchise
• Koli - Bionicle, a soccer-like predecessor to Kolhii
• Kosho - the TV series The Prisoner
• The Game - From Piers Anthony's Apprentice Adept series of novels; includes almost all known games and competitions; winners of the yearly Tourney get to become Citizens
• The Long Walk - from a Richard Bachman/Stephen King book of the same name
• The Maze (or Glide) - from The Maze Game by Diana Reed Slattery
• Motorball - from the Battle Angel Alita manga
• Nib - an exceedingly violent sport mentioned in the Starship Titanic novel and computer game
• Obstacle Golf - Brave New World
• Parrises Squares - an athletic, full-contact sport in Star Trek
• Podracing - violent vehicular racing sport from Star Wars wherein the pilots of "pods" - massive, twin-engined hover vehicles - participate in a high-tech version of chariot racing
• Pro Thunderball - Upright Citizens Brigade
• Rollerball - from William Harrison's story "Roller Ball Murder", on which the movie Rollerball was loosely based
• Shirling - The Kids in the Hall
• Skeet Surfing - a combination of skeet shooting and surfing seen in the film Top Secret!, possibly parodying the biathlon
• Sky-surfing - appearing in numerous Judge Dredd stories
• Sniffleball - a variation of baseball from an episode of Chowder of the same name
• Speedball - futuristic mix of handball and hockey featured in the games of the same name
• Spheda - a golf-like game from the PlayStation 2 adventure game Dark Chronicle (Dark Cloud 2)
• Springball - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Star Racing - low-to-medium altitude hovercraft racing sport from Oban Star-Racers; superficially similar to Podracing
• Street Football - 2000 AD comic
• Struggle - Kingdom Hearts II
• Super Slam Hockey - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)^[122]
• Thrashball - a game that sounds similar to American football; Gears of War
• Thunderball - full contact basketball with a hockey-like playing area, and encouragement of wrestling, fighting and general manhandling of other players
• Timmyball - Fairly Odd Parents
• Tourney - Descendants
• Transcontinental Road Race - Death Race 2000
• Troll Ball - from supplementary material published for the RuneQuest roleplaying game and other Glorantha references
• Walnut Hockey - Rose Is Rose comic strip
• Weltraumball - a funny mix of football and handball with authorized doping and cybernetics enhancements, played in weightlessness, from Roland C. Wagner's novel Mine de rien
• Whack-bat - Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)
• Wizard Squash - also called Real Squash (similar to real tennis), a much more leisurely game than ordinary squash, except that the ball may rebound off a wall it hasn't hit; Discworld
• Yooyuball - a variation of jai alai or lacrosse from Neopets, which is played every year as part of the Altador Cup
• Zero-G Football - Red Dwarf sitcom
• Zero-G Kickboxing - Red Dwarf sitcom

Video games

• Air-To-Ground Actions - a military simulation program mistaken for a computer game in WarGames^[123] (1983)
• Alliance Corsair - mentioned by a game seller in Mass Effect 2
• Angry Burns - a video game in The Simpsons episode "Them, Robot" (S23E17)^[124]; it is a parody of Angry Birds
• Applause Applause Revolution - arcade game in Family Guy episode "The Simpsons Guy" (S13E01)^[125]
• Assassin's Creed: Summer of Love - a video game first featured in The Simpsons episode "The Food Wife" (S23E05)^[126]; a parody of the Assassin's Creed series
• Attack of the Non-Toxic® Edible Green Slime - a video game in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode "Night of the Living Grim" (S2E02a)^[127]
• Astro Spacetron X - an arcade game in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy movie "Wrath of the Spider Queen"
• Astro-Gunner - an arcade game created by Kevin Flynn and mentioned in TRON: Legacy^[128] (2010 film)
• BabyBlast - a handheld game in The Simpsons Movie^[129] (2007)
• Beasts and Barbarians - role-playing game on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode "Beasts and Barbarians" (S1E09c)^[130]
• Better Than Life - a total immersion video game shown in the Red Dwarf episode of the same name (S2E02)^[131]
• Beetman - video game featured in American Dad!, where the player is a beetroot; the game features levels such as avoiding a chef trying to cut you up, and freezing nuclear rabbits
• Billy Graham's Bible Blaster - religious video game in The Simpsons episode "Alone Again, Natura-diddily" (S11E14)^[132]
• The Bishop of Battle - arcade game featured in a segment of the film Nightmares^[133] (1983)
• Bonestorm - console fighting game featured in The Simpsons episode "Marge Be Not Proud" (S7E11)^[134] (Bonestorm 2 was featured in The Simpsons: Hit & Run video game); parody of Mortal Kombat
• Burgerboss - an arcade game in Bob's Burgers episode of the same name (S2E04)^[135]; a parody of BurgerTime
• Cat Fight - an arcade fighting game in The Simpsons episode "Bart Star" (S9E06)^[136]
• Cereal Killer - a Game Boy Advance game in The Simpsons episode "Dangerous Curves" (S20E05)^[137]
• Clam Digger - a Commodore 64 game first seen in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode "Balloonenstein" (S1E5)^[138]
• Clam Digger 2 - a virtual reality game first seen in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode "The Last One Forever and Ever (For Real This Time) (We Fucking Mean It)" (S11E8)^[139]
• Codename: The Abortionator - a video game in the Robot Chicken episode "Operation Rich in Spirit" (S1E17)^[140]; a parody of Grand Theft Auto
• Conversation Parade - a video game featured in the Adventure Time episode "Rainy Day Daydream" (S1E23)^[141]
• Cosmos Invasion - arcade game that makes a cameo appearance in LittleBigPlanet 2
• Crunch Pod - a video game similar to Star Castle in the Pepper Ann episode of the same name (S1E03b)^[142]
• Dam Builders - a computer game featured in the Franklin episode of the same name (S3E03)^[143]
• Dance Dance Riot - a motion game in Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything episode "The Incident" (S1E10)^[144]; the game is a parody of Dance Dance Revolution
• Dancy Pants Revolution - a motion game in Gravity Falls episode "The Inconveniencing" (S1E05)^[145]; the game is a parody of Dance Dance Revolution
• Dash Dingo - a video game first featured in The Simpsons episode "Lard of the Dance" (S10E01)^[146]; a parody of Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
• Death Kill City II: Death Kill Stories - a violent video game featured in The Simpsons episode "Yokel Chords" (S18E14)^[147]; a parody of the Grand Theft Auto video game series
• Death to Mantodeans - a console game featured in the Doctor Who novel Winner Takes All
• Desert Warfare - a military simulation program mistaken for a computer game in WarGames^[148] (1983)
• Didgeridoo Hero - a console game in the Robot Chicken episode "Casablankman II" (S5E16)^[149]
• Dojo Quest - a 1982 arcade game from the 2015 movie Pixels; though never an actual arcade game, it was turned into a real video game to promote the film^[150]
• Domination - James Bond played this 3-D video game against a villain in the film Never Say Never Again
• Doppelgänger- an arcade game first seen in The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Name" (S3E07)^[151]
• Ducks of the Galaxy - a console space-themed game in DuckTales episode "Nothing to Fear" (S1E09)^[152]
• Earthland Realms - an MMORPG in the The Simpsons episode "Marge Gamer" (S18E17)^[153]
• Escape From Grandma's House - a series of arcade games in The Simpsons, first seen in episode "Moaning Lisa" (S1E06)^[154]
• Falken's Maze - a computer game designed by Dr. Stephen Falken in WarGames^[155] (1983)
• Fight Fighters - an arcade game featured in the Gravity Falls episode of the same name (S1E10)^[156]; a parody of Street Fighter
• Fighter Combat - a military simulation program mistaken for a computer game in WarGames^[157] (1983)
• Final Fantasy Burger Chain - a video game in the Robot Chicken episode "Rodiggiti" (S2E08)^[158]; a parody of the minigames in the Final Fantasy series
• Finest Parmesan - an arcade game in LittleBigPlanet 2
• Finish Line - an arcade game similar to Daytona USA in the movie Wreck-It Ralph^[159] (2012)
• First Person Shooter - a virtual reality game featured in the X-Files episode of the same name (S7E13)^[160]
• Fix-It Felix Jr. - an arcade game featured in Wreck-It Ralph^[161] (2012)
• Fleet and Flotilla: Interactive Cross-Species Relationship Simulator - a dating game in Mass Effect 2
• Fruit Shoot - arcade game in The Simpsons episode "The Book Job" (S23E06)^[162]
• Galaxy Academy - a video game in the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episode "Emancipation Complication" (S4E10)^[163]
• Galaxy of Fantasy - a video game in Mass Effect 2; a parody of Final Fantasy
• The Game - an MMORPG featured in The Guild^[164]
• "The Game" - a head-mounted virtual reality game in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Game" (S5E06)^[165]
• Game Over - a virtual reality video game in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over^[166] (2003)
• Geth Attack: Eden Prime Fundraising Edition - a video game in Mass Effect 2
• Global Thermonuclear War - a military simulation program mistaken for a computer game in WarGames^[167] (1983)
• Goody Gobble - a video game in The Simpsons episode "Days of Future Future" (S25E18)^[168]; a parody of Candy Crush
• Grim Terminus Alliance - a video game in Mass Effect 2; its acronym, GTA, indicates it is a parody of Grand Theft Auto
• Guerrilla Engagement - a military simulation program mistaken for a computer game in WarGames^[169] (1983)
• Hacker Snack - a video game in the novel Lost Boys, written by the protagonist; similar to Chip's Challenge
• The Happy Little Elves Game - a phone game featured in the video game The Simpsons: Tapped Out; a parody of Smurfs' Village
• Hero's Duty - an arcade game featured in Wreck-It Ralph^[170] (2012)
• Hockey Dad - a fighting game in The Simpsons episode "The Regina Monologues" (S15E04)^[171]
• Hoss Delgado: President Evil - a zombie-fighting game for the Lamecube video game system on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode "Brown Evil" (S2E02b/c)^[172]; favorite game of Mandy
• Humping Robot for Wii Fit! - an exercise game from the Robot Chicken episode "Unionizing Our Labor" (S4E13) ^[173]; a parody of the Wii Fit
• Immoral Wombat - a take off on Mortal Combat from the Cow and Chicken cartoon series
• Immortal Wombat - a take off on Mortal Combat from the Angela Anaconda cartoon series; a game of the same name appears on Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
• Insert Token - an arcade game in the Gravity Falls episode "Fight Fighters" (S1E10)^[174]
• Intruder - an arcade game featured in Tron^[175] (1982 film)
• Kangarilla and the Magic Tarantula - a phone game featured in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode "Kangarilla and the Magic Tarantula" (S7E10)^[176]
• Kebab Fighter- a video game first seen in The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Mustache" (S1E26)^[177]; a parody of Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter
• Kevin Costner's Waterworld - an arcade game in The Simpsons episode "The Springfield Files" (S8E10)^[178]
• Kraz-Bot - an arcade game created by Kevin Flynn and mentioned in TRON: Legacy^[179] (2010 film)
• Larry the Looter - an arcade game in The Simpsons episode "Radio Bart" (S3E13)^[180] and The Simpsons: Hit and Run
• Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge - a console game appearing in the The Simpsons episode "Marge Be Not Proud" (S7E11)^[181]
• Light Cycles - an arcade game created by Kevin Flynn and featured in Tron^[182] (1982 film)
• Marching Band - an arcade game in The Simpsons episode "The Food Wife" (S23E05)^[183]; a parody of Rock Band
• Matrix Blaster - an arcade game created by Kevin Flynn and featured in Tron^[184] (1982 film)
• Michael Douglas's Munch Out - a parody of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! in Family Guy episode "The New Adventures of Old Tom" (S14E18)^[185]
• Moats - an arcade game in Bob's Burgers episode "Can't Buy Me Math" (S5E11)^[186]
• Moon Blaster - an arcade game in Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything episode "The Chair" (S1E04)^[187]
• Multi-World - a computer game in the Marvel Comics Transformers comic book; Optimus Prime and Megatron battle in the virtual world of this game, ending with Prime's apparent death
• N7 Code of Honor: Medal of Duty - a video game in Mass Effect 2; a parody of Call of Duty
• Ninja Gladiator - a fighting game appearing in the Transformers Animated episode "Where Is Thy Sting?" (S3S05)^[188]
• Ninja Ninja Revolution - an arcade game played by Scott and Knives in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
• Nort - an arcade game in the Gravity Falls episode "Fight Fighters" (S1E10)^[189]; a parody of Tron
• Nuke Canada - an arcade game first featured in The Simpsons episode "The Cartridge Family" (S9E05)^[190]
• OASIS - an MMORPG featured in Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Pac-Rat - a series of arcade games in The Simpsons, first seen in episode "Moaning Lisa" (S1E06)^[191]; a parody of the Pac-Man series, Pac-Rat, Pac-Rat II, and Pac-Rat Returns can be seen
• Pat the Baker - a cooking game for the Lamecube video game system on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode "Brown Evil" (S2E02b/c)^[192]; favorite game of Billy and Hoss Delgado
• Pile of Bullets - an interactive Wild West-themed VCR game from the 90s, featured in the Community episode "VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing" (S5E09)^[193]
• Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006 - a side-scrolling video game depicted in the animated movie of the same name
• Polybius - an urban legend about an arcade game of the same name with physically impossible effects such as erratic behavior; also the subject of the Dimension 404 episode "Polybius" (S1E04)^[194]
• Puddin' Party - a children's phone game in the Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything episode "The Puddin Party" (S1E02)^[195]
• Psycho Zombie Bloodbath - a video game in the Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything episode "The Psycho Zombie Bloodbath" (S1E09)^[196]
• Q-bert: Origins - an arcade game featured in The Simpsons episode "The Food Wife" (S23E05)^[197]; a parody of Rayman Origins
• Ra.One - a wireless technology video game featured in Ra.One (2011 film)
• The Riddle of the Minotaur - a computer game designed by Edward Nygma, featured in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?" (S1E41)^[198]
• Robot Resource - an arcade game appearing in the Transformers episode "The Immobilizer" (S2E02)^[199]
• Rock Hero 5 - a music game in the Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything episode "The Rock Band" (S1E19)^[200]
• Rodney's Ride - an arcade game in Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
• Roy: A Life Well Lived - a virtual realty game from the Rick and Morty episode "Mortynight Run" (S2E02)^[201]
• Roy 2: Dave - a virtual realty game from the Rick and Morty episode "Mortynight Run" (S2E02)^[202]
• Science Diner - a video game that makes a cameo appearance in LittleBigPlanet 2; a parody of Pong
• Scrooge McDuck's Money Mania - an arcade game in the DuckTales episode "Dough Ray Me" (S2E17)^[203]; the player plays as the Beagle Boys and tries to steal money from Scrooge McDuck's money bin
• Sims Sandwich - a video game from the The Simpsons Game; a parody of the Sims games
• Space Paranoids - an arcade game created by Kevin Flynn and featured in Tron^[204] (1982 film)
• Speedy Demons - an arcade racing game featured in Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything episode "The Chair" (S1E04)^[205]
• Starfighter - an arcade game featured in The Last Starfighter^[206] (1984)
• Stay Alive - a supernatural video game from the film of the same name^[207]
• Stickball - an arcade game in The Simpsons episode "Lisa's First Word" (S4E10)^[208]
• Strong Johns - an arcade and console game featured in the Regular Show episode "The Unicorns Have Got to Go" (S1E08)^[209]
• Sugar Rush - an arcade game featured in Wreck-It Ralph^[210] (2012)
• Super Mega Blasteroids 9 - a scrolling shooter in the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episode "Bye Bye Nerdy" (S2E11)^[211]
• Super Slugfest - a recurring arcade and console boxing game in The Simpsons, first seen in episode "Moaning Lisa" (S1E06)^[212]
• Super Smash Factory 6 - a video game in the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episode "Emancipation Complication" (S4E10)^[213]
• The Tale of Zelmore - a video game first seen in The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Flakers" (S2E18)^[214]; a parody of The Legend of Zelda
• Tandem Bike Ride With Your Mom - a handheld game from The Simpsons episode "Marge's Son Poisoning" (S17E5)^[215]
• Theaterwide Biotoxic And Chemical Warfare - a military simulation program mistaken for a computer game in WarGames^[216] (1983)
• Theaterwide Tactical Warfare - a military simulation program mistaken for a computer game in WarGames^[217] (1983)
• Triangle Wars - an arcade game appearing in The Simpsons episode "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em" (S18E03)^[218]; a parody of Asteroids
• Touch of Death - an arcade fighting game appearing in The Simpsons and The Simpsons Game, first seen in the episode "Moaning Lisa" (S1E06)^[219]
• Turbo Time - an arcade game appearing in Wreck-It Ralph^[220] (2012)
• Ultimate Thumb Wrestling starring Ambassador Crazy Fart / Ultimate Thumb Wrestling Challenge - a PC game mentioned in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode "Waking Nightmare" (S7E06a)^[221]
• Vice Squad - an arcade game created by Kevin Flynn and featured in Tron^[222] (1982 film)
• The World - a popular MMORPG in the .hack^[223] anime series
• Whiffle Boy - a video game featured in the Darkwing Duck episode "Whiffle While You Work" (S1E29)^[224]
• Whoopsie! - a video game adaption of the board game in Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything episode "The Chair" (S1E04)^[225]
• World of Hackcraft - an MMORPG from Knights of the Dinner Table, based on the tabletop role-playing game HackMaster
• World of KrustCraft - an arcade game in The Simpsons episode "The Food Wife" (S23E05)^[226]; a parody of World of Warcraft
• Wrestle Jam '88 - a pro wrestling video game, from The Wrestler (2008 film)
• Yard Work Simulator - a virtual reality game featured in The Simpsons episode "Bart Carny" (S9E12)^[227]

Other games

• Barbarian Invaders - a clockpunk arcade game, parodying Space Invaders; Discworld
• Battleroom games in Ender's Game; platoon-sized teams playing laser tag-like game in zero-gravity room
• Bob-stones - a form of guessing game played by the rabbits in the book Watership Down by Richard Adams
• Chula - in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Move Along Home"
• Cock, Muff, Bumhole - in Nathan Barley, a variation of Rock, Paper, Scissors
• Dabo (a roulette-like game at Quark's) - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Deemo - a gambling game from Farscape that is lost if the player does not cheat well
• Elements Letters - a car game in The Big Bang Theory episode "The Euclid Alternative" (S2E05)^[228]
• The Glass Bead Game - Hermann Hesse's novel of the same name
• Gobstones - Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling; a marbles-like game where players are sprayed with foul-smelling liquid when they lose
• House Rules Parcheesi - Ozy and Millie; a game similar to Calvinball but with predefined rules (only it's never explained what they are). The Zen idea that one must learn to let go of concrete ideas and objectives is close to the dragons' hearts, so a game of House Rules Parcheesi only ends when a player accepts the current location of the roll of duct tape as being equally valid to the "goal", and serenely stops trying to move it. Whether the player then wins or is being rewarded for not-winning is ambiguous.
• Jiggery-Pokery - The Ninth Doctor claims to have come first place in the game
• Keystone - described as a cross between roulette and craps by designer Peter Molyneux; from Fable 2 and Fable II Pub Games
• Light Cycles -Tron
• Mornington Crescent - I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue radio comedy programme
• Moules - "a game of skill and dexterity, involving tortoises"; Discworld
• The 'Nonary' Game - Saw-esque game in which nine players must attempt to solve puzzles to escape from a sinking ship alive, used in 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
• Poohsticks - Winnie-the-Pooh
• Pretzel Pals - a parody of Twister on SpongeBob SquarePants
• Questions - verbal game played in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead ^[229]
• Quis - a building game from the Saga of the Skolian Empire novels by Catherine Asaro involving the laying down of geometric solid shapes (dice) in various combinations; rules contain encoded knowledge of one of the former empires in the novel series
• The Quizzing Device - a water-driven, clockpunk quiz machine; Discworld
• Roshambo - while RoShamBo is actually rock-paper-scissors, in South Park, it involves two male competitors kicking each other in the testicles as hard as they can
• [[Serpent's Reach#Sej|Sej – a dicing game played in Serpent's Reach
• Shapester - a legal approximation of Twister in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Shibo Yancong-San - tile-based Agatean game, similar to Mahjong, name translates as "Cripple Mr Onion"; Discworld
• Sink: a game generally played by Discordians (and people of much ilk); rules are defined in the Principia Discordia^[230]
• Skystones - a game played throughout Skylanders Giants
• Sphere Break - Final Fantasy X-2; a mathematical game in which coins of differing values are used to break a numbered sphere
• Thou art Dead - Monster House
• Trestling - a wrestling game in The Big Bang Theory episode "The Peanut Reaction" (S1E16)^[231]; this is a game of arm wrestling where each player must simultaneously play a game of Tetris
• Tumbleweed Terror - a Tumbleweed Terror game in Gravity Falls
• Trolls and Bridges - a game in the Known Space universe used to recruit military officers into an underground command structure
• True American - in New Girl, a game that is 50% drinking, 50% Candy Land, and also the floor is lava
• Universal Baseball - a version of baseball played entirely by dice, from the novel The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop., by Robert Coover
• An unnamed gambling game from Toy Story 3

See also

• List of games with concealed rules

References