5 Original Games that defined each Generation. No Sequels, Licensed IP, or direct Spin-offs.

9th Gen

PS5

Elden Ring

Metaphor: ReFantazio

Xbox Series X/S

Grounded

Starfield

Nintendo Switch

Triangle Strategy

Quest 3 VR

8th Gen

Windows 10-era PCs

PS4

Bloodborne

Ghost of Tsushima

Death Stranding

No Man's Sky

Destiny

Xbox One

Titanfall

Prey

The Outer Worlds

Sunset Overdrive

Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)

Wii U

Splatoon

Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE

ZombiU

The Wonderful 101

Steam/PC VR

Half-Life Alyx

PlayStation VR

Astrobot: Rescue Mission

Blood & Truth

Farpoint

Moss

Deracine

3DS

PlayStation Vita

7th Gen

Windows 7-era PCs

PS3

LittleBigPlanet

Ni No Kuni

The Last of Us

Heavy Rain

Wii

De Blob

Xenoblade Chronicles

Xbox 360

Dark Souls

Dishonored

Gears of War

Mass Effect

Assassin's Creed

DS

PSP

Lumines

6th Gen

Windows XP-era PCs

GameBoy Advance

Fire Emblem

Advance Wars

PS2

Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness

Okami

Shadow of the Colossus

SOCOM: US Navy SEALs

Katamari Damacy

GameCube

Animal Crossing

Xbox

Halo: Combat Evolved

Fable

Dreamcast

Jet Grind Radio / Jet Set Radio

Shenmue

5th Gen

Windows 95-era PCs

PS1

GameBoy

N64

Saturn

Atari Jaguar

4th Gen

MS DOS-era PCs

SNES

Genesis

TurboGrafX-16

CD-i

NeoGeo

3rd Gen

Commodore 64 -era PCs

NES

Master System

Atari 7800

2nd Gen

Apple II-era PCs

Atari 2600

Intellivision

Colecovision

Magnavox Odyssey 2