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2-syllable Games

Every game on this page is pronounced in exactly 2 syllables — full profile for each.

Looking for 2-syllable games? Here are 31 games that fit — each linked to a full profile.

Syllables are counted across the whole name (multi-word names sum). "Apple" is 2 syllables; "Macaroni and Cheese" is 6.

Table of contents 31 entries
BloodborneDark Soulsde BlobEarthBound
Fallout 3Fallout 4Far Cry 3Frogger
Half-Life 2Halo 3IcoInside
JourneyJust Cause 3Killzone 2Left 4 Dead
LemmingsMetroidMotoGP 23NBA 2K23
NFL BlitzOutlastPac-ManPortal
Portal 2Punch ClubQuake IISplatoon
TetrisValheimZuma

List of 2-syllable Games

    1

    Bloodborne

    A 2015 action role-playing game by FromSoftware and Sony for the PlayStation 4, set in a Victorian-Gothic city consumed by a beast plague.

    2

    Dark Souls

    A 2011 action role-playing game by FromSoftware known for its punishing difficulty, intricate level design, and minimal narrative exposition.

    3

    de Blob

    A 2008 Wii platformer by Blue Tongue Entertainment in which a paint-splattering blob restores color to a black-and-white city occupied by the bleak INKT Corporation.

    4

    EarthBound

    A 1994 Super Nintendo RPG by Ape and HAL Laboratory in which a boy named Ness fights alien tyrant Giygas using PSI powers, baseball bats, and household items.

    5

    Fallout 3

    A 2008 open-world post-apocalyptic role-playing game by Bethesda set in the irradiated remains of Washington, D.C., known as the Capital Wasteland.

    6

    Fallout 4

    A 2015 open-world post-apocalyptic role-playing game by Bethesda set in a ruined Boston, the Commonwealth, where the player searches for their kidnapped son.

    7

    Far Cry 3

    A 2012 open-world first-person shooter by Ubisoft Montreal in which Jason Brody survives a Pacific island controlled by the unhinged pirate king Vaas Montenegro.

    8

    Frogger

    A 1981 action arcade game by Konami where players guide a frog across busy roads and a river of moving logs to reach safe lily pads.

    9

    Half-Life 2

    A 2004 first-person shooter by Valve set in a dystopian Earth occupied by an interdimensional empire, starring theoretical physicist Gordon Freeman.

    10

    Halo 3

    A 2007 first-person shooter by Bungie for the Xbox 360 that concluded the original Halo trilogy and dominated 360-era multiplayer.

    11

    Ico

    A 2001 PlayStation 2 puzzle-platformer by Team Ico in which a horned boy escapes a vast castle while leading a fragile, captive princess by the hand.

    12

    Inside

    A 2016 puzzle-platformer by Playdead in which a faceless boy escapes through a dystopian factory full of brain-controlled humans and grim industrial experiments.

    13

    Journey

    A 2012 PlayStation 3 indie adventure by Thatgamecompany in which a robed traveler crosses a desert toward a distant mountain, briefly joined by silent strangers.

    14

    Just Cause 3

    A 2015 open-world action game by Avalanche Studios in which agent Rico Rodriguez returns to his Mediterranean homeland of Medici to overthrow dictator General Di Ravello.

    15

    Killzone 2

    A 2009 PlayStation 3 first-person shooter by Guerrilla Games in which the ISA invades Helghan to capture Helghast leader Scolar Visari.

    16

    Left 4 Dead

    A 2008 cooperative first-person shooter by Valve and Turtle Rock Studios in which four survivors escape a zombie-infected United States across four cinematic campaigns.

    17

    Lemmings

    A 1991 puzzle game by DMA Design in which the player assigns skills to a procession of mindless rodents to guide them safely from entrance to exit.

    18

    Metroid

    A 1986 side-scrolling action-adventure by Nintendo for the NES in which bounty hunter Samus Aran explores a planet's labyrinthine caves to stop space pirates.

    19

    MotoGP 23

    A 2023 motorcycle racing simulation by Milestone, the official game of the FIM MotoGP series, featuring dynamic weather and a story-driven career mode.

    20

    NBA 2K23

    A 2022 basketball simulation by Visual Concepts and 2K Sports featuring full NBA and WNBA rosters, a Michael Jordan Challenge mode, and the seafaring MyCareer setting.

    21

    NFL Blitz

    A 1997 arcade football game by Midway Games featuring exaggerated seven-on-seven action, with no penalties for late hits or excessive aggression.

    22

    Outlast

    A 2013 first-person survival horror game by Red Barrels in which investigative journalist Miles Upshur infiltrates the violent Mount Massive Asylum.

    23

    Pac-Man

    A 1980 maze arcade game by Namco in which players guide a yellow circle through a maze, eating dots while avoiding four colored ghosts.

    24

    Portal

    A 2007 first-person puzzle game by Valve in which test subject Chell uses a handheld portal gun to navigate the experiments of the sentient Aperture Science AI GLaDOS.

    25

    Portal 2

    A 2011 first-person puzzle sequel by Valve in which Chell reactivates GLaDOS and traverses a derelict Aperture Science facility alongside Wheatley and PotaTOS.

    26

    Punch Club

    A 2016 boxing management simulator by Lazy Bear Games inspired by 1980s action movies, in which a fighter trains his stats to climb the underground boxing ladder.

    27

    Quake II

    A 1997 first-person shooter by id Software in which a marine wages a one-man war against the cybernetic Strogg invading Earth.

    28

    Splatoon

    A 2015 third-person shooter by Nintendo for the Wii U where ink-shooting characters compete in turf-coverage battles using paint instead of bullets.

    29

    Tetris

    A 1984 falling-block puzzle game by Alexey Pajitnov, where players rotate and stack seven-shape tetrominoes to clear horizontal lines.

    30

    Valheim

    A 2021 open-world survival game by Iron Gate Studio in which fallen Viking warriors must conquer the Norse afterlife by defeating five great forsaken.

    31

    Zuma

    A 2003 tile-matching puzzle game by PopCap Games in which a stone frog spits colored balls to break up an advancing serpentine chain before it reaches a temple skull.

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