Games Starting with R: Curated List by Category

Board Games

• Root — Asymmetric woodland warfare (2018). Top-rated.
• Race for the Galaxy — Card-based empire building (2007).
• Railroad Ink — Roll-and-write route building (2019).
• Ra — Knizia auction/set collection (1999).
• Rajas of the Ganges — Dice worker placement (2017).
• Robo Rally — Programmable robot racing (1994/2016).
• Roll for the Galaxy — Dice version of Race (2014).
• Rotterdam — Pick-up-and-deliver (2014).
• Rurik: Dawn of Kiev — Area control + worker placement (2022).
• Revive — Post-apocalyptic 4X (2022).

Card Games

• Rummy / Gin Rummy / Contract Rummy — Classic set/run.
• Red7 — Changing rules, hand management (2014).
• Race for the Galaxy — Also a card game (see above).
• Regicide — Co-op fantasy combat with standard deck (2020).
• Resistance / Avalon — Social deduction (2009/2012).

Video Games (Major Franchises)

• Red Dead Redemption 1/2 — Open-world Western.
• Resident Evil series — Survival horror (1996–).
• Ratchet & Clank series — Platformer/shooter (2002–).
• Rainbow Six series — Tactical shooter (1998–).
• Rocket League — Car soccer (2015).
• Risk of Rain 1/2 — Roguelite action (2013/2019).
• RimWorld — Colony sim (2018).
• Ring Fit Adventure — Fitness RPG (2019).
• Returnal — Roguelike TPS (2021).
• Riven / RealMyst — Classic adventure.

Tabletop RPGs

• RuneQuest — BRP system, Glorantha setting (1978/2018).
• Rolemaster — Detailed simulation (1980–).
• Rifts — Palladium, gonzo multi-genre (1990).
• Ryuutama — "Hayao Miyazaki's Oregon Trail" (2007/2017 EN).

Classics

• Risk — World conquest (1957).
• Rook — Trick-taking with 57-card deck (1906).
• Reversi / Othello — Abstract strategy (1883/1971).

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