Franchises starting with S

143 franchises, 609 games. Every entry shows the primary full-run route, the definitive edition and any fidelity-versus-completeness conflict. Open a franchise name for its Game Hub: settings, guide and playtime on one page.

Current patch/expansion state matters for this actively updated modern release.

Definitive edition

Current Windows release

S.T.U.N. Runner

Atari Games' 1989 polygonal tunnel racer and shooter, built on an evolution of Hard Drivin' hardware and later converted to home computers and Lynx.

S.T.U.N. Runner · 1989 S.T.U.N. Runner

Primary full run

Original Atari arcade release

Arcade

S.T.U.N. Runner was designed as a custom arcade cabinet for Atari's polygonal tunnel-racing hardware. Home computer and Lynx ports are lower-fidelity conversions, while later Midway compilations are access routes to the arcade game.

Definitive edition

Original arcade release

Sacred

Fantasy action-RPG series set around Ancaria, later branching into brawler and mobile spin-offs under Deep Silver.

Sacred · 2004 Sacred

Primary full run

Sacred Gold with Sacred Plus and Sacred Underworld

Windows

The Windows Sacred Gold package is the most complete and practical capture route, bundling the base game, Sacred Plus, and the Underworld expansion.

Definitive edition

Sacred Gold

Sacred · 2008 Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

Primary full run

Sacred 2 Remaster

Windows (Sacred 2 Remaster)

The 2025 Windows remaster includes all expansions and updates with enhanced textures, lighting, view distance, controller support, UI work, stability fixes, and native PC capture flexibility.

Android

The game was released only for iOS and Android; Android is the more flexible archival/capture route when the app can be obtained legally.

Definitive edition

No definitive edition; original mobile release only

Saints Row

Volition's open-world crime-comedy series, including the original Stilwater games, the Steelport sequels, major standalone expansion, reboot, mobile tie-in, and released PSP prototype.

Saints Row · 2006 Saints Row

Primary full run

Xbox 360 release played on the newest compatible Xbox hardware

Xbox 360 / Xbox backward compatibility

The original Saints Row was an Xbox 360 exclusive; the best practical route is the original release through Xbox backward compatibility on modern Xbox hardware for cleaner output and convenience.

Definitive edition

Xbox 360 original

Saints Row · 2008 Saints Row 2

Primary full run

Windows release with current PC fixes and DLC-port path

Windows

Windows offers the highest fidelity and, with the current Juiced Patch/DLC-port route, can cover the formerly console-only single-player DLC content while retaining PC resolution and modding flexibility.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The old PC release was higher-fidelity but incomplete and technically poor; current PC fixes and the 2026 DLC-port path make Windows the main route, with console DLC multiplayer-map remnants flagged separately.

Definitive edition

Windows with Juiced Patch and PC DLC-port route

Saints Row · 2008 Saints Row 2 (mobile)

Primary full run

Original mobile tie-in

J2ME mobile phone / mobile emulator

This is a separate mobile tie-in, not a port of the console/PC game; the original J2ME mobile version is the only released route.

Definitive edition

Original mobile release

Saints Row · 2011 Saints Row: The Third

Primary full run

Saints Row: The Third Remastered

Windows

The remaster is the highest-fidelity route, with remastered assets, improved lighting, and the major mission DLC content; Windows adds the most flexible settings and capture path.

PlayStation Portable / PPSSPP

Undercover was cancelled in 2009 but a playable PSP prototype was released free in 2016; the only meaningful route is preserving that prototype on PSP hardware or PPSSPP.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

This is an unfinished prototype, so completeness is impossible; the archive goal is preservation and documentation rather than a normal full playthrough.

Definitive edition

Released PSP prototype

Saints Row · 2022 Saints Row

Primary full run

Current Windows release with Expansion Pass content

Windows

The 2022 reboot shipped on Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, and Stadia; Windows is the highest-fidelity and most configurable route, and the Expansion Pass covers the major post-launch mission/content additions.

Definitive edition

Current Windows release with Expansion Pass

Saiyuki: Journey West

Koei's PlayStation tactical RPG adaptation of Journey to the West.

Saiyuki: Journey West · 1999 Saiyuki: Journey West

Primary full run

Original PlayStation release via DuckStation

PlayStation

Saiyuki: Journey West is documented as a PlayStation-only tactical RPG, so the original release through clean PS1 emulation is the best route.

Definitive edition

Original PlayStation release

Salt and Sanctuary

Salt and Sanctuary · 2016 Salt and Sanctuary

Primary full run

Current PC release

Windows PC

The Windows PC release is the best archival route because it preserves the complete game with native PC capture/settings flexibility. The Switch Drowned Tome Edition is a nice physical package with manual, poster/map, and soundtrack code, but it is not a gameplay-content advantage over PC.

Definitive edition

Salt and Sanctuary on Windows PC

Salt and Sanctuary · 2022 Salt and Sacrifice

Primary full run

Steam/Epic current build with The Shunned Namekeeper and The Traitor's Tomb updates

Windows PC

The Windows PC route is the best version because it covers the current complete content state, including the later Steam release, The Shunned Namekeeper update, and the free The Traitor's Tomb update, while keeping PC capture/settings flexibility. PlayStation and Switch routes do not add sourced exclusive gameplay content over the current PC build.

Definitive edition

Salt and Sacrifice on Windows PC with The Traitor's Tomb update

Party-To-Go is the Apple Arcade version and has series-exclusive story content plus exclusive songs documented separately from the Switch and Quest releases.

Definitive edition

Apple Arcade release

Current official Windows release/remaster route, with edition and patch state recorded

Scorn

Scorn · 2022 Scorn

Primary full run

Deluxe Edition

Windows PC

The Windows PC Deluxe route is the best version because it keeps the highest capture/settings flexibility while also covering the Deluxe extras: official soundtrack and digital artbook. The PS5 Deluxe physical release has collectible packaging, but no sourced gameplay content that is absent from PC.

Definitive edition

Scorn Deluxe Edition on Windows PC

SCP

SCP entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

SCP · 2012 SCP - Containment Breach

Primary full run

Original freeware PC build with version/mod state documented

Windows PC

Containment Breach is a freeware SCP horror game whose archive state depends on exact version, launcher/source, mods, and whether multiplayer remakes or Unity ports are excluded. The original Blitz3D/PC build is the named-game route.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Version, mods, random seed, and remake/multiplayer branches materially change the experience.

Windows

The 2026 Screamer reboot released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S using Unreal Engine 5. Windows has the highest scalable fidelity ceiling, while the console releases do not have sourced exclusive content.

Definitive edition

Windows release

Sea of Stars

Sea of Stars · 2023 Sea of Stars

Primary full run

Sunset Edition plus Throes of the Watchmaker

Windows PC

The Windows PC Sunset Edition route is the best archival version because it includes the base game, Dawn of Equinox-era co-op/default update state, the free Throes of the Watchmaker expansion, and the June 2026 final Sunset Edition update while keeping PC capture/settings flexibility. Console and mobile routes add access options, but no sourced exclusive gameplay content over PC is documented.

Definitive edition

Sea of Stars Sunset Edition on Windows PC with Throes of the Watchmaker

Sea of Thieves

Live-service game entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

Sea of Thieves · 2018 Sea of Thieves

Primary full run

Current Season build

Windows PC

Sea of Thieves is an online shared-world pirate game with ongoing seasons, events, and platform expansion after launch. PC is the best capture/settings route, but season, account progression, crew size, server state, and crossplay must be recorded.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Seasonal content, account progression, online services, and crew state define what is available.

Definitive edition

Current Windows PC Season build with service/account state documented

Second Life

Second Life entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

Second Life · 2003 Second Life

Primary full run

Official Second Life desktop viewer

Windows PC

Second Life is a live virtual world. The official desktop viewer is the best fidelity and interaction route, while mobile is useful for access but documented as a separate, more limited mobile app route.

Definitive edition

Current official desktop viewer

Second Sight

Free Radical Design's psychic stealth-action game, later relisted on Steam by THQ Nordic.

Second Sight · 2004 Second Sight

Primary full run

PC re-release

Windows

Second Sight released for GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox in 2004, Windows in 2005, and was relisted on Steam in 2021. Windows is the highest-fidelity and most accessible modern route.

Definitive edition

Windows PC re-release

Secret Histories

Secret Histories · 2018 Cultist Simulator

Primary full run

Cultist Simulator: Anthology Edition

Definitive edition

Sega Rally Online Arcade if already owned

Selaco

Selaco · 2024 Selaco

Primary full run

Current Steam Early Access release

Windows PC

The Windows PC version is the best current route because Selaco is sourced as a Steam Early Access PC release, the official materials describe Steam availability, and no shipped console or GOG release with exclusive content is documented.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The current PC version is the best available route, but it is still an Early Access build rather than the finished 1.0 campaign.

Definitive edition

Selaco on Windows PC, with a final-edition caveat until 1.0 leaves Early Access

Sengoku Dynasty

Sengoku Dynasty · 2024 Sengoku Dynasty

Primary full run

Current PC release with 2026 Shokunin update

Windows PC

Sengoku Dynasty left PC Early Access in November 2024, later came to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S/Xbox PC in 2025, and has continued receiving content updates on all platforms. The PC route remains the best archive target for fidelity, capture, and settings, while current console builds are legitimate convenience routes with broad content parity.

Definitive edition

Current Windows PC release with latest updates

Serious Sam

Both versions are required. XXL is NOT a pure superset: it REMOVED the golden guns, REMOVED the original 'explosions hurt you' mechanic, and locked the Serious difficulty behind beating Normal (it was always available in the original). XXL does add a great deal, 40 weapon variants, new enemies, three vehicle stages (Rocketboard, Dinofighter, Lunicycle) and co-op, but the one-thing-cut rule triggers on the removals. BOTH.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Serious Sam · 2011 Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack!

Sami sheet

Chosen platform Android / iOS → PC

Primary full run

Serious Sam · 2017 Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE

Sami sheet

Chosen platform PC VR

Primary full run

Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE

PC VR

PC release

Windows

Session: Skate Sim fully released for Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in 2022, with a Nintendo Switch port in 2023. Windows is the highest-fidelity and most flexible route for the realistic skateboarding sim.

Definitive edition

Windows PC release

Settlement Survival

Settlement Survival · 2022 Settlement Survival

Primary full run

Current Steam release

Windows PC

Settlement Survival is a PC city-builder with Steam Workshop support and a later paid mobile port on iOS/Android. The Steam release is the highest-fidelity route and the best archive target because it has the native desktop interface, Workshop ecosystem, and clean capture path; the Deluxe Edition adds the soundtrack rather than a gameplay-complete edition split.

Definitive edition

Current Windows PC Steam release

Shadow Gambit

Mimimi's supernatural pirate stealth-tactics game and final original release, expanded by the Yuki's Wish and Zagan's Ritual DLC campaigns.

Shadow Gambit · 2023 Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

Primary full run

Windows PC release with Yuki's Wish and Zagan's Ritual DLC

Windows

Windows has the highest-fidelity and most flexible capture route, broad PC storefront support, and access to both major DLC campaigns; PS5 and Xbox Series versions have no documented exclusive content.

PlayStation 2

Covenant's Japan-exclusive Director's Cut has additional content, making it the most complete version; PCSX2 supplies the highest-fidelity route. The international PS2 release is the practical English fallback but not the most complete build.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The Director's Cut is most complete but Japan-only; the English PS2 release is more accessible but lacks the Director's Cut additions.

Definitive edition

Japanese Director's Cut

Shadow Hearts · 2005 Shadow Hearts: From the New World

Primary full run

Original PS2 release via PCSX2

PlayStation 2

From the New World is a PS2-only continuation/spin-off with no documented port or remaster, so PCSX2 is the highest-fidelity complete route.

Definitive edition

Original PlayStation 2 release via PCSX2

Shadow of Rome

Shadow of Rome · 2005 Shadow of Rome

Primary full run

Original PlayStation 2 release

PlayStation 2

Shadow of Rome is a PlayStation 2-only Capcom release with no sourced official remaster, remake, PC port, or modern rerelease, so the original PS2 version is the complete canonical release.

Definitive edition

Original PlayStation 2 release

Shadow Tactics

Mimimi's Edo-period stealth tactics line, centered on Blades of the Shogun and the stand-alone Aiko's Choice expansion.

Shadow Tactics · 2016 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Primary full run

Current Windows PC release

Windows

Windows has the original PC release, mouse/keyboard tactics controls, broad storefront access, and the most flexible capture/settings route; later console versions add convenience but no exclusive content.

Definitive edition

Current Windows PC release plus Aiko's Choice as a separate stand-alone expansion

Shadow Tactics · 2021 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice

Primary full run

Windows PC stand-alone expansion

Windows

Aiko's Choice launched as a stand-alone PC expansion and Windows remains the highest-fidelity, most flexible capture route; later PS5/Xbox Series/Switch 2 ports add convenience but no exclusive content.

Windows

Windows was one of the original PC platforms and would be the best capture route, but the game relied on online servers that were shut down in 2018.

Windows

Shaun White Skateboarding released for Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 in 2010 as a spin-off of the Shaun White Snowboarding duology. Windows is the highest-fidelity and most flexible route for the city-shaping skateboarding entry.

Definitive edition

Windows PC release

Sheltered

Sheltered post-apocalyptic survival-management entries, focused on the PC route for archive capture and current storefront clarity.

Sheltered · 2016 Sheltered

Primary full run

Current Steam release

Windows PC

Sheltered is a post-apocalyptic survival-management game from Unicube and Team17. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, and console and mobile routes exist as well. Windows PC is the preferred archive route because it has the clearest active storefront, achievements/cloud support, desktop controls, and the best capture path.

Definitive edition

Sheltered on Windows PC

Sheltered · 2021 Sheltered 2

Primary full run

Current Steam release

Windows PC

Sheltered 2 is documented on Steam as a Windows-only survival management sequel from Unicube and Team17. No sourced console, Mac, Linux, or mobile release was found in this pass, so Windows PC is both the complete route and the archive capture route.

Definitive edition

Sheltered 2 on Windows PC

Shenmue

Shenmue entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

Shenmue · 1999 Shenmue

Primary full run

Shenmue I & II PC collection, with Dreamcast-original caveats documented

Windows PC

Shenmue I & II is the current PC route for the first game, adding modern resolution/control options and dual audio, while the Dreamcast original remains the historical fidelity baseline. The PC collection omits or changes some details, so edition must be recorded.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The PC collection is current and convenient, but original Dreamcast behavior/presentation remains a separate fidelity baseline.

Windows

Vengeance is the definitive version of SMT V with expanded areas, demons, music, and gameplay improvements; Windows is the fidelity pick.

Definitive edition

PC release

Shinobi

Sega's ninja action series starring Joe Musashi and successors, spanning arcade originals, Genesis classics, handheld spin-offs, 3D PS2 entries, and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance.

Shinobi · 1987 Shinobi

Primary full run

Sega Ages arcade release

Nintendo Switch

The original Shinobi is an arcade System 16 game with many ports. The Switch Sega Ages release is the modern official arcade-version route, while the Master System version is worth a secondary look for its altered health/hostage/bonus-stage systems.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Sega Ages is the arcade fidelity route; Master System is a mechanically distinct supplement.

Definitive edition

Sega Ages Shinobi

Shinobi · 1989 Shadow Dancer

Primary full run

Original Sega System 18 release

Arcade

Shadow Dancer is the arcade sequel to Shinobi and runs on Sega System 18 hardware. The Genesis game is a separate loose adaptation, so the arcade original remains the primary for this entry.

Definitive edition

Original arcade release

Shinobi · 1989 The Revenge of Shinobi

Primary full run

Genesis/Mega Drive version via modern collection or emulator

Sega Genesis / Mega Drive

The Revenge of Shinobi is a Genesis/Mega Drive game with many later collection/digital routes. Because older revisions contained culturally recognizable enemy likenesses that were revised for rights reasons, a modern official Genesis/Mega Drive release is the cleanest archival route.

Sega Genesis / Mega Drive

Shinobi III is a Genesis/Mega Drive sequel that later appeared on many compilations and digital services. The final 1993 Genesis/Mega Drive game is the definitive content; the leaked earlier beta is not an official release.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

A leaked beta contains cut/changed material, but it is not an official release and should not replace the 1993 final game.

Definitive edition

Original Genesis/Mega Drive final release

Shinobi · 1995 Shinobi Legions

Primary full run

Original-score Saturn release

Sega Saturn (Japan/North America)

Shinobi Legions is a Saturn-only entry. The European Shinobi X release changes the in-game soundtrack, while the Japanese/North American releases keep the original score, making them the main archival route.

Windows

Art of Vengeance is Lizardcube's 2025 hand-drawn revival, released for Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and Windows. Windows is the highest-fidelity/configurable route, while PS5 was the reviewed console route in public review coverage.

Definitive edition

Windows release

Shiren the Wanderer

Spike Chunsoft's original Mystery Dungeon roguelike branch starring Shiren and Koppa across Nintendo, Sony, PC, and mobile platforms.

Shiren the Wanderer · 1995 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer

Primary full run

Nintendo DS remake via melonDS

Nintendo DS

The DS remake is the most practical complete route for the first Shiren, with an official English release and improved capture through DS emulation.

Definitive edition

Nintendo DS remake

Shiren the Wanderer · 1996 Shiren the Wanderer GB: Monster of Moonlight Village

Primary full run

Windows remake / Internet Edition

Windows PC

Monster of Moonlight Village received an enhanced Windows remake with later internet features; that version has the highest fidelity and most expanded feature set, though it is preservation-limited.

Windows PC

Asuka the Swordswoman was released on Dreamcast and later Windows, with an Internet Edition and extra historical online content; the Windows version is the highest-fidelity route.

Android

Rainbow Labyrinth Chronicle was a Japanese Android service/mobile title, and no modern port is documented.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The only documented route was an Android service/open beta release and is not normally playable today.

Definitive edition

Original Japanese Android release

Shiren the Wanderer · 2010 Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate

Primary full run

Switch/Steam expanded release

Windows PC

The Switch/Steam release is a further expanded version with additional dungeons over the Vita expansion, and PC gives the best capture/settings route.

Definitive edition

Switch/Steam expanded release

Shiren the Wanderer · 2024 Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island

Primary full run

Steam release with current updates

Windows PC

Serpentcoil Island released on Switch and PC, with smartphone versions following; the PC release is the best capture/settings route for the newest main entry.

Definitive edition

Steam release with current updates

Shovel Knight

Shovel Knight entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

Shovel Knight · 2014 Shovel Knight

Primary full run

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

Windows PC

Treasure Trove is the complete currently available Shovel Knight package, bundling Shovel of Hope with the later campaigns and Showdown. Shovel of Hope DX is announced but still listed as to be announced on Steam, so it should not replace the current archive route yet.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Treasure Trove is complete today, while DX may become a separate enhanced Shovel of Hope route after release.

Definitive edition

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove on PC

Shredders

Foampunch's snowboarding game inspired by Amped and realistic board-sport videos, focused on defining a personal riding style across open mountain missions and co-op play.

Shredders · 2022 Shredders

Primary full run

PC release with owned DLC

Windows

Shredders released for Windows and Xbox Series X/S in March 2022, then PlayStation 5 in December 2022, with a PS5 Full Ride Edition physical package in 2025. Windows is the highest-fidelity route, while the PS5 Full Ride Edition is a useful physical complete-package alternative if its DLC bundle matters.

Definitive edition

Windows PC release with owned DLC or PS5 Full Ride Edition for physical collectors

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Alpha Centauri entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri · 1999 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Primary full run

Planetary Pack with Alien Crossfire and patch state documented

Windows PC

The Planetary Pack is the cleanest current route because it bundles Alpha Centauri with the Alien Crossfire expansion. Compatibility and unofficial patch choices matter, so the archive should log whether it is preserving the base game, expansion content, or a patched modern setup.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Planetary Pack includes expansion content; patch choices can change behavior and compatibility.

Definitive edition

Planetary Pack on PC, with patch and Alien Crossfire state documented

Silent Hill

Silent Hill · 1999 Silent Hill

Sami sheet

Supplemental sourced seed; not present in Sami's current spine export.

Primary full run

Original PlayStation release

PlayStation

Silent Hill is documented as a PlayStation title, with later PSN availability functioning as a digital/emulated distribution of the same original. The original PlayStation release is therefore the complete route.

Silent Hill · 2001 Silent Hill 2

Sami sheet

Supplemental sourced seed; not present in Sami's current spine export.

Primary full run

Director's Cut + Enhanced Edition

Windows PC

The Xbox/Director's Cut additions, the Windows port of that expanded version, and the Enhanced Edition project improve modern compatibility, widescreen support, visuals, audio, and bugs. This gives the classic Silent Hill 2 the best complete/fidelity route without substituting the 2024 remake.

Definitive edition

Windows Director's Cut + Enhanced Edition

Silent Hill · 2003 Silent Hill 3

Sami sheet

Supplemental sourced seed; not present in Sami's current spine export.

Primary full run

PC release candidate

Windows

Windows is the likely highest-fidelity capture route, but it still needs a mod/compatibility pass before being treated as final.

Definitive edition

PC release candidate

Silent Hill · 2004 Silent Hill 4: The Room

Sami sheet

Supplemental sourced seed; not present in Sami's current spine export.

Primary full run

Current PC release

Windows / GOG

The PC route is the highest-fidelity starting point and remains commercially accessible through GOG.

Definitive edition

Current PC release

Silent Hill · 2024 Silent Hill The Short Message

Sami sheet

Rating 3.0

Primary full run

Free PS5 PlayStation Store release

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Wii preserves intended pointer/motion design; PS2 and PSP alter the control context.

Definitive edition

Wii original with real Wii Remote controls

Silkroad Online

Silkroad Online entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

Silkroad Online · 2005 Silkroad Online

Primary full run

Current official Joymax/Wemade Max PC service where available

Windows PC

Silkroad Online is a live/regional MMORPG with service, publisher, monetization, and server-state caveats. The archive route should prefer official PC service access and document server/account state; private servers and mobile licensed games are separate routes.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Official service access, region, queue/VIP state, monetization, and private/mobile variants all change the route.

Definitive edition

Current official Windows PC service, with server/account/build state documented

SimCity

SimCity · 1989 SimCity

Primary full run

Nintendo Super NES version via emulator

Super NES

The original SimCity released across many computer and console platforms, while the Super NES version keeps the core gameplay and scenario structure but adds Nintendo-developed content: Dr. Wright, Bowser replacing the monster disaster, reward buildings, a Mario statue, a bank/loan system, and two extra scenarios. For Sami's route, the Super NES version is the best single main run because it is the most content-rich version and can be captured cleanly through modern SNES emulation.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

No current official rerelease is sourced; Windows and Mac execution environments should be logged.

Definitive edition

Original SimTower: The Vertical Empire via owned Windows/Mac media

Complete Blu-ray Disc / Episodes 1-12 release

Skate

EA's analog-stick skateboarding series; use Xbox 360/backward-compatible Xbox routes for the original trilogy, Wii for Skate It, and PC for the evolving 2025 free-to-play reboot.

Skate · 2007 Skate

Primary full run

Original Xbox 360 release / Xbox backward compatibility

Xbox 360

The first Skate shipped on Xbox 360, PS3, and mobile; the Xbox 360 version has the strong original console route and later Xbox backward compatibility, while the mobile game is a distinct reduced adaptation.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The mobile version is a different reduced adaptation; Xbox 360 remains the full-console primary.

Definitive edition

Xbox 360 original via backward compatibility

Skate · 2008 Skate It

Primary full run

Original Wii release

Wii

Skate It released on Wii, DS, and iOS; the Wii version has 480p/widescreen support, a deeper career, offline and online multiplayer, Balance Board support, and the first playable female skater option in the series.

Windows

The 2025 free-to-play reboot launched in early access across PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and mobile platforms. Windows is the highest-fidelity and most configurable route, but the game is a live-service early-access release and can change materially over time.

GameCube

Skies of Arcadia Legends is a director's cut and adds more detailed character models, a more stable frame rate, reduced loading, new side quests/subplots, hidden discoveries, a Wanted List, fewer random encounters, and integrated Dreamcast downloadable content.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

GameCube Legends is the complete main route, while Dreamcast retains VMU/Pinta Quest behavior absent from Legends.

Definitive edition

Skies of Arcadia Legends on GameCube

Sky

Sky entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

Sky · 2019 Sky: Children of the Light

Primary full run

Current Sky: Children of the Light Steam Early Access live build

Windows PC / Steam

Sky is a cross-platform live-service social adventure. The Steam route has current seasonal/event content and the best desktop capture path, while the original mobile and later console versions remain useful comparison routes.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Seasonal events, cosmetics, and social/account state change over time; the PC route is best for capture but not a frozen historical launch build.

Definitive edition

Current Steam live build with season/date documented

Slay the Spire

Slay the Spire · 2019 Slay the Spire

Primary full run

Current PC release

Windows PC

The Windows PC version is the best archive route because it has the complete game, the official Watcher-era content update, PC capture/settings flexibility, and Steam Workshop support for optional community mods. Console and mobile versions have feature-parity for the official game content, but no sourced platform-exclusive gameplay content over PC is documented.

Definitive edition

Slay the Spire on Windows PC

Slay the Spire · 2026 Slay the Spire 2

Primary full run

Early Access PC release

Windows PC

Slay the Spire 2 is currently an Early Access PC-platform release, so Windows PC is the best archive route for the current playable build and stream capture. There is no final/definitive version yet, and no sourced console or mobile release is documented.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The current playable route is Early Access, so fidelity/access is clear but final completeness is not yet available.

Definitive edition

No final definitive edition yet; current Early Access build on Windows PC

Sleeping Dogs

United Front Games and Square Enix's Hong Kong open-world action game, originally born from the canceled True Crime: Hong Kong but released as a separate IP.

Sleeping Dogs · 2012 Sleeping Dogs

Primary full run

Definitive Edition

Windows

Sleeping Dogs released for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 in 2012. Definitive Edition followed for Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and later macOS, bundling the released DLC and improving audio-visual quality and gameplay. Windows Definitive Edition is the fidelity and completeness route.

Definitive edition

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition on Windows

Slender

Slender entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

Slender · 2012 Slender: The Eight Pages

Primary full run

Original freeware PC build from developer/source archive

Windows PC

The Eight Pages is a short freeware Unity horror game, distinct from the commercial sequel/remake Slender: The Arrival. The archive route is the original PC/Mac build with version, source, and input/display settings documented.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Preserved freeware builds and later commercial reworkings are separate archive targets.

Definitive edition

Original freeware PC build with version/source documented

slither.io

slither.io entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

slither.io · 2016 slither.io

Primary full run

Current official slither.io service

Web browser

slither.io is a live browser arcade game, and the official web client is the canonical route. Mobile apps are valid access routes but can differ in controls, ads, and version state.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Sega CD is the official English route; Japanese versions differ in platform, content, presentation, and revision history.

Definitive edition

Sega CD English release for English playthrough; Japanese versions separately for revision comparison

Sniper Elite

Sniper Elite · 2005 Sniper Elite

Sami sheet

Chosen platform PC

Rating 3.0

Difficulty Sniper Elite

WII Exclusive Flak Tower Mission | Exclusive Flak Tower Mission

Primary full run

Sniper Elite / Berlin 1945 on Windows, Steam rerelease acceptable

Windows PC

Sami chose PC. The Windows release has the cleanest capture path and PC compatibility tooling, while the Wii release is only needed for its sourced bonus level.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Windows PC is the fidelity/capture route, but the Wii version has a sourced bonus level; complete path is PC full run plus Wii bonus-level cleanup.

Definitive edition

Windows PC full run plus Wii bonus level

Sniper Elite · 2014 Sniper Elite 3

Sami sheet

Chosen platform PC

Primary full run

Sniper Elite III on Windows with owned mission DLC installed

Windows PC

Sami chose PC. Windows is the highest-fidelity capture route, and for the Ultimate Edition/DLC, the completion checklist is DLC ownership rather than a separate platform route.

Definitive edition

Windows PC with owned mission DLC / Ultimate Edition content checklist

Sniper Elite · 2017 Sniper Elite 4

Sami sheet

Chosen platform PC

Primary full run

Sniper Elite 4 Digital Deluxe / Windows with Season Pass campaign DLC installed

Windows PC

Sami chose PC. Windows gives the highest settings/capture ceiling, and the Season Pass includes the extra campaign missions needed for a complete route.

Definitive edition

Windows PC Digital Deluxe or base game plus Season Pass

Sniper Elite · 2019 Sniper Elite V2 Remastered

Sami sheet

Sami sheet

Chosen platform PC

Primary full run

Sniper Elite: Resistance Deluxe Edition / Windows PC with Season Pass installed

Windows PC

Sami chose PC. Windows offers the highest settings/capture ceiling, and the Deluxe/Season Pass content is needed for the complete route.

Definitive edition

Windows PC Deluxe Edition or base game plus Season Pass

Snowboard Kids

Atlus and Racdym/Racjin's kart-like snowboarding series; use Nintendo 64 for the original two games and Nintendo DS hardware/emulation for SBK.

Snowboard Kids · 1997 Snowboard Kids

Primary full run

Original Nintendo 64 release

Nintendo 64

The original Snowboard Kids was built for Nintendo 64 with four-player racing; the Japan-only PlayStation version is an enhanced port, but no specific must-play exclusive content over the N64 route is known.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

PlayStation has an enhanced Japan-only port, but the N64 original is the clearer multiplayer preservation route.

Definitive edition

Nintendo 64 original, with PlayStation Plus port as comparison

Snowboard Kids · 1999 Snowboard Kids 2

Primary full run

Original Nintendo 64 release

Definitive edition

Classic Windows Solitaire for preservation; Microsoft Solitaire Collection for current access

SOMA

SOMA · 2015 SOMA

Primary full run

Current PC build with Safe Mode

Windows PC

The current Windows PC build is the best route because it has the full game, the official Safe Mode option, and the strongest settings/capture flexibility. No sourced platform-exclusive story content was identified elsewhere.

Definitive edition

Current PC build with Safe Mode

Songs of Syx

Songs of Syx · 2020 Songs of Syx

Primary full run

Current PC Early Access release

Windows PC

Songs of Syx is officially distributed on Steam, GOG, and itch.io, with the Windows build listed alongside macOS and Linux. Windows PC is the safest primary route because it has the current storefront-supported PC build and avoids the extra platform-specific Java/runtime caveats that can affect macOS or Linux.

Mega Drive / Genesis

The 8-bit Sonic 2 has entirely NEW zone geometry - Under Ground, Sky High, Aqua Lake, Green Hills, Gimmick Mountain and Scrambled Egg - plus its own boss models and soundtrack, none of which are present on the 16-bit cartridge.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Sonic · 1992 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)

Sami sheet

Chosen platform Master System / Game Gear

Primary full run

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)

Master System / Game Gear

Its zones, bosses and soundtrack are absent from the 16-bit game entirely.

Mega Drive / Genesis

Sonic Origins REPLACED the Carnival Night, Ice Cap and Launch Base music plus the credits, Knuckles' and sub-boss themes over a rights dispute. Those recordings are absent from every modern release.

Mega Drive / Genesis

The Saturn release REPLACED the special stages with a new 3D half-pipe and REPLACED the score with a new CD recording - each version holds stages and music absent from the other.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The Saturn release REPLACED the special stages with a new 3D half-pipe and REPLACED the score with a new CD recording - each version holds stages and music absent from the other.

Sonic · 1996 Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn)

Sami sheet

Chosen platform Sega Saturn

Primary full run

Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn)

Sega Saturn

Its 3D special stages and Richard Jacques CD soundtrack are absent from the Mega Drive cartridge.

Sami sheet

Chosen platform Dreamcast

Primary full run

Sonic Adventure

Dreamcast

DX REMOVED the Chao Adventure VMU game, the online features and the downloadable voice and holiday content, and REPLACED the Lantern lighting system.

Dreamcast

Battle REMOVED Big the Cat from Eggman's slot, REMOVED the Chao Adventure 2 VMU game and the Christmas and Halloween themes, and shrank the Chao Garden geometry.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Battle REMOVED Big the Cat from Eggman's slot, REMOVED the Chao Adventure 2 VMU game and the Christmas and Halloween themes, and shrank the Chao Garden geometry.

Sonic · 2001 Sonic Adventure 2: Battle

Sami sheet

Chosen platform GameCube

Primary full run

Sonic Adventure 2: Battle

GameCube

ADDS Chao Karate, a Black Market and GBA connectivity that are absent from the Dreamcast release.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

ADDS Chao Karate, a Black Market and GBA connectivity that are absent from the Dreamcast release.

Sonic · 2001 Sonic Advance

Sami sheet

Chosen platform Game Boy Advance

Primary full run

Sonic Advance

Game Boy Advance

This release is the selected route in the completed franchise audit.

Sonic · 2003 Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut

Sami sheet

Chosen platform GameCube / PC

Primary full run

Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut

GameCube / PC

ADDS Mission Mode, a playable Metal Sonic and the whole Game Gear library, none of which exist on the Dreamcast disc.

Wii

The DS version ADDS two Olympic events and five Dream Events that are absent from the Wii disc.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The DS version ADDS two Olympic events and five Dream Events that are absent from the Wii disc.

Sonic · 2008 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (handheld)

Sami sheet

Chosen platform Nintendo DS

Primary full run

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (handheld)

Nintendo DS

Cycling, 10m Platform Diving and five exclusive Dream Events exist only on this cartridge.

Xbox 360 / PS3

The HD build has Empire City and Mazuri and full 3D hub towns, all absent from the SD build; its stage geometry is entirely different.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The HD build has Empire City and Mazuri and full 3D hub towns, all absent from the SD build; its stage geometry is entirely different.

Sonic · 2008 Sonic Unleashed (SD)

Sami sheet

Chosen platform Wii / PS2

Primary full run

Sonic Unleashed (SD)

Wii / PS2

Its stage layouts and boss encounters are new geometry that does not exist in the HD build.

Wii

The DS version carries exclusive events absent from the Wii disc.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The DS version carries exclusive events absent from the Wii disc.

Sonic · 2009 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (handheld)

Sami sheet

Chosen platform Nintendo DS

Primary full run

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (handheld)

Nintendo DS

Holds events and an adventure mode that are absent from the Wii release.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Holds events and an adventure mode that are absent from the Wii release.

Sonic · 2010 Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

Sami sheet

Chosen platform Wii / PS3 / Xbox 360 / DS / PC

Primary full run

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

This release is the selected route in the completed franchise audit.

Soul Nomad & the World Eaters

A standalone Nippon Ichi tactical RPG revived on PC and Switch through Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 1.

Soul Nomad & the World Eaters · 2007 Soul Nomad & the World Eaters

Primary full run

Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 1 PC release

Windows

The modern PC release brings Soul Nomad back from PS2/PSN with the strongest capture and display-control route.

PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360

HD Online adds HD visuals and online play and includes Heihachi and Spawn together, making it the fidelity route; the GameCube/Switch 2 route is secondary for Link.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

HD Online is higher fidelity and includes two guests, but Link remains exclusive to the Nintendo/GameCube route.

Definitive edition

Soulcalibur II HD Online plus GameCube/Switch 2 secondary for Link

Soulcalibur · 2005 Soulcalibur III

Primary full run

PlayStation Classics release

PlayStation 4 / PlayStation 5

The PS4/PS5 PlayStation Store release up-renders the PS2 game and adds emulator conveniences, making it the highest-fidelity official home route.

Windows

Soulcalibur VI released on PS4, Xbox One, and Windows; PC provides the highest configurable fidelity route.

Definitive edition

PC release with desired DLC

South Park

South Park entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

South Park · 2014 South Park: The Stick of Truth

Primary full run

Uncensored PC release where regionally available

Windows PC

The PC version is the best capture route and avoids the broader console-censorship issue in most regions, though PC censorship still applies in some territories. Archive the uncensored PC release where legally available and document region.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The correct archive route depends on region because censorship differs by platform and territory.

Definitive edition

Uncensored Windows PC release where available

South Park · 2017 South Park: The Fractured But Whole

Primary full run

Gold/complete PC route with Season Pass DLC where owned

Windows PC

The PC route is the best capture path for the sequel and can include Season Pass story DLC in one archive pass. Console and Switch routes are useful comparison targets, but PC has the strongest settings/capture flexibility.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The complete route depends on owned DLC/Gold Edition state; base-game-only captures should be labeled.

Definitive edition

Windows PC Gold/complete route with Season Pass DLC installed where owned

Space Channel 5

Sega's Ulala-led rhythm-action series, spanning Dreamcast/PS2 cinematic rhythm games and a later VR revival.

Space Channel 5 · 1999 Space Channel 5

Primary full run

Original Dreamcast release

Dreamcast

The Dreamcast original is the best main route for the first Space Channel 5: it is the lead version, while the PS2 port came later and the GBA conversion is technically compromised by handheld limits.

Definitive edition

Original Dreamcast release

Space Channel 5 · 2002 Space Channel 5: Part 2

Primary full run

HD PC port

Windows PC

Part 2 received a high-definition port on Windows, Xbox 360, and PS3 in 2011; the Windows version is the highest-fidelity and most capture-friendly route when already owned.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The PC HD port is best when owned, but the Steam version was delisted on December 6, 2024, so PS3/Xbox 360 or emulation may be needed for access.

Definitive edition

HD PC port

Space Channel 5 · 2020 Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash

Primary full run

SteamVR release

Windows PC

The Windows/SteamVR release is the highest-fidelity VR route and launched with the Hatsune Miku DLC bundled, while the earlier PSVR release received that DLC separately.

Definitive edition

SteamVR release with Hatsune Miku DLC

Space Haven

Space Haven · 2026 Space Haven

Primary full run

Current 1.0 Steam release

Windows PC

Space Haven left Early Access and reached full Steam release on May 13, 2026, with Windows, macOS, and Linux/SteamOS support plus Workshop and Steam Cloud features. It is a spaceship colony sim inspired by RimWorld, Dwarf Fortress, Spacebase DF-9, and Oxygen Not Included. No console or mobile release was found in this pass. Windows PC is the main archive route because it has the cleanest capture/settings path.

Definitive edition

Space Haven 1.0 on Windows PC

Space Invaders

Space Invaders entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

Space Invaders · 1978 Space Invaders

Primary full run

Arcade Archives SPACE INVADERS

Nintendo Switch / PlayStation / Xbox

Hamster's Arcade Archives release of Space Invaders, Taito's 1978 shooting game, covers current platforms, alongside the arcade original and legacy ports. Arcade Archives is the cleanest official modern route for the original arcade game.

Definitive edition

Arcade Archives SPACE INVADERS

Spacebase Startopia

Spacebase Startopia · 2021 Spacebase Startopia

Primary full run

Current Steam release

Windows

Windows has the original launch, PC storefront access, mod/fix visibility, and the complete current DLC set; PS5 and Xbox Series versions have no documented exclusive content.

Definitive edition

Windows base game with Demon Scourge, Weaver's Realms, and Children of Nor DLC

Spelunky 2 on Windows PC

Spirit Hunter

Spirit Hunter · 2017 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark

Primary full run

Switch release with Chapter 7 DLC

Nintendo Switch

The Switch release is the most complete route because the paid Chapter 7 DLC is not available on PC, while Switch has the modern enhanced release path.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

PC is the easiest capture route, but the paid Chapter 7 DLC is not available on PC, so Switch is the completeness primary.

Definitive edition

Nintendo Switch release with Chapter 7 DLC

Spirit Hunter · 2018 Spirit Hunter: NG

Primary full run

Steam PC release

Windows PC

Spirit Hunter: NG released on Vita, PS4, Switch, and Windows with no sourced platform-exclusive content split, making the Steam PC release the best fidelity/capture route.

Definitive edition

Steam PC release

Spirit Hunter · 2022 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II

Primary full run

Steam PC release

Windows PC

The worldwide Steam PC release is the best fidelity/capture route for Death Mark II, while Switch, PS4, and PS5 are alternate console routes with no sourced exclusive content advantage.

Nintendo Switch / PlayStation 4

The original arcade game has many routes, but the Arcade Archives release is the modern official arcade-version route on current digital console storefronts. It avoids the censored TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine edits and is more direct than unlocking the arcade game inside the 2010 reboot.

Sega Genesis / Mega Drive

Splatterhouse 3 was built for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, and the 2010 reboot's unlockable version replaced digitized photographs with new artwork. The original Genesis/Mega Drive version is therefore the most complete/unaltered primary.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The 2010 unlockable is easier to access if you own the reboot, but its artwork changes make the original Genesis/Mega Drive version the better archival primary.

Definitive edition

Original Genesis/Mega Drive version via modern emulation

Splatterhouse · 2010 Splatterhouse

Primary full run

Original HD console release

PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360

The 2010 Splatterhouse reboot released only on PS3 and Xbox 360 and includes the original Splatterhouse arcade game, Splatterhouse 2, and Splatterhouse 3 as unlockables. With no PC or remaster route documented, either HD console version is the complete official route.

Definitive edition

Original PS3/Xbox 360 release

Splatterhouse · 1993 Splatterhouse: World

Primary full run

Canceled unreleased prototype

Famicom / NES prototype

This is an unreleased Famicom horror JRPG planned around March 1993, later leaked as a playable ROM and fan-translated. Because there is no official commercial release, it stays as a limited exception instead of a researched best-version entry.

Xbox 360 / Xbox backward compatibility

Double Agent has two materially different main versions. The Xbox 360/PS3/Windows version is the higher-fidelity HD version, but the PC port has major unresolved technical issues, making Xbox 360 via modern Xbox backward compatibility the best primary route.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The HD version is primary for fidelity, but the sixth-gen Ubisoft Montreal version is a substantially different campaign and must be treated as secondary content rather than a redundant port.

Definitive edition

Xbox 360 HD version plus Xbox version-2 secondary playthrough

Splinter Cell · 2010 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction

Primary full run

PC release with Insurgency Pack/Deniable Ops content

Windows

Windows is the highest-fidelity route for the main campaign, co-op prologue, Deniable Ops, and DLC content; mobile/cloud releases are separate or historical routes.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Windows is the highest-fidelity complete route, but co-op/server state and DLC availability must be documented because some features depend on services or storefront entitlements.

Definitive edition

Windows with DLC

Splinter Cell · 2013 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist - Spider-Bot

Primary full run

Historical mobile tie-in

SPRAWL

SPRAWL · 2023 SPRAWL

Primary full run

Current PC release

Windows PC

SPRAWL launched first on Windows PC and later came to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S; the PC version remains the best fidelity/capture/input route with no sourced console-exclusive content.

PlayStation 2

SpyHunter launched on PlayStation 2 before later GameCube, Xbox, handheld, PC, Mac OS X, and Zodiac versions. The PS2 release was the best-received route, while the PC port had compromised graphics and controls.

PlayStation Vita

The 2012 Spy Hunter reboot released for PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS. The Vita version is the higher-fidelity handheld route, with no sourced 3DS-exclusive content.

Definitive edition

PlayStation Vita release

The reboot shipped on PS3, Xbox 360, and Android; the Xbox 360 version became Xbox One/Series backward compatible, and the DLC/update path adds Mount Eddie, classic characters, Mt. Fugi & Friends, Freeride, and 3-2-1 GO! modes when preserved.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The most complete route requires preserved DLC and updates; choose the platform where those licenses are available.

Definitive edition

Xbox backward-compatible release with DLC/updates

Star Citizen

Star Citizen entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

Star Citizen · 2017 Star Citizen

Primary full run

Current Star Citizen live alpha client

Windows PC

Star Citizen is an active-development PC-only alpha/live-service archive target. The current live client is the only meaningful primary route, and the archive must record the exact patch, server, wipe/persistence state, pledge/account state, and whether PTU content was used.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

There is no final release route yet; feature set, persistence, wipes, bugs, and server state change across patches.

Definitive edition

No final definitive edition; current live alpha client with exact patch/server/account state documented

Star Fox

Nintendo's sci-fi animal-pilot rail-shooter series, covering the SNES originals, Star Fox 64 and its remakes/reimaginings, GameCube action entries, DS/Wii U experiments, Guard, and the upcoming Switch 2 remake.

Star Fox · 1993 Star Fox

Primary full run

Official emulated SNES release

Nintendo Classics / Super NES Classic Edition

The original Star Fox is an SNES rail shooter using the Super FX chip. Official modern emulation through Super NES Classic Edition or Nintendo Classics is the cleanest accessible route while preserving the original release.

Definitive edition

Official emulated SNES release via Super NES Classic Edition / Nintendo Classics

Star Fox · 1997 Star Fox 64

Primary full run

Star Fox 64 3D

Nintendo 3DS

Star Fox 64 3D is the released remake with updated graphics, stereoscopic 3D, quality-of-life changes, gyro controls, and new voice recordings, making it the best current released version of Star Fox 64 until the future Switch 2 remake ships.

Game Boy Color

Blue Sphere is a Japan-only direct sequel to The Second Story. A 2009 mobile remake exists, but the Game Boy Color version is the stable preservation route with documented single-player and multiplayer support.

GREE mobile social network

Material Trader was a free-to-play card and item-creation RPG for GREE; the service was terminated in February 2014 and the application was delisted, so no current normal play route exists.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The only official route was a terminated service; completeness is archival rather than playable.

Definitive edition

Original GREE service, historical only

Star Ocean · 2016 Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness

Primary full run

PlayStation 4 release

PlayStation 4

The PS4 version has higher resolution and frame rate than the Japan-only PS3 version and is the only version released outside Japan.

Definitive edition

PlayStation 4 release

Star Ocean · 2016 Star Ocean: Anamnesis

Primary full run

Offline version after service shutdown

Android / iOS

Anamnesis was a mobile free-to-play action RPG released for Android and iOS; the global and Japanese services shut down, but an offline version remains documented with the first three episodes and acquired character models.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The full live service was shut down; the documented offline version is only a limited archival route.

Definitive edition

Offline version where available, historical live service otherwise

Star Ocean · 2022 Star Ocean: The Divine Force

Primary full run

Steam release

Windows

The Divine Force shipped on PC and modern consoles; Windows offers the highest settings and capture flexibility for the full game.

Windows PC

Empire at War is a PC real-time strategy game, and the Gold Pack route includes the base game plus Forces of Corruption expansion while giving the cleanest modern Windows capture path.

Definitive edition

Star Wars: Empire at War Gold Pack

StarCraft

StarCraft · 1998 StarCraft

Primary full run

StarCraft: Remastered

Windows (Remastered)

StarCraft released on Windows and Mac, with StarCraft 64 bringing the game to Nintendo 64 and later StarCraft: Remastered updating the PC/Mac release. Windows Remastered is the best main route because it includes modern HD presentation, Battle.net features, and the best capture/settings ceiling.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Windows Remastered is the fidelity route, but StarCraft 64 has exclusive mission/tutorial content worth a secondary check.

Definitive edition

StarCraft: Remastered on Windows plus StarCraft 64 secondary

StarCraft · 1998 StarCraft: Brood War

Primary full run

Brood War in StarCraft: Remastered

Windows (Remastered)

Brood War released for Windows and Mac, was included in StarCraft 64, and is included in StarCraft: Remastered. Windows Remastered is the best main route because it is the HD modern package for Brood War with the strongest capture/settings ceiling.

Primary full run

Starfield on Windows PC (current patched release)

Windows

Windows is the highest-fidelity practical route among the available platforms: native PC output, known PC configuration options, and access to the current patched game content. The PS5 release adds DualSense and PS5 Pro presentation features, but the Free Lanes update and Terran Armada DLC go live across all platforms rather than being PS5-exclusive story content.

Definitive edition

Starfield on Windows PC (current patched release)

Startopia

Startopia · 2001 Startopia

Primary full run

Current digital Windows PC release

Windows PC

Startopia is a real-time space-station strategy/city-management game released for Windows in 2001. Windows is the platform, with current Steam/GOG digital availability, and no console or alternate-platform gameplay release exists. Windows PC is the definitive route; use the current digital build first, then fall back to original-disc preservation only if the digital build has compatibility issues.

Definitive edition

Startopia on Windows PC digital release

State of Emergency

VIS Entertainment's crowd-heavy riot action series, published first by Rockstar and then SouthPeak.

State of Emergency · 2002 State of Emergency

Primary full run

PC version

Windows

State of Emergency released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Windows. Windows is the highest-fidelity route for the original crowd-action brawler.

Definitive edition

Windows PC version

State of Emergency · 2006 State of Emergency 2

Primary full run

Original PS2 release

PlayStation 2

State of Emergency 2 released exclusively for PlayStation 2 after planned PSP, Xbox, and Windows versions were canceled. PS2 is the only shipped platform and therefore the primary route.

Definitive edition

Original PlayStation 2 release

SteamWorld

SteamWorld · 2010 SteamWorld Tower Defense

Primary full run

Original DSiWare release

Nintendo DSi / DSiWare

The original DSiWare release is the only sourced platform release for SteamWorld Tower Defense, so it is the primary by necessity even though it is not a modern easy-access route.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

There is no modern PC/console remaster; completeness is tied to a legacy DSiWare route.

Definitive edition

SteamWorld Tower Defense on Nintendo DSi / DSiWare

SteamWorld · 2013 SteamWorld Dig

Primary full run

Current PC release

Windows PC

The Windows PC route is the best archival version because it covers the complete game with PC capture/settings flexibility. Later console, handheld, and cloud releases do not add sourced exclusive gameplay content over PC.

Definitive edition

SteamWorld Dig on Windows PC

SteamWorld · 2015 SteamWorld Heist

Primary full run

SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition

Nintendo Switch

The Nintendo Switch Ultimate Edition is the best currently recommendable complete route because it is optimized for Switch and bundled with all previously released DLC, including the mysterious new ally, weapons, upgrades, hats, and missions. The PC version is useful if already owned, but it is no longer sold, so Switch Ultimate is the clean complete-access primary.

Windows PC

The Windows PC route is the best archival version because it covers the complete sequel with PC capture/settings flexibility. Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox releases do not add sourced exclusive gameplay content over PC.

Definitive edition

SteamWorld Heist II on Windows PC

Steelrising

Steelrising · 2022 Steelrising

Primary full run

Bastille Edition / base game plus Cagliostro's Secrets

Definitive edition

Original PlayStation 2 release

Stella Glow

Imageepoch's final tactical RPG, a music-and-witches 3DS game published by Sega, Atlus, and NIS America by region.

Stella Glow · 2015 Stella Glow

Primary full run

Original Nintendo 3DS release

Nintendo 3DS

Stella Glow is documented as a Nintendo 3DS-only tactical RPG; no higher-fidelity port or remaster is documented.

Definitive edition

Original Nintendo 3DS release

Stellar Blade

Stellar Blade · 2024 Stellar Blade

Sami sheet

Chosen platform PC

Difficulty NORMAL

Completion 2026-01-

Primary full run

Stellar Blade on Windows PC (current patched release)

Windows

Sami chose PC, and the official PC release post supports that route with unlocked frame rate, DLSS/FSR support, ultrawide/super-ultrawide support, and high-resolution background textures. The same post says the additional PC-release content is also available on PS5 via patch, so PC gives the best fidelity without sacrificing sourced content completeness.

Definitive edition

Stellar Blade on Windows PC (current patched release)

Stellaris

Stellaris · 2016 Stellaris

Primary full run

Current PC release with DLC library

Windows PC

The Windows PC version is the original and most complete Stellaris route, with the full PC DLC library, mod support, keyboard-and-mouse controls, and the best capture/settings flexibility. Console Edition is valuable and now has native PS5/Xbox Series versions, but it is an adapted console route with no sourced exclusive gameplay content over PC.

Definitive edition

Stellaris on Windows PC with current DLC

Stellaris · 2020 Stellaris: Galaxy Command

Primary full run

Current Google Play mobile release

Android

Galaxy Command is a mobile-only Stellaris spin-off. Android is the preferred archive route because it is easy to source on Google Play and easier to capture/test on common Android devices or compatible capture setups; iOS is an equivalent access route with no sourced exclusive content.

Definitive edition

Stellaris: Galaxy Command on Android

StepMania

StepMania entries track the open-source rhythm-engine baseline and the fork/song-pack-dependent preservation problem around dance-game simulation.

StepMania · 2001 StepMania

Primary full run

StepMania 5.1 branch or documented current official build with local song pack

Windows / Linux / macOS

StepMania is an open-source rhythm-game engine rather than a fixed commercial song package. Archive fidelity depends on exact build, theme, input device, noteskin and simfile/song pack; the official desktop build is the baseline, while forks such as ITGmania or OutFox should be labeled separately.

PC / PS4 / Xbox One / Nintendo Switch

Super Street Fighter II adds Cammy, Fei Long, T. Hawk, Dee Jay, revised audiovisuals, and additional colors; the 30th Anniversary Collection provides the arcade version.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Any platform can play the arcade version in the anthology, but Switch uniquely adds local Tournament Battle.

Definitive edition

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection arcade version

Street Fighter · 1994 Super Street Fighter II Turbo

Primary full run

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection arcade version

PC / PS4 / Xbox One / Nintendo Switch

Super Turbo adds Super Combos and Akuma and remains a tournament-staple revision; the 30th Anniversary Collection supplies the arcade version with online support.

PlayStation 2

Alpha 2 has several revisions, and Alpha Anthology collects Alpha 2, Alpha 2 Gold/Zero 2 Alpha arrange material, and broader Alpha extras in one package, making it the most complete Alpha 2-focused route.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

30th Anniversary is cleaner/current for arcade Alpha 2; Alpha Anthology is more complete for Alpha 2 revisions.

Definitive edition

Street Fighter Alpha Anthology

Street Fighter · 1998 Street Fighter Alpha 3

Primary full run

Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max

PSP

Alpha 3 Max / Double Upper is the most content-complete named Alpha 3 version, expanding on the arcade and Upper revisions with extra characters and modes, though modern collections are better for arcade presentation.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

PSP Alpha 3 Max is content-complete; 30th Anniversary and Capcom Fighting Collection 2 are better modern display/online routes for specific arcade/Upper revisions.

Definitive edition

Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max

Street Fighter · 1996 X-Men vs. Street Fighter

Primary full run

Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics

PC / PS4 / Nintendo Switch

The modern Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection preserves the arcade crossover on current platforms, avoiding the more compromised PlayStation port and aging Saturn route.

Definitive edition

Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection arcade version

Street Fighter · 1996 Street Fighter EX

Primary full run

Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha

PlayStation

EX Plus Alpha is the home expanded version of the first 3D EX game, adding content over the arcade EX/EX Plus releases.

PC / PS4 / Xbox One / Nintendo Switch

3rd Strike's arcade version is included in the 30th Anniversary Collection with online play, making it the best current official route while preserving the competitive arcade target.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Online Edition has unique wrapper features, while 30th Anniversary is the current official arcade-version route.

Definitive edition

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection arcade version

Street Fighter · 1998 Street Fighter EX2

Primary full run

Street Fighter EX2 Plus

PlayStation

EX2 Plus is the expanded revision of EX2 and received the home PlayStation release, making it the most complete route for EX2 content.

Ultra Street Fighter IV is the final major SFIV revision and includes the expanded roster/systems over base IV, Super, and Arcade Edition; PC offers the highest-fidelity main route.

Definitive edition

Ultra Street Fighter IV

Street Fighter · 2010 Super Street Fighter IV

Primary full run

Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition

Nintendo 3DS

As its own entry, Super Street Fighter IV's unique 3DS release adds stereoscopic 3D and handheld-specific presentation, while Ultra Street Fighter IV is the better overall SFIV-family route.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The 3DS version has unique presentation; Ultra Street Fighter IV is the more complete later SFIV route.

Definitive edition

Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition for unique Super content; Ultra SFIV for full SFIV family

Street Fighter · 2014 Ultra Street Fighter IV

Primary full run

Steam release

Ultra Street Fighter IV is the final SFIV revision and the PC version offers the best fidelity/settings route while keeping the full Ultra content package.

Definitive edition

Ultra Street Fighter IV on PC

Street Fighter · 2008 Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

Primary full run

Original digital release

PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360

HD Remix is a distinct redrawn/rebalanced version of Super Turbo and exists only as a PS3/Xbox 360 digital release.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

HD Remix is visually higher-resolution but not the same competitive/preservation target as arcade Super Turbo.

Definitive edition

Original HD Remix digital release

Street Fighter · 2012 Street Fighter X Tekken

Primary full run

Windows release with available DLC

Primary full run

Original Switch release

Nintendo Switch

Ultra Street Fighter II is a Switch-exclusive revision of SFII with additional characters and modern/classic visual options, distinct from arcade Super Turbo.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Ultra SFII has added content, but arcade Super Turbo remains the classic competitive/preservation route.

Definitive edition

Original Nintendo Switch release

Street Fighter · 2018 Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

Primary full run

30th Anniversary Collection

PC / PS4 / Xbox One / Nintendo Switch

This anthology contains twelve classic arcade Street Fighter titles plus archival materials, with online-enabled versions of Hyper Fighting, Super Turbo, Alpha 3, and 3rd Strike; it is the core modern route for the pre-IV arcade lineage.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

PC is the general fidelity pick, while Switch has an exclusive local tournament feature.

Definitive edition

PC version plus Switch tournament-mode sampling

Street Fighter · 2022 Street Fighter: Duel

Primary full run

Current mobile release

iOS / Android

Street Fighter: Duel is a mobile RPG/idle-battle spinoff that launched first in China and then worldwide; mobile is its only official route.

Definitive edition

Current mobile release

Street Fighter · 2023 Street Fighter 6

PC release with Mr. X Nightmare DLC

Windows

Streets of Rage 4 launched across Switch, PS4, Windows, Xbox One, and later Linux/macOS, Stadia, Android, and iOS. The Mr. X Nightmare expansion adds Survival Mode, training options, and additional playable characters, so the Windows version with DLC is the highest-fidelity and most complete route.

Definitive edition

Windows release with Mr. X Nightmare DLC

Streets of Rogue

Streets of Rogue · 2019 Streets of Rogue

Primary full run

Current PC release with Character Pack DLC

Windows PC

The PC release has the full game, the Character Pack DLC route, and the best update/capture/input flexibility. Console ports are valid and broadly content-complete, but PC remains the best archive version.

Definitive edition

Streets of Rogue on Windows PC with Character Pack DLC

Stronghold

Stronghold entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

Stronghold · 2002 Stronghold: Crusader

Primary full run

Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition

Windows PC

Stronghold Crusader now has a current Definitive Edition that remasters the 2002 RTS with new visuals, audio, campaigns, units, AI lords, larger maps, co-op, Steam Workshop, and modern multiplayer. The original/HD version remains important for exact old-balance comparison, but Definitive Edition is the practical current archive route.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Definitive Edition is current and expanded; HD/original is the route for exact 2002 balance.

Windows

The current release is Early Access/Game Preview, and Windows is the highest-fidelity, most configurable route. Xbox Series X/S is a valid Game Preview route but does not add exclusive content.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The platform choice is clear for current fidelity, but the game itself is Early Access/Game Preview; no platform is a final complete 1.0 route yet.

Definitive edition

No definitive edition yet; Early Access/Game Preview

Subway Surfers

Subway Surfers entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

Subway Surfers · 2012 Subway Surfers

Primary full run

Current official SYBO mobile build

iOS / Android mobile

Subway Surfers is a live endless-runner built around the official mobile app ecosystem. The current iOS/Android build is the best practical completeness route, while web and legacy Windows Phone paths are convenience or historical alternates without sourced exclusive progression content.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

A browser route is cleaner for desktop capture, but the mobile app route is the safer completeness target for a live mobile game.

Definitive edition

Current official iOS/Android build

Suikoden

Konami's large-party political-fantasy JRPG series, including the five mainline console RPGs, Japan-only narrative and card spin-offs, the PS2 tactics side game, DS and PSP alternate-world entries, and the modern Suikoden I & II HD remaster routes.

Suikoden · 1995 Suikoden

Primary full run

Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars

Windows

The 2025 PC remaster has the highest modern fidelity for the first game, with HD backgrounds, updated effects, enhanced sound, auto-save, fast-forward, and conversation-log quality-of-life features. The Saturn version has exclusive extras, so it is a secondary cleanup route rather than the main full playthrough.

PlayStation Portable

This Japan-only PSP side game has no documented official port or remaster, so PPSSPP is the highest-fidelity route for the only official release.

PlayStation 2

PCSX2 gives the PS2 original the highest-resolution presentation, while the PSP remake adds documented extra systems and content that should be checked separately.

PlayStation 2

PCSX2 gives the PS2 original the highest-resolution presentation, while the PSP remake adds documented extra systems and content that should be checked separately.

PlayStation 4

Summon Night 6 shipped on PS Vita and PS4; the PS4 version is the higher-fidelity home-console route, with Gaijinworks also documenting cross-save between the two versions.

Definitive edition

PlayStation 4 release

Summoner

Summoner · 2000 Summoner

Primary full run

Steam/GOG PC release

Arcade

Off Road Challenge was first released for arcades on Midway V Unit hardware, with linked cabinet multiplayer and the highest-fidelity original presentation. The Nintendo 64 port adds unlockable tracks and circuit mode, so those extras are a secondary route.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Arcade has the best fidelity and cabinet multiplayer; Nintendo 64 adds unlockable tracks and circuit mode, so use it only for that exclusive content.

Definitive edition

Arcade release plus N64 extras

Wii U is the fidelity route, but 3DS has exclusive modes and stages that justify a secondary pass.

Definitive edition

Wii U version with 3DS secondary for exclusives

Super Smash Bros. · 2018 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Primary full run

Ultimate with Fighters Pass Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 DLC

Nintendo Switch

Ultimate includes every previous fighter in its base roster and adds more fighters, stages, and music through DLC; the Switch release with all DLC is the most complete official Smash route.

Windows

SBK 22 released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Steam. It includes the official 2022 SBK Championship, official bikes and tracks, career mode, A.N.N.A. AI, custom editors, and online races up to 12 players; Windows/Steam is the most configurable high-fidelity route.

Definitive edition

Steam PC release

SUPERHOT

SUPERHOT · 2016 SUPERHOT

Primary full run

Current PC release

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Gold Edition is the easiest ownership route, but the base campaign and Forged Alliance expansion should be tracked separately.

Definitive edition

Windows PC Gold Edition or patched PC base game

Surviving the Abyss on Windows PC

Combat Ops is tied to PSP-era network features, so preservation depends on an existing installation/package and local/ad hoc viability.

Definitive edition

PSP PlayStation Network release if preserved

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster on Windows PC

The Saboteur

Pandemic Studios' World War II open-world action game and its mobile tie-in.

The Saboteur · 2009 The Saboteur

Primary full run

PC version

Windows

The Saboteur released for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 in December 2009. Windows is the highest-fidelity and most flexible route for the full open-world game.

Definitive edition

Windows PC version

The Saboteur · 2010 The Saboteur (mobile)

Primary full run

Mobile tie-in (archival)

iOS

The mobile tie-in to The Saboteur released for BlackBerry in January 2010 and iOS in March 2010. iOS is the more practical archival primary route, though normal modern storefront availability is not guaranteed.

Definitive edition

iOS mobile release for archival purposes

The Settlers

Blue Byte's settlement simulations, beginning here with the complete Gold Edition route.

The Settlers · 1996 The Settlers II

Primary full run

The Settlers II: Gold Edition from GOG

Windows PC via DOSBox

Gold Edition is the documented complete original package: the ten-mission base campaign plus the Mission CD's nine-mission campaign, extra maps, and map editor. The GOG release is the simplest currently sold route to that original content and avoids the severely flawed Nintendo DS conversion.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The 10th Anniversary remake is visually newer, while Gold Edition is the explicitly documented complete original package. For this archive entry, completeness and preservation outweigh the remake's new graphics.

Definitive edition

The Settlers II: Gold Edition

The Simpsons

The Simpsons entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

The Simpsons · 2003 The Simpsons: Hit & Run

Primary full run

Original PC release with compatibility fixes

Windows PC

Hit & Run has no current official remaster or storefront route, and the Windows version is the most flexible capture target if an owned copy is available. GameCube/PS2/Xbox are important original-console routes but less convenient for high-resolution archival capture.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

PC is the capture/fix route; console versions preserve original platform behavior. No official modern remaster is available.

Definitive edition

Original Windows PC release with documented compatibility fixes

The Simpsons · 2007 The Simpsons Game

Primary full run

HD console version

PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360

The Simpsons Game was not released on PC. The PS3/Xbox 360 route is the high-fidelity HD version, while Wii/PS2/PSP and DS versions are separate lower-spec or handheld adaptations with platform-specific differences.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

The HD console route is the best-looking version, while DS and lower-spec routes should be treated as adaptations rather than replacements.

In development

Project Rene is in development as a future Sims project with PC/mobile collaborative playtesting, but no final shipped version exists.

The Sinking City

The Sinking City · 2019 The Sinking City

Primary full run

Remastered Deluxe Edition

Windows PC

The Windows PC Remastered Deluxe route is the strongest main playthrough because the remaster rebuilds the game in Unreal Engine 5 with relit environments and enhanced visuals, while the Deluxe bundle keeps the story DLC and bonus packs on the same high-fidelity PC route.

Definitive edition

The Sinking City Remastered Deluxe Edition on Windows PC

The Stanley Parable

The Stanley Parable entries from the prepared 1000-title candidate queue, researched for Sami's fidelity-first archive route.

The Stanley Parable · 2013 The Stanley Parable

Primary full run

Original 2013 Steam release plus Ultra Deluxe as expanded modern branch

Windows PC

The original 2013 standalone is the historical fidelity route, while The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is the current expanded remake/sequel-style route with substantial new content and console support. Archive both branches rather than treating Ultra Deluxe as a simple patch.

Fidelity vs completeness conflict

Ultra Deluxe is the richer modern route, but the original 2013 build remains necessary for exact historical behavior.

Definitive edition

Original 2013 Steam release for historical route; Ultra Deluxe for expanded modern route

The Suffering

Surreal Software and Midway's morality-driven horror shooter series starring Torque.

The Suffering · 2004 The Suffering

Primary full run

PC / GOG release

Windows

The Suffering released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Windows, and later returned on GOG.com. Windows is the highest-fidelity and most accessible modern route.

Definitive edition

Windows/GOG release

The Suffering · 2005 The Suffering: Ties That Bind

Primary full run

PC / GOG release

Windows

Ties That Bind released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Windows in 2005, and later returned on GOG.com. Windows is the highest-fidelity and most accessible modern route.

Definitive edition

Windows/GOG release

The Surge

The Surge · 2017 The Surge

Primary full run

Complete Edition / base game plus all DLC

Windows PC

The Windows PC complete route is the best version because it covers the base game, A Walk in the Park, The Good, the Bad and the Augmented, and the smaller gear/booster DLC packs while retaining PC capture/settings flexibility.

Definitive edition

The Surge Complete Edition / all DLC on Windows PC

The Surge · 2019 The Surge 2

Primary full run

Premium Edition

Windows PC

The Windows PC Premium Edition is the best route because it bundles the base game and Season Pass, including The Kraken expansion and gear/weapon packs, while keeping PC capture/settings flexibility.

Definitive edition

The Surge 2 Premium Edition on Windows PC