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}}The following is a list of video games with gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters, including any others falling under the LGBT umbrella term. {{dynamic list}}HistoryDuring the 1980s, characters that can be argued as identifying as LGBT were rarely shown in a realistic or non-stereotypical context and were often the objects of ridicule or jokes.[1] In the 1990s, games (often Japanese ones) continued to use stereotypical LGBT characters which did not reflect the diversity in LGBT communities. However, more efforts were found to make more diverse and less one-dimensional characters.[2] List of worksVideo game seriesThese are video game series where two or more games have LGBT characters. | Series | Year | Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes | Genre | Developer | Country | | Assassin's Creed | 2007 | Assassin's Creed | Abu'l Nuquod | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Action-adventure, stealth | Ubisoft Montreal | Canada | | 2010 | Brotherhood | Leonardo Da Vinci and Salaì | Gay | The Da Vinci Disappearance, Ezio appears to know of Leonardo's historically romantic relationship with his pupil Salaì, stating that "You do not need to lie to me. Salaì fits you. I approve.".{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | | 2014 | Assassin's Creed Rogue | Harlan Cunningham and Arend Schut | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Ubisoft Sofia | Bulgaria | | 2015 | Assassin's Creed Syndicate | Jacob Frye | Bisexual | The lead writer of this game indicated that the team explicitly avoided giving Jacob Frye, one of the game's two protagonists, a female love interest during the main storyline. He also hinted at the idea that Jacob needed to "figure himself out to some degree" after his brief partnership with Maxwell Roth.[3] This led to speculation regarding Jacob's sexuality, with the official Assassin's Creed Tumblr later confirming that the character is canonically bisexual.[4][5] | Ubisoft Quebec | Canada | | Ned Wynert | Trans man | date=October 2018}} | | Arend Schut Cunningham and Harlan Cunningham | Gay | Assassin's Creed Rogue sends an e-mail that mentions his honeymoon with his husband, Harlan Cunningham.{{citation needed>date=December 2017}}{{clarify|date=December 2017}} | | 2018 | Assassin's Creed Odyssey | Alexios and Kassandra | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | date=October 2018}} | | Baldur's Gate | 2012 | Enhanced Edition | Gorion's Ward | Potentially lesbian or bisexual | The Gorion's Ward is the male or female protagonist in the RPG series Baldur's Gate, including Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (2012), which is a remake of Baldur's Gate (1998). In the 1998 game, the player character is not able to romance anyone, but in the 2012 remake he or she is able to romance three newly introduced characters: The male half-orc Dorn Il-Khan is available for a relationship with a player of either gender, while the male human Rasaad yn Bashir and the female half-elf Neera are only available for straight relationships.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Role-playing | Overhaul Games | Canada | | Dorn Il-Khan | Bisexual | | 2016 | Siege of Dragonspear | Mizhena | Trans woman | Mizhena is a transgender woman who explains to the main character that she picked her strange name after transitioning. The character, among other aspects of the game's writing, was met with significant criticism. Beamdog later announced that they would be expanding the character's story a week after the expansion pack released, saying in part, "In retrospect, it would have been better served if we had introduced a transgender character with more development."[6] | Beamdog | Canada | | Borderlands | 2009 | Borderlands | Mad Moxxi | Bisexual | Mad Moxxi's appearances include Borderlands (2009) and Borderlands 2 (2012). She is a buxom bartender. In both games, she is very open about her bisexuality, referencing her many male and female lovers. | First-person shooter, action role-playing | Gearbox Software | United States | | 2012 | Borderlands 2 | | Tiny Tina | Lesbian | Tiny Tina confesses that she likes Maya and asks if she likes her in turn. It was confirmed by lead writer Anthony Burch on his ask.fm that she is lesbian and also that during production of the DLC Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage (2012), it was planned to depict Tiny Tina having a crush on Moxxi, but the dialogue concerning this was ultimately deleted before the DLC was released.[7] | | Axton | Bisexual | In the DLC Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep (2013), it is revealed that Axton, one of the playable characters, is bisexual. While his flirtatious lines with male characters were originally a coding error, Gearbox Studios decided to confirm his bisexuality with overt references in the DLC.[8] | | Wildlife Exploitation Preserve couples | Lesbian, gay | There is an audio-log in the Wildlife Exploitation Preserve that mentions two same sex couples (1 gay couple, 1 lesbian couple) who were forced to run experiments on their partners. | | Sir Hammerlock and Taggart | Gay | There is a sidequest given by Sir Hammerlock that involves finding his ex-boyfriend Taggart's audio logs on hunting for use in his almanac. | | Mister Torgue High-Five Flexington | Bisexual | It is alluded in Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep that Mr. Torgue is bisexual. This was confirmed via an interview.[9] | | 2014 | The Pre-Sequel | Rose and Gabby | Lesbian | During the Recruitment Drive mission in the Triton area, a character named Rose talks about her ex Gabby. | 2K Australia, Gearbox Software | Australia, United States | | Athena and Janey Springs | Lesbian | In Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (2014) the playable character Athena and the supporting character Janey Springs are lesbian.[10][11] Janey repeatedly flirts with Athena, causing her to become embarrassed. Their relationship is confirmed later in a conversation where Athena implies that she "hit that" (referring to Janey) by giving a high five to Tiny Tina, even though Athena is initially defensive to talk about it. In the DLC Claptastic Voyage (2015), it is shown that Athena and Janey moved together to Hollow Point, a subterranean city on Pandora. In the episodic adventure game Tales from the Borderlands (2014), Athena and Janey are in a relationship. Depending on the player's choices, a scene may be available where Janey kisses Athena on the cheek and refers to her as her girlfriend. Later in the game, there is an unmissable scene where Athena is interrupted by a call from Janey, once again referring to her as her girlfriend. | | 2014 | Tales from the Borderlands | Graphic adventure | Telltale Games | United States | Darkstalkers,
Marvel vs. Capcom,
and others | 1994 | First appearance: The Night Warriors
| Morrigan Aensland | Bisexual | Morrigan is bisexual.[2] She is a recurring character in the Darkstalkers and Marvel vs. Capcom fighting game series. | Fighting | Capcom | Japan | | — | Morrigan Aensland|Appearances}}. | — | |
| Cyber Sleuth | 2015 | Cyber Sleuth | Fei Wong Tomoe Ignacio | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | Role Playing Game | Bandai | Japan | | 2017 | Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory | Yu Nogi | Gay | date=October 2018}} | | Divinity | 2017 | Divinity: Original Sin 2{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | Ifan Ben-Mezd Red Prince Lohse Fane Beast Sebille Butter | Pansexual/ Bisexual | All the origin characters can be romanced regardless of race or gender. Fane canonically had a wife but can be romanced by anyone, and Sebille claims that Lohse has a crush on her if you agree to let Sebille see Lohse's memories. Butter can be flirted with, with any character, and she will respond in kind. | Role Playing Game | Larian Studios | Belgium | | Dragon Age | 2009 | Origins{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Warden | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | The Warden is the player character, who has the option to pursue a romance, or simply a sexual encounter, with four "companions", the people who accompany the player on their journey: Zevran Aranai and Leliana are openly bisexual and are available to players of both genders. Alistair and Morrigan are straight and thus available to players of the opposite gender. There are also opportunities to have sexual encounters with NPCs of the same gender throughout the game and notably within the first 30 minutes of game play. As with BioWare's other flagship title, Mass Effect, there are brief sex scenes (about 30 seconds); however there is no visible nudity. | Action role-playing | BioWare | Canada | | Zevran Aranai and Leliana | Bisexual | | Wade and Herren | Gay | The effeminate Wade and Herren have an armor shop that the player can visit. In a downloadable content episode released by BioWare it is possible to chase them from the shop to a back alley where Herren teleports himself and Wade to safety. The game designers confirmed Herren and Wade were lovers after the release of said DLC. | | Hespith | Lesbian | Hespith is a lesbian dwarf character who admits to being a lover of Branka, party-character Oghren's ex-wife. | | Branka | Bisexual | | 2011 | Dragon Age II{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Hawke | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | Hawke, Champion of Kirkwall is the player character, who can be played either as a male or a female version. He or she can romance characters of either gender. | | Anders, Fenris, Isabela, and Merrill | Bisexual | Anders, Fenris, Isabela, and Merrill are four of Hawke's companions who express romantic interest without regard to Hawke's gender. | | Male and female prostitutes | Bisexual | The player can sleep with male or female prostitutes regardless of Hawke's gender. The prostitute Serendipity, though intended by writer Mary Kirby to be a male crossdresser and not a transgender woman, was read by many players as the latter. BioWare received criticism for Serendipity's portrayal, which inspired more thoughtful creation of two new transgender characters in subsequent installments. | | Serendipity | Bisexual | | Cross-dresser or trans woman | | Zevran Arainai | Bisexual | Zevran Arainai, a bisexual character from the first game, makes a cameo appearance and propositions Hawke and/or Isabela. | | Cyril | Bisexual | In the DLC Mark of the Assassin (2011), Hawke attends a hunting party hosted by Duke Prosper de Montfort of Orlais, and Hawke can flirt with the duke's son Cyril regardless of Hawke's gender. | | 2014 | Inquisition{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Inquisitor | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | The Inquisitor is the player character, who may romance other characters of the same gender. Unlike the previous games in the series, each romance option has a clearly defined sexual orientation. | | Sera and Dagna | Lesbian | Sera, a female elven archer, is gay and thus is only available as a romance option if the player picks a female character; the two of them can also get married in the DLC Trespasser (2015), the first confirmed same-gender marriage in the franchise. If Sera is not romanced she will enter a relationship with a female dwarf named Dagna. | | Dorian Pavus | Gay | Dorian Pavus is a gay male mage who can be romanced by male player characters. Dorian's upbeat personality hides a dark family secret relating to his sexual orientation. The Iron Bull, a male qunari warrior is openly bisexual and can be romanced by male and female player characters. If neither Dorian nor Iron Bull are romanced then they can optionally enter a relationship. | | Iron Bull | Bisexual | | Josephine Montiliyet | Bisexual | The Inquisition's chief diplomat, Josephine Montiliyet, is bisexual and can also be romanced by male and female player characters. | | Lace Harding | Bisexual | An "unofficial" romance option for an Inquisitor of either gender is the dwarven scout Lace Harding, though her "romance" consists entirely of flirtatious dialogue with no additional cutscenes. | | Cremisius Aclassi | Trans man[12] | | Empress Celene of Orlais and Briala | Lesbian | Empress Celene of Orlais, whose potential assassination is a critical plot point in the game, was formerly in a relationship with her spymaster, the female elf Briala. While the two are separated (and at war) as of the events of the game, the Inquisitor can facilitate their reconciliation. Their relationship was originally documented in the tie-in novel Dragon Age: The Masked Empire. | | Leliana | Bisexual | The game sees the return of the established bisexual character Leliana, although she is not a romance option. | | Cyril de Montfort / Duke de Montfort | Bisexual | The bisexual character Cyril de Montfort also cameos as the new Duke de Montfort in the Trespasser DLC. | | Other NPCs | Lesbian, Gay | Other NPCs encountered throughout the world are shown to be in same-gender relationships, such as Inquisition scout Ritts and the apostate mage Eldredda in the Hinterlands, Commander Jehan and Chevalier Fabienne in the Exalted Plains, and two unnamed Orlesian noblemen at the Winter Palace (one of whom accuses the other of flirting with Duke Cyril). | | Historical figures | Lesbian, Gay | Discoverable Codex entries reveal that certain historical figures were known to have been in same-gender relationships, including the "barbarian" Avvar matriarch Tyrdda Bright-Axe (subject of an epic poem in which her female elven lover plays a major role), and Arl Jacen Guerrin who built a villa in the Hinterlands for his lover, Ser Corram the Bard, centuries earlier. | | Tie-in material characters | Various | Other characters who appear or are mentioned in-game have their sexual or gender identity addressed in tie-in material: The female elven spy Charter, who is depicted in the Dragon Age: Magekiller comic book in a relationship with a woman; also, Maevaris Tilani is a transgender woman who first appeared in the comic book Dragon Age: Those Who Speak as a cousin-by-marriage of Varric Tethras, while in the game she is mentioned as a friend and political ally of Dorian's, though she does not physically appear except in Dorian's epilogue slides at the end of the Trespasser DLC. | | Drakengard | 2005 | Drakengard 2 | Yaha | Bisexual | date=October 2018}} | Action role-playing | Cavia | Japan | | 2010 | Nier | Emil | Gay | date=October 2018}} | | Kainé | Intersex | Kainé is intersex and identifies as a woman. .[13] | | 2017 | Automata | 6O | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | PlatinumGames | | 16D and 11B | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | | Fable | 2004 | Fable | Player character and NPC townspeople | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | In the Fable games, the player character can flirt, marry and/or have sex with NPC townspeople of the same sex. In Fable (2004), if the player marries a female and a male NPC, the personality status screen labels them as bisexual. In homosexual marriages, the player does not get paid "dowry" for marrying any male characters but almost all females give such. One quest involves finding the deed to a bordello so the player can free the prostitutes from the male owner. Like the other quests in the game there are several ways of solving this, but one option is to dress as a woman and have sex with the owner when he's drunk. In Fable II (2008), there are more lesbian, gay, and bisexual NPC townspeople to court and marry. A context-specific line is used in a conversation within the middle of the game, wherein Hammer asks if the protagonist was able to convince their partner, wife, or husband to wait for them when they must go away for ten years. The game also includes a quest in which the player character finds a suitable partner for a farmer's son who hints at being gay. The farmer is surprised but accepts that his son is gay and was unable to find an acceptable partner because the father had previously presented him only with female suitors. Reaver, the NPC known as the Hero of Skill, is bisexual, known to have simultaneous lovers named Ursula, Penelope, and Andrew. In Fable III (2010), once again there are more lesbian, gay, and bisexual NPC townspeople to court and marry. Reaver returns, this time inviting the hero (of either sex) to have a 'private party' in his bedchamber (though the player cannot accept this invitation).{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Action role-playing | Big Blue Box Studios | United Kingdom | | 2008 | Fable II | Lionhead Studios | | 2010 | Fable III | | Fallout | 1998 | Fallout 2 | Miria and Davin | Bisexual | This game features the first same-sex marriage in a game.[14][15][16] Miria and Davin are siblings. The player may have sex with and marry one of them, regardless of their gender. | Role-playing | Black Isle Studios | United States | | 2008 | Fallout 3 | Nova | Bisexual | date=October 2018}} | Action role-playing | Bethesda Game Studios | | Carol and Greta | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | | Flak and Shrapnel | Gay | date=October 2018}} | | 2010 | New Vegas | Courier | Gay (optional) | Courier, can be chosen as male, with the perk (character trait) Confirmed Bachelor, giving him several advantages with other homosexual male NPCs (and, following the stereotype of the homosexual as more understanding and perceptive about emotions, grant him the ability to better understand the plight of the otherwise mute companion Christine). This perk has a female equivalent, the Cherchez la femme perk.{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | Obsidian Entertainment | | Veronica Santangelo | Lesbian | Scribe from the Brotherhood of Steel, who confesses to the main character to have nursed a crush for another girl in the Brotherhood (hinted to be Christine Royce, another joinable NPC, mute and enslaved, who references having been in a relationship with a girl in her Brotherhood days) which ended badly because of the disapproval of her girlfriend's parents.{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | | Arcade Gannon | Gay | Followers of the Apocalypse is openly gay, discussing his orientation if certain dialog paths are chosen.{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | | Rose of Sharon Cassidy | Bisexual | Cherchez la Femme perk, Rose of Sharon will simply state that when she's drunk enough she doesn't care about who she gets in bed with, and drops the dialog abruptly.{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | | Corporal Betsy | Lesbian | Cherchez la Femme perk the Courier can acknowledge her advances, however ultimately nothing comes out of the conversation.{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | | 2015 | Fallout 4 | Sole Survivor | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | The player character, "Sole Survivor", can romance their companions, regardless of their sex.[17] | Bethesda Game Studios | | Final Fantasy | 1999 | Final Fantasy VIII | An unnamed minor character | Trans woman | An unnamed minor character can be encountered in a bar; during conversation, there is strong implication the character is transgender. The player character Squall Leonhart is given the option to ask if she is really a woman. If Squall asks this the character becomes paranoid and wonders how he knew. In the French version the antagonist Adel is described as being intersex, with other characters using both pronouns to refer to them.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Role-playing | Square | Japan | | Intersex (French version) | | 2000 | Final Fantasy IX | Quina Quen | Non-binary | Quina Quen is a playable character who belongs to a genderless race called the Qu. Referred to by the pronoun "s/he" throughout, the Qu's bizarre appearance offers little clue as to any intended orientation.[19] At one stage in the game, it is possible for Quina and Vivi, an apparently juvenile Black Mage, to be married. | | Vivi | Pansexual | | Final Fight and Street Fighter | 1989 | Final Fight | Poison | Trans woman | Poison is introduced in Final Fight (1989), where she is either a pre-op or post-op trans woman, depending on the region where the game was released.[18][19][20][21] She is an antagonistic NPC in the arcade beat 'em up games Final Fight (1989) and Mighty Final Fight (1993). She is a playable character in the fighting games Final Fight Revenge (1999), Street Fighter X Tekken (2012) and Ultra Street Fighter IV (2014). | Beat 'em up | Capcom | Japan | | 1993 | Mighty Final Fight | | 1999 | Final Fight Revenge | Fighting | Capcom USA | United States | | 2012 | Street Fighter X Tekken | Dimps, Capcom
QLoc (PC)
Sucker Punch Productions (PS Vita) | Japan | | 2014 | Ultra Street Fighter IV | Capcom | | Fire Emblem | 2007 | Radiant Dawn | Heather | Lesbian | Heather is a character that the player can get on their team. She is implied to be a lesbian and claims to have joined the army to 'meet all the pretty girls'. | Tactical role-playing | Nintendo SPD,
Intelligent Systems | Japan | | 2015 | Fire Emblem Fates | Niles and Rhajat | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | This game is the first in the Fire Emblem franchise to feature a same-sex marriage option for both the 'Birthright' and 'Conquest' versions of the game (Niles and Rhajat in the American version).[22] The same sex options, however, are restricted to one character per game, where the Conquest edition contains a man who may be romanced by male or female main characters, while the Birthright edition has a woman who may be romanced by male and female protagonists. In the DLC, Revelations, both Rhajat and Niles are available to be romanced by the female and male main characters. However, they can still marry characters of the other gender so it is implied they are bisexual. If the player marries a character of the same sex, they will not be able to unlock Kana (the player's child) or Nina, Niles' daughter.[23] | | 2017 | Echoes | Leon | Gay | date=March 2018}} | Intelligent Systems | | Grand Theft Auto{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | 2001 | Grand Theft Auto III | Construction workers | Gay | There are construction workers who look like the similarly dressed member of the Village People, who shout quotes from the songs "Y.M.C.A." and "In the Navy". | Action-adventure | DMA Design | United Kingdom | | Asuka and Maria | Lesbian | Asuka and Maria are lovers. | | 2004 | San Andreas | Police officers | Gay | The police officers in San Fierro will say various things one would expect from a comically stereotyped gay character such as "Drop the soap, honey!", "Lets wrestle to submission!", and "I'm on your ass, Daisy!" In this model, homosexuality is a joke, attached to gender inversion and used to make fun of the police, an enemy in the game. | Rockstar North | | Store employee | Gay | There is a clearly gay employee working at the counter of an athletic apparel store who makes flirty comments toward the protagonist, CJ. | | 2005 | Liberty City Stories | Reni Wassulmaier | Genderqueer | Reni Wassulmaier is an adult film director. She is assigned female at birth. She undergoes four sex surgeries: female-to-male, then male-to-female, then female-to-male again, then male-to-female again. She is introduced in Liberty City Stories (2005), as a female radio DJ. In between songs, she drops hints about previously being male. In the prequel Vice City Stories (2006), set 14 years before, she already had the first three sex changes and the objective for one mission, titled "So Long Schlong", is to take Reni to the hospital for her fourth sex change. | Rockstar Leeds,
Rockstar North | | 2006 | Vice City Stories | | 2008 | Grand Theft Auto IV | Bernie Crane | Gay | Bernie Crane, formerly Florijan Kravić, (Serbian Cyrillic: Флоријан Кравић), a flamboyant gay lifestyle coach and friend of the protagonist, Niko Bellic. He is one of three survivors of Niko's fifteen man squad who fought in the Bosnian War. | Rockstar North | | 2009 | The Ballad of Gay Tony | Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince | Gay | In this episode expansion pack of Grand Theft Auto IV (2008), the title character is gay, and a friend of the protagonist, Luis Lopez. He also features in a cameo in GTA IV. | | 2013 | Grand Theft Auto V | Trevor Philips | Bisexual | Trevor Philips is the 3rd Protagonist of Grand Theft Auto 5, Unlocked after the Mission Mr Philips. In a conversation during an outing with Michael and Franklin(other two Protagonists) at the same, time, he admits he's bisexual after Franklin asked him whether he's gay or not. He also claims to have raped men in Prison. | | Heileen | 2008 | Heileen: Sail Away | Heileen | Potentially lesbian or bisexual | Heileen is the female protagonist. She has one male and two female romantic possibilities: John, Lora and Marie.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Visual novel | Tycoon Games | Italy | | Lora and Marie | Lesbian | | Heileen 3: New Horizons | Heileen | Potentially lesbian or bisexual | There are four male romantic possibilities: John from Heileen: Sail Away (2008), Morgan, Jonathan and Sebastian; and four female: Marie and Lora from Heileen: Sail Away (2008), Ebele and Juliet from Heileen: Sail Away (2008).{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | | Marie, Lora, Ebele and Juliet | Lesbian | | The Last of Us | 2013 | The Last of Us | Bill and Frank | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Action-adventure, survival horror | Naughty Dog | United States | | Ellie and Riley Abel | Lesbian | In The Last of Us (2013), Ellie is one of the main characters and Riley is sometimes mentioned. In the DLC prequel Left Behind (2014), players control Ellie as she spends time with Riley, and it is implied Ellie has feelings for Riley, culminating in a kiss between them near the climax. The developers Naughty Dog later confirmed they have romantic feelings for each other and the writer for Ellie's character, Neil Druckmann, said he wrote her to be gay.[24] | | 2014 | Left Behind | | 2018 | The Last of Us Part II | Ellie | Lesbian | The Last of Us (2013), Ellie is one of the main characters.{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | | The Legend of Korra | 2014 | The Legend of Korra | Korra | Bisexual | These video games are based on the animated television series The Legend of Korra. Though her sexuality is not referenced in the games, the protagonist, Korra, is bisexual.[25] | Beat 'em up | PlatinumGames | Japan | | 2014 | A New Era Begins | Tactical role-playing | Webfoot Technologies | United States | | Life Is Strange | 2015 | Life Is Strange | Maxine "Max" Caulfield | Bisexual | Life Is Strange (2015) is experienced from Max's perspective. The prequel Life Is Strange: Before the Storm (2017) is experienced from Chloe's perspective. The development of Max and Chloe's relationship is the main plot of Life Is Strange (2015), and they can end up romantically. At different points in the game, Max may have the choice to kiss Warren (her male friend) or Chloe.[26] In Life Is Strange (2015), Chloe admits that she had romantic feelings towards Rachel. In the prequel Life Is Strange: Before the Storm (2017), depending on the player's actions, Rachel may open up and reveal that she has romantic feelings towards Chloe too. At some point, Chloe may have the choice to kiss Rachel. Rachel also had a relationship with Frank before the plot of Life Is Strange. Steph Gingrich in Life Is Strange: Before the Storm is also suggested to be a lesbian according to Chloe's diary. | Graphic adventure | Dontnod Entertainment | France | | Chloe Price and Rachel Amber | Lesbian and Bisexual | | 2017 | Before the Storm | Deck Nine | United States | | The Longest Journey | 1999 | The Longest Journey | Fiona and Mickey | Lesbian | This computer game features Fiona and Mickey, a lesbian landlady and her long-time lover. The game also features and a gay cop. While the game used a futuristic Blade Runner type setting, the gay characters are not used to show how decadent society had become,{{clarify|date=November 2016}}but are seen as normal and well adjusted secondary characters.[19] | Point-and-click adventure | Funcom | Norway | | A cop | Gay | | 2014 | Dreamfall Chapters | Kian Alvane | Gay | Kian Alvane, one of the main protagonists, is gay.[27] | Adventure | Red Thread Games, Blink Studios | | Likho | Gay | date=October 2018}} | | Hanna and Abby | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | | Mario | 1988 | Super Mario Bros. 2 | Birdo | Trans woman | In the first-edition manual for the North American release of this NES game, Birdo is referred to as a "male who believes that he is a female" and would rather be called "Birdetta", making her the first transgender character for Nintendo.[28][29] In the game, Birdo's name was also mistakenly switched with another Super Mario Bros. 2 enemy, Ostro, both in the manual and in the end credits.[30] Her identity was further explored in the Wii Japan-only video game Captain Rainbow (2008), which delves into the struggles of her being trans and how the outsiders view her.[31] | Platformer | Nintendo | Japan | | 2004 | The Thousand-Year Door | Vivian | Trans woman | In this GameCube title, the player encounters a Shadow Siren named Vivian. In the Japanese version of the game, Vivian is a transgender girl. Other characters, as well as narrative text, describe Vivian using masculine terms such as otoko "man", and otōto "little brother".[32][33][34] However, Vivian initially describes the shadow sirens as san shimai "three sisters", and routinely uses the feminine first person pronoun. This continues in Super Paper Mario; Vivian's catch card describes her using the term otoko no ko "boy".[35] In the English and German localizations of the game, all masculine descriptions of Vivian are removed, and she is referred to with exclusively female pronouns. However, all other localized versions of the game explicitly retain the transgender portrayal.[36][37][38][39] | Role-playing | Intelligent Systems | | Marvel Comics | 2011 | Destiny | Northstar | Gay | Northstar, a gay superhero from the X-Men comics appears as a NPC in the games X-Men: Destiny (2011) and Marvel Heroes (2013).{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Beat 'em up, action role-playing | Silicon Knights | Canada | | 2013 | Marvel Heroes | MMORPG, action role-playing | Gazillion Entertainment, Secret Identity Studios | United States | | Mass Effect | — | Multiple games | Commander Shepard | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | Mass Effect (2007), Mass Effect 2 (2010) and Mass Effect 3 (2012). The player may choose to play as either male or female and customize their appearance and first name. In all three games, there are opposite-sex and same-sex relationship options for the player character.{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | Action role-playing | — | | Multiple characters | Various | date=October 2018}} | | 2007 | Mass Effect{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | Dr. Liara T'Soni | Bisexual | Dr. Liara T'Soni is an asari. There is an option for a subplot romance and sexual encounter with her, regardless of the gender of Commander Shepard, the player character. . | BioWare | Canada | | 2010 | Mass Effect 2{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | Kelly Chambers, Samara and Morinth | Bisexual | Commander Shepard, regardless of their own gender, is able to romance Kelly, Samara and Morinth. Kelly is Commander Shepard's yeoman. Samara and Morinth are asari. Morinth is Samara's daughter. | | 2012 | Mass Effect 3{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Kaidan Alenko, Kelly Chambers, and Diana Allers, Liara T'Soni and Samara | Bisexual | Three humans (Kaidan Alenko, Kelly Chambers and Diana Allers), and two asari (Liara T'Soni and Samara) express romantic interest in the player character Shepard, regardless of their gender. Specialist Samantha Traynor and Lieutenant Steve Cortez are only interested in Shepard if they are of the same gender. Cortez's personal storyline revolves around moving past the relatively recent loss of his husband. | | Samantha Traynor | Lesbian | | Steve Cortez and his ex-husband | Gay | | 2017 | Andromeda{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Pathfinder Ryder | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | Pathfinder Ryder is the player character in Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017). Much like Commander Shepard from previous games (who is absent since this game is set 600 years later), the player may choose to play as either male or female and customize their appearance and first name. The player chooses from a pair of twins: one male and one female. The non-selected twin is called either Scott or Sara Ryder and has a significant presence in the game. There are opposite-sex and same-sex relationship options for the player character. | | Pelessaria "Peebee" B'Sayle, Vetra Nyx, Reyes Vidal and Jaal Ama Darav | Bisexual | Pathfinder Ryder is able to romance these characters, regardless of their gender: the asari Peebee and Keri, the female turian Vetra and the male angara Jaal. Jaal was made bisexual following a post release patch after community feedback. A female Pathfinder Ryder can also have a lesbian relationship with the ship's science officer Dr. Suvi Anwar and a male Pathfinder Ryder can have a gay relationship with the ship's engineer Gil Brodie. | | Suvi Anwar | Lesbian | | Gil Brodie | Gay | | Megami Tensei and Persona | 1997 | Soul Hackers | Kamanari | Cross-dresser | date=October 2018}} | Role-playing | Atlus | Japan | | Beta | Gay | date=October 2018}} | | 1999 | Innocent Sin | Kurosu Jun | Gay | Jun is a feminine boy whose portrayal borrows heavily from Japanese Yaoi culture. The player can choose to have Tatsuya and Jun enter a relationship.[13] | | Tatsuya Suou | Bisexual | | Sumaru Genie | Intersex | date=October 2018}} | | 2000 | Eternal Punishment | Jun Kashihara | Gay | Jun and Tatsuya from Innocent Sin (1999) reappeared in this game. With Jun having a minor role. [13] | | Tatsuya Suou | Bisexual | | Anna and Noriko | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | | Sumaru Genie | Intersex | Persona 2: Innocent Sin (1999), appears in this game as well.{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | | 2003 | Nocturne | A mannequin | date=October 2018}} | | 2006 | Persona 3 | Unnamed lesbian NPC | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | | Unnamed trans woman NPC | Trans woman | date=October 2018}} | | 2009 | Persona 3 Portable | Aigis | Bisexual | date=October 2018}} | | Ryoji Mochizuki | Bisexual | date=October 2018}} | | 2008 | Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon | Binbogami and Yakbyougami | date=October 2018}} | | 2008 | Persona 4 | Kanji Tatsumi | Bisexual | Kanji Tatsumi,[19] a playable character, expresses interest in another boy (a cross dressing Naoto) and is shocked and confused about his own feelings towards him. At a later point, his Shadow Self manifests as an overly masculine and flamboyant gay caricature that rants about how he hates girls and likes boys and teases him about being gay. In actuality, Kanji fears being rejected by either sex. He still expresses interest in Naoto after finding out her true gender, though at the end of his social link, he outright states that his shadow self and him are one and the same, strongly hinting at bisexuality. | | Metal Gear | 2001 | Sons of Liberty | Vamp and Scott Dolph | Bisexual | date=October 2018}} | Action-adventure, stealth | Konami | Japan | | 2004 | Snake Eater | Major Raikov and Volgin | Gay and bisexual | date=October 2018}} | | 2010 | Peace Walker | Dr. Strangelove | Bisexual | date=October 2018}} | | Resident Evil | 2000 | Veronica | Alfred Ashford | Psycho.{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | Survival horror | Capcom | Japan | | 2003 | Dead Aim | Morpheus D. Duvall | Genderqueer | date=October 2018}} | Light gun shooter | Cavia | | Saints Row | 2008 | Saints Row 2 | Player character | Binary or non-binary; potentially bisexual | In Saints Row 2 (2008) and Saints Row: The Third (2011), the protagonist can be male or female; or non-binary by leaving gender signifiers open to either gender. The female player character has hints of bisexuality and that she has a sexual attraction to female characters Shaundi and Kinzie Kensington.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Action-adventure | Volition | United States | | 2011 | The Third | | 2014 | Saints Row IV | Player character | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | The player character, which may be male or female, is able to romance all the companions in the Romance option, however in the Saints Row series the Caucasian female Protagonist voiced by Katie Semine and Laura Bailey would appear to be bisexual as her dialogue shows that she is attracted to females and males, all other Protagonists dialogue is heterosexual by default. However, all relationships are portrayed in a goofy, over-the-top manner, as is the nature of the game.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | | Companions | Bisexual | | 2017 | Agents of Mayhem | Roderick "Hollywood" Stone | Pansexual | Hollywood is the first playable character. He is pansexual.[40] | Open world | | Stephanie "Friday" Albright and Janel Braddock | Lesbian | The team's coordinator, Friday, is in a relationship with the playable character Braddock. | | Shadow Hearts | 2001 | Shadow Hearts | Meiyuan | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Role-playing | Sacnoth | Japan | | 2005 | Covenant | Gerard Magimel and Pierre Magimel | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Nautilus | | Gay | date=October 2018|reason=}}{{Citation needed|date=October 2018}} | | 2005 | From the New World | Gerard Magimel and Buigen | Gay | Covenant (2005). This time, he has a boyfriend named Buigen.{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | | The Sims | 2000 | The Sims | Sims | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | All Sims can be directed to fall in love with and engage in romantic interations with others Sims of either gender.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} In 2001, Maxis broke new ground with a television commercial for The Sims (2000). Highlighting the ability of the characters to date, the commercial featured an attractive twenty-something man in a nightclub flirting with a woman, until he is suddenly drawn to an attractive man in the club and after a brief pause agrees to date him. Nintendo's Game Boy Advance and DS versions removed any same-sex romance interactions.[19] | Life simulation | Maxis | United States | | 2004 | The Sims 2 | | 2009 | The Sims 3 | Maxis | | 2014 | The Sims 4 | | South Park | 1999 | South Park Rally | Big Gay Al | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Racing | Tantalus Interactive | United States | | 2014 | The Stick of Truth | Various characters | Gay | South Park TV series and contains many references to gay characters from that series.{{clarify>date=December 2017}} | Role-playing | Obsidian Entertainment | | Mr. Slave | Gay | South Park. In this game, he has a prominent role, being the subject of an early quest, then coming back to help the main protagonist during fights. The last quest of the main storyline also takes place in a part of Mr. Slave's anatomy.{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | | Star Wars | 2003 | Knights of the Old Republic | Juhani and another female Jedi | Lesbian | The party member Juhani is lesbian, though bugged coding on the initial release allowed her to be attracted to the player character regardless of gender. In subsequent patches, she reverts to homosexual preferences. She and another female Jedi were also heavily implied to be lovers. This would make Juhani the first known gay character in the Star Wars universe.[41] | Role-playing | BioWare | Canada | | 2011 | The Old Republic | Theron Shan, Lana Beniko, Koth Vortena and Arcann | Bisexual | Rise of the Hutt Cartel features a same-sex flirtation option for both factions (a lesbian for the Republic and a gay male for the Empire). 2014's Shadow of Revan introduces Republic agent Theron Shan and the Sith lord Lana Beniko, both of whom will react favorably to the advances of a player of either gender (and either faction). The 2015 expansion Knights of the Fallen Empire sees the return of Shan and Beniko, and introduces Koth Vortena; all three are fully realized romance options for characters male or female characters. All expansions have also featured background characters and flavor lore mentioning same-sex romances and even marriages.{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | MMORPG | | Story of Seasons | 2010 | The Tale of Two Towns | Howard | Genderqueer | date=October 2018}} | Farm simulation, role-playing | Marvelous Interactive | Japan | | 2014 | Story of Seasons | Marian | Genderqueer | date=October 2018}} | Marvelous AQL | Japan | | Summon Night | 2003 | Swordcraft Story | Pratty, Sugar, Razzy and Sanary | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | Action role-playing game | Flight-Plan | Japan | | 2004 | Swordcraft Story 2 | Aera Colthearts and Edgar Colthearts | Bisexual | date=October 2018}} | | Lynn | Bisexual | date=October 2018}} | | Ultima | 1992 | The Black Gate | Avatar | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | In the House of Baths at Buccaneer's Den, the player (the "Avatar") can pay for the services of male and female sex workers, regardless of the player's gender.[42] | Role-playing | Origin Systems | United States | | Sex workers | Bisexual | | 1993 | Serpent Isle | A mage | Bisexual | A mage sexually proposes the player's character regardless of the character's gender.[19] The player is given the choice to accept or decline. | | The Walking Dead | 2013 | Season Two | Matthew and Walter | Gay | The second episode features Mathew and Walter, a gay couple.[43] | Graphic adventure | Telltale Games | United States | | 2016 | Michonne | Jonas and Zachary | Gay | Jonas and Zachary are a gay couple who first appeared in the first episode[44] | | Paige | Lesbian | Paige has feelings for her friend Samantha[45][46] | | 2018 | The Final Season | Clementine, Violet, Minerva, and James | Bisexual, lesbian and gay | James, Violet, and her ex-girlfriend Minerva first appear in the final season. Clementine, the player character, can choose to begin a relationship with Violet in the second episode. James is a former member of the Whisperers who can determinantly mention his ex-boyfriend to Clementine in the third episode. |
Other games| Year | Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes | Genre | Developer | Country | | 1985[47] | Le crime du parking | Paco | Gay | The culprit in this murder mystery game is revealed to be the tailor, Paco, who is gay and deals drugs.[48][49] | Interactive Fiction | Froggy Software|fr | WD=} | France | | 1986 | Moonmist | Vivien Pentreath | Lesbian, Bisexual | In one of the possible storylines, it is revealed that Vivien who is an artist and friend of Lord Jack was in a relationship with his former fiancée, Deirdre, who died and was jealous that she chose Lord Jack over her.[50][19] | Interactive fiction | Infocom | United States | | Deirdre Hallam | | 1988 | Caper in the Castro | Tracker McDyke | Lesbian | A murder mystery problem solving game for Apple Mac computers written in the HyperCard language, distributed on underground gay bulletin boards, starring the lesbian detective Tracker McDuke. C. M. Ralph, who wrote the game, later released a straightwashed version called "Murder on Main Street" and published by Heizer Software.[51] | | C. M. Ralph | | | Tessy LaFemme | Trans woman | | 1989 | Circuit's Edge | Yasmin | Trans woman | This DOS science fiction game includes a variety of homosexual and transgender characters.[52] One example is a transgender woman named Yasmin and a homosexual man named Saied (alleged to be Yasmin's former lover).[53] | Interactive fiction, role-playing | Westwood Studios | United States | | Saied | Bisexual | | 1989 | Phantasy Star II | Usvestia | Gay | In this Sega Genesis game, a character named Usvestia teaches piano, and will teach the MUSIK piano technique needed to progress in the game more cheaply to male characters because they "look cute".[54] In the English version, he instead says "He looks smart," and the gender-based disparity is left unexplained.[55] | Role-playing | Sega | Japan | | 1990 | Rise of the Dragon | Patrons of the Pleasure Dome | Gay | This adventure game features an establishment called the Pleasure Dome that caters to gay patrons, among other things. One of its patrons is a woman posing as a man posing as a woman.[56] | Graphic adventure, action-adventure | Sierra On-Line | United States | | 1992 | The Dagger of Amon Ra | Two female lovers | Lesbian | This game features a woman from a small town who gets a job for a New York paper in the 1920s. Two of the women she meets are involved in a secret love affair.[56] | Adventure | Sierra On-Line | United States | | 1992 | Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender | Rex Nebular | Genderqueer | This MS-DOS and MAC OS game requires the male hero to change his sex on a planet where women rule.[57] | Adventure | MicroProse | United States | | 1993 | Dracula Unleashed | Alfred Horner | Gay | This FMV game features a gay character named Alfred Horner who co-owns a bookstore. This was the first time a gay character in a computer game was given a speaking role.[56] | Interactive movie | ICOM Simulations | United States | | 1993 | Open Season | Bob Hickman | Gay | This game features a gay bar. In this game, the player is a police officer trying to track down the murderer of his police partner. His quest leads him to discover that his partner had a double life as a cross-dresser at a West Hollywood transgender bar.[56] | Adventure | Sierra On-Line | United States | | 1993 | Return of the Phantom | Charles | Gay | In this game, a gay male character named Charles is portrayed as an effeminate theater director. He is one of the good guys that helps the playable character, a French inspector, solve the mystery of the Phantom of the Opera once and for all.[58] | Adventure | MicroProse | United States | | 1994 | EarthBound | Tony | Gay | In this Super Nintendo Entertainment System game, one of the characters featured is Tony who has subtle attractions to his best friend Jeff, according to EarthBound creator, Shigesato Itoi.[59] | Role-playing | Nintendo | Japan | | 1994 | Streets of Rage 3 | Ash | Gay | [58] He was censored in some versions of the game.{{citation needed>date=March 2018}} | Beat 'em up | Sega | Japan | | 1995 | A Gabriel Knight Mystery | Baron Von Glower and Gabriel Knight | Gay | This game features the antagonist Baron Von Glower who pursues the protagonist Gabriel Knight sexually and eventually leads him to be turned into a werewolf. To a point Gabriel is visibly attracted to Von Glower and at the end of the game admits that he liked him. The game also touches on the homosexuality of King Ludwig II and in the role of Gabriel's partner Grace Nakamura, you meet with Josef Dahlmeier, an expert on Ludwig II who implies that he is also homosexual.[56] | Interactive movie, point-and-click adventure | Sierra On Line | United States | | 1995 | Chrono Trigger | Flea | Genderqueer | This SNES game features a major villain named Flea, who was genderfluid and/or gender nonconforming.[56] Notably, Flea stated in a self-referential manner "Male or female, what difference does it make? Power is beautiful, and I've got the power."[56] Flea also had a cameo role in the sequel Chrono Cross. | Role-playing | Square | Japan | | 1995 | Nocturnal Illusion | Mistress | Bisexual | The Mistress rapes the male player character at the beginning of the game, to keep him warm after saving him from a snowstorm.[60] Later, she also rapes the female reporter Maya. In both cases, when the Mistress initiates sex, the other person is unconscious. At the end of the game, the player character may choose to start a relationship with any of various women, including the Mistress. | Graphic adventure, eroge | Apricot | Japan | | 1995 | The Orion Conspiracy | Danny McCormack and his boyfriend | Gay | This is the first computer game to use the word homosexual. The main character, Devlin McCormack, lives on a space station where he investigates the murder of his son Danny McCormack and stops an alien invasion. His investigation leads him through the seedy, criminal underworld of the station, where he discovers that his son was homosexual by talking with his son's boyfriend.[56] | Adventure | Divide By Zero | United Kingdom | | 1995 | Shannara | Seneschal | Gay | Seneschal is a snotty and racist gay character, who wears all purple.[58] | Adventure | Legend Entertainment, Far Studio | United States | | 1995 | True Love | Daisuke | Potentially gay | At the end of the game, the player character (whose default name is Daisuke) may attempt to start a relationship with any of the ten available girls, or with his best friend Kazuhiko as the only gay option. Depending on the choices taken and interactions experienced throughout the game, each girl and Kazuhiko may or may not be available for a relationship.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Visual novel | Software House Parsley | Japan | | Kazuhiko Miyoshi | Gay | | 1996 | Bahamut Lagoon | Sendak | Gay | Sendak is an older wizard who at one point flirts with the male protagonist, Byuu. The player can choose to accept or reject these advances.[61] | Tactical role-playing | Square | Japan | | 1996 | Blazing Dragons | A dragon knight and a court jester | Gay | In Blazing Dragons a dragon knight is implied to be gay. Said knight wears drag with a court jester. One scene has him kissing another dragon knight off-screen.[2] | Adventure | Illusions Gaming Company | United States | | 1996 | Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh | Trevor Barnes and Curtis Craig | Bisexual | This computer game features a homosexual male character named Trevor, who was a close friend and co-worker of the player's character, Curtis Craig. Curtis admits to his psychiatrist that he has feelings for Trevor and might be bisexual, and the two almost kiss later in the game. Curtis is also shown as having relations with his girlfriend and a S&M domme. Creators of the game talked about the mature sexual themes in the game during a 1997 interview.[62] Curtis is the first playable non-heterosexual character in a video game.[63] | Interactive movie, point-and-click adventure | Sierra On-Line | United States | | 1997 | The Last Express | Sophie de Bretheuil and Rebecca Norton | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | Adventure | Smoking Car Productions | United States | | 1997 | SaGa Frontier | Asellus | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | Role-playing | Square | Japan | | 1999 | The Second Story | Claude C. Kenny, Rena Lanford, Ashton Anchors and Precis F. Neumann | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | In this PlayStation game, the player can choose to play as either Claude or Rena. They can have a friendship and romance level with each party member acquired. Ashton (a male party member) and Precis (a female party member) can go on a date with them, regardless of their gender.[56] | Action role-playing | tri-Ace
Tose (PSP) | Japan | | 1999 | Voyager – Elite Force | Telsia Murphy | Bisexual | In this PC and PlayStation 2 game, the player can play as a male or a female, and in either case Telsia flirts with them. Elite Force is notable in this regard, as the Star Trek franchise has often been criticized for its treatment of gay and lesbian characters on TV.[64] | First-person shooter | Raven Software
Aspyr Media
(Mac OS version)
Pipe Dream Interactive
(PS2 version) | United States | | 2001 | Retro Helix | Hana Tsu-Vachel and Rain Qin | Lesbian | This game has a lesbian subplot between two of the major female characters.The game's advertising heavily emphasized their relationship.[65] | Action-adventure | Kronos Digital Entertainment | United States | | 2001 | RuneScape | Angof | Trans woman | date=October 2018}} | MMORPG | Jagex | United Kingdom | | 2003 | Invisible War | Minister of Culture | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Action role-playing, first-person shooter, stealth | Ion Storm | United States | | 2003 | The Spirit Engine | Angelina | Cross-dresser | date=October 2018}} | Adventure, role-playing | Natomic Studios | | 2004 | The Temple of Elemental Evil | Bertram | Gay | This computer game has an optional storyline permitting a gay marriage. In the town of Nulb, a pirate named Bertram begins flirting with male characters in the party and offers a lifetime of love and happiness in exchange for his freedom.[66] | Role-playing, turn-based tactics | Troika Games | United States | | 2004 | The Masquerade – Bloodlines | Player character | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | date=March 2018}} | Action role-playing | Troika Games | United States | | Jeanette | Bisexual | date=October 2018}} | | Pisha (vampiress) and Pisha (her former lover) | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | | date=December 2017}} | | 2005 | Fahrenheit | Tommy | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Interactive movie, action-adventure | Quantic Dream | France | | 2005 | Jade Empire | Last Spirit Monk | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | In this Xbox game, the Last Spirit Monk is the player character. The player can choose to play as either male or female. The player, regardless of their gender, can romance Sky (a male character) and Silk Fox (a female character). Only a male player can romance the female Dawn Star, but she can end up in a relationship with Silk Fox.[56] | Action-adventure | BioWare | Canada | | Sky, Silk Fox and Dawn Star | Bisexual | | 2006 | Baten Kaitos Origins | Guillo | Genderqueer | date=October 2018}} | Role-playing | tri-Crescendo, Monolith Soft | Japan | | 2006 | Bully | James "Jimmy" Hopkins | Bisexual | Jimmy is able to kiss both boys and girls.[67] In the Xbox version the player can unlock an achievement by kissing a boy twenty times.[68] | Action-adventure | Rockstar Vancouver | Canada | | 2006 | Enchanted Arms | Makoto | Gay | Makoto is an openly gay male character.[69] | Role-playing | FromSoftware | Japan | | 2006 | Dark Mirror | Mara Aramov | Lesbian | This game features a bonus mission showing the prequel's antagonist Mara Aramov and Dr. Elsa Weissinger having a secret love affair, where Stone sees the two embrace and kiss each other after conversation. The couple is killed by Agent Stone after Mara and Weissinger argue about Weissinger's affair with billionaire Mihai Niculescu.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Third-person shooter, stealth | SIE Bend Studio | United States | | Dr. Elsa Weissinger | Bisexual | | 2006 | A Kiss for the Petals | Various girls, Teachers and Nurses | Lesbian | A series of adult yuri visual novels.[70][71] | Visual novel | Fuguriya | Japan | | 2007 | BioShock | Sander Cohen | Gay | The insane artist Sander Cohen is confirmed to be gay by the game's creative director Ken Levine.[72] | First-person shooter | 2K Boston, 2K Australia | Australia, United States | | 2007 | Clive Barker's Jericho | Cassus Vicus | Bisexual | date=October 2018}} | First-person shooter, survival horror | MercurySteam, Alchemic Productions | Spain | | Abigail Black | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | | 2007 | Fatal Hearts | Player character | Bisexual | Lucy is one of the available love interests for the female player character.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Visual novel, otome game | Hanako Games | United Kingdom | | Lucy | Lesbian | | 2007 | GrimGrimoire | Lillet Blan and Amoretta | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | Real-time strategy | Vanillaware, Nippon Ichi Software | Japan | | 2007-2011 | Umineko When They Cry | Lambdadelta and Bernkastel | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | Visual novel, dōjin soft | 07th Expansion | Japan | | Sayo Yasuda | Trans woman | date=October 2018}} | | 2008 | Corpse Party: BloodCovered | Seiko Shinohara | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | Survival horror, adventure, dōjin soft | Team GrisGris | Japan | | 2008 | The Last Remnant | Barkeep | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Adventure, role-playing | Square Enix | Japan | | 2008 | Valkyria Chronicles{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Jann | Gay | Jann is a male squad member named has strong feelings for muscular men, particularly Largo. He wears makeup, has an effeminate voice and is flirty toward men, including the player character who is his commanding officer. | Tactical role-playing, third-person shooter | Sega | Japan | | Dallas | Lesbian | Dallas is a female squad member whose profile states that she 'fancies women' and 'hates men'. Dallas has a crush on Alicia, the game's heroine, and her profile states that she became upset after Alicia's marriage until she became infatuated with another major character, Rosie. | | Ted | Bisexual | Ted is a bisexual squad member who has both the 'fancies women' and 'fancies men' potential abilities in his profile. | | 2008 | Violet | Violet | Bisexual | The player is either a man or woman and Violet is their girlfriend.[73] The player is freely able to change their gender and sex mid-game, which mostly only results in a few cosmetic changes in the dialogue. Violet serves as the game's narrator, but in fact the player character is only imagining how she would narrate. Upon gender-changing, Violet may react by saying, "I adore you either way." | Interactive fiction | Jeremy Freese | | | The player character | Potentially lesbian | | Julia | Bisexual | Julia is the player's ex-girlfriend, no matter whether the player is a straight man or a lesbian woman. The "Historic Pfister" is an unnamed character whose parents previously owned a hotel by that name. During the events of the game, Julia flirts and spends time with Historic Pfister. Whenever the player changes gender, Historic Pfister's gender changes as well to be the same as the player's.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | | Historic Pfister | Potentially lesbian | | 2009 | Tales of Monkey Island | Reginald Von Winslow | Bisexual | There are some hints that captain Reginald Von Winslow might be bisexual. He has a relationship with a Vayalcan but does not want to reveal whether the person is a man or woman. The captain also insinuates that he is attracted to Guybrush Threepwood. {{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Graphic adventure | Telltale Games | United States | | Reginald's lover | Straight or gay | | 2009 | Wet | Kafka | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | Third-person shooter, action | Artificial Mind and Movement | Canada | | 2010 | Dead Rising 2 | Crystal and Amber Bailey | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | Survival horror, beat 'em up | Blue Castle Games | Canada | | 2010 | Glory of Heracles | Leucos | Genderqueer | Glory of Heracles, one of the main protagonists, Leucos, is very ambiguously gendered and is possibly a transgender boy. Leucos calls himself or herself a boy, but the other characters either don't believe or are confused about whether to use he or she when addressing them. It is sometimes used as a source of humor and is further obscured by descriptions on armaments made for Leucos. It is eventually revealed that Leucos was raised as a boy because their father wanted it, so it is unclear whether that is the only factor in Leucos being transgender.{{citation needed>date=December 2017}} | Role-playing | Paon, Studio Saizensen | Japan | | 2010 | A New Beginning | Duve and his boyfriend | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Point-and-click adventure | Daedalic Entertainment | Germany | | 2010 | Red Dead Redemption | Quique Montemayor and Vincente de Santa | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Action-adventure | Rockstar San Diego | United States | | Female NPC | Lesbian | date=October 2018}} | | 2010 | Resonance of Fate | Bartender | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Role-playing | tri-Ace | Japan | | 2010 | The Game | Ramona Flowers | Bisexual | Like in the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series where this game is based on, Ramona Flowers has seven evil exes: six ex-boyfriends and her lesbian ex-girlfriend Roxanne. | Beat 'em up | Ubisoft Montreal | Canada | | Roxanne "Roxie" Richter | Lesbian | | Knives Chau and Kim Pine | Bisexual | Knives Chau and Kim Pine are two girls who in the original graphic novel are eventually seen making out, after they became ex-girlfriends of the male title character.[74] In this game, Kim Pine can perform a special move in which Knives Chau appears and kisses her, giving her health while damaging enemies. Kim's ending in the game also implies she gets together with Knives. | | Wallace Wells | Gay | Wallace Wells, Scott's mature gay roommate from the comic, also appears in the game as both a background character and running an item shop. A downloadable content released in 2013 added Wallace as a playable character in the main game, with some moves that highlight his sexuality (such as a punch move which creates a rainbow).[75] | | 2011 | Catherine | Erica Anderson | Trans woman | Erica, the waitress at The Stray Sheep, is a trans woman.[76] | Puzzle-platform, adventure | Atlus | Japan | | 2011 | A Promise Unforgotten | Fenrich | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Tactical role-playing | Nippon Ichi Software | Japan | | 2011 | Don't Take It Personally, Babe, It Just Ain't Your Story[56] | Kendall Flowers and Charlotte Grewal | Lesbian | Kendall and Charlotte have recently broken up as of the start of the game. | Visual novel | Love Conquers All Games | Canada | | Akira Yamazaki | Gay | Akira and Nolan are a gay couple. Previously, Nolan dated a girl named Taylor Gibson. | | Nolan Striukas | Bisexual | | 2011 | Skyrim | Player character and marriageable NPCs | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | date=October 2018}} | Action role-playing | Bethesda Game Studios | United States | | 2011 | Magical Diary | Mary Sue | Potentially lesbian or bisexual | date=October 2018}} | Visual novel | Hanako Games, Spiky Caterpillar | United Kingdom | | Multiple characters | Multiple | date=December 2017}} | | 2012 | Dragon's Dogma | The Arisen and the romanceable NPCs | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | date=October 2018}} | Action role-playing, hack and slash | Capcom | Japan | | 2012 | Dys4ia | The player character | Trans woman, lesbian | In this autobiographical game, the player controls a character transitioning and undergoing hormone replacement therapy. Journalists for The Guardian and the Penny Arcade Report observed that the game featured observations of the politics and personal development of those experiencing gender dysphoria.[56] The girlfriend of the player character also has a major role in the game.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} | Abstract | Anna Anthropy | United States | | The girlfriend of the player character | Lesbian | | 2012 | Guild Wars 2 | Caithe and Faolain | Lesbian | This game includes the sylvari race of plant-like humanoids who don't reproduce sexually. As such, they do not base their relationships upon reproduction, but rather love, sensuality, and finding beauty in one another.[77] Caithe and Faolain are minor characters, two female sylvari in a lesbian relationship. Eladus and Dagdar are two young male sylvari in a gay relationship. The player is able to encounter and save Eladus and Dagdar from the Knight Bercilak the Green in an optional quest. | MMORPG | ArenaNet | United States | | Eladus and Dagdar | Gay | | Kasmeer Meade and Marjory Delaqua | Lesbian | The Origins of Madness (2014).{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | | Sya | Trans woman | Sya is assigned male at birth. She used magic to aid in her transition.[78] | | Noble, Merchant | Gay | One of the renown hearts (secondary missions) in the Domain of Vabbi asks for the player character to pair lonely singles using an affinity detector. Resulting couples can be gay. The player still has the choice not to help the gay couples to form. | | 2012 | Kindred Spirits on the Roof | A ghost couple and other couples | Lesbian | In the English release of this Japanese visual novel, the main character Toomi Yuna helps a female ghost couple, create other lesbian couples at her school. This game is notable for being the first erotic visual novel released on Steam not to be censored.[79] | Visual novel | Liar-soft | Japan | | 2012 | Reckoning | Fateless One | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | The player character, the Fateless One, may be male or female. He or she is able to marry two female characters: the Maid of Windemere is available in the main game and Sunhilda Lorelle is available in the DLC The Legend of Dead Kel (2012).{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} | Action role-playing, hack and slash | 38 Studios, Big Huge Games | United States | | Maid of Windemere and Sunhilda Lorelle | Bisexual | | Female NPCs | Bisexual | date=December 2017}} | | 2012 | My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant | Tycho Minogue and most characters | Gay | The majority of characters, including the player character Tycho Minogue, are gay men. | Adventure | Up Multimedia | | 2012 | The Secret World | Sandy "Moose" Jansen | Gay | date=March 2018}} | MMORPG | Funcom | Norway | | Two archeologists | Gay | date=March 2018}} | | Braga brothers | Bisexual | date=March 2018}} | | Lesbian | date=December 2017}} | | Zaha | Lesbian | date=March 2018}} | | Kaoru | date=December 2017}} | | 2012 | Zombies, Run! | Jack Holden and Eugene Woods | Gay | There are two same-sex couples: Jack Holden and Eugene Woods, the hosts of Radio Abel, and Doctor Maxine Myers and Doctor Paula Cohen. | Fitness game | Six to Start | | | Maxine Myers and Paula Cohen[80] | Lesbian | | 2013 | Gone Home | Samantha "Sam" Greenbriar and Lonnie | Lesbian | This is a lesbian coming of age story that centers around the protagonist's younger sister Samantha and her girlfriend Lonnie.[56] | Adventure, exploration | Fullbright,
Midnight City (console edition) | United States | | 2013 | Pokémon X and Y | Nova | Trans woman | Beauty|おとなのおねえさん|Otona no Onee-san|lit. "Adult Miss"}}, an exclusively female trainer class, who states that she used to be a {{Nihongo|Black Belt|からておう|Karate Ō|lit. "Karate King"}}, an exclusively male trainer class.[81] In the Japanese version of the game, she explicitly credits her transformation to medical science, but this was cut from the English version.[82][83] | Role-playing | Game Freak | Japan | | 2013 | Yousei | Aaron Vanich | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Visual novel | Sakevisual | United States | | 2013 | This Is Where I Want To Die | The player character and his boyfriend | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Visual novel | Marcel Weyers | Germany | | 2014 | Coming Out on Top | Player character | Gay | The gay protagonist, a university student, finds himself in romantic relationships and erotic situations with other men, which is often illustrated with explicit graphic images. | Visual novel, dating sim | Obscurasoft | | 2014 | Coming Out Simulator 2014 | Nicky Case | Bisexual | This is an autobiographical game about a teenage Nicky Case coming out as bisexual to his mother. Jack is his boyfriend.[84] | Interactive fiction | Nicky Case | Canada | | Jack | Gay | | 2014 | Enola | Enola and Angelica | Lesbian | Enola, the main character, wants to help her traumatized girlfriend Angelica.[85] | Survival horror, adventure | The Domaginarium | El Salvador | | 2014 | Queen's Gambit | Player character | Bisexual | The player character can romance Emily or one of three male characters.[86] | Visual novel | Voltage Entertainment USA | United States | | Emily Verma | Lesbian[87] | | 2014 | Transistor | Grant and Asher Kendrall | Gay | date=March 2018}} | Action role-playing, turn-based tactics | Supergiant Games | United States | | Sybil Reisz | Lesbian | date=March 2018}} | | 2014 | To Kill a Black Swan | The Black Swan | Trans woman | To Kill a Mockingbird, a detective investigates in the murder of a transgender woman referred to as the Black Swan.{{citation needed>date=October 2018}} | Visual novel | Marcel Weyers | Germany | | 2015 | Astoria: Fate's Kiss | Player character | Bisexual | The player character can romance Medusa, Alex, or one of multiple male characters.[88][89] | Visual novel | Voltage Entertainment USA | United States | | Medusa | GameDevsAndOthers}} | | Alex Cyprin | Non-binary | | 2015 | Nurse Love Addiction | Various girls | Lesbian | This is a yuri game centered around lesbian nursing school students.[90] | Visual novel | Kogado Studio | Japan | | 2015 | Incarnation Tensei | Ares | Potentially gay or bisexual | Ares is the player character. He can confess his feelings to the guys along with the girls to unlock different perks.[91] | Tactical role-playing | Masaya Games | Japan | | 2015 | Might & Magic Heroes VII | Fahada and Djinn Khalida | Lesbian | date=March 2018}} | Turn-based strategy | Limbic Entertainment | Germany | | 2015 | Mortal Kombat X | Kung Jin | Gay | In the story mode, there is a conversation between Kung Jin and Raiden, during which the former is apprehensive of the Shaolin accepting him. Raiden encourages him by saying, "They care only about what is in your heart. Not whom your heart desires." Also when beginning a fight with the DLC character Tanya he says "You face the shaolin." To which she replies "Quite a handsome one." Kung Jin's response to this is "Barking up the wrong tree sister." After speculation by fans of Kung Jin's sexuality, the game's cinematic director confirmed that the new kombatant is indeed gay.[92] | Fighting | NetherRealm Studios, High Voltage Software, QLOC | United States | | 2015 | Read Only Memories | — | The game was made by the creators of GaymerX and features overarching themes that deal with discrimination, transhumanism, and the evolution of LGBTQ communities. | Graphic adventure | MidBoss | United States | | Gus Dunham and Majid | Gay | Gus and Majid are a gay couple. | | Lexi Rivers and Alys' sister | Lesbian | Lexi is a lesbian cop who by the time of the game's narrative used to date the sister of Alys, the player character. | | Julian "TOMCAT" Thomas | Non-binary | TOMCAT uses "they" as their pronoun. | | Katelyn | Non-binary | date=December 2017}} | | Sympathy | Non-binary | date=December 2017}} | | Melody Flores and Nina James | Trans woman | Melody and Nina are two trans women. | | 2015 | Technobabylon | Max Lao | Trans woman | Max Lao, Regis' partner, is a woman eventually revealed to be transgender.[93] | Adventure | Technocrat Games | United Kingdom | | Giel Van der Waal and his husband | Gay | There is an investigation into the deaths of Giel Van der Waal and his husband, a married gay couple.[93] | | Nina Jeong and Imogen | Lesbian | Late in the game, it is shown that Nina Jeong and Imogen have been in a lesbian relationship.[93] | | 2015 | Undertale | Alphys | Bisexual | Alphys (a female reptilian monster scientist) and Undyne (a female fish-like monster warrior) are in love.[94] The events concerning the start of their relationship are shown in the Pacifist Route, where Undyne sends an unsigned letter inviting Alphys to a date. Before the final fight with Asriel Dreemurr, Alphys and Undyne almost kiss each other. In the end credits of this route, the two monster girls are seen together on the beach, and Undyne kisses Alphys on the cheek. When Mettaton battles the player, he asks a series of questions, including: "Who does Dr. Alphys have a crush on?" This happens before Alphys and Undyne form a relationship. If the player replies either "Undyne" or "Asgore" (a male horned monster, the ruler of the Underground), Mettaton confirms that the answer is correct and further comments on Alphys' crush on either Undyne or Asgore. | Role-playing | Toby Fox | United States | | Undyne | Lesbian | | RG 01 and RG 02 | Gay | RG 01 and RG 02 are two male anthropomorphic armored royal guards: a rabbit and a dragon, respectively. It is possible to spare their lives in battle by allowing them to start a scene where RG 02 takes his shirt off and RG 01 reveals that he is attracted to him. However, if the player chooses to kill RG 02 before starting that scene, RG 01 says: "I never told him..." In the Genocide Route, their character description explicitly mentions that they are "two lovers". | | Frisk, Chara, Napstablook and Monster Kid | Non-binary | Frisk (the protagonist, a human child), Chara (Asriel's deceased sibling, another human child), Napstablook (Mettaton's cousin, a ghost) and Monster Kid are exclusively referred to with "they" as their pronoun. Toby Fox, the creator of Undertale, referred to Frisk as androgynous.[95]{{unreliable source?|date=December 2017}} | | 2015 | We Know the Devil | Venus | Trans woman | Venus is a trans girl. Her pronouns in the narration change from "he" to "she" as she comes to terms with her identity.[96] | Visual novel | Date Nighto | | 2015 | Wild Hunt | Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, known as "Ciri" | Lesbian | Ciri, a secondary playable character, when asked about her feelings towards Skjall (a male NPC), the player may answer that she prefers women. She also had a girlfriend named Mistle in the books [97] that the games are based on. | Action role-playing | CD Projekt Red | Poland | | Mislav | Gay | Mislav is a gay hunter encountered in the prologue.[98] | | 2016 | Firewatch | Dave | Gay | In this game, the player can find various notes about two characters: Ron and Dave. Dave is said to have crushed on Ron, who never reciprocated his feelings.[99] | Adventure | Campo Santo | United States | | 2016 | Fragments of Him | Will | Bisexual | The game follows the story of Will, the player character, on his very last morning just before he gets in a car accident that leads to his untimely death. The game involves Will reminiscing past experiences and emotions. Sarah is Will's ex-girlfriend and Harry is his current boyfriend.[100] | Casual | Sassybot | Netherlands | | Harry | Gay | | 2016 | Gangsters in Love | Player character | Bisexual | The player character can romance Aurora or one of multiple male characters.[101] | Visual novel | Voltage Entertainment USA | United States | | Aurora James | Lesbian | | 2016 | Overwatch | Multiple characters | Blizzard has stated that multiple characters of this game are LGBT, but did not specify which ones.[102] | First-person shooter | Blizzard Entertainment | United States | | Tracer and Emily | Lesbian | Reflections (2016) to be in a romantic relationship with a female character named Emily.[103] Tracer was confirmed to be a lesbian by Michael Chu, the lead writer of Overwatch.[104] In the game, Tracer mentions Emily, but Emily herself does not appear.{{citation needed>date=December 2017}} | | 76 and Vincent | Gay | In the short story "Bastet", Soldier: 76 is revealed to have had a romantic relationship with a man named Vincent. Lead writer Michael Chu confirmed that both characters are gay.[105] | | 2016 | Pridefest | — | In this game, the player is able to launch and manage a LGBT pride parade. | Social simulation | Vertigo Arts | | 2016 | Stardew Valley | Player character | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | In this game, the player character may be male or female. The player character is able to romance and marry any of the bachelors (Alex, Elliott, Harvey, Sam, Sebastian and Shane) and bachelorettes (Abigail, Emily, Haley, Leah, Maru and Penny), regardless of their gender. Once a player starts a relationship with them, the bachelor or bachelorette gets the "boyfriend" or "girlfriend" status. It is possible to have multiple boyfriends and/or girlfriends at the same time. The player is only able to marry one person at a time, but they can divorce and then marry someone else. After having only 2 friendship hearts with Leah, the player character may ask her: "(creepy) May I have a kiss?" If the player is female, this causes Leah to blush and reply "Oh! you're...? Me too. That's good to know.", implying that Leah is lesbian (before she kicks the player out of the house). If the player is in a same-sex relationship with a bachelor or bachelorette, some of them state they have never felt that way with someone of their gender before.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Farm simulation, role-playing | ConcernedApe | United States | | Bachelors and bachelorettes | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | | Kel | Potentially lesbian | date=October 2018}} | | 2016 | The Technomancer | Zachariah Mancer | Potentially gay or bisexual | Zachariah, the player character, can choose to romance Andrew, one of the male companions available in the game.[106] Two female companions, Amelia and Niesha, are also able to be romanced by the player. | Action role-playing | Spiders | France | | Andrew | Gay | | 2017 | A Dad Dating Simulator | The player character | Gay or bisexual | In this game, the player is able to date seven fathers. The player himself is the father of a teenage girl named Amanda. At the beginning of the game, the player is able to choose whether Amanda has another father or a mother, which is the ex-partner of the player character. | Visual novel, dating sim | Game Grumps | United States | | Trans man (optional) | The player character can be transgender, as there is an option when creating the character to have a "binder bod". | | Damien Bloodmarch | Gay, trans man | Damien, Craig, Mat, Joseph, Brian, Robert and Hugo are the seven fathers that the male player character is able to date. Damien is a trans man.[107] As of the events of the game, Craig is divorced, and Mat and Robert are widowed, all from straight marriages. Joseph is in a disfunctional straight marriage, but for the sake of their children he does not leave his wife. He cheats on her by dating the player character. Joseph also had an affair with Robert before the events of the game. | | Craig Cahn, Mat Sella, Robert Small and Joseph Christiansen | Bisexual | | Brian Harding and Hugo Vega | Gay | | Val and her girlfriend | Lesbian | Val is Robert's daughter. She has a girlfriend. | | 2017 | An Interactive Period Drama[108] | Robert Stoxan and Antinos | Gay | date=December 2017}} | Adventure | Wispfire | Netherlands | | 2017 | Horizon Zero Dawn | Brageld | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Action role-playing | Geurrilla Games | Netherlands | | 2017 | Night in the Woods | Margaret "Mae" Borowski | Pansexual | The main character, Mae Borowski, is pansexual.[109] | Adventure | Infinite Fall | Canada | | Gregg and Angus | Gay | Gregg and Angus are a gay couple.[110] | | Jackie | Trans woman | Bea's friend Jackie is a trans woman.[111] | | 2017 | Viking{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | Thegn of Skjern | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | The main character, the thegn of Skjern (the name is given by the player) can be either male or female and can start romantic relationship with some of their companions, including Roskva and Ketill regardless of player character's gender. | Adventure | Logic Artists | Denmark | | Roskva the Black | Bisexual | Roskva is a bisexual witch, a companion and a potential romantic interest of the main character, regardless of their gender. | | Ketill Kolbjarnarson | Bisexual | Ketill is a hunter, a childhood friend and a companion of the main character. He can be romanced regardless of player character's gender. | | 2017 | Destiny 2 | Devrim Kay | Gay | Devrim, an NPC and ally to the player character, can mention through in-game dialogue that he misses spending time with a man named Mark. Gideon Emery, Devrim's voice actor, confirmed that Devrim is gay and Mark was his boyfriend.[112] | First-person shooter, MMORPG | Bungie | United States | | 2017 | Steven Universe: Save The Light[113] | Ruby, Sapphire | Lesbian[114] | Action-adventure, Role-playing | Grumpyface Studios | United States | | 2017 | SpellForce 3 | Isgrimm and his companion | Gay | date=October 2018}} | Role-playing | THQ Nordic | Germany | | 2017 | Prey | Morgan Yu (female), Mikhaila Ilyushin, Danielle Sho and Abigail Foy, Jason Chang | Lesbian or Bisexual | date=October 2018}} | First-person shooter survival horror | Arkane Studios | United States | | 2017 | Doki Doki Literature Club! | Monika | Bisexual or Pansexual | In the last act, Monika states that she does not know much about the player, including if they are a boy or a girl. Despite that, she still calls herself their girlfriend and states: "it doesn't matter", an inconsistency interpreted as hinting ambiguous bisexuality. She calls the player her "boyfriend" in the same act afterward, however, another inconsistency conflicting the previously stated and hinting more toward a preference to heterosexuals. On the DDLC official reddit page, it was concluded that Monika has preferences, but they are second to being the player's perfect girlfriend no matter the conflicts. Furthermore, Dan Salvato also hints that Monika tries to love the player as they are, and her love depends if the player loves her or not.[115]
| Visual novel | Team Salvato | United States | | 2018 | Your Royal Gayness | Player character, other princes, Spymaster Seraph | Gay (Player character), Genderqueer (Spymaster) | The player takes the role of a gay prince left as regent while his parents are away for 60 days. While managing the kingdom the player character secretly courts princes from other kingdoms. The Spymaster Seraph's gender is left purposefully ambiguous and the character uses they/them pronouns.[116] | Simulation | Lizard Hazard Games | Finland | | 2018 | BattleTech | Player character | Non-binary (Optional) | The player while creating their character can choose they/them pronouns.[117] | Turn-based strategy | Harebrained Schemes | United States | | 2018 | Become Human | Traci Units | Lesbian or bisexual | date=October 2018}} | Adventure Game | Quantic Dream | France | | 2018 | Octopath Traveler | Primrose | Bisexual | date=October 2018}} | Role-playing, adventure | Square Enix, Acquire | Japan | | 2018 | Liebt Mich Nicht (LMN) | Gottfried (Player character), Faust | Gay | Gottfried and Faust are canonical lovers before the events of the game, with flashbacks and references to their relationship over the course of the game.[118] | Metroidvania, Role-playing | Siv & Quin | United States | | 2018 | Fighting EX Layer | Sharon | Lesbian | In her Fighting EX Layer appearance Sharon has been stated to be a lesbian.[119] | Fighting | Arika | Japan | | 2018 | Magical Mystery Cure | Nari | Lesbian, Genderqueer | Magical Mystery Cure is part crafting game and part visual novel. When Ella accidentally ingests a magical potion ahead of her birthday party, it’s up to players (as her partner Nari) to combine the right combination of ingredients in order to reverse the effects. Nari is described as a genderfluid witch in training while Ella is described as a trans woman and an oracle of the stars.[120][147] | Visual novel | Dotorriii | United States | | Ella | Trans woman | | 2018 | I Don't Have A Cue! | Hailey | Lesbian | During her college's production, she got a crush on Shana, who has issues with processing her signals because of her autism.[121][122] | Visual novel | Drazillion | United States | | 2019 | Apex Legends | Makoa Gibraltar | Gay | His character profile mentions a boyfriend.[123] | Battle royale game, First-person shooter | Respawn Entertainment | United States | | Bloodhound | Non-binary | apex}} |
See also{{Portal|LGBT|Television}}- List of animated works with LGBT characters
- List of graphic art works with LGBT characters
- List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films
- Lists of television programs with LGBT characters
- Lists of American television episodes with LGBT themes
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37. ^In the French version, Vivian uses the name "L'Obscur Trio de Sœurs" ("The Dark Trio of Sisters"), to which Beldam retorts "Quoi! Viviane! Qu'est-ce que tu racontes? L'Obscur Trio! Tout court! Où tu vois tres sœurs, toi? Tu es un garçon!!!!!!" ("What! Vivian! What are you talking about? The Dark Trio! Period! Where do you see three sisters? You're a boy!", with "garçon", "boy", being written in red font for extra emphasis). Vivian apologizes and starts to try to argue her case, but Beldam cuts her off and threatens punishment for her words (Vivian says "Désolée, Marjolène. Enfin...", "Sorry, Beldam, [but] let's just say...", and Beldam cuts in with "Il y n'a pas de « enfin »!", the equivalent to "there is no 'but's"). ~ Frigiel. (August 13, 2012). Paper Mario : La Porte Millénaire Let's Play - Episode 4. Youtube. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
38. ^In the Spanish version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, during her Tattle for Vivian ("Bibiana" in the localization), Goombella originally uses feminine terms for Vivian ("la más pequeña") but then corrects herself and uses the masculine version ("el más pequeño") instead: "¡Es Bibiana! La más pequeña del Trío... Bueno... EL más pequeño [...]". ~ TheMegajorn. (September 15, 2012). Paper mario la puerta milenaria parte 8 español. YouTube. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
39. ^In the Italian version, Vivian attempts to introduce the group as the "tre sorelle ombra", "Three Shadow Sisters", but Beldam reproaches her, insisting that they are the gender-neutral "Trisdombra", calling her a liar and asking her how they could be described as "three sisters" ("Ma quante scempiaggini dici, fanfarona di un'Ombretta? Siamo il Trisdombra! Imbecille! Ti sbugiardo davanti a tutti! Spiegami: come facciamo ad essere tre sorelle? Avanti!"). Vivian admits that Beldam and Marilyn are the real sisters, but says she feels like a woman too and is proud of it ("Siete due sorelle, è vero... Ma anch'io mi sento una donna e sono fiera di esserlo diventata!"), which Beldam waves off with the disparaging comment that Vivian probably thinks she's the prettiest too, and deserves to be punished ("E magari credi anche di essere la più bella, eh? Meriti una punizione!"), causing Vivian to slump to the ground with a sigh. ~ TheGamerDani. (May 23, 2012). Let's Play Paper Mario:il Portale Millenario parte 14 - Trisdombra e Spirù. Youtube. Retrieved December 28, 2013
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