The following is a list of confirmed video games with gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters, including any others falling under the LGBT umbrella term, in the 2010s. The numbers in this list are possibly higher due to fact that some characters remained unconfirmed, unsourced or controversial.
2010s
2010
| Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A New Beginning | Duve and his boyfriend | Gay | Bent (one of two player characters, along with Fay) never made time for his family. He finds out that his son Duve is gay and frequently visits a gay hotel in Barcelona together with his boyfriend.[1] |
| Just Cause 2 | Chaerul Tunko | Gay | According to the in-game PDA, Tunko was a grunt rapidly promoted to colonel due to an ongoing sexual relationship with a well-known general.[2] |
| Nier | Emil | Gay | Emil, a player companion, is hinted to have feelings for Nier in both the game and a NieR: Automata companion novel, “Emil’s Recollection". This was confirmed by director Yoko Taro in an interview, seen in the companion book Grimoir Nier.[3] |
| Kainé | Intersex | Kainé is intersex and identifies as a woman.[4] | |
| Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game | Ramona Flowers | Bisexual woman | Like the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series, Ramona Flowers has seven evil exes: six ex-boyfriends and her lesbian ex-girlfriend Roxanne.[5] |
| Roxanne "Roxie" Richter | Lesbian | ||
| Knives Chau | Bisexual woman | In the original graphic novel, Knives and Kim eventually get together after they became ex-girlfriends of Scott.[6] | |
| Kim Pine | |||
| Wallace Wells | Gay | Wallace, Scott's roommate, appears in the game as both a background character and running an item shop. A downloadable content released in 2013 added him as a playable character.[7] | |
| Super Meat Boy | Jill | Lesbian | Super Meat boy features Jill from Mighty Jill Off as an unlockable character. In her game, Jill is submissive in a lesbian relationship.[8] |
2011
| Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine | Erica Anderson | Trans woman | Erica, the waitress at The Stray Sheep, is a trans woman.[9] |
| Dragon Age II | 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.[10] |
| Male and female prostitutes | Bisexual | The player can sleep with male or female prostitutes regardless of Hawke's gender.[citation needed] 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 | ||
| Zevran Arainai | Bisexual | Zevran Arainai, a bisexual character from the first game, makes a cameo appearance and propositions Hawke and/or Isabela.[citation needed] | |
| 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.[citation needed] | |
| Magical Diary: Horse Hall | Ellen Middleton | Bisexual | Ellen comes from a non-magical family. She expresses interest in multiple male characters, but can also romance Mary.[citation needed] She is also a romance interest for the male protagonist Gary in the sequel. |
| Star Wars: The Old Republic | Theron Shan, Lana Beniko, Koth Vortena and Arcann | Bisexual | This game initially did not feature any same-sex romance or flirtation options. Such options were added in later patches after considerable backlash from fans, many of whom noted that the lack of diversity flew in the face of BioWare's previous record. The 2013 expansion 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] |
2012
| Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analogue: A Hate Story | *Hyun-ae | Bisexual | *Hyun-ae is an AI that can confess her feeling to the player regardless of gender.[11] |
| Animal Crossing: New Leaf | Isabelle | Bisexual or pansexual | Isabelle, the secretary to the town mayor, is hinted to be bisexual/pansexual as indicated by an apparent crush on the player-character, regardless of gender.[12] |
| Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition | Dorn Il-Khan | Bisexual | The Gorion's Ward is the male or female protagonist of Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, a remake of Baldur's Gate (1998). Unlike the original game, in the 2012 remake Gorion's Ward can 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] |
| Dys4ia | Player character | Trans woman, lesbian | Based on Anna Anthropy's experiences, the player controls a character transitioning and undergoing hormone replacement therapy.[13] |
| 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.[citation needed] Caithe and Faolain are minor characters, two female sylvari in a lesbian relationship.[citation needed] Eladus and Dagdar are two young male sylvari in a gay relationship.[citation needed] The player is able to encounter and save Eladus and Dagdar from the Knight Bercilak the Green in an optional quest. |
| Eladus and Dagdar | Gay | ||
| Kasmeer Meade and Marjory Delaqua | Lesbian | There is a relationship between the female NPCs Kasmeer and Marjory throughout the game, with both of them kissing during a cutscene in "The Battle for Lion's Arch". Their sexual relationship was confirmed by the developers in the installment The Origins of Madness (2014).[citation needed] | |
| Sya | Trans woman | Sya was assigned male at birth. She used magic to aid in her transition.[14] | |
| 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.[citation needed] Resulting couples can be gay. The player still has the choice not to help the gay couples to form. | |
| Heileen 3: New Horizons | Marie, Lora, Ebele and Juliet | Lesbian | 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] |
| Kindred Spirits on the Roof | A ghost couple and other couples | Lesbian | The main character Toomi Yuna helps a ghostly lesbian couple create other lesbian couples at her school.[15] |
| Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning | Maid of Windemere and Sunhilda Lorelle | Bisexual | The player character, the Fateless One, may be male or female. The Fateless One 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] |
| Female NPCs | Bisexual | Some female NPCs will hit on the player character regardless of the player's gender.[citation needed] | |
| 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.[16] |
| The House in Fata Morgana | Michel | Trans man, intersex | Michel, one of the visual novel's main characters, was assigned female at birth and was named "Michelle". Upon recovering from an illness, his voice deepened and his shoulders broadened, making him appear male (barring his lack of male genitalia). He renamed himself "Michel"; while his brothers accepted his new identity, his mother was driven insane by denial and his father planned to have him executed. The developers, Novectacle, have stated that he is intersex, but he's never described as such in the game; as his story takes place in the late 1000s, other characters' knowledge on the matter is limited and his body is considered "cursed" by his mother.[citation needed] |
| 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.[citation needed] |
| Maxine Myers and Paula Cohen | Lesbian |
2013
| Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gone Home | Samantha "Sam" Greenbriar and Yolanda "Lonnie" DeSoto | Lesbian | This is a lesbian coming of age story that centers around the protagonist's younger sister Samantha and her girlfriend Yolanda.[17] |
| No, Thank You!!! | Various boys | Gay | [18] |
| Pokémon X and Y | Nova | Trans woman | Nova is a Pokémon Trainer found at the Battle Maison. She is a 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 Black Belt (からておう, Karate Ō, lit. "Karate King"), an exclusively male trainer class.[19] In the Japanese version of the game, she explicitly credits her transformation to medical science, but this was cut from the English version.[19] |
| Saints Row IV | Companions | Bisexual | The player character, which may be male or female, is able to romance all the companions in the Romance option.[citation needed] |
| The Last of Us | Bill and Frank | Gay | Bill is a character who helps Joel and Ellie during their journey. It is heavily implied he is gay and had a partner named Frank, who is later found dead, much to Bill's dismay. A note left by Frank claims he did not love Bill anymore.[20] |
| The Walking Dead: Season Two | Matthew and Walter | Gay | The second episode features Mathew and Walter, a gay couple.[21] |
| This Is Where I Want To Die | The player character and his boyfriend | Gay | The protagonist is revealed to be a gay man who is attacked by two homophobic people, whilst out with his boyfriend. The message of the game is stopping homophobia.[citation needed] |
2014
| Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coming Out on Top | Player character | Gay | The protagonist is a gay man who finds himself in romantic relationships and erotic situations with other men, which is often illustrated with explicit graphic images.[22] |
| Coming Out Simulator 2014 | Nicky Case | Queer | This is an autobiographical game about a teenage Nicky Case coming out to their mother. Jack is their boyfriend.[23] |
| Jack | |||
| Destiny | Osiris Saint-14 | Gay | Game designer Robert Brooke wrote the two characters as in a romantic relationship from their introduction but had been vague about it, but only made it more explicit with ongoing updates to Destiny 2 in 2020.[24] |
| Oryx | Transgender man | Oryx, the main character in the Destiny: The Taken King, is revealed to be a transgender man in a series of unlockable stories in the game.[25] | |
| Dragon Age: Inquisition | 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] The Iron Bull, a male qunari warrior is openly pansexual 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 | Pansexual[26] | ||
| Josephine Montiliyet | Bisexual | The Inquisition's chief diplomat, Josephine Montiliyet, is bisexual and can also be romanced by male and female player characters.[citation needed] | |
| 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.[citation needed] | |
| Cremisius Aclassi | Trans man | Cremisius Aclassi, is a transgender man also known as Krem, he is a member of the Bull's Chargers mercenary company.[27] He serves as the Iron Bull's lieutenant. | |
| 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.[citation needed] | |
| Leliana | Bisexual | The game sees the return of the established bisexual character Leliana, although she is not a romance option.[citation needed] | |
| 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.[citation needed] | |
| 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).[citation needed] | |
| Historical figures | Various | 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.[citation needed] | |
| 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.[citation needed] | |
| Dreamfall Chapters | Kian Alvane | Gay | Kian Alvane, one of the main protagonists, is gay.[28] |
| Likho | Gay | Likho, a Resistance member, can reveal to Kian that he too is gay but would be ostracized if his family ever found out, if "an intimate moment" between them is unlocked.[citation needed] | |
| Queen's Gambit | Player character | Bisexual | The player character can romance Emily or one of three male characters.[29][30] |
| Emily Verma | Lesbian | ||
| The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | Isaac | Genderfluid / genderqueer | Isaac creator Edmund McMillen has confirmed that Isaac is genderfluid,[31] or at least gender confused.[32] Some of the level transition screens show Isaac happily wearing a dress or a wig, before being bullied.[33] All playable characters are different variations of Isaac as he struggles with his identity; he presents himself as both female (Magdalene, Eve, Lilith, Bethany) and non-binary (Eden) characters. Because of this, McMillen has cited gender identity as one of the game's implicit themes.[34] |
| Eden | Non-binary | Eden is a randomly generated character with no consistent appearance or identity- he can present as either male, female, or androgynous in each new run. In the post first introducing her, McMillen states that "Eden isn't a man, nor are they a woman ... they just are."[35] He refers to them using he/she/they pronouns.[36] | |
| The Last of Us: Left Behind | Ellie | Lesbian | In The Last of Us (2013), Ellie is one of the main characters and Riley is sometimes mentioned. In the DLC prequel The Last of Us: 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.[citation needed] |
| Riley Abel | |||
| To Kill a Black Swan | The Black Swan | Trans woman | In this game created for the 2014 Indie Game Development Contest, which is loosely based on To Kill a Mockingbird, a detective investigates in the murder of a transgender woman referred to as the Black Swan.[citation needed] |
2015
| Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2064: Read Only Memories | |||
| Gus Dunham and Majid | Gay | Gus and Majid are a gay couple. | |
| Lexi Rivers | Lesbian | Lexi is a lesbian police officer who used to date the player character’s sister.[37] | |
| Julian "Tomcat" Thomas | Non-binary | TOMCAT uses they/them pronouns.[citation needed] | |
| Katelyn | Non-binary | Katelyn is non-binary.[citation needed] | |
| Melody Flores and Nina James | Trans woman | Melody and Nina are both trans women.[citation needed] | |
| Astoria: Fate's Kiss | Player character | Bisexual | The player character is a woman, and can romance Medusa, Alex, or one of multiple male characters.[38] |
| Medusa | Queer | Medusa can enter into a relationship with the protagonist.[38] | |
| Alex Cyprin | Queer, non-binary | The protagonist can date Alex, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.[39] | |
| Technobabylon | Max Lao | Trans woman | Max Lao, Regis' partner, is a woman eventually revealed to be transgender.[citation needed] |
| 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.[citation needed] | |
| Nina Jeong and Imogen | Lesbian | Late in the game, it is shown that Nina Jeong and Imogen have been in a lesbian relationship.[citation needed] | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, known as "Ciri" | Bisexual | 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[40] that the games are based on. |
| Mislav | Gay | Mislav is a gay hunter encountered in the prologue.[41] | |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | Flores | Gay | In Flores's psychological report it is mentioned that he has a husband.[42] |
| Osa | Trans woman | In Osa's biography, her transition is mentioned. It was also confirmed by Ubisoft that she is transgender.[43] | |
| Sens | Non-binary | They identify as non-binary and use they/them pronouns, as seen in their biography and psychological report.[44] | |
| Tubarão | Trans man | In Tubarão's psychological report, it is stated that he is trans. His transition is also mentioned in his biography.[45] | |
| Pulse | Bisexual | Pulse flirts with his allies while healing them, regardless of gender, and has been confirmed by his original writer, Lauren Stone, to be bisexual.[46] | |
| Undertale | Alphys | Bisexual or pansexual | Alphys (a female reptilian monster scientist) and Undyne (a female fish-like monster warrior) are in love. 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.[47] Before the final fight with Asriel Dreemurr, Alphys and Undyne almost kiss each other.[48] In the end credits of this route, the two monster girls are seen together on the beach, and Undyne kisses Alphys on the cheek.[49] Alphys is shown to also find Asgore attractive during Mettaton's quiz.[50] |
| Undyne | Lesbian | ||
| RG 01 | Gay | RG 01 and RG 02 ("RG" standing for "Royal Guard") are two male anthropomorphic armored royal guards: a rabbit and a dragon, respectively.[51] 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.[52] 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",[53] and in the Undertale Tarot Prints, they are used for the "lovers" card.[54] | |
| RG 02 | |||
| Frisk | Non-binary, pansexual | The player character of Undertale, Frisk is exclusively referred to using gender-neutral pronouns. They can also go on dates or flirt with characters regardless of their gender.[55] | |
| Chara | Non-binary | The fallen human (who can be named anything, though naming them "Chara" causes the text "The true name" to appear) is exclusively referred to using gender-neutral pronouns.[56] | |
| Napstablook | Non-binary | A ghost that is encountered numerous times throughout the game, they are referred to with they/them pronouns in the game, and while the Undertale art book used to refer to them with male pronouns, this was changed when Fangamer released it.[57][58] | |
| 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.[59] |
2016
| Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldur's Gate: 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."[60] |
| Crush Crush | Nova | Pansexual | Nova was previously in a relationship with another woman,[61] and is attracted to the gender-neutral player character. |
| Dead by Daylight | David King | Gay | In April 2022, Behaviour revealed that David King, an original character first introduced in a July 2017 update, is the first confirmed LGBTQIA2+ character of Dead by Daylight.[62] |
| Tubarão | Trans man | Originally from the game Rainbow Six Siege, Tubarão was added to Dead By Daylight in December 2023.[63] Tubarão's transition is mentioned in his biography in Rainbow Six Siege.[45] | |
| Susie Lavoie | Lesbian | In the 4th issue of The Legion's origin comics, Susie, one of the killers who makes up the group, begins the issue in a dream sequence that culminates in her embracing, kissing, and revealing her crush on, fellow Legion member, Julie Kostenko.[64] | |
| 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.[65] |
| 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.[66] |
| Harry | Gay | ||
| Gangsters in Love | Player character | Bisexual | The player character can romance Aurora or one of multiple male characters.[67] |
| Aurora James | Lesbian | ||
| Overwatch & Overwatch 2 (2022) | Tracer and Emily | Lesbian | The heroine Tracer is shown in the tie-in webcomic Reflections (2016) to be in a romantic relationship with a female character named Emily.[68] Tracer was confirmed to be a lesbian by Michael Chu, the lead writer of Overwatch.[69] |
| Soldier: 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.[70] | |
| Lifeweaver | Pansexual | In the character's announcement, Blizzard confirmed that Lifeweaver, a male Thai botanist, is pansexual, with a previous relationship with Baptiste. Voice lines suggest flirting messages towards other characters regardless of their gender.[71] | |
| Pharah | Lesbian | In Overwatch 2's first Pride event, Pharah was revealed to be a lesbian.[72] | |
| Baptiste | Bisexual | In Overwatch 2's first Pride event, Baptiste was confirmed to be bisexual.[72] | |
| Venture | Non-binary | The game's first non-binary character.[73] | |
| Pridefest | — | In this game, the player is able to launch and manage an LGBT pride parade.[74] | |
| The Technomancer | Andrew | Gay | Zachariah, the player character, can choose to romance Andrew, one of the male companions available in the game.[75] Two female companions, Amelia and Niesha, are also able to be romanced by the player. |
| The Walking Dead: A New Frontier | Javier Garcia | Bisexual | Near the end of the game, the player can flirt with Paul Monroe (A.k.a. Jesus). The lead writer for the final episode later confirmed Javier's bisexuality in a reply to a blog post.[76] |
| The Walking Dead: Michonne | Jonas and Zachary | Gay | Jonas and Zachary are a gay couple who first appeared in the first episode[77] |
| Paige | Lesbian | Paige has feelings for her friend Samantha[78] | |
2017
| Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agents of Mayhem | Roderick "Hollywood" Stone | Pansexual | Hollywood is the first playable character. He is pansexual.[79] |
| Stephanie "Friday" Albright and Janel Braddock | Lesbian | They are in a romantic relationship.[80] | |
| Destiny 2 | Devrim Kay | Gay | Devrim, an NPC and ally to the player character, can mention through idle 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.[81] |
| Eramis | Lesbian | Eramis is the leader of one group of the Fallen/Eliskni alien factions opposed to the Vanguard, introduced in the Beyond Light expansion. Her lore states that she was married to another female Eliskni and had children with her.[82] | |
| Mara Sov | Bisexual | The Queen of the Awoken, Mara has said to have had romantic relationships with Lord Shaxx and with Sjur Eido, a woman.[82] | |
| Nimbus | Non-binary | A character introduced in the Lightfall expansion shown to be nonbinary as part of a Bungie celebration of LGBTQ rights.[82] | |
| The Drifter | Pansexual | The Drifter has shown romantic interests in multiple characters, and was indicated to be pansexual by Bungie.[82] | |
| Divinity: Original Sin 2 | Ifan Ben-Mezd Red Prince Lohse Fane Beast Sebille Butter | Pansexual / bisexual | All the origin characters can be romanced regardless of race or gender.[citation needed] 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. |
| Doki Doki Literature Club! | Monika | Bi/panromantic | In the last act, Monika states that she does not know much about the player, including if they are a boy or a girl.[83] She calls herself their girlfriend and states that their gender "doesn't matter", though she calls the player her "boyfriend" in the same act afterward. 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.[84] |
| Dream Daddy: 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.[citation needed] |
| Trans man (optional) | The player character can be transgender, as there is an option when creating the character to have a chest binder.[85] | ||
| Damien Bloodmarch | Trans man,[85] gay | ||
| Hugo | Gay | Hugo is gay. He is the only daddy who had an ex-husband and not an ex-wife.[citation needed] | |
| Craig, Mat, Joseph, Brian, Robert | Bisexual | Damien, Craig, Mat, Joseph, Brian, Robert and Hugo are the seven fathers that the male player character is able to date. As of the events of the game, Craig is divorced, and Mat and Robert are widowed, all from straight marriages.[citation needed] | |
| Val | Lesbian | Val is Robert's daughter. She has a girlfriend.[citation needed] | |
| Expeditions: Viking | Roskva the Black | Bisexual | Roskva is a bisexual witch, a companion and a potential romantic interest of the main character, regardless of their gender.[citation needed] |
| 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.[citation needed] | |
| Herald: An Interactive Period Drama | Robert Stoxan and Antinos | Gay | Robert Stoxan is a gay character. A letter to his ex-lover Antinos can be found among his belongings.[citation needed] |
| Hiveswap | Xefros Tritoh | Gay or bisexual | Xefros, an alien troll who serves as a friend and companion of the protagonist, admits in dialogue that he is in love with a boy, going so far as to make his crush's name his password.[86] |
| Hollow Knight | The Knight, the Hollow Knight, the Vessels and the Lost Kin | Agender | The Knight and their siblings are genderless beings.[87] |
| Ze'mer and the Traitors' Child | Lesbian | Ze'mer and the daughter of the Traitor Lord were lovers before the latter's death.[88] The former can be found grieving as the "Grey Mourner", and requests that The Knight brings a flower to her lover's grave. | |
| Sheo and Nailsmith | Gay | If the player chooses to spare Nailsmith after he requests The Knight kill him, he can be found in Sheo's home making art with him.[89] The achievement for causing them to meet is called "Happy Couple". | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | Brageld | Gay | Brageld is a gay man Aloy meets who is mourning the death of his male partner.[citation needed] |
| Nekojishi | Lin Tian-Liao | Gay | Liao is a college freshman who suddenly discovers he has the ability to see spirits, that he can romance.[90] |
| Lin Hu | Lin Hu is a tiger and acts as a fatherly figure towards Liao.[91] | ||
| Likulau | A serious clouded leopard, Likulau is a romance option of Liao.[91] | ||
| Senpai | Senpai is a leopard cat that inhabited the body of one of Liao's classmates and pursues him.[91] | ||
| Nier: Automata | 6O | Lesbian | 6O mentions in a conversation with 2B that her crush rejected her, and implies that her crush was another female android.[3] |
| 16D and 11B | Lesbian | 16D is a female android. At some point, she reveals that she was in a relationship with her mentor 11B, another female android.[citation needed] | |
| Night in the Woods | Margaret "Mae" Borowski | Pansexual | The main character, Mae Borowski, is pansexual.[92] |
| Greggory "Gregg" Lee and Angus Delaney | Gay | Gregg and Angus are a gay couple.[93] | |
| Jackie | Trans woman | Bea's friend Jackie is a trans woman.[94] | |
| "Bombshell" | Lesbian | A girl Mae meets at Jackie's party. The two flirt with each other, though Mae leaves the party without getting her name. Her sexuality was confirmed on Scott Benson's CuriousCat account, though his account has since seemingly been deleted, though accounts of it can still be found.[95][96] | |
| Prey | Morgan Yu, Mikhaila Ilyushin | Lesbian or bisexual (optional) | The player can choose the gender of the protagonist, who is established to be in a relationship with Mikhaila Ilyushin regardless of the former's gender.[97] |
| Danielle Sho and Abigail Foy | Lesbian | [98] | |
| South Park: The Fractured but Whole | Player character | Transgender boy (optional), transgender girl (optional), non-binary (optional) | The player character can be a cisgender, transgender, or non-binary girl, boy, or child, but other characters often misgender the player character if they are transgender or non-binary.[99] |
| Steven Universe: Save The Light | Ruby | Non-binary, lesbian | Two sexless but feminine-presenting members of the Crystal Gems who have a romantic relationship with each other, and stay permanently fused to form Garnet.[100] The co-executive producer of Steven Universe, Ian Jones-Quartey, has confirmed that, according to human standards and terminology, calling Ruby and Sapphire non-binary, feminine-presenting lesbians would be "a fair assessment".[101] This is reflected in this game.[102][103] |
| Sapphire | |||
| Pearl | In the Steven Universe episode "We Need to Talk", it is very apparent that Pearl, a female-presenting non-binary Gem, is attracted to another Gem named Rose Quartz, her now-deceased leader.[104] Her feelings are later confirmed romantic in nature and reciprocated by Rose.[105] This is also reflected in the video game.[102][103] | ||
| Tacoma | Natalie Kuroshenko | Lesbian | Natalie and Roberta are a married couple.[106] |
| Roberta Williams | |||
| Andrew Dagyab | Gay or bisexual | Andrew is married to a man.[107] | |
| VA-11 HALL-A | Jill | Bisexual | The main character of the game. Jill discusses her past relationships with both men and women, and the death of her ex-girlfriend, Lenore, is a major plot point.[citation needed] |
| Dana | Pansexual | The owner of VA-11 HALL-A and Jill's boss, Dana's ex-girlfriend Lexi Rivers visits the bar at one point and she tells Jill that "cuteness has no boundaries" when discussing her sexuality.[citation needed] | |
| Betty | Lesbian | A patron at VA-11 HALL-A, Betty explicitly discusses her crushes on women and that she has no interest in men. However, she has discussed to Jill about her confusing feelings for Deal, her male Lilim (species) co-worker.[citation needed] | |
| Lenore | Lesbian | Jill's deceased ex-girlfriend.[citation needed] | |
| Dorothy Haze | Pansexual or bisexual | Dorothy is a Lilim (a sentient gynoid) who, despite having the physical appearance of a child, works as a sex worker.[citation needed] She discusses sexual encounters with both men and women and has no qualms about either. | |
| Lexi | Lesbian | Lexi is the friend & former ex-girlfriend of Dana's and a former member of the Neo-San Francisco police.[citation needed] Compared to Dana, Lexi is more straightforward and to the point. | |
| Mario | Gay | A biker patron of VA-11 HALL-A, Mario enjoys girly drinks and tells Jill that he's not into women.[citation needed] | |
| Taylor | Agender | A disembodied brain in a jar, Taylor claims to not believe in gender and requests to be referred to as either "it" or, if that makes someone uncomfortable, "they".[citation needed] |
2018
| Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| BattleTech | Player character | Non-binary (optional) | While creating their character, the player can choose they / them pronouns.[108] |
| Celeste | Madeline | Trans woman | Cutscenes in Celeste: Farewell hints that Madeline is a trans woman;[109] this was later confirmed by developer Maddy Thorson.[110] |
| Deltarune | Kris | Non-binary | Kris is the main protagonist of Deltarune and the human Hero of Light. They are referred to with they/them pronouns inside and outside of the game, and they can be equipped with or present in both masculine and feminine attire.[111][112] |
| Seam | Non-binary | Seam is a shopkeeper first encountered in Chapter 1. They are never referred to with pronouns in the English version of the game as of Chapter 2, but uses the personal pronoun あたし (atashi) in the Japanese version, which can be applied to both males and females, and during a livestream celebrating Undertale's 6th Anniversary, Toby Fox exclusively describes them using they/them pronouns.[111] | |
| Noelle Holiday | Lesbian | In Chapter 1, Noelle is heavily hinted at having a crush on her female classmate, Susie. In Chapter 2, she gets flustered when talking with Susie, clicks a link for "Hot Female Santas In Your Area!" during encounters with enemy Poppups and becomes angry at Berdly (another major character) when he states that he has feelings for Susie, too.[113][114] | |
| Detroit: Become Human | Traci Units | Lesbian or bisexual | Two female Traci units who are in love and attempting to flee from their unwanted lives can be found in the chapter where Hank and Connor search a sex club after a murder occurred there. Connor can choose to either side with the android lovers and let them flee, or kill them. In a later chapter, Hank discusses their relationship and expresses sympathy for them.[citation needed] |
| Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery | Player character | Queer (optional) | The player character can be male or female, and can date other characters regardless of gender.[citation needed] |
| Barnaby Lee, Andre Egwu, Talbott Winger, Jae Kim, Tulip Karasu, Merula Snyde, Penny Haywood, Badeea Ali | Bisexual | Barnaby, Andre, Talbott, Jae, Merula and Penny can all be romanced regardless of the player character's gender.[citation needed] | |
| Ismelda Murk | Pansexual | Ismelda can be romanced if played with a female character. However, in a side quest, it is revealed that she has a crush on Barnaby.[citation needed] | |
| Pathfinder: Kingmaker | Octavia & Regongar | Bisexual | Octavia (female half-elf) and Regongar (male half-orc) are a bisexual polyamorous couple. Player character, regardless of their gender, can romance either or both of them.[citation needed] |
| Kanerah / Kalikke | Bisexual | Kanerah and Kalikke are tiefling sisters that ended up sharing the same body alternately (while one is "awake", the other one is resting in another realm).[citation needed] Both can be romanced by either male or female player character. | |
| Nyrissa | Bisexual | Nyrissa is a nymph and the main antagonist that can be romanced by player character of any gender under certain circumstances.[citation needed] | |
| Talwyn & Eimar | Gay | Eimar, a playwright, and Talwyn, a Pitaxan guard, are a married couple.[citation needed] | |
| Luna | Lesbian | Luna, a female Aasimar courier, mentions having "a girl [she] loves".[citation needed] | |
| Svelid & Karida | Lesbian | Svelid and Karida are a married couple of female halflings who own a tavern in Varnhold ("Varnhold's Lot" DLC).[citation needed] | |
| Willas Gunderson | Bisexual | Willas is a male human adventurer and a researcher. In the "Varnhold's Lot" DLC he can be flirted with and then quickly romanced by the player character of any gender.[citation needed] | |
| Remothered: Tormented Fathers | Rosemary Reed | Lesbian | [citation needed] |
| Richard Felton | Transgender | Felton, the main antagonist, was born a girl and his/her father forced him/her to transition.[115] | |
| Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet | Elsa "Pitohui" Kanzaki | Bisexual | Elsa Kanzaki, who uses the screen-name Pitohui, was confirmed to be bisexual in the anime Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online[116] and appears in this game as a playable character.[117] |
| The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories | J.J. Macfield | Trans woman | J.J. Macfield is the protagonist of The Missing, and her identity as a trans woman is slowly revealed through the game's story.[118] |
| The Red Strings Club | Brandeis and Donovan | Gay | Dialogue between player characters Brandeis and Donovan indicates that they have a romantic relationship.[119] |
| Larissa | Trans woman | It is revealed that Larissa is transgender when the player needs to use her deadname to solve a puzzle, a decision that was met with controversy.[120] | |
| The Walking Dead: The Final Season | Clementine | Bisexual | In Episode 2 "Suffer the Children", Clementine can pursue either Louis or Violet and begin a romantic relationship with them that can last for the rest of the game. |
| Violet | Lesbian | During Episode 1 "Done Running", Violet mentions that she had a former girlfriend named Minnie who she was in love with and is currently mourning. Towards the end of Episode 2 "Suffer the Children" she can become a romantic interest for Clementine.[citation needed] | |
| We Happy Few | Roger and James | Gay | James and Roger are a gay couple in the main game. Roger is the protagonist of We Happy Few's first downloadable content They Came From Below (2019), with James as a secondary character.[121] |
| Wandersong | The Bard | Non-binary | The playable character The Bard is confirmed to be nonbinary and use any pronouns by the developer.[122] |
| Ash | Ash is referred to with they/them pronouns in-game and has been confirmed as non-binary by the developer.[123] | ||
| Your Royal Gayness | Player character, other princes | Gay | The player takes the role of a secretly gay prince, and has to fend off the advances of various princesses.[124] |
| Spymaster | Genderqueer[124] |
2019
| Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim | Takatoshi Hijiyama | Bisexual | Takatoshi falls in love with a girl named Kiriko Douji, who was actually Tsukasa Okino, who was in a feminine disguise to be able to pass as a cisgender girl in the 1940s.[125][126] Tsukasa was assigned male at birth,[125] seems to identify as non-binary,[125][127] and switches pronouns depending on the safety of the time period.[126] After finding this out, Takatoshi remains interested in Tsukasa.[125] |
| Tsukasa Okino | Gay, genderqueer | ||
| AI: The Somnium Files | Mama | Non-binary | Mama is non-binary and uses feminine pronouns.[128] |
| Pewter | Gay | Pewter is the inventor of the Psync system. He started dating Renju Okiura in 2015.[citation needed] | |
| Renju Okiura | Bisexual | Renju is the father of Mizuki Okiura and ex-husband of Shoko Nadami. He starts dating Pewter sometime after his divorce.[citation needed] | |
| Apex Legends | Makoa Gibraltar | Gay | His character profile mentions a boyfriend.[129] |
| Bloodhound | Non-binary | According to Respawn's Community Manager Jay Frechette, Bloodhound is non-binary.[129][130] | |
| Loba | Bisexual | Senior writer Tom Castillo confirmed on Twitter that Loba is bisexual.[131] | |
| Fuse | Pansexual | Lead writer at Respawn Entertainment Amanda Doiron confirms that Fuse is pansexual.[132] | |
| Valkyrie | Lesbian | Writer Tom Casiello and the character's voice actor confirmed in an interview hosted by MoonLiteWolf that Valkyrie is a lesbian.[133] | |
| Catalyst | Trans woman | Catalyst, aka Tressa Crystal Smith, is the first trans woman in Apex Legends. According to lead writer Ashely Reed, the design team knew from the start of Catalyst's development that they wanted their next Legend to be a trans woman.[134] | |
| Seer | Pansexual | Lead writer Amanda Doiron confirms that Seer is pansexual.[135] | |
| Catherine: Full Body | Erica Anderson | Trans woman | Erica, the waitress at The Stray Sheep, is a trans woman.[9] She experiences mysterious nightmares that are only supposed to affect men, and is treated poorly by Vincent's friends.[9] |
| Rin | Gay | Rin, a cross dressing Pianist exclusive to 'Full Body', is one of the protagonist's possible love interests. The two get married in Rin's True Ending. [136] | |
| Vincent Brooks | Bisexual | Vincent is the player character, who can pursue one of three love interests throughout the game: Catherine, Katherine, or Rin, with each character's True Endings featuring Vincent marrying or proposing to them.[137] | |
| Disco Elysium | Harrier "Harry" DuBois | Possibly bisexual | Harrier "Harry" DuBois is the protagonist of Disco Elysium. He was previously in a relationship with a woman named Dora but has lost most of his memories of her and any other relationships he may have had. During the events of the game, Harry meets a gay man known only as the Smoker on the Balcony whom he finds himself drawn to and flustered by. Subsequent conversations with the smoker and with his inner monologue can lead to Harry expressing interest in exploring the gay scene. The game's creators reinforced this curiosity, posting a scene of Kim and Harry kissing on Valentine's Day 2023.[138] A researchable thought earned from this interaction does not give a definitive answer to Harry's orientation, advising that an active murder investigation is not the right time for him to be obsessing about his sexuality.[citation needed] |
| Kim Kitsuragi | Gay | Kim is Harry's police partner during the events of Disco Elysium. Completing the "Homo-Sexual Underground" Thought will unlock an optional conversation with Kim where Harry can ask him directly if he is gay, and he responds in the affirmative. The game's creators reinforced this posting a scene of Kim and Harry kissing on Valentine's Day 2023.[138] | |
| Ruby | Lesbian[139] | ||
| GreedFall | Vasco | Bisexual | Vasco and Siora can be romanced regardless of the player character's gender, while the other characters are heterosexual.[140] |
| Siora | |||
| Knife Sisters | Leo | Non-binary | Leo, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, is the protagonist and player character of the game.[141] |
| Later Alligator | The Knife | Bisexual | The Knife dates the playable character, whose gender is ambiguous but can be customized to either have a masculine or feminine appearance in the ending. He also planned on dating a man who he describes as a real "Dragon in the Dojima" and also recalls a time he flirted with a woman.[142][143] |
| Tall Jared | Gay | Tall Jared is one of Pat's honorary cousins. He talks about being pampered by hot men.[142] | |
| Joanie | Non-binary | Joanie is Tall Jared's sibling. Joanie is non-binary and prefers they/them pronouns, being referred to using gender-neutral terms such as "sib[ling]" by Tall Jared and "lover" by their girlfriend Tin Lizzy.[144][142] | |
| Tin Lizzy | Lesbian | She is in a relationship with Joanie. Her sexuality is specified as such by the developers[145] | |
| Terry | Bisexual | A bartender who flirts with and proposes a date with the playable character.[146] | |
| Outer Wilds | Hearthians | Non-binary | All members of the Hearthian species are explicitly non-binary and use they/them pronouns.[147] |
| The Outer Worlds | Parvati Holcomb | Biromantic asexual | Parvati is a crew and party member on the Player's ship "The Unreliable" acting as the ship's engineer. She expresses professional and later romantic interest in the Chief engineer of the Colony Ship "Ground Breaker", Junlei. Her Companion quest results in the two of them becoming a couple. Narrative designer Kate Dollarhyde, an asexual woman who is also bi-romantic, was excited they were inheriting this character, saying she was glad to "bring that personal experience to the audience", making her character different from other companions.[148] |
| Protagonist | Asexual (optional) | The player character has the option to relate to her feelings about sexual intimacy.[149] |
References
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- DePass, Tanya (2018). Game Devs & Others: Tales from the Margins. Boca Raton, Florida, United States: CRC Press. ISBN 9781351364140.
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