List of video games with LGBT characters

The following is a list of video games with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender characters, including any other minorities falling under the LGBT umbrella term.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

History

During the 1980s, characters that can be argued as identifying as LGBT were rarely shown in a realistic or non-stereotypical context and were often object of ridicule or jokes.

1990s continued using stereotyped characters which do not reflect the diversity that can be found within LGBT communities, with many coming from Japanese games. However, more efforts were found to make more diverse and less one-dimensional characters.

From 2000 to 2009, several Buffy the Vampire Slayer games were made. A prominent character in the series, Willow Rosenberg, is lesbian or bisexual. In the 2003 game, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds, both Willow Rosenberg and her girlfriend, Tara Maclay, are playable characters.

List of works

Video game series

These are video game series where two or more games have LGBT characters.

Series	Year	Title	Character(s)	Classification	Notes	Genre	Developer	Country
Artificial Academy	2011	Artificial Academy	Academy students	Straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual	In these adult games, students in the academy are created from scratch and may have different sexual orientations. They can date and have sex with other students according to their orientations. Visible hentai scenes are available only for straight and lesbian couples, and a black screen appears in place of gay sex scenes.	Dating sim, eroge	Illusion	Japan
	2014	Artificial Academy 2
Assassin's Creed	2007	Assassin's Creed	Abu'l Nuquod	Gay	Abu'l Nuquod, one of the assassination targets in this historically based game, is strongly implied to be gay. He believes that the people hate him because he is "different", is shown caressing the cheek of one of his male guards during his angry tirade and claims that he cannot serve the cause of a God who calls him an abomination.	Action-adventure, stealth	Ubisoft Montreal	Canada
	2010	Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood	Leonardo Da Vinci and Salaì	Gay	The protagonist's lifelong friend Leonardo Da Vinci is implied to be homosexual, based on similar historical evidence. On one occasion, he assures Ezio Auditore da Firenze that "Women provide little distraction" from constructing upgrades for him and pats him on the back, to which Ezio replies "Wait, I don't get it.". In the downloadable content 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.".
	2014	Assassin's Creed Rogue	Harlan Cunningham and Arend Schut	Gay	The game has voice files about two Assassins: Harlan Cunningham, an ex wrestler, and his disciple Arend Schut, a mixed martial arts champion. After Harlan joined the Brotherhood, he found Arend, who was having trouble with his career after coming out. They bonded about the homophobia they faced in their original fields, and became lovers.		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. This led to speculation regarding Jacob's sexuality, with the official Assassin's Creed Tumblr later confirming that the character is canonically bisexual.		Ubisoft Quebec	Canada
			Ned Wynert	Trans man	Ned Wynert is a minor character and a trans man.
			Arend Schut Cunningham and Harlan Cunningham	Gay	In modern storyline, Arend Schut Cunningham from Assassin's Creed Rogue sends an e-mail that mentions his honeymoon with his husband, Harlan Cunningham.
Baldur's Gate	2012	Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition	Gorion's Ward	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.	Role-playing	Overhaul Games	Canada
			Dorn Il-Khan	Bisexual
	2016	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 from fans, and Beamdog, the company that developed the game, announced 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."		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.
			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.
			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.
	2014	Borderlands: 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. Janey repeatedly flirts with Athena, causing her to become embarrassed. Their relationship is confirmed later in a conversation where Janey implies that she "hit that" (referring to Athena) by giving a high five to Tiny Tina, even though Janey 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: Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors	Morrigan Aensland	Bisexual	Morrigan is bisexual. She is a recurring character in the Darkstalkers and Marvel vs. Capcom fighting game series.	Fighting	Capcom	Japan
	—	See also Morrigan Aensland#Appearances.				—
Dept. Heaven	2007	Yggdra Unison	Gulcasa and Nessiah	Gay	While it is never stated outright, the possibility that Gulcasa and Nessiah are lovers is implied. In Yggdra Unison (2007), Nessiah's personal effects (e.g. clothing) are in Gulcasa's home and a number of conversations between the two characters have affectionate overtones. Gulcasa is unable to use an item only equippable by virgins. One route in Blaze Union: Story to Reach the Future (2010) portrays the lead character Gulcasa and his close friend Nessiah in a questionably intimate relationship.	Real-time strategy	Sting Entertainment	Japan
	2010	Blaze Union: Story to Reach the Future				Tactical role-playing
			Eater	Genderqueer	Eater has two personalities, one male and one female. Their body is female. When the male personality is in control, he is treated as male by others, as this is how he identifies himself.
	2011	Gloria Union	Kyra	Genderqueer	Kyra has a feminine appearance and speaks in a masculine style. Kyra's unit formation is a combination of male and female options.
Dragon Age	2009	Dragon Age: Origins	Warden	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	Hawke	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	Dragon Age: Inquisition	Inquisitor	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 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
			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	Cremisius Aclassi is BioWare's second transgender character in a non-romantic role, who was not made for a joke situation or as a monster.
			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	Yaha is an enemy character. He got incredible beauty that can charm all men and women from his pact, in return of the loss of the "pleasure" of sex. He is in love with his male old friend, Urick, one of the playable characters.	Action role-playing	Cavia	Japan
	2010	Nier	Emil	Gay	Emil, a player companion, is hinted to have feelings for Nier. This was confirmed by director Yoko Taro in an interview, seen in the companion book Grimoir Nier.
			Kainé	Intersex	Kainé is intersex and presents herself as female. Being born with both genders caused her to be harassed and ultimately shunned while growing up, the only one showing her love to be her grandmother. Kainé chooses to wear lingerie, as it makes her feel more feminine.
	2017	Nier:Automata	6O	Lesbian	6O is a female android. At some point, she confesses her love to another female android and gets turned down. Later, she talks about it with 2B, another android.		PlatinumGames
			16D	Lesbian	16D is a female android. At some point, she reveals that she was in a relationship with her mentor 11B, another female android.
Fable	2004	Fable	Player character and NPC townspeople	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 character in addition to a male NPC, the personality status screen labels them as bisexual. While the NPCs in the game do not treat the player with any disgust if they choose to be gay, they do not get paid "dowry" for marrying any male characters but almost all female ones give such. One quest involves finding the deeds 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 his or her 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).	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. 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	Player characters, regardless of gender, can employ the services of a female prostitute named Nova in the city of Megaton.	Action role-playing	Bethesda Game Studios
			Carol and Greta	Lesbian	In the city called Underworld, the player meets a female Ghoul named Carol who is suggested to be in a romantic relationship with another female Ghoul named Greta. They have apparently adopted a son, named Gob. While it is never made clear if they are romantically involved, if the player is a Female, Greta will jealously warn the player to stay away from Carol.
			Flak and Shrapnel	Gay	In Rivet City, the player meets Flak and Shrapnel, a pair of weapons dealers whom the game identifies as "partners." The two run a shop together and share a single bed. It's only implied that the nature of their relationship is romantic. An NPC from another city refers to Flak as an "old queen."
	2010	Fallout: New Vegas	Courier	Gay (optional)	The main character, the unnamed 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.		Obsidian Entertainment
			Veronica Santangelo	Lesbian	Veronica Santangelo is a young 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.
			Arcade Gannon	Gay	Arcade Gannon, a doctor with the Followers of the Apocalypse is openly gay, discussing his orientation if certain dialog paths are chosen.
			Rose of Sharon Cassidy	Pansexual	If the player plays as a female Courier with the 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.
			Soldiers of the Legion of Caesar	Gay	If the Courier is male and has the Confirmed Bachelor perk, Rose of Sharon Cassidy hints that the Legion of Caesar, a paramilitary formation in the Mojave Desert, is mainly staffed by homosexual soldiers.
			Corporal Betsy	Lesbian	Another NPC, Corporal Betsy, a sharpshooter for the NCR, is openly gay and will flirt with a female Courier that has high enough charisma. With the Cherchez la Femme perk the Courier can acknowledge her advances, however ultimately nothing comes out of the conversation.
	2015	Fallout 4	Sole Survivor	Bisexual	The player character, "Sole Survivor", can romance their companions, regardless of their sex.		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.	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. At one stage in the game, it is possible for Quina and Vivi, an apparently juvenile Black Mage, to be married. While this scene is optional and treated very much as a light-hearted comic scene with no implication of sexual attraction, it nevertheless treats the topic of pansexuality and same-sex marriage sympathetically.
			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. 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	Fire Emblem: 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	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). 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.
	2017	Fire Emblem: Echoes	Leon	Gay	Leon asks Kamui if he wants to be hit on by Leon. Leon then states that Kamui is not his type and confesses his love to another male comrade, Valbar.		Intelligent Systems
Grand Theft Auto	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	Grand Theft Auto: 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	Grand Theft Auto: 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 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005), as a female radio DJ. In between songs, she drops hints about previously being male. In the prequel Grand Theft Auto: Liberty 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	Grand Theft Auto: 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	Grand Theft Auto: 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.
Heileen	2008	Heileen: Sail Away	Heileen	Bisexual	Heileen is the female protagonist. She has one male and two female romantic possibilities: John, Lora and Marie.	Visual novel	Tycoon Games	Italy
			Lora and Marie	Lesbian
		Heileen 3: New Horizons	Heileen	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).
			Marie, Lora, Ebele and Juliet	Lesbian
The Last of Us	2013	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.	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 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.
	2014	The Last of Us: Left Behind
	2018	The Last of Us Part II	Ellie	Lesbian	In this upcoming sequel to The Last of Us (2013), Ellie is one of the main characters.
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.	Beat 'em up	PlatinumGames	Japan
	2014	The Legend of Korra: 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. 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.	Graphic adventure	Dontnod Entertainment	France
			Chloe Price and Rachel Amber	Lesbian
	2017	Life Is Strange: 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, but are seen as normal and well adjusted secondary characters.	Point-and-click adventure	Funcom	Norway
			A cop	Gay
	2014	Dreamfall Chapters	Kian Alvane	Gay	Kian Alvane, one of the main protagonists, is gay.	Adventure	Red Thread Games, Blink Studios
			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.
			Hanna and Abby	Lesbian	Hanna and Abby are a lesbian couple.
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. 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.	Platformer	Nintendo	Japan
	2004	Paper Mario: 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 said to actually be a boy. Her character description translates to "One of the shadow group, Vivian appears to be a girl but is really a boy." When Goombella uses Tattle on Vivian, what she says translates into "That's Vivian of the shadow group, she's the youngest sister... er, brother." Vivian's sister, Beldam also calls her a man at one point as an insult. All mentions of Vivian being a man were removed from the English version.	Role-playing	Intelligent Systems
Marvel Comics	2011	X-Men: 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).	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	Bisexual	Commander Shepard is the player character in 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 his or her appearance and first name. In all three games, there are opposite-sex and same-sex relationship options for the player character.	Action role-playing	—
			Multiple characters	Various	In all games, there is no indication that same-sex relationships are considered in any way unusual in the galaxy in general, particularly given the authority of the asari, the all-female alien race who is capable of reproducing with any gender of any species.
	2007	Mass Effect	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. The game received a lot of criticism for the 'sex scene' although it was hardly explicit, showing only brief, blurred shots of Liara's buttocks twice in a thirty-second scene.		BioWare	Canada
	2010	Mass Effect 2	Kelly Chambers, Samara and Morinth	Bisexual	Commander Shepard, regardless of his or her 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	Maj, Kaidan Alenko, Kelly Chambers, and Diana Allers, Liara T'Soni and Samara	Bisexual	Four humans (Maj, 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 his or her 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	Mass Effect: Andromeda	Pathfinder Ryder	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 his or her 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 his or her gender: the asari Peebee and Keri, the angara Vetra and the human 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	Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers	Kamanari	Cross-dresser	This Sega Saturn title (also released on PS1 and 3DS) depicts the protagonist encountering a cross dresser by the name of Kamanari while chasing down the gambling parlor owner Tatsumi during a case.	Role-playing	Atlus	Japan
			Tatsumi	Gay	It is implied that Tatsumi himself is gay.
			Beta	Gay	While being stereotypical and over-the-top, Beta (one of the owners of the EL-115 Club) hits on the main character, saying he wouldn't help him if he wasn't "cute".
	1999	Persona 2: Innocent Sin	Kurosu Jun	Gay	In this PlayStation game, one of the playable characters is Kurosu Jun, a schoolboy with a connection to the game's main villain. Jun is homosexual, and it is revealed through flashbacks that he and the main character, Suou Tatsuya, exchanged gifts as children and promised to always be together. Both Tatsuya and Jun have kept these gifts, and Tatsuya is often seen playing with the lighter he received from Jun. Through the actions of the player, Tatsuya can end up in a relationship with one of three romantic interests; one of these is Kurosu Jun. If Tatsuya and Jun are in a relationship, they receive a special "lovers" contact combo. The game has several references to Jun's femininity: his main weapons are flowers; there is a contact combo where another love interest, Lisa Silverman, puts makeup on Jun and then complains that he looks prettier than she does; and he apparently discovered his ability to use Personae when he was being picked on by bullies for his effeminate looks.
			Tatsuya Suou	Bisexual
			Sumaru Genie	Intersex	Sumaru Genie is an intersex fortuneteller.
	2000	Persona 2: Eternal Punishment	Jun Kashihara	Gay	Jun and Tatsuya from Persona 2: Innocent Sin (1999) appear in this game. Jun is now under the name Jun Kashihara, but his role in the story is extremely tangential. Tatsuya Suou also appears in the game, but though there are many references to the homoerotic content of the first game, the storyline focuses around a love triangle between him, his brother and Maya Amano, a female love interest from Innocent Sin.
			Tatsuya Suou	Bisexual
			Anna and Noriko	Lesbian	Anna is a female athlete whose relationship with her obsessive admirer Noriko contains lesbian overtones.
			Sumaru Genie	Intersex	Sumaru Genie, the intersex fortuneteller from Persona 2: Innocent Sin (1999), appears in this game as well.
	2003	Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne	A mannequin		A flamboyant mannequin is shown as the owner of the junk shop and makes frequent but comical references to his sexuality.
	2006	Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3	Unnamed lesbian NPC	Lesbian	There is an unnamed female student NPC who has an intense lesbian crush on Mitsuru Kirijo, one of the main female characters. This crush goes as far as her having romantic fantasies about Mitsuru as well as threatening the main character with revenge if they're lying having pictures of Mitsuru in a bathing suit.
			Unnamed trans woman NPC	Trans woman	During "Operation Babe Hunt" one of the NPCs that Junpei, Akihiko and the main character attempt to hit on is revealed to be a trans woman.
	2008	Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon	Binbogami and Yakbyougami		The main character, Raidou, confronts two Japanese disaster gods known as Binbogami and Yakbyougami who are both portrayed as effeminate and fiercely masochistic. Binbogami is shown to be pursuing Raidou sexually, even going so far as to encourage Raidou to 'whip' him when his life bar is reduced to half during two boss fights against him.
					There are cross-dressers in the Mannen-Cho location.
	2008	Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4	Kanji Tatsumi	Bisexual	Kanji Tatsumi, 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	Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	Vamp and Scott Dolph	Bisexual	It is revealed in a conversation, by Solid Snake himself, that Vamp is bisexual and that he was the lover of Scott Dolph, a bisexual Navy commander. The game does not dwell on this point and accepts it simply as a factor of the character.	Action-adventure, stealth	Konami	Japan
	2004	Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater	Volgin and Major Raikov	Bisexual	This game features male bisexuality (Volgin and Major Raikov).
Resident Evil	2000	Resident Evil Code: Veronica	Alfred Ashford		In this survival horror game, the central antagonist is Alfred Ashford who at the end of the game is revealed as a 'cross-dressing freak' who is obsessed with his dead twin sister, in this case a reference to Norman Bates from the Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho.	Survival horror	Capcom	Japan
	2003	Resident Evil: Dead Aim	Morpheus D. Duvall	Genderqueer	Morpheus D. Duvall is obsessed with beauty and hints at having a number of gender-reassignment surgeries. Later in the game, he injects himself with a mutagenic virus that changes him into a feminine form, with notable breasts and high heels.	Light gun shooter	Cavia
Saints Row	2008	Saints Row 2	Player character	Binary or non-binary; straight or 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.	Action-adventure	Volition	United States
	2011	Saints Row: The Third
	2014	Saints Row IV	Player character	Bisexual	The player character 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.
			Companions	Bisexual
	2017	Agents of Mayhem	Roderick "Hollywood" Stone	Pansexual	Hollywood is the first playable character. He is pansexual.	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	Meiyuan is a gay Chinese acupuncturist.	Role-playing	Sacnoth	Japan
	2005	Shadow Hearts: Covenant	Gerard Magimel and Pierre Magimel	Gay	Gerard and Pierre are two flamboyant brothers. Gerard is a tailor who sews magical clothes when bribed with "beefcake" trading cards and Pierre is a vendor for items and weapons.		Nautilus
				Gay	In one optional scene toward the end of the game, a third major character is revealed to be gay.
	2005	Shadow Hearts: From the New World	Gerard Magimel and Buigen	Gay	This game features Gerard from Shadow Hearts: Covenant (2005). This time, he has a boyfriend named Buigen.
The Sims	2000	The Sims	Sims	Bisexual	All Sims can be directed to fall in love with and engage in romantic interations with others Sims of either gender. 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.	Life simulation	Maxis	United States
	2004	The Sims 2
	2009	The Sims 3					The Sims Studio (Maxis)
	2014	The Sims 4
South Park	1999	South Park Rally	Big Gay Al	Gay	This racing game is the first of several games based on the popular animated series South Park for the PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and PC. Big Gay Al, a prominent gay character in the series, is a playable character in South Park Rally. His house is also one of the tracks.	Racing	Tantalus Interactive	United States
	2014	South Park: The Stick of Truth	Various characters	Gay	This RPG game is based on the South Park TV series and contains many references to gay characters from that series.	Role-playing	Obsidian Entertainment
			Mr. Slave	Gay	Mr. Slave is a gay character in 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.
Star Wars	2003	Star Wars: 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.	Role-playing	BioWare	Canada
	2011	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Theron Shan, Lana Beniko and Koth Vortena	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.	MMORPG
Story of Seasons	2010	Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns	Howard	Genderqueer	Howard is a male cafe owner who wears make-up and has a pink bedroom.	Farm simulation, role-playing	Marvelous Interactive	Japan
	2014	Story of Seasons	Marian	Genderqueer	The androgynous male doctor Marian is often addressed with female pronouns and refers to herself as "big sister".		Marvelous AQL	Japan
Summon Night	2003	Summon Night: Swordcraft Story	Pratty, Sugar, Razzy and Sanary	Lesbian	Pratty is the female playable character. If the player chooses her and picks Sugar as their summon beast, lesbian innuendo occurs. There are other girls, named Razzy and Sanary who also share lesbian undertones when conversing with Pratty.	Action role-playing game	Flight-Plan	Japan
	2004	Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2	Aera Colthearts and Edgar Colthearts	Bisexual	Both the male and female playable characters, Aera and Edgar, show the same romantic behavior towards other characters, with some dialog changes.
			Lynn	Bisexual	One of the female characters, Lynn, continuously tries to kiss the main character, whether they are male or female.
Ultima	1992	Ultima VII: The Black Gate	Avatar	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.	Role-playing	Origin Systems	United States
			Sex workers	Bisexual
	1993	Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle	A mage	Bisexual	A mage sexually proposes the player's character regardless of the character's gender. The player is given the choice to accept or decline.
The Walking Dead	2013	The Walking Dead: Season Two	Matthew and Walter	Gay	In this game, the second episode features the characters Matthew and Walter, who are portrayed as a sympathetic and generous couple.	Graphic adventure	Telltale Games	United States
	2016	The Walking Dead: A New Frontier	Javier García	Bisexual	In this game, the players are given the option to flirt with Jesus as Javier in the 5th episode of Season 3, implying that Javier is bisexual. It was confirmed by Adam Esquenazi Douglas, lead writer for the episode, that Javier is bisexual.
			Paul "Jesus" Monroe	Gay

Other games

Year	Title	Character(s)	Classification	Notes	Genre	Developer	Country
1986	Moonmist	A female artist and her girlfriend	Lesbian	This is a mystery game with several possible randomly selected plotlines. In one of these plotlines, the criminal is a female artist who is jealous because her girlfriend is married to a man. This is the first instance of a homosexual character in a video game.	Interactive fiction	Infocom	United States
1988	Caper in the Castro		Lesbian, gay	This is a gay and lesbian murder mystery problem solving game for Apple Mac computers written in the HyperCard language, distributed on underground gay bulletin boards. The game was later made into a heterosexual version called "Murder on Main Street" and published by Heizer Software.		C. M. Ralph
1989	Circuit's Edge		Trans woman	This DOS science fiction game includes a transgender woman.	Interactive fiction, role-playing	Westwood Studios	United States
1989	It Came from the Desert	Jackie	Lesbian	This game was released for multiple platforms. In the game, the character Jackie has been reported as lesbian for her use of the term "girlfriend", although several analysts say that this may be a misrepresentation of the common platonic meaning among heterosexual female friends.	Action-adventure	Cinemaware	United States
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".	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.	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.	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.	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.	Interactive movie	ICOM Simulations	United States
1993	Police Quest: Open Season		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.	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.	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.	Role-playing	Nintendo	Japan
1994	Streets of Rage 3	Ash	Gay	This is a game for the Sega Genesis. There is a gay male boss named Ash, portrayed with "tight clothes and effeminate movements". He was censored in some versions of the game.	Beat 'em up	Sega	Japan
1995	The Beast Within: 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.	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. 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." 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. 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.	Adventure	Divide By Zero	United Kingdom
1995	Shannara	Seneschal	Gay	Seneschal is a snotty and racist gay character, who wears all purple.	Adventure	Legend Entertainment, Far Studio	United States
1995	True Love	Daisuke	Bisexual	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.	Visual novel	Software House Parsley	Japan
		Kazuhiko Miyoshi	Gay
1996	Bahamut Lagoon	Sendak	Gay	Sendak is an older wizard who hints at sexual feelings for the male protagonist, Byuu, which the player can choose whether to accept or reject.	Tactical role-playing	Square	Japan
1996	Blazing Dragons	A dragon knight and a court jester	Gay	This PlayStation game marketed the introduction to the video game industry of the comic models that the computer game industry had been using to reference homosexuality. The game features a dragon knight whose homosexuality was demonstrated by his effeminacy and vanity, and an entire puzzle involves dressing as the princess of the dragons in order to trick the dragon king into thinking she has not run away and been kidnapped by humans. When this fails, it falls to the court jester (who also appears to be homosexual) to wear drag; at one point he kisses one of the other dragon knights, while off camera. This game marked the first time when drag, in the comic model, was allowed to appear in video games.	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. Despite his effeminate and flamboyant portrayal, Trevor is shown as intelligent and is very significant through the game's plot. 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. Curtis is the first playable non-heterosexual character in a video game.	Interactive movie, point-and-click adventure	Sierra On-Line	United States
1997	The Last Express	Sophie de Bretheuil and Rebecca Norton	Lesbian	This game has the player meeting two young adult girls named Sophie de Bretheuil and Rebecca Norton who are almost always in each other's company. While at first they appear to be merely close friends, reading the diary of Recbecca suggests they are lesbians, but there are no explicitly homosexual gestures beyond hand-holding.	Adventure	Smoking Car Productions	United States
1997	SaGa Frontier	Asellus	Lesbian	This game features a female main character named Asellus who was infused with mystical blood that causes her to be highly attractive to other women. The story's narrator begins the story by telling of how she became infatuated with her, and one of the game's alternate endings features Asellus taking on many of the other female characters as wives.	Role-playing	Square	Japan
1999	Star Ocean: The Second Story	Claude C. Kenny, Rena Lanford, Ashton Anchors and Precis F. Neumann	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.	Action role-playing	tri-Ace Tose (PSP)	Japan
1999	Star Trek: 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.	First-person shooter	Raven Software Aspyr Media (Mac OS version) Pipe Dream Interactive (PS2 version)	United States
2001	Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix	Hana Tsu-Vachel and Rain Qin	Lesbian	This game has a lesbian subplot between two of the major female characters.	Action-adventure	Kronos Digital Entertainment	United States
2001	RuneScape	Angof	Trans woman	Angof is a female character in "The Light Within", a quest released on 24 August 2015. At some point after the quest, the player can show her a wedding ring, prompting her to tell the player she was born male, but "corrected" herself to female once she could shapeshift.	MMORPG	Jagex	United Kingdom
2003	Deus Ex: Invisible War	Minister of Culture	Gay	One of the manners which the character can gain access to the apartment of Seattle's Minister of Culture is to flirt with the Minister of Culture at Club Vox; he will give the character his key. This only works if the character is male.	Action role-playing, first-person shooter, stealth	Ion Storm	United States
2003	The Spirit Engine	Angelina	Cross-dresser	Angelina is a cross-dressing woman who owns a high level company, and wears a men's suit. Though her gender identity was never questioned in the game, her role seems that of a typical suburban business man.	Adventure, role-playing	Natomic Studios
2004	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations	Jean Armstrong	Genderqueer	In this Nintendo DS game, an effeminate chef called Jean Armstrong frequently confuses other characters about his gender. Although he is very effeminate in appearance, movement and fashion style, he clearly has a beard and mustache. Yet characters still become confused of his gender.	Adventure, visual novel	Capcom	Japan
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.	Role-playing, turn-based tactics	Troika Games	United States
2004	Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines	Player character	Bisexual	The player is able to play as a male or female character. There is generally the possibility to flirt with opposite gender and same gender partners throughout the game.	Action role-playing	Troika Games	United States
		Jeanette	Lesbian	The female player character is able to have implied offscreen sexual relations with Jeanette, another female character.
		Pisha (vampiress) and Pisha (her former lover)	Lesbian	Pisha is the pseudonym a vampiress character who hides her true name. This pseudonym she uses is the name of a woman with whom she had a relationship long ago.
				There are hints that several other characters have been involved in homosexual activities.
2005	Fahrenheit	Tommy	Gay	This computer and console game includes a gay stock market follower named Tommy. One of the game's protagonists is good friends with him and Tommy's knowledge of the stock trade is essential in progressing in the game. If asked, the character makes comments about homophobia in the workplace and gay acceptance.	Interactive movie, action-adventure	Quantic Dream	France
2005	Jade Empire	Last Spirit Monk	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 his or her 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.	Action-adventure	BioWare	Canada
		Sky, Silk Fox and Dawn Star	Bisexual
2006	Baten Kaitos Origins	Guillo	Genderqueer	In this Nintendo GameCube game, one of the three main characters, Guillo, speaks simultaneously with the voice of both a man and a woman and is gender neutral throughout the entire storyline. Guillo is a living hollow puppet with a very masculine personality, yet is also clad in high heels and has breasts. Guillo and two girls, Milly and Lolo, form a bitter love "quadrangle" for Sagi, the male main character.	Role-playing	tri-Crescendo, Monolith Soft	Japan
2006	Broken Sword: The Angel of Death	Brother Mark	Gay	In this adventure game, Brother Mark is a Catholic priest who is strongly hinted to be homosexual, although he denies this.	Point-and-click adventure	Revolution Software, Sumo Digital	United Kingdom
2006	Bully	James "Jimmy" Hopkins	Bisexual	Jimmy Hopkins is the player character. He can kiss various characters, male and female, in order to regain health. There are six kissable male characters: Trent Northwick, Gord Vendome, Cornelius Johnson, Vance Medici, Kirby Olsen and Duncan. All of them are shown to take interest in girls too. Neither Jimmy nor any of the others show any outward signs of overt femininity or other stereotypical homosexual traits, with the possible exception of Gord Venome of the Preppy clique who is depicted as being suave and somewhat effeminate. Lola Lombardi, one female character in the game, angrily alludes to Jimmy's "experimentation" with the other boys in a cutscene in which she states, "I'm Helen of Troy and you're more interested in...boys called Troy!" In Bully: Scholarship Edition (2007), there is a new achievement called "Over the Rainbow", which the player unlocks by kissing a boy twenty times.	Action-adventure	Rockstar Vancouver	Canada
		Six kissable boys	Bisexual
2006	Enchanted Arms	Makoto	Gay	Makoto is an openly gay male character.	Role-playing	FromSoftware	Japan
2006	Syphon Filter: 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.	Third-person shooter, stealth	SIE Bend Studio	United States
		Dr. Elsa Weissinger	Bisexual
2007	BioShock	Sander Cohen	Gay	The insane artist Sander Cohen is confirmed to be gay by the game's creative director Ken Levine.	First-person shooter	2K Boston, 2K Australia	Australia, United States
2007	Clive Barker's Jericho	Cassus Vicus	Bisexual	The Ancient Roman Governor Cassus Vicus claims it had been a while since "tasting" both genders after becoming aroused while confronting the Jericho Squad. Vicus is portrayed as overly perverted and morbidly obese and is said to practice cannibalism, sadomasochism and "blood orgies".	First-person shooter, survival horror	MercurySteam, Alchemic Productions	Spain
		Abigail Black	Lesbian	Lt. Abigail Black, a telekinetic sniper and playable character, is confirmed to be lesbian early on in the game through a joke among fellow team members upon gaining the ability to play as her.
2007	Fatal Hearts	Player character	Bisexual	Lucy is one of the available love interests for the female player character.	Visual novel, otome game	Hanako Games	United Kingdom
		Lucy	Lesbian
2007	GrimGrimoire	Lillet Blan and Amoretta	Lesbian	The protagonist Lillet Blan outright declares her love for Amoretta (a female homunculus) in multiple occasions. Throughout the game, various general displays of affection between the two and references are made that hint at a romantic love between the two characters, such as when Lillet threatens to sleep on the couch if Amoretta disobeys her and Lillet convinces her to share a bed with her. There is also journal entry in which Lillet explicitly states her love for Amoretta, and Amoretta's own comment before she sacrifices herself for Lillet implies that she loves Lillet deeply. In the epilogue, the two of them live together in the city.	Real-time strategy	Vanillaware, Nippon Ichi Software	Japan
2008	The Last Remnant	Barkeep	Gay	The barkeep is a minor character who shows obvious attraction to the protagonist, Rush Sykes and also to David Nassau, one of the main characters. The barkeep flirts with Rush Sykes, comments on his physical appearance, refers to him with an affectionate nickname and offers a 'personal tour' of Athlum. The barkeep states about David "You just can't keep from looking at him," and calls him "the beautiful Marquis." The barkeep also states that he is jealous of Rush's interactions with David and even questions the relationship between the two.	Adventure, role-playing	Square Enix	Japan
2008	Valkyria Chronicles	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 straight man or a lesbian woman and Violet is his or her girlfriend. The player is freely able to change his or her gender 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. In this imagined narration, Violet often "breaks the fourth wall": she introduces the mechanic of gender-changing by saying "I'm not changing my gender on your behalf, but you are welcome to change yours." and upon gender-changing, Violet may react by saying "I adore you either way."	Interactive fiction	Jeremy Freese
		The player character	Genderfluid, straight, 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.
		Historic Pfister	Genderfluid, straight, 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.	Graphic adventure	Telltale Games	United States
		Reginald's lover	Straight or gay
2009	Wet	Kafka	Lesbian	Kafka is one of the clients of Rubi Malone, the player character, a female bounty hunter. In the game, Kafka hits on Rubi.	Third-person shooter, action	Artificial Mind and Movement	Canada
2010	Dead Rising 2	Crystal and Amber Bailey	Lesbian	It's hinted that two minor villains, twin sisters Crystal and Amber Bailey, are in an incestuous lesbian relationship.	Survival horror, beat 'em up	Blue Castle Games	Canada
2010	Glory of Heracles	Leucos	Genderqueer	In the 2010 Nintendo DS video game 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.	Role-playing	Paon, Studio Saizensen	Japan
2010	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.	Point-and-click adventure	Daedalic Entertainment	Germany
2010	Red Dead Redemption	Quique Montemayor and Vincente de Santa	Gay	Quique Montemayor is one of the minor characters, who acts and moves flamboyantly. He appears to be in love with Captain Vincente De Santa, a more major character in the game and a captain in the Mexican Army. De Santa seems to be quite open about his relationship with Montemayor and both major and minor characters make suggestive comments about De Santa's inclinations, such as "He'll do a lot of things when men are on their knees," by the protagonist. After De Santa's death, another major character comments that, "a lot of young boys will sleep safe in their beds."	Action-adventure	Rockstar San Diego	United States
		Female NPC	Lesbian	A minor female NPC is seen in a side mission involving a stolen horse. After the side mission is completed, she can be seen flirting with female prostitutes in a nearby bar on occasion.
2010	Resonance of Fate	Bartender	Gay	The bartender of Le Chit-Chat Noir is flamboyant and feminine, uses make up and flirts with Vashyron, the second male protagonist.	Role-playing	tri-Ace	Japan
2010	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: 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. 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).
2011	Catherine	Erica Anderson	Trans woman	Erica, the waitress at The Stray Sheep, is a trans woman.	Puzzle-platform, adventure	Atlus	Japan
2011	Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten	Fenrich	Gay	Fenrich is heavily implied to be deeply in love with the main character, Valvatorez. Together they made a promise that Fenrich would serve Valvatorez for as long as the moon shines.	Tactical role-playing	Nippon Ichi Software	Japan
2011	Don't Take It Personally, Babe, It Just Ain't Your Story	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	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Player character and marriageable NPCs	Bisexual	The player character can be male or female. There are 65 NPCs eligible for marriage: 30 female and 35 male. The player is able to marry any of the eligible NPCs, regardless of gender.	Action role-playing	Bethesda Game Studios	United States
2011	Magical Diary	Mary Sue	Bisexual	The player character, whose default name is Mary Sue, is a female protagonist in a school for wizards. She can date male and female characters.	Visual novel	Hanako Games, Spiky Caterpillar	United Kingdom
		Multiple characters	Multiple	Several background characters are depicted as gay or bisexual, and one student is mentioned as having two fathers.
2012	Animal Crossing: New Leaf	The player character	Cross-dresser (optional)	The players can opt to dress in clothes of another gender. If the player goes to Shampoodles, a hairdresser, enough times, then they can choose to get hairstyles that would normally only be available to another gender.	Social simulation	Nintendo EAD	Japan
		Isabelle	Bisexual	In this game, the player character may be male or female. The secretary Isabelle has a crush on the player character, regardless of his or her gender.
2012	Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair	Tsumiki Mikan and Junko Enoshima	Bisexual	The Ultimate Nurse Tsumiki Mikan states that during her time at Hope's Peak School, she fell in love with the Ultimate Fashionista, Junko Enoshima, whom she claims truly loved her back. However, in the anime Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School, this relationship is shown to be manipulative and abusive on Junko's part. She also ends up pursuing a relationship with Hajime at the end of her island ending.	Adventure, visual novel	Spike Chunsoft	Japan
		Nagito Komaeda	Gay	Through the in-game "free time events", the male player character is capable of getting closer to other characters. During the last of Nagito Komaeda's free time events, he attempts to confess his love to the player character, but ends up changing his wording at the last minute to avoid it.
		Teruteru Hanamura	Bisexual	The character Teruteru Hanamura indiscriminately flirts with every female character he comes across. During a beach segment, he gleefully offers to apply suntan lotion on any of the girls. Nekomaru interjects and takes him up on his offer (perhaps in an attempt to discourage his lecherous behavior), to the shock of everyone, Teruteru agrees and admits to looking forward to the prospect (with an aroused look on his face). He flirts with the protagonist at various points of the game as well.
		Nekomaru Nidai	Gay (potentially)	In Nekomaru's Island Ending, if the player point out that Nekomaru is feeling love, he wonders if he has romantic feelings for the player.
		Ibuki Mioda	Bisexual	The Ultimate Musician, Ibuki Mioda, gets excited about seeing Mikan's embarrassing poses and the others girls in bikinis. In the official art book, she states that she was disappointed when Sonia didn't wear a bikini, and she excitedly talks about how the girls nowadays are curvy in just the right way. In the official artbook, it's also stated that Ibuki adores cute girls. Her Island Ending has her end up with Hajime, and it's heavily implied that she had feelings for Byakuya.
2012	Dragon's Dogma	The Arisen and the romanceable NPCs	Bisexual	The Arisen is the player character. The player can choose to play as male or female. Almost all the NPCs are available to be chosen as the player's love interest, regardless of the player's gender.	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. The girlfriend of the player character also has a major role in the game.	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. 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	There is an implied relationship between the female NPCs Kasmeer and Marjory throughout the game. Their sexual relationship was confirmed by the developers in the installment The Origins of Madness (2014).
		Sya	Trans woman	Sya is assigned male at birth. She used magic to aid in her transition.
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.	Visual novel	Liar-soft	Japan
2012	Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning	Fateless One	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).	Action role-playing, hack and slash	38 Studios, Big Huge Games	United States
		Maid of Windemere and Sunhilda Lorelle	Bisexual
		Female NPCs	Bisexual	Some female NPCs will hit on the player character regardless of the player's gender.
2012	The Secret World	Sandy "Moose" Jansen	Gay	Moose is a male biker who yearns for male police officer Andy.	MMORPG	Funcom	Norway
		Two archeologists	Gay	There are two gay archeologists in Egypt.
		Braga brothers	Bisexual	The Braga brothers are found in Transylvania. They hit on the player character regardless of their gender;
			Lesbian	The game features an implied lesbian encounter should the player choose a female Dragon player at the start.
		Zaha	Lesbian	Zaha is a lesbian character.
		Kaoru		Kaoru is transgender.
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	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.	Adventure, exploration	Fullbright, Midnight City (console edition)	United States
2013	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. In the Japanese version of the game, she explicitly credits her transformation to medical science, but this was cut from the English version.	Role-playing	Game Freak	Japan
2013	Yousei	Aaron Vanich	Gay	Aaron is a gay character.	Visual novel	Sakevisual	United States
2013	This Is Where I Want To Die	The player character and his boyfriend	Gay	The protagonist is revealed to be a homosexual man who is attacked by two homophobic people, whilst out with his boyfriend. The message of the game is stopping homophobia.	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	In this autobiographical game, Nicky Case is a teenage boy who comes out as bisexual. Jack is his boyfriend.	Interactive fiction	Nicky Case	Canada
		Jack	Gay
		Claire	Bisexual	In the game, Nicky's parents plan to hire Claire as his tutor, with also the purpose of matchmaking Nicky with Claire. Claire is eventually revealed to be bisexual.
2014	Enola	Enola and Angelica	Lesbian	Enola, the main character, wants to help her traumatized girlfriend Angelica.	Survival horror, adventure	The Domaginarium	El Salvador
2014	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
2014	Transistor	Grant and Asher Kendrall	Gay	Grant and Asher Kendrall are a married gay couple, two of the founding members of the Camerata which serves as the antagonist of the game. They are never interacted with in person, committing suicide together before the protagonist reaches them.	Action role-playing, turn-based tactics	Supergiant Games	United States
		Sybil Reisz	Lesbian	It is implied that the antagonist Sybil Reisz has romantic feelings towards Red (the female protagonist) which are not reciprocated.
2014	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.	Visual novel	Marcel Weyers	Germany
2015	Nurse Love Addiction	Various girls	Lesbian	This is a yuri game centered around lesbian nursing school students.	Visual novel	Kogado Studio	Japan
2015	Langrisser Re:Incarnation Tensei	Ares	Bisexual	Ares is the player character. He can confess his feelings to the guys along with the girls to unlock different perks.	Tactical role-playing	Masaya Games	Japan
2015	Might & Magic Heroes VII	Fahada and Djinn Khalida	Lesbian	In the Academy campaign, Tanis tells the story of Fahada the Wizard and her lover Djinn Khalida. In the story, Fahada the Wizard had to choose between Power and Love. The Circle of the Seven Cities does not approve of her activities in the bedchamber with a female lover.	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.	Fighting	NetherRealm Studios, High Voltage Software, QLOC	United States
2015	2064: 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	Katelyn is non-binary.
		Sympathy	Non-binary	Sympathy is a bearded non-binary woman.
		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.	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.
		Nina Jeong and Imogen	Lesbian	Late in the game, it is shown that Nina Jeong and Imogen have been in a lesbian relationship.
2015	Undertale	Alphys	Bisexual	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 Alphys is in love with Undyne, and Undyne sends an unsigned letter inviting Alphys to a date. Before the final fight with Asriel Dremurr, 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.
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.	Visual novel	Date Nighto
2015	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, known as Ciri	Lesbian	Ciri, a secondary playable character, when asked about her feelings towards a certain man, may answer that she prefers women, though it is offered to deflect unwanted advances by the man, rather than an expression of preference.	Action role-playing	CD Projekt RED	Poland
		Mislav	Gay	Mislav is a gay hunter encountered in the prologue.
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.	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.	Casual	Sassybot	Netherlands
		Harry	Gay
2016	Overwatch	Multiple characters		Blizzard has stated that multiple characters of this game are LGBT, but did not specify which ones.	First-person shooter	Blizzard Entertainment	United States
		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. Tracer was confirmed to be a lesbian by Michael Chu, the lead writer of Overwatch. In the game, Tracer mentions Emily, but Emily herself does not appear.
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	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.	Farm simulation, role-playing	ConcernedApe	United States
		Bachelors and bachelorettes	Bisexual
		Kel	Straight, lesbian	Kel, the ex-lover of Leah (one of the bachelorettes) is of the same gender as the player character. Kel is either a straight man or a lesbian woman.
2016	The Technomancer	Zachariah Mancer	Bisexual	Zachariah, the player character, can choose to romance Andrew, one of the male companions available in the game. Two female companions, Amelia and Niesha, are also able to be romanced by the player.	Action role-playing	Spiders	France
		Andrew	Gay
2017	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.	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	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. 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	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.	Adventure	Wispfire	Netherlands
2017	Night in the Woods	Margaret "Mae" Borowski	Pansexual	The main character, Mae Borowski, is pansexual.	Adventure	Infinite Fall	Canada
		Gregg and Angus	Gay	Gregg and Angus are a gay couple.
Upcoming
2018	Project Octopath Traveler	Primrose	Bisexual	Primrose is a female player character with the ability to seduce both male and female characters to summon them into battle. They follow her wherever she goes.	Role-playing, adventure	Square Enix, Acquire	Japan

See also

• List of yaoi games
• List of animation and graphic art works with LGBT characters

External links

• LGBTQ Video Game Archive
• Queerly Represent Me