List of video games with LGBT characters

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The following is a list of confirmed video games with gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters, including any others falling under the LGBT umbrella term. The numbers in this list are possibly higher due to fact that some characters remained unconfirmed, unsourced or controversial.

History

See also: LGBT themes in video games

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

In the 1990s, games (often Japanese ones) continued to use stereotypical LGBT characters which did not reflect the diversity in LGBT communities. However, more efforts were found to make more diverse and less one-dimensional characters.

In 2018, Gamesradar's Sam Greer pored through thousands of gaming titles and found 179 games with any LGBT representation. Of those 179 games, only 83 have queer characters who are playable characters. And of those, only eight feature a main character who is explicitly pre-written as queer as opposed to them being queer as a character creation option.

1980s

Year	Title	Character(s)	Classification	Notes
1985	Le crime du parking	Paco	Gay	The culprit in the murder mystery is revealed to be the tailor, Paco, who is gay and deals drugs.
1985	Le mur de Berlin va sauter	Carlus	Gay	The main antagonist and left-wing terrorist Carlos, who wants to blow up the Berlin Wall, is gay and a lot of the action is spent in gay nightclubs and public baths.
1986	Moonmist	Vivien Pentreath	Lesbian	In one of the possible storylines it is revealed that Vivien, a friend of Lord Jack, was in a relationship with his former fiancée Deirdre—before her apparent suicide—and was jealous that she chose Lord Jack over her.
		Deirdre Hallam	Bisexual woman
1988	Caper in the Castro	Tracker McDyke	Lesbian	A murder mystery problem solving game for Apple Mac computers written in the HyperCard language, distributed on underground gay bulletin boards, starring the lesbian detective Tracker McDyke. C. M. Ralph, who wrote the game, later released a straightwashed version called "Murder on Main Street" and published by Heizer Software.
		Tessy LaFemme	Gay/Drag Queen
1988	Super Mario Bros. 2	Birdo	Trans woman	In the first-edition manual for the North American release of the 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 Japanese version, Birdo is referred as "Catherine" where it is also stated that the character is a man who wishes to be a woman. In later printings, mention of Birdo being male was omitted, and further not included in most later games with the character.
1989	Circuit's Edge	Yasmin	Trans woman	The game features a transgender woman named Yasmin alleged to be the player character's former lover, and a gay man named Saied.
		Saied	Gay
1989	Phantasy Star II	Usvestia	Gay	Usvestia will teach the MUSIK piano technique needed to progress in the game more cheaply to male characters because they "look cute". In the English version, he instead says "He looks smart," and the gender-based disparity is left unexplained.
1989	Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals	Kalalau	Bisexual	Kalalau, a character from the previous game, is married to Larry, but dumps him at the start of the game for another woman, Bobbi.
		Bobbi	Lesbian	Bobbi is a woman in a relationship with Kalalau. She is described within the game as a lesbian.

1990s

Year	Title	Character(s)	Classification	Notes
1990	Rise of the Dragon	Patrons of the Pleasure Dome	Queer	In an establishment called the Pleasure Dome that caters to queer patrons, among other things. One of its patrons is a woman posing as a man posing as a woman.
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.
1992	Ultima VII: The Black Gate	Sex workers	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.
1992	Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender	Rex Nebular	Genderqueer	The game requires the male hero to change his sex on a planet where women rule.
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.
1993	Dracula Unleashed	Alfred Horner	Gay	Alfred Horner is a gay man who co-owns a bookstore. This was the first time a gay character in a computer game was given a speaking role.
1993	Return of the Phantom	Charles	Gay	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.
1993	Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!	Gary	Gay	Gary is a gay towel attendant. Larry is given the option of flirting with him, although this leads to a game over.
1993	Police Quest: Open Season	Bob Hickman	Gay	A gay bar is featured in the game. The player is a police officer trying to track down the murderer of his partner. His quest leads him to discover that his partner had a double life as a cross-dresser at a West Hollywood transgender bar.
1994	Streets of Rage 3	Ash	Gay	Ash acts as a boss in the game and portrayed with "tight clothes and effeminate movements". He was censored in some versions of the game.
1994	EarthBound	Tony	Gay	Tony who has subtle attractions to his best friend Jeff, according to EarthBound creator, Shigesato Itoi.
1995	Eternal Filena	Filen	Lesbian	Filena and Lila are lovers.
		Lila
1995	The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery	Baron Von Glower	Gay	The antagonist Baron Von Glower pursues the protagonist Gabriel Knight sexually and eventually leads him to be turned into a werewolf.
1995	Chrono Trigger	Flea	Genderqueer	Flea, a major villain, is 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."
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.
1995	True Love	Daisuke	Bisexual	At the end of the game, the player character—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.
		Kazuhiko Miyoshi	Gay
1996	Bahamut Lagoon	Sendak	Gay	Sendak is an older wizard who at one point flirts with the male protagonist, Byuu. The player can choose to accept or reject these advances.
1996	Blazing Dragons	Sir Blaze	Gay	Sir Blaze, a dragon knight is implied to be gay similar to the cartoon.
		Trivet		Trivet is a dragon jester who works for the king. He hates being a jester and is trying to look for another job. He learns about hypnotism. He hypnotizes Flicker into believing he is Princess Flame. The effect is temporary and Flicker goes back to normal. When Trivet tries to hypnotize Flicker again; Flicker deflects it onto Trivet by making him believe he is Flame. Trivet-as-Flame flirts with Sir Loungealot for a few scenes. When Sir Loungealot kisses Trivet; it snaps him out of his hypnosis. Sir Longealot realizes he wasn't kissing Flame but Trivet. However, Trivet happily thinks that Sir Loungealot would care about him in that way much to the dragon knight's repulsion.
1996	Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh	Curtis Craig	Bisexual man	Curtis is the game's protagonist. He is also close friend with his co-worker, Trevor, who is gay. 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.
		Trevor Barnes	Gay
1997	The Last Express	Sophie de Bretheuil	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.
		Rebecca Norton
1997	SaGa Frontier	Asellus	Lesbian	Infused with the Charm Lord's mystical blood, Asellus is attracted to other women and other women are attracted to her. Gina "calls Lady Asellus beautiful and blushes" at her during conversations, and they can marry each other in one of the game's multiple endings.
		Gina	Lesbian or heteroflexible
1997	Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers	Beta	Gay	Beta is one of the owners of the EL-115 Club alongside his brother Alpha. Described as an "over-the-top caricature of an effeminate gay man who speaks with a lisp", Beta continually comments on the male player's attractiveness.
1998	Star Ocean: The Second Story	Claude C. Kenny	Gay, lesbian or bisexual	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.
		Rena Lanford
		Ashton Anchors
		Precis F. Neumann
1998	Fallout 2	Player character	Lesbian, gay, or bisexual	The player character can be either male or female. Miria and Davin are siblings that the player may have sex with and marry one of them, regardless of their gender. The ability to marry either Miria or Davin irrespective of the player's gender marks Fallout 2 as the first game to feature a same-sex marriage. The player character can also have sex with Leslie Anne Bishop regardless of gender.
		Miria	Bisexual woman
		Davin	Bisexual man
		Leslie Anne Bishop	Bisexual woman
1999	Persona 2: Innocent Sin	Tatsuya Suou	Bisexual man	Tatsuya is the game's protagonist who attends the prestigious Seven Sisters school. Jun is a Kasugayama student and Tatsuya's childhood best friend, who plays a major role in Innocent Sin as a late party member. Jun is heavily implied to have romantic feelings towards Tatsuya throughout the game and his sexuality is confirmed by a demon contact in-game. Players can choose to have Tatsuya and Jun enter a relationship which is treated as them being lovers. Tatsuya's attraction to both sexes is also implied, regardless of which character is romanced.
		Jun Kurosu	Gay
		Anna Yoshizaka	Lesbian	Anna is a former start athlete and drop-out student from Seven Sister High. She is implied to hold romantic feelings towards the party member Yukino Mayuzumi. In the official novel where Anna retells the events of Innocent Sin as the protagonist, she confesses her one-sided feelings with the quote "I love you, and am captive to your beautiful face." referencing the poem Der Erlkönig by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
		Sumaru Genie	Intersex	Sumaru Genie is an intersex fortuneteller.
1999	The Longest Journey	Fiona and Mickey	Lesbian	This computer game features Fiona and Mickey, a lesbian landlady and her long-time lover. It also features a gay cop.
		A cop	Gay

2000s

Year	Title	Character(s)	Classification	Notes
2000	The Sims	Sims	Gay, lesbian or bisexual	All Sims can be directed to fall in love with and engage in romantic interations with others Sims of either sex.
2000	Persona 2: Eternal Punishment	Jun Kashihara	Gay	Jun and Tatsuya from Persona 2: Innocent Sin (1999) reappeared in this game, with the former having a minor role.
		Tatsuya Suou	Bisexual man
		Anna and Noriko	Lesbian	Anna reappears in the second game as a female track and field athlete whose relationship with her admirer Noriko contains lesbian overtones.
		Sumaru Genie	Intersex	Sumaru Genie, an intersex fortuneteller from Persona 2: Innocent Sin (1999), appears in this game as well.
2000	Final Fantasy IX	Quina Quen	Agender or genderqueer or nonbinary	Quina Quen is a non-human playable character. Quina is referred to with non-gendered terms in the Japanese version. In the English version, Quina is referred to using the pronouns "his" and "him," but also by "s/he". During gameplay, Quina cannot equip woman-only items, and is not affected by Zidane's "Protect Girls" ability.
2001	RuneScape	Angof	Trans woman	Angof is a female character in "The Light Within", a quest released on August 24, 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.
2001	Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix	Hana Tsu-Vachel	Bisexual woman	The player character Hana Tsu-Vachel is bisexual and in a relationship with her hacker; Rain Qin. The game's advertising heavily emphasized their relationship.
		Rain Qin	Lesbian
2001	Shadow Hearts	Meiyuan	Gay	Meiyuan is a gay Chinese acupuncturist.
2001	Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	Vamp	Bisexual men	Vamp is bisexual and his name refers to his sexual orientation. He was the lover of Scott Dolph, a Navy commander.
		Scott Dolph
2002	The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind	Vivec	Intersex	In the in-game books The 36 Lessons of Vivec, Vivec describes himself as "brother-sister" and "of male and female, the magic hermaphrodite."
2003	Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade	Limstella	Non-binary	Within the game, Limstella is never described with male or female pronouns. When their card in the Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher) trading card game released, it lacked the symbol that denotes whether a character is male or female (the only card to do this). In the Fire Emblem Heroes mobile game (and the video revealing them being added to the game), they use they/them pronouns. Despite this, however, they are placed within the women's division during the Choose Your Legends voting ballots, likely due to their feminine appearance.
2003	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic	Juhani	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 same-sex preferences. She and Belaya, another female Jedi were also heavily implied to be lovers. This would make Juhani the first known gay character in the Star Wars universe.
		Belaya
2003	Deus Ex: Invisible War	Mark Finley	Gay	One of the manners which the character can gain access to the apartment of Mark Finley, Seattle's Minister of Culture, is to flirt with him at Club Vox; he will give the character his key. This only works if the character is male.
		Lionel
2004	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations	Jean Armstrong	Gay	Trials and Tribulations localization team director Janet Hsu, in looking through all information that is given about Jean in the game, came to the conclusion that he is a gay man who likes to perform non-passing drag. Looking back at the game in 2014, Hsu said that she still thought Jean caused confusion due to the general public having a less informed and nuanced understanding of gender and sexuality at the time of the game's release.
2004	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door	Vivian	Trans woman	Vivian is a transgender woman who is mocked by her elder sister Beldam, who misgenders her and refers to her a cross-dresser. This characterization was largely excised in the English localization.
2004	Fable	Player character and NPC townspeople	Gay or bisexual	The male protagonist can romance and marry various characters, regardless of gender. However, while a marriage between the protagonist and a woman is treated as a legitimate marriage, one with a male NPC is treated comically and the union is referred to as "just a couple of blokes being blokes".
2004	The Sims 2	Sims	Gay, lesbian or bisexual	Sims can romance and even marry other Sims of the same sex.
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.
2004	Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines	Player character	Lesbian or bisexual	The player can have sex with female prostitutes or Jeanette as either a man or a woman.
		Jeanette Voerman	Bisexual woman	The female player character is able to have implied offscreen sexual relations with Jeanette, another female character.
2004	Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater	Major Raikov	Gay	Major Raikov had no interest in women. However, Major Raikov and Volgin are in a relationship.
		Volgin	Bisexual man
2005	Togainu no Chi	Akira	Gay	Akira is the protagonist and is accused of murder, being sentenced to life imprisonment. He is offered the chance to leave prison but only if he goes to Toshiman and participates and wins in the battle game Igra. Depending on choices made throughout the story, he can enter into a relationship with many other men.
		Keisuke		Keisuke is Akira's best friend who follows him to Toshima and joins Igra to help him.
		Rin		A light-hearted individual who teaches Akira how to participate in Igra.
		Shiki		The strongest of Igra's fighters and Akira's "most iconic" love interest.
		Motomi		A resident of Toshima, he doesn't take part in Igra but instead acts as an information broker.
2005	Jade Empire	Last Spirit Monk	Gay, lesbian or bisexual	The player—the Last Spirit Monk—can choose to play as either male or female. The player, regardless of gender, can romance Sky or Silk Fox. While only a male player can romance the Dawn Star, player can enter a ménage à trois with her and Silk Fox.
		Sky	Bisexual man
		Silk Fox	Bisexual woman
		Dawn Star
2005	Drakengard 2	Yaha	Bisexual	Yaha is an enemy character who is in love with his old friend Urick, one of the playable characters.
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, he mentions that he's dating someone.
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.
2006	Enchanted Arms	Makoto	Gay	Makoto is fervently in love with Toya and the game's promotional materials list him as openly gay.
2006	Mother 3	Magypsies	Genderqueer	They are a genderless race but their appearance and attitude are a parody of drag queens. Also, Ionia will teach Lucas "PK Love" in a scene that can be interpreted as sexual.
2006	Baten Kaitos Origins	Guillo	Genderqueer	One of the three main characters, Guillo, speaks simultaneously with the voice of both a man and a woman.
2006	Corpse Party: BloodCovered	Seiko Shinohara	Lesbian	Seiko is shown to have romantic feelings for her best friend, Naomi Nakashima.
2006	Bully	James "Jimmy" Hopkins	Bisexual man	Jimmy is able to kiss both boys and girls. In the Xbox version the player can unlock an achievement by kissing a boy twenty times.
2006	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	Reni Wassulmaier	Genderqueer	In the prequel Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006), set 14 years before, she already had the first three sex changes and the objective for one mission, titled "So Long Schlong", is to take Reni to the hospital for her fourth sex change.
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 cute girls".
2007	BioShock	Sander Cohen	Gay	The insane artist Sander Cohen is confirmed to be gay by the game's creative director Ken Levine.
2007	Clive Barker's Jericho	Cassus Vicus	Bisexual man	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".
		Abigail Black	Lesbian	Lt. Abigail Black, a telekinetic sniper and playable character, is confirmed to be lesbian.
2007	Mass Effect	Commander Shepard	Lesbian or bisexual	Commander Shepard is the main character in Mass Effect, and the player may choose to play as either male or female. A female Commander Shepard has two possible love interests; the male human Kaidan Alenko, and the female appearing asari Liara T'Soni. Shepard may also optionally have a sexual encounter with the Asari Consort as a reward for completing their side quest.
		Liara T'Soni	Genderqueer and pansexual	Dr. Liara T'Soni is an Asari, a single gendered species that has traditionally feminine traits but reproduces by means other than sexual reproduction. There is an option for a subplot romance and sexual encounter with her, regardless of the gender of Commander Shepard, the player character.
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.
2008	Captain Rainbow	Birdo	Trans woman	Birdo's gender identity is explored in Captain Rainbow, which delves into her gender and how she was imprisoned for using the woman's bathroom. Birdo asks the player to find proof of her being female so she could be set free.
2008	Mighty Jill Off	Jill	Lesbian	Jill and her Queen's relationship are the core drive of the game, with Jill's desire to return to her Queen acting as her primary motivation, and their BDSM practices providing context for the game's difficulty. The game's designer, Anna Anthropy confirmed The Queen is canonically trans on the game's itch.io page.
		The Queen	Trans Lesbian
2008	Violet	Violet	Bisexual	The player is either a man or woman and Violet is their girlfriend. The player is freely able to change their gender and sex mid-game, which mostly only results in a few cosmetic changes in the dialogue. Violet serves as the game's narrator, but in fact the player character is only imagining how she would narrate. Upon gender-changing, Violet may react by saying, "I adore you either way."
2009	League of Legends	Diana	Lesbian or Bisexual	As part of the Pride 2021 event celebrating LGBT Pride Month, Riot Games released the short story "Rise With Me", focusing on the backstory of Diana and Leona. The short story details how the two women fell in love and were each other's first kiss.
		Leona
		Caitlyn		In the animated series Arcane (2021–present), which is set a few years before the events of the game, there are multiple hints that Vi and Caitlyn are attracted to each other. This has since been reinforced, with Riot's 2023 LGBT Pride Month content specifically highlighting the pair, alongside a selection of other confirmed LGBT characters. In the event's promotional art, Vi is shown wearing a lesbian flag pin. Riot game designer Alex Quach later confirmed all the characters featured were LGBTQIA+.
		Vi	Lesbian
		Neeko	Lesbian	Neeko was revealed to be a lesbian by senior narrative writer Matt Dunn in 2018, making her the game's first Champion to be openly LGBTQ.
		Rell	Bisexual or pansexual	Rell possesses in-game interactions where she expresses interest in both male and female characters.
		Nami	Bisexual	In League of Legends spin-off game Legends of Runeterra, Nami's partners Tama (female) and Loto (male) are introduced, revealing her bisexuality and polyamory. Their relationship was later confirmed by the game's narrative lead, Meaghan Bowe.
		Lee Sin	Gay	Udyr trained in Ionia with Lee Sin for a time before returning to his homeland of the Freljord. One of Udyr's alternate skins, however, portrays a timeline where Udyr remains in Ionia. The League of Legends development team confirmed this was because Udyr chose to stay with Lee Sin, his partner and "roommate" (a euphemism used to allude to queer couples). Additionally, in voice lines, Udyr repeatedly describes Lee Sin alongside his previous partner, Kalkia. This is exemplified in the universe where he leaves Lee Sin, saying "Twice I have loved, twice I have left", a line excluded in the universe where he remains with Lee Sin.
		Udyr	Bisexual
		Varus	Gay	Varus is a Darkin, a creature whose actual body is a weapon who can possess someone who attempts to wield it, and Varus himself isn't gay. However, when he attempted to possess the gay couple Valmar and Kai at the same time and fuse them together, the two hunters' love was strong enough to allow their conscience to be shared with the Darkin, with all three controlling the body. A music video titled "As We Fall" detailing this events was released in 2017.
		Graves		Devon Giehl, former creative designer and writer at Riot Games, revealed in 2018 that she had initially planned for Graves and Twisted Fate to have been in a relationship, but the team was prevented from doing so. Despite this, many former and present employees have described them as a couple. Furthermore, despite internal censorship and pushback, the 2021 "Sentinels of Light" event did allude to Graves' relationship with Twisted Fate. Prior to the beginning of the event, it was revealed that for Pride 2022 various icons, emotes, and cosmetics would be released. Some of these icons confirm that the relationship between Twisted Fate and Graves is romantic in nature. During the event a story further highlighting their relationship was released. In League of Legends' 2023 Pride Month promotional art Twisted Fate wears the pansexual flag's colors in his hat.
		Twisted Fate	Pansexual
		K'Sante	Gay	In October 2022, it was confirmed that K'Sante was LGBTQ+ by his voice actor, DeObai Oparei. In his backstory, he has an ex named Tope.
2009	Assassin's Creed II	Leonardo da Vinci	Gay	Lifelong friend of protagonist Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Leonardo da Vinci is implied to be gay, based on similar historical evidence. On one occasion, he assures Ezio that "women provide little distraction."

2010s

Main article: List of video games with LGBT characters: 2010s

2020s

2020

Title	Character(s)	Classification	Notes
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town	Playable character and all romanceable characters	Bisexual (except in the Japanese version)	In the Japanese version, the "Best Friends" system allows the player character to "form a lifelong partnership with a character of the same sex." In the North American and European versions, the player character can marry characters of the same gender, and unique dialogue lines are added to acknowledge it as a same-gender relationship.
Granblue Fantasy Versus	Ladiva	Trans woman	Ladiva is a wrestler, a "muscular fighter with a prominent goatee", and one of the game's multiple playable characters.
	Katalina	Bisexual	Katalina is the loyal bodyguard of Lyria, one of the main characters of the series, and part of the default roster of playable characters. She shows affection and secretly harbors feelings for the character Vira, who is openly in love with Katalina.
	Cagliostro	Trans woman	Cagliostro is an alchemist born as a terminally ill boy, she built herself a healthy female body to live as and is one of the game's playable DLC characters.
	Belial	Bisexual	Belial is one of the primary antagonists for the game and was introduced as a playable DLC character. He expresses direct attraction to both male and female characters in the game and makes frequent sexual passes at all characters.
	Yuel	Lesbian	Yuel was introduced as a playable DLC character and is a treasure hunter on a quest to revive her royal lineage. She is in a relationship with the non-playable character Societte, who appears in her victory pose which is a recreation of their date scene from the original Granblue Fantasy.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	Player character	Non-binary (optional)	The Campaign mode offers four gender options for the player character: male, female, non-binary, and "classified." Before the game's release, the non-binary option was absent from trailers and promotional screenshots, which was met with mixed reception.
Bokuhime Project	Hiyu Shinosaki	Lesbian	Hiyu, a supporting character attending the same school as the protagonist, is attracted to women.
Final Fantasy VII Remake	Andrea Rhodea	Queer	Andrea Rhodea, the owner of the Honeybee Inn in Midgar's red light district, is presented as a character who does not conform to gender norms.
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise	Lena Dauman	Trans woman	A transgender woman character, Lena is deadnamed and misgendered by the game's main character. The game's director apologized for the scene, and an update to the game removed some, but not all, of the offending dialogue.
Frog Fractions	October	Pansexual	In the Hop's Iconic Cap DLC, a Pansexual pride flag can be seen on October's closet door in her room.
Tell Me Why	Tyler Ronan	Trans man and pansexual	Tyler and his twin sister Alyson travel to their childhood home in Alaska and must come to terms with their childhood. The game will also deal with how Tyler, who has transitioned since leaving home, is being affected. Dontnod worked with GLAAD to help create the character. Tyler can potentially start a relationship with Alyson's best friend Michael.
	Michael	Bisexual
Hades	Zagreus	Bisexual or pansexual	Zagreus, the rebellious child of Hades, was described by the game's writer and designer Greg Kasavin to be "bisexual or pansexual" to fit with the games Greek setting. He has a few romance options including the god of death Thanatos, and Megaera of the Fury Sisters, which he can pursue independently or romance at the same time, beginning a polyamorous relationship. In the game, Zagreus also seems to briefly flirt with Achilles once.
	Achilles	Gay or bisexual	Achilles and Patroclus are former lovers, separated by Hades in the Underworld.
	Patroclus
	Chaos	Non-binary	Chaos is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
Remothered: Broken Porcelain	Rosemary Reed / Lindsay	Lesbian
Bugsnax	Elizabert "Lizbert" Megafig	Lesbian	The missing explorer Grumpus named Elizabert "Lizbert" Megafig is in a relationship with the doctor Eggabell Batternugget. Eggabell is voiced by bisexual voice actress Fryda Wolff.
	Eggabell Batternugget
	Snorpy Fizzlebean	Gay	Chandlo's boyfriend; doesn't realize the two have been dating for years.
	Chandlo Funkbun	Bisexual	Snorpy's boyfriend; confirms their relationship with a kiss.
	Floofty Fizzlebean	Non-binary	Floofty is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. They are voiced by non-binary voice actor Casey Mongillo.
	Wiggle Wigglebottom	Pansexual	While never explicitly shown in the game, it was confirmed on the Bugsnax AMA that Wiggle is pan.
Cyberpunk 2077	V	Transgender or non-binary (optional)	The character creator allows V to be transgender or nonbinary.
	Judy Alvarez	Lesbian	Judy can enter a relationship with V only if she has a feminine voice and body type.
	Meredith Stout	Bisexual	Meredith can have a sexual encounter with V regardless of voice and body type.
	Kerry Eurodyne	Bisexual	R. Talsorian Games, the creators of the tabletop RPG that the game's based on, confirmed on Twitter that Kerry is bisexual.
	Claire Russell	Transgender woman	Claire is stated to be trans in her in-game bio, and references having transition related surgery in a conversation scene.
Please Be Happy	Miho	Lesbian	Miho, the main character, can romance either Juliet or Aspen.
	Juliet
	Aspen
Watch Dogs: Legion	Various procedurally-generated playable characters and NPCs	Various LGBTQ+ identities	The procedural generation that generates Legion's characters includes many options for their sexualities and genders, giving them same-gender significant others or assigning them sexualities outright in their "metadata" section.
The Last of Us Part II	Ellie	Lesbian	Ellie is one of the main characters and she is in a relationship with a woman named Dina. At the start of the game, it was revealed that Dina formerly dated Jesse.
	Dina	Bisexual woman
	Lev	Transgender man	Lev is trans and hunted by the Seraphites, who misgender and deadname him frequently.
Vitamin Connection	Selenium	Non-binary	Selenium is referred as they/them in a tweet made by developer WayForward as well as in-game on the pause screen during Story 5.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always	Jamie Last	Non-binary	Determined by the player, however, by default is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. Can enter into a relationship with male characters regardless of gender identity.
	Pamela Last	Lesbian	Pamela and Noelani are a married couple.
	Noelani Last	Bisexual
	Cove Holden	Demisexual	Cove is demisexual and panromantic. Baxter and Derek are pansexual. All three characters can enter into a relationship with the player character regardless of gender identity.
	Derek Suarez	Pansexual
	Baxter Ward
	Terry Brook	Transgender	Terry is a transgender man.
Star Wars: Squadrons	Keo Venzee	Non-binary	Keo uses they/them pronouns.
Haven	Yu	Gay or Lesbian (optional)	Haven's story is about a couple who flee their home because their society doesn't allow them to be together. As of the March 2022 "Couples Update", the protagonists, Yu and Kay, can be chosen to be in a heterosexual, lesbian or gay relationship.
	Kay

2021

Title	Character(s)	Classification	Notes
Psychonauts 2	Helmut Fullbear	Gay	Helmut Fullbear and Bob Zanotto are in a long-term, stable relationship. Both are founding members of the Psychic Six. One memory shows Bob proposing and then later marrying Helmut. Helmut's body was lost, and Bob broke down after losing the love of his life, but in the game's present, Helmut's brain is found and placed in a new body, giving the two the chance to rekindle their relationship.
	Robert Zanotto
Lake	Meredith Weiss	Bisexual	Meredith Weiss is the protagonist of Lake. Depending on the player's choices, she may be romantically involved with a man named Robert Harris or a woman named Angie Eastman during her time in her hometown, Providence Oaks.
	Angie Eastman	Lesbian	Angie is the owner of a VHS rental shop, who is romantically interested in Meredith Weiss, the protagonist of Lake. If Meredith reciprocates her feelings, a potential ending chosen by the player would see the couple departing from Providence Oaks and committing to an itinerant lifestyle.
Guilty Gear: Strive	Testament	Non-binary	Testament returns as the final character in Guilty Gear Strive's first DLC pack. Previously Testament was never referred to by binary pronouns and always had an ambiguous look. On their release Arcsys confirmed Testament was never intended to be male and always went by they/them pronouns.
	Bridget	Trans woman	Bridget returns as the first character in Guilty Gear Strive's Second DLC pack. Bridget was born male, one of twin brothers named and raised by her parents as a girl in a British village. They do this to protect her since the villagers believe that identical twins bring bad luck. In Strive, her arcade mode story revolves around her being unsure whether she is truly happy and is being her true self, which is revealed to be her questioning her gender identity in one of the endings. Depending on how well the player performs, she makes progress towards figuring it out and accepting change for the better, with the aforementioned ending directly showing her coming out to Goldlewis Dickinson and Ky Kiske.
Rune Factory 5	Male/Female Protagonist and all romanceable characters	Bisexual	In the original release of the game, players could only date/marry characters of the opposite gender. When the game released in English, German, and French in 2022, the localizers modified the game to make every romanceable character available for either gender protagonist. The Japanese version was later patched to allow this too.
Boyfriend Dungeon	Player character	Bisexual (optional), non-binary (optional)	The player can choose between he/him, she/her, and they/them pronouns, and can date male, female, and nonbinary characters.
	Rowan	Non-binary	Uses they/them pronouns and is nonbinary.
	Sawyer
	Dr. Holmes		Added in the Secret Weapons update, Dr. Holmes uses she/they pronouns.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous	Knight Commander	Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual	RPG with multiple romance options and LGBT NPCs.
	Sosiel	Gay
	Daeran	Bisexual
	Wenduag	Bisexual
	Arueshalae	Bisexual
	Queen Galfrey	Bisexual
	Ulbrig	Bisexual
	Anevia	Lesbian
	Irabeth	Lesbian
Life is Strange: True Colors	Alex Chen	Bisexual	Alex is canonically bisexual and is able to enter a romantic relationship with Steph Gingrich or Ryan Lucan.
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan	Billy	Non-binary	Billy, the main character, is canonically nonbinary.
Purrgatory	Kyungsoon	Trans woman and a lesbian or bisexual	Kyungsoon is implied within the game to be a transgender woman. The creator later confirmed this. Kyungsoon is also able to enter a relationship with another woman, Numa, in the best ending of the game. They are referred to as girlfriends.
	Numa	Lesbian or bisexual	Numa has a crush on another female character, Kyungsoon. In the best ending of the game, the two enter a relationship and are referred to as girlfriends.

2022

Title	Character(s)	Classification	Notes
An Outcry	the Unnamed	Non-binary	In this horror game, the Unnamed investigates a hellish noise. The lead developer of the game has expressed the importance of the stories queer themes, as a queer person herself.
The Quarry	Ryan	Gay or Bisexual	At Chris's office, Dylan asks questions about Ryan's life, and at a certain point in this conversation, Ryan seems to suggest that he's interested in both genders. Dylan also starts flirting with Ryan, which the game says that Ryan seems interested. Later, the game makes Ryan choose between Kaitlyn or Dylan to kiss in a Truth or Dare game.
	Dylan
Xenoblade Chronicles 3	Juniper	Non-binary	The English localization of the game uses "they/them" pronouns when referring to Juniper. In other languages, the game refers to Juniper with non-gendered pronouns, a mix of pronouns, or no pronouns. Within the game's data, Juniper's internal gender value is set as "2", while every other character is set as a "0" (male), or a "1" (female).
Gotham Knights	Tim Drake (Robin)	Bisexual	There are hints around the game that suggest the sexual orientation of Robin. The game's narrative director stated that "Tim is bi in the comics, therefore Tim is bi in the game."
Desta: The Memories Between	Desta	Non-binary	The protagonist, Desta, must relive their memories and repair their relationships in an exploration through their dreams.
SIGNALIS	Elster	Lesbian	The player character is LSTR, a Replika unit otherwise known as Elster, who awakens and searches for her missing partner, Ariane, in a survival horror setting.
	Ariane Yeong
BOSSGAME: The Final Boss Is My Heart	Sophie	Lesbian	Sophie and Anna are in a romantic relationship with each other, and Sophie is transgender.
		Trans woman
	Anna	Lesbian
Orcen Axe	Drak	Gay	After being resurrected by a wizard, Drak finds out that his (male) partner went missing and the old king was turned into a dragon, so he goes out on an adventure.
	Marvin
Super Lesbian Animal RPG	Melody Amaranth	Bisexual	Super Lesbian Animal RPG is a turn based role-playing game with a cast of queer anthropomorphic animals, including the main 4 player characters.
		Trans woman
	Allison Goleta	Lesbian
	Claire Higsby	Lesbian
		Trans woman
	Jodie Cadwell	Lesbian
Harvestella	Player character	Non-binary (optional)	The game's character creator includes a non-binary option.
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist	Player character	Genderqueer (optional)	The player character can be customized to be more feminine, masculine, or androgynous, and the player can choose their pronouns and preferred gendered terms.
	Romanceable characters	Bisexual or pansexual	All romanceable characters can be dated regardless of their gender or the player's gender.
	Side characters	Transgender
Temtem	Player character	Non-binary (optional)	The game's character creator includes he/him, she/her, and they/them pronoun options in the English version, and includes other gender-neutral options in other languages.
	Max	Non-binary	The player character's rival, who uses they/them pronouns.
Beacon Pines	Ilona and Nelly Moedwil	Lesbian	The two are a lesbian couple, and are the mothers of Beck (whom they had adopted).
Lil Gator Game	Lil Gator	Non-binary	The player character of the game, whose name is determined by the player (though they are referred to as "Lil Gator" outside of the game). Their identity has been made clear several times by the development team.
	Avery	Non-binary	A friend of the Lil Gator's, who helps them to convince "Big Sis" to stop studying. They use they/them pronouns in the game, and the development team has confirmed their identity outside of it.
God of War Ragnarök	Jari and Somr	Gay	The central characters of the "Across the Realms" side quest. Mimir tells of the two men travelling together, and how they eventually discovered that, even when compared to the beautiful places they'd travel to, that being together was the part they savored the most, the two sharing their first kiss in the field of Jötunheim. This side quest was based on the real life relationship of Sam Handrick and Jake Snipes (two people worked for Sony Santa Monica), and was pitched by Handrick after Snipes passed away in 2020 due to epilepsy.

2023

Title	Character(s)	Identity	Notes
Hogwarts Legacy	Sirona Ryan	Transgender	When the player asks Sirona Ryan about how she knows a certain goblin, Ryan replies: “Hadn’t seen him in years when he came in a few months ago. But, he recognized me instantly. Which is more than I can say for some of my own classmates. Took them a second to realize I was actually a witch, not a wizard."
Beloved Rapture	Johan	Gay
Romancelvania	Drac	Bisexual or pansexual	The player can choose a body type (masculine or feminine) and voice (masculine or feminine) for their character, and the player can choose to date characters regardless of gender.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog	Player character (named Barry in marketing)	Non-binary (possibly), uses they/them pronouns (confirmed)	The character uses they/them pronouns, though Sega refused to comment when reporters from Kotaku enquired about the character being non-binary.
Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores	Aloy	Lesbian or bisexual	Aloy is canonically a queer woman, and the player can choose for her to kiss Seyka, another woman.
	Seyka
Crash Team Rumble	Catbat	Non-binary	Catbat uses they/them pronouns and is stated by the developers to be non-binary.
Harmony: The Fall of Reverie	Side characters	Non-binary	The side characters Chaos, Truth, and Yana are non-binary and use they/them pronouns.
		Transgender	The protagonist's sister, Nora, is a trans woman.
Final Fantasy XVI	Dion Lesage	Gay	Dion Lesage is the leader of the Holy Order of The Knights Dragoon, and his lover is his second-in-command Sir Terrance.
	Sir Terrance
	Unnamed soldier and his lover		An unnamed male non-player character is in a romantic relationship with another man.
Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life	Player character	Non-binary (optional), bisexual	The player character can use he/him, she/her, or they/them pronouns, and there are no gender restrictions on the player character's appearance or clothing.
	All romanceable characters	Bisexual	The player character can romance any romanceable character with no gender-based restrictions.
Charade Maniacs	Mizuki Iochi	Non-binary	Is non-binary, and uses they/them pronouns in the English version of the game.
Goodbye Volcano High	Fang	Non-binary and either Lesbian or Pansexual	The main protagonist, Fang, is nonbinary. They are voiced by nonbinary, pansexual actor Lachlan Watson. In the game, the player can have the option to have Fang date their fellow classmate Naomi according to the game's script, which was leaked from the demo files.
	Naomi	Lesbian or Pansexual	Fang receives a text message from an unknown admirer who confesses their feelings for them and later this is revealed to be Naomi according to the game script, which was leaked from the demo files.
Street Fighter 6	Marisa	Bisexual	To date, Marisa is the only openly bisexual and polyamorous playable character in the Street Fighter series.
	Eternity	Non-binary	Eternity is the emcee of Battle Hub mode, and not a playable character.
Eternights	Player character	Bisexual	The player character's love interests consist of several girls and one boy, Yohan.
	Yohan	Gay
Baldur's Gate III	Player character	Optional	The player character in Baldur's Gate 3 can be male, female, non-binary, or other, with their sexual characteristics being defined separately to their gender. They can enter relationships with other characters regardless of gender, allowing the character's sexuality and gender identity to be entirely up to the player.
	All romanceable characters	Pansexual	The player can enter relationships with all romanceable characters regardless of gender identity. The characters' sexaulities were confirmed as pansexual in the Magic: The Gathering set "Battle for Baldur's Gate" by the set's narrative lead, Justice Geddes.
	Beldron	Gay	Beldron and Lunkbug are Gnomish husbands being held captive in Grymforge when the player meets them. Their fate after that is up to the player.
	Lunkbug
	Dame Aylin	Lesbian	Aylin and Isobel are followers of Selune who can be reunited by the player's actions. If they are, they embrace, and reveal their relationship.
	Isobel Thorm
	Omeluum	Non-Binary	Omeluum is an Illithid, separated from the Hivemind its people normally obey. It has instead joined the Society of Brilliance, a group of scholars studying the peoples and places in the Underdark. Omeluum uses it/its pronouns.
	Astele 'Nine-Fingers' Keene	Lesbian	Nine-Fingers Keene leads the Baldur's Gate Thieves Guild with her girlfriend, Rilsa Rael. Their relationship was implied in the adventure module "Murder in Baldur's Gate", and later confirmed in the Magic: The Gathering set "Battle for Baldur's Gate", by the set's narrative lead, Justice Geddes.
	Nafula	Lesbian	The player can meet Nafula in the tavern 'The Blushing Mermaid', where they overhear her father trying to convince her to marry into wealth. Nafula asks the player to weigh in on whether she's being unreasonable by refusing. When you side with her, her father pressures further until she states she just wants to be happy, and she's happy with Sasha; much to her father's chagrin.
	Fist Jara	Lesbian	Jara is a member of the Flaming Fist. You can encounter her getting intimate with Naoise, the female nymph courtesan, before it is revealed she is a cultist of the game's antagonist, the Absolute. At this revelation, her transformation is triggered and she becomes a hostile Illithid.
	Naoise Nallinto	Pansexual	Naoise is a courtesan at the brothel, Sharess' Caress. After witnessing Jara's transformation, when talking with Naoise, she may reveal to insightful players that she was attracted to the Illithid, and found it arousing. Illithids do not have genders, nor sexual characteristics.
	Nocturne	Transgender	An old friend of Shadowheart's she'd been forced to forget by her Goddess' will, she can be reminded of her friend Rennald by consuming a mushroom called Noblestalk that is said to cure all ills. Upon returning to the cloister where she was trained you can be reunited with and reintroduced to her as Nocturne. She is also voiced by Abigail Thorn, a transgender actress and playwright.
	Raphael	Bisexual	Raphael is a cambion who offers his aid to the player, for a price. The player can venture into his house and encounter Haarlep, Raphael's personal Incubus, in his boudoir. Haarlep is able to take whatever form most please Raphael, and most of the time, that is the form of Raphael himself, though Haarlep reveals they're occasionally asked to instead take the form of "Archduchess Raphael", a female version of the cambion.
	Chorizo	Gay	Chorizo is the chef at the brothel Sharess' Caress. When the player approaches him, he assumes they think he's a courtesan and immediately shuts them down, telling them he has a husband. And that you're not his type.

Upcoming

Year	Title	Character(s)	Identity	Notes
2023	In Stars and Time	Siffrin	Non-binary	Siffrin goes by he/they pronouns and is asexual.
			Asexual
		Mirabelle	AroAce	Mirabelle is both aromantic and asexual.
		Bonnie	Non-binary	A nonbinary child character.
2023	Now You Would Destroy The Earth	Elias	Gay	After a strange disease ripped through Sennenmoor city several years ago, a man goes seeking answers from a long lost lover in this psychological horror game.
2023	Bernadette and the Demon Circus	Bernadette	Trans woman	The protagonist Bernadette is a trans woman, and the game touches on the horrors of transphobia and is inspired by classic survival horror games.
TBA	Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2	Player character	Non-binary	Players will be able to choose pronouns, with the character creators going beyond "male and female models".
TBA	Hades II	Melinoe	Bisexual or pansexual
TBA	Paradiso Guardian	Lenga Valentine	Gay
TBA	GACHI ADVENTURE: Billy's Legacy	BOY
TBA	No Body	Clownface	Bisexual	Features a queer cast of characters.
		Angel	AroAce
		Axia	Trans woman
		Marked	Gay
		Witch	Lesbian
		Tob-13	Non-binary
TBA	Shield Cat	Lance	Pansexual	The main protagonist, Lance, is pansexual and is dating Carter, who is nonbinary and also pan. Many other characters are queer.
		Carter	Pansexual
			Non-binary
2024	Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League	Harley Quinn	Bisexual	Harley Quinn is a bisexual comic book character and will be a prominent figure in this video game title.
2024	They Speak From The Abyss	Vanessa Rivera	Trans woman	Vanessa is a young woman who has recently moved into her new apartment. She soon finds herself in a nightmarish land, which may act as an unconventional form of therapy for her.
2023	Nice Spice	Oregano	Gay or bisexual	This JRPG inspired horror-adventure game features themes such as queer comradery and mental health. Oregano, one of the main characters, must rescue his captured boyfriend, which implies that he likes men. The developers also describes Yonko Donko as "butch", implying that she is a queer woman.
		Yonko Donko	Lesbian or bisexual

See also

• List of animated works with LGBT characters
• List of graphic art works with LGBT characters
• List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films
• Lists of television programs with LGBT characters
• Lists of American television episodes with LGBT themes

References

Bibliography

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• Loguidice, Bill; Barton, Matt (2009). Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time. Waltham, Massachusetts, United States: Focal Press. ISBN 978-0-240-81146-8.