User:Diego Moya/List of female video game characters by role
Template:Article Incubator The list includes female video game characters appearing in a major role in a notable video game, such as protagonists, antagonists and playable characters.
| Name | Game/series | Description | Role in first appearance | Year of first appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ada Wong | Resident Evil | A double/triple secret agent | NPC sidekick, later PC protagonist | 1998 |
| Alis Landale | Phantasy Star | A young woman on a quest to seek revenge for her brother's murder and eventually liberate the Algol solar system. One of the RPG genre's first female protagonists | PC protagonist | 1987 |
| Amaterasu Omikami | Ōkami | The Shinto sun goddess who has taken the form of a white wolf. | PC protagonist | 2006 |
| Alyx Vance | Half-Life 2 | A prominent figure in the human resistance against an alien race | NPC sidekick | 2004 |
| Anne | Jurassic Park: Trespasser | A young woman, stranded by a plane crash on the Jurassic Park Site B island full of feral dinosaurs. | PC protagonist | 1998 |
| Cortana | Halo | An artificial intelligence (AI) with a female holographic representation | NPC sidekick | 2001 |
| Chloe Frazer | Uncharted | Thieve, impulsive and reckless adventurer. Designed to provide a darker counterpart to main series protagonist | NPC sidekick | 2009 |
| Dark Queen | Battletoads | An evil supreme commander of a renegade space army | NPC antagonist | 1991 |
| Nicole Horne | Max Payne | Leader of a secret military program, commands a well-armed private army of hitmen and mercenaries. | NPC antagonist | 2001 |
| Elaine Marley | Monkey Island | Island governor | NPC damsel in distress and protagonist's love interest | 1990 |
| Elena Fisher | Uncharted | An independent, strong female that works as journalist. | NPC sidekick and protagonist's love interest | 2007 |
| Elexis Sinclaire | SiN | A leading, genius-level biochemist and CEO of a multibillion dollar empire. | NPC antagonist | 1998 |
| Franziska von Karma | Ace Attorney | A prosecuting attorney that uses a whip in and out of court | NPC antagonist | 2002 |
| GLaDOS | Portal | An insane artificial intelligence with a female voice | NPC antagonist | 2007 |
| Mona Sax | Max Payne | A mysterious femme fatale and contract killer | NPC sidekick / PC antiheroine | 2001 |
| Kimberley Evans | Call of Juarez: The Cartel | An FBI agent tasked with bringing down the Mendoza cartel | PC protagonist/ antagonist | 2011 |
| Princess Peach | Mario | Princess of the fictitious Mushroom Kingdom | NPC damsel in distress, PC heroine | 1985 |
| Pauline - originally known as Lady (レディ, Redi).[1] | Mario | The gir. to rescue in the original Donkey Kong,[2] before Princess Peach was created. She is the earliest example of a female with a speaking role in a video game, and is cited as a famous example of a damsel in distress in fiction.[3][4][5] | NPC damsel in distress | 1981 |
| Princess Zelda | The Legend of Zelda | Several distinct characters in the series' royal family. Her first appearance is in the original The Legend of Zelda video game. | NPC damsel in distress, PC heroine | 1986 |
| Sarah Kerrigan | StarCraft | A young psychic, later turned into a human/alien hybrid | NPC antagonist, PC antiheroine | 1998 |
| Ayane | Dead or Alive | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters, protagonist | 1998 |
| Kasumi | Dead or Alive | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters, protagonist | 1996 |
| Felicia | Darkstalkers | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters | 1994 |
| Morrigan Aensland | Darkstalkers | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters | 1994 |
| Jade | Mortal Kombat | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters, NPC antagonist | 1993 |
| Kitana | Mortal Kombat | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters, NPC antagonist | 1993 |
| Mileena | Mortal Kombat | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters, NPC antagonist | 1993 |
| Sonya Blade | Mortal Kombat | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters, NPC antagonist | 1992 |
| Cammy | Super Street Fighter II | A fighter with a slender build, strengthened by her highly muscular tone | PC in a cast of selectable characters | 1993 |
| Chun-Li | Street Fighter II | The first female playable character in a fighting game. An undercover Interpol agent seeking to avenge the death of her father. | PC in a cast of selectable characters | 1991 |
| Elena | Street Fighter III: New Generation | A member of a small tribe from the African savannah, expert in the capoeira fighting style | PC in a cast of selectable characters | 1997 |
| Ibuki | Street Fighter III | A teenage girl trained as a ninja. | PC in a cast of selectable characters | 1997 |
| Juri | Street Fighter | A "bad and somewhat erotic"[6] taekwondo fighter. | PC in a cast of selectable characters | 2010 |
| Makoto | Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike | A tomboyish female fighter wearing a white suit and a yellow hachimaki | PC in a cast of selectable characters | 1999 |
| Sakura Kasugano | Street Fighter Alpha 2 | A young Japanese schoolgirl that fights in imitation of Ryu's style | PC in a cast of selectable characters | 1996 |
| Hildegard von Krone, Ivy Valentine, Sophitia, Taki, Tira | Soul | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters | |
| Anna Williams, Alisa Bosconovitch, Christie Monteiro, Lili, Ling Xiaoyu, Nina Williams | Tekken | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters | |
| Athena Asamiya, Blue Mary, Mai Shiranui, Yuri Sakazaki | The King of Fighters | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters | |
| Aerith Gainsborough | Final Fantasy | A flower seller who joins a rebel group | PC selectable as a party member | 1997 |
| Tifa Lockhart | Final Fantasy | A martial artist and childhood friend of the male protagonist | PC selectable as a party member | 1997 |
| Yuffie Kisaragi | Final Fantasy | Young ninja and thief, daughter of a city leader | PC selectable as a party member | 1997 |
| Lulu | Final Fantasy | Black magic user, guardian to the lead female protagonist | PC selectable as a party member | 2001 |
| Rikku | Final Fantasy | A young thief | PC selectable as a party member | 2001 |
| Yuna | Final Fantasy | A teenage summoner destined to save the world. | PC selectable as a party member | 2001 |
| Lightning | Final Fantasy | A soldier that undergoes a personality change to take care for her sister | PC selectable as a party member, later PC protagonist[7] | 2009 |
| Terra Branford | Final Fantasy | A mysterious magic user being controlled by a corrupt empire | PC selectable as a party member | 1994 |
| Celes Chere | Final Fantasy | An Ex-General and Magitek Knight for a corrupt empire | PC selectable as a party member | 1994 |
| Aqua | Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep | A Keyblade Wielder who sacrifices herself to save Terra | PC selectable as a party member | 2010 |
| Ayame | Tenchu | A ninja with sharp tongue and quick, deadly techniques, faster and weaker but more cunning and aggressive than her male counterpart | PC protagonist with a male partner | 1998 |
| Claire Redfield | Resident Evil | A college student looking for her brother | PC protagonist with a male partner | 1998 |
| Jill Valentine | Resident Evil | Member of a Police Special Tactics department | PC protagonist with a male partner | 1996 |
| Rebecca Chambers | Resident Evil | A rookie police commando | NPC supporting character, later a protagonist | 1996 |
| Sheva Alomar | Resident Evil | An operative agent of a UN-funded paramilitary group | NPC sidekick, optional PC | 2009 |
| Aya Brea | Parasite Eve | NYPD officer and FBI agent | PC protagonist | 1998 |
| Cate Archer | No One Lives Forever | A covert operative for a British counter-terrorism organization | PC protagonist | 2000 |
| Chell | Portal | An unwilling subject of a deadly scientific experiment. Non-sexualized and with unknown personality | PC protagonist | 2007 |
| Faith Connors | Mirror's Edge | A professional courier who transmit messages while evading government surveillance | PC protagonist | 2007 |
| Lara Croft | Tomb Raider | An athletic British archaeologist and adventurer | PC protagonist | 1996 |
| Samus Aran | Metroid | An ex-Galactic Federation soldier turned bounty hunter, fitted with a heavily armed armor suit | PC protagonist | 1986 |
| Rayne | BloodRayne | A bloodthirsty American Dhampir looking for her father | PC protagonist | 2002 |
| Bayonetta | Bayonetta | A shapeshifter witch who uses firearms and performs magical attacks with her hair | PC protagonist | 2009 |
| April Ryan | The Longest Journey | An art student with the power of walking between parallel worlds | PC protagonist | 1999 |
| Jade | Beyond Good & Evil | A freelance photojournalist, characterized as a real person rather than a "sexy action woman" | PC protagonist | 2003 |
| Yorda | Ico | A captive girl who speaks in an unknown language. Keeping her safe is part of the gameplay | NPC damsel in distress | 2001 |
| Galatea | Galatea | A living statue displayed at an exhibition of artificial intelligences. Her conversation is the only content in the interactive fiction game | NPC protagonist | 2000 |
| Nariko | Heavenly Sword | A warrior wielding a blade of supernatural origin, the Heavenly Sword | PC protagonist | 2007 |
| Shion Uzuki | Xenosaga | The leading scientist in a project to create the galaxy's first Android | PC protagonist | 2002 |
| Heather Mason | Silent Hill 3 | A teenage girl seeking the truth about her past and father | PC protagonist | 2003 |
| Alice Liddell | American Mcgee's Alice | A often cold and sarcastic young woman with a troubled past. Based on Alice Liddell, the girl who inspired Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | PC protagonist | 2000 |
| Lammy | Um Jammer Lammy | Lead Guitarist of the band "MilkCan" who is shy but is known to rock the stage when she has her guitar in hand | PC protagonist | 1999 |
| Cornet Espoir | Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure | A girl who can talk to puppets and has a magical horn that grants wishes | PC protagonist | 1998 |
| Prier | La Pucelle: Tactics | An 16-years-old apprentice Demon Hunter and exorcist. The name is based on Joan of Arc [8] | PC protagonist | 2002 |
| Asha | Monster World IV | A young warrior who seeks to free the imprisoned spirits of her land [9] | PC protagonist | 1994 |
| Farah - (unnamed at first appearance) | Prince of Persia franchise | An indian archer/princess who helps the Prince | PC protagonist | 1989 |
| Shantae | Shantae | A half-genie with a strong sense of justice and a playful demeanor charged with protecting her Town | PC protagonist | 2002 |
See also
References
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