List of video games with LGBT characters


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

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 the objects of ridicule or jokes.
In the 1990s, games 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 the 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.

Video game series

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

A–J

K–Z

Individual games

1980s–2000s

2010s

2010–2014

YearTitleCharacterClassificationNotesGenreDeveloperCountry
Red Dead RedemptionQuique Montemayor and Vincente de SantaGayQuique 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-adventureRockstar San DiegoUnited States
Red Dead RedemptionFemale NPCLesbianA 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.Action-adventureRockstar San DiegoUnited States
'Ramona FlowersBisexualLike 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 upUbisoft MontrealCanada
'Roxanne "Roxie" RichterLesbianLike 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 upUbisoft MontrealCanada
'Knives Chau and Kim PineBisexualKnives 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.Beat 'em upUbisoft MontrealCanada
'Wallace WellsGayWallace 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.Beat 'em upUbisoft MontrealCanada
Dead Rising 2Crystal and Amber BaileyLesbianIt's hinted that two minor villains, twin sisters Crystal and Amber Bailey, are in an incestuous lesbian relationship.Survival horror, beat 'em upBlue Castle GamesCanada
A New BeginningDuve and his boyfriendGayBent 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 adventureDaedalic EntertainmentGermany
2011CatherineErica AndersonTrans womanErica, the waitress at The Stray Sheep, is a trans woman.Puzzle-platform, adventureAtlusJapan
2011'FenrichGayFenrich 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-playingNippon Ichi SoftwareJapan
2011Don't Take It Personally, Babe, It Just Ain't Your StoryKendall Flowers and Charlotte GrewalLesbianKendall and Charlotte have recently broken up as of the start of the game.Visual novelLove Conquers All GamesCanada
2011Don't Take It Personally, Babe, It Just Ain't Your StoryAkira YamazakiGayAkira and Nolan are a gay couple. Previously, Nolan dated a girl named Taylor Gibson.Visual novelLove Conquers All GamesCanada
2011Don't Take It Personally, Babe, It Just Ain't Your StoryNolan StriukasBisexualAkira and Nolan are a gay couple. Previously, Nolan dated a girl named Taylor Gibson.Visual novelLove Conquers All GamesCanada
2011'Player character and marriageable NPCsPotentially gay, lesbian or bisexualThe 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-playingBethesda Game StudiosUnited States
2011Magical DiaryMary SuePotentially lesbian or bisexualThe 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 novelHanako Games, Spiky CaterpillarUnited Kingdom
2011Magical DiaryMultiple charactersMultipleSeveral background characters are depicted as gay or bisexual, and one student is mentioned as having two fathers.Visual novelHanako Games, Spiky CaterpillarUnited Kingdom
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2012IsabellePotentially pansexualIsabelle, the secretary to the town mayor, is hinted to be pansexual as indicated by an apparent crush on the player-character, regardless of gender.Social simulationNintendoJapan
2012Dragon's DogmaThe Arisen and the romanceable NPCsPotentially gay, lesbian or bisexualThe 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 slashCapcomJapan
2012Dys4iaThe player characterTrans woman, LesbianIn 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.AbstractAnna AnthropyUnited States
2012Dys4iaThe girlfriend of the player characterLesbianIn 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.AbstractAnna AnthropyUnited States
2012Guild Wars 2Caithe and FaolainLesbianThis 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.		MMORPGArenaNetUnited States
2012Guild Wars 2Eladus and DagdarGayThis 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.		MMORPGArenaNetUnited States
2012Guild Wars 2Kasmeer Meade and Marjory DelaquaLesbianThere is a relationship between the female NPCs Kasmeer and Marjory throughout the game, with both of them kissing during a cutscene in "The Battle for Lion's Arch". Their sexual relationship was confirmed by the developers in the installment The Origins of Madness.MMORPGArenaNetUnited States
2012Guild Wars 2SyaTrans womanSya is assigned male at birth. She used magic to aid in her transition.MMORPGArenaNetUnited States
2012Guild Wars 2Noble, MerchantGayOne of the renown hearts in the Domain of Vabbi asks for the player character to pair lonely singles using an affinity detector. Resulting couples can be gay. The player still has the choice not to help the gay couples to form.MMORPGArenaNetUnited States
2012Kindred Spirits on the RoofA ghost couple and other couplesLesbianIn 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 novelLiar-softJapan
2012The House in Fata MorganaMichelTrans Man, IntersexMichel, one of the visual novel's main characters, was assigned female at birth and was named "Michelle". Upon recovering from an illness, his voice deepened and his shoulders broadened, making him appear male. He renamed himself "Michel"; while his brothers accepted his new identity, his mother was driven insane by denial and his father planned to have him executed. The developers, Novectacle, have stated that he is intersex, but he's never described as such in the game; as his story takes place in the late 1000s, other characters' knowledge on the matter is limited and his body is considered "cursed" by his mother.Visual novelNovectacleJapan
2012'Fateless OnePotentially gay, lesbian or bisexualThe 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.Action role-playing, hack and slash38 Studios, Big Huge GamesUnited States
2012'Maid of Windemere and Sunhilda LorelleBisexualThe 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.Action role-playing, hack and slash38 Studios, Big Huge GamesUnited States
2012'Female NPCsBisexualSome female NPCs will hit on the player character regardless of the player's gender.Action role-playing, hack and slash38 Studios, Big Huge GamesUnited States
2012My Ex-Boyfriend the Space TyrantTycho Minogue and most charactersGayThe majority of characters, including the player character Tycho Minogue, are gay men.AdventureUp Multimedia
2012The Secret WorldSandy "Moose" JansenGayMoose is a male biker who yearns for male police officer Andy.MMORPGFuncomNorway
2012The Secret WorldTwo archeologistsGayThere are two gay archeologists in Egypt.MMORPGFuncomNorway
2012The Secret WorldBraga brothersBisexualThe Braga brothers are found in Transylvania. They hit on the player character regardless of their gender;MMORPGFuncomNorway
2012The Secret WorldLesbianThe game features an implied lesbian encounter should the player choose a female Dragon player at the start.MMORPGFuncomNorway
2012The Secret WorldZahaLesbianZaha is a lesbian character.MMORPGFuncomNorway
2012The Secret WorldKaoruKaoru is transgender.MMORPGFuncomNorway
2012Zombies, Run!Jack Holden and Eugene WoodsGayThere are two same-sex couples: Jack Holden and Eugene Woods, the hosts of Radio Abel, and Doctor Maxine Myers and Doctor Paula Cohen.Fitness gameSix to StartUnited Kingdom
2012Zombies, Run!Maxine Myers and Paula CohenLesbianThere are two same-sex couples: Jack Holden and Eugene Woods, the hosts of Radio Abel, and Doctor Maxine Myers and Doctor Paula Cohen.Fitness gameSix to StartUnited Kingdom
2013No, Thank You!!!Various boysGayVisual novelParadeJapan
2013Gone HomeSamantha "Sam" Greenbriar and Yolanda "Lonnie" DeSotoLesbianThis is a lesbian coming of age story that centers around the protagonist's younger sister Samantha and her girlfriend Yolanda.Adventure, explorationFullbright,
Midnight City 		United States
2013Pokémon X and YNovaTrans womanNova is a Pokémon Trainer found at the Battle Maison. She is a Beauty, an exclusively female trainer class, who states that she used to be a Black Belt, 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-playingGame FreakJapan
2013YouseiAaron VanichGayAaron is a gay character.Visual novelSakevisualUnited States
2013This Is Where I Want To DieThe player character and his boyfriendGayThe protagonist is revealed to be a gay man who is attacked by two homophobic people, whilst out with his boyfriend. The message of the game is stopping homophobia.Visual novelMarcel WeyersGermany
2014Coming Out on TopPlayer characterGayThe 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 simObscurasoftUnited States
2014Coming Out Simulator 2014Nicky CaseBisexualThis is an autobiographical game about a teenage Nicky Case coming out as bisexual to his mother. Jack is his boyfriend.Interactive fictionNicky CaseCanada
2014Coming Out Simulator 2014JackGayThis is an autobiographical game about a teenage Nicky Case coming out as bisexual to his mother. Jack is his boyfriend.Interactive fictionNicky CaseCanada
2014EnolaEnola and AngelicaLesbianEnola, the main character, wants to help her traumatized girlfriend Angelica.Survival horror, adventureThe DomaginariumEl Salvador
2014Queen's GambitPlayer characterBisexualThe player character can romance Emily or one of three male characters.Visual novelVoltage Entertainment USAUnited States
2014Queen's GambitEmily VermaLesbianThe player character can romance Emily or one of three male characters.Visual novelVoltage Entertainment USAUnited States
2014TransistorGrant and Asher KendrallGayGrant 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 tacticsSupergiant GamesUnited States
2014TransistorSybil ReiszLesbianIt is implied that the antagonist Sybil Reisz has romantic feelings towards Red which are not reciprocated.Action role-playing, turn-based tacticsSupergiant GamesUnited States
2014To Kill a Black SwanThe Black SwanTrans womanIn 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 novelMarcel WeyersGermany

2015–2019

2020s

YearTitleCharacterClassificationNotesGenreDeveloperCountry
Granblue Fantasy VersusLadivaTrans womanLadiva is a wrestler, a "muscular fighter with a prominent goatee", and one of the game's multiple playable characters.Fighting gameArc System WorksJapan
Bokuhime ProjectHiyu ShinosakiLesbianHiyu, a supporting character attending the same school as the protagonist, is attracted to women.Adventure gameNippon Ichi SoftwareJapan
2020Tell Me WhyTylerTrans manTyler 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.AdventureDontnod EntertainmentFrance
2020HadesZagreusBisexual or pansexualZagreus is the son of Hades and confirmed by the games writer and designer Greg Kasavin to be "either bisexual or pansexual".Roguelike dungeon crawlerSupergiant GamesUnited States
2020HadesThanatosGayRoguelike dungeon crawlerSupergiant GamesUnited States
2020HadesAchillesGayRoguelike dungeon crawlerSupergiant GamesUnited States
2020HadesPatroclusGayRoguelike dungeon crawlerSupergiant GamesUnited States
Cyberpunk 2077VPotentially LGBTQ+The character creator will allow V to be transgender or non-binary.Role-playing video gameCD Projekt RedPoland
2020Please Be HappyTBALesbianThe story is about love between women.Visual novelStudio Élan
2020Player characterPlayers will be able to choose pronouns, with the character creators going beyond "male and female models".Action role-playing gameHardsuit LabsUnited States