List of video games with LGBT characters

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.

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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.[1]

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.[2]

In 2018, Gamesradar's Sam Greer pored through thousands of gaming titles and found 179 games with any LGBT representation.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6][7]
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.[8][9]
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.[10][11] 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.[12] In later printings, mention of Birdo being male was omitted, and further not included in most later games with the character.[10]
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.[13][14]
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".[15] In the English version, he instead says "He looks smart," and the gender-based disparity is left unexplained.[16]
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. [17][18]
Bobbi Lesbian Bobbi is a woman in a relationship with Kalalau. She is described within the game as a lesbian. [17] [18]

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.[7]
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.[7]
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.[19]
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.[20]
1993 Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle A mage Bisexual A mage sexually proposes the player's character regardless of the character's gender.[7] 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.[7]
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.[21]
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.[17]
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.[7]
1994 Streets of Rage 3 Ash Gay Ash acts as a boss in the game and portrayed with "tight clothes and effeminate movements".[21] He was censored in some versions of the game.[22]
1994 EarthBound Tony Gay Tony who has subtle attractions to his best friend Jeff, according to EarthBound creator, Shigesato Itoi.[23]
1995 Eternal Filena Filen Lesbian Filena and Lila are lovers.[24][25]
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.[7][20]
1995 Chrono Trigger Flea Genderqueer Flea, a major villain, is genderfluid and/or gender nonconforming.[7] 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."[20]
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.[7]
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.[26]
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.[27]
1996 Blazing Dragons Sir Blaze Gay Sir Blaze, a dragon knight is implied to be gay similar to the cartoon.[2]
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.[2]
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.[28] Curtis is the first playable non-heterosexual character in a video game.[29]
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.[30]
Rebecca Norton
1997 SaGa Frontier Asellus Lesbian Asellus, one of the main characters, was infused with mystical blood that causes her to be highly attractive to other women.[31][32]
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.[33]
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.[7]
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.[34] 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.[35][36] 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.[37]

Players can choose to have Tatsuya and Jun enter a relationship which is treated as them being lovers.[38] Tatsuya's attraction to both sexes is also implied, regardless of which character is romanced.[37]

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.[37]
Sumaru Genie Intersex Sumaru Genie is an intersex fortuneteller.[37]
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.[7]
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.[39]
2000 Swing Away Golf James Gay or bisexual James talks in a stereotypically gay inflection and flirts with his golfing opponent (the player character) regardless of gender, addressing them as "darling" and occasionally doing a flirty dance upon beating the player.
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.[38]
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.[37]
Sumaru Genie Intersex Sumaru Genie, an intersex fortuneteller from Persona 2: Innocent Sin (1999), appears in this game as well.[37]
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.[7]
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.[40]
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.[41]
Rain Qin Lesbian
2001 Shadow Hearts Meiyuan Gay Meiyuan is a gay Chinese acupuncturist.[42]
2001 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Vamp Bisexual men Vamp is bisexual and his name refers to his sexual orientation.[43] He was the lover of Scott Dolph, a Navy commander.[44]
Scott Dolph
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.[45] She and Belaya, another female Jedi were also heavily implied to be lovers.[46] This would make Juhani the first known gay character in the Star Wars universe.[47]
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.[48]
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.[49]
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.[50]
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".[51]
2004 The Sims 2 Sims Gay, lesbian or bisexual Sims can romance and even marry other Sims of the same sex.[52]
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.[53]
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.[54]
Jeanette Voerman Bisexual woman The female player character is able to have implied offscreen sexual relations with Jeanette, another female character.[54]
2004 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Major Raikov Bisexual man Major Raikov and Volgin are in a relationship.[55]
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.[56][57]
Keisuke Keisuke is Akira's best friend who follows him to Toshima and joins Igra to help him.[58][57]
Rin A light-hearted individual who teaches Akira how to participate in Igra.[58][57]
Shiki The strongest of Igra's fighters and Akira's "most iconic" love interest.[58]
Motomi A resident of Toshima, he doesn't take part in Igra but instead acts as an information broker.[58]
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.[7]
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.[59]
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.[60]
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.[61]
2006 Enchanted Arms Makoto Gay Makoto is an openly gay male character.[62]
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.[63]
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.[64]
2006 Corpse Party: BloodCovered Seiko Shinohara Lesbian Seiko is shown to have romantic feelings for her best friend, Naomi Nakashima.[65]
2006 Bully James "Jimmy" Hopkins Bisexual man Jimmy is able to kiss both boys and girls.[66] In the Xbox version the player can unlock an achievement by kissing a boy twenty times.[67]
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.[61]
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".[68]
2007 BioShock Sander Cohen Gay The insane artist Sander Cohen is confirmed to be gay by the game's creative director Ken Levine.[69]
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".[70]
Abigail Black Lesbian Lt. Abigail Black, a telekinetic sniper and playable character, is confirmed to be lesbian.[71]
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. [72]
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.[72]
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.[73] 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.[14]
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.[74]
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.[75]

The game's designer, Anna Anthropy confirmed The Queen is canonically trans on the game's itch.io page.[76]

The Queen Trans Lesbian
2008 Violet Violet Bisexual The player is either a man or woman and Violet is their girlfriend.[77] 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 Bisexual or lesbian 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.[78]
Leona
Vi 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.[79]
Caitlyn
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.[80]
Rell Bisexual or pansexual Rell possesses in-game interactions where she expresses interest in both male and female characters.[81]
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.[82]
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.[83]
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,[84] but the team was prevented from doing so.[85] Despite this, many former and present employees have described them as a couple.[86] Furthermore, despite internal censorship and pushback, the 2021 "Sentinels of Light" event did allude to Graves' relationship with Twisted Fate.[87] 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.[88] During the event a story further highlighting their relationship was released.[89]
Twisted Fate Bisexual man
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.[90][91]
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."[14]

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

2020s

2020
Year Title Character(s) Classification Notes
2020 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.[92]
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.[93]
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.[94][95]
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.[96]
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,[97] who appears in her victory pose which is a recreation of their date scene from the original Granblue Fantasy.[98]
Vira Lesbian Vira was introduced as a playable DLC character. She is openly in love with the character Katalina to the point of obsession.
2020 Bokuhime Project Hiyu Shinosaki Lesbian Hiyu, a supporting character attending the same school as the protagonist, is attracted to women.[99]
2020 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.[100]
2020 Frog Fractions October Pansexual In the Hop's Iconic Cap DLC, a Pansexual pride flag can be seen on October's closet door when you enter her room.[101]
2020 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.[102] Tyler can potentially start a relationship with Alyson's best friend Michael.
Michael Bisexual
2020 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.[103] 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.[104]
Patroclus
2020 Remothered: Broken Porcelain Rosemary Reed / Lindsay Lesbian [105]
2020 Bugsnax Lizbert Lesbian The missing explorer Grumpus named Elizabert "Lizbert" Megafig is in a relationship with the doctor Eggabell Batternugget.[106] Eggabell is voiced by bisexual voice actor Fryda Wolff.
Eggabell
Snorpy Gay Chandlo's boyfriend; doesn't realize the two have been dating for years.
Chandlo Bisexual Snorpy's boyfriend; confirms their relationship with a kiss.[107]
Floofty Nonbinary Snorpy's sibling; They are non-binary and use they/them pronouns. Floofty is voiced by non-binary voice actor Casey Mongillo. [108]
Wiggle Pansexual While never explicitly shown in the game, it was confirmed on the Bugsnax AMA that Wiggle is pan.[107]
2020 Cyberpunk 2077 V Transgender or non-binary The character creator will allow V to be transgender or nonbinary.[109]
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.[110]
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.
2020 Please Be Happy TBA Lesbian The story is about love between women.[111]
2020 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.[112]
2020 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.[113]
Dina Bisexual woman
Lev Transgender man Lev is trans and hunted by the Seraphites, who misgender and deadname him frequently.
2020 Vitamin Connection Selenium Nonbinary 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.[114]

2021
Year Title Character(s) Classification Notes
2021 Psychonauts 2 Helmut Fullbear Gay Helmut Fullbear and Bob Zanotto are in a long-term, stable relationship.[115] 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
2021 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.[116]
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.[117]
2021 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.[118]
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.[119]
2021 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.[120]
2021 Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Knight Commander Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual RPG with multiple romance options and LGBT npcs.[121]
Sosiel Gay
Daeran Bisexual
Wenduag Bisexual
Arueshalae Bisexual
Queen Galfrey Bisexual
Ulbrig Bisexual
Anevia Lesbian
Irabeth Lesbian
2021 Life is Strange: True Colors Alex Chen Bisexual Alex is able to enter a romantic relationship with Steph Gingrich or Ryan Lucan in Episode 4.
2021 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.[122] 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. [123]
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.[123]

2022
Year Title Character(s) Classification Notes
2022 An Outcry the Unnamed Nonbinary 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.[124]
2022 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.[125]
Dylan
2022 Gotham Knights Tim Drake (Robin) Bisexual There are hints around the game that suggests the sexual orientation of Robin. Also "Tim is bi in the comics, therefore Tim is bi in the game" - Amy Lemay [126]
2022 Desta: The Memories Between Desta Nonbinary The protagonist, Desta, must relive their memories and repair their relationships in an exploration through their dreams.[127]
2022 SIGNALIS Elster Lesbian You play as LSTR, a Replika unit otherwise known as Elster, who awakens and searches for her missing partner, Ariane, in a survival horror setting.[128]
Ariane Yeong
2022 BOSSGAME: The Final Boss Is My Heart Sophie Lesbian BOSSGAME is a lesbian boss rush action game. Sophie and Anna are a pair of charming witches trying to make rent so they fight devils to make due.[127]
Trans woman
Anna Lesbian
2022 Orcen Axe Drak Gay Drak has been resurrected by a pestering wizard and soon finds out that his partner went missing and the old king was turned into a dragon. And it just so happens that Drak is the only one who can do something about it.[129]
Marvin
2022 Super Lesbian Animal RPG Melody Amaranth Bisexual Super Lesbian Animal RPG is exactly what the title states, a turn based role-playing game with a cast of queer anthropomorphic animals, including the main 4 player characters.[130]
Trans woman
Allison Goleta Lesbian
Claire Higsby Lesbian
Trans woman
Jodie Cadwell Lesbian

2023 and later
Year Title Character(s) Identity Notes
2023 Bernadette and the Demon Circus Bernadette Trans woman After awakening in a hospital, the protagonist Bernadette soon finds herself in a circus of horrors. This game touches on the horrors of transphobia and is inspired by other survival horror classics.[131]
2023 Romancelvania Drac Bisexual or pansexual Described as a "loving parody of Metroidvanias and fresh take on dating in games", you play as Drac who has the option to be male or female. While exploring Transylvania, players will get to meet several romanceable characters.[131]
2023 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.[131]
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.[131]
2023 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.[132]
2023 Beloved Rapture Johan Gay [133]
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.[134]
Yonko Donko Lesbian or bisexual
2023 In Stars and Time Siffrin Non-binary Siffrin goes by he/they pronouns and is asexual.[135]
Asexual
Mirabelle AroAce Mirabelle is both aromantic and asexual.[135]
Bonnie Non-binary A nonbinary character of kid age.
2023 Goodbye Volcano High Fang The main protagonist, Fang, is nonbinary.[136] They are voiced by nonbinary, pansexual actor Lachlan Watson.
2023 Baldur's Gate III Player Character Players will be able to choose pronouns, with the character creators going beyond "male and female models".[137]
TBA Vampire:The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
2023 Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores Aloy Bisexual or Lesbian Aloy has feelings for Seyka and can kiss her if the player chooses.
TBA Hades II Melinoe Bisexual or pansexual [131]
TBA Paradiso Guardian Lenga Valentine Gay [131]
TBA GACHI ADVENTURE: Billy's Legacy BOY [131]
TBA No Body Clownface Bisexual Features a queer cast of characters.[138]
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.[139]
Carter Pansexual
Nonbinary

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