Series | Year | Title | Character(s) | Classification | Notes | Developer |
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A Kiss for the Petals | 2006-2016 | All | Various girls, Teachers and Nurses | Lesbian | A series of adultyurivisual novels.[4][5] | Fuguriya |
Ace Attorney | 2004 | Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Trials and Tribulations | Jean Armstrong | Gay | Trials and Tribulationslocalization team director Janet Hsu, in looking through all information that is given about Jean in the game, and came to the conclusion that he is a gay cis 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.[6] | Capcom |
Assassin's Creed | 2007 | Assassin's Creed | Abu'l Nuquod | Gay | Abu'l Nuquod, one of the assassination targets in this historically based game, is strongly implied to be gay.[7] 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.[8] | Ubisoft Montreal |
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."[8] In the downloadable content The Da Vinci Disappearance, Ezio appears to know of Leonardo's romantic relationship with his pupil Salaì, stating that he approves of their relationship.[9] |
2010 | Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood |
Salaì |
2015 | Assassin's Creed Syndicate | Jacob Frye | Bisexual | The lead writer of the game indicated that the team explicitly avoided giving Jacob, one of the game's two protagonists, a female love interest. He also hinted that Jacob needed to "figure himself out to some degree" after his brief partnership with Maxwell Roth.[10] This led to speculation regarding Jacob's sexuality, with the official Assassin's CreedTumblr account confirming he is canonically bisexual.[11] | Ubisoft Quebec |
Ned Wynert | Trans man | Ned Wynert is a minor non-playable character (NPC) and a trans man.[12] |
2018 | Assassin's Creed Odyssey | Kassandra / Alexios | Potentially lesbian, gay, or bisexual | The player may choose to play as either Alexios or Kassandra; a pair of siblings. The game presents both opposite-sex and same-sex relationship options for the player character.[13] |
2020 | Assassin's Creed Valhalla | Eivor | Potentially lesbian, gay, or bisexual | Eivor's gender can be selected by the player. They can persue both opposite-sex and same-sex relationships. | Ubisoft Montreal |
Baldur's Gate | 2012 | Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition | Gorion's Ward | Potentially gay, or bisexual | The Gorion's Ward is the male or female protagonist of Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, a remake of Baldur's Gate (1998). Unlike the original game, in the 2012 remake Gorion's Ward can romance three newly introduced characters. The male half-orc Dorn Il-Khan is available for a relationship with a player of either gender, while the male human Rasaad yn Bashir and the female half-elf Neera are only available for straight relationships.[citation needed] | Overhaul Games |
Dorn Il-Khan | Bisexual |
2013 | Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition |
2016 | Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear | Mizhena | Trans woman | Mizhena is a transgender woman who explains to the main character that she picked her strange name after transitioning. The character, among other aspects of the game's writing, was met with significant criticism. Beamdog later announced that they would be expanding the character's story a week after the expansion pack released, saying in part, "In retrospect, it would have been better served if we had introduced a transgender character with more development."[14] | Beamdog |
TBA | Baldur's Gate III |
Borderlands | 2009 | Borderlands | Mad Moxxi | Bisexual | Mad Moxxi's appearances include Borderlands (2009) and Borderlands 2 (2012). She is a buxom bartender. In both games, she is very open about her bisexuality, referencing her many male and female lovers. | Gearbox Software |
2012 | Borderlands 2 |
Tiny Tina | Lesbian | Tiny Tina confesses that she likes Maya and asks if she likes her in turn. It was confirmed by lead writer Anthony Burch on his ask.fm that she is lesbian and also that during production of the DLC Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage (2012), it was planned to depict Tiny Tina having a crush on Moxxi, but the dialogue concerning this was ultimately deleted before the DLC was released.[15] |
Axton | Bisexual | In the DLC Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep (2013), it is revealed that Axton, one of the playable characters, is bisexual. While his flirtatious lines with male characters were originally a coding error, Gearbox Studios decided to confirm his bisexuality with overt references in the DLC.[16] |
Wildlife Exploitation Preserve couples | Lesbian, gay | There is an audio-log in the Wildlife Exploitation Preserve that mentions two same sex couples (1 gay couple, 1 lesbian couple) who were forced to run experiments on their partners. |
Sir Hammerlock and Taggart | Gay | There is a sidequest given by Sir Hammerlock that involves finding his ex-boyfriend Taggart's audio logs on hunting for use in his almanac. |
Mister Torgue High-Five Flexington | Bisexual | It is alluded in Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep that Mr. Torgue is bisexual. This was confirmed via an interview.[17] |
2014 | Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel | Rose and Gabby | Lesbian | During the Recruitment Drive mission in the Triton area, a character named Rose talks about her ex Gabby. | 2K Australia, Gearbox Software |
Athena and Janey Springs | Lesbian | In Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (2014) the playable character Athena and the supporting character Janey Springs are lesbian.[18][19] Janey repeatedly flirts with Athena, causing her to become embarrassed. Their relationship is confirmed later in a conversation where Athena implies that she "hit that" (referring to Janey) by giving a high five to Tiny Tina, even though Athena is initially defensive to talk about it. In the DLC Claptastic Voyage (2015), it is shown that Athena and Janey moved together to Hollow Point, a subterranean city on Pandora. In the episodic adventure game Tales from the Borderlands (2014), Athena and Janey are in a relationship. Depending on the player's choices, a scene may be available where Janey kisses Athena on the cheek and refers to her as her girlfriend. Later in the game, there is an unmissable scene where Athena is interrupted by a call from Janey, once again referring to her as her girlfriend. |
2014 | Tales from the Borderlands | Telltale Games |
2019 | Borderlands 3 | FL4K, Wainwright Jakobs | Non-Binary, gay | FL4K is shown to use gender-neutral pronouns, and has a pin on the collar of their coat that had bits of binary crossed out as well as the Non-Binary flag colors, referencing their gender identity.[20] The DLC pack Guns, Love, and Tentacles is about the marriage of Sir Hammerlock and Wainwright Jakobs.[21] | Gearbox Software |
Darkstalkers, Marvel vs. Capcom, and others | 1994 | First appearance:Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
| Morrigan Aensland | Bisexual | Morrigan is bisexual.[2] She is a recurring character in the Darkstalkers and Marvel vs. Capcom fighting game series. | Capcom |
— | See also Morrigan Aensland § Appearances. | — |
Destiny | 2014 | Destiny | Osiris Saint-14 | Gay | Game designer Robert Brooke wrote the two characters as in a romantic relationship from their introduction but had been vague about it, but only made it more explicit with ongoing updates to Destiny 2 in 2020.[22] | Bungie |
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth | 2015 | Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth | Fei Wong Tomoe Ignacio | Lesbian | Fei is in love with Yuuko Kamashiro[citation needed] | Bandai |
2017 | Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory | Yu Nogi | Gay | Yu is in love with Keisuke Amazawa[citation needed] |
Divinity | 2017 | Divinity: Original Sin 2[citation needed] | Ifan Ben-Mezd Red Prince Lohse Fane Beast Sebille Butter | Pansexual/ Bisexual | All the origin characters can be romanced regardless of race or gender. Fane canonically had a wife but can be romanced by anyone, and Sebille claims that Lohse has a crush on her if you agree to let Sebille see Lohse's memories. Butter can be flirted with, with any character, and she will respond in kind. | Larian Studios |
Dragon Age | 2009 | Dragon Age: Origins[citation needed] | Warden | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | The Warden is the player character, who has the option to pursue a romance, or simply a sexual encounter, with four "companions", the people who accompany the player on their journey: Zevran Aranai and Leliana are openly bisexual and are available to players of both genders. Alistair and Morrigan are straight and thus available to players of the opposite gender. There are also opportunities to have sexual encounters with NPCs of the same gender throughout the game and notably within the first 30 minutes of game play. As with BioWare's other flagship title, Mass Effect, there are brief sex scenes (about 30 seconds); however there is no visible nudity. | BioWare |
Zevran Aranai and Leliana | Bisexual |
Wade and Herren | Gay | The effeminate Wade and Herren have an armor shop that the player can visit. In a downloadable content episode released by BioWare it is possible to chase them from the shop to a back alley where Herren teleports himself and Wade to safety. The game designers confirmed Herren and Wade were lovers after the release of said DLC. |
Hespith | Lesbian | Hespith is a lesbian dwarf character who admits to being a lover of Branka, party-character Oghren's ex-wife. |
Branka | Bisexual |
2011 | Dragon Age II[citation needed] | Hawke | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | Hawke, Champion of Kirkwall is the player character, who can be played either as a male or a female version. He or she can romance characters of either gender. |
Anders, Fenris, Isabela, and Merrill | Bisexual | Anders, Fenris, Isabela, and Merrill are four of Hawke's companions who express romantic interest without regard to Hawke's gender. |
Male and female prostitutes | Bisexual | The player can sleep with male or female prostitutes regardless of Hawke's gender. The prostitute Serendipity, though intended by writer Mary Kirby to be a male crossdresser and not a transgender woman, was read by many players as the latter. BioWare received criticism for Serendipity's portrayal, which inspired more thoughtful creation of two new transgender characters in subsequent installments. |
Serendipity | Bisexual |
Cross-dresser or trans woman |
Zevran Arainai | Bisexual | Zevran Arainai, a bisexual character from the first game, makes a cameo appearance and propositions Hawke and/or Isabela. |
Cyril | Bisexual | In the DLC Mark of the Assassin (2011), Hawke attends a hunting party hosted by Duke Prosper de Montfort of Orlais, and Hawke can flirt with the duke's son Cyril regardless of Hawke's gender. |
2014 | Dragon Age: Inquisition[citation needed] | Inquisitor | Potentially gay, lesbian or bisexual | The Inquisitor is the player character, who may romance other characters of the same gender. Unlike the previous games in the series, each romance option has a clearly defined sexual orientation. |
Sera and Dagna | Lesbian | Sera, a female elven archer, is gay and thus is only available as a romance option if the player picks a female character; the two of them can also get married in the DLC Trespasser (2015), the first confirmed same-gender marriage in the franchise. If Sera is not romanced she will enter a relationship with a female dwarf named Dagna. |
Dorian Pavus | Gay | Dorian Pavus is a gay male mage who can be romanced by male player characters. Dorian's upbeat personality hides a dark family secret relating to his sexual orientation. The Iron Bull, a male qunari warrior is openly bisexual and can be romanced by male and female player characters. If neither Dorian nor Iron Bull are romanced then they can optionally enter a relationship. |
Iron Bull | Pansexual[23] |
Josephine Montiliyet | Bisexual | The Inquisition's chief diplomat, Josephine Montiliyet, is bisexual and can also be romanced by male and female player characters. |
Lace Harding | Bisexual | An "unofficial" romance option for an Inquisitor of either gender is the dwarven scout Lace Harding, though her "romance" consists entirely of flirtatious dialogue with no additional cutscenes. |
Cremisius Aclassi | Trans man[24] |
Empress Celene of Orlais and Briala | Lesbian | Empress Celene of Orlais, whose potential assassination is a critical plot point in the game, was formerly in a relationship with her spymaster, the female elf Briala. While the two are separated (and at war) as of the events of the game, the Inquisitor can facilitate their reconciliation. Their relationship was originally documented in the tie-in novel Dragon Age: The Masked Empire. |
Leliana | Bisexual | The game sees the return of the established bisexual character Leliana, although she is not a romance option. |
Cyril de Montfort / Duke de Montfort | Bisexual | The bisexual character Cyril de Montfort also cameos as the new Duke de Montfort in the Trespasser DLC. |
Other NPCs | Lesbian, Gay | Other NPCs encountered throughout the world are shown to be in same-gender relationships, such as Inquisition scout Ritts and the apostate mage Eldredda in the Hinterlands, Commander Jehan and Chevalier Fabienne in the Exalted Plains, and two unnamed Orlesian noblemen at the Winter Palace (one of whom accuses the other of flirting with Duke Cyril). |
Historical figures | Various | Discoverable Codex entries reveal that certain historical figures were known to have been in same-gender relationships, including the "barbarian" Avvar matriarch Tyrdda Bright-Axe (subject of an epic poem in which her female elven lover plays a major role), and Arl Jacen Guerrin who built a villa in the Hinterlands for his lover, Ser Corram the Bard, centuries earlier. |
Tie-in material characters | Various | Other characters who appear or are mentioned in-game have their sexual or gender identity addressed in tie-in material: The female elven spy Charter, who is depicted in the Dragon Age: Magekiller comic book in a relationship with a woman; also, Maevaris Tilani is a transgender woman who first appeared in the comic book Dragon Age: Those Who Speak as a cousin-by-marriage of Varric Tethras, while in the game she is mentioned as a friend and political ally of Dorian's, though she does not physically appear except in Dorian's epilogue slides at the end of the Trespasser DLC. |
Drakengard | 2005 | Drakengard 2 | Yaha | Bisexual | Yaha is an enemy character. He got incredible beauty that can charm all men and women from his pact, in return of the loss of the "pleasure" of sex. He is in love with his male old friend, Urick, one of the playable characters.[citation needed] | Cavia |
2010 | Nier | Emil | Gay | Emil, a player companion, is hinted to have feelings for Nier. This was confirmed by director Yoko Taro in an interview, seen in the companion book Grimoir Nier.[citation needed] |
Kainé | Intersex | Kainé is intersex and identifies as a woman.[25] |
2017 | Nier: Automata | 6O | Lesbian | 6O is a female android. At some point, she confesses her love to another female android and gets turned down. Later, she talks about it with 2B, another android.[citation needed] | PlatinumGames |
16D and 11B | Lesbian | 16D is a female android. At some point, she reveals that she was in a relationship with her mentor 11B, another female android.[citation needed] |
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