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, in the 2020s.
The missing explorer Grumpus named Elizabert "Lizbert" Megafig is in a relationship with the doctor Eggabell Batternugget.[2] 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.[3]
Chandlo Funkbun
Bisexual
Snorpy's boyfriend; confirms their relationship with a kiss.[4]
Floofty Fizzlebean
Non-binary
Floofty is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.[5] They are voiced by non-binary voice actor Casey Mongillo.[6]
Wiggle Wigglebottom
Pansexual
While never explicitly shown in the game, it was confirmed on the Bugsnax AMA that Wiggle is pan.[4]
The Campaign mode offers four gender options for the player character: male, female, non-binary, and "classified."[7] Before the game's release, the non-binary option was absent from trailers and promotional screenshots, which was met with mixed reception.[8][7]
A transgender woman, Lena is deadnamed and misgendered by the game's main character. The game's director apologized for the scene,[11] and an update to the game removed some, but not all, of the offending dialogue.[12]
Ladiva is a wrestler, a "muscular fighter with a prominent goatee", and one of the game's multiple playable characters.[13]
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.[14][better source needed]
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.[15][16][better source needed]
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.[17]
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 game's Greek setting.[18] His romance options include 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.
In flashbacks, Mizuki is shown with a boy's school uniform and shorter hair. In the present they have long hair and a girl's uniform.[21] When pronouns are needed, they/them pronouns are used, and their gender on their profile is listed as "?".[22]
The game'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.[23]
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.[24][25] The two also appear in promotional art for Riot Games' 2023 Pride Month Celebrations.[26][27]
Diana
Caitlyn
Lesbian
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.[28] 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.[26] In the event's promotional art, Vi is shown wearing a lesbian flag pin.[27]
Vi
Neeko
Lesbian
Neeko was confirmed to be lesbian by the senior narrative writer, Matt Dunn when she was added to League of Legends in 2018.[29] This has since been reinforced by interactions in Legends of Runeterra,[30] and her appearance in promotional material for Riot Games' 2023 Pride Month celebrations.[27][26]
Nami
Bisexual
Nami, Tama, and Loto are in a polyamorous relationship. Their relationship was later confirmed by the game's narrative lead, Meaghan Bowe.[31] The three of them also appear in promotional material for Riot Games' 2023 Pride Month celebrations.[27][26]
Tama
Loto
Varus/Valmar and Kai
Gay
Varus is a Darkin, a creature whose actual body is a weapon who can possess someone who attempts to wield it. Varus is not gay, but his host body was created when he attempted to possess two hunters, Valmar and Kai, simultaneously. The two hunters' love was strong enough to allow their conscience to be shared with the Darkin, with all three now controlling the body. A music video titled "As We Fall" detailing this event was released in 2017.[32]
Twisted Fate
Pansexual
Devon Giehl, former creative designer and writer at Riot Games, revealed in 2018 that she had initially planned for Twisted Fate to have been in a relationship with his partner, Graves,[33] but these were never officially canonised at the time. However, the pair later appeared prominently in Riot Games' 2022 Pride celebrations.[34] During the event a story further highlighting their relationship was released.[35] In League of Legends' 2023 Pride Month promotional art Twisted Fate wears the pansexual flag's colors in his hat,[27] and he is featured again alongside Graves in art throughout the event.[26]
Legion Veteran
Gay
Legion Veteran's flavor text describes his husband's care returning him to health after almost losing his life in war.[36]
Tyari/The Traveler
Trans woman
Tyari was a Solari youth who, unsure in her future, sought the stars' guidance. Among them she saw an unfamiliar constellation and climbed Mount Targon in search of it. At the top she was judged worthy and ascended to become a Celestial, embodying the constellation she'd been following and became The Traveler. Tyari features throughout promotional art for Riot Games' 2023 Pride Celebrations.[27][26]
Dess
Lesbian
Dess and Ada are Sentinels from the twin cities of Piltover and Zaun. They met in a bar between the two cities and their relationship sprung from there.[37] The two feature in promotional art for Riot Games' 2023 Pride Celebrations,[26] and flirt and reaffirm their relationship in their voice lines.[38]
Ada
Shomi
Non-binary
Shomi is a Zaunite hoverboarder. They use they/them pronouns.[39]
Lani
Lesbian
Lani and Miel are Noxian weaponsmiths. The two are in a relationship, as revealed in their voicelines and interactions.[40]
Miel
Tauulo
Trans man
Tauulo is a Buhru cultist, worshipping the sea god Nagakabourus. His identity was implied in the bio released alongside him,[41] and confirmed by Legends of Runeterra writer, Ro Williams.[42] His artwork features tattoos reminiscent of mastectomy scars.
Chaska
Non-binary
Chaska is a shepherd and warrior. They use they/them pronouns.[43]
Janan
Lesbian
Janan is a huntress, joining fellow monster hunters after being widowed by the death of her wife, Laureen.[44]
Dashing Dandy
Gay
Dashing Dandy's voice lines imply a crush on fellow pit fighter, Sett.[45] He is also featured in promotional art for Riot Games' 2023 Pride Celebrations.[26]
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Jamie Last
Non-binary
Determined by the player, however, by default is non-binary 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.[46]
Derek Suarez
Pansexual
Baxter Ward
Terry Brook
Transgender
Terry is a transgender man.
Please Be Happy
Miho
Lesbian
Miho, the main character, can romance either Juliet or Aspen.[47]
In life, Summer was married to Stella's Aunt Rose (Stella being the player character). As the player does favors for her, she goes more into detail about their relationship.[49]
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.[51] Tyler can potentially start a relationship with Alyson's best friend Michael.
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.[52]
Dina
Bisexual woman
Lev
Transgender man
Lev is trans and hunted by the Seraphites, who misgender and deadname him frequently.[53]
Following the two characters flirting in in-game interactions, and allusions in the game's spin-off dating sim for April Fools,[54] the Valorant Twitter account confirmed the pair were in a relationship through a series of photos that culminated in the two sharing a kiss.[55] This was followed by the account tweeting 'nanobomb', the fan name for this ship.[56] The pair also featured on promotional art for Riot Games' 2023 Pride celebrations.[57]
Killjoy
Clove
Non-binary
Clove is a Scottish Radiant agent whose powers revolve around the edge of life and death. Their identity was explored in their release announcement.[58] They use they/them pronouns.
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.[60]
2021
Title
Character(s)
Classification
Notes
Bad End Theater
Tragedy
Lesbian
Tragedy, the overarching antagonist, is revealed during the true ending to have created the Bad End Theater as a way to cope with the separation of her female lover.[61]
Maiden
The Maiden and Overlord show romantic interest towards each other throughout the game, and are shown to enter a relationship in the true ending.[61] Their sexualities were reinforced in an plush announcement video, referring to the two as lesbians.[62]
Testament is an androgynous character. In previous Guilty Gear games, Testament was referred to as a man. In Guilty Gear Strive, Testament is referred to in gender-neutral ways and confirmed to be "neither male nor female".[66]
Bridget returns as the first character in Guilty Gear Strive's second downloadable content 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.[67]
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.[69]
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.[70]
Helmut Fullbear and Bob Zanotto are in a long-term, stable relationship.[73] 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
Purrgatory
Kyungsoon
Trans woman, lesbian or bisexual
Kyungsoon is implied within the game to be a transgender woman. The creator later confirmed this.[74] 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.[75]
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.[75]
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.[77]
In the third installment of the series, The Detective (the player character of the series) encounters a sloth named Sherman who flirts with him and compliments his attractiveness. While The Detective responds to his offer for a date with "Maybe after I've solved this case", the notes he writes about Sherman makes his attraction to him clear. During the game's credits, the two are confirmed to have gone on a date, which (according to Sherman) went well.[83]
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.[84]
This side quest was based on the real life relationship of Sam Handrick and Jake Snipes (two people worked for Santa Monica Studio), and was pitched by Handrick after Snipes passed away in 2020 due to epilepsy.[85]
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."[86]
The player character can be customized to be more feminine, masculine, or androgynous, and the player can choose their pronouns and preferred gendered terms.[88]
Romanceable characters
Bisexual or pansexual
All romanceable characters can be dated regardless of their gender or the player's gender.[88]
Mihaly is an artistic shaman, going through a spiritual journey and quest to understand and master the Flow and its energies and techniques through calm and tranquil dancing. The character is referred to with singular they/them pronouns by the official Just Dance Twitter account. The coach is also confirmed to be non-binary in a response to a fan tweet.[89]
Grace
Bisexual
Grace is in a relationship with another woman as she has been with men before.[90][91]
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.[92][93][94]
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.[93]
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.
Sylvia, the player character, can enter relationships with male, female, and non-binary characters.[96] As of a 2024 update, Sylvia can also enter a non-monogamous romantic relationships with multiple characters simultaneously.[97][98]
Quinn
Nonbinary
Quinn is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
All female romanceable characters
Lesbian
The female romanceable characters can all enter relationships with Sylvia. [96]
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.[99][100]
Ariane Yeong
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.[101]
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.[103]
Max
Non-binary
The player character's rival, who uses they/them pronouns.[104]
Erin and Jamie are two of the protagonists of The Devil in Me. They both start the game with a crush on one another, which the player can act on. If they do, the two kiss, and, should they both survive the game, officially start dating.[105]
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.[106]
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.[107][108]
Astarion Ancunín
Pansexual
The player can enter relationships with all romanceable characters regardless of gender identity.[107] The characters' sexualities were confirmed as pansexual in the Magic: The Gathering set "Battle for Baldur's Gate" by the set's narrative lead, Justice Geddes.[109]
Minthara Baenre
Karlach Cliffgate
Gale Dekarios
Halsin
Lae'zel
Wyll Ravengard
Shadowheart
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.[110]
Lunkbug
Dame Aylin
Lesbian
Aylin and Isobel are followers of Selûne who can be reunited by the player's actions. If they are, they embrace and reveal their relationship.[111]
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.[112]
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.[113]
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.[114]
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.[115]
Nocturne
Transgender
In Act 1, Shadowheart can be given a curative mushroom called Noblestalk in the Underdark, which, If consumed, causes her to remember a friend she had at her Sharran Cloister in Baldur's Gate, a Tiefling boy named Rennald. Later, you can meet a Tiefling named Nocturne who resembles Rennald in Act 3. Speaking to her, she confirms she is the same person as Rennald, but female, suggesting she is transgender. Nocturne is also voiced by Abigail Thorn, a transgender actress and playwright.[116][117]
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.[118]
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.[119]
Charade Maniacs
Mizuki Iochi
Non-binary
Is non-binary,[120] and uses they/them pronouns in the English version of the game.[121]
When the player asks Sirona Ryan about how she knows a certain goblin, she 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."[128]
Aloy is canonically a queer woman, and the player can choose for her to kiss Seyka, another woman.[129] Aloy is played by pansexual actress Ashly Burch.[130]
Isabeau is confirmed to be transgender by the developer.[132] In his Friendquest, he shares that he was once a nerd with "neat braids" (feminine, like his name), and his past self is referred to by they/them pronouns before he "Changed" his own body to be an airheaded jock with a lot of intelligence.
Romanceable characters can be pursued regardless of gender.[135]
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.[136]
Players are able to select Rook's pronouns (she/her, he/him, and they/them are all options), sexual characteristics, and gender separately.[140] They can also enter relationships with other characters regardless of gender,[141] allowing the character's sexuality and gender identity to be entirely up to the player. In addition, genderfluid actor Erika Ishii provides one of Rook's in-game voice options.[142]
The game takes place over two timelines. In the timeline where Bonnie survives to the present she is one of the mothers of protagonist Maddie Riveriea-Platt.[150] In the alternate timeline, she talks about her motivation to start a band being 'to get girls'.[151]
In October 2024, YandereDev confirmed protagonist Ayano Aishi to be an asexual uniromantic / monoromantic, who "doesn't feel sexual attraction [and is] exclusively attracted [romantically] to one specific human being in all the world, regardless of that person's gender".[152]
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