Games/Series with Silent Protagonists

Noticed there wasn't a list for this on BL, so I decided to make one.

69 Games

Abzu
Abzu
The Diver
Among the Sleep
Among the Sleep
David
Astral Chain
Astral Chain
Bastion
Bastion
The Kid
Battlefield 4
Battlefield 4
Recker

Suggested by Kago
Brave Story: New Traveler
Brave Story: New Traveler
Tatsuya
Breath of Death VII
Breath of Death VII
Dem
Cave Story
Cave Story
Quote
Chrono Cross
Chrono Cross
Serge
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Trigger
Chrono (actually has 1 line, but we don't talk about that :D)
Crash Bandicoot
Crash Bandicoot
Dark Souls
Dark Souls
Chosen Undead - Entire Series

Suggested by Kago
Dead Space
Dead Space
Isaac Clarke (Only in the first game)
Diablo
Diablo
Aidan
Dishonored
Dishonored
Corvo Attano (only in the first game)
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Doom
Doom
Doomguy - Entire Series, excluding Doom Eternal
Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age: Origins
The Warden

Suggested by ZapRowsdower
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Dragon's Dogma
Dragon's Dogma
The Arisen
EarthBound
EarthBound
Ness
Elden Ring
Elden Ring
The Tarnished
Fable
Fable
Fable II also has a silent protagonist
Fallout 3
Fallout 3
The Lone Wanderer
Genshin Impact
Genshin Impact
Aether or Lumine (player choice at the beginning)

Suggested by Jamir
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto III
Claude
Half-Life
Half-Life
Gordon Freeman - Entire series
Half-Minute Hero
Half-Minute Hero
Hollow Knight
Hollow Knight
The Knight
Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami
Jacket
I Am Setsuna
I Am Setsuna
Endir
Inside
Inside
Journey
Journey
The Traveler
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Fateless One
Kirby's Dream Land
Kirby's Dream Land
Kirby - entire series
The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda
Link - Entire Series
Limbo
Limbo
LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet
Sackboy
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor
Suggested by Kago
Medal of Honor: Underground
Medal of Honor: Underground
Suggested by Kago
Megami Ibunroku Persona
Megami Ibunroku Persona
Naoya Todo (or Boy with Earring)
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Venom Snake

Suggested by Kago
Metroid
Metroid
Samus Aran - Entire Series (generally considered a silent protagonist)
Minecraft
Minecraft
Steve
Monster Hunter
Monster Hunter
The Hunter - entire series
Mortal Shell
Mortal Shell
Foundling
Ōkami
Ōkami
Amaterasu
Ori and the Blind Forest
Ori and the Blind Forest
Ori
Outlast
Outlast
Miles Upshur
Pepsiman
Pepsiman
Persona 3
Persona 3
Makoto Yuki
Phantom Dust
Phantom Dust
Plants vs. Zombies
Plants vs. Zombies
Pokémon Colosseum
Pokémon Colosseum
Wes
Portal
Portal
Chell - Entire Series
Presentable Liberty
Presentable Liberty
Quake
Quake
Ranger
Quake 4
Quake 4
Matthew Kane
Saints Row
Saints Row
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of the Colossus
Wanderer
Soul Blazer
Soul Blazer
Blazer
The Stanley Parable
The Stanley Parable
Stanley
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
Eddie
Subnautica
Subnautica
Ryley Robinson
Super Meat Boy
Super Meat Boy
Meat Boy
Tales of Xillia 2
Tales of Xillia 2
Ludger Will Kresnik

Suggested by seymourflux
Transistor
Transistor
Red
Undertale
Undertale
Frisk
Ys
Ys
Adol Christin

2 Comments

Jamir

8 months ago

Genshin Impact lol. 95% silent protagonist.

HaloBlues

2 months ago

fwiw genshin isn't actually a silent protagonist, it's just that their regular dialogue isn't voiced. they do still talk adn have voiced lines
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