Games Featuring Transgender Characters
Inclusive of nonbinary/gender neutral characters. Please be aware that not all of these games will feature positive depictions of trans people and that some notes may contain spoilers.
If you know of any not listed here or feel a correction should be made, feel free to tell me!
** I choose not to include characters who are considered intersex, since not all intersex people consider themselves transgender. Exceptions are only made if the character is stated or considered to be intersex as well as transgender.
6/13/23: Now includes what platforms these games are available on!
If you know of any not listed here or feel a correction should be made, feel free to tell me!
** I choose not to include characters who are considered intersex, since not all intersex people consider themselves transgender. Exceptions are only made if the character is stated or considered to be intersex as well as transgender.
6/13/23: Now includes what platforms these games are available on!
289 Games
Alice is strongly trans coded, see Your Time To Shine: Island Existence (2019).
Available on: Steam, vgperson's page (browser)
Available on: Steam, vgperson's page (browser)
In Alice's final hang out time, Professor Mishima mentions to Alice (who introduced himself as Gonbee in the main game) how the tone of his voice sounds girly sometimes and asks him if he has "the heart of a woman". Alice explains that his mother had raised him as a girl because of the phrase "first a daughter, then a son" meaning that if you have a girl first, you'll have an easier time raising a boy. Alice's mother interpreted this as you should have a girl first because it's trendy, and so raised him as a girl, but while Alice grew up he felt something was wrong and he definitely felt more masculine and told his mother he wanted to live as a boy.
Nankidai has also retweeted art depicting Alice with the trans flag and top surgery scars on Trans Day of Visibility.
Available on: vgperson's page (browser)
Nankidai has also retweeted art depicting Alice with the trans flag and top surgery scars on Trans Day of Visibility.
Available on: vgperson's page (browser)
CW for attempted sexual assault.
Akino is a trans boy, and becomes best friends with the protagonist Shintaro. As the two get closer, Shintaro starts to notice Akino's more feminine traits. In the "True ending" of the game, if Shintarou chooses to assault Akino, he will force open Akino's top and notice he has breasts. Upset with this, Akino then stabs Shintarou with a broken CD, and Shintarou dies realizing that he had broken his friend's trust and the last thing he sees is Akino's crying face.
Available on: PC
Akino is a trans boy, and becomes best friends with the protagonist Shintaro. As the two get closer, Shintaro starts to notice Akino's more feminine traits. In the "True ending" of the game, if Shintarou chooses to assault Akino, he will force open Akino's top and notice he has breasts. Upset with this, Akino then stabs Shintarou with a broken CD, and Shintarou dies realizing that he had broken his friend's trust and the last thing he sees is Akino's crying face.
Available on: PC
The protagonist Haru is a trans woman.
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, GOG.com, Itch.io, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Playstation 4, Playstation 5
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, GOG.com, Itch.io, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Playstation 4, Playstation 5
A substory involves an NPC named Ayaka, who is a trans woman. Talking to her at the Bantam bar will involve her asking for Kiryu's advice on how to ask out a man she is romantically interested in, eventually confessing to Kiryu about her birth assignment. She goes on into explaining her transition and how she underwent gender reassignment surgery, which is why she was unsure whether to ask out to the guy she likes since she worries about how he'll react. Kiryu is initially surprised by this, and you have the option of saying it's a bit difficult to come to terms with, but he is overall supportive of Ayaka, telling her while he can't say how the guy will react, if it goes badly it's not her fault.
Available on: Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Windows, Xbox One
Available on: Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Windows, Xbox One
Juniper is nonbinary and referred to with they/them (or nongendered pronouns/conflicting gendered terms in other languages).
Available on: Nintendo Switch
Available on: Nintendo Switch
Chromie is a trans woman and Pelagos is a trans man.
Available on: Windows, Mac
Available on: Windows, Mac
Damion is nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
The player character can be nonbinary.
Available on: Steam
Available on: Steam
Augustus is nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Aster describes her gender as fluid and undefined.
Available on: Itch.io
Available on: Itch.io
Venus is a trans girl whose pronouns in the narration change from "he" to "she."
Available on: Itch.io, Steam
Available on: Itch.io, Steam
The protagonist can be nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Android, iOS
Available on: Steam, Android, iOS
The protagonist can be nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Android, iOS
Available on: Steam, Android, iOS
The protagonist can be nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Android, iOS
Available on: Steam, Android, iOS
The city councilwoman of San Francisco, Miranda Comay, is a trans woman. She is a longtime friend of the protagonist Marcus and his family, and helps Dedsec in their mission to take down the central Operating System and the corrupt company behind it.
At one point in the game, she mentions that the religious group Church of the New Dawn hacked her medical records and released footage of her sex reassignment surgery to the public.
Available on: Steam, Ubisoft Store, Epic Games Store, Playstation 4, Xbox One
At one point in the game, she mentions that the religious group Church of the New Dawn hacked her medical records and released footage of her sex reassignment surgery to the public.
Available on: Steam, Ubisoft Store, Epic Games Store, Playstation 4, Xbox One
Ticker is a trans woman and Xaku is nonbinary.
Available on: Windows, Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Available on: Windows, Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Ash and The Bard are both nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4
The protagonist Trick is agender.
Available on: Itch.io
Available on: Itch.io
Selenium is nonbinary.
Available on: Nintendo Switch
Available on: Nintendo Switch
One of the romance options, Prince Everly, is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. Breeze, another romance option, can either be a trans man, a trans woman, or intersex depending on which gender you select them to be.
Another romance option, Oli, at first appears to be whichever gender you select, but this turns out to be a false identity for a character named Dhanthik, who is nonbinary and uses zie/zir pronouns.
The protagonist can also be nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Android, iOS
Another romance option, Oli, at first appears to be whichever gender you select, but this turns out to be a false identity for a character named Dhanthik, who is nonbinary and uses zie/zir pronouns.
The protagonist can also be nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Android, iOS
One of the romance options, Prince Everly, is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. Breeze, another romance option, can either be a trans man, a trans woman, or intersex depending on which gender you select them to be.
Another romance option, Oli, at first appears to be whichever gender you select, but this turns out to be a false identity for a character named Dhanthik, who is nonbinary and uses zie/zir pronouns.
The protagonist can also be nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Android, iOS
Another romance option, Oli, at first appears to be whichever gender you select, but this turns out to be a false identity for a character named Dhanthik, who is nonbinary and uses zie/zir pronouns.
The protagonist can also be nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Android, iOS
One of the romance options, Prince Everly, is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. Breeze, another romance option, can either be a trans man, a trans woman, or intersex depending on which gender you select them to be.
Another romance option, Oli, at first appears to be whichever gender you select, but this turns out to be a false identity for a character named Dhanthik, who is nonbinary and uses zie/zir pronouns.
The protagonist can also be nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Android, iOS
Another romance option, Oli, at first appears to be whichever gender you select, but this turns out to be a false identity for a character named Dhanthik, who is nonbinary and uses zie/zir pronouns.
The protagonist can also be nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Android, iOS
The protagonist and Zaheen are nonbinary.
Available on: Steam
Available on: Steam
The protagonist Nova is nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Available on: Steam, Itch.io, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Giovanna's bestiary description reads as follows: "Giovanna resented being assigned Mage at birth, and proudly took up the way of the broom and pointed hat. Her sisters, who claim they want to 'protect witches' spaces,' have sworn to oppose her and all who fight by her side. Maybe one day they'll accept that anybody can be a Sassy Witch if they truly want to be."
Available on: Steam, Windows, Mac, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Android, IOS
Available on: Steam, Windows, Mac, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Android, IOS
Clove is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
Available on: Windows
Available on: Windows
Alex and Arihi are trans men, Anoki (he/she/they) is genderfluid, Catherine is a trans woman, Emhari (she/her & he/him) is a bigender trans woman, and Inaya (she/they) is nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Available on: Steam, Itch.io, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Taylor is a disembodied brain in a jar and claims to not believe in gender. It requests to be referred to as either "it" or, if that makes someone uncomfortable, "they."
Available on: PC, Steam, Playstation Vita, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch
Available on: PC, Steam, Playstation Vita, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch
Frisk, Chara, Napstablook, and Monster Kid are all referred to with they/them pronouns.
In the Nintendo Switch version, after you defeat Mad Dummy, its ghost goes on to possess a Mew Mew doll, becoming Mad Mew Mew.
Available on: PC, Steam, Playstation 4, Playstation Vita, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
In the Nintendo Switch version, after you defeat Mad Dummy, its ghost goes on to possess a Mew Mew doll, becoming Mad Mew Mew.
Available on: PC, Steam, Playstation 4, Playstation Vita, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
From Wikipedia:
Poison is introduced in Final Fight (1989), where she is either a pre-op or post-op trans woman, depending on the region where the game was released.
She is an antagonistic NPC in the arcade beat 'em up games Final Fight (1989) and Mighty Final Fight (1993). She is a playable character in the fighting games Final Fight Revenge (1999), Street Fighter X Tekken (2012), Ultra Street Fighter IV (2014) & Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (2018).
In Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, her identity is alluded to more often. Certain dialogue during a conversation with Lucia alludes to the fact that she was born with a gender not matching with her inner being. One of Poison's win quotes, "Being gossiped about is proof of my popularity!" seemingly alludes to the controversy and ambiguity surrounding her gender identity.
Available on: Arcade, Playstation Network, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox Live Arcade, Steam
Poison is introduced in Final Fight (1989), where she is either a pre-op or post-op trans woman, depending on the region where the game was released.
She is an antagonistic NPC in the arcade beat 'em up games Final Fight (1989) and Mighty Final Fight (1993). She is a playable character in the fighting games Final Fight Revenge (1999), Street Fighter X Tekken (2012), Ultra Street Fighter IV (2014) & Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (2018).
In Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, her identity is alluded to more often. Certain dialogue during a conversation with Lucia alludes to the fact that she was born with a gender not matching with her inner being. One of Poison's win quotes, "Being gossiped about is proof of my popularity!" seemingly alludes to the controversy and ambiguity surrounding her gender identity.
Available on: Arcade, Playstation Network, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox Live Arcade, Steam
Mangle, the Puppet, and Funtime Foxy make an appearance in this game.
Available on: Windows, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Available on: Windows, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
The protagonist Olive is nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
From the Itch.io description: "Trans Goetia is a 18+ gender euphoric gay little adventure of trans girl named Circe losing her brain cells from dealing with the mischief making demon Fufu."
Available on: Itch.io
Available on: Itch.io
The real life professional skater Leo Baker is featured in this game. He is transgender and nonbinary, using he/they pronouns.
Available on: Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Windows, Nintendo Switch
Available on: Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Windows, Nintendo Switch
The protagonist Mar is nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
In Osa's Biography, her transition is mentioned. It was also confirmed by Ubisoft that she is transgender. Sens is also nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, as seen in their Biography and Psychological Report.
Tubarão is also a trans man. (Something of note is that he is also a playable character/legendary skin in Dead By Daylight)
Availble on: Ubisoft Store, Epic Games Store, Steam, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Tubarão is also a trans man. (Something of note is that he is also a playable character/legendary skin in Dead By Daylight)
Availble on: Ubisoft Store, Epic Games Store, Steam, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
The player character can be nonbinary.
Available on: Itch.io, Android
Available on: Itch.io, Android
Teal is nonbinary and can be renamed, Joyce and Phoenix's genders depend on the answers the player gives during the Bell Tech survey (resulting in them either being male, female, or nonbinary), and Snow is nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Neliste is a trans woman.
Available: Steam, Windows, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
Available: Steam, Windows, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
Tabby is a trans woman.
Available on: Itch.io
Available on: Itch.io
Tyler is a trans woman.
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
The protagonist Taylor is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
Available on: Itch.io
Available on: Itch.io
The main character Trixie is a trans woman and Gregg is nonbinary.
Available on: Itch.io
Available on: Itch.io
Max is nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S
The protagonist Tyler is a trans man.
Available on: Steam, Xbox One
Available on: Steam, Xbox One
Max Lao is a transgender police officer whose gender identity is revealed in a conversation with the player character where she indicates her attendance at an all-boys school when she was a child.
Available on: Steam, iOS
Available on: Steam, iOS
Toffee is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
Available on: Itch.io, Nintendo Switch, Playstation Vita, Playstation 4, Xbox One, Android
Available on: Itch.io, Nintendo Switch, Playstation Vita, Playstation 4, Xbox One, Android
From Wikipedia:
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.
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. In later printings, mention of Birdo being male was omitted, and further not included in most later games with the character.
Available on: Arcade, FAMICOM, NES, SNES, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo Switch Online
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.
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. In later printings, mention of Birdo being male was omitted, and further not included in most later games with the character.
Available on: Arcade, FAMICOM, NES, SNES, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo Switch Online
The protagonist Melody Amaranth is a trans woman, as well as one of the party members, Claire Higsby.
Beth, Mary Ena, and Noel also all use they/them pronouns.
Holly's color palette also resembles the trans flag colors.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Beth, Mary Ena, and Noel also all use they/them pronouns.
Holly's color palette also resembles the trans flag colors.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
The Fortunate Navigator is a trans man and the Incautious Driver is referred to with they/them.
Rather than asking your gender, the game simply asks how you would like to be addressed, and you can mix and match items in your silhouette picture to however you see fit. Your actual gender is up to you.
Available on: Steam, Windows, Mac, Linux, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
Rather than asking your gender, the game simply asks how you would like to be addressed, and you can mix and match items in your silhouette picture to however you see fit. Your actual gender is up to you.
Available on: Steam, Windows, Mac, Linux, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
Rather than asking your gender, the game simply asks how you would like to be addressed (Sir, Madam, Captain, Citizen, etc.) and allows you to choose whichever character portrait you see fit (some feminine, some masculine, some androgynous). Your actual gender is up to you.
If you have a partner and want a child with them, you have the option of either adopting, finding yourself pregnant, or finding your partner pregnant, and you can choose how your child refers to you (Father, mother, or captain).
Available on: Windows, Steam, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, IOS
If you have a partner and want a child with them, you have the option of either adopting, finding yourself pregnant, or finding your partner pregnant, and you can choose how your child refers to you (Father, mother, or captain).
Available on: Windows, Steam, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, IOS
Eve can be either a cis woman or a trans woman depending on your decisions. First you must answer "Maybe." to Eve's question about the main character's interest in bisexuality, then confirm it later on a selection screen.
Available on: Windows, Mac, Linux, Android
Available on: Windows, Mac, Linux, Android
From Wikipedia:
Poison is introduced in Final Fight (1989), where she is either a pre-op or post-op trans woman, depending on the region where the game was released.
She is an antagonistic NPC in the arcade beat 'em up games Final Fight (1989) and Mighty Final Fight (1993). She is a playable character in the fighting games Final Fight Revenge (1999), Street Fighter X Tekken (2012), Ultra Street Fighter IV (2014) & Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (2018).
In Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, her identity is alluded to more often. Certain dialogue during a conversation with Lucia alludes to the fact that she was born with a gender not matching with her inner being. One of Poison's win quotes, "Being gossiped about is proof of my popularity!" seemingly alludes to the controversy and ambiguity surrounding her gender identity.
Available on: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, Playstation Vita, Steam
Poison is introduced in Final Fight (1989), where she is either a pre-op or post-op trans woman, depending on the region where the game was released.
She is an antagonistic NPC in the arcade beat 'em up games Final Fight (1989) and Mighty Final Fight (1993). She is a playable character in the fighting games Final Fight Revenge (1999), Street Fighter X Tekken (2012), Ultra Street Fighter IV (2014) & Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (2018).
In Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, her identity is alluded to more often. Certain dialogue during a conversation with Lucia alludes to the fact that she was born with a gender not matching with her inner being. One of Poison's win quotes, "Being gossiped about is proof of my popularity!" seemingly alludes to the controversy and ambiguity surrounding her gender identity.
Available on: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, Playstation Vita, Steam
From Wikipedia:
Poison is introduced in Final Fight (1989), where she is either a pre-op or post-op trans woman, depending on the region where the game was released.
She is an antagonistic NPC in the arcade beat 'em up games Final Fight (1989) and Mighty Final Fight (1993). She is a playable character in the fighting games Final Fight Revenge (1999), Street Fighter X Tekken (2012), Ultra Street Fighter IV (2014) & Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (2018).
In Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, her identity is alluded to more often. Certain dialogue during a conversation with Lucia alludes to the fact that she was born with a gender not matching with her inner being. One of Poison's win quotes, "Being gossiped about is proof of my popularity!" seemingly alludes to the controversy and ambiguity surrounding her gender identity.
Available on: Playstation 4, PC, Arcade
Poison is introduced in Final Fight (1989), where she is either a pre-op or post-op trans woman, depending on the region where the game was released.
She is an antagonistic NPC in the arcade beat 'em up games Final Fight (1989) and Mighty Final Fight (1993). She is a playable character in the fighting games Final Fight Revenge (1999), Street Fighter X Tekken (2012), Ultra Street Fighter IV (2014) & Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (2018).
In Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, her identity is alluded to more often. Certain dialogue during a conversation with Lucia alludes to the fact that she was born with a gender not matching with her inner being. One of Poison's win quotes, "Being gossiped about is proof of my popularity!" seemingly alludes to the controversy and ambiguity surrounding her gender identity.
Available on: Playstation 4, PC, Arcade
The latest incaration of Hermes is nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
The player character can be nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 5, Xbox Series X/S
See Steins;Gate (2009).
Available on: Steam, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Available on: Steam, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
While Luka is referred to as a boy by the other characters, as well as several official websites generally using he/him pronouns, Luka does mention several times that she wishes to have been born a girl, and that she wishes "the things you can see would match the things you, well, can't."
Available on: Steam, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, Android, iOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4
Available on: Steam, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, Android, iOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4
You are able to choose he/him, she/her, or they/them pronouns for your player character.
Available on: Steam, Windows, XBOX Series X/S
Available on: Steam, Windows, XBOX Series X/S
Instead of asking the player to pick a boy or girl inkling, the character creator simply gives players the option to pick their "style" and are referred to with they/them.
Available on: Nintendo Switch
Available on: Nintendo Switch
The protagonist Flower Kid is intended to represent all players and is never gendered, and Tim-Tam is exclusively referred to with they/them pronouns.
The developers also support Dr. Habit being interpreted as a trans man.
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
The developers also support Dr. Habit being interpreted as a trans man.
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
All of the characters and spirits are genderless.
Available on: Android, IOS, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4
Available on: Android, IOS, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4
Players are able to add top surgery scars, binders, tucking underwear, and shapewear to their Sims, along with being able to select their Sims' pronouns (either selecting he/him, she/her, they/them, or entering custom ones).
Available on: PC, Steam, Xbox One, Playstation 4
Available on: PC, Steam, Xbox One, Playstation 4
Alexis is referred to with they/them.
Available on: Steam, Windows, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
Available on: Steam, Windows, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
The protagonist Alex Cole is a trans girl.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Avery is nonbinary and the player character can be nonbinary.
Available on: Steam
Available on: Steam
This game might be upsetting for some players, please play with caution.
The game is about medical gatekeeping for trans women. You play as a transgender therapist and determine whether to prescribe your patients hormones or if they need to schedule more appointments with you while seeing how these choices affect their lives.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
The game is about medical gatekeeping for trans women. You play as a transgender therapist and determine whether to prescribe your patients hormones or if they need to schedule more appointments with you while seeing how these choices affect their lives.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Subaru's gender is unspecified.
Available on: Playstation 2, Wii
Available on: Playstation 2, Wii
Alucain and Phoenix are nonbinary.
Available on: Itch.io
Available on: Itch.io
At some point after the quest "The Light Within" (released in 2015), the player can show Angof a wedding ring, prompting her to tell the player she was born male, but "corrected" herself to female once she could shapeshift.
There is an entry in her diary that also reads:
"In many ways I am more myself than I have ever been. I am no longer that little boy that felt trapped in a skin that never really was his own. The form changing ability of the crystal certainly has it’s advantages."
Available on: Browser, Steam, Android, iOS
There is an entry in her diary that also reads:
"In many ways I am more myself than I have ever been. I am no longer that little boy that felt trapped in a skin that never really was his own. The form changing ability of the crystal certainly has it’s advantages."
Available on: Browser, Steam, Android, iOS
You are able to pick the player character's pronouns and a masculine or feminine portrait independently of each other.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
The game can randomly generate characters that mention them transitioning in their backstory.
Available on: Steam, Windows, Mac, Linux, Playstation 4, Xbox One
Available on: Steam, Windows, Mac, Linux, Playstation 4, Xbox One
Kalei is a trans man, Noel is genderfluid, Fayebael is agender, and DJ Roadkill is nonbinary.
You can also select she/her, he/him, or they/them pronouns for your player character and whether they're transgender or cisgender.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
You can also select she/her, he/him, or they/them pronouns for your player character and whether they're transgender or cisgender.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Larissa is revealed to be a trans woman when the player needs to use her deadname to solve a puzzle.
Available on: PC, Steam, Nintendo Switch
Available on: PC, Steam, Nintendo Switch
Kyungsoon is a trans woman and the player character can be nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Quinn is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
Available on: Steam
Available on: Steam
Carter is nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Playstation 5
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Playstation 5
Nova 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.
Available on: Nintendo 3DS
Available on: Nintendo 3DS
Nova 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.
Available on: Nintendo 3DS
Available on: Nintendo 3DS
The English version of the game and social media accounts avoid using gendered pronouns when referring to Blanche. (The Spanish, French, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese translations refer to them as female. The German translations referred to them as female as well, but German social media accounts stopped using gendered pronouns for Blanche after 2020.)
Available on: Android, iOS
Available on: Android, iOS
The game allows you to pick a masculine or feminine presenting MC, and you are able to choose either she/her, he/him, or they/them for pronouns regardless of which appearance you choose.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io, Android
Available on: Steam, Itch.io, Android
Vriska is implied to be a trans girl, becoming annoyed with the player for calling her "dude," and emphasizing "female" on a sheet with her name on it.
Available on: Steam, GOG.com
Available on: Steam, GOG.com
Naoto's gender is revealed similarly to an outing of a trans person.
See Persona 4 (2008) or Persona 4 Golden (2012) for more info.
Available on: Nintendo 3DS
See Persona 4 (2008) or Persona 4 Golden (2012) for more info.
Available on: Nintendo 3DS
See Persona 4 (2008) or Persona 4 Golden (2012).
Available on: Nintendo 3DS
Available on: Nintendo 3DS
** I am aware of the debates regarding Naoto, but I still choose to include him for personal reasons I will not change my mind about. Do not attempt to debate me because you will just waste time for us both. You are welcome to disagree and make your own list if this inclusion bothers you.
Naoto is initially introduced as a man and presents as such, wearing the male school uniform and purposefully deepening his voice. When you get to his dungeon, his Shadow reveals that he was not assigned male at birth, and is actually a woman who disguised himself as a man to avoid misogyny in his line of work, going as far as to desire sex reassignment surgery. His dungeon also features a lot of medical themes.
The scene that takes place the next day when Naoto returns to school and joins the party features NPCs gossiping about Naoto's gender, similarly to an outing of a trans person. Naoto is shown very uncomfortable with this.
After this reveal, Naoto continues to bind their chest and wear more masculine clothing, but should the player want to unlock Naoto's romance route, the protagonist has to tell Naoto to be more feminine. During an intimate moment between the protagonist and Naoto where he expresses his wish to have been born a boy, you are able to initiate the romance route by responding, "I'm glad you're a girl."
Later, after confessing your love, you are able to ask him to change the sound of his voice in a higher pitch to sound more feminine. If you do so, Naoto comes to school in a girl's uniform during the Christmas event, despite being very visibly uncomfortable and quickly asking to change back into his masculine clothes.
Naoto also expresses discomfort in a hot springs scene where his naked body is paired alongside his cis female companions.
Shigenori Soejima, the art and character designer of Persona, says that Naoto was intended to be male all along, but that would have made for a boring story that lacks the conflict of the canon story.
An official Line Sticker also shows that Naoto binds his chest with bandages.
Also take into consideration that all of Naoto's Personas are male mythical figures.
Available on: Playstation Vita, Steam, Microsoft Store, Playstation 4, Playstation 5 (through backwards compatability), Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Naoto is initially introduced as a man and presents as such, wearing the male school uniform and purposefully deepening his voice. When you get to his dungeon, his Shadow reveals that he was not assigned male at birth, and is actually a woman who disguised himself as a man to avoid misogyny in his line of work, going as far as to desire sex reassignment surgery. His dungeon also features a lot of medical themes.
The scene that takes place the next day when Naoto returns to school and joins the party features NPCs gossiping about Naoto's gender, similarly to an outing of a trans person. Naoto is shown very uncomfortable with this.
After this reveal, Naoto continues to bind their chest and wear more masculine clothing, but should the player want to unlock Naoto's romance route, the protagonist has to tell Naoto to be more feminine. During an intimate moment between the protagonist and Naoto where he expresses his wish to have been born a boy, you are able to initiate the romance route by responding, "I'm glad you're a girl."
Later, after confessing your love, you are able to ask him to change the sound of his voice in a higher pitch to sound more feminine. If you do so, Naoto comes to school in a girl's uniform during the Christmas event, despite being very visibly uncomfortable and quickly asking to change back into his masculine clothes.
Naoto also expresses discomfort in a hot springs scene where his naked body is paired alongside his cis female companions.
Shigenori Soejima, the art and character designer of Persona, says that Naoto was intended to be male all along, but that would have made for a boring story that lacks the conflict of the canon story.
An official Line Sticker also shows that Naoto binds his chest with bandages.
Also take into consideration that all of Naoto's Personas are male mythical figures.
Available on: Playstation Vita, Steam, Microsoft Store, Playstation 4, Playstation 5 (through backwards compatability), Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Naoto expresses discomfort when dressed in feminine alternate costumes.
See Persona 4 (2008) or Persona 4 Golden (2012) for more info.
Available on: Playstation Vita, Playstation 4 (Endless Night Collection)
See Persona 4 (2008) or Persona 4 Golden (2012) for more info.
Available on: Playstation Vita, Playstation 4 (Endless Night Collection)
See Persona 4 (2008) or Persona 4 Golden (2012).
Available on: Aracade, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, Steam
Available on: Aracade, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, Steam
See Persona 4 (2008) or Persona 4 Golden (2012).
Available on: Arcade, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S (through backwards compatability)
Available on: Arcade, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S (through backwards compatability)
** I am aware of the debates regarding Naoto, but I still choose to include him for personal reasons I will not change my mind about. Do not attempt to debate me because you will just waste time for us both. You are welcome to disagree and make your own list if this inclusion bothers you.
Naoto is initially introduced as a man and presents as such, wearing the male school uniform and purposefully deepening his voice. When you get to his dungeon, his Shadow reveals that he was not assigned male at birth, and is actually a woman who disguised himself as a man to avoid misogyny in his line of work, going as far as to desire sex reassignment surgery. His dungeon also features a lot of medical themes.
The scene that takes place the next day when Naoto returns to school and joins the party features NPCs gossiping about Naoto's gender, similarly to an outing of a trans person. Naoto is shown very uncomfortable with this.
After this reveal, Naoto continues to bind their chest and wear more masculine clothing, but should the player want to unlock Naoto's romance route, the protagonist has to tell Naoto to be more feminine. During an intimate moment between the protagonist and Naoto where he expresses his wish to have been born a boy, you are able to initiate the romance route by responding, "I'm glad you're a girl."
Later, after confessing your love, you are able to ask him to change the sound of his voice in a higher pitch to sound more feminine. If you do so, Naoto comes to school in a girl's uniform during the Christmas event, despite being very visibly uncomfortable and quickly asking to change back into his masculine clothes.
Naoto also expresses discomfort in a hot springs scene where his naked body is paired alongside his cis female companions.
Shigenori Soejima, the art and character designer of Persona, says that Naoto was intended to be male all along, but that would have made for a boring story that lacks the conflict of the canon story.
An official Line Sticker also shows that Naoto binds his chest with bandages.
Also take into consideration that all of Naoto's Personas are male mythical figures.
Available on: Playstation 2
Naoto is initially introduced as a man and presents as such, wearing the male school uniform and purposefully deepening his voice. When you get to his dungeon, his Shadow reveals that he was not assigned male at birth, and is actually a woman who disguised himself as a man to avoid misogyny in his line of work, going as far as to desire sex reassignment surgery. His dungeon also features a lot of medical themes.
The scene that takes place the next day when Naoto returns to school and joins the party features NPCs gossiping about Naoto's gender, similarly to an outing of a trans person. Naoto is shown very uncomfortable with this.
After this reveal, Naoto continues to bind their chest and wear more masculine clothing, but should the player want to unlock Naoto's romance route, the protagonist has to tell Naoto to be more feminine. During an intimate moment between the protagonist and Naoto where he expresses his wish to have been born a boy, you are able to initiate the romance route by responding, "I'm glad you're a girl."
Later, after confessing your love, you are able to ask him to change the sound of his voice in a higher pitch to sound more feminine. If you do so, Naoto comes to school in a girl's uniform during the Christmas event, despite being very visibly uncomfortable and quickly asking to change back into his masculine clothes.
Naoto also expresses discomfort in a hot springs scene where his naked body is paired alongside his cis female companions.
Shigenori Soejima, the art and character designer of Persona, says that Naoto was intended to be male all along, but that would have made for a boring story that lacks the conflict of the canon story.
An official Line Sticker also shows that Naoto binds his chest with bandages.
Also take into consideration that all of Naoto's Personas are male mythical figures.
Available on: Playstation 2
Margot is nonbinary.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
If you manage to get the opportunity to pass a very high DC Diplomacy check in Act 5, Anevia will tell you she is a trans woman that used a magical elixir to change her gender.
Available on: Windows, Mac, Steam, Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch (cloud)
Available on: Windows, Mac, Steam, Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch (cloud)
Bell is a trans woman.
Available on: Itch.io
Available on: Itch.io
Vivian is a trans woman in the Japanese version. Her elder sister Beldam unfortunately misgenders her and refers to her a cross-dresser, but this is not present in the English version.
Available on: Gamecube
Available on: Gamecube
A remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004).
The English version now makes it undeniably clear that Vivian is in fact a trans woman, as she states: "Truth is, it took me a while to realize I was their sister... not their brother. Now their usual bullying feels heavier."
Available on: Nintendo Switch
The English version now makes it undeniably clear that Vivian is in fact a trans woman, as she states: "Truth is, it took me a while to realize I was their sister... not their brother. Now their usual bullying feels heavier."
Available on: Nintendo Switch
Pippin is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
A color scheme for some dinosaurs (the Ankylosaurus, Styracosaurus, Troodon, and Velociraptors) titled "Proud" features the trans flag colors. Another color scheme exclusively for the Corythosaurus titled "Proud Pansy" features the nonbinary flag colors.
Available on: Steam, Xbox Series X/S, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Nintendo Switch
A color scheme for some dinosaurs (the Ankylosaurus, Styracosaurus, Troodon, and Velociraptors) titled "Proud" features the trans flag colors. Another color scheme exclusively for the Corythosaurus titled "Proud Pansy" features the nonbinary flag colors.
Available on: Steam, Xbox Series X/S, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Nintendo Switch
Venture is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
Available on: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S
Available on: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S
All members of the Hearthian species are nonbinary and use they/them pronouns.
Available on: Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Steam, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Epic Games Store
Available on: Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Steam, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Epic Games Store
The character creator will allow you to be transgender, and you are also able to transition during the game if you desire.
Terri is also a trans man who transitions during the events of the game.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Terri is also a trans man who transitions during the events of the game.
Available on: Steam, Itch.io
Niko's gender is unspecified.
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Xbox One
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Xbox One
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@mesterjani Thank you very much for these!! I appreciate them a ton ♡
I actually was aware of the character in Hogwarts Legacy, but given JKR's history of transphobia and the fact that she considers monetary support of the HP series to be support of her bigoted views, I actually decided against including the game at all. I know she wasnt directly involved with the creation of the game, but I still felt giving the game any attention would still benefit her. Hope this makes sense, thank you again for your suggestions!
I actually was aware of the character in Hogwarts Legacy, but given JKR's history of transphobia and the fact that she considers monetary support of the HP series to be support of her bigoted views, I actually decided against including the game at all. I know she wasnt directly involved with the creation of the game, but I still felt giving the game any attention would still benefit her. Hope this makes sense, thank you again for your suggestions!
Hi, again! Thank you for including my previous suggestions, I hope you don't mind some more.
- The Comic Wheel Sisterhood has a character who is struggling with dysphoria and the main character helps her out. You help her choose her name from a set of choices, so I don't know what to call her canonically, but I'm pretty sure she's referred to as The Peppermancer.
- Starfield lets you choose any Body Type, Walk Animation, and even pronouns including they/them.
Spoiler?: There's also a female character called Hadrian who is originally a "clone" of a man. I'm not sure if she classifies, but I did see a bald white dude having an embarrassing meltdown over it on Twitter, so I figured it might be notable.
I promise I won't spam you with these. It's your list after all. I also understand and respect your reasoning about excluding Hogwarts Legacy. I hope I didn't come off as one of those people by suggesting it.
- The Comic Wheel Sisterhood has a character who is struggling with dysphoria and the main character helps her out. You help her choose her name from a set of choices, so I don't know what to call her canonically, but I'm pretty sure she's referred to as The Peppermancer.
- Starfield lets you choose any Body Type, Walk Animation, and even pronouns including they/them.
Spoiler?: There's also a female character called Hadrian who is originally a "clone" of a man. I'm not sure if she classifies, but I did see a bald white dude having an embarrassing meltdown over it on Twitter, so I figured it might be notable.
I promise I won't spam you with these. It's your list after all. I also understand and respect your reasoning about excluding Hogwarts Legacy. I hope I didn't come off as one of those people by suggesting it.
@mesterjani Hey there, no worries! I appreciate these a lot, so by all means feel free to spam me lol. And don't worry, I didn't think badly of you for suggesting Hogwarts Legacy, so you're perfectly fine :)
Thank you again, I'm sorry it took me so long to get back to you!!
Thank you again, I'm sorry it took me so long to get back to you!!
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Adding to Mama from Somnium Files, an exchange in the second game suggests she has had bottom surgery. In Exocolonist, some dialogue if you pursue the medical career implies Utopia is a trans woman, something the devs confirmed directly to me when I asked -> https://twitter.com/AKANEOWARII/status/1647246843699515392
7th Dragon 2020, at least in the English fan translation, features a sidequest from a "transfixing woman" to retreive her "blue pill bottle", which she says contains hormones that are very important to her. Additionally, an NPC in the sequel, 7th Dragon 2020-II, will greet the party with "Mr, Ms, Mx Murakumo!", implying that at least one member of the player-created party could be non-binary.
@lesbiankakyoin @LunaFlare thank you both! ♡♡
I have a couple of suggestions if that's okay, sorry if they're already present and I didn't see them. In Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, the latest incarnation of Hermes is nonbinary. In Harmony: The Fall of Reverie, Nora is a trans woman and Yana, Chaos, and Truth are nonbinary.
@TabletopRPGFan It's always okay! Thank you so much ^__^ ♡!!
For a suggestion I didn't see on here, The Arcana allows you to be nonbinary, one of the romance options (Asra) is nonbinary and uses he/him pronouns, and several major side characters (Valdemar, Nazali, and Vulgora) are nonbinary with they/them pronouns. There is also a minor character, Scout, who mirrors whatever pronouns your character uses, which can include they/them.
I see you already have Heart of The House by them on here, and I have no idea how you'd feasibly list them because there are so many games, but if you're not aware having nonbinary/trans options and diverse characters aside from yours are the norm for any interactive fiction game published by Choice of Games or Hosted Games! Off the top of my head a few notable ones are:
- Creme de la Creme (protagonist can be nonbinary, all romance options can have their genders selectable or randomised which both include nonbinary)
- Fallen Hero: Rebirth, Fallen Hero: Retribution (protagonist can be nonbinary; one of the romance options (Dr. Mortum) is trans, whether a trans man or a trans woman or intersex will depend on what gender you selected them to be; a major side character, Hollow Ground, also does the same as Scout from The Arcana in that they mirror whatever pronouns your character uses)
- Keeper of the Sun and Moon, Keeper of the Day and Night (protagonist can be nonbinary)
- The Wayhaven Chronicles (protagonist can be nonbinary)
- Heroes of Myth (protagonist can be nonbinary; Min, one of the romance options and a major character, is nonbinary and uses they/them)
- Versus (protagonist can be nonbinary; Prince Everly, a romance option, is nonbinary with they/them pronouns; Breeze, another romance option, is either a trans man, trans woman, or intersex depending on the gender you select for them; Oli, another romance option, at first appears to be whatever gender you selected but turns out to be the false identity for a character named Dhanthik, who is nonbinary and uses zie/zir pronouns).
I see you already have Heart of The House by them on here, and I have no idea how you'd feasibly list them because there are so many games, but if you're not aware having nonbinary/trans options and diverse characters aside from yours are the norm for any interactive fiction game published by Choice of Games or Hosted Games! Off the top of my head a few notable ones are:
- Creme de la Creme (protagonist can be nonbinary, all romance options can have their genders selectable or randomised which both include nonbinary)
- Fallen Hero: Rebirth, Fallen Hero: Retribution (protagonist can be nonbinary; one of the romance options (Dr. Mortum) is trans, whether a trans man or a trans woman or intersex will depend on what gender you selected them to be; a major side character, Hollow Ground, also does the same as Scout from The Arcana in that they mirror whatever pronouns your character uses)
- Keeper of the Sun and Moon, Keeper of the Day and Night (protagonist can be nonbinary)
- The Wayhaven Chronicles (protagonist can be nonbinary)
- Heroes of Myth (protagonist can be nonbinary; Min, one of the romance options and a major character, is nonbinary and uses they/them)
- Versus (protagonist can be nonbinary; Prince Everly, a romance option, is nonbinary with they/them pronouns; Breeze, another romance option, is either a trans man, trans woman, or intersex depending on the gender you select for them; Oli, another romance option, at first appears to be whatever gender you selected but turns out to be the false identity for a character named Dhanthik, who is nonbinary and uses zie/zir pronouns).
@HaloBlues thank you so much!!
mesterjani
9 months ago
You mentioned in the description that you are open to suggestions so here's my minor input.
- Cyberpunk 2077's description says that you can create a custom trans character, however, there's also a fully voice acted trans character called Claire, who gives you the racing side-quests that might be notable.
- Hogwarts Legacy also has a trans side character, the bartender called Sirona Ryan in Hogsmeade. It also lets you create your custom character as trans.
- It's not out yet but I've been paying attention to Goodbye Volcano High, which according to their FAQ has a non-binary main character called Fang. Source: https://goodbyevolcanohigh.com/faq/
- The Sims 4 and Baldur's Gate 3 both let you create trans custom characters.
I'm setting my list to private so as not to divert any attention from this definitive masterpiece.