- Source: List of video games with LGBTQ characters
The following is a list of confirmed video games with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer characters, including any others falling under the LGBTQ umbrella term. The numbers in this list are possibly higher due to fact that some characters remained unconfirmed, unsourced or controversial.
History
During the 1980s, characters that can be argued as identifying as LGBTQ+ were rarely shown in a realistic or non-stereotypical context and were often the objects of ridicule or jokes.
In the 1990s, games (often Japanese ones) continued to use stereotypical LGBT characters which did not reflect the diversity in LGBT communities. However, more efforts were found to make more diverse and less one-dimensional characters.
In 2018, GamesRadar's Sam Greer found 179 games with any LGBT representation. Of those 179 games, only 83 have queer characters who are playable characters. And of those, only eight feature a main character who is explicitly pre-written as queer as opposed to them being queer as a character creation option.
In 2024, GLAAD found that under 2% of digitally-distributed games for PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo consoles were noted by their respective companies as having LGBT content, and under 2.5% of Steam games were tagged as LGBT.
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Video game series
= A–D
== F–J
== K–N
== P–Z
=See also
List of animated works with LGBT characters
List of graphic art works with LGBT characters
List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films
Lists of television programs with LGBT characters
Lists of American television episodes with LGBT themes
References
= Bibliography
=DePass, Tanya (2018). Game Devs & Others: Tales from the Margins. Boca Raton, Florida, United States: CRC Press. ISBN 9781351364140.
Loguidice, Bill; Barton, Matt (2009). Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time. Waltham, Massachusetts, United States: Focal Press. ISBN 978-0-240-81146-8.
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- Grand Theft Auto V
- List of video games with LGBTQ characters
- LGBTQ themes in video games
- List of video games with LGBT characters: 2020s
- List of video games with LGBT characters: 2010s
- LGBTQ themes in Western animation
- List of animated series with LGBT characters: 2020–present
- Gender representation in video games
- List of feature films with lesbian characters
- List of LGBTQ-related films
- List of animated series with LGBTQ characters: 1990–1999
