Video games with nonbinary player character options

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In most video games, the player's character either has a preselected binary gender, or can be set as only male or female. This page will list games that either

• allow the player to create their character as specifically nonbinary (often by selecting an option for singular they pronouns) or
• have a player character creation process with no reference to gender at all.

For non-player characters that canonly have a gender outside the male-or-female binary, see Nonbinary gender in fiction#Video games.

• VERSUS: The Lost Ones by Zachary Sergi (published in 2015 by Choice of Games LLC) is a sci-fi interactive novel where it's possible to play a nonbinary character. The player's character, Thomil, comes from a planet where everyone telepathically shares their thoughts and feelings with one another. A couple chapters into the story, the player is asked about their character's gender. They can choose from six options: a cisgender woman, transgender woman, cis man, trans man, intersex, or "I don't subscribe to any gender categories". Choosing the last option sets Thomil's stats to say "Gender: Not Applicable," and brings up these remarks in the narrative: "You are both genders, but you are also neither gender. You believe gender defies categorization, operating on a kind of sliding scale-- one that can change every day. You've come across [foreign planets'] texts about other cultures where such thinking is considered taboo or even sacrilegious, but in a society where everyone can quite literally share their thoughts and experiences, it's fairly impossible not to accept others once you understand who they truly are. Besides, even the most staunchly 'male' or 'female' cisgenders admit that sometimes they feel more 'masculine' or 'feminine' at different times. You just take that kind of thinking to a whole new level." The narration in VERSUS makes clear that this is not an undisclosed gender or a fantasy sex, but a nonbinary gender identity. Though Thomil comes from a sci-fi setting where where this and other transgender identities are accepted, this is a realistic depiction of a nonbinary person.

Gender choice near the beginning of the interactive novel Fallen Hero: Rebirth.

• Choice of the Dragon, by Choice of Games LLC, is an interactive fiction story in which the player's character is a dragon. When creating this character, the player has more than two options for its gender/sex.

Gender selection screen in Choice of the Dragon.

• In addition to VERSUS: The Lost Ones and Choice of the Dragon, many other interactive novels from Choice of Games allow the player to be be male, female, or nonbinary (as well as often choosing their own pronouns and orientation). Some of these titles include Tally Ho, Empyrean, Kidnapped! A Royal Birthday, Drag Star!, Choice of the Pirate, The Superlatives: Aetherfall, Silverworld, The Hero Project: Redemption Season, Fallen Hero: Rebirth, and Tower Behind the Moon.
• In Long Story Game the character you play use whichever pronouns from 'she/her', 'he/him' and 'them/they', the physical depiction of the character can also be changed to suit the gender of choice.
• In the dating sim Hustle Cat, the protagonist can be either male, female, or nonbinary with "they" pronouns, and the characters in-game will refer to them with the chosen pronouns.
• In the farming RPG Pumpkin Days, previously known as Pumpkin Online, the player character creator has no gender selection nor any gender-locked clothes. The official website says that "specifying a gender does not play a role in Pumpkin Days. Simply use our body sliders in character customization to add feminine and/or as masculine features as you want. Any clothes you buy will fit the body you choose."
• The action RPG Pyre allows players to select their pronouns from she/her, he/him, or they/them.
• Genderwrecked is a post-apocalyptic horror/gore visual novel about trying to find the meaning of gender. The player can select their pronouns from she/her, they/them, he/him, xe/xir, ze/zir, it/it, or custom pronouns.
• In the dating sim Repurpose, the player can choose their pronoun set as "he", "she", or "they".
• In Red Embrace: Hollywood, the player chooses their pronoun from "he", "she", or "they".
• In the simulation game BitLife, since the June 2020 Pride Update, the player can select whether their character is cisgender, genderqueer, nonbinary, transgender female, and transgender male (after the character reaches age 5). Being non-cis may cause the character to experience gender dysphoria in-game, lowering their Happiness level.
• In the visual novel //TODO: today, the protagonist can be male, female, or nonbinary, depending on player's choices.

A screenshot of the character creation process in Later Daters.

• In the visual novel/dating sim Later Daters, the player can choose their honorific as Mx, Ms, or Mr.
• In the mobile game Pokémon Go, players select their avatar from one of two "styles" instead of being asked "Are you a boy or a girl?" as was the case in many other Pokémon games.
• In the simulation game Calico, the character creation process is non-gendered.

Further resources

• The Visual Novel Database - Games tagged with "Non-binary Protagonist Option"