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So, the player characters in games on this page are not ''canonically'' nonbinary, but they can be nonbinary based on how one plays. | So, the player characters in games on this page are not ''canonically'' nonbinary, but they can be nonbinary based on how one plays. | ||
For | For characters that ''canonically'' have a gender outside the male-or-female binary, see [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Video games]]. | ||
(Games are listed chronologically by year of first release, or by the year that a nonbinary player character option was introduced, whichever is later.) | |||
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* The fan-made RPG ''Pokémon Uranium'' allows players to select from three avatars: one masculine, one feminine, and one androgynous. Based on the selected avatar, the game will use he/him, she/her, or they/them pronouns in dialogue when referring to the player.<ref name="repr_Poké">{{Cite web |title=Pokémon Uranium |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=12 July 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/pokemon-uranium}}</ref> | * The fan-made RPG ''Pokémon Uranium'' allows players to select from three avatars: one masculine, one feminine, and one androgynous. Based on the selected avatar, the game will use he/him, she/her, or they/them pronouns in dialogue when referring to the player.<ref name="repr_Poké">{{Cite web |title=Pokémon Uranium |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=12 July 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/pokemon-uranium}}</ref> | ||
* In the indie romance visual novel ''My Cup of Coffee: Earl Grey Forever After'', the protagonist can be male, female, or "[[gender free]]". Choosing gender free results in the game using [[gender neutral language]], [[English_neutral_pronouns#Ne_.28nem.29|ne/nem/nir]] pronouns, and the [[Mx]] title. The player can also choose to "make everyone else gender liberated too", resulting in the protagonist saying things like "Everybody knew about me, the eldest child of the late Gentleperson and Gentleperson Fairfax". | * In the indie romance visual novel ''My Cup of Coffee: Earl Grey Forever After'', the protagonist can be male, female, or "[[gender free]]". Choosing gender free results in the game using [[gender neutral language]], [[English_neutral_pronouns#Ne_.28nem.29|ne/nem/nir]] pronouns, and the [[Mx]] title. The player can also choose to "make everyone else gender liberated too", resulting in the protagonist saying things like "Everybody knew about me, the eldest child of the late Gentleperson and Gentleperson Fairfax". | ||
* The interactive novel game ''Empyrean'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/557700/Empyrean/</ref> | |||
* The interactive novel game ''Choice of the Pirate'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/476490/Choice_of_the_Pirate/</ref> | |||
* The interactive novel game ''The Hero Project: Redemption Season'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/459310/The_Hero_Project_Redemption_Season/</ref> | |||
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===2018=== | ===2018=== | ||
[[File:Fallen Hero Rebirth.png|thumb|Gender choice near the beginning of the interactive novel ''Fallen Hero: Rebirth''.]] | |||
* Interactive novel ''Fallen Hero: Rebirth'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/800620/Fallen_Hero_Rebirth/</ref> | |||
* Interactive novel ''Silverworld'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/839940/Silverworld/</ref> | |||
* Interactive novel ''The Superlatives: Aetherfall'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/726230/The_Superlatives_Aetherfall/</ref> | |||
* Interactive novel ''Tower Behind the Moon'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1001490/Tower_Behind_the_Moon/</ref> | |||
* In the dating sim ''Monster Prom'', you can choose your character's pronouns from they/them, she/her, or he/him.<ref>{{cite web|work=Represent Me|title=Monster Prom|url=https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/monster-prom|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> | * In the dating sim ''Monster Prom'', you can choose your character's pronouns from they/them, she/her, or he/him.<ref>{{cite web|work=Represent Me|title=Monster Prom|url=https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/monster-prom|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> | ||
* In the adventure/visual novel game ''Headliner: NoviNews'', players choose their pronouns as he/him, she/her, or they/them.<ref name="HeadlinerNN">{{Cite web |title=Headliner: NoviNews Gets Negative Reviews for Non-Binary Pronouns |last=Henry |first=Jasmine |work=J Station X |date=4 April 2019 |access-date=11 July 2021 |url= https://jstationx.com/2019/04/04/headliner-novinews-non-binary-pronouns-negative-reviews/ |quote=At the beginning of the game, players can choose to go by he/him, she/her, or they/them pronouns. In an email, Unbound Creations founder Jakub Kasztalski explains that the game doesn’t address LGBTQ issues beyond this }}</ref> | * In the adventure/visual novel game ''Headliner: NoviNews'', players choose their pronouns as he/him, she/her, or they/them.<ref name="HeadlinerNN">{{Cite web |title=Headliner: NoviNews Gets Negative Reviews for Non-Binary Pronouns |last=Henry |first=Jasmine |work=J Station X |date=4 April 2019 |access-date=11 July 2021 |url= https://jstationx.com/2019/04/04/headliner-novinews-non-binary-pronouns-negative-reviews/ |quote=At the beginning of the game, players can choose to go by he/him, she/her, or they/them pronouns. In an email, Unbound Creations founder Jakub Kasztalski explains that the game doesn’t address LGBTQ issues beyond this }}</ref> | ||
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*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.<ref name="leve_BitL">{{Cite web |title=BitLife Pride Update Guide: Everything You Need to Know About BitLife Version 1.38, aka the Pride Update |author=Tim |work=Level Winner |date=3 July 2020 |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://www.levelwinner.com/bitlife-pride-update-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitlife-version-1-38-aka-the-pride-update/}}</ref> | *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.<ref name="leve_BitL">{{Cite web |title=BitLife Pride Update Guide: Everything You Need to Know About BitLife Version 1.38, aka the Pride Update |author=Tim |work=Level Winner |date=3 July 2020 |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://www.levelwinner.com/bitlife-pride-update-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitlife-version-1-38-aka-the-pride-update/}}</ref> | ||
* In the simulation game ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons'', the character creation process is non-gendered, having players select a "style" instead of a gender for their avatar.<ref name="repr_Anim">{{Cite web |title=Animal Crossing series |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=12 July 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/animal-crossing-series}}</ref> | * In the simulation game ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons'', the character creation process is non-gendered, having players select a "style" instead of a gender for their avatar.<ref name="repr_Anim">{{Cite web |title=Animal Crossing series |author= |work=Represent Me |date= |access-date=12 July 2021 |url= https://representme.charity/projects/queer/database/title/animal-crossing-series}}</ref> | ||
* Interactive novel game ''Kidnapped! A Royal Birthday'' lets you be male, female, or nonbinary.<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1356440/Kidnapped_A_Royal_Birthday/</ref> | |||
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