Non-Binary/Agender/Gender Nonconforming Gaming
Games with significant non-binary representation and/or playable non-binary characters. Comments in notes since not all of this representation is necessarily good. Does not include most visual novels/interactive fiction/eroge.
71 Games
Main character Fang goes by they/them pronouns and is voiced by a non-binary VA.
Suggested by Archagent
The player character can be non-binary.
The player character can be non-binary.
Regardless of the player's chosen appearance, they are given the option to select pronouns diegetically after the prologue.
Like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the player character has a 'style' rather than gender. Clothing and haircuts are unisex.
Suggested by Archagent
Character Sam is non-binary and goes by they/them pronouns.
Character Sam is non-binary and goes by they/them pronouns.
Suggested by Rowan1312
The player character can choose their pronouns, physical appearance, and reproductive anatomy. Pronoun options include they/them as well as customisable pronouns. Reproductive anatomy comes into play for a puberty event in the game, and the player can opt out of the event being gendered. Selecting a particular reproductive anatomy or appearance does not lead to this event assuming a gender at all. eg. Wet dreams and menstruation are discussed depending on the reproductive anatomy chosen, but they are presented in a gender-neutral and non-judgemental way. There is also a non-binary NPC.
The player character can choose their pronouns, physical appearance, and reproductive anatomy. Pronoun options include they/them as well as customisable pronouns. Reproductive anatomy comes into play for a puberty event in the game, and the player can opt out of the event being gendered. Selecting a particular reproductive anatomy or appearance does not lead to this event assuming a gender at all. eg. Wet dreams and menstruation are discussed depending on the reproductive anatomy chosen, but they are presented in a gender-neutral and non-judgemental way. There is also a non-binary NPC.
Suggested by Clearin
The Boss is never assigned a gender in-game and is referred to exclusively as they, them, and you. This allows for non-binary character creation in a way that Cyberpunk 2077 did not (there you would still be labelled male or female).
The Boss is never assigned a gender in-game and is referred to exclusively as they, them, and you. This allows for non-binary character creation in a way that Cyberpunk 2077 did not (there you would still be labelled male or female).
Suggested by Cold_Comfort and corroborated by Luna, the Endless Witch
Juniper is is not specified as any gender identity in-game unlike other main characters, but they use they/them pronouns and are marked internally with the gender undefined value of 2. Also voiced by an NB in the English localisation.
Juniper is is not specified as any gender identity in-game unlike other main characters, but they use they/them pronouns and are marked internally with the gender undefined value of 2. Also voiced by an NB in the English localisation.
The player character can be non-binary with they/them pronouns, and character Bobbee goes by they/them pronouns.
Suggested by romdocitizen
Non-binary supporting character and the player character is implicitly non-binary themselves.
Non-binary supporting character and the player character is implicitly non-binary themselves.
Suggested by zenoslime
The Tarnished is never gendered, with the option of assigning any voice to any body type. Thus, the player can be of any identity they wish without the game imposing an identity upon them.
Marika and Radagon, although appearing as female and male respectively and being of two wills, share the same physical body. This doesn't necessarily make them intersex but they are reminiscent of the alchemical Rebis, a being of male and female qualities, described as 'the divine hermaphrodite'.
The Tarnished is never gendered, with the option of assigning any voice to any body type. Thus, the player can be of any identity they wish without the game imposing an identity upon them.
Marika and Radagon, although appearing as female and male respectively and being of two wills, share the same physical body. This doesn't necessarily make them intersex but they are reminiscent of the alchemical Rebis, a being of male and female qualities, described as 'the divine hermaphrodite'.
Suggested by gomit
The player character, 'The Unnamed,' is non-binary.
The player character, 'The Unnamed,' is non-binary.
Suggested by spin
Player is of unspecified gender and is referred to by they/them pronouns.
Player is of unspecified gender and is referred to by they/them pronouns.
Player character options include they/them pronouns and an androgynous body type. Character Quinn is non-binary.
Character creator includes option for they/them pronouns.
Playable character Underling is referred to by they/them pronouns.
The player character can use they/them pronouns, and can change their name and pronouns at any time. Some townsfolk are non-binary or gender-nonconforming.
Suggested by ResidentMelville
Sawyer, Rowan, and Holmes are non-binary
Sawyer, Rowan, and Holmes are non-binary
Niko is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
Suggested by Erato_Heti
Player can choose and customise their pronouns, and character Olive is non-binary, using they/them pronouns.
Player can choose and customise their pronouns, and character Olive is non-binary, using they/them pronouns.
Testament is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
Suggested by tdstr
Player character is non-binary
Player character is non-binary
All characters are referred to by they/them pronouns.
Player character is never gendered, and characters Fel and Reed are non-binary.
Suggested by fweged
Centres around two non-binary characters.
Centres around two non-binary characters.
Suggested by smaench
You can be non-binary and Ronald Reagan will respect your pronouns. Fuck this lol
You can be non-binary and Ronald Reagan will respect your pronouns. Fuck this lol
Player character Oz is canonically non-binary and uses he/him pronouns. Other non-binary characters include Milo, Hex (one of the love interest options), Sawyer (DLC player character), and Moss (minor NPC).
Suggested by ResidentMelville
Petronella, Rook, and Ima are non-binary
Petronella, Rook, and Ima are non-binary
Suggested by AG147
Secondary protagonist Cam Stone is non-binary and is portrayed by non-binary actor Asia Kate Dillon.
Secondary protagonist Cam Stone is non-binary and is portrayed by non-binary actor Asia Kate Dillon.
Player character can equip any type of clothing and hair and is not explicitly gendered.
The protagonist and their rival's gender can be chosen, including a non-binary option.
Player characters can use they/them pronouns.
FL4K, though a robot, uses they/them pronouns and wears a non-binary flag pin.
The player can choose to be non-binary. Setsu and Raqio are non-binary and go by they/them pronouns in the English localisation. The original release had an event in-game that treated a non-binary character's biological sex as a plot reveal, but this has since been relocalised.
The Hearthians are genderless and use they/them pronouns.
Bloodhound is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
Chaos is nonbinary.
Kris is genderless.
The player can choose to go by they/them pronouns and chuds on Steam didn't like that I guess.
As of June 2020, there is an 'Identity' feature available which gives your character the possibility of their already-set identity being non-cis/non-het, with two of those identities being non-binary and genderqueer. You can also explicitly choose a gender identity for your character. If you choose genderqueer or non-binary you are forced to use zie/zir pronouns.
A lot about this game squicks me out!
A lot about this game squicks me out!
Suggested by ZapRowsdower
The player character 'The Bard' is nonbinary and uses any pronouns according to the official tumblr.
The player character 'The Bard' is nonbinary and uses any pronouns according to the official tumblr.
Choice of pronouns for the player character and their lover.
Player character Oz is canonically non-binary and uses he/him pronouns.
They/them pronoun option for player character.
Suggested by fweged
Charles Eyler's bio states he is genderfluid, though he is only referred to by he/him pronouns ingame.
Charles Eyler's bio states he is genderfluid, though he is only referred to by he/him pronouns ingame.
Player character can identify as 'other.' This results in Mr. Mackey calling the player's parents to say "Your child just let me know that he, er, they identify as being gender neutral. [...] It's fine, it's just everyone was under the impression that they were a boy." After hanging up the phone, Mr. Mackey says, "This is a shocker, New Kid, but there's nothing wrong with not identifying as a binary gender. You can be whatever sex you want, OK, even if it's none. That's fine!" After leaving Mr. Mackey's office, a group of "rednecks" in a pickup truck drive up and say, "Well, well, well, if it ain't one of them gender neutrals? We don't take kindly to your types around here. Let's welcome this thing to our town," and a battle commences.
The player can choose the gender marker 'NB'.
Option for player character to use gender neutral pronouns, which can be changed at any time in the settings.
The player character is agender.
Suggested by fweged
Niko is stated by Eliza Velasquez to have an ambiguous gender, and by Nightmargin to have an unknown gender
Niko is stated by Eliza Velasquez to have an ambiguous gender, and by Nightmargin to have an unknown gender
Player can choose they/them pronouns.
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Gender for the player character is seemingly fluid, and the player is referred to by they/them pronouns. You can select any appearance and any voice, with these and your name able to be changed at any time during the game.
Frisk is referred to by the singular they in game and by Toby Fox, and it intended to be a genderless blank slate for the player to project themselves onto.
Chara is genderless, and is referred to as 'it'.
Napstablook is non-binary.
Mettaton EX/NEO's design pulls from androgynous glam rockstars.
Chara is genderless, and is referred to as 'it'.
Napstablook is non-binary.
Mettaton EX/NEO's design pulls from androgynous glam rockstars.
Non-binary pronoun option.
Suggested by fweged
Edge case: Recruitable party member Queen Roger is a crossdressing male who operates a brothel with other crossdressing males. His bio states he was outcasted as a child for his feminine behaviour.
Edge case: Recruitable party member Queen Roger is a crossdressing male who operates a brothel with other crossdressing males. His bio states he was outcasted as a child for his feminine behaviour.
Post-launch update added the ability to use they/them or custom pronouns for Sims. Sims can have customised clothing preferences, body types, reproductive roles, toilet use, walking styles, and speech.
Protagonist can go by they/them pronouns. Tomcat is genderfluid, Sylvan and Turing are non-binary; all go by they/them pronoun except Turing who uses he/him pronouns.
Suggested by spin
As of December 2019, the Body Swap mode in Shovel of Hope allows the selection of gender-neutral pronouns alongside body shape selection.
As of December 2019, the Body Swap mode in Shovel of Hope allows the selection of gender-neutral pronouns alongside body shape selection.
Protagonist Dominique Pamplemousse is genderqueer.
Suggested by fweged
Protagonist Lamb is described as 'a guy that wears girl clothes,' and characters express confusion towards Lamb's gender.
Protagonist Lamb is described as 'a guy that wears girl clothes,' and characters express confusion towards Lamb's gender.
Captain Viridian is referred to by creator Terry Cavanaugh as both she/her and he/him.
Suggested by Erato_Heti
Kind of a weird case. In 2016 the option for The Player to be gender-neutral and use they/them pronouns was added. Gender in OFF is generally unstable for some characters, and the Elsen are not specifically gendered at all.
Kind of a weird case. In 2016 the option for The Player to be gender-neutral and use they/them pronouns was added. Gender in OFF is generally unstable for some characters, and the Elsen are not specifically gendered at all.
Suggested by bea
Minogame is non-binary, going by they/them pronouns. The manual refers to them as male for 'convenience purposes'.
Minogame is non-binary, going by they/them pronouns. The manual refers to them as male for 'convenience purposes'.
Suggested by fweged
The Magypsies are described by Alec as being neither men nor women, though the fan-translated version refers to them by male and female pronouns. The Magypsies themselves fall squarely into the role of stereotypical okama, presenting as simultaneously masculine and feminine.
The Magypsies are described by Alec as being neither men nor women, though the fan-translated version refers to them by male and female pronouns. The Magypsies themselves fall squarely into the role of stereotypical okama, presenting as simultaneously masculine and feminine.
Suggested by smaench
Your rival Jamie is androgynous, uses they/them pronouns, and can be married by male and female players
Your rival Jamie is androgynous, uses they/them pronouns, and can be married by male and female players
Suggested by MagneticBurn
Serenade is genderless, described by writer Masakazu Eguchi as being soft, tolerant, with a compassionate heart, ultimate strength by combining masculine and feminine parts; the ultimate existence transcending gender. In the English port Serenade is addressed as 'he' but most characters who refer to them as such have never seen Serenade. Additionally in the Viz English localisation of the NT Warrior manga, Serenade is addressed as 'she' in the first chapter, and as 'he' from then on.
Serenade is genderless, described by writer Masakazu Eguchi as being soft, tolerant, with a compassionate heart, ultimate strength by combining masculine and feminine parts; the ultimate existence transcending gender. In the English port Serenade is addressed as 'he' but most characters who refer to them as such have never seen Serenade. Additionally in the Viz English localisation of the NT Warrior manga, Serenade is addressed as 'she' in the first chapter, and as 'he' from then on.
The deity Vivec is intersex and genderfluid.
Titania and the fae folk are referred to by they/them pronouns.
According to Takashi Iizuka, "NiGHTS is neutral, and therefore has no gender. The impressions of the character with regards to gender are totally up to the player." Source
Suggested by swrspin
Boss Flea is gender nonconforming, and is quoted as saying "Male, female, what's the difference?"
Boss Flea is gender nonconforming, and is quoted as saying "Male, female, what's the difference?"
Suggested by C_F
When inputting a high score the player selects a gender, one of which is 'Other'
When inputting a high score the player selects a gender, one of which is 'Other'
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i want to say it's important (ostensibly for lore reasons, even) that elden ring avoids gendered terms in character creation, going with "young voice 1," "mature voice 2," etc for its voice options, allowing you to assign any voice to any body type. of course, as such you can essentially be trans as well, but the point is the choice is yours... and i can't really think of any other game that so elegantly empowers you to define your character's sex/gender however you want.
Added, thanks!
The player's avatar The Hunter of Marvel's Midnight Suns goes by they/them
Great list! One of the two playable characters in Tell Me Why is a trans man, and his transition is referenced a few times through the plot as he returns to his home town. It is not, however, a main focus of the game.
After re-reading the comments I realize "gender-nonconforming" in this context might not be meant to include trans men and women. Sorry for the extra noise if so!
Gin Noto in The Caligula Effect 2 is non-binary and their "social link" is about being able to come to terms with their identity fully.
Just FYI the other Saints Row games with the exception of the first (so 2, 3, and 4) have the same thing as the 2022 Reboot with the player character being referred to as they/them and you being able to mix and match any body type with any voice etc!
Baldur's Gate 3 also allows you to select "Nonbinary / Other" as a gender and mix-and-match your voice and body
Baldur's Gate 3 also allows you to select "Nonbinary / Other" as a gender and mix-and-match your voice and body
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