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Games with canonically female protagonists. Suggestions are welcome but must meet the following guidelines:

- No games where you get to customize the character's gender (e.g., Mass Effect and Dragon Age).
- If the game has you switch between characters:
a) There must be at least as many female characters as male ones.
b) The same amount of time should be dedicated to each character.

Armed & Delirious
Armed & Delirious
Void and Meddler
Void and Meddler
Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within
Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within
Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships
Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships
The City of Lost Children
The City of Lost Children
Lost in Time
Lost in Time
The Park
The Park
Venetica
Venetica
Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem
Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem
Hidden Agenda
Hidden Agenda
Nancy Drew: The Shattered Medallion
Nancy Drew: The Shattered Medallion
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong
Emem Louis and Leysha
Arranged
Arranged
Erica
Erica
Submerged
Submerged
The Complex
The Complex
Gemini: Heroes Reborn
Gemini: Heroes Reborn
Syberia 3
Syberia 3
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
Virginia
Virginia
Nancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu Cave
Nancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu Cave
Remothered: Tormented Fathers
Remothered: Tormented Fathers
Asphyxia
Asphyxia
The Average Everyday Adventures of Samantha Browne
The Average Everyday Adventures of Samantha Browne
The Medium
The Medium
The Good Life
The Good Life
Contrast
Contrast
Bright Memory
Bright Memory
Cibele
Cibele
Romance Detective
Romance Detective
D: The Game
D: The Game
Praey for the Gods
Praey for the Gods
Last Stop
Last Stop
Meena and Donna
Blackwood Crossing
Blackwood Crossing
Metroid
Metroid
A Case of Distrust
A Case of Distrust
Raji: An Ancient Epic
Raji: An Ancient Epic
Suggested by AlphaOne2
Nancy Drew: Trail of the Twister
Nancy Drew: Trail of the Twister
The World Next Door
The World Next Door
Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill
Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill
AER: Memories of Old
AER: Memories of Old
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
Never Alone: Kisima Ingitchuna
Never Alone: Kisima Ingitchuna
The Stillness of the Wind
The Stillness of the Wind
Marie's Room
Marie's Room
Luna: The Shadow Dust
Luna: The Shadow Dust
Heavenly Sword
Heavenly Sword
Milkmaid of the Milky Way
Milkmaid of the Milky Way
Shantae
Shantae
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Plundered Hearts
Plundered Hearts
Brilliant Shadows: Part One of the Book of Gray Magic
Brilliant Shadows: Part One of the Book of Gray Magic
Soul Hackers 2
Soul Hackers 2
Suggested by AlphaOne2
The Almost Gone
The Almost Gone
Remember Me
Remember Me
Afterparty
Afterparty
Lola
Missed Messages.
Missed Messages.
Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned for Danger
Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned for Danger
Nights of Azure
Nights of Azure
Recommended by scartoludico.
Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen
Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Clock Tower
Clock Tower
Jennifer Simpson and Helen Maxwell
There's This Girl
There's This Girl
Cinders
Cinders
Resident Evil Zero
Resident Evil Zero
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
A Juggler's Tale
A Juggler's Tale
BloodRayne
BloodRayne
Nancy Drew: Labyrinth of Lies
Nancy Drew: Labyrinth of Lies
You Left Me
You Left Me
Broken Age
Broken Age
Vella
Indivisible
Indivisible
Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark
Suggested by titledSheepChase.
A Mortician's Tale
A Mortician's Tale
Flipping Death
Flipping Death
Resident Evil: Revelations
Resident Evil: Revelations
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Bury me, my Love
Bury me, my Love
Resident Evil 3
Resident Evil 3
Demon Turf
Demon Turf
Suggested by AlphaOne2
Resident Evil: Revelations 2
Resident Evil: Revelations 2
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Shantae: Risky's Revenge
Shantae: Risky's Revenge
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Richard & Alice
Richard & Alice
Alice
Sylvio
Sylvio
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Nancy Drew: Danger by Design
Nancy Drew: Danger by Design
Shelter
Shelter
Tell Me Why
Tell Me Why
Alyson Ronan
Nancy Drew: The Silent Spy
Nancy Drew: The Silent Spy
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller
Yomawari: Night Alone
Yomawari: Night Alone
Gone Home
Gone Home
Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand
Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand
Echo
Echo
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Kathy Rain
Kathy Rain
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Kassandra
Lorelai
Lorelai
The Blackwell Legacy
The Blackwell Legacy
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy
Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy
Whispers of a Machine
Whispers of a Machine
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
Clock Tower 3
Clock Tower 3
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Life is Strange: Before the Storm

10 Comments


1 year ago

All four Syberia games
Resident Evil Code Veronica, Zero, and both Revelations games (Claire and Jill both have equal billing with Chris and Barry in their games and same with Rebecca and Billy in Zero)
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (Most of the playable characters are men but Alex is the main protagonist.)
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Battle Chef Brigade
The Shantae series
The Blackwell games
Broken Sword 2
Detention
You forgot two of Kenji Eno's other games, D2 and Enemy Zero
Heaven's Vault
JULIA: Among the Stars
The Nelly Cootalot games
Paradise Killer
The Procession to Calvary
Spiritfarer
A Short Hike
Technobabylon
Sylvio
Whispers of a Machine
Unreal (The FPS)
What Remains of Edith Finch
@ZapRowsdower Thank you for the recommendations!

1 year ago

Cross Code, and Raji: An Ancient Epic both come to mind.
I don't believe there's a single Touhou game with a male protagonist, though you should probably do what you did with Metroid and just have one game represent the whole franchise
Wild Guns Reloaded may count by your rules. 2/4 characters are female, and you stick with one character till the end of the game. No character gets more or less content then the other.

1 year ago

Yumme Nikki
Demon Turf (and its side game)
Soul Hackers

1 year ago

Oh my apologies. I meant 'Soul Hackers 2'.

But now that I think about it, for Soul Hackers 1 the main protagonist, who is male, is a silent protagonist. The main female character gets a ton of focus, participates in every fight, has lots of dialouge and personality, a notable story arc, and so forth. So yeah, she isn't the "main playable" character but I believe she still qualifies for this list. She's on the cover art even.

Just sorry about the mistake earlier, Soul Hackers 2 unmistakably stars a female protagonist.
@AlphaOne2 Thanks for the correction
Princess Farmer & Ikenfell!

1 year ago

A Hat in Time

20 days ago

Another Code/Trace Memory has a female protagonist! Also Grimm's Hollow and Nights of Azure :)
@scartoludico Thanks! I'll add them :)


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