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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.

Romance Detective
Romance Detective
Rule of Rose
Rule of Rose
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Serre
Serre
The Shadows That Run Alongside Our Car
The Shadows That Run Alongside Our Car
Get to choose whether to follow the girl or the boy's story at the start of the game.
Shantae
Shantae
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Shantae: Risky's Revenge
Shantae: Risky's Revenge
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Shantae and the Seven Sirens
Shantae and the Seven Sirens
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Shardlight
Shardlight
Shelter
Shelter
Shelter 2
Shelter 2
A Short Hike
A Short Hike
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams
Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams
Suggested by titledSheepChase.
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 3
Soul Hackers 2
Soul Hackers 2
Suggested by AlphaOne2
Spiritfarer
Spiritfarer
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Still Life
Still Life
The Stillness of the Wind
The Stillness of the Wind
Submerged
Submerged
Super Lesbian Animal RPG
Super Lesbian Animal RPG
Syberia
Syberia
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Syberia II
Syberia II
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Syberia 3
Syberia 3
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Syberia: The World Before
Syberia: The World Before
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Sylvio
Sylvio
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Tacoma
Tacoma
Tales from the Borderlands
Tales from the Borderlands
Fiona
Tales of Berseria
Tales of Berseria
Technobabylon
Technobabylon
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Tell Me Why
Tell Me Why
Alyson Ronan
There's This Girl
There's This Girl
Touhou Soujiki
Touhou Soujiki
Suggested by AlphaOne2
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider II
Tomb Raider II
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
To the Moon
To the Moon
Suggested by titledSheepChase.
Transistor
Transistor
Um Jammer Lammy
Um Jammer Lammy
Suggested by titledSheepChase.
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Unreal
Unreal
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Unsighted
Unsighted
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong
Emem Louis and Leysha
Venba
Venba
Venetica
Venetica
Virginia
Virginia
Void and Meddler
Void and Meddler
The Walking Dead: Season Two
The Walking Dead: Season Two
The Walking Dead: The Final Season
The Walking Dead: The Final Season
We Know the Devil
We Know the Devil
What Remains of Edith Finch
What Remains of Edith Finch
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Whispers of a Machine
Whispers of a Machine
Recommended by ZapRowsdower
Wicked Willow
Wicked Willow
Wild Guns Reloaded
Wild Guns Reloaded
Suggested by AlphaOne2
The World Next Door
The World Next Door
A Year of Springs
A Year of Springs
Yomawari: Night Alone
Yomawari: Night Alone
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows
You Left Me
You Left Me
Yume Nikki
Yume Nikki
Suggested by AlphaOne2

9 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!

11 months ago

A Hat in Time
Another Code/Trace Memory has a female protagonist! Also Grimm's Hollow and Nights of Azure :)


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