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The list includes female video game characters appearing in a significant role in a notable video game.
Name | Game/series | Description | Role in first appearance |
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Ada Wong | Resident Evil | A double/triple secret agent | NPC sidekick, later PC protagonist |
Alis Landale | Phantasy Star | A young woman on a quest to seek revenge for her brother's murder and eventually liberate the Algol solar system. | PC protagonist |
Amaterasu Omikami | Ōkami | The Shinto sun goddess who has taken the form of a white wolf. | PC protagonist |
Alyx Vance | Half-Life 2 | A prominent figure in the human resistance against an alien race | NPC sidekick |
Anne | Jurassic Park: Trespasser | A young woman, stranded by a plane crash on the Jurassic Park Site B island full of feral dinosaurs. | PC protagonist |
Cortana | Halo | An artificial intelligence (AI) with a female holographic representation | NPC sidekick |
Chloe Frazer | Uncharted | Thieve, impulsive and reckless adventurer. Designed to provide a darker counterpart to main series protagonist | NPC sidekick |
Dark Queen | Battletoads | An evil supreme commander of a renegade space army | NPC antagonist |
Nicole Horne | Max Payne | Leader of a secret military program, commands a well-armed private army of hitmen and mercenaries. | NPC antagonist |
Elaine Marley | Monkey Island | Island governor | NPC damsel in distress and protagonist's love interest |
Elena Fisher | Uncharted | An independent, strong female that works as journalist. | NPC sidekick and protagonist's love interest |
Elexis Sinclaire | SiN | A leading, genius-level biochemist and CEO of a multibillion dollar empire. | NPC antagonist |
Franziska von Karma | Ace Attorney | A prosecuting attorney that uses a whip in and out of court | NPC antagonist |
GLaDOS | Portal | An insane artificial intelligence with a female voice | NPC antagonist |
Mona Sax | Max Payne | A mysterious femme fatale and contract killer | NPC sidekick / PC antiheroine |
Kimberley Evans | Call of Juarez: The Cartel | An FBI agent tasked with bringing down the Mendoza cartel | PC protagonist/ antagonist |
Princess Peach | Mario | Princess of the fictitious Mushroom Kingdom | NPC damsel in distress, PC heroine |
Princess Zelda | The Legend of Zelda | Several distinct characters in the series' royal family | NPC damsel in distress, PC heroine |
Sarah Kerrigan | StarCraft | A young psychic, later turned into a human/alien hybrid | NPC antagonist, PC antiheroine |
Ayane, Kasumi | Dead or Alive | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters, protagonist |
Felicia, Morrigan Aensland | Darkstalkers | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters |
Jade, Kitana, Mileena, Sonya Blade | Mortal Kombat | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters, NPC antagonist |
Cammy, Chun-Li, Elena, Ibuki, Juri, Makoto, Sakura Kasugano | Street Fighter | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters |
Hildegard von Krone, Ivy Valentine, Sophitia, Taki, Tira | Soul | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters |
Anna Williams, Alisa Bosconovitch, Christie Monteiro, Lili, Ling Xiaoyu, Nina Williams | Tekken | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters |
Athena Asamiya, Blue Mary, Mai Shiranui, Yuri Sakazaki | The King of Fighters | Female fighter | PC in a cast of selectable characters |
Aerith Gainsborough | Final Fantasy | A flower seller who joins a rebel group | PC selectable as a party member |
Tifa Lockhart | Final Fantasy | A martial artist and childhood friend of the male protagonist | PC selectable as a party member |
Yuffie Kisaragi | Final Fantasy | Young ninja and thief, daughter of a city leader | PC selectable as a party member |
Lulu | Final Fantasy | Black magic user, guardian to the lead female protagonist | PC selectable as a party member |
Rikku | Final Fantasy | A young thief | PC selectable as a party member |
Yuna | Final Fantasy | A teenage summoner destined to save the world. | PC selectable as a party member |
Lightning | Final Fantasy | A soldier that undergoes a personality change to take care for her sister | PC selectable as a party member, later PC protagonist[1] |
Terra Branford | Final Fantasy | A mysterious magic user being controlled by a corrupt empire | PC selectable as a party member |
Celes Chere | Final Fantasy | An Ex-General and Magitek Knight for a corrupt empire | PC selectable as a party member |
Aqua | Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep | A Keyblade Wielder who sacrifices herself to save Terra | PC selectable as a party member |
Ayame | Tenchu | A ninja with sharp tongue and quick, deadly techniques, faster and weaker but more cunning and aggressive than her male counterpart | PC protagonist with a male partner |
Claire Redfield | Resident Evil | A college student looking for her brother | PC protagonist with a male partner |
Jill Valentine | Resident Evil | Member of a Police Special Tactics department | PC protagonist with a male partner |
Rebecca Chambers | Resident Evil | A rookie police commando | NPC supporting character, later a protagonist |
Sheva Alomar | Resident Evil | An operative agent of a UN-funded paramilitary group | NPC sidekick, optional PC |
Aya Brea | Parasite Eve | NYPD officer and FBI agent | PC protagonist |
Cate Archer | No One Lives Forever | A covert operative for a British counter-terrorism organization | PC protagonist |
Chell | Portal | An unwilling subject of a deadly scientific experiment. Non-sexualized and with unknown personality | PC protagonist |
Faith Connors | Mirror's Edge | A professional courier who transmit messages while evading government surveillance | PC protagonist |
Lara Croft | Tomb Raider | An athletic British archaeologist and adventurer | PC protagonist |
Samus Aran | Metroid | An ex-Galactic Federation soldier turned bounty hunter, fitted with a heavily armed armor suit | PC protagonist |
Rayne | BloodRayne | A bloodthirsty American Dhampir looking for her father | PC protagonist |
Bayonetta | Bayonetta | A shapeshifter witch who uses firearms and performs magical attacks with her hair | PC protagonist |
April Ryan | The Longest Journey | An art student with the power of walking between parallel worlds | PC protagonist |
Jade | Beyond Good & Evil | A freelance photojournalist, characterized as a real person rather than a "sexy action woman" | PC protagonist |
Yorda | Ico | A captive girl who speaks in an unknown language. Keeping her safe is part of the gameplay | NPC damsel in distress |
Galatea | Galatea | A living statue displayed at an exhibition of artificial intelligences. Her conversation is the only content in the interactive fiction game | NPC protagonist |
Nariko | Heavenly Sword | A warrior wielding a blade of supernatural origin, the Heavenly Sword | PC protagonist |
Shion Uzuki | Xenosaga | The leading scientist in a project to create the galaxy's first Android | PC protagonist |
Heather Mason | Silent Hill 3 | A teenage girl seeking the truth about her past and father | PC protagonist |
Alice Liddell | American Mcgee's Alice | A often cold and sarcastic young woman with a troubled past | PC protagonist |
Lammy | Um Jammer Lammy | Lead Guitarist of the band "MilkCan" who is shy but is known to rock the stage when she has her guitar in hand | PC protagonist |
Cornet Espoir | Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure | A girl who can talk to puppets and has a magical horn that grants wishes | PC protagonist |
Prier | La Pucelle: Tactics | An apprentice Demon Hunter | PC protagonist |
Asha | Monster World IV | A young warrior who seeks to free the imprisoned spirits of her land | PC protagonist |
Shantae | Shantae | A half-genie with a strong sense of justice and a playful demeanor charged with protecting her Town | PC protagonist |
See also
- Gender representation in video games
- List of female action heroes
- List of female supervillains
- Category:Female characters in video games
References
- ^ Andrew Goldfarb. "PAX: Lightning Returns; Final Fantasy XIII Announced". IGN. Retrieved 03/09/2012.
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