This #TransDayofVisibility weβve collated a definitive list of 90+ trans games throughout history.
Almost 100 games by trans developers and/or with trans representation.
Featuring games from:
@deconstructeam.bsky.social
@maddymakesgames.com
and many others π³οΈββ§οΈ
https://checkpointgaming.net/features/2025/03/a-definitive-list-of-90-trans-games-throughout-history/
Almost 100 games by trans developers and/or with trans representation.
Featuring games from:
@deconstructeam.bsky.social
@maddymakesgames.com
and many others π³οΈββ§οΈ
https://checkpointgaming.net/features/2025/03/a-definitive-list-of-90-trans-games-throughout-history/
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they're a streamer Maple! maple_qb on twitch!
Final Fantasy 9 has Quina
Final Fantasy 5 has a transmasc Faris
Paper mario TTYD Vivian
Flea from Chrono Trigger
Krem from Dragon Age Inquisition
Morrowind's Vivec is intersex/nonbinary
Runescape added Angof in 2015
WoW has Chromie and Pelagos
Developers: Rebecca Heineman and Jennell Jaquays
Hypercard caper-in-the-castro was made by a trans nonbinary developer, and is apparently a queer game
https://digitalmzx.com/
@megazeux.bsky.social
Fact of the matter is we're a small queer outlet doing this all as volunteers and we didn't expect the article to get the amount of eyes it did. We're updating as best we can.
"The first version [of MegaZeux], 1.00g, was uploaded to AOL on December 4, 1994"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AnarchEntertainment.NOISZSTARLIVHT
Also, in Guilty Gear Strive you only mention Bridget,while there's also a playable non-binary character - Testament
https://jisaacgadient.itch.io/fairview-slipstream
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3284270/Blobun/
https://cyansorcery.itch.io/blobun
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2604450/com__et/
Music in the current version is also by a trans artist, SF of Game Builder Club and Building 3d Game Birds Gameapp Maker Co.
https://goosewho.itch.io/i-get-this-call-every-day
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1848070/Absinthia/
Kitsune Tails is queer as hell and most of us who made it are trans >w>.
I write trans-lead stories with giant monsters solving mysteries
https://enbykaiju.itch.io/kaijunoir
the game is still in active development, but we do have a sizeable first chapter out already. would massively appreciate it if you considered adding us!
huge props for making this list β€
Ink Inside π΄π¨
Both MCs are nonbinary, 1 shopkeeper is nonbinary & 1 is a trans woman & we have 1 transmasc lesbian
π https://store.steampowered.com/app/2137880/Ink_Inside/
Coaster Kisser π’π
MC can be gnc/nonbinary & 4 NPCs are nonbinary & 1 is trans male
π https://coasterkisser.ju.mp/
We donβt have a ghost story or anyone named Tabby.
Ink Inside is about 2 drawings named Stick & Traff trying to save a notebook from getting soggy when a leak in the real world starts damaging it
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2537980/Draculesti/
Will get that added tonight.
I'm trans and everyone who worked on it is either trans or queer too!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1472970/TinyAttack/
I'm part of a 2 person game studio and I'm a trans guy!
My first game was @spiritandmouse.bsky.social and my next game is called Squeakross: Home Squeak Home! You can find all the links about the games here: @alblune.bsky.social
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Iβll get to adding you to the list when day job responsibilities let up a bit later today!!
Iβm a solo trans dev working on an NES game called Bug Squashers that I also plan to release on Steam and (hopefully) Switch.
More info is at @impossiblycr8v.bsky.social and https://bugsquashersgame.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2457640/HEARTRENDER/
My (trans) solo dev game with some subtle trans themes (with Welsh mythology and werewolves) πΊππ³οΈββ§οΈ
I am trans and I was one of the devs
https://checkpointgaming.net/features/2024/04/checkpoints-queer-game-of-the-month-april-2024-jill-o-lantern-final-cut/
Will get it added tonight and thank you for flagging.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1844720/Friendsim_2/
https://das-kunstkollektiv.itch.io/llrpg
A game about being trans that contains fairly detailed depictions of the UK healthcare system.
https://cinswitch.itch.io/mice-tea
https://chroma.itch.io/electigirl
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2093940/vividstasis/
Breathless Winds, Celeste, Chicory: A Colorful Tale, No Longer Home, Super Lesbian Animal RPG, Watch Dogs 2, We Know The Devil
Instead of linking to their respective game they link to a broken website/other game
(psst, @ko-op.com )
A YEAR OF SPRINGS by @npckc.net
In one night, hot springs, visit the hot springs with Haru, a young and anxious trans woman who just wants to enjoy herself on a trip with Manami but doesn't want to cause any trouble.
@checkpointau.bsky.social you've listed my game with a trans character that discusses trans & other queer stories on the list - thank you! - but i'm a nonbinary dev so i'd appreciate if the text were updated to say that.
While Missing JJ is a bit earnest, itβs divisive and not all find it positive. We wouldnβt, for example, include the trans character in βLeisure Suit Larry.β when the depiction can be less than successful
Thank you for the explanation!
https://runa-liore.itch.io/77-oleander
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2128300/Dungeon_in_a_Bottle/
Otherwise, fantastic list! I've been playing a ton of Qud lately and the second I saw the headline I was like, "The Bey Lah storyline is trans!" And sure enough it was in there.
#tangent
Also, other than Nomi-Nomi, there's no one else for me.
Okay except Marz sometimes.
And Tammy.
And Sym that one time.
thanks for making this list!
π
We've made... honestly, a lot of games. Should we pick a favorite or two and send them your way, when we have some time later...?
Looks as if you should be able to top 100 by the end of the day!
they placed her among the men, putting her safety at serious risk. She canβt afford to pay the bail.
We are raising funds to pay her bail please boost
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Heineman
https://www.badgamehalloffame.com/interview-megu-tan/
We REALLY need some "history" in this list! A lot of these games are >2014...
And no I don't have many more suggestions for older games :(
She's also working on a cool new sci-fi escape room game. Should be out later this year: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2840590/no_signal/?curator_clanid=43598818
I hear you about the Thousand Year Door with Vivian but this was a concern that was amended in the Remake with more explicit trans rep from her now fixed.
It got a GLAAD nom and we consider it important when games right previous rep wrongs!
Thank you so much.
While yes you can make your character Trans in BG3, no one else is. Not a single NPC, minor or major, is also Trans. It is so unbelievably "other"-ing.
Also BL3 is like, dogshit. That game has vile writing. FL4K is not worth it.
I appreciate your opinion on the quality of some of the gamesβ writing (1/)
The point of this list isnβt to highlight quality writing but to highlight where games depict trans characters in a positive light. I donβt even agree with every game in this list I made (Cyberpunk for me) but know different rep matters to different people.
"Lorelei" is in the BL3 base game. You don't meet him post-transition.
Gearbox probably isn't a company worth giving free advertisement to, but if you're insistent on keeping it, "Juno" from the Bounty of Blood DLC is heavily implied to be a Trans Woman.
Of course only implied since GB is spineless.
Still sucks that the One Trans Character is tucked away near the ending of the game but, it is above the bar that is currently in hell.
*award winning, even
** Not just games. I donβt do rush jobs anymore due to stress and free time, which has made it harder to find work etc.
- Beast Breaker (trans characters)
- Spare Parts Episodes 1 & 2 (characters and dev)
- Reignbreaker (non binary character)
- Eternal Strands (non binary character)
- Let's! Revolution! (non binary character)
- Buck Up And Drive! (flags lol)
It rules that more of us are visible now, but there's a risk of implying we're a New Thing