It’s Trans Day of Visibility. In an industry where trans and diverse people are fringed and often sadly not made to feel welcome, we found it high time we celebrated the trans games that are out, loud, and proud.
This gigantic list aims to be history, but it of course will not be able to encapsulate all games. As there’s thousands, if not millions of trans people that have worked/are working on big AAA projects within gigantic teams, you can safely say far more than any number of games you can count have been touched by the hands of trans lives.
Everyone that writes for Checkpoint Gaming is a volunteer and does this of their own passion, so please note that while this list aims to be as exhaustive and updated as regularly as it can, it’s the effort of a small few individuals. The list can only be managed so much.
As this will include history, sadly not all games on this will be currently playable, but it’s worth noting their stamp on the scene. Some milestone releases were made possible only by hard-working trans people behind the scenes! Here’s an extensive list of positive representations of Trans games from diverse developers and/or featuring diverse characters to get stuck into.
77 Oleander Avenue Ghost House
Release date: 2022Platforms: PC, Developer: Runa Liore
Significance: Trans developer
Links: Website
“When you hear a ghost story, how much of it do you believe? Do you believe the ghost sightings and the paranormal encounters people have reported over the years? Do you believe all the strange coincidences recorded in their lives? How much do you doubt? How much is left behind when you doubt? What is left behind by your belief?
Waking up disoriented and weary, Tabby (Short for Tabitha, but she’s not gone by her full name since 3rd grade) wakes up in the parlor of an abandoned house. Her keys, wallet, and phone are missing and she can’t remember why she’s in such a place… not that it’s too far gone from some of the other places she’s woken up in over the years.”
2064: Read Only Memories
Release date: 2015Platforms: PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox OneDeveloper: MidBoss
Significance: Diverse developers and significant trans characters
Links: Website | Steam
“2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk thriller that explores the social challenges of tomorrow through classic adventure gaming. A journalist-turned-detective teams up with Turing, the world’s first sapient machine, to unmask a conspiracy that will shake the foundations of Neo-San Francisco.”
Absinthia
Release date: 2023Platforms: PCDeveloper: Joshua Keith, Team Bewitched
Significance: Trans characters in-game and trans dev on the development team
Links: Website/itch | Steam
“Absinthia is a turn-based RPG featuring the story of scorned Knight Freya, her young apprentice Sera, and their individual struggles with loss, betrayal and acceptance as they fight to protect their home.”
ABYSS X ZERO
Release date: Coming SoonPlatforms: PCDeveloper: Studio Pixel Punk
Significance: Studio of transgender Brazilian developers
Links: Website | Steam
“Explore an expansive world in this 3D Metroidvania with carefully crafted dungeons and stylish combat. Take control of two different characters, fated to battle each other: Codename A and Codename Z, legendary heroes with unique abilities that change how you fight and interact with the environment.”
Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
Release date: 2019Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, SwitchDeveloper: Melos Han-Tani, Marina KittakaSignificance: Trans development team and trans characters in-game
Links: Website | Steam
“A 2D-3D Action-Adventure game! Run, jump, and drive across vast, dreamy 3D landscapes. Shrink into surreal, 2D dungeons inside of characters’ bodies. Travel the world, meet strange people, and save the world from the dangerous Nano Dust. Don’t miss the follow-up to the classic game ‘Anodyne’!”
ANOTHEREAL
Release date: Coming SoonPlatforms: PCDeveloper: Lena RaineSignificance: Solo project by trans developer
Links: Website | Steam
“Accompany Astra as she discovers the world outside her solitude and uncovers the mysteries of the Real. Engage in shmup-style combat encounters to leave an impact and fight back against the ones who would challenge her EXISTENCE.”
Apex Legends
Release date: 2019 Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Respawn Entertainment
Significance: Several playable trans and gender-diverse charactersLinks: Website | Steam
“Apex Legends is the award-winning, free-to-play Hero Shooter from Respawn Entertainment. Master an ever-growing roster of legendary characters with powerful abilities, and experience strategic squad play and innovative gameplay in the next evolution of Hero Shooter and Battle Royale.”
Ascension: Transition and Silver
Release date: 2021 Platforms: PCDeveloper: SulMatul
Significance: The game explores transgender themes and gender identityLinks: Website | Steam
“Ascension is a visual novel following three lost souls as they venture into The Zone – a dangerous and alien world. Follow the abrasive Doctor, the shy Scholar and sardonic Escort on their journey – though none of them will come out unscathed.”
A Year of Springs
Release date: 2018Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: npckc
Significance: Non-binary developer
Links: Website | Steam
“Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.”
BALDUR’S GATE 3
Release date: 2023Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X|S, PS5Developer: Larian Studios
Significance: Trans characters and gender diverse body customisation optionsLinks: Website | Steam
“Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.”
BATTLETECH
Release date: 2018 Platforms: PC, Developer: Harebrained Schemes
Significance: Trans lead designerLinks: Website | Steam
“Take command of your own mercenary outfit of ‘Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.”
Beastieball
Release date: 2024 (in Early Access)Platforms: PCDeveloper: Wishes Unlimited
Significance: Trans music composer, inclusive studio and character customiserLinks: Website | Steam | Our Early Access Review
“A turn-based volleyball RPG where you coach a sports team of Beasties! Your Beasties’ relationships grow and change, unlocking new abilities and combo plays!”
Best Friend Forever
Release date: 2018 Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, Developer: Starcott
Significance: Romancable trans characterLinks: Steam | Our Review
“Pat the dogs… and then their owners. Step into the world of Rainbow Bay in Best Friend Forever, a dating sim-meets-dog care sim where you pat, pamper and train your pup while you search for your own forever friend.”
Blobun
Release date: 2025Platforms: PCDeveloper: CyanSorcery
Significance: Trans developers Links: Website | Steam
“You are a blob bunny. Your goal? Touch every tile! Get your slime all over the place and overcome tricks and traps as you make your way through this casual puzzle game.”
Bloodborne PSX
Release date: 2022 (delisted and unplayable)Platforms: PCDeveloper: LW Media
Significance: Trans developerLinks: Website
“Bloodborne PSX takes place within the city of Yharnam with players able to follow the first section of Bloodborne up to the fight against the enemy Father Gascoigne. The player takes the role of the Hunter who awakes within the city of Yharnam and following the same plot as Bloodborne”
Borderlands 3
Release date: 2019 Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Gearbox Software
Significance: Playable non-binary character in FL4K, supporting cast has trans charactersLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“The original shooter-looter returns, packing bazillions of guns and a mayhem-fueled adventure! Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four new Vault Hunters.”
Bossgame: The Final Boss Is My Heart
Release date: 2022 Platforms: PCDeveloper: Lilycore Games/Lily Valeen
Significance: Trans developer, trans charactersLinks: Website | Steam | Our Queer Game of the Month article on it
“BOSSGAME: The Final Boss Is My Heart is a lesbian romance boss rush! Sophie and Anna are broke and trying to pay rent by hunting devils. Fight colorful bosses, flirt with your girlfriend, and uncover the mysteries of Mammon City in this lightning-fast action game!”
Boyfriend Dungeon
Release date: 2021 Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Kitfox Games
Significance: Trans characters are prevalent in-game.Links: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Date your weapons! Romance swords, daggers, and polearms to level them up in this “shack-and-slash” dungeon crawling adventure.”
Breathless Winds
Release date: 2024Platforms: PCDeveloper: ForeverFuture Games
Significance: Trans woman lead characterLinks: Website | Steam
“After recovering from a painful incident, a closeted trans woman finds herself split between four possible paths – returning to sailing, becoming a healer, helping the resident witch, or joining a prince on a mysterious quest. A fantasy romance visual novel about love and self-discovery.”
Bugsnax
Release date: 2020Platforms: PC, Mobile, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Young Horses
Significance: Gender diverse charactersLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Catch mysterious living snacks and feed them to your friends in this unusual island adventure!”
Caravan Sandwitch
Release date: 2024Platforms: PC, PS5, Nintendo SwitchDeveloper: Plane Toast
Significance: Gender diverse charactersLinks: Website | Steam
“Embark on a journey across vast landscapes in Caravan SandWitch, a captivating narrative-driven exploration adventure.”
Caves of Qud
Release date: 2024
Platforms: PCDeveloper: Freehold Games
Significance: Multiple trans devs on the team, transhumanism themes and trans charactersLinks: Website | Steam
“Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retrofuturism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants. Come inhabit an exotic world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations.”
Celeste
Release date: 2018
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Maddy Makes Games
Significance: The lead character and developer are trans women, with heavy trans subtext in its story. Links: Website | Steam
“Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.”
Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Release date: 2021Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Wishes Unlimited
Significance: Trans composerLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“A top-down adventure game in a colouring book world full of vibrant characters. Use painting powers to explore, solve puzzles, make friends, and draw on anything! From creators on Wandersong + Celeste.”
CHORDIOID
Release date: Coming SoonPlatforms: PCDeveloper: ash taylor
Significance: Multiple trans characters in the castLinks: Website/itch | Steam
“CHORDIOID is a unique musical JRPG that seamlessly blends turn-based combat with rhythm game mechanics. Fight foes in exciting battles that keep you thinking on your feet, hit notes to parry attacks in classic rhythm-game fashion, and quickly plan your next moves, all while the beat goes on.
Coaster Kisser
Release date: 2025Platforms: PCDeveloper: Radiant G
Significance: Trans and non-binary charactersLinks: Website/itch
“Coaster Kisser is a satirical love letter to a real theme park. Play as Grin Barrett, the roller coaster with the world’s most inversions, as you design a new roller coaster for the park with the help of your friends… and maybe even find love along the way.”
Concord
Release date: 2024Platforms: PC and PS5 (delisted from both)Developer: Firewalk Studio
Significance: Trans and gender-diverse charactersLinks: Steam | Our Review
“JOIN THE CREW OF THE NORTHSTAR. Assemble your crew of Freegunner space outlaws and team up with friends online on PlayStation®5 and PC* in Concord.”
Coral Island
Release date: 2023Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Stairway Games
Significance: Non-binary charactersLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Coral Island is a vibrant and laid-back reimagining of farm sim games. Be who you want and experience enchanting island living at your own pace—live off the land, nurture animals, build relationships with a diverse cast of townsfolk, and make the world around you a more vital and harmonious place.”
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
Release date: 2023Platforms: PC, Nintendo SwitchDeveloper: Deconstructeam
Significance: Trans developers on the team, trans characters in-gameLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.
Cyberpunk 2077
Release date: 2020Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: CD Projekt Red
Significance: Trans characters and trans character creator optionsLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.”
The Day We Fought Space
Release date: 2022Platforms: iOSDeveloper: Tursiops Truncatus Studios
Significance: Trans developerLinks: Website |iOS App Store Listing
“In The Day We Fought Space, a wreck ‘em up with spiraling chain reactions, fight your way through enemy territory while reclaiming earth. Use physics to your advantage as you create dynamic and powerful chain explosions that send enemies into a tailspin. Strategize and respond to the environment and enemies around you, while destroying everything in sight.”
Dead Names
Release date: 2024Platforms: PCDeveloper: flower studioSignificance: The Story explores a trans character and trans themes
Links: Website/itch | Our Queer Game of the Month article on it
“a small sci-fi visual novel for Game Boy — set during one winter day, in a future that hopefully never comes.”
Deathloop
Release date: 2021Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Arkane Lyon
Significance: Key level designer developer is transLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“DEATHLOOP is a next-gen FPS from Arkane Lyon, the award-winning studio behind Dishonored. In DEATHLOOP, two rival assassins are trapped in a mysterious timeloop on the island of Blackreef, doomed to repeat the same day for eternity.”
Death of a Wish
Release date: 2018 (available now)Platforms: PC, Nintendo SwitchDeveloper: melessthanthree
Significance: Non-binary developer, Non-binary and trans characters in the castLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“THE NEO-SANCTUM SHALL FALL. Claim retribution against the theocratic Faiths as you master vicious hack-and-slash combat in this action RPG where style is salvation.”
Depression Quest
Release date: 2014Platforms: PCDeveloper: Zoe Quinn/ The Quinnspiracy
Significance: Non-binary developerLinks: Website | Steam
“Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.”
Desta: The Memories Between
Release date: 2022Platforms: PC, Switch, MobileDeveloper: ustwo
Significance: Non-binary lead characterLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Fall into a beautiful and puzzling dreamworld. Find your friends, unlock spectacular abilities and overcome the odds in a surreal tactical dodgeball adventure to uncover the mysteries of a broken world from the creators of Monument Valley.”
Drăculești
Release date: Coming SoonPlatforms: PCDeveloper: Fine Feathered FriendsSignificance: Trans protagonist and a majority of the development team is trans or non-binary
Links: Website | Steam | Our PAX AUS 2024 Highlight on the game
“a small sci-fi visual novel for Game Boy — set during one winter day, in a future that hopefully never comes.”
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Release date: 2014Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, PS5, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: BioWare
Significance: Trans characters appear in-gameLinks: Website | Steam
“Winner of over 130 Game of the Year awards, discover the definitive Dragon Age: Inquisition experience. The Game of the Year Edition includes the critically acclaimed game, all three official add-ons – Jaws of Hakkon, The Descent, and Trespasser – and more.”
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Release date: 2024 Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: BioWare
Significance: Non-binary character and trans identity stories and character customisingLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Unite the Veilguard and defy the gods in Dragon Age™: The Veilguard, an immersive single-player RPG.”
Dread Delusion
Release date: 2024Platforms: PCDeveloper: Lovely Hellplace
Significant: Important trans charactersLinks: Website | Steam
“Dread Delusion is an open-world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic – and change the world through your choices.”
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator
Release date: 2017Platforms: PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Mobile
Developer: Game GrumpsSignificance: Datable trans character
Links: Website | Steam
“Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a game where you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads. Are you ready? Hi ready, I’m Dad.”
DUNGEON GALS
Release date: Coming SoonPlatforms: PCDeveloper: DoricDream
Significance: Developed by a trans developer. A trans woman and a non-binary character are some of the cast leads. Links: Website/itch
“A small polycule-turned-crisis control team been summoned to help a civilization in the sky escape impending doom! Explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and find lots of treasure to help prepare yourself for incredible challenges!”
Dupli_City
Release date: 2019 Platforms: PCDeveloper: Rainy Rock
Significance: Trans themes and charactersLinks: Steam
“A cyberpunk narrative game in which you use your psychic powers to stop a megacorp’s evil A.I. Send your party members on missions, help them make critical relationship decisions, and earn their trust. Also vampires and a robot cat.”
Dustborn
Release date: 2024Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Red Thread Games
Significance: Non-binary character part of key castLinks: Website | Steam | Our Queer Game of the Month article on it
“Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.”
Dys4ia
Release date: 2014Platforms: PC, Developer: anna anthropy
Significance: Trans developer telling their story through the gameLinks: Website/itch
“In 2012, I made the decision to begin hormone replacement therapy. This game is about the next six months of my life, made up of playable vignettes I created at a rate of one or two a day.
This Journal Game is not meant as a definitive guide to the process of HRT. It is an attempt at documenting the emotional experience of transitioning in the 2010s, created for other trans people who might have related.”
Esc
Release date: 2018 Platforms: PCDeveloper: Lena Raine
Significance: Trans developerLinks: Website | Steam
“An interactive novel about identity, roleplay, and dreams.”
Essays on Empathy
Release date: 2021Platforms: PCDeveloper: Deconstructeam
Significance: Trans developer at the studioLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“A curated compilation of Deconstructeam’s best efforts in seeking new narrative experiences in games. Explore 10 unique, offbeat tales including “De Tres al Cuarto,” a brand new short experience exclusive to the compilation about a couple of two-bit comedians trying to make it big.”
Eternal Strands
Release date: 2025Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Yellow Brick Games
Significance: Non-binary supporting characterLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Fight epic, towering creatures while blending magical abilities with an arsenal of powerful weapons to keep the world from crumbling in this third-person, action-adventure game.”
Even the Ocean
Release date: 2016Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One, SwitchDeveloper: Melos Han-Tani, Marina Kittaka
Significance: Trans characters in-game and trans development teamLinks: Website | Steam
“A physics-shifting puzzle platformer where you’ll delve into dangerous power plants and massive creatures! Run into Light and Dark Energy-infused hazards to shift your movement physics to conquer each challenge. Explore towns and cities, and help a world thrown out of balance.
Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
Release date: 2018 Platforms: PCDeveloper: Miro Haverinen
Significance: Trans character in-gameLinks: Website | Steam
“F&H 2: Termina is oppressive, relentless and hopeless. A mix of jRPG and Survival Horror. Turn-based combat meets resource management. 3 days to explore the wicked town of Prehevil and find out about its dark secrets. 3 days until the pale and sickly green moon rises at its apex. Termina is upon us!”
Freedom Planet
Release date: 2014Platforms: PC, Switch, PS4, Wii UDeveloper: GalaxyTrail
Significance: Trans developerLinks: Website | Steam
“Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.”
Freedom Planet 2
Release date: 2022Platforms: PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: GalaxyTrail
Significance: Trans developerLinks: Website | Steam
“The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!.”
Genderwrecked
Release date: 2017Platforms: PCDeveloper: Ryan Rose Aceae
Significance: Deeply trans story with themes and representationLinks: Website/itch
“GENDERWRECKED is a post-apocalyptic genderpunk visual novel about traveling broken lands and kissing/fighting/talking to monsters in an attempt to learn the true meaning of a mysterious force called GENDER.”
Get in the Car, Loser
Release date: 2021Platforms: PC, Nintendo SwitchDeveloper: Christine Love
Significance: The protagonist is a trans lesbianLinks: Steam
“A lesbian road trip RPG by the co-creator of Ladykiller in a Bind about fighting for love and justice in the face of indifference, inspired by choice-driven visual novels, and a battle system influenced by classic and modern JRPGs. WILL YOU STAND AND FIGHT IN THE FACE OF EVIL?
Gnosia
Release date: 2019Platforms: PC, PS Vita, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Petit Depotto
Significance: Non-binary character in the castLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time…”
Goodbye Volcano High
Release date: 2023Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5Developer: KO_OP
Significance: Trans characters in the castLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.”
Good Lord! Everyone at the Reunion For My Religious All-Girls School Is a Trans Man… And They’re Hot?!
Release date: 2024Platforms: PCDeveloper: tofurocks, Runa Liore Winters, whatnames
Significance: 3 romanceable trans masc characters, gender diverse development teamLinks: Website/itch (available now) | Steam (coming soon)
“Are you really the only woman at the ten-year reunion for your religious all-girls high school?! Catch up with your old graduating class and maybe learn a thing or two about yourself in a hilarious weekend romp at a posh vineyard. What could possibly go wrong?”
Guilty Gear -Strive-
Release date: 2021Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Arc System Works
Significance: Playable fighter Bridget is a trans woman while Testament is non-binary.Links: Website | Steam | Our Review
“The cutting-edge 2D/3D hybrid graphics pioneered in the Guilty Gear series have been raised to the next level in “GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-“. The new artistic direction and improved character animations will go beyond anything you’ve seen before in a fighting game!”
Hades
Release date: 2020Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Supergiant Games
Significance: Non-binary character in its castLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.”
Hades II
Release date: 2024 (in Early Access) Platforms: PC, other platforms TBDDeveloper: Supergiant Games
Significance: Non-binary characters in its castLinks: Website | Steam
“Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.”
HARDCODED
Release date: 2024Platforms: PCDeveloper: Ghost Hug Games
Significance: Trans characters, positivity and joyous depictions of trans sexLinks: Website | Steam
“HARDCODED – A non-linear delve through the lives and beds of the people of a cyberpunk city.”
Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
Release date: 2023Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: DON’T NOD
Significance: Non-binary characters in its castLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities’.”
The Hayseed Knight
Release date: 2020Platforms: PCDeveloper: Max Molina
Significance: Trans masculine dev and one of the protagonists is a trans woman.Links: Website/itch | Steam
“A ragtag band of misfits tell the unlikely tale of a one-eyed farmboy’s accidental rise to fame in this fully voice-acted and animated picaresque visual novel.”
Heart of the Woods
Release date: 2019Platforms: PCDeveloper: Studio Élan
Significance: Trans character in the castLinks: Website | Steam
“A fantasy yuri visual novel filled with magic, fairies, and a ghost girl. When Maddie and her best friend, Tara, journey to a remote forest village to investigate rumors of the supernatural, they find a whole lot more than they bargained for.”
Heaven Will Be Mine
Release date: 2018 (available now)Platforms: PC, MobileDeveloper: Worst Girl Games, Pillow Fight
Significance: Trans developersLinks: Website | Steam
“HEAVEN WILL BE MINE is a visual novel about making terrible life decisions in the midst of a hot-blooded battle between giant robots. Select one of three terribly behaved girls to fight and/or make out with each other in their struggle for the fate of space.”
He Fucked The Girl Out Of Me
Release date: 2022Platforms: PC, Game BoyDeveloper: Taylor McCue
Significance: Trans game story developed by a trans developerLinks: Website | Steam
“He Fucked The Girl Out Of Me is a semi-autobiographical narrative visual novel about trauma and sex work made for the gameboy. The author explains how sex work impacted her life and changed her perception of the world. The game takes approximately 40 minutes to play from start to finish.”
The House in Fata Morgana
Release date: 2012Platforms: PC, PS Vita, PS4, PS5, Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Switch, MobileDeveloper: NOVECT
Significance: Intersex characterLinks: Website | Steam
“A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. “The House in Fata Morgana” is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.”
If Found…
Release date: 2020Platforms: PC, Nintendo SwitchDeveloper: DREAMFEEL
Significance: Story follows a trans characterLinks: Website | Steam
“If Found… is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.”
Ikenfell
Release date: 2020Platforms: PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox OneDeveloper: Happy Ray Games
Significance: Non-binary characters in the cast
Links: Website | Steam
“A turn-based tactical RPG about a group of troublesome magic students. Use timing mechanics to power your spells and block attacks, explore the twisted halls of a vast magic school, fight challenging monsters and bosses, and uncover dark secrets never meant to be found.”
Ink Inside
Release date: 2024Platforms: PCDeveloper: Blackfield Entertainment LLC
Significance: Trans and non-binary characters in-game.
Links: Website | Steam
“INK INSIDE is a CO-OP action RPG based on a lost cartoon pilot! Play as Stick (Brian David Gilbert) an unfinished doodle fighting back against the wet “Sog” corrupting the notebook they live in. Team up with a friend in CO-OP to find treasure, upgrade your characters, and beat-up the sog together!“
In Stars and Time
Release date: 2023Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo SwitchDeveloper: insertdisc5
Significance: Non-binary and trans charactersLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.”
Interstate 35
Release date: 2024Platforms: PCDeveloper: Radiant Array
Significance: Trans developerLinks: Website | Steam
“A visual novel exploring a near-apocalyptic vision of North Texas, told through the poetic words of a young woman going home.”
I Was A Teenage Exocolonist
Release date: 2022Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo SwitchDeveloper: Northway Games
Significance: Non-binary characters in the cast, diverse pronoun and gender identity optionsLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.”
Jill O’Lantern: Final Cut
Release date: 2024Platforms: PCDeveloper: Screen Savor Studios
Significance: Non-binary and gender fluid characters in the cast
Links: Website/itch | Steam | Our Queer Game of the Month article on it
“Find the clues to make a time bending turnabout in this off the rails visual novel about murder, mayhem, and a thicc pumpkin girl with a machete.”
Kaiju Noir
Release date: 2021Platforms: PCDeveloper: EnbyKaiju
Significance: Trans Non-binary developer and a trans protagonist
Links: Website/itch
“What is Kaiju Noir? Kaiju Noir is a pulp fiction visual novel that is quick, dirty, and satisfying to digest in one sitting. This is a tale of giant monsters, intrigue, corruption, and redemption. “
Kitsune Tails
Release date: 2024Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo SwitchDeveloper: Kitsune Games
Significance: Trans developers made up a good portion of the dev team.
Links: Steam | Our Queer Game of the Month article on it
“Run, jump, and dash across a land inspired by Japanese mythology and untangle the love triangle between three young women on a journey of self discovery. Explore the complicated relationships between kitsune and humans through classic platforming action.
Key Fairy
Release date: To be announcedPlatforms: PCDeveloper: Owl Machine
Significance: Trans developers and key trans characters in its cast
Links: Steam
“A hand-drawn, pacifist, folkloric, bullet-hell. Grapple and dance around monsters to collect their shattered stars, weave your way through twisting paths, encounter strange folk, uncover ancient magic, and evade forgotten gods in this frenetic 2D action-adventure.”
The Last of Us Part II
Release date: 2020Platforms: PS4, PS5, PCDeveloper: Naughty Dog
Significance: Key trans character in the castLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review | Our article on the trans representation in the game
“Relive or play for the first time Ellie and Abby’s story, now with graphical enhancements, new gameplay modes like the roguelike survival experience No Return, full DualSense® wireless controller integration, and more.”
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak
Release date: 2021 (2024 worldwide)Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo SwitchDeveloper: Nihon Falcom
Significance: Gender-diverse character that’s key to the castLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“The spriggan known as Van Arkride, an underground professional, accepts any job, acting as detective, negotiator, or bounty hunter. Dive into the Trails series’ latest chapter with intense combat, beautiful visuals, and a new alignment system in Calvard!”
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II
Release date: 2022 (2025 worldwide)Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo SwitchDeveloper: Nihon Falcom
Significance: Gender-diverse character that’s key to the castLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Return to the Calvard Republic and unravel the mystery of the crimson beast! One day, a shocking series of murders set the wheels of fate into motion once again. Chaos looming on the horizon, the spriggan Van Arkride receives an unexpected visitor. Who is behind the murders, and what is their goal?”
Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Release date: 2024Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Deck Nine
Significance: Trans female character that’s key to the castLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive – and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines – can Max solve and prevent the same murder?”
Lucah: Born of a Dream
Release date: 2018 Platforms: PC, Nintendo SwitchDeveloper: melessthanthree
Significance: Non-binary developer, Non-binary and trans characters in the castLinks: Website/itch | Steam
“FOR THE POWER AND GLORY; NOW AND FOREVER”
Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart
Release date: 2024 (in Early Access)Platforms: PCDeveloper: Ghost Moth
Significance: Trans and Non-binary characters make up a good portion of the castLinks: Website | Steam
“Matchmaker: Dungeon Heart is a narrative-driven dating & romance sim featuring match-3 gameplay. Train with the monstrous inhabitants of the dungeon. You may find yourself falling in love.”
Many Nights a Whisper
Release date: Q2 2025Platforms: PCDeveloper: Deconstructeam, Selkie Harbour
Significance: Trans developers on the teamLinks: Website | Steam
“A short interactive essay on dreams, pressure, and expectations. Take part in an ancient ritual where one shot determines the fate of a generation.”
Mice Tea
Release date: 2023Platforms: PCDeveloper: Cinnamon Switch LLC
Significance: Largely trans dev team, game has trans charactersLinks: Website/itch| Steam
“Mice Tea is an 18+ story-driven visual novel full of emotion, romance, and a woman turning into a mouse. Or sometimes a mink. Or sometimes… well, there’s a lot of different things she and her friends turn into. “
Monster Prom
Release date: 2018 Platforms: PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox OneDeveloper: Beautiful Glitch
Significance: Important trans characterLinks: Website | Steam
“You have 3 weeks to get a date for Monster Prom! Go through absurd and funny situations, raise your stats and seduce one of your classmates. Beautiful art, bold, unapologetic dialogue and hard choices make up this Multiplayer (1-4 players) Dating Sim. Be your worst self.”
M.U.L.E
Release date: 1983Platforms: Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, IBM PC, PC-88, MSX2, Sharp X1, NESDeveloper: Ozark Softscape
Significance: The original designer was a trans womanLinks: GOG
“M.U.L.E. is about four hopeful explorers trying to make a fortune on a virgin planet.”
New Tales From the Borderlands
Release date: 2022Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Gearbox Software
Significance: Features prevalent trans charactersLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Decide the fates of altruistic scientist Anu, her ambitious, “streetwise” brother Octavio, and the fierce, frogurt-slinging Fran. Claw and con your way through five thrilling chapters!”
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…
Release date: 2021Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox OneDeveloper: Square Enix, Toylogic Inc.
Significance: Features intersex character
Links: Website | Steam | Our Review
“The upgraded prequel of NieR: Automata. A kind young man sets out with Grimoire Weiss, a strange talking book, to search for the “Sealed verses” in order to save his sister Yonah, who fell terminally ill to the Black Scrawl.”
Nightmare Kart
Release date: 2024Platforms: PCDeveloper: LWMedia
Significance: Trans developerLinks: Website/itch| Steam
“Zoom through gothic streets in this horror-themed vehicular combat racing game!”
No Longer Home
Release date: 2021Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Humble Grove
Significance: Non-binary protagonistLinks: Website | Steam
“No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you’ve built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.”
A Normal Lost Phone
Release date: 2017Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, AndroidDeveloper: Accidental Queens, Seaven Studio
Significance: Key trans characterLinks: Website | Steam
“A Normal Lost Phone is a game about exploring the intimacy of an unknown person whose phone was found by the player.”
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Release date: 2004 (GameCube) 2024 (Nintendo Switch)Platforms: Gamecube, Nintendo SwitchDeveloper: Intelligent Systems
Significance: Trans character with her own storyline about her identityLinks: Website | Our Review
“After Princess Peach asks for his help on a treasure hunt, Mario heads to the town of Rogueport. But when he arrives, Peach is nowhere to be seen! Upon learning about the legend of the Crystal Stars, Mario sets out to find these mythical treasures and hopefully track down Peach along the way.”
Psychroma
Release date: 2024Platforms: PCDeveloper: Rocket Adrift
Significance: Important trans character and trans themes in the story. Trans developers on the teamLinks: Website | Steam | Our Queer Game of the Month article on it
“Psychroma is a psychological horror side-scroller set in a haunted cyberpunk house. Collect cards and explore the memories stored on them to piece together your past. But the deeper you go, the more you expose yourself to the brightest heat, the warmest color…”
Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance
Release date: 2018 Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Rocket Adrift
Significance: Trans developers on the teamLinks: Website | Steam
“Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance is a dating sim about a teen girl who moves to a small secret community of cryptids. Romance a magical Fairy, a sensitive Sasquatch and a bold Velociraptor. A satirical 90’s teen drama about trying to find love in your last year of high school.”
The Red Strings Club
Release date: 2018 Platforms: PC, Nintendo SwitchDeveloper: Deconstructeam
Significance: Transhumanism themes and trans developer on the teamLinks: Website | Steam
“The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.”
Secret Little Haven
Release date: 2018 Platforms: PC Developer: Hummingwrap Interactive
Significance: The story follows a trans girl finding their identityLinks: Website | Steam
“An adventure game about old computers, community, creativity, fandom, gender, and the internet. Alex Cole is a teenage trans girl in 1999 who has yet to figure herself out. She spends much of her free time on the internet, browsing a fan forum for her favorite magical girl show, and chatting with her friends.”
ShelfLife: Art School Detective
Release date: To be announcedPlatforms: PCDeveloper: Fnife Games
Significance: Non-binary characters make up its castLinks: Website | Steam | Our PAX Aus 2024 impressions
“ShelfLife: Art School Detective is a Mystery Adventure featuring a cast of romanceable weirdos! Befriend and investi-DATE 7 potential suspects. Use psychic powers to astral project into their artwork and learn their secrets. Unmask the mysterious ART KILLER that’s terrorising your campus!ShelfLife: Art School Detective is a Mystery Adventure featuring a cast of romanceable weirdos! Befriend and investi-DATE 7 potential suspects. Use psychic powers to astral project into their artwork and learn their secrets. Unmask the mysterious ART KILLER that’s terrorising your campus!”
The Sims 4
Release date: 2014Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox OneDeveloper: Maxis
Significance: Trans-friendly character customising optionsLinks: Website | Steam
“Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.”
SkateBIRD
Release date: 2021Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Glass Bottom Games
Significance: Developed by a trans-led studioLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Grind on bendy straws, kickflip over staplers, and carve killer lines through cardboard and sticky tape parks. Above all else, skate birds try their best!”
Slasher U: A Horror Movie Dating Sim
Release date: 2023Platforms: PCDeveloper: Andi Sanytagata
Significance: Datable Non-Binary charactersLinks: Website | Steam
“Slasher U is an 18+ character-driven RPG dating sim, set in the open-world campus of America’s Horniest Horror Movie University!”
Small Saga
Release date: 2023Platforms: PCDeveloper: Darya Noghani
Significance: Gender non-conforming charactersLinks: Website | Steam
“Beneath the streets of London, an angry mouse seeks revenge against the god who stole his tail. An epic RPG of miniature proportions!”
Sorry We’re Closed
Release date: 2024Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: à la mode games
Significance: Several Non-binary charactersLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Sorry We’re Closed is an eccentric story-driven survival horror game about demons, angels and what happens when both sides collide. A mix of classic fixed-camera exploration and arcade-style shooting where Michelle must use her Third Eye to see between worlds, uncover secrets and solve puzzles.”
The Spirit and the Mouse
Release date: 2025Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, SwitchDeveloper: Alblune
Significance: Trans developerLinks: Website | Steam
“Bring kindness and light to the people of Sainte-et-Claire as Lila—a tiny mouse with a big heart! Explore a quaint French village, make electrifying new friends, and do good deeds for those in need in this lush narrative adventure game.”
Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To
Release date: 2025Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Soft Not Weak
Significance: Almost all characters in the cast are gender diverse, many of the development team is queer and gender diverseLinks: Website | Steam | Our Queer Game of the Month article on it
“Cast spells, be queer, and crash the biggest concert of the year! Spirit Swap is an action-puzzle meets narrative game set in a lush world of witchy demons.”
Stories from Sol: The Gun Dog
Release date: 2025Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Space Colony Studios
Significance: The protagonist can be non-binary and there’s a non-binary character in the castLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.”
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
Release date: 2023Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Summerfall Studios
Significance: Non-binary character in the cast voiced by gender fluid voice actor Links: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Gods. Romance. Murder. Musical Numbers?! Play as Grace in a world where Greek Gods live in hiding among us. Change your fate as you draw friends, foes & lovers into song using your powers of musical persuasion to unravel the mystery of the Last Muse’s death.”
Squeakross: Home Squeak Home
Release date: 2025Platforms: PCDeveloper: Alblune
Significance: Trans developer Links: Website | Steam
“In Squeakross: Home Squeak Home, solve and transform puzzles into furniture to decorate the perfect home for your rodent friend. Collect hundreds of decorations, accessories and stickers in this cozy game full of charm!”
Super Lesbian Animal RPG
Release date: 2022Platforms: PCDeveloper: ponett
Significance: Trans developer and trans characters in the castLinks: Website | Steam
“Melody has decided to become a healer in this classic-inspired turn-based RPG about love, anxiety, and fighting funny-looking monsters in dungeons.”
Tell Me Why
Release date: 2020Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Developer: DON’TNOD
Significance: Lead trans male character
Links: Website | Steam | Our Review | Tell Me Why: Trauma, Abuse and the Unreliable Narrator
“Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.”
They Speak From The Abyss
Release date: Coming SoonPlatforms: PCDeveloper: Nikki Kalpa
Significance: Transhumanism themes in-gameLinks: Website | Steam
“Lost in a cursed world. Surrounded by the tortured souls of the damned. Is the only way out truly a baptism in blood? Face demons head-on, talking or fighting your way through this surreal, psychological horror, dungeon crawling RPG.”
Thirsty Suitors
Release date: 2023Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Outerloop Games
Significance: Trans character in the supporting castLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Thirsty Suitors is a surreal story-driven game which throws turn-based RPG battles, skating and over-the-top cooking mechanics together in a spicy fusion! This isn’t a dating sim – it’s a breakup simulator. Battle your exes. Disappoint your parents. Find yourself.”
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
Release date: 2022Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Gearbox Software
Significance: Trans masculine character in the game’s castLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
“Embark on an epic adventure full of whimsy, wonder, and high-powered weaponry! Roll your own multiclass hero then shoot, loot, slash, and cast on a quest to stop the Dragon Lord.”
Twofold
Release date: 2023Platforms: PCDeveloper: Salty Salty Studios, Studio Coattails
Significance: Non-binary protagonistLinks: Website | Steam
“In a bid to avoid failing out of college, Olive Penn inadvertently finds themselves caught in the middle of a feud between two campus club leaders whose rivalry seemingly threatens to tear their friendship apart.
Unsighted
Release date: 2021Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|SDeveloper: Studio Pixel Punk
Significance: Trans developersLinks: Website | Steam
“EXPLORE YOUR WAY. Awoken to a world ruined by war, Alma must traverse the vast city of Arcadia before the life force of her friends and herself withers away. Time is ticking, and every moment matters. Who will you save, and who will you leave to turn UNSIGHTED?”
Validate: Struggling Singles in Your Area
Release date: 2022Platforms: PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox OneDeveloper: Veritable Joy Studios
Significance: Non-binary characters in the castLinks: Website | Steam
“ValiDate is a romantic visual novel about 13 adults in Jercy City navigating new relationships and the harsh realities that come alongside them.”
Watch Dogs 2
Release date: 2016Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox OneDeveloper: Ubisoft
Significance: Trans woman character in the castLinks: Website | Steam
“Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.”
We Know The Devil
Release date: 2016Platforms: PC, Nintendo SwitchDeveloper: Pillow Fight, Worst Girl Games
Significance: Trans characters in-gameLinks: Website | Steam
“WE KNOW THE DEVIL is a visual novel about teens reluctantly fighting the devil at summer camp. Follow meangirl Neptune, tomboy Jupiter, and shy shy Venus as they get to know each other–but one always gets left out.”
Wylde Flowers
Release date: 2022Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOSDeveloper: Studio Drydock Pty Ltd
Significance: Non-binary character voiced by a gender fluid voice actorLinks: Website | Steam | Our Review
‘Join Tara on a heartfelt journey to become a witch in Wylde Flowers. Farm by day, and cast spells by night as you craft your cottagecore life and bond with your coven. Come to know and love the fully voice acted characters of Fairhaven, as you unravel a local mystery.”
And there you have it. There are 90+ trans games throughout history. This just goes to show that many adventure and development studios are dedicated, out loud and proud. In the current age, that’s something worth celebrating. Play a trans game! It will damn near change your life.
About the Author
Charlie Kelly
She/Her, They/Them
Charlie loves her video games as much as she loves dumb, charming JRPG protagonists: probably way too much. You can often catch her spending too much time being emotional over LGBT stories in games. She also thinks Yakuza 6 is the best one.
