This is a post I’ve wanted to do for a while (I know, I say that a lot, but there legitimately are a lot of posts I’ve been wanting to do), so what better time than Pride month?
A lot of games now have a gender-ambiguous player character or let you choose they/them pronouns, including a lot of games here, but I wanted to showcase some games that have more than that. Most of these have a romanceable character who is nonbinary. One is befriendable. One has a canonically nonbinary player character. And a lot of these games are queer in other ways too. Hopefully you’ll find something that sounds good to you!
(My usual disclaimer: Not every character specifically says what their gender label is, some just use they/them pronouns, and in real life you shouldn’t assume based on pronouns, but for the purposes of helping people find rep, I’m including them in this post. If I’ve incorrectly included any characters, just send me an email.)
(Also, I’m sorry, I have to post the images without alt text right now, but I’ll come back and add it soon!)
Monster Camp // Monster Con
These are both part of the Monster Prom line of games, which are mostly silly, irreverent dating sims with bold art and fun, ridiculous characters and situations. Monster Camp has Milo, and Monster Con has Nico, both of whom are nonbinary and dateable. You can also choose pronouns for the player character.
My Review (I don’t have reviews for these, so it’s my Prom review) // Steam (Camp) // Steam (Con)
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
This is a sort of life sim, sort of visual novel, sort of deck builder about growing up on another planet. It has gorgeous art, wonderful characters, and lots of outcomes. It also has a lot of canonically queer characters, including one nonbinary character (Nomi-Nomi) you can befriend or romance. And you can choose pronouns (I think there may be some customization too but can’t quite remember) for the player character, and change them at any time.
Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Remainder
This is a dark, emotional visual novel about two mages with a complicated history trapped in a tower, potentially facing a fate worse than death. You can choose pronouns for the player character, and the other character, Ilar, (who is sort of romanceable) is nonbinary.
Ace in Space
This is a fairly small visual novel about someone with cancer getting chosen to go live on another planet in an idyllic society run by robot aliens. It can get heavy, but it can also be sweet and happy. The player character (on the left in the screenshots) is canonically nonbinary and asexual, and many of the robots you can befriend or romance are too.
The Hepatica Spring
This is another fairly small visual novel, where you play as the owner of a hotel in a fantasy land working with one of three potential friend / romance options to stop some political machinations. One of the options is nonbinary (Leif).
Arcade Spirits
I haven’t played the second one yet, but the first is a visual novel about working in an arcade, plus friendship and/or romance. It’s not really SFF (the first at least), it just takes place in the near future, but I still wanted to include it. Because the first one has a romanceable character (Ashley) who doesn’t use the term nonbinary but is questioning her gender in a way that was very relatable to me, and the second one has a nonbinary character (Rhapsody). The player can also choose pronouns.
Citizen Sleeper
This one is a sort of text/choice-based life sim about living on a space station, surviving, exploring, making friends. The player character is never given a gender, and there’s no romance, but there is one nonbinary character (Peake) you can get close to.
First Bite
This is a fun, vampire-filled visual novel in which you have to try to not die and convince the sexy vampire throuple to make you one of them instead. And two of them (Laurel and Valeria, left and middle of screenshot) are nonbinary! The player can also choose pronouns.
A Ghost Story?
This is a beautifully illustrated visual novel with a somewhat tragic, mysterious story about a haunted house and romance options of various genders, including one who’s nonbinary (Ollie).
Moonstone Island
This one is a cute creature collector / farming sim (kinda, you don’t have to do much farming, but it has similar overall gameplay). There are many romance options, including men, women, and three who are nonbinary (Paolo, Gaiana, Rowan).
If you enjoyed this, you may also like my post about sci-fi/fantasy books with nonbinary characters!
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