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Abominations	Monstrous beings taken a step beyond, beings so hideous that viewing them drives people insane or their very existence is affront to laws of nature. Or just some exceptionally ugly monsters that do not resemble much anything real.	1987 / 2019	43 games
Abstract protagonist	Player controls some abstract thing with no clear representative, such as an unexplained geometric shape that can't really be identified as an object, a being, or any other such more specific thing.		3 games
Adventurer protagonist (Explorer protagonist;Treasure hunter protagonist)	The protagonist is an adventurer by profession, gaining wealth and fame by doing jobs that are deemed too hazardous for the common folk, such as slaying monsters, exploring uncharted regions, seeking lost treasures, and so forth.	1987 / 2019	41 games
Aethons	Fiery/burning horses of greek mythology.		1 game
Agaric Fungus (Spotted Toadstools)	This is the stereotypical toadstool with a white stem, red cap, & white spots. Tag indicates it is featured in gameplay or story.		3 games
Alien animals	Non-sentient alien beings that resemble little or nothing found on Earth.	1996 / 2019	31 games
Alien monsters	Alien beings that are utterly monstrous in appearance and likely behaviour, likely animals of some sort but their appearance makes them seem something altogether.		1 game
Alien protagonist (Extra terrestrial protagonist)	Space aliens, extra terrestrials (E.T.s), and other beings not native to Earth as the main protagonist.	1980 / 2022	160 games
Alligators	Large, long lived solitary (adult males), territorial, reptiles. Has a reflexive bite and death roll with the bite alone legendary for crushing bones.	1980 / 2017	89 games
Aloe Plants	Flowering succulent plants (cactus) renowned for the medical uses of their gooey innards.		2 games
Amalgams (Amalgamated creatures;Chimeras)	Includes beings that are seemingly a (chaotic) combination of two or more creatures, likely of same species.	1999 / 2018	29 games
Amazons	Female warriors ("barbarians") who live in matriarchal and largely exclusively female society where males are only temporary or lower class presence.	1986 / 2021	26 games
Ambient creatures (Ambient life)	Includes creatures of some sort that live about on the environment without much impacting on gameplay, often having absolutely no meaningful interactions to do with.	1984 / 2018	98 games
American Indians (Native Americans;Amerindians;Amerinds)	Features indigenous Americans. Originally mistakenly called Indians.	1982 / 2018	38 games
American Robins (North American Robins)	A songbird thrush known for its red breast and singing variants of [i]cheerily[/i] just before and during sunrise.		2 games
Amerind protagonist(American Indian protagonist;Native American protagonist)[Amerindian protagonist]	The protagonist is one of Amerind peoples or has the likeness of such.	1984 / 2018	34 games
Amphibian protagonist	Has a frog, toad, salamander, newt, or caecilian as a main protagonist.	1980 / 2017	188 games
Anatids (Anatidae)	Ducks, geese, swans, teals, & moa-nalos. Anatids are [b][i]Not[/i][/b] coots, divers, gallinules, grebes, or loons.		1 game
Android protagonist(Humanoid robot)	The protagonist is a humanoid robot.	1983 / 2017	39 games
Androids (Synthetic humans;Human-like robots;Humanoid robots)	Includes androids, robots that emulate the humanoid form.	1978 / 2022	77 games
Angelic protagonist	The main character is any kind angelic creature, such as plain angel, cherub or seraph.	1984 / 2016	17 games
Angels(Cherubs;Seraphim)	Includes anything identified as angels or similar entities; generally feathery winged human-like divine beings.	1984 / 2024	99 games (45 characters)
Animal people	Animals that walk, talk and act like people - or close enough.	1992 / 2018	73 games
Animal protagonist	The player character is a non-anthropomorphic animal.	1978 / 2023	725 games
Animate armor (Living armor)[animated armor]	Body armor, usually full plate mail, that moves and fights on its own.	1989 / 2019	12 games
Animate object protagonist		1982 / 2019	135 games
Animate objects	Something inanimate, such as an umbrella or a marble, inexplainably moves by itself but has no other traits of living things.	1982 / 2020	47 games
Animate weapons (Living weapons)[animated weapons]	Weapons (the kind normally wielded by someone) that fight on their own without anyone wielding or otherwise controlling them.	1998 / 2015	18 games
Animated skeletons	Skeletons - animated and held intact by magic, supernatural spirits, or something else - often seen as part of more fantastic undead, unaffected by many ailments that those made of flesh suffer of.	1979 / 2023	757 games
Ankylosaurus	Herbivorous quadrupedal 'armored' dinosaurs with distinctively tiled and keratin plated osteoderms. Their flail-like tail could break T-Rex legs.	1990 / 2002	7 games
Anthropomorphic animal protagonist	Protagonist is an animal character that exhibits significant human traits, such as bipedal locomotion (in case of quadrupeds), human facial expressions, ability to work with tools, and so forth.	1981 / 2022	865 games
Anthropomorphic animals (Funny animals)			0 game
Anthropomorphic object protagonist	The protagonist is an anthropomorphized object, such as a toaster with a human-like face and capability to speak.	1983 / 2018	59 games
Anthropomorphic objects	Objects given human-like traits, personalities, intelligence and capacity for speech.	1986 / 2017	63 games
Anti-hero protagonist[selfish protagonist]	Protagonists who lack traits commonly attributed to heroes, such as nobility, bravery, selflessness, etc. Generally any villainous and/or selfish protagonist though includes cowards, fools and others.	1983 / 2024	242 games
Ants	Ants are social colonies of workers, soldiers, drones, & queens (usually 1). Not all casts are present in all species & other specialized casts exist.	1978 / 2020	92 games
Anuroids (Frogmen)	Includes frog or toad-like creatures, especially if they share traits with humanoids.	1991 / 2021	27 games
Apemen (Humanzee;Chuman;Manpanzee)	Features any beings that seem like a cross between apes/monkeys and humans.	1983 / 2013	8 games
Apple Trees	Featured in gameplay or story. The trees on which Apple grow. Commonly arranged in orchards.		2 games
Aquatic animals (Marine animals)			1 game
Arachnid protagonist (Spider protagonist)	The protagonist is an arachnid of any kind.	1982 / 2015	23 games
Arachnids	Spiders (aranae), scorpions (scorpiones), etc.	1983 / 2008	2 games
Archeologist protagonist		1982 / 2024	174 games
Archers(Bowmen)	Features archers as playable units, characters or enemies.	1983 / 2021	33 games
Aristocrat protagonist (Noble protagonist;Royal protagonist)[aristocratic protagonist]	The protagonist is one of the aristocracy, such as royalty, nobility, or some other significantly higher social class.	1987 / 2017	31 games
Aristocrats	Aristocrats of any kind (royalty, nobility, high profile merchants, business magnates/moguls, or some other significantly higher social class) play a significant role in the plot or gameplay.	2002 / 2016	32 games
Arthropod protagonist			0 game
Arthropods			0 game
Artisan protagonist	The protagonist is any type of artisan by profession.	1991 / 2011	7 games
Artist protagonist	The protagonist is in some field that requires creativity and imagination, such as painting, fiction writing, song writing, or such.		2 games
Asian protagonist (Mongoloid protagonist;Oriental protagonist)	The protagonist belongs to any of the Mongoloid (East and South-East Asian) races or has the likeness of such.	1997 / 2014	12 games
Assassin protagonist (Hitman protagonist)	The protagonist is an assassin.	1984 / 2017	71 games
Asymmetric creatures[asymmetric beings]	Includes any creatures that have severe asymmetric traits in their body, such as having left side twice as big as the right.	1997 / 2019	13 games
Atypical creatures (Non-standard creatures)	Depicts well known creatures in an atypical manner, but still in a way that identifies them as the base creature.	1999 / 2001	6 games
Avatars(Incarnations)	Incarnated divine beings or physical personifications of ideas or concepts. Including proxy beings of such.	2011 / 2017	4 games
Avianoids(Birdmen)	Includes humanoid creatures that resemble (humanoid) avians.	1993 / 2018	38 games
Baby protagonist (Toddler protagonist)	The protagonist is something even younger than what could be called a child, usually up to one year old.	1985 / 2014	38 games
Badgers (Brocks)	Short-legged, heavy-set, wide stance omnivores related to weasels. They can be fierce in contrast to their size compared to opponents & have reputation of being ill-tempered.	1991 / 2009	4 games
Barbarian protagonist	The protagonist is a barbarian. Usually has scarce leather or fur clothing (such as just fur loincloth), long unkempt hair, and somewhat limited cultural skills. But not so primitive as to be a caveperson or civilized enough to be viking or some other.	1983 / 2016	164 games
Bards (Skalds;Warrior poets)	Musical and poetic entertainers who in fiction often are skilled fighters and in some instances even adepts at magical arts. Often depicted as swashbuckling heroes and jacks-of-all-trades.	1998 / 2023	36 games
Basilisks	Large reptiles with three or more pairs of legs and occasional ability to kill or petrify creatures with their gaze or touch.	1988 / 2023	26 games
Bats (Chiroptera)	Insectivore, frugivore, & a few carnivore mammals that truly fly with their hands, not just glide. The smaller ones have sophisticated echolocation.	1979 / 2023	462 games
Beastmen	Animalistic humanoids that look vaguely like antropomorphic animals but can't be pinpointed to any particular real species reliably (to be actual anthropomorph), often having claws, horns, animal-like muzzle, sometimes shaggy fur or scales, etc.	2001 / 2019	16 games
Bees (Honey Bees;Killer Bees;Anthophila;Bumblebee)	Insect known for black & yellow color, ability to deposit one stinger in a target, & making honey. Though many species lack one or all of these traits	1977 / 2017	111 games
Beholders	Includes beholders, floating eyes with fanged mouth and possibly several eye stalks surrounding a large central eye. Usually they can unleash bolts of energy or magic spells from the central and/or the surrounding eyes.	1975 / 2022	64 games
Berserkers[berserks;berzerkers;berzerks;confusion;charm]	Characters or other entities that (under certain conditions) fight in uncontrollable frenzy, attacking anyone in their way or near them regardless if they're friend or foe.	1998 / 2023	36 games
Big cats		1984 / 2015	25 games
Bikers	Features members of the motorcycle subculture, stereotypically members of criminal biker gangs.	1994 / 2017	21 games
Biomimic protagonist	Protagonist is a robot that mimics behaviour and/or appearance of a biological organism.	1990 / 1998	4 games
Biomimics	Robots that mimic behaviour and/or appearance of biological organisms.	1990 / 2017	5 games
Bird protagonist (Avian protagonist)	The main protagonist is a bird.	1979 / 2021	293 games
Bison (American Buffalo)	Originally misnamed buffalo, they were exceedingly numerous until pioneers, politicians and railroads nearly caused their extinction.	1971 / 2015	12 games
Bizarre creatures (Unique creatures;Inexplicable creatures)	Includes creatures that follow no sensible design you'd see on Earth, making them appear quite otherworldly.	1982 / 2020	95 games
Black protagonist	The protagonist is of any Sub-Saharan African race descent (including Afro-American, Afro-Asian, and such), or is Australian Aborigine race descent, or has the appearance of either.	1988 / 2016	48 games
Blackberry Bushes (Blackberry Shrubs)	Blackberry bushes a featured in gameplay or story, not just as scenery.		2 games
Blind creatures	Features people, beings, animals, or such that are blind and do not react to anything that they might see but rather using hearing or other methods of detection, allowing the protagonist to do certain things they would not otherwise be able to undetected.	1973 / 2023	55 games
Blind Protagonist	The protagonist is a blind person or creature.	1979 / 2014	5 games
Blue Jays	An aggressive, intelligent & curious bird with strikingly blue plumage & crest plus black, & white markings. It can mimic other birds & human speech.		2 games
Bovines		1982 / 2006	18 games
Brains (Brain creatures)	Includes beings that resemble little more than exposed brains or otherwise have brain-like appearance as the main or most noticeable feature. Often seen residing inside a jar or equipped with tentacles.	1993 / 2012	25 games
Brewer's Blackbird (American Blackbird)	The New World Blackbird. Males have a slightly iridescent head and yellow eyes. The females are actually a dark charcoal color.		2 games
Brigand protagonist(Robber protagonist)[marauder;raider;mugger;privateer]	The protagonist is an outlaw specializing in brigandry, robbing and plundering people off their possessions with aid of violence and intimidation.	1982 / 2016	20 games
Broodlings	Some beings can inject some small being(s) into the bodies of others, bursting from their bodies when they die or shortly after being injected (usually killing the host). These newborn then go about acting on their own.	1998 / 2015	14 games
Burrowers	Includes animals, plants or machines that burrow underground or into any semi-solid substance where the player can't follow and occasionally rises to attack.	1985 / 2018	104 games
Buttercups (Ranunculus)	A slightly toxic plant with small lustrous yellow flowers. Featured in gameplay or story as more than scenery.		2 games
Camouflagers[Chameleonic enemies]	Includes any creatures, people, or such that blend into the surroundings so much that they're possibly impossible to notice. Often the camouflage requires they remain absolutely still.	1988 / 2014	9 games
Canidae protagonist (Canine protagonist;Dog protagonist;Wolf protagonist)	Has any type of canine as the protagonist.	1980 / 2018	151 games
Canines		1989 / 2010	7 games
Caninoids(Dogmen)	Includes humanoid creatures that resemble canines.	1991 / 2023	84 games
Caprinoids(Goatmen)	Includes humanoid creatures that resemble goats or sheep.	1996 / 2021	33 games
Captives (Prisoners;Hostages)	Confined prisoners, hostages or other captives play a part in the story.	1983 / 2020	239 games
Cardinals	An fire engine red crested stout billed new world bird. Named after a Catholic cardinal's vestments		2 games
Carnivorous plants (Insectivorous plants;Man-eating plants)	Includes plants that trap and digest animals.	1984 / 2017	74 games
Carnotaurus	A bipedal predator with a long neck, four finger hands, narrow face & binocular vision. Known to definitely have bumpy skin & not feathers.		2 games
Caspian Tigers	A species officially extinct but genetics have shown them to have been a type of Siberian tiger adapted to the Middle-East.	1981 / 1986	5 games
Caterpillars	The larval stage of moths & butterflies before cocooning themselves. They typically ungulate & appear to have many legs but only 6 are actually legs.	1986 / 2015	22 games
Caucasoid protagonist[Europid;Europoid;Caucasian]	The protagonist belongs to any of the Caucasoid races.		0 game
Cavalry (Dragoons)	Mounted infantry.	1995 / 2015	23 games
Cavemen	A fictional depiction of prehistoric humans who usually look like modern humans in fur swimming suit instead.	1983 / 2015	61 games
Celebrities	Celebrities of all kinds, except the ones known for station.	2000 / 2011	20 games
Centauroids	Includes creatures that have humanoid torso attached to quadruped body.	1986 / 2018	87 games
Centaurs	Features centaurs - creatures with the upper body of a human attached in place of the head and neck of a horse.	1981 / 2015	56 games
Cephalopoids	Includes anthropomorphic humanoid style creatures that resemble cephalopods (octopus, squids).	1991 / 2022	14 games
Cervids (Cervines;Cervidae;Deer)	Features any cervids.	1971 / 2018	54 games
Chanterelle Fungus	A delectable golden colored symbiotic mushroom with a irregular funnel shaped cap. Featured in gameplay or story not merely scenery.		2 games
Chargers (Rammers;Bullrushers)[bull rushers;bull-rushers]	Creatures that attack by forcefully rushing at others with the aim of knocking them down, back or skewering them with horns, spikes or some weapons.	1993 / 2017	117 games
Cherry Trees	Featured in gameplay or story. Makes cherries.		2 games
Chickadees	Small birds that call "chick-a dee dee dee" when alarmed. They sing many songs and are rarely silent.		2 games
Chickens	Flightless domestic fowl, usually bred for their eggs and meat. Considered to be great source of humor by some.	1982 / 2023	163 games
Child protagonist (Pre-teen protagonist)	The protagonist is a pre-teen child, usually around 1 to 12 year old.	1979 / 2020	477 games
Child soldiers	Children acting as soldiers, often viewed as tragic but can be seen as heroic (child doing an adult's job, especially if player is child him-/herself) or "cool" if voluntary/wanted.	1997 / 2019	19 games
Chimeras (Chimaeras)	A fire breathing monster from Greek mythology that was a combination of lion, goat and snake.	1990 / 2016	5 games
Civilian protagonist	The protagonist is a civilian, a regular joe, or some other unnotable person.	1986 / 2022	190 games
Civilized savages	Certain group of people are initially depicted as savages, but after that image has been perfectly established, it is revealed they're actually quite civilized. Often with a plot twist where the protagonist seeks aid from the "savages".	1997 / 2009	4 games
Clams	Mollusks.with two shells, bivalves. known for their abilities to close tightly, make pearls, & taste good in chowder.	1982 / 2017	33 games
Clergy	Player encounters and deals with any kind of religious leaders, such as priests, rabbis, imams, shamans, oracles, or such. Also characters the general folk deem authoritative on the matters even if they do not necessarily have the rank (e.g. monks).	1997 / 2015	32 games
Clingers	Includes creatures that viciously cling to the player character, usually impairing movement and other activities while also dealing their own share of damage. Often small and work in swarms (e.g. leeches).	1992 / 2016	47 games
Cloaked NPCs (Invisible creatures;Stealthed NPCs)	Includes creatures that are either completely or partially invisible.	1993 / 2024	111 games
Clockwork Creatures (Clockwork Automatons;Clockwork Robots;Clockwork Animals)	Creatures (most likely constructed) of clockwork mechanisms, that demonstrate animal like or sentient level intelligence. Clockwork automatons/robots	2006 / 2018	7 games
Clones	Duplicated beings, regardless of the method of duplication, be it magic, technology, divine intervention, or some other cause.	2000 / 2019	55 games
Clovers	Plant famous for it trifoliate leaves & rare quadfoliate mutants (4 leaf clovers). Every part of it is editable & high in protein. Also makes good tea	2006 / 2018	4 games
Clowns	Includes clowns in a traditional or an untraditional role.	1979 / 2017	70 games
Cnidarians	Includes animals of the phylum cnidaria, of which jellyfish is perhaps the most recognizable example.	1983 / 2015	26 games
Coelacanths	All Coelacanths and related species were deemed extinct since the end of the Cretaceous period by scientists until one was caught in 1938, and several others at later dates.		1 game
Collaborationists	Features people who collaborate with enemy forces for any reason. Especially if organized rather than random individuals.	1997 / 2017	9 games
Collective consciousness (Hive mind;Group consciousness)	The player is not in control of a single character, but the collective consciousness of a group, nation or species.	1989 / 2018	31 games
Colossi (Colossal creatures)	Includes creatures that dwarf even giants.	1991 / 2019	73 games
Combat animals (War animals;Military animals;Warbeasts;Beasts of battle)	Any animals used in and trained for war, combat, or such as something else than basic beast of burden or mount.	1989 / 2020	59 games
Combining entities (Combining creatures;Combining vehicles;Combining characters)	Two or more creatures, characters, vehicles, etc. that can combine together somehow to form a single, presumably much more powerful, entity.	2004 / 2008	7 games
Commanders (Squad leaders)	Creatures or people that may or may not do much by themselves, but improve the effectiveness of others around them, either due to improved coordination, target acquisition, prioritization or other reason.	2004 / 2010	6 games
Communists[socialists;marxists]	Prominently features adherents of the communist political views.	2003 / 2021	22 games
Companions and subordinates			0 game
Composite foes (Composite opponents)[enemies;monsters]	Player encounters opponents that are made of multiple parts that can be destroyed separately, either in specific order or as the player sees fit. It may not be necessary to destroy all parts, but it may be beneficial to do so.	1982 / 2017	36 games
Courtesans (Geisha;Chevaliers)	Entertainers who, especially the female ones, later became known primarily for their sexual services rather than the artistic ones they also provided in abundance. Commonly only in service of the the better social classes, but also the wealthy.	1984 / 2008	3 games
Crazed animals	Features crazed animals. Likely behaving oddly and exhibiting very unusual level of aggression.	1984 / 2015	28 games
Crazed sentients (Crazed humans)	Features sentient beings driven to some crazed state in which they may be difficult comprehend and usually are quite aggressive. Panic, fear, even some "subtle" outside influences can cause this.	1998 / 2019	19 games
Crowds	Large numbers of people or other creatures that are hard to move through.	2007 / 2020	15 games
Crows	A highly intelligent black bird. With the related Raven, thought of as harbingers of doom & death.	1983 / 2013	4 games
Crustacean protagonist (Lobster protagonist;Crab protagonist;Shrimp protagonist)	Has a barnacle, brine shrimp (Sea Monkey), crab, crayfish, horseshoe shrimp, lice, lobsters, krill, shrimp, or soft shell crab, as a protagonist.	1988 / 2005	5 games
Crustaceans		1992 / 2016	14 games
Crustacoids	Includes humanoid creatures that resemble crustaceans.	1995 / 2015	9 games
Cryptids(UMA;Unidentified Mysterious Animals)	Animals that are the subject of cryptozoology, that may exist but are not accepted as real, usually due to lack of proper evidence.	1980 / 2017	11 games
Crystal entities (Crystalline creatures)	Features creatures that appear to be made out of crystal or similar inanimate material.	1990 / 2024	34 games
Cuckoos	A variety of birds. The common cuckoo is known for its "coo coo" call imitated by cuckoo clocks.		2 games
Cultists	Features members of some cult or another.	1993 / 2024	59 games
Cyborg protagonist	The main character is an amalgam of flesh and machine, a cybernetic organism, more commonly known as cyborg.	1981 / 2020	146 games
Cyborgs (Cybernetic organisms)	Includes creatures that are an amalgam of flesh and machine, [u]cyb[/u]ernetic [u]org[/u]anisms, more commonly known as cyborgs.	1982 / 2023	390 games
Daisy (Common Daisy;Lawn Daisy;English Daisy;Daisies)	Featured in gameplay or story. Its flower appears to have a yellow center surrounded by lone white pedals. But each pedal is a flower itself.		2 games
Dancers	Creatures, generally humanoid, generally non-hostile, that continuously dance. Can also be enemies.	2001 / 2014	3 games
Dark knights (Hell knights;Death knights;Fallen paladins;Anti-paladins)	Knights that have either become corrupt or never followed the knightly code to begin with.	1983 / 2017	20 games
Death fakers	Any creatures that lie about looking quite dead but stir to life under certain conditions, or seem to die from taking some damage but instead are simply "playing dead" until they can attack the unsuspecting protagonist again.	1998 / 2019	42 games
Deep space creatures (Deep space dwelling lifeforms)	Features creatures that live in deep space without aid of machines or other artificial means of surviving in the environment.	1998 / 2015	12 games
Deinonychus	Its very large hands may have been feathered. This species lead to the bird-dinosaur & warmblooded theories. It was likely an intelligent pack hunter. Often confused with velociraptors.	1990 / 1995	4 games
Demihumans	Features beings (nearly) indistinguishable from humans.		0 game
Demon spirits (Spectral demons)	Demons are depicted primarily as spirits or other spectral entities.		2 games
Demonic protagonist	Demons, demonhosts, fallen angels and other fell creatures. Be they demonic by their nature or not.	1988 / 2017	51 games
Demonoids	Creature that aren't demons but have some physical aspects that stereotypically appear that way. (red skin, horns, spaded tail, goat shaped legs, sharp teeth)	1985 / 2015	30 games
Demons (Devils;Demonic creatures)	Features demons, devils or any related or similar creatures.	1979 / 2023	685 games (1 characters)
Desi protagonist(Indian protagonist)	The protagonist is of Desi descent (India and nearby regions) or has the likeness of such.	1988 / 2014	20 games
Devotees (Aficionados;Partisans;Fans)[aficionadi]	The protagonist has or can have one or more devotees of almost any sort and may or must interact with them.	2004 / 2007	4 games
Dictator protagonist	The protagonist is an unelected leader who has taken power and refuses to let go. As well as dealing with the job at hand, they will often have to give consideration to whether their decisions or actions will result in a rebellion of some sort and the los		1 game
Dimetrodon	Quadrupedal apex predator that had extremely large back sails & 2 types of mammal-like teeth that could chew pray into smaller bits, gulping unneeded.	1990 / 2018	8 games
Dinosaur protagonist	The protagonist is a dinosaur of any kind.	1988 / 2015	42 games
Dinosaurs	Features dinosaurs or dinosaur-like creatures of any kind.	1980 / 2023	424 games
Dire animals	Larger and often more vicious variants of regular animals, though usually not large enough to be considered gigantic in relation to other animals (but may be in relation to the original animal).	1998 / 2019	16 games
Disabled protagonist	The protagonist is considered physically disabled to some degree.	1992 / 2015	11 games
Disembodied heads (Skulls)	Disembodied heads that somehow move on their own, either by (usualy) rolling or bouncing on ground or by flying/floating.	1984 / 2019	95 games
Doomsayers	People who predict a dire future and spread the prediction, often loudly.	2002 / 2009	4 games
Doves	Small birds often used for symbols of peace & gentleness.		2 games
Dragon protagonist		1983 / 2018	96 games
Dragons: Eastern Style	Eastern or Asian dragons generally have fish-like plumage (sometimes bird like), relatively long serpent-like bodies, do not breath fire, and rarely have wings.	1987 / 2018	26 games
Dragons: Other style	For any dragons that are still identifiable as dragons but can't be called either eastern or western.	1999 / 2013	9 games
Dragons: Western Style	Western or European dragons generally breath fire (or something else dangerous), have reptilian plumage, wings, and stout bodies.	1980 / 2023	166 games
Dragons(Drakes)	Features one or more dragons or dragon-like creatures.	1978 / 2024	814 games
Driders (Centauroid spiders)	A humanoid torso joined on top of a spider body or legs.	1978 / 2022	16 games
Dromaeosaurs[Raptors;Velociraptors;Utahraptors;Deinonychus;Achillobator]	A group of bipedal carnivores with tearing claws on feet. Likely pack hunters. Colloquially called "raptors".	1993 / 2018	19 games
Drones(Unmanned vehicles)	Remotely controlled vehicles or robots that have no notable autonomy of their own.	1994 / 2022	26 games
Druggies (Stoners;Addicts)	People who due to habit, addiction, or some other reason use drugs somewhat frequently.	2001 / 2014	9 games
Druids	Features druids, commonly nature-themed magic users with overtones similar to that of priests. Often depicted as extreme conservatists obsessed with maintaining (or restoring former) status quo despite their claims for "balance".	1998 / 2021	53 games
Dryads	Tree nymphs from Greco-Roman mythology, that were shy minor deities usually indistinguishable from human women.	1993 / 2019	13 games
Ducks	Mostly aquatic birds, usually smaller than geese and swans. Ducks are [b][i]Not[/i][/b] coots, divers, gallinules, grebes, or loons.	1980 / 2018	52 games
Dummies		1992 / 2010	8 games
Dungeons & Dragons creatures	Any creatures invented for D&D but have gained popularity outside of it.		0 game
Dwarves	Features dwarves or dwarf-like creatures. Humanoids of small stature, with large beards, often loud voice, grumpy demeanor and an unhealthy appreciation of Dwarven ale.	1975 / 2023	390 games
Earwigs (Dermaptera;Pincherbugs)	Insects with large pincher's on their back end. Though said to enter human ears to lay their eggs in the brain, they do not do this.	1983 / 1998	8 games
Eccentric protagonist(Quirky protagonist)	The protagonist has very odd behaviours, ticks, or other quirks that come up frequently.		1 game
Elderly protagonist	The protagonist is old but not necessarily unfit. Generally gray hair indicates this status but other factors may as well. Likely 60-70 or older.	1984 / 2015	47 games
Eldritch abominations	Things that disregard laws of nature, appearing utterly alien and inconceivable. Usually related to cosmic horror and Lovecraftian genres of horror fiction.	1992 / 2017	35 games
Elected protagonist (President protagonist;Primeminister protagonist)	The protagonist is an elected official such as a President or Prime Minister. As well as dealing with the job at hand, they will often have to give consideration to how it will impact their public popularity.		3 games
Elementals	Features "elementals", creatures embodying one of the old prime elements of fire, water, air and earth, or any other elements the used mythos has.	1983 / 2021	75 games
Elephant protagonist	The main protagonist is an elephant.	1991 / 2001	9 games
Elephantoids(Elephant men)	Includes humanoid creatures that resemble elephants, mammoths, or such.	2000 / 2015	9 games
Elephants (Elephantidae)	The largest and among the most intelligent existing land animals. Also know for having tusks, prehensile noses (trunks), and long memories.	1980 / 2016	59 games
Elite protagonist (Veteran protagonist)	The protagonist is presented as being among the best if not [i]the[/i] best in their field of expertise.	1983 / 2017	92 games
Elites (Elite units;Hero units;Named units)	Player controls characters that are significantly more powerful than anything or anyone else around them.	1994 / 2017	71 games
Elven protagonist(Elf protagonist)	The protagonist is an elf or elf-like being.	1983 / 2017	67 games
Elves (Tolkien Elves)	Features Elves or Elf-like creatures.	1975 / 2023	581 games
Energy-based creatures	Includes creatures made of light, heat, fire, lightning, sound, radiation, gravity, magnetism, force, atomic energy, or other real non-matter.	1990 / 2016	7 games
Engineer protagonist (Mechanic protagonist)	The protagonist is an engineer, mechanic or anything similar that invents, builds, repairs or maintains machines.	2002 / 2017	39 games
Entertainer protagonist	The protagonist is some type of entertainer by profession, such as singer, stage comedian, musician, parlor magician, and so forth.	2009 / 2024	18 games
Equid protagonist (Equidae protagonist;Horse protagonist)		1994 / 2015	8 games
Erratic foes(Staggering foes;Wobbling foes)	Includes opponents that move/act in significantly erratic fashion, making defeating them a challenge mostly due to this. Often seen with them flailing their primary weak point in a way that's hard to follow accurately.	2008 / 2017	17 games
Eskimos(Inuit;Yupik)		1983 / 2016	13 games
European fae(Fairies;Faeries)	Features folkloric European fae and those similar to them.	1984 / 2012	72 games
Exotic mounts	Riding creatures that are exotic in the real world, such as birds, elephants, camels, and such.	2015 / 2017	7 games
Extinct species			0 game
Extremists	People who go to rather unusual lengths to drive their point, such as vandalism, imprisonment, torture, murder, and others. Often involving outsiders in their conflict by posing them with the ultimatum: you're either with or against us.	2010 / 2011	4 games
Faceless	Creatures that lack a face, generally mouth and eyes though nose is also commonly absent.	2001 / 2010	5 games
Faceless protagonist	The protagonist's face is never seen, either because he/she is always turned away or wearing something that covers the face completely (such as a full helmet or a mask). Or he/she literally has no face at all.	1984 / 2019	148 games
Fae protagonist	The protagonist is a humanoid fae creature of European mythology.	1982 / 2014	13 games
Fae(Faeries;Fairies)	Features non-specific fae, regardless of if they match any real world mythologies or folk lore about such.	1988 / 2016	42 games
Familiars(Familiar spirits)	Beings magically or spiritually bound to a person (commonly a witch or other magic user), usually in master-servant style relationship. Appearing commonly as regular small animals, such as house cats, but are not required to be such.	1990 / 2023	34 games
Famous protagonist	The protagonist is known (and recognized) by many, especially those they've never met before (and are not out there to try kill/capture/whatever him/her specifically).	1993 / 2019	23 games
Fanatics		1980 / 2015	8 games
Fast zombies	A variation of your regular slowly shambling zombie; they're fast, very fast.	1993 / 2013	19 games
Fatties(The morbidly obese;Slobs)	Includes excessively fat people or creatures. Usually there for comedy (bouncy and tend to roll about) or some grotesque horror (oozing pus/sweat/saliva, excessive folding of skin, etc.).	1993 / 2018	80 games
Felid protagonist (Feline protagonist;Cat protagonist;Domestic Cat Protagonist)	The main character is a felid (cat, lion, bobcat, tiger, panther, house cat, etc...)	1978 / 2024	208 games
Felines			1 game
Felinoids	Includes humanoid creatures that resemble felines.	1991 / 2021	109 games
Female antagonist	The primary character opposing the player character is female.	1986 / 2024	166 games
Female protagonist	Player controls apparently female character.	1974 / 2024	3140 games (13 characters)
Fictional creatures	Any creatures invented for known works of fiction that can't be categorized as legendary creatures.		0 game
Fire based creatures	Fire with animal level intelligence or higher, or a complex creature made from fire or a fiery like substance.	1981 / 2010	6 games
Fish		1978 / 2022	410 games
Fish protagonist		1978 / 2016	64 games
Flowers	Flower(s) are featured as more than just scenery. They play a part in gameplay or story.	1983 / 2014	12 games
Flying jellyfish(Flying medusae)	Jellyfish or jellyfish-like creatures that fly above ground instead of swim underwater.	1988 / 2017	32 games
Flying spore pods	Giant, flying, bulbous pods commonly featuring dangling tendrils or similar. These usually are fairly mindless "creatures" that attack by suicide exploding or spewing various substances (one would assume some form of spores).	2011 / 2015	6 games
Food characters (Food creatures;Animate food)		1984 / 2010	7 games
Foolish protagonist	The protagonist is a fool (idiot) or exhibits traits of such. Including intellectually deficient, mentally slow, exceptional lack of common sense, and so forth.	2006 / 2013	10 games
Foxes	Small carnivorous canids know for long narrow snout & bushy tail. Has reputation for being sneaky, taking chickens & geese, and being highly adaptable	1984 / 2018	37 games
Fragile protagonist (Weak protagonist;Low health)	The protagonist dies extremely easily (though not from single hit from [i]everything[/i]).	1989 / 2019	103 games
Frog (Frogs)	Includes a frog or frogs.	1980 / 2022	356 games
Futanari (二成;二形;ふたなり;Futa;Dickgirls;Hermaphrodites;Intersex)[shemales]	People of generally female form but having the genitalia of both genders.	2004 / 2015	11 games
Gangs (Criminal gangs)	Outlaws who work in groups of 3 or more.	1990 / 2021	20 games
Gangsters (Mobsters;Mafiosos)		1982 / 2020	93 games
Gargoyles	Winged humanoid monsters, usually equipped with sharp teeth and claws besides that. Typically made out of stone or other inorganic natural substance or are otherwise stone or earthen colored.	1980 / 2021	54 games
Gaseous creatures	Mist, fog, or other gas-like substance behaving seemingly with animal or human intelligence rather than being just visible particles floating in the air.		1 game
Gays (やおい;Yaoi)[gay people]	Features male homosexuals.	2002 / 2014	6 games
Gelatinous cubes	Large (enough to block a hallway completely) animated cubes of gelatin like substance with animal-like intelligence, commonly found in "dungeons" where they primarily serve as automated janitors, collecting and melting any trash and vermin.	1974 / 2021	31 games
Ghouls	Features ghouls of one sort or another	1982 / 2020	34 games
Giant animals	Includes gigantic variations of regular animals, perhaps most commonly giant rodents.	1982 / 2021	59 games
Giant arachnids	Giant variety of arachnids.		1 game
Giant beetles (Giant coleoptera)	Features giant beetles (coleoptera) or beetle-like beings.	1983 / 2016	33 games
Giant crustaceans		1991 / 2016	19 games
Giant gastropods (Giant slugs;Giant snails)	Giant variation of gastropods (snails and slugs) or creatures that resemble such.	1994 / 2018	35 games
Giant humanoids (Giant humans)	Features human(s) or human like person(s) who is exceptionally above normal height range compared to the people around him or her.	1988 / 2024	168 games (1 characters)
Giant insects (Giant invertebrate)	Features giant insects or insect-like critters.	1982 / 2023	395 games
Giant monster protagonist	Player controls a giant monster.	1981 / 2013	74 games
Giant monsters (大怪獣;daikaijū)	Includes monsters that are extraordinarily large.	1980 / 2020	403 games
Giant myriapods(Giant centipedes;Giant millipedes)	Features gigantic variety of myriapods (centipedes, millipedes, and such) or creatures like them.	2005 / 2018	13 games
Giant protagonist	The protagonist is a giant, a being much taller/larger than most others or simply much taller than humans.	2000 / 2014	11 games
Giant rats(Dire rats)	Gigantic variety of rats or similar rodents.	1982 / 2018	34 games
Giant robots		1984 / 2019	107 games (1 characters)
Giant rodents		1982 / 2014	17 games
Giant scorpions	unnaturally large scorpions.	1982 / 2020	52 games
Giant Seahorses	Based on the real hippocampus creature. The fictional versions often serve as mounts for humanoids.	1985 / 2015	24 games
Giant snakes (Giant serpents)		1992 / 2019	16 games
Giant testudines(Giant turtles;Giant sea turtles;Giant tortoises;Giant terrapins)	Turtles that are abnormally large with height going at minimum to around waist of normal full grown human (about meter high).	2014 / 2015	2 games
Giant wolves(Wargs;Dire wolves)		2001 / 2020	18 games
Giant worms(Giant annelids)	Includes giant worms or worm-like creatures.	1988 / 2018	91 games
Giants	Features any creatures that are significantly larger than the protagonist.	1980 / 2024	192 games
Gnolls (Werehyenas)	Humanoid hyena-like caninoids.	1974 / 2023	37 games
Gnomes	Includes gnomes, extremely diminutive and shy humanoids that prefer to dwell underground. Though other types exist.	1980 / 2023	142 games
Goblinoid protagonist (Troll protagonist;Orc protagonist;Goblin protagonist)	The protagonist is any type of goblinoid creature from actual goblins to trolls and orcs.	1987 / 2017	40 games
Goblinoids	Features any goblin-like creatures, from actual goblins to trolls and orcs.	1981 / 2021	193 games
Goblins	Diminutive, often green, creatures often thought to be malicious.	1979 / 2024	289 games
Godling protagonist (God-like protagonist;God protagonist;Demi-god protagonist)	The protagonist is a god, demi-god or anything similar.	1986 / 2018	133 games
Golems	Features golems, vaguely humanoid living constructs given life through magic. Traditionally made out of clay.	1983 / 2023	108 games
Grapplers	Includes characters, creatures, etc. that take hold of the player character and prevent them from functioning normally.	2006 / 2018	58 games
Gremlins	Features mischievous and pointy-eared creatures of small stature.	1983 / 2016	77 games
Greys (Zeta Reticulians;Roswell aliens)	A diminutive humanoid alien extremely commonly seen in various media dealing with aliens, conspiracy theories, and so forth.	1994 / 2014	45 games
Group mind (Hive mind;Collective consciousness)	Includes a collective of creatures that operate through a group mind.	1995 / 2019	46 games
Gryphons (Griffins)	Includes gryphons.	1986 / 2017	43 games
Guard protagonist (Watchman;Security officer)	The protagonist is a guard, watchman, or other security and safety enforcing person.	1984 / 2013	28 games
Gunslingers (Gunfighters)	Features gunslinger character(s). Often mistakenly called cowboys. Usually linked with the western fiction genre, but not always.	1975 / 2020	75 games
Hags (Gorgons)[witches;furies;fury]	Ugly women, seemingly human but aren't, that bear a striking resemblance to some depictions of witches. Often magical and malevolent in nature.	1993 / 2015	11 games
Halflings (Hobbits;Kender)	Small child-sized humanoids, often with unusually hairy feet.	1981 / 2023	137 games
Harpies[harpy]	Women (or hags as they're more often called) with wings in place of arms and bird's clawed feet.	1983 / 2017	45 games
Harvesters(Collectors)	Features characters, vehicles, robots, etc. that wander about collecting resources (and bringing them to storage or processing).	1992 / 2020	99 games
Hatchers (Eggs;Cocoons)	Creatures that emerge from eggs, cocoons, or other things that can be destroyed beforehand if noticed.	1993 / 2017	30 games
Headless	Creatures that seem to lack a head, either literally or due to bizarre anatomy.	1993 / 2013	21 games
Hellhounds	A hellish/demonic canid, usually either red or black, occasionally capable of breathing fire or has other fire-based abilities.	1982 / 2017	27 games
Heretics	Game contains people who change or add to previously establish belief in a way considered incompatible by those who hold to the established belief.	1992 / 2014	2 games
Hero protagonist	The protagonist is a hero or a would-be-hero, someone who has decided to save the day or otherwise jump into action to do something about the problem, unlike the rest of the populace who cover in terror in the face of danger and oppression.	1983 / 2022	173 games
Heroes	These aren't just people who oppose evil and wrongdoers, they're admired by others, and generally labeled as heroes or champions of good or of the people. Or there's several such people who insist on being heroes.	1997 / 2017	26 games
Herons	A long necked & legged bird associated with wetlands. Though of as a fishing bird, but it eats a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic prey.		2 games
Hexapeds (Hexapods)[six Legged]	Includes something with six legged locomotion.	1995 / 2017	33 games
High-born protagonist[Noble protagonist;Royal protagonist;Aristocrat protagonist]	The protagonist is high born, such as royalty, nobility, or some other significantly higher social class since birth. Not necessarily still holding the rights or powers such have.	1982 / 2021	195 games
Hippies	Stereotypically somewhat airheaded peace/nature activists who use large amounts of non-intravenous drugs.	2009 / 2012	5 games
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamuses;Hippopotami)	A large pig like extremely territorial (males in water) huge mouthed huge toothed herbivore that is the deadliest animal ever.	1982 / 2008	21 games
Hispanic protagonist (Latino protagonist)	The protagonist is of Hispanic descent (Iberian peoples [Spanish and Portuguese], Italians, Latinos, etc.) or has the likeness of such.	2002 / 2013	10 games
Homeless protagonist(Vagrant protagonist;Hobo protagonist)	The protagonist is a homeless individual, possibly a vagrant, hobo, or some other unfortunate or questionable fellow.	2002 / 2018	9 games (1 characters)
Homosexual protagonist	The protagonist is homosexual with no option to deviate from this.	1989 / 2015	9 games
Homosexuals[gay;lesbians]	People who are romantically and/or sexually attracted to people of same gender as they, regardless if they're exclusively so (e.g. bisexuals would also count).	1986 / 2018	255 games
Hostile flora (Hostile plant-life)[hostile plants;dangerous plants]	Features any kind of actively hostile flora (plant-life).	1985 / 2014	31 games
Hot air balloons		1982 / 2015	27 games
Human monsters	Features monsters, demons, evil spirits or such that are indistinguishable from regular people, animals, or such.	1992 / 2018	11 games
Human weapon	Features humans (or member/s of some other sentient species) that have been or are turned into living weapons.	2003 / 2009	8 games
Human-faced creatures (Human-faced animals;Human-faced monsters)	Non-human creatures with human face or head.	2004 / 2016	19 games
Humanoid animals		1988 / 2021	142 games
Humanoids(Humanoid extraterrestrials;Humanoid aliens;Abhumans)	Includes non-human humanoids.	1987 / 2024	183 games
Hybrids (Cross-breeds;Mongrels)		1992 / 2016	12 games
Hyper enemies	Includes enemies that move, attack, and generally attack at excessively fast speed compared to anything else, likely twice as fast or even faster.	2008 / 2015	6 games
Hypermobile foes	The opponents are significantly more mobile than the protagonist is or ever will be.	1983 / 2010	25 games
Ichthyoids(Fishmen)	Includes humanoid creatures that resemble fish.	1984 / 2023	64 games
Ichthyosaurus	A dolphin like aquatic reptile that gave birth to many live young.		1 game
Idiots	People who suffer from severe lack of common sense.	2000 / 2018	8 games
Ignorant protagonist	The protagonist expresses unusual levels of ignorance of things everyone else seems highly familiar with.	2001 / 2004	2 games
Imaginary beings	Beings that have come to existence from mere thought of them (whether conscious or not).	2001 / 2017	18 games
Immortal protagonist	The protagonist is incapable of reaching final death through natural causes such as age, often excluding violence but not always even that.	1992 / 2020	50 games
Imps	Diminutive humanoid demons or other supernatual beings often accused of mischief rather than evil doings. Often winged even if incapable of flight.	1982 / 2023	42 games
Infantry		1970 / 2016	133 games
Inorganics (Inorganic creatures)	Includes creatures that appear to be made of inorganic material, such as rock.	1990 / 2024	63 games
Insane antagonist	One of the antagonist's main traits is that they're demented, insane, or such. As opposed to being simply evil, greedy bastard, anti-villain, well intentioned extremist, or such.		0 game
Insane protagonist(Mentally ill;Deranged;Mad)	The protagonist is insane, mentally ill, or such. Likely suffering from delusions of some sort or other severe mental disorders.	1997 / 2022	57 games
Insectoids	Features creatures that resemble insects in some manner but aren't.	1982 / 2024	460 games
Insects	Arthropods, with two antennae, compound eyes, 3-part bodies, 6 jointed legs, & an exoskeleton. Generally not considered appealing to western societies.	1978 / 2021	268 games
Intelligent animals	Features regular looking animals that demonstrate human-like intelligence or greater, not simply ability to follow orders and be well trained, possibly with ability to communicate intelligibly as well.	2011 / 2018	16 games
Invisible foes (Invisible enemies)	Includes opponents that are visually completely undetectable.	1983 / 2020	14 games
Isolationists	Player encounters and deals with people who want to remove themselves from contact with other people, nations, or species - or have already done so. Often depicted extremely xenophobic or otherwise untrusting of or hostile to outsiders.	1997 / 2011	18 games
Jinn (Djinnis;Genies;جني;Jinnī)	Supernatural beings of Arab folklore, commonly depicted (in the west) as blue, muscular humanoids with smoke in place of legs and feet.	1981 / 2015	29 games
Joke character	Includes one or more characters whose whole existence is a joke; often easter eggs of some form. This tag is only meaningful when the game itself is not comedy/parody.	2011 / 2018	5 games
Journalist protagonist (Reporter protagonist)	The protagonist is a journalist of any type by profession.	1985 / 2024	50 games
Juggernauts (Indestructible foes;Unstoppable foes)	Includes one ore more enemies that can't be killed, destroyed or banished for good, except when it's for the plot.	1982 / 2023	127 games
Kemonomimi (獣耳;Animal ears;Catgirls)	Features kemonomimi, humans or human-like beings that have animal ears and often tail too. May include gloves/boots that resemble paws or having such actually or other minor traits. Face and the body generally is always extremely human.	1991 / 2023	47 games
Killer rabbits	Creatures that [i]should[/i] be utterly harmless aren't, possibly far more dangerous than their outward appearance would ever suggest.	1985 / 2019	45 games
Kobolds	Originally an European faerie spirit, commonly depicted as small humanoids with varyingly human or inhuman characteristics ranging from beautiful to ugly.	1975 / 2022	42 games
Kraken[giant squid;giant octopus]	Features one or more colossal tentacled sea monster(s) capable of dragging entire ships beneath the waves, often depicted as a gigantic squid or octopus though some deviate from such classification by fair bit.	1991 / 2020	11 games
Lagomorph protagonist (Rabbit protagonist)	The protagonist is a hare, rabbit or pika.	1982 / 2017	116 games
Lagomorphs (Hares;Rabbits;Pika)	Includes hares, rabbits, and/or pika.	1971 / 2020	136 games
Land Cephalopods	Indicates cephalopods that dwell comfortably on land. Real cephalopods are capable of awkward land transit but cannot persist as they must live in water	1999 / 2014	8 games
Law enforcer protagonist (Police protagonist)	The protagonist is any form of a law enforcer: a cop, a detective, and the like.	1979 / 2024	529 games
Law enforcers(Police)	Player encounters and deals with law enforcers, such as police.	1983 / 2023	98 games
Legendary creatures	Any mythological or folkloric creatures.		0 game
Leporoids [Rabbit men]	Includes humanoid creatures that resemble rabbits or hares.	1991 / 2017	20 games
Lesbians (Yuri;百合)		1986 / 2020	116 games
Liches (Liche)	An animated corpse. Generally a magician, king, or other powerful character uses something to remain bound to their body after death.	1983 / 2023	55 games
Lily Pads (Water Lilies)	Plant rooting in underwater soil but has surface flowers & leaves (Lily Pads) that tend to have upturned edges & can support very small animals.	1995 / 2013	4 games
Linux Mascots (Open Source Mascots;Free Software Mascots)	Tux the penguin, and all his friends.	1999 / 2015	36 games (35 characters)
Liquid-based creatures	Cohesive liquid with animal level intelligence or higher, or other complex creature made from liquid. Often has preternatural control over liquid they're made out of even outside their bodies.	1995 / 2013	6 games
Llamas	A domesticated humpless camelid species from the Americas. Used as a pack animal, herd guard, for wool, for leather, and for meat.	1983 / 2004	7 games
Looters	Features people who illegally scavenge people's (usually abandoned) properties.		1 game
Lost souls	A soul of a person or thing that has become lost forever, unable to reach afterlife. Possibly having devolved into something monstrous as a result.	2014 / 2024	6 games
Luchadores	Mexican professional wrestlers usually recognizable and characterized by their colorful masks.	1993 / 2020	37 games
Luddites	People that oppose technological change/progress or technology itself.	2001 / 2013	15 games
Lunatics (Madmen)	Features completely insane people.	1977 / 2015	36 games
Mage slayers (Witch hunters)	People who by profession hunt, capture, and/or kill mages or others with supernatural powers. Often specifically capable of nullifying those supernatural powers.	2000 / 2023	17 games
Maggots		2007 / 2013	5 games
Male protagonist	Player controls apparently male character.	1974 / 2024	1636 games
Malevolent protagonist (Sadistic protagonist;Malicious protagonist;Evil protagonist;Villainous protagonist)	The protagonist is there to kill, torture, terrorize and otherwise bring misery to the world.	1982 / 2024	109 games
Mammoths (Woolly Mammoths)	Extinct elephant-like creatures with long curved tusks and long hair in some species.	1986 / 2016	25 games
Man-eaters[cannibals]	Creatures of any type, including humans, that have a preference for human in their diet.		3 games
Maple Trees ()	Featured in gameplay or story. Tree with a distinctive leaf shape. Many develop reddish leaves. Symbol of Canada. Has distinctive 'whirlybird seeds'.		2 games
Marsh Mallow (Marshmallow;Common Marshmallow)	Featured in gameplay or story. An edible marsh plant from which the candy originated. It has numerous food & medical uses.		2 games
Marsupial protagonist	The protagonist is a marsupial, a mammal most recognizable by the pouch they all have.	1982 / 2022	77 games
Marsupials	A mammalish class of animals that do not have a placental sac in utero but instead carry their young in a separate pouch.	1985 / 2009	5 games
Martians	Alien lifeforms native to the planet Mars.	1994 / 2016	18 games
Masochists		1999 / 2013	6 games
Mastodon	A stockier and furry relative of the elephant with four tusks, 2 of which the males shed after youth.		1 game
Mediums(Spiritists)	Involves people who communicate with spirits of one form or another, including but not limited to the spirits of the dead, who otherwise are hard or even impossible to communicate with without the aid of the medium.	1994 / 2017	16 games
Men in Black (G-Men)[MIB]	Ominous people often assumed to be secret government agents involved in black ops, members of some extremely well doing criminal organization, or members of some other less than legit organization.	1997 / 2005	20 games
Mercenary protagonist(Bounty hunter protagonist;Freelancer protagonist)	The protagonist is some type of gun for hire.	1982 / 2024	204 games
Merfolk (Mermaids;Mermen)	Includes mermaids and/or mermen.	1982 / 2021	53 games
Meta protagonist	The actual protagonist is not the character the player controls but something deeper or beyond that. Such as themselves in case of breaking the fourth wall, or someone mind controlling the protagonist from elsewhere.	1999 / 2018	14 games
Mexican protagonist	The protagonist is of Mexican Amerindian or mestizo race.		1 game
Micro-organisms	Features micro-organisms.	2006 / 2015	13 games
Middle-aged protagonist(Adult protagonist)	The protagonist is roughly 40 to 60 years old (in human terms).	1995 / 2015	73 games
Millipedes	Long segmented arthropod with 2 leg pairs per body segment, excluding the legless 'neck'. They actually have 36 to 750 legs.	1983 / 1998	9 games
Mind flayers[illithid]	Includes mindflayers or creatures that resemble them: tall and slender alien humanoids with 4 or so tentacles surrounding a beak-like mouth used to devour the brains of their victims (food).	1974 / 2023	24 games
Mindless creatures	Creatures that behave as if they were completely mindless, seemingly lacking even half-a-brain. Commonly seen doing something repeatedly (such as walking back and forth on a spot) with little to no reaction to what happens around them.	2009 / 2012	6 games
Minotaurs	Includes humanoids that resemble a crossbreed of man and bull, usually human body with bull's head although the bull traits may be more prominent than that.	1979 / 2021	109 games
Minstrels (Buskers;Street performers)[street musicians]		1995 / 2011	4 games
Mint (Mentha)	A flowering invasive aromatic herb. Featured in gameplay or story. More than just scenery.	2009 / 2016	6 games
Mitotic creatures (Self-cloning creatures)	Includes creatures that split, either by themselves or when attacked or killed. The split counterparts may continue this same process indefinitely.	1989 / 2013	23 games
Mixed creatures	Includes creatures clearly distinguishable as having parts of or heritage of 2 or more real &/or fictional creatures. Theorized real hybrids count.	1982 / 2018	33 games
Mobile Plants (Unrooted Plants)	Not necessarily a plant without roots but one that can move from place to place. And not necessarily quickly.	1988 / 2016	26 games
Moeritherium	Something like a pig-hippopotamus. These small riverbank & river dwellers resembled tapirs. Had small tusks & possibly a prehensile upper lip.		7 games
Molemen	Underground living humanoid moles or rodents. Likely excellent diggers.	2005 / 2016	6 games
Mollusk (Mollusc;Molluscs)	Cephalopods, cuttlefish, octopus, squid, nautilus, gastropods, snails, slugs, abalone, limpets, conch, bivalves, clams, oysters, scallops, mussels.	1978 / 2010	29 games
Monopod (One Leg;Uniped)	A creature or machine that uses sustained Monopedal motion.	1994 / 2019	13 games
Monster girls(モンスター娘)[もんすたーむすめ]	Female monsters that still retain some form of cuteness, beauty, or such.	1991 / 2018	32 games
Monster hunters (Vampire hunters;Demon slayers;Dragon slayers)	People who by profession hunt, capture and/or kill monsters.	2001 / 2015	26 games
Monster protagonist	The protagonist is a non-specific monster.	1987 / 2020	59 games
Monsters	Includes any kind of creatures with terrifying or otherwise horribly deformed/repulsive (monstrous) appearance, regardless if their personality matches this. Commonly assumed to be mindless savages.	1974 / 2024	3111 games
Monstrous children	Children turned monsters or monsters with partial guise of a child.	2004 / 2015	15 games
Mouse protagonist		1981 / 2019	94 games
Mummies	Features mummies or similar undead creatures.	1981 / 2023	139 games
Murinoids(Ratmen)[rodents]	Includes humanoid creatures that resemble rats or mice.	1992 / 2021	67 games
Mushrooms (toadstools)	Spore-bearing fruiting part of a fungus. Generally including a stem, a cap, & gills (but all are optional, scientifically speaking)	1986 / 2016	20 games
Musician protagonist	The protagonist is a real or fictional well known musician. Typically a rockstar.	1984 / 2000	19 games
Mutant protagonist	The protagonist is a mutant of any species.	1989 / 2018	56 games
Mutants	Includes mutants of any kind.	1982 / 2024	412 games
Mycoid protagonist			2 games
Mycoids (Mushroom creatures;Fungal creatures)	Includes (possibly sentient) fungi-like creatures.	1983 / 2024	72 games (4 characters)
Mystic protagonist (Magic-user protagonist;Wizard protagonist;Mage protagonist)[witch;sorceror;sorcerer;sorceress;magician]	The protagonist is a wizard, shaman or some other character whose occupation delves into the mystical realm.	1982 / 2018	329 games
Mystics (Wizards;Shamans;Sorcerers;Witches;Magic-users)[sorcerors]	Includes wizards, shamans or other characters whose occupation delves into the mystical realm.	1975 / 2021	606 games
Mythical protagonist	The protagonist is a mythical, legendary or folkloric creature.	1982 / 2018	57 games
Nāga (Nagas;Gorgons;Medusa;Lamia)	Features nāga - humanoids with lower body of a snake, often with multiple pairs of arms - or nāga-like creatures.	1983 / 2016	94 games
Neanderthals	A divergent race of humans once thought to be a separate genus from modern humans.	1988 / 2015	7 games
Necromancers	Mystics dabbling into arcane or esoteric knowledge of death and the dead; commonly perceived as inherently evil or malevolent occupation.	1982 / 2021	92 games
Neutral monsters (Friendly monsters)	Player encounters creatures ("enemies") that one would normally expect to attack the player character outright, but these do not. Instead, they might even talk to you and leave you alone.	1991 / 2021	96 games
Nightingales (Northern Cardinals;Redbirds;Common Cardinals)	Known for its song & brilliant coloring that can change based on diet. It is almost entirely urbanized.	2006 / 2018	4 games
Ninja protagonist (Shinobi protagonist;Kunoichi protagonist)	The protagonist is a ninja.	1983 / 2019	237 games
No humans	There are no humans.	1982 / 2022	342 games
No sentients	There are no beings with above animal intelligence.	1994 / 1995	2 games
Nomads	People who do not settle permanently anywhere, either by choice or by necessity.	1982 / 2011	10 games
Non-human protagonist	The main character or characters are far from human and can't be better described by any other tags.	1984 / 2023	282 games
NPC behaviour (Creature behaviour)[NPC behavior;creature behavior]	Any tags that describe NPC behaviour or activity rather than the creatures themselves.		0 game
NPC occupations			0 game
NPC teleporting (Teleporting NPCs)	Includes NPCs capable of teleporting at will.	1983 / 2015	25 games
Nymphs		1982 / 2016	13 games
Oak Trees	Featured in gameplay or story. Oak produces famously hard wood & the trees have prominent roles in history, myths, & religions.		2 games
Octopi[octopus]	Octopus by definition have eight arms. The also tend to have a rounded body distinct from their legs.	1978 / 2016	90 games
Oliphaunts (Oliphaunts;mûmak;Mûmakil;mumak;Mumakil)	Fictional Mammoth/Elephant-like creatures of middle earth. Used as beasts of burden & for fighting wars	2004 / 2009	6 games
One-eyed Creatures	Features any creature that has only optic sensing organ.	1989 / 2022	23 games
Opossums	North America's Marsupial. More teeth than any land mammal. Prehensile rear feet & tail. Virtual snake immunity. Fakes death brilliantly. & its tasty.		2 games
Orcs	Features Orcs or Orc-like creatures.	1975 / 2021	316 games
Ordinary protagonist(Mundane protagonist)	The protagonist is just an ordinary person, they have nothing special going for them that distinguish them from anyone else, no special skill, no special talents, no unique feature in their genetics, not chosen by any supernatural thing, nothing.	1984 / 2017	6 games
Orphan protagonist	The protagonist's parents are dead or the protagonist was abandoned/lost at an early age, may have stepparents, lived in an orphanage or as a street urchin or similar.	1993 / 2023	76 games
Other demons	Demons or other creatures identified as such that do not match any traditional depictions of them.	2006 / 2015	6 games
Other protagonist	The protagonist is of some obscure type that is hard to define or simply too rare to have its own concept for.	2013 / 2017	2 games
Outlander protagonist (Foreigner protagonist)	The protagonist is an outlander within the setting, a foreigner from land you don't get to see.	1996 / 2017	22 games
Outlaw protagonist (Criminal protagonist)	The protagonist is an outlaw, mobster, thief, or any other criminal.	1978 / 2022	320 games
Outlaws (Thieves;Ruffians;Scoundrels;Raiders;Highwaymen;Bandits)	Includes mostly unorganized outlaws or others who partake in criminal activities (or behaves like one in a place with no laws to mark them as outlaws).	1983 / 2023	299 games
Owlbears		1975 / 2013	35 games
Packaged enemies(Crate enemies;Barrel enemies)	Includes opponents who're packed away into crates, barrels, or other such that the player normally opens or destroys for loot and pop out when such are destroyed, opened, or even approached.	2011 / 2018	4 games
Pagans(Old faith believers)	Player encounters people who are branded pagans, old faith worshippers, or similar.	1998 / 2012	4 games
Paladins	Holy warriors who often wield supernatural powers attributed to well from their faith in some higher power. Often embodying the knightly virtues of old even more so than actual knights.	1994 / 2021	56 games
Parasites	Features any kind of parasitic lifeforms, especially non-microscopic kind.	1990 / 2023	73 games
Parent protagonist	The protagonist is a parent (mother/father) of one or more children.	1999 / 2024	75 games
Parrots (Psittacines;Cockatoos;Nestoridae)	Usually have a strong curved bill, are known for audacious coloring & ability to mimic human speech & other sounds. A few can actually speak	1984 / 2018	32 games
Passive foes	Player's enemies mostly passively oppose the player, usually walking casually about hoping the player touches them.		0 game
Pegasus (Πήγασος;Pégasos;Pegasi;Pterippus;Pterippi)	A strong winged horse from Greek myth.	1983 / 2017	20 games (2 characters)
Penguins	Features penguins	1982 / 2018	203 games
Perverts (Sexual deviants)[pervs]		1992 / 2024	13 games
Pholiota Fungus (Pholiota Muahrooms)	A type of non-poisonous mushroom variously described as edible but tasteless.		2 games
Physical gods (Mortal gods)	Some or all gods' natural form in the setting is physical (and likely mortal), much like other non-supernatural beings of the world.	1993 / 2018	13 games
Piecemeal creatures[Frankenstein's monster]	Includes creatures that are seemingly made of haphazardly attached parts.	1994 / 2015	19 games
Piñata creatures(Treasure goblin)[Piñata enemies;Loot goblin]	Includes beings that give exceptionally large number of or high value rewards compared to what one would normally expect, especially if the challenge level of defeating them is that of an actual piñata.	1989 / 2018	38 games
Pine Cone Amanita Fungus (Pine Cone Amanita Mushroom)	Featured in gameplay or story. This poisonous mushroom's cap sometimes bears a striking resemblance to a pine cone.		2 games
Pirate protagonist	The main character is a pirate	1982 / 2015	17 games
Pirates	Includes pirates of any kind	1978 / 2024	430 games
Plant creatures (Plant monsters;Sentient plants)	Includes creatures that resemble plants but act as if they were animals by exhibiting traits of self-awareness, capacity for communication, and possibly of sentience.	1985 / 2024	148 games
Poltergeists (Poltergeist phenomena)[poltergeister]	Unseen spirit or ghost that usually causes noise and objects to move/fly about. Alternatively (recurrent) spontaneous psychokinesis (RSPK) or other equivalent phenomena.	2004 / 2012	9 games
Polycephalids (Multi-headed creatures)	Features any kind of creatures with two or more heads.	1982 / 2018	28 games
Polymath protagonist (Multi-talented protagonist;Jack of all trades;Renaissance Man)	The protagonist is exceptionally multi-talented.	1993 / 2011	12 games
Polyplopic enemies(Illusion cloners)[doppelganger enemies;mirror enemies]	Includes enemies that create multiple false images (illusory clones, doppelgängers, holograms, or such) of themselves and the player must somehow identify the real one to defeat them.	1998 / 2016	32 games
Porcini Fungus (Cep Fungus)	Features in gameplay or story. A symbiotic delectable convex capped mushroom.		2 games
Porcupines	Large slow rodents with a defensive coat of sharp spines or quills. Not hedgehogs or echidnas. Wild ones live to be about 18, pets as long as 23.	1987 / 2009	8 games
Possessed	Creatures that are being controlled by something, likely against their will.	1992 / 2019	23 games
Primate protagonist	Has a member of the scientific order of primates excluding the genus of homo as a main protagonists.	1982 / 2018	88 games
Proboscidea (Elephant-like Creatures)	Elephants, mastodon, mammoth, moeritherium, and other elephant-like creates like the 'shovel tuskers', 'four tusks', and 'two trunked' elephant-likes.	2006 / 2009	13 games
Prodigal protagonist (Genius protagonist)[superhuman protagonist;prodigy]	The protagonist is exceptionally, possibly even preternaturally, talented in some demanding field of expertise (especially if young of age).	1990 / 2014	17 games
Prodigies(Supernormal Characters;Extraordinary Characters)[prodigy;prodigal]	Includes non-supernatural, non-psychic, non-magical characters with extraordinary (super normal) abilities.		1 game
Protagonist age			0 game
Protagonist ethnicities (Protagonist races)			0 game
Protagonist variants(Player character variants)	Any tags relating to what the character players control is.		0 game
Proto-humans	Features any proto-humans that clearly distinguish them from apes (generally any Homo erectus before Homo sapiens), like Neanderthals, Java men, and Peking men.	2006 / 2009	4 games
Psychic animals(Psychic insects;Psychic monsters)	Animals or other supposedly non-sentient beings demonstrate psychic talent of one form or another.	2007 / 2015	4 games
Psychopomps (Soul guides)	People, animals, supernatural entities, or other things that deal with the souls of the dead, usually guiding them to afterlife or otherwise assisting them.	1998 / 2019	10 games
Pterosaurs[pterodactyls]	Features one or more pterosaurs, including pterodactyls	1982 / 2017	32 games
Puppet protagonist (Action figure protagonist)	The protagonist is a somehow animate puppet, doll, or similar entity.	1995 / 2018	28 games
Purple Fairy Club Fungus (Purple Coral Fungus;Purple Spindles;Purple Squid Mushroom;Kyjanka purpurová;Purpurgrå køllesvamp;Purppuranuijakkaat Purppura;Clavaire Pourprée;Purpurfarbige;Gråfiolett Køllesopp;Goździeniec Purpurowy;Клавария пурпурная;Kyjačik pu	Featured in gameplay or story. A tall slender community of virtually capless purple stems. Editable but not considered delectable.		2 games
Pygmies	Includes creatures that resemble pygmies in stature and tribal gear, whether they actually are human or not.	2000 / 2021	16 games
Raccoons	Include raccoons.	1982 / 2019	22 games
Ragers[berserkers;berzerkers]	Enemies that under certain conditions (usually from being brought below half health) suddenly become enraged/frenzied and attack the player with much greater ferocity, speed, and such. Commonly accompanied by them turning red.	1989 / 2023	54 games
Raiders	Includes people who raid. Pillaging and plundering their targets and vacating the premises before help arrives.	1989 / 2016	34 games
Rakshasa (Rakshasi;Rakshas)[rakshasha]	Supernatural shapeshifters who were expert warriors, magicians, and illusionists in Hindu mythology; in fiction often depicted as powerful magic wielding warriors in humanoid lion/tiger shape.	1987 / 2011	10 games
Rapidly Moving Plants (Rapid Plant Movement)	Typically any plant based creature that can accomplish an action in seconds. Real or fictional.	1988 / 2017	31 games
Rats		1981 / 2021	170 games
Ravens	Includes ravens or birds that resemble them, especially if numerous, thematic or extra attention is drawn to them. Used to be considered ill omens or related to death.	1988 / 2018	24 games
Reactionaries	People who want to return to the old, the previous state of affairs, old ways or methods and such.	2003 / 2013	6 games
Real Antagonist	The antagonist, or at least a significant number of characters, really exist or have existed in life.	1986 / 2014	8 games
Real monsters	Characters that actually are personality-wise monsters, especially if these are humans or others not appearance-wise monstrous, and even more so if there are actually physically monstrous beings that don't fit it personality-wise.	2012 / 2014	7 games
Real protagonist	The protagonist, or at least a significant number of characters, really exist or have existed in life. May not apply to sport games as most of them feature real sportsmen.	1982 / 2017	94 games (9 characters)
Real robots (Real mecha;Realistic robots)	Mecha, robots, and such that have their abilities and functionality explainable by real world science.	2002 / 2012	2 games
Rebel protagonist(Insurgent;Freedom fighter;Revolutionary;Terrorist)	The protagonist is actively opposing the government or other ruling body of the land, nation, or such.	1983 / 2024	60 games
Reborn protagonist (Resurrected protagonist;Reincarnated protagonist)	The protagonist has been brought back to life.	1993 / 2024	55 games
Red Panda	This tree climbing, bushy tailed, raccoon faced, bamboo eating mammal is not panda, bear or raccoon as once thought. It has a panda-like false thumb.		2 games
Rednecks		1997 / 2013	6 games
Refugees		1983 / 2018	14 games
Religious protagonist (Pious protagonist;Faithful protagonist)	The protagonist is exceptionally religious, likely citing the teachings of their faith to themselves or to others or otherwise using religiously charged dialog, rituals or other behaviour.	1983 / 2023	16 games
Renegades(Traitors;Deserters)[rebels]	Prominently features traitors, deserters, or other renegades who've betrayed or deserted their cause, friends, or such.	1983 / 2013	9 games
Reptilian protagonist[reptile protagonist;lizard protagonist]		1984 / 2012	16 games
Rescuees	People, creatures, or such that need or want to be rescued from something besides captivity.	1984 / 2017	50 games
Rhinoceroses	Very large herbivorous mammals with characteristic horns on their snouts.	1983 / 2016	17 games
Robot protagonist (Android protagonist;Droid protagonist)	The main character is a robot or other mechanical being.	1980 / 2023	473 games (1 characters)
Robots (Droids)	Includes robots of any kind.	1977 / 2024	1826 games
Rodent protagonist	The protagonist is member of the Rodentia order: mouse, rat, hamster, gerbil, squirrel, chipmunk, etc.	1981 / 2019	124 games
Rodents		1971 / 2021	96 games
Rogue A.I. (Rogue Artificial Intelligence)	Features one or more A.I.s that function outside their original programming or otherwise in a strange interpretion of it and/or have (unintentionally) gained self-awareness.	1988 / 2023	86 games
Rogue protagonist(Gone rogue)	The protagonist has abandoned or abandons their former allies and joins the other side or some third party or even goes solo, usually with the intent of opposing their former allies.	2000 / 2013	12 games
Rookie protagonist (Beginner;Newcomer;Trainee)	The protagonist is a fresh recruit or someone who has just started on the job with zero experience on real life conditions and possibly minimal to no theoretical knowledge either.	1994 / 2019	65 games
Saber-tooth tigers(Saber-toothed tigers)	A popular imaginary prehistoric feline not actually anything like the real saber-toothed cats (Smilodons) of prehistory.		1 game
Samurai	Involves members of the pre-industrial Japanese warrior caste, called samurai.	1980 / 2020	72 games
Santa Claus	You know, this old man who gives you presents for Christmas...	1981 / 2016	43 games (1 characters)
Sasquatch (Bigfoot;Yeti;Skookum;Yeren;Mapinguari)[big foot]	A cryptid primate reported around the world but especially in the pacific northwest of the USA.	1980 / 2021	24 games
Satan(The Devil;Lucifer)	Features Satan, who in modern times is thought to be same as the fallen angel Lucifer, or some analog of him. Stereotypically red skinned and with horns, possibly with pitchfork, bat wings and goat hooves thrown in.	1984 / 2016	26 games
Sauroid protagonist	The protagonist is a saurian (reptiles, dinosaurs, etc.) or saurian-like being.	2009 / 2010	2 games
Sauroids (Dinosauroids;Lizardmen)	Includes humanoid creatures that resemble lizards or other reptiles, including dinosaurs.	1981 / 2021	252 games
Scientist protagonist	The protagonist is, by profession, a scientist of any kind.	1989 / 2020	65 games
Scientists (Researchers)	People who perform research, regardless of method.	1997 / 2020	89 games
Sea Anemones	Water predators typically with tentacles to stun fish & crustaceans which the take in and digest. Usually attached to surfaces but can swim or move.	2004 / 2015	12 games
Sea monsters	Includes sea monsters, usually the giant variety.	1986 / 2018	35 games
Sea Serpents	Mythical/legendary snake-like creatures that inhabit the sea or large lakes.	1985 / 2004	18 games
Seers (Prophets;Soothsayers;Clairvoyants;Oracles;Diviners)	Features one or more characters who predict the future, either the possibilities or things that [i]will[/i] happen.	1991 / 2018	17 games
Semite protagonist(Arab protagonist;Jew protagonist)[semitic protagonist]	The protagonist is of Semite descent (Arabian, Hebrew, Akkadian, Phoenician, Maltese, etc.) or has the likeness of such.	1983 / 2018	102 games
Sentient plants	Includes plant-like creatures that express a level of sentience higher than that of regular animals.	1992 / 2024	26 games
Sessile creatures (Immobile creatures)	Includes creatures (animals) that are incapable of moving about on their own, often growing directly into a surface itself.	1991 / 2014	37 games
Shapeshifters (Changelings)	Includes creatures capable of changing their shape.	1986 / 2023	186 games
Sharks	Fish with a skeleton of cartilage and five to seven gill slits. They also have several rows of replaceable teeth that look frighting in many species.	1975 / 2021	168 games
Sheep		1980 / 2018	85 games
Shrimp	Shrimps (or like creatures) are part of the game.		1 game
Silent protagonist (Mute protagonist)	Protagonist appears not to communicate (verbally).	1984 / 2022	178 games
Simulacrums (Evil twin;Mirror image)[simulacra;doppelganger;doppelgänger;homunculus;homunculi]	Beings that appear to be the same as the protagonist, often with faint or even quite noticeable differences. Often these are an evil clone or twin, or some manifestation of the Evilness in the protagonist, or even almost literal mirror images of them.	1988 / 2024	96 games
Skunks	A distinctively stripped mammal known for defensively spraying a fowl smelling liquid from its anal glands.	1990 / 2009	7 games
Skywhales (Flying marine animals)[flying aquatic animals]	Any marine animals that for some bizarre reason live in the sky, or treat air as water.	1988 / 2015	18 games
Slavic protagonist	The protagonist is of Slavic descent or has the likeness of such.	2006 / 2015	10 games
Sluts (Nymphos)	Features one or more sexually promiscuous characters (people with loose sexual morals or lack of inhibitions on the matter), regardless of gender.	1991 / 2012	17 games
Snipers (Sharpshooters)	Player encounters enemies that attack at such extreme range that they may be unable to retaliate.	1983 / 2018	21 games
Socialist protagonist (Marxist protagonist;Communist protagonist)	The protagonist participates on behalf of [i]governmental[/i] socialist ideals including socialism, communism, or marxism.	1975 / 2017	17 games (2 characters)
Soldiers (Warriors;Troopers;Grunts)	Includes grunts of some more or less organized military force.	1981 / 2020	144 games
Space aliens (Extraterrestrials)	Features (sentient) extraterrestrial alien creatures.	1971 / 2024	1588 games (1 characters)
Space demons		2000 / 2018	4 games
Special Agent protagonist	The protagonist is a special agent, a spy, or some other professional with unusually broad range of authority and whose job often requires subterfuge.	1981 / 2016	216 games
Spectral protagonist (Ghost protagonist;Spirit protagonist)	The protagonist is a ghost, spirit or some other spectral apparition.	1982 / 2023	81 games
Spectres(Apparitions;Phantoms;Spirits)[specters]	Includes spectral beings, spirits, or other similar apparitions regardless if they are actually undead or other spirits of the dead.	1982 / 2019	163 games
Spiderbots (Spidertanks)		1996 / 2016	56 games
Spiders (Arachnids)[spider]		1980 / 2023	408 games
Spindly characters[lanky;gangly]	Features characters, specially those that are seen often, that are depicted as abnormally tall and slender.	2009 / 2018	18 games
Spinosaurus	At up to 10 tons & 18 meters long, it is the biggest land predator known. Mostly bipedal, had a slender croc-like skull & a 2 meter sail (or hump) on its back	2000 / 2002	3 games
Spirit hosts(Demon hosts)	People who willingly, without any form of coercion, become hosts to demons, ghosts, or other spirits. Also willing hosts to physical parasites, symbionts, or similar.	1996 / 2016	10 games
Splitting creatures	Includes creatures that release one or more creatures other than clones of themselves upon death.	1997 / 2017	49 games
Spriggans[green man;green men]	Ugly plant-like creatures often in humanoid shape.	1996 / 2015	5 games
Sprites(Pixies;Faeries)[Fairies]	Generally small glowing flying faerie like creatures. Either corporal or incorporeal. Always magical or supernatural.	1990 / 2016	61 games
Spy protagonist(Secret agent protagonist)		1983 / 2014	38 games
Squatters	Player encounters squatters, people who unlawfully occupy - usually abandoned - buildings.	2003 / 2015	12 games
Squid	Squid have a strong beak on their mouths, tentacles that tend to blend with their body. & a pointy head.	1982 / 2003	11 games
Starfish aliens	Sentient (and possibly even non-sentient) alien beings that reject the all too common similarities with human or animal appearance and instead resemble little to nothing found on Earth.	1990 / 2024	73 games
Stealing NPCs (Thieving NPCs)[thieves]	Includes characters, creatures or some such that snatch something directly from the player characters and try to make a run for it.	1983 / 2017	40 games
Stegosaurus	Herbivorous quadrupedal armored dinosaurs with many triangular sails on its arched back & long spikes on its tail. Some species have pointed sails.	1988 / 2002	7 games
Stinkhorn Fungus (Phallaceae;Stinkhorn Mushrooms)	Featured in gameplay or story. Their fowl smelling spore masses attract insects to aid spore distribution.		2 games
Stone creatures (Rock creatures)	Living creatures that appear to be made of stone (or mostly of stone)	1982 / 2017	33 games
Styracosaurus	A triceratops-like dinosaur with only the large central horn & many, many other smaller horns on its frill & and face.	2000 / 2002	3 games
Succubi[succubus;succubuses]	Female (appearing) demons that tend to be far more human in shape than other demons. Although traditionally they fed on energy from men (through sexual interactions), in fiction this aspect tends to be omitted or ignored.	2002 / 2016	8 games
Suicide attackers (Suicide bombers;Kamikaze bombers)	Includes creatures, people, robots, or whatever else who attack you only to die themselves as a result of their attack. Usually blowing up some large explosive they're carrying in an attempt to take you and others with them.	1984 / 2024	225 games
Super robots (Super mecha)	Mecha, robots, and such that have fantastic capabilities, durability, weapons and such.		1 game
Superhumans		1999 / 2005	2 games
Supernatural protagonist	The protagonist is a supernatural entity of one type or another.	1999 / 2019	35 games
Support NPCs	Any (enemy) NPCs that primarily support their fellows rather than directly oppose the player character.	1994 / 2021	57 games
Swarm protagonist(Gestalt protagonist;Swarm control)[Horde control;Horde protagonist]	Player controls a swarm/horde of beings with no control on the individuals within it.	2012 / 2016	9 games
Swarmers	Includes any creatures that alone are not of much consequence besides minor annoyance, but tend to attack in considerable swarms when they're meant to give a challenge.	1985 / 2017	53 games
Tauntauns	A bipedal bovine-like species with 4 way cloven hooves downward facing horns along the sides of their heads. Easily tamed for carrying people & cargo	1992 / 1993	2 games
Teen protagonist	The protagonist is roughly the age of 12 to 18.	1984 / 2024	291 games
Tentacle creatures	Includes creatures whose dominant trait is tentacles.	1983 / 2020	122 games
Terrorists	People who resort to acts of terror to drive political, ideological, religious, or even personal goals.	1983 / 2015	54 games
Texas Longhorns	Texas Longhorn breed of cattle are included in these games..		4 games
The Soulless(Soulless creatures)[Soulless people]	Beings that lack a "soul", either by nature or they've somehow lost it. Commonly perceived as evil, though some depictions have them as simply lacking of notable ego ("self").	1999 / 2016	17 games
Therianthrope protagonist (Zoanthrope protagonist)	The protagonist is a therianthrope, a creature normally human in shape but capable of transforming into an animal or some part-human part-animal shape.	1990 / 2014	22 games
Therianthropes (Zoanthropes)	Features therianthropes, creatures normally human but capable of transforming into animal or part-human part-animal shape.	1990 / 2015	28 games
Thief protagonist	The protagonist is an outlaw specializing in thievery, stealing the property of others hopefully without them ever noticing them doing it. Unlike brigands thieves do not use intimidation or violence to achieve this.	1985 / 2022	30 games
Thieves (Robbers;Pickpockets;Burglars)	Criminals who perform theft while maintaining secrecy and concealing their identity or otherwise attempting to do it completely without notice before they're long gone.	1979 / 2016	49 games
Tigers	Largest of the Big Cats. Know for their dark vertical stripes over a white to redish-orange coat. 3 species are extinct and the rest are threatened.	1981 / 2024	66 games
Tingle (チンクル;Chinkury)	A short, fat man (35yo) obsessed with fairies. Also interested in collectibles. Says, "Tingle-Tingle, Kooloo-Limpah!" a lot.	2000 / 2013	13 games (1 characters)
Tiny foes	Features opponents that are so small that defeating them is difficult solely because of their minuscule size (hard to hit or aim at).	1995 / 2022	21 games
Tourists			1 game
Toy protagonist	The protagonist is a somehow animate toy of any kind.	1992 / 2014	61 games
Treants (Treemen;Ents;Huorn)	Features treants, sentient or animalistic tree-like beings, or similar entities.	1985 / 2018	104 games
Tribals		2005 / 2017	22 games
Triceratops (Trikes)	Named for 2 horns above the eyes & 1 between them it also had a usually hornless bone frill from the back of its skull extending well over its neck.	1990 / 2018	17 games
Tripeds (Tripods)[three legged]	Includes something with three legged locomotion.	1985 / 2016	58 games
Troglodytes	A strange humanoid creature that lives underground, commonly blind and bears some likeness to eels, fish and/or reptiles.	1999 / 2013	9 games
Trolls	Humanoid monsters of varying size, shape and other features.	1978 / 2021	207 games
Ultraterrestrials	Beings who previously inhabited one's homeworld but left or disappeared for a some reason, and now have returned, usually to reclaim the planet. Commonly depicted as far superior to the current natives both technologically and physically.	2007 / 2011	5 games
Undead (Living dead;Unquiet dead)	Features any kind of undead creatures: beings that are clinically dead, beings that have died but are now still moving around of their own accord, or such.	1979 / 2024	1170 games
Undead animals	Undeath is not limited to humans as it usually is.	1996 / 2019	37 games
Undead monsters		1993 / 2015	7 games
Undead protagonist	The main character is one of the living dead. An animated corpse, skeleton, ghost or whatnot.	1981 / 2018	79 games
Unicorns	Features European style unicorns.	1981 / 2017	78 games
Unique protagonist	The protagonist is presented as somehow unique in the depicted events/setting, such as being the only representative of a specific profession, ethnic group or even species. Possibly even being the only one of their kind ever.	1993 / 2020	66 games
Unlikely sentients	Includes creatures that one wouldn't normally expect to be sentient in the slightest.	1993 / 2012	7 games
Unseen characters	These are continuing characters, NOT the protagonist, important to the game and/or story yet remain obscure in a significant way or fully unseen.	2003 / 2010	2 games
Unseen protagonist	The protagonist is never seen. A common trait of strategy and managerial games.	1982 / 2024	186 games
Unusual mounts(Bizarre mounts)	Riding creatures that seem unsuitable for it or are otherwise bizarre in this capacity.	1982 / 2019	83 games
Unusual protagonist (Extraordinary protagonist)	The protagonist is somehow unusual compared to rest of her kind, either she has a skill no other has or is significantly more talented than the rest, or perhaps she's just "different" in some unexplainable way.	1990 / 2019	178 games
Uplifted animals	Animals that have been uplifted to have higher cognitive abilities, making them more intelligent, capable of understanding technology, improved communicative capabilities, and such expected of sentient beings.	2008 / 2017	12 games
Ursine protagonist (Bear protagonist;Panda protagonist)		1983 / 2017	80 games
Ursinoids(Bearmen)	Includes humanoid creatures that resemble (humanoid) ursines (bears).	1996 / 2016	12 games
Uruk-hai	A special breed of orc in the Tolkien universe that are physically and redemptively 'better' than their fellows.	1991 / 2009	5 games
Utah Raptor	A very large species of Dromaeosaurs (Velociraptor). About the size of the ones in Jurassic Park (But this species was discovered after the movie.)	2010 / 2012	2 games
Vagrants(Homeless;Hobos)	Player encounters and has to deal with variety of homeless and jobless individuals.	1984 / 2018	38 games
Vampire protagonist	The main character is any kind of vampire (hybrids included).	1983 / 2018	60 games
Vampires	Features vampires.	1979 / 2023	365 games
Vegetable protagonist	The protagonist is a vegetable.	1986 / 2006	7 games
Vehicle protagonist	Player controls a vehicle, and the vehicle driver is not identified.	1981 / 1995	19 games
Velvet Foot Fungus (エノキタケ;Enokitake;Golden Needle Mushroom;Winter Mushrooms;Velvet Stem Mushrooms;金針菇;Jīnzhēngū;팽이버섯;Paengi Beoseot;Trâm Vàng)	Featured in gameplay or story. Cultivated store-bought Enokitake are wahite, very tall & very, very skinny. Wild ones vary in appearance.		2 games
Vigilante protagonist	The protagonist fights wrongdoers by going over what law allows. Likely believing that the law system provides insufficient punishment for the wicked and they must thus deliver it themselves.	1985 / 2014	40 games
Vikings	Scandinavian seafaring traders. Known as warriors & pirates. They colonized or raided the known world & beyond, mostly Europe from 8th to 11th centuries. Including any people that clearly resemble them.	1982 / 2018	137 games
Villain protagonist	The protagonist is a villain of some sort.	2001 / 2020	16 games
Viral creatures (Contagious creatures)	Includes beings that somehow turn others into more of themselves, spreading much akin to a virus.	1994 / 2016	27 games
Wall crawlers	Includes creatures that can move on walls and possibly even on ceilings.	1999 / 2014	21 games
Walnut Trees	Featured in gameplay or story. Makes walnuts. Hard resilient wood changes colors for how its dried. Used in gun stocks, cabinets, cars, stringed instruments		2 games
Walnuts	A large hard shelled seed (nut kernel). The insides are eaten raw or cooked.		2 games
Wampa	Ursidae-like upright bipedal carnivore. They subsist on Tauntauns. They prefer to be solitary and are territorial but will form packs when advantageous	1992 / 1997	3 games
Warrior protagonist (Fighter protagonist)	The protagonist is an aspiring warrior or already experienced combatant.	1984 / 2022	186 games
Warrior-Mystics (Warrior Monks;Fighter Mages;Battlemages)[battle mages]	People who employ esoteric knowledge in arts of martial combat and possibly outside of it, while also being fully competent in more mundane methods of fighting.	1994 / 2021	24 games
Weakling protagonist	The protagonist is perceived by others and possibly by themselves as a weakling.	2002 / 2010	5 games
Weaponized animals	Any animals "armed" or integrated with weapons besides spiky armor or similar.	1999 / 2014	6 games
Weasels	Small, long, narrow, short legged, hyperactive predatory mammals.	1986 / 2009	5 games
Wee folk (Little people;Small humanoids)	Includes any small humanoid beings that are largely indistinguishable from humans, such as halflings, dwarves, gnomes, small elves, and some others.	1975 / 2023	447 games
Wee folk protagonist	The protagonist is any kind of small humanoid being that is largely indistinguishable from humans, such as halfling, dwarf, gnome, small elf, and some others.	1982 / 2013	61 games
Weeping Willows	An ornamental willow tree hybrid that has branch tips that hang straight down.		2 games
Weirdos (Eccentrics)[freaks]	Includes characters that behave, speak, or dress (or something in that direction) in a very strange manner.	1998 / 2016	9 games
Werewolves (Lycanthropes)	Features werewolves (lycanthropes) or werewolf-like creatures.	1981 / 2022	173 games
Western demons	Red, spade tailed, goat-legged, pitch-fork carrying and bat-winged monstrous humanoids wreathed in fire. Some even have ram's head.		1 game
Widgeons	Widgeons are a type of duck.		2 games
Wild Boars (Wild Pigs;Boars;Wild Hogs;Razorbacks;Pineywoods;European Boars)	Undomesticated version of the pig. "Wild Boar" is the proper term to differentiate from "Boar" (meaning any male swine). They have course hair & tusks	1983 / 2018	32 games
Wildlife	Includes animals that run about free trying to give the impression of a living world.	1995 / 2023	89 games
Will-o'-wisps (Will-o'-the-wisps;Will o' the wisps)	A floating light or group of lights, usually much brighter or at least visually larger than fireflies or fairies (in case the latter emits light in any manner).	1985 / 2021	45 games
Willow Trees	Featured in gameplay or story. A common type of tree.	1985 / 2016	34 games
Winged humanoids(Winged humans)	Features winged human-like beings, possibly easily mistaken with angels and sometimes with demons. Not for monstrous humanoids that are better identified as something else than human (e.g. gargoyles).	1991 / 2021	25 games
Witch hunters (Mage slayers)[mageslayers]	People who hunt, kill, and/or capture witches and other magic users and possibly related creatures.	1999 / 2009	11 games
Wolves	Features one or more wolves.	1982 / 2023	133 games
Worm protagonist (Annelid protagonist;Leech protagonist;Nematode protagonist)	Has a legless animal that is called a worm by biologists as a protagonist.	1985 / 2017	43 games
Worms (Annelide;Leeches;Nematodes)	Features legless animals that biologists call worms (but not caterpillars, or legged insects)	1982 / 2018	151 games
Wyverns	Includes wyverns - a small dragon-like species with wings and no arms, often equipped with poison stinger at the tip of their tail.	1988 / 2023	38 games
Young adult protagonist	The protagonist has recently reached adulthood and is no longer considered teenager by those around them, though may not yet show significant maturity that one gains with age. Generally of 20 to 30 of age.	1996 / 2019	105 games

entities

Aardvarks	Aardvarks are medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammals native to Africa.	1978 / 1991	2 games
Acrocanthosaurus	Bipedal predator known for a ridge of back spines from neck to tail tip. It was probably muscled, a 'hump' rather than a sail or external spines.	1994 / 1995	2 games
AI protagonist (Artificial Intelligence)	The protagonist is an artificial intelligence, software that mimics natural intellect.	2008 / 2020	22 games
Albertochampsa	A small extinct alligatorid. Like a modern alligator but smaller.		2 games
Albertosaurus	A bipedal predator scientifically related to the much larger T-rex.		2 games
Allosaurus	Top predatory bipedal theropod. Though land dwelling, it may have been accustom to long swims in the sea.	1990 / 2002	7 games
Amoeboid protagonist (Blob protagonist)	The protagonist is a living amorphous mass.	1983 / 2019	111 games
Amoeboids (Blobs;Slimes;Oozes)	Features creatures that don't resemble much more than a living amorphous mass.	1982 / 2024	479 games
Amphibians	Ectotherms hatched in water as fish-like water breathers that later developed air breathing ability. Frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, & caecilians.	1983 / 2017	19 games
Angel of Death (Death;Grim Reaper;The Reaper;Supernatural psychopomp)	Include the/an Angel of Death or similar life transitioning entity.	1986 / 2016	33 games (4 characters)
Animals	Includes non-sentient animals of any kind.	1971 / 2023	296 games
Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus)	Massive quadrupedal dinosaur with thick long necks, massive legs, & thick tails that tapered to a whip tail that may have snapped loud like cannon.	1990 / 2002	5 games
Argentinosaurus	A 30–35 meter (98–110 ft) long quadruped that weighed up to 110 tons.	1994 / 1995	2 games
Barghests (Black dogs)	A legendary monstrous (possibly spectral) black dog.	1995 / 2012	10 games
Beavers	Large semi-aquatic rodents know for a large flat tail, buck teeth which they use to cut down trees, and building dams with those trees.	1983 / 2017	17 games
Beetles	Includes beetles or beetle-like critters.	1982 / 2019	46 games
Birds (Avians)	Feathered, winged, beaked, egg-laying creatures. Most of which can fly & move perhaps awkwardly (unless flightless) on land. Some also dive & swim.	1977 / 2023	471 games
Brachiosaurus (Brontosaurus)	Quadrupedal sauropod dinosaur. At 20m long, one of the largest creatures to ever live. Thought to be terrestrial as its feet were not good for mud.	1993 / 2004	4 games
Butterflies	An insect known for beautiful wings. Unlike most insects, most people don't mind butterflies, even touching them.	1984 / 2016	48 games
Camels	Long lived even-toed ungulate mammals well adapted to desert conditions. Dromedary have 1 hump, Bactrians have 2. They can carry cargo & provide milk.	1982 / 2015	34 games
Cattle (Cows)		1975 / 2018	56 games
Centipedes	Long segmented arthropod with 1 leg pair per segment, rarely 100 exactly. Numbers of segments are variant. They always have an odd number of leg pairs	1980 / 2007	52 games
Cerberi	Includes Kerberos-like three-headed dogs.	1988 / 2009	7 games
Cetaceans	Includes cetaceans, such as whales, porpoises or dolphins.	1982 / 2023	48 games
Children		1983 / 2018	151 games
Cockatrices [Basilisks]	A winged animal with a lizard's or dragons tail/body and a rooster's head with the ability to petrify even after death much like medusa.	1982 / 2019	56 games
Compsognathus	A turkey sized bipedal carnivorous theropod dinosaur (but with a long neck and tail).		5 games
Computer Virus	Game includes at least one computer virus.	1992 / 2017	2 games
Coots	A black water fowl that appears to have a receding hairline. Source of the expression, "as bald as a coot".		2 games
Crabs	A wide flat decapod crustacean with 2 big claws. Most live in sea water, there are also fresh water crabs. But most species can travel terrestrially.	1982 / 2023	109 games
Crocodiles	[b]Very[/b] large aquatic reptiles with a high tolerance for seawater. Streamlined for swimming & surprisingly fast on land or sea. Some species can gallop.	1981 / 2015	74 games
Crocodilians (Crocodilia)	Alligators, Crocodiles, Gharial, and Caimans.	1982 / 2014	24 games
Cyclopes (Cyclops)	Features one-eyed humanoid giants.	1981 / 2016	66 games
Dead protagonist	The protagonist is dead. Whatever you're seeing is likely a manifestation of their former self in afterlife.	1981 / 2016	39 games
Deities (Gods;Divinities)	Features deities of any kind.	1975 / 2024	61 games
Dilophosaurus	A bipedal carnivorous dinosaur with two large round bone crests on top of its skull and a crocodile-like mouth. It is about 2.5m tall and 6m long.		6 games
Disembodied hands	Includes creatures that resemble severed hands.	1984 / 2015	19 games
Dogs	Descendent's of domesticated wolves. Thought of as loyal companions often trained to work, tricks, & general help . Often called 'man's best friend'.	1978 / 2021	253 games
Domestic Cats (Cats)		1978 / 2023	222 games
Donkeys (Burros)	Stout tough Equid. Smaller than horses but some are up to 1.6m. Best known as a beast of burden. They will defensively kick, bite, stomp, & vocalize.	1985 / 2011	10 games
Doppelgängers (Changelings;Homunculi)	Includes creatures that pretend to be something other than what they actually are. These are commonly shapeshifters or beings capable of somehow affecting other people's perceptions of them.	1992 / 2018	39 games
Dragonflies	Has large multifaceted eyes, 2 pairs of transparent wings that extend horizontally and perpendicular from a long body. They are associated with water.	1983 / 2017	24 games
Dwarven protagonist[dwarf protagonist]	The protagonist is a dwarf; a short, stout, and bearded humanoid who often enjoy ale, mining and metalworking.	1987 / 2016	16 games
Eagles	Games includes these birds of prey.	1988 / 2018	13 games
Echidna	An small spiny egg laying mammal. Hard to catch and keep caged. Smarter than a dog.	1995 / 2014	3 games
Electric Eels	Actually they are 80% air breathing knifefish (not eels) that can generate electric shocks up to 500 volts & 1 amp for self defense or attacking prey.	1984 / 1992	15 games
Equines (Horses;Equids)		1975 / 2022	284 games
Evil genius (Evil wizard;Evil intellectual)	A single - presumably highly intellectual - person is causing trouble in the world.	1981 / 2017	56 games
Evil overlord	A single person has somehow gained unswerving loyalty of numerous creatures and is causing trouble in the world.	1982 / 2024	226 games
Fauns (Satyrs)	Otherwise largely human but has goat-like lower body and horns, often much smaller than humans.	1997 / 2015	14 games
Feral children (Wolf children)	Human (or roughly equivalent sentient being of the setting) children brought up by animals or even by themselves in the wild.	1983 / 2002	13 games (3 characters)
Firefighters (Firemen)		1977 / 2012	58 games
Fleas (Siphonaptera)	Blood sucking insect parasites. Know for infesting domestic animals, especially dogs & cats, each having a specific species that prefers them.	1980 / 1998	26 games
Floating eyes (Evil eyes)	Includes creatures that resemble floating disembodied eyeballs, possibly with tendrils or similar additives.	1982 / 2018	79 games
Geese (Goose)	Generally larger than ducks & smaller than swans.	1982 / 2009	17 games
Ghosts(Spirits of the dead)	Ghosts, or other spirits of the dead, evil or not.	1978 / 2022	808 games
Giant ants(Giant formicids)[giant formids]		1982 / 2017	33 games
Giant birds	Includes any unusually large birds or bird-like creatures, including emus, ostriches, terror birds, and so forth.	1982 / 2019	48 games
Giant spiders		1981 / 2023	287 games
Giant wasps (Giant vespids;Giant bees;Giant hornets)	Includes giant variety of wasps or wasp-like critters.	1986 / 2016	20 games
Giraffes	An animal known for its long neck & legs. It also has large brown spots that nearly cover its yellowish coat.	1983 / 2015	16 games
Gorillas	The largest living primates known to science. [i]Mostly[/i] herbivorous. Males get as big as 1.83m & 25kg & 1 protects a group with the help of younger males	1983 / 2018	29 games
Hackers	A technically minded group good at rearrange things, often computer code, to work to their's or a clients advantage in a more useful of efficient way.	1993 / 2020	35 games
Hadrosaurs (Duck-Billed Dinosaurs)	Bi/quadruped herbivore with an adapted bill like mouth that could both slice vegetation from high branches & it had teeth to chew.	2002 / 2012	3 games
Hedgehogs	Small spiny mammal that is known for eating smaller pests such as insects & snails though some are herbivorous also. Can curl into a tight spiky ball.	1984 / 2017	20 games
Hermit Crabs	Decapod crustaceans that utilize discarded shells of gastropods (or anything available) to protect soft abdomens. Some are terrestrial &/or shellless.	1993 / 2017	7 games
Hicks (Hillbillies;Rednecks;Yokels)		1997 / 1998	5 games
Human protagonist		1979 / 2021	165 games
Humanoid protagonist	The protagonist is a non-human humanoid.	1985 / 2022	309 games
Humans		1975 / 2023	368 games
Hybrid protagonist (Cross-breed protagonist)	The protagonist is a cross-breed of two or more different things, whether scientifically possible or not.	1994 / 2019	39 games
Hydrae (Hydras)	Includes giant multi-headed reptilian monsters of Greek mythology and any creatures resembling them.	1983 / 2018	56 games
Icaronycteris	An extinct species of bat from the Eocene epoch. Had a long tail connected to its legs with a flight surface. It rested upside down like modern bats.		2 games
Iguanodons	A bi/quadrupedal beaked herbivore. Could shift movement mode. Had a mysterious large thumb spike & dexterous little finger that scientists contemplate	2000 / 2002	3 games
Immortals	Includes creatures that either refuse to die or refuse to stay dead unless something special is done to them.	1986 / 2020	35 games
Insect protagonist (Invertebrate protagonist)	The protagonist is an insect.	1981 / 2018	137 games
Investigator protagonist (Detective protagonist)	The protagonist is a detective, an investigator, or similar professional who attempts to uncover the truth, regardless if they are private, part of some agency, or part of the police.	1981 / 2024	407 games
Isopods(Trilobites;Pill bugs;Woodlouse)[pillbugs]	Includes isopods or isopod-like creatures, a group a crustaceans with no claws and flat and long segmented body, and legs usually hidden almost completely underneath the main body.	2001 / 2006	5 games
Jaguars	Includes Jaguars	1982 / 1993	9 games
Jiangshi (Kyonshi)	Features any kind of "Jiangshi", a hopping vampire originating from Chinese folklore.	1987 / 1991	12 games
Kangaroos		1981 / 2015	16 games
Knights[paladins]	Medieval nobles serving as soldiers of higher rank and often of better training, usually depicted dressed in full platemail or lighter armor with decorative tunic over it.	1975 / 2021	166 games
Koalas (Koala Bears)	Includes Koalas; arboreal herbivorous marsupial of Australia. Fond of poisonous eucalyptus leaves of which it can discern the least toxic.	1983 / 2021	35 games
Larvae (Grubs)		1998 / 2015	20 games
Lemurs	A type of primate named for their brilliant eyes.		2 games
Leprechauns		1982 / 2014	12 games
Lions	The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae.	1977 / 2019	30 games
Living shadows (Animated shadows)	Animated shadows or other shadow-like creatures, may appear as proper shadows cast on surfaces with no actual being creating them or as pitch black entities (likely somewhat transparent) which lack visible depth.	1990 / 2023	39 games
Living Snowman	A Snowman come to life.	1990 / 2016	10 games (1 characters)
Lobsters	Decapod crustaceans with a fat tail & most have claws. They are nearly ageless and grow until death. They rarely scavenge. Taste good cooked in butter	1991 / 2013	5 games
Manticores	Features manticores, man-faced lions with tail ending in a spike clutch.	1990 / 2003	5 games
Meganeura	The largest flying insect known to have existed. It had a 75cm wingspan. Resembled the modern dragonfly.		3 games
Mercenaries (Bounty hunters;Professional Warriors;Fighters)	Freelancers hired to be tough for a living, go to war, apprehend wanted people, kill the enemy in battle, protect/escort, & generally do jobs with life & death risk	1980 / 2018	66 games
Mice [Mouse]	A type of rodent often considered cuter than rats.	1980 / 2023	117 games (2 characters)
Militant protagonist (Soldier protagonist;Knight protagonist)	The protagonist is member of some organized military force.	1970 / 2023	1198 games
Mimics (Mimic monsters)	Includes creatures that disguise themselves as harmless objects hapless adventurers are likely to approach, such as elaborate chests.	1985 / 2024	90 games
Moles	Several types of small burrowing subterranean adapted mammals. Also known for poor eyesight/blindness, odd/pointy noses, odd feet adapted for digging.	1988 / 2017	17 games
Momotarou	Features the famous character Momotarou from Japanese folklore (also known as Peachboy).	1983 / 2007	47 games
Moose	The largest extant cervids. They have large twig-like antlers that include broad surfaces. Due to their size, they fear only bear, tiger, & wolf packs	1983 / 2017	17 games
Mosquitoes	Blood sucking gnats.	1983 / 1998	11 games
Musician(s)	A musician or musicians play a role and/or are seen in the game.	1984 / 2005	2 games
Neuter protagonist (Sexless protagonist;Genderless protagonist)	The protagonist is neuter, lacking any gender-specific organs.	2001 / 2005	3 games
Neutral NPCs (Bystanders;Non-belligerents)[civilians;non-combatants]	Includes neutral non-player characters that do not by default attack the player or anyone else without provocation. Usually not including people that can't be interacted by player's opponents.	1982 / 2024	346 games
Ninja (Ninjas;忍者;Shinobi;忍の者;Shinobi-no-mono;くノ一;Kunoichi)	Includes stealthy assassins, saboteurs, spies, or scouts of Japanese origin who are skilled in martial arts, especial alternative arts of war.	1983 / 2024	454 games
Ogres (Oni)	A large humanoid monster.	1975 / 2021	88 games
Orca (Killer Whales)	The largest of the dolphins. Known for preying on other cetaceans, seals, & sharks though regularly on fish. The are distinctly pied black & white.	1986 / 2005	12 games
Outsiders (Extradimensional beings;Extradimensional creatures)	Beings from other dimensions, realities, or such where even the laws of nature may be alien.	1997 / 2019	9 games
Oviraptors	Very bird like non-flying bipedal dinosaur often depicted stealing eggs due to its name.		2 games
Owls	Mostly nocturnal (or crepuscular), solitary, stealthy birds that hunt mostly small mammals. Eyes & ears fixed forward.Owl are commonly thought of as wise	1983 / 2016	22 games
Pandas (Giant Pandas)	A distinctively black & white bear native to central China that subsists on bamboo (practically exclusively). Replaced the dragon as the modern symbol of China.	1982 / 2014	18 games
Phoenixes		1993 / 2011	8 games
Pigs (swine)		1982 / 2018	60 games
Pinnipeds (seals;sea lions;walruses)	Semi-aquatic marine mammals that are more graceful in water than on land.	1984 / 2016	14 games
Piranhas			1 game
Plesiosaur	Extinct (but for the occasional cryptid) carnivorous aquatic reptiles.	1990 / 2002	5 games
Posthumans (Evolved humans)[post-humans]	The next step of human evolution.	1999 / 2016	22 games
Primates (Apes;Simians;Monkeys)		1980 / 2020	216 games
Prostitutes	Individuals of who perform sexual acts in exchange for currency or barter.	1985 / 2020	77 games
Psychics (Espers)	Includes people or creatures with psychic powers.	1987 / 2017	221 games
Pteranodon	Pterosaurs with up to a 9m wingspan. Probably soared, occasionally flapping. Quadrupedal on ground. Probably required bird-like intelligence to fly.	1990 / 2000	6 games
Puppets (Dolls;Marionettes)	Includes animate or animated puppets, dolls or other similar things.	1983 / 2008	36 games (12 characters)
Re-animators(Resurrectors)	Includes NPCS, monsters or others that re-animate, resurrect or otherwise restore to life opponents you've already vanquished.	1994 / 2021	41 games
Scorpions	Venomous predatory arthropods with pincers and a stinger. They are arachnids.	1980 / 2021	156 games
Seals (True Seals;Earless Seals)	A completely streamlined mammal with 4 flippers. Their hind flippers are useless on land so they must crawl on their belly using their front flippers.	1985 / 2009	11 games
Sentient machines (Sapient machines;Artificial intelligences;AIs)	Includes sentient or sentience-mimicking machines.	1984 / 2022	115 games
Slender Man		2012 / 2013	5 games
Snails	A gastropod with an obvious spiral shell. Known for being slow. Lives on land, fresh, brackish, or salt water. Some have lungs, gills, or both.	1983 / 2017	65 games
Snakes (Serpents)	Long legless reptile carnivores covered in scales. Some are venomous, some constrict their prey. Somewhat common is ophidiophobia (fear of snakes)	1980 / 2021	429 games
Squirrels		1983 / 2008	8 games
Stonemen (Silicoids)	Rock-like humanoids.	1986 / 2016	42 games
Suidoids(Pigmen)[pig men]	Includes humanoid creatures that resemble pigs, warthogs, boars, or such.	1994 / 2016	31 games
Supersaurus	A quadruped 33-34 meters ling (108 to 112 ft) that weighed as much as 40 tons. Scientifically related to the Apatosaurus.	1994 / 1995	2 games
Supervisor protagonist (Commander protagonist;Lieutenant protagonist;Executive officer protagonist)	The protagonist supervises and commands larger operations on behalf of some higher authority.	1982 / 2016	130 games
Swans (Cygnus)	Large bird related to ducks & geese. Know for being white but a few species are all black or grey, and have red or yellow bits. Some are black & white	1999 / 2009	4 games
Testudines(Turtles;Sea Turtles;Terrapins;Tortoises)	Reptiles with a bony shell on their back & another bony plate on their belly that allows most species to withdraw completely or to some degree inside.	1981 / 2019	178 games
Turrets (Emplacements;Sentry guns)[gun turrets;missile turrets;rocket turrets]	Immobile weapons that seek targets and fire at them automatically.	1982 / 2024	201 games
Tyrannosaurus Rex (T-Rex)	Bipedal carnivore often mistake for the biggest on land. Arguable the more famous of all dinosaurs. Existed about 68 to 65 million years ago.	1990 / 2018	37 games
Ursines (Bears)		1971 / 2018	136 games
Valkyries		1999 / 2016	8 games
Vardit	Character created by Vered Hagalil.		2 games
Walruses	Massive flippered pinnipeds with tusks & whiskers who really like clams.	1987 / 2017	35 games
Witches (Practitioners of witchcraft)	Stereotypical witch is a female hermit with warts and green skin who curses, flies on a broom and brews potions in a cauldron.	1980 / 2021	89 games
Wyrms	A giant worm-like creature that resembles a dragon (notably its head) without arms, legs or wings.	1999 / 2015	9 games
Zombies (Living dead;Walking corpses)	Features zombies, partially decayed corpses that for some unfathomable reason behave like living creatures. Commonly express a strange hunger for the flesh of non-zombies.	1982 / 2024	945 games

concepts

Achilles Heel foes (Weak points)	Includes enemies that require or greatly benefit from a special method or targeting a specific part of them to defeat them.	1981 / 2023	272 games
Asymetripeds	Includes creatures with inconstant limb symmetry.		1 game
Beggars	Folk who've decided or been forced to resort to begging rather than working, commonly but not exclusively poor people or of some lower social class.	1983 / 2016	63 games
Biorobot protagonist (Bioroid protagonist)	The protagonist is a biorobot, an artificially engineered biological being.	1990 / 2011	26 games
Biorobots (Bioroids;Biots;Biological robots)	Includes artificially engineered biological organisms.	1990 / 2013	52 games
Bullies	Player must content with self-appointed authorities who enjoy enforcing their perceived power in person.	2003 / 2011	6 games
Eastern demons (妖怪;Yāoguài;妖怪;Yōkai;جن;Jinn)	Includes any kind of eastern demons or creatures inspired by them.	1987 / 2017	13 games
Elite NPCs (Elite mobs;Named mobs;Mini bosses)	NPC characters that are far more dangerous than any regular opponent. Possibly worse than some bosses you may encounter.	1989 / 2021	105 games
Enemysofdarkness			0 game
Former humans	Humans that have become something quite different. Generally beings that no longer qualify as humans even in very broad sense of the word but were that previously.	2006 / 2019	18 games
Giant eyeball creatures	Creatures that feature one eye as the largest (or only) part of its body.	1988 / 2018	14 games
Hypocrites	People engaging in hypocrisy play a role in the game.	1992 / 2011	11 games
Karmic creatures (On-death retaliation;Final retaliation)	Includes creatures that somehow retaliate if they're harmed or especially if they're killed.	1984 / 2021	91 games
Mini-bosses (Sub-bosses;Mid-bosses)	Includes boss fights against characters that are on par or nearly so with real boss battles in difficulty, but often are not as important in terms of plot. Commonly non-unique unlike real bosses.	1993 / 2023	97 games
Panther Cap Fungus (False Blusher;Panther Cap Mushroom)	Featured in gameplay or story. A symbiotic stinky poisonous psychoactive flat capped mushroom.		2 games
Premade protagonist	Player has little or no control over who the protagonist is, often with little or no control who their protagonist will be either. Mostly of interest for RPGs where character creation is often seen as integral part for western RPGs.	1983 / 2020	223 games
Protagonist occupations (Protagonist professions)			0 game
Spawners (Summoners;Mobile NPC generators)	Creatures that spawn, create, or otherwise make new creatures appear, usually at quite alarming rate.	1993 / 2022	71 games
Specialist protagonist	The protagonist is a specialist of some sort, focusing on a single aspect of a profession or skill to a great degree.	2005 / 2017	17 games