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Alternating protagonist

Other (objects, etc.) concept

The protagonist changes between chapters or other events completely outside of player's control.

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games
33
platforms
Batman: Arkham City (Windows)
Batman: Arkham City
WIN 2011-11-22
Disney's The Little Mermaid - Magic in Two Kingdoms (Game Boy Advance)
Disney's The Little Mermaid - Magic in Two Kingdoms
GBA 2006-10-04
Tales from the Borderlands (Android)
Tales from the Borderlands
ANDR 2014-11-25
Clock Tower (PlayStation)
Clock Tower
PS1 1996-12-13
Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family (MSX 2)
Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family
MSX2 1987-10-04
Spyro: A Hero's Tail (PlayStation 2)
Spyro: A Hero's Tail
PS2 2004-11
Monster House (PlayStation 2)
Monster House
PS2 2006-07-18
Still Life 2 (Windows)
Still Life 2
WIN 2009
Down in the Dumps (MS-DOS)
Down in the Dumps
DOS 1996
Until Dawn (PlayStation 4)
Until Dawn
PS4 2015-08-25
Wanted: Weapons of Fate (Windows)
Wanted: Weapons of Fate
WIN 2009-03-24
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo (MS-DOS)
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo
DOS 1996
Games where the player has actual control over the choice in some rare cases should also be included.

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This is often used to cover some aspects of the story from different perspective without actually making the choice to be the player's (different campaign for each character, for example), so it more strongly intertwines the storytelling into the game while removing some freedom from the player.

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Parent group

Protagonist variants

Games by year

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The first Alternating protagonist video game was released on September 18, 1986.

Activision, Warner Bros. Interactive and LucasArts published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 70
PS2 20
PS3 12
MS-DOS 11
X360 11
Mac OS X 9
Wii 6
Linux 5
Nintendo DS 5
Xbox 4
Mac OS Classic 4
PS4 4
GameCube 4
PS 4
Amiga 3
NES 3
PSP 3
Win3.1 2
Atari ST 2
Android 2
PS Vita 2
GBA 2
Famicom Disk System 2
Dreamcast 1
C64 1
Amstrad CPC 1
Xbox One 1
Switch 1
iOS 1
Saturn 1

Most common companies

Activision15
Warner Bros. Interactive10
LucasArts8
Atlus7
Versus Evil7
Interplay6
Telltale Games6
Ubisoft6
Sierra On-Line6
Capcom5
Terrible Toybox4
Gray Design Associates4
Sierra Entertainment4
Microïds4
Vivendi Universal Games3