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Character creation

Other (objects, etc.) concept

Player creates one or more characters to play with, from defining their physical and mental attributes to what skills they have.

334
games
49
platforms
Demon's Winter (Atari ST)
Demon's Winter
ST 1989
Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus (NEC PC8801)
Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus
8801 1988-06
UnReal World (Linux)
UnReal World
LIN 2013-01-03
The Mage's Lair (Linux)
The Mage's Lair
LIN 2002
Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus (Commodore 64)
Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus
C64 1987
Eschalon: Book I (Windows)
Eschalon: Book I
WIN 2007-11-19
Drakensang - The River of Time (Windows)
Drakensang - The River of Time
WIN 2010-02
Rage of Mages (Windows)
Rage of Mages
WIN 1998
The Elder Scrolls Legends: Battlespire (MS-DOS)
The Elder Scrolls Legends: Battlespire
DOS 1997
Legends of Aethereus (Linux)
Legends of Aethereus
LIN 2013-09-27
Neverwinter Nights 2 (Windows)
Neverwinter Nights 2
WIN 2006-10-31
WolfQuest (Windows)
WolfQuest
WIN 2007-12
Contrast:
* Pre-made characters
This is NOT applicable if the only choices you have are choosing what your character looks like, naming him or her and possibly picking a class. You're creating a character, not picking a mold.

Commonly this is assumed to be one of the defining parts of RPGs but quite a few don't have it, and some non-RPGs can have it.

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Parent groups

Replayability, Western RPG, RPG elements

Child groups

Gender choice, Protagonist designing, Protagonist naming, Randomized character attributes, Species choice, Race choice

Games by year

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The first Character creation video game was released in 1981.

SSI, Starcraft and Bethesda Softworks published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 80
Linux 55
MS-DOS 33
Mac OS X 19
Amiga 12
Mac OS Classic 10
Apple II E 9
Atari ST 8
NEC PC9801 7
Internet Only 7
C64 7
MSX2 6
NEC PC8801 5
OS/2 5
Sharp X1 4
BSD 4
BeOS 4
X360 4
MICRO 7 - FM7 4
Atari 400/800 4
Flash 3
NeXT 3
Unix 3
X68000 3
NES 3
PS3 3
Apple IIGS 2
PS 2
Xbox 2
Tandy Coco 2

Most common companies

SSI34
Starcraft22
Bethesda Softworks12
Paradox Interactive10
Beamdog9
Electronic Arts8
Interplay6
Atari6
New World Computing6
Datasoft6
DevTeam5
Enormous Elk4
Bothtec4
Illwinter Game Design3
NIS America3