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Child soldiers

Creatures theme

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.

19
games
10
platforms
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (Windows)
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
WIN 2014-01
Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins (PlayStation)
Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins
PS1 2000-08-08
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (Xbox 360)
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
X360 2013-02-19
Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation)
Final Fantasy VII
PS1 1997-01-31
Suikoden II (PlayStation)
Suikoden II
PS1 1998-12-17
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Wii)
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
WII 2008-06-26
Final Fantasy VIII (Windows)
Final Fantasy VIII
WIN 2000
Tales of the Abyss (Nintendo 3DS)
Tales of the Abyss
3DS 2011
Drakengard (PlayStation 2)
Drakengard
PS2 2003-09
Final Fantasy VII (Nintendo Switch)
Final Fantasy VII
SWTC 2019-03-26
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PlayStation 3)
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
PS3 2013-02-19
Final Fantasy VII (Windows)
Final Fantasy VII
WIN 1998-06-24
See also: child labor, useless adults
This is common in anime/manga and many eastern fiction especially aimed at children/teenagers.

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Parent group

Anti-humanitarian warfare

Games by year

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The first Child soldiers video game was released on January 31, 1997.

Konami and Square published most of these games.

Related site

Wikipedia article on "Military use of children"

Platforms

PS 4
Windows 4
PS2 3
PS3 2
Wii 1
Mac OS X 1
3DS 1
Linux 1
X360 1
Switch 1

Most common companies

Konami5
Square3