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Combat animals

Creatures theme

Any animals used in and trained for war, combat, or such as something else than basic beast of burden or mount.

59
games
23
platforms

Alternate names: War animals, Military animals, Warbeasts, Beasts of battle

Golden Axe: Beast Rider (PlayStation 3)
Golden Axe: Beast Rider
PS3 2008-10-14
Super Wolfenstein HD (Windows)
Super Wolfenstein HD
WIN 2014
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 (Windows)
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2
WIN 2001-11
Dragon Age: Origins (Windows)
Dragon Age: Origins
WIN 2009-10-23
ParaWorld (Windows)
ParaWorld
WIN 2006-09-25
Sengoku Rance (Windows)
Sengoku Rance
WIN 2006-12-15
Golden Axe (Amstrad CPC)
Golden Axe
CPC 1990
Golden Axe (Atari ST)
Golden Axe
ST 1990
Special Forces: Team X (Windows)
Special Forces: Team X
WIN 2012-12-30
Sacred: Citadel (Windows)
Sacred: Citadel
WIN 2013-04-17
Golden Axe (Arcade)
Golden Axe
ARCD 1989
Jet Force Gemini (Nintendo 64)
Jet Force Gemini
N64 1999-10-01
Mounts and beasts of burden count too if they participate more actively in combat.

Most commonly these are war/attack dogs or similar, but others count as well.

Does not include animals that simply attack or participate in battles on their own.

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Parent group

Animals

Child group

Weaponized animals

Games by year

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The first Combat animals video game was released in 1989.

Sega, Virgin and Electronic Arts published most of these games.

Related site

Related article at TV Tropes (Beast Of Battle)

Platforms

Windows 23
Mac OS X 4
X360 3
PS3 3
iOS 3
Arcade 2
Mega Drive 2
MS-DOS 2
Linux 2
PS2 2
ZX Spectrum 1
PC Engine CD 1
Master System 1
Amiga 1
Internet Only 1
C64 1
Atari ST 1
PS4 1
N64 1
Amstrad CPC 1
PS 1
WonderSwan Color 1
GBA 1