Genders
Culture theme
Any tags relating to genders, gender bias, or such.
This is a container group; its children are:
| Bechdel/Wallace | Passes the Bechdel/Wallace test's 3 rules: it must have (1) at least two females in it who (2) talk to each other about (3) something else than a man or men. | 1999 / 2016 | 20 games |
| Class linked gender | Character gender is linked to their chosen class. (too short) | 1996 / 2021 | 53 games |
| Female dominant cast | All or most of the cast and important characters, or even of all characters, are female. (too short) | 1993 / 2022 | 126 games |
| Female protagonist | Player controls apparently female character. (too short) | 1974 / 2024 | 3104 games (13 characters) |
| Gender choice | Player can choose the gender of the main character. (too short) | 1974 / 2022 | 1114 games |
| Genders are Different | Male and female (or more) characters have access to different stats, skills, items, quests, plots, etc in a balanced way, even if minimally so. | 1984 / 2015 | 9 games |
| Gender-neutral | The protagonist's gender can't be determined, there is no protagonist, or otherwise does not make assumptions about player (character) gender or similar. | 1982 / 2020 | 86 games |
| Penalty Imposed on one Gender | An unsurmountable penalty, perhaps arbitrary, is imposed on a characters based solely on gender. For instance, a cap on strength. | 1993 / 2015 | 2 games |
| Male protagonist | Player controls apparently male character. (too short) | 1974 / 2023 | 1605 games |
| Neuter protagonist | The protagonist is neuter, lacking any gender-specific organs. (too short) | 2001 / 2005 | 3 games |
| Random gender | Player character is assigned gender randomly. (too short) | 2012 / 2013 | 2 games |
| Single gender | Only one gender is present among all significant participating characters (allies, foes, and neutrals with exception of bystanders and possibly cutscene only characters). | 1993 / 2017 | 91 games |
| Single gender allies | Both genders are present, but all of your immediate allies (such as team members) are of the same gender with no variation. | 2010 / 2015 | 2 games |
| Single gender opposition | Both genders are present, but all of your opponents are of the same gender with no variation. (too short) | 1996 / 2020 | 41 games |
| Transgender protagonist | The protagonist considers themselves to be the opposite or other gender they had at birth. It is not necessary for them to dress or surgically alter themselves towards that gender for them to be this, nor to behave in stereotypically effeminate/masculine (too long) | 1988 / 2014 | 3 games |
| Transgenders | People who have either changed their gender they had at birth, or consider themselves (as in, their gender role) to be opposite or other than they biologically are (which genitalia they have). | 1988 / 2016 | 21 games |