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Necessary evil

Other (objects, etc.) concept

Plot involves someone notable performing "evil" deeds because of necessity for them to achieve certain "good" goals.

8
games
5
platforms

Alternate name: Lesser evil

Fable III (Windows)
Fable III
WIN 2011-05-17
Neverwinter Nights 2 (Windows)
Neverwinter Nights 2
WIN 2006-10-31
Neverwinter Nights 2 (Mac OS X)
Neverwinter Nights 2
OSX 2008-05
Iji (Windows)
Iji
WIN 2008-09-01
Silent Hill 3 (PlayStation 2)
Silent Hill 3
PS2 2003-05-23
Fable III (Xbox 360)
Fable III
X360 2010-10-26
Silent Hill 3
LIN 2016
Silent Hill 3
WIN 2003-10-31
May overlap with anti-villain if the antagonist is the one doing this.

Not to be confused with Evil is Good.

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Games by year

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The first Necessary evil video game was released on May 23, 2003.

Konami and Microsoft Game Studios published most of these games.

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Related article at TV Tropes

Platforms

Windows 4
PS2 1
Mac OS X 1
X360 1
Linux 1

Most common companies

Konami2
Microsoft Game Studios2