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Orphan protagonist

Creatures theme

The protagonist's parents are dead or the protagonist was abandoned/lost at an early age, may have stepparents, lived in an orphanage or as a street urchin or similar.

76
games
23
platforms
Venetica (Windows)
Venetica
WIN 2009-09-04
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Windows)
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
WIN 2000-09-22
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (GameCube)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
GC 2002-11-28
Ori and the Blind Forest (Windows)
Ori and the Blind Forest
WIN 2015-03-11
The Lion King (Game Boy)
The Lion King
GB 1994
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (Windows)
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
WIN 2001-06-21
Neverwinter Nights 2 (Windows)
Neverwinter Nights 2
WIN 2006-10-31
Baldur's Gate (PlayStation)
Baldur's Gate
PS1 ? *
The Lion King (Mega Drive)
The Lion King
GEN 1994-03
The Lion King (MS-DOS)
The Lion King
DOS 1994
Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles (PlayStation 2)
Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles
PS2 2001-12-06
Horizon Zero Dawn (PlayStation 4)
Horizon Zero Dawn
PS4 2017-02-28
This is occasionally used to handwave the lack of characterization of the protagonist prior to the events of the game.

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Games by year

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The first Orphan protagonist video game was released on August 6, 1993.

Beamdog, Virgin and Virgin Interactive published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 24
Linux 8
Mac OS X 5
SNES 4
X360 3
PS3 3
Mega Drive 3
Xbox One 3
PS4 3
Mac OS Classic 3
PS 3
PS2 2
MS-DOS 2
GameCube 1
Dreamcast 1
GBC 1
NES 1
GB 1
Master System 1
Win3.1 1
Amiga AGA 1
N64 1
Game Gear 1

Most common companies

Beamdog7
Virgin5
Virgin Interactive4
dtp entertainment3
Electronic Arts3
Hanako Games3
Deep Silver3
Microsoft Studios3
Square2
Nintendo2
Graphic Simulations2
PaperSeven2
Ubi Soft2
Activision2
LucasArts2