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Pandora's box

Culture concept

The protagonist is unwittingly the cause of the depicted misery, and possibly tries to undo the damage they did. Or the plot otherwise follows a similar theme.

37
games
14
platforms
Red Faction: Armageddon (Xbox 360)
Red Faction: Armageddon
X360 2011-06-07
Legendary (Xbox 360)
Legendary
X360 2008-11-04
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (GameCube)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
GC 2003-11-18
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Xbox)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
XBOX 2003-11
Red Faction: Armageddon (Windows)
Red Faction: Armageddon
WIN 2011-06-07
Doom 3 (Windows)
Doom 3
WIN 2004-08-03
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo 3DS)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
3DS 2011-06-16
Half-Life (Windows)
Half-Life
WIN 1998-07-25
Avencast: Rise of the Mage (Windows)
Avencast: Rise of the Mage
WIN 2007-10-16
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
N64 1998-11-23
Red Faction: Armageddon (PlayStation 3)
Red Faction: Armageddon
PS3 2011-06-07
The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition (GameCube)
The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition
GC 2003-11-07
See also: redemption (trying to undo the damage they did is essentially a plot of redemption)
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Parent group

Plot points

Games by year

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The first Pandora's box video game was released on July 25, 1998.

Nintendo, Activision and Valve published most of these games.

Related site

Related trope at TV Tropes (Nice Job Breaking It Hero)

Platforms

Windows 8
Linux 7
GameCube 3
PS3 3
X360 3
N64 2
PS2 2
Xbox 2
Android 2
Mac OS Classic 1
BSD 1
Mac OS X 1
Dreamcast 1
3DS 1