Protagonist ethnicities
Creatures theme
Alternate name: Protagonist races
Some names here may be considered derogatory when used colloquially, but these are the names used in sciences studying human evolution and morphology, especially pertaining to formation and existence of the numerous races, thus they should be good enough. If anyone has issue with the names used, they can take them to the academics and propose suitable replacements, this (UVL) is not a place for arguing about such things.
These tags exist for two reasons. First and mainly to distinguish games that deviate from the "norm" of white protagonist. And secondly to offer those of the particular ethnicity a way to find games where their race is depicted in leading role, or to simply see and identify variety in protagonists much like genders.
Some of these may need to be used somewhat inaccurately as authors may take creative freedoms in depicting the particular races (especially hair and skin color).
These tags exist for two reasons. First and mainly to distinguish games that deviate from the "norm" of white protagonist. And secondly to offer those of the particular ethnicity a way to find games where their race is depicted in leading role, or to simply see and identify variety in protagonists much like genders.
Some of these may need to be used somewhat inaccurately as authors may take creative freedoms in depicting the particular races (especially hair and skin color).
Parent group
This is a container group; its children are:
| Amerind protagonist | The protagonist is one of Amerind peoples or has the likeness of such. (too short) | 1984 / 2018 | 34 games |
| Asian protagonist | The protagonist belongs to any of the Mongoloid (East and South-East Asian) races or has the likeness of such. | 1997 / 2014 | 12 games |
| Black protagonist | The protagonist is of any Sub-Saharan African race descent (including Afro-American, Afro-Asian, and such), or is Australian Aborigine race descent, or has the appearance of either. | 1988 / 2016 | 48 games |
| Caucasoid protagonist | The protagonist belongs to any of the Caucasoid races. (too short) | 0 game | |
| Desi protagonist | The protagonist is of Desi descent (India and nearby regions) or has the likeness of such. (too short) | 1988 / 2014 | 20 games |
| Hispanic protagonist | The protagonist is of Hispanic descent (Iberian peoples [Spanish and Portuguese], Italians, Latinos, etc.) or has the likeness of such. | 2002 / 2013 | 10 games |
| Mexican protagonist | The protagonist is of Mexican Amerindian or mestizo race. (too short) | 1 game | |
| Race choice | Player can choose the race of the main character. (too short) | 1981 / 2015 | 31 games |
| Semite protagonist | The protagonist is of Semite descent (Arabian, Hebrew, Akkadian, Phoenician, Maltese, etc.) or has the likeness of such. | 1983 / 2018 | 101 games |
| Slavic protagonist | The protagonist is of Slavic descent or has the likeness of such. (too short) | 2006 / 2015 | 10 games |