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Silent protagonist

Creatures theme

Protagonist appears not to communicate (verbally).

178
games
26
platforms

Alternate name: Mute protagonist

Overlord II (PlayStation 3)
Overlord II
PS3 2009-06
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Wii U)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
WIIU 2016-03-04
Mini Ninjas (Windows)
Mini Ninjas
WIN 2009-09-08
Omensight (Windows)
Omensight
WIN 2018-05-15
Singularity (PlayStation 3)
Singularity
PS3 2010-06-29
Crysis 2 (PlayStation 3)
Crysis 2
PS3 2011-03-25
Unreal (Windows)
Unreal
WIN 1998-05-22
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Mac OS X)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
OSX 2013-04-25
Mini Ninjas (Xbox 360)
Mini Ninjas
X360 2009-09-08
Portal (Windows)
Portal
WIN 2007-10
Defense Grid 2 (PlayStation 4)
Defense Grid 2
PS4 2014-09-24
Homefront (Windows)
Homefront
WIN 2010-11-01
See also: obscured protagonist dialog, unvoiced protagonist
This is not for cases where the protagonist is simply unvoiced unlike other characters (has no voice-overs, but has clearly existing dialogue, e.g. as text).

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Parent group

Obscured identity

Child groups

Acknowledged protagonist silence, Substitute speaker

Games by year

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The first Silent protagonist video game was released in 1984.

Valve, Codemasters and Sierra published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 60
Linux 33
X360 18
PS3 14
Mac OS X 13
PS4 6
Mac OS Classic 5
Switch 4
Xbox One 3
PS2 3
Wii 2
Apple II E 2
PS 2
SNES 1
Flash 1
C64 1
iOS 1
MS-DOS 1
Win3.1 1
Atari 400/800 1
Android 1
Wii U 1
Pandora 1
Xbox 1
GP2X 1
GameCube 1

Most common companies

Valve16
Codemasters9
Sierra7
Blizzard Entertainment6
D-Pad Studio6
Electronic Arts6
Vivendi Universal5
Activision5
505 Games5
Ubisoft4
Scholastic4
Paradox Interactive4
Nicalis4
2K Games4
Eidos Interactive4