Unique protagonist

Creatures theme

The protagonist is presented as somehow unique in the depicted events/setting, such as being the only representative of a specific profession, ethnic group or even species. Possibly even being the only one of their kind ever.

games

platforms

X360 2009-10-02

WIN 2009-06-10

WIN 2000-11-16

PS3 2009-06

Shadow of the Colossus

PS2 2005-02-16

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

PS1 1999-07-31

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

PS2 2003-11-11

D.i.R.T. Origin of the Species

WIN 2006-04-12

Painkiller: Overdose

WIN 2007-10-23

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning

PS2 2006-10

Shadow Man

N64 1999-03-09

This is NOT in terms of how protagonists are in other games.

Child group

One of a kind

Games by year

The first Unique protagonist video game was released in 1993.

Bethesda Softworks, Square Enix and Sony Computer Entertainment published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows		24
PS2		6
PS3		6
X360		5
Mac OS X		4
PS4		4
PS		4
Linux		2
Dreamcast		2
MS-DOS		1
PS Vita		1
Xbox One		1
N64		1
GameCube		1
Xbox		1
Mac OS Classic		1
Flash		1
PSP		1

Most common companies