This is a dynamic list of Native American video game characters that exclude sports and music titles. A study was published in 2009 by the University of Southern California called: "The virtual census: representations of gender, race and age in video games" and it showed that Native Americans are underrepresented in video games. [1]
List of Native American characters from the USA and Canada.
Year | Title | Name | Role | Nationality | Ethnicity | Notes |
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1993 | Apachacha | Unnamed Native American warrior | Playable | |||
2012 | Assassin's Creed III | Ratonhnhaké:ton (Conor) | Playable | Iroquois-British | Half Mohawk and British | The protagonist of AC III. |
Kahionhaténion | NPC | Mohawk | A warrior and hunter. | |||
Kanenʼtó꞉kon | NPC | Mohawk | A close friend of Ratonhnhaké꞉ton. | |||
Kaniehtí꞉io ("Ziio") | NPC | Mohawk | The mother of Ratonhnhaké:ton. | |||
Teiowí:sonte | NPC | Mohawk | The brother of Kahionhaténion. | |||
2012 | Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington | Ratonhnhaké:ton | Playable | Iroquois-British | Half Mohawk and British | |
2005 | Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer | Brave | Playable | |||
2002 | Cherokee Trails | Lynetta | Playable | Cherokee | Cherokee | |
1996 | Disney's Pocahontas | Pocahontas | Playable | Powhatan Confederacy | Powhatan | |
2023 | Hill Agency: PURITYdecay | Meeygen Hill | Playable | Néhinaw | ||
1995 | Pocahontas | Pocahontas | Playable | Powhatan Confederacy | Powhatan | |
2006 | Prey | Domasi "Tommy" Tawodi | Playable | American | Cherokee | |
Jen | NPC | American | Cherokee | |||
Enisi | NPC | American | Cherokee | |||
2007 | Prey Mobile 3D | Domasi "Tommy" Tawodi | Playable | American | Cherokee | |
1997 | Turok: Dinosaur Hunter | Tal'Set (aka Turok) | Playable | |||
1998 | Turok 2: Seeds of Evil | Joshua Fireseed | Playable | |||
2000 | Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion | Joseph Fireseed | Playable | |||
2000 | Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion | Danielle Fireseed | Playable | |||
2002 | Turok: Evolution | Tal'Set (aka Turok) | Playable | |||
1997 | Turok: Battle of the Bionosaurs | Tal'Set (aka Turok) | Playable | |||
1999 | Turok: Rage Wars | Joshua Fireseed | Playable | |||
1991 | Whomp 'Em | Unnamed | Playable | Native American | ||
1990 | Blood Bros. | Unnamed | Playable | |||
1994 | Killer Instinct | Chief Thunder (real name Hinnamatoom) | Playable | Nez Perce | ||
2013 | Killer Instinct (2013) | Eagle | Playable | Nez Perce | Younger brother of Chief Thunder. | |
2015 | Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | Code Talker | NPC | Navajo | ||
1998 | Metal Gear Solid | Vulcan Raven | NPC | Alaska native and Inuit | ||
1995 | Mortal Kombat 3 | Nightwolf | Playable | |||
2010 | Red Dead Redemption | Nastas | NPC | |||
Enepay | NPC | |||||
Hassun | NPC | |||||
Chogan | NPC | |||||
2018 | Red Dead Redemption 2 | Charles Smith | NPC | Half Native American and African American | ||
Rains Falls | NPC | Wapiti (fictional tribe) | ||||
Eagle Flies | NPC | Wapiti (fictional tribe) | ||||
Paytah | NPC | Wapiti (fictional tribe) | ||||
2004 | Red Dead Revolver | Red Harlow | Playable | Half Native American | ||
Falling Star | NPC | |||||
Shadow Wolf | NPC | |||||
Running Moon | NPC | |||||
Grizzly | NPC | |||||
2005 | Shadow Hearts: From the New World | Shania | Playable | |||
Natan | Playable | |||||
2009 | Brave: A Warrior's Tale | Brave | Playable | |||
2005 | Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer | Brave | Playable | |||
2005 | Gun | Colton White | Playable | Half Apache and Caucasian | ||
Fights-At-Dawn | NPC | Blackfoot Confederacy | Blackfoot | |||
Many Wounds | NPC | Apache Nation | Apache | |||
2014 | Infamous Second Son | Delsin Rowe | Playable | American | Akomish (fictional tribe) | |
Reggie Rowe | NPC | American | Akomish (fictional tribe) | Brother of Delsin Rowe. | ||
2014 | Never Alone | Nuna | Playable | Iñupiaq | ||
2019 | This Land Is My Land | Unnamed | Playable | Native American | ||
2023 | Street Fighter 6 | Lily | Playable | |||
1997 | Tekken 3 | Julia Chang | Playable | American | Native American and Chinese | |
1994 | Tekken | Michelle Chang | Playable | American | Native American and Chinese | |
2010 | Super Street Fighter IV | T. Hawk | Playable | |||
1998 | Street Fighter Alpha 3 | T. Hawk | Playable | |||
Noembelu | Playable | Mexican | Native American | |||
1994 | Super Street Fighter II Turbo | T. Hawk | Playable | |||
1999 | SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash | T. Hawk | Playable | |||
2004 | Mortal Kombat: Deception | Nightwolf | Playable | |||
2006 | Mortal Kombat: Armageddon | Nightwolf | Playable | |||
2019 | Mortal Kombat 11 | Nightwolf | Playable | |||
1998 | Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers | Rick Strowd | Playable | Half Native American and Caucasian | ||
1999 | Power Stone | Galuda | Playable | |||
1996 | Breakers | Condor Heads | Playable | |||
1994 | Kasumi Ninja | Pakawa | Playable | |||
2015 | Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. | Tiger Lily | Playable | |||
1982 | Custer's Revenge | Unnamed | NPC | |||
1997 | Outlaws | Two Feathers | NPC | |||
1992 | Spellcraft: Aspects of Valor | Unnamed | NPC | Navaho Indian | Navaho Indian from Machu Picchu, Peru. | |
1990 | Space: 1889 | Unnamed | NPC | |||
1990 | Escape from Hell | Unnamed | NPC | |||
1989 | Tangled Tales: The Misadventures of a Wizard's Apprentice | Unnamed | NPC | Eskimo | ||
1992 | Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus | Unnamed (Native American Janitor) | NPC | |||
1993 | Virtua Fighter | Wolf Hawkfield | Playable | |||
2002 | American Conquest: Fight Back | Unnamed Chiefs | NPC | Various Native American | Various Native American chiefs | |
2014 | Assassin's Creed Rogue | Kesegowaase | NPC | Wolastoqiyik | ||
2008 | Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts | Humba Wumba | NPC | Native American | Native American shaman (woman) | |
2000 | Banjo-Tooie | Humba Wumba | NPC | Native American | Native American shaman (woman) | |
1989 | Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | Chief Iron Tail | Playable | Sioux | ||
1993 | Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet | Narackamous | NPC | Mic Mac tribe (fictional) | ||
2013 | Call of Juarez: Gunslinger | Grey Wolf | NPC | Apache | Apache chief | |
2009 | Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood | Calm Water | NPC | Apache | Apache chief | |
1990 | Colorado | Unnamed (Dying Indian) | NPC | Cheyenne | ||
1991 | Cowboy kid | Wild Wolf Chief | NPC | |||
1993 | Dangerous Streets | Macalosh | Playable | Sioux | Sioux spiritual boss | |
2005 | Darkwatch: Curse of the West | Tala | NPC | Native American | Vampiric Native American (fictional) | |
2020 | Empire of Sin: Taking Chicago | Man Running | Playable | Native American | Native American gangster | |
2013 | Expeditions: Conquistador | Tayanna, Casiguaya | NPC | |||
1997 | Fight'N'Jokes | Darkgun, Rainbow | NPC | |||
1996 | Fighters Megamix | Wolf Hawkfield | Playable | |||
1985 | Gun.Smoke | Wolf Chief | NPC | |||
1983 | Indian Attack | Unnamed Redskins | NPC | |||
1980 | Indian Battle | Unnamed "Indians" | NPC | |||
1990 | Hammer Boy | Unnamed Native Americans | NPC | |||
1985 | Kane | Wagari Indians | NPC | |||
2017 | Kona | Native American tribes | NPC | Cree, Algonquin (Wendigo) | ||
2002 | Legend of Pocahontas | Pocahontas | Playable | |||
1991 | The Lone Ranger | Tonto | NPC | Native American | Native American partner of the Lone Ranger. | |
2017 | Meriwether: An American Epic | Members of Native American nations | NPC | |||
1996 | Nightmare Circus | Raven | Playable | Native American | ||
2002 | Peter Pan: Adventures in Neverland | Indian trader of a shop | NPC | Piccaninnies | Fictional Native American tribe in Peter Pan. | |
2011 | Rochard | Floyd | NPC | Native American | Native American uncle of Skyler Hanson. | |
1996 | Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder | Anna Elk Moon | NPC | Native American | Famous Native American artist (fictional) | |
1993 | Shadowrun | Native American shamans | NPC | |||
1994 | Shadowrun | Native American shamans | NPC | |||
1991 | Sunset Riders | Chief Scalpem | NPC | |||
1993 | Tao Taido | Nahova | Playable | Descendant of the Indian "Red Bull" (fictional) | Native American warrior. | |
1997 | Tengai Makyō: Daiyon no Mokushiroku | Yuno | Playable | American | Native American | A 17-year-old Indian warrior (Native American) from Seattle. |
Red Bear | NPC | American | American Indian elder | |||
1990 | Werewolf: The Last Warrior | Ken | Playable | Native American | Native American man can transform into a werewolf | |
2015 | Westerado: Double Barreled | Unnamed, "Indian" | Playable | Native American | Native American warrior | |
2019 | When Rivers Were Trails | Wasu Maza, Small Bear, Red Leaf, Singing Elk, Paul Eagle Star, Bella, Makwa, Ayabe, Wabishkio, Ajidamoo, Oshiki-inini, Bimibisa, Wakosh, Hunter | NPC | Anishinaabe, Cree, Oneida | In the 1890s the Anishinaabeg are displaced from their lands in Minnesota. The player meets people from different indigenous communities. | |
2003 | Freedom Fighters | Christopher Stone | Playable | American | Half Native American | |
2016 | Civilization VI | Poundmaker (real name Pîhtokahanapiwiyin) | Playable | Poundmaker Cree Nation | Plains Cree | |
2016 | Overwatch | Fareeha Amari ("Pharah") | Playable | Egyptian | Half Native American and Egyptian | Her father Sam (Amari) is from a First Nation on Canada's Pacific Northwest coast. Her mother Ana is Egyptian. |
2017 | Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers | T. Hawk | Playable | |||
2007 | Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword | Sitting Bull | Playable | American | Hunkpapa Lakota | |
2006 | Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs | Hiawatha | Playable | Haudenosaunee Confederacy | Haudenosaunee | Leader of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. |
Chief Gall | Playable | Hunkpapa Lakota | Lakota | Leader of the Hunkpapa Lakota. | ||
2000 | America: No Peace Beyond the Line | Unnamed Sioux Chief | NPC | Sioux | Sioux |
List of indigenous video game characters from Central and South America.
Year | Title | Name | Role | Nationality | Ethnicity | Notes |
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2014 | Aritana and the Harpy's Feather | Aritana | Playable | Brazilian | Indigenous Brazilian | |
2019 | Aritana and the Twin Masks | Aritana | Playable | Brazilian | Indigenous Brazilian | |
2010 | Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light | Totec | NPC | Mayan | ||
2019 | Don't Wake The Night | Unnamed | NPC | Guaraní | ||
2018 | Mulaka | Sukurúame | Playable | Mexican | Tarahumara | |
2016 | Civilization VI | Montezuma I (aka Moctezuma I) | Playable | Aztec | Aztec | |
Pachacuti (full name Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui) | Playable | Inca Empire | Incan | |||
Lautaro | Playable | Mapuches | Mapuche | |||
Lady Six Sky (real name Wak Chanil Ajaw) | Playable | Naranjo | Maya | |||
2006 | Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs | Cuauhtemoc | Playable | Aztec | Aztec | The 11th and final Aztec emperor ( Tlatoani). |
Huayna Capac | Playable | Inca Empire | Inca | The third Sapa Inca of Tawantinsuyu, the Inca Empire. | ||
1994 | Sid Meier's Colonization | Unnamed Arawak trader | NPC | Arawak tribe | Arawak | |
Unnamed Tupi trader | NPC | Tupi tribe | Tupi | |||
Unnamed Inca trader | NPC | Inca Empire | Inca |