
A game where you can play through most of the game with a female protagonist. In many of these games, you can choose a male protagonist as well. This category exists because even having the option to choose a female lead in a video game was very rare before the 2010s.
Games where the player can create their own female character are not included.
tag : #femalehero games : 82

Metroid
NES 1986@1271

Alien Syndrome
System 16 1987@1726

Golden Axe
SEGA Genesis, December 1989@784

Golden Axe
System 16 1989@3189

Aliens
Arcade 1990@421

Golden Axe
Amiga 1990@75

Rod-Land
Amiga 1991@926

Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III
Arcade 1991@1889

Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder
System 32 1992@774

Undercover Cops
Irem M92 Family 1992@1129

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
CP System 1993@247

Super Metroid
SNES 1994@115

Contra: Hard Corps
SEGA Genesis 1994@1476

Elevator Action Returns
Arcade 1994@1815

Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness
CP System II 1995@263

Battle Circuit
CP System II 1997@2053

Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
PlayStation 1998@78

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
PlayStation 1999@236

Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins
PlayStation 2000@79

Metroid Prime
GameCube 2002@34

Silent Hill 3
PlayStation 2 2003@490

Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
PlayStation 2 2003@68

Tenchu: Fatal Shadows
PlayStation 2 2004@44

Deathsmiles: Deluxe Edition
Xbox 360 2007@272

Mirror's Edge
Xbox 360 2008@112

Borderlands
Xbox 360 2009@133

Bayonetta
Xbox 360 2010@157

Borderlands 2
Xbox 360 2012@466

Never Alone
PlayStation 4 2014@2244

Bayonetta 2
WiiU 2014@1220

Horizon Zero Dawn
PlayStation 4 2017@1908

Ion Fury
Windows 2019@2262

Resident Evil 2
PlayStation 4 2019@2091

Gears 5
Xbox One 2019@2272

Sayonara Wild Hearts
PlayStation 4 2019@2376