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** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' provides a backstory example in that, while she's an adult now, Emmeryn of Ylisse (A distant descendant of the aforementioned Marth, along with her brother [[TheHero Chrom]] and sister Lissa) initially became the Exalt before she was even ''ten years old'', after the sudden death of her father in the war against [[ReligionOfEvil the Grimleal]]. Technically she was a bit younger than even Sanaki when she started ruling.
** [[spoiler: Played darkly in the "Future Past" DLC maps, which showcase the Bad Future. TheHero Chrom's daughter/Emmeryn and Lissa's niece Lucina (at most 20, if that) is the Exalt now, but she and her friends are fighting a hopeless war against Grima. The team must help them win said war so they can rebuild their Ylisse and [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn their happy ending]].]]
** [[spoiler: Played darkly in the "Future Past" DLC maps, which showcase the Bad Future. TheHero Chrom's daughter/Emmeryn and Lissa's niece Lucina (at most 20, if that) is the Exalt now, but she and her friends are fighting a hopeless war against Grima. The team must help them win said war so they can rebuild their Ylisse and [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn their happy ending]].]]
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** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' provides a backstory example in that, while she's an adult now, Emmeryn of Ylisse (A distant descendant of the aforementioned Marth, along with her brother [[TheHero Chrom]] and sister Lissa) initially became the Exalt before she was even ''ten years old'', after the sudden death of her father in the war against [[ReligionOfEvil the Grimleal]]. Technically she was a bit younger than even Sanaki when she started ruling.
** [[spoiler: Playedruling. It is played darkly in the "Future Past" DLC maps, which showcase the Bad Future. TheHero [[spoiler:TheHero Chrom's daughter/Emmeryn and Lissa's niece Lucina (at most 20, if that) is the Exalt now, but she and her friends are fighting a hopeless war against Grima. The team must help them win said war so they can rebuild their Ylisse and [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn their happy ending]].]]
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* Prophet Cha Dawn of the Cult of Planet in ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''.
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* The Magius in ''VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory'', with Touka and Nemu are ''elementary schoolers'', and Alina is the only leader who's older than them by five years, but is still a high-schooler and has yet to reach adulthood. {{Justified}} since Magical Girls who survived until adulthood is a rarity, and all three of them are ChildProdigy who are WiseBeyondTheirYears.
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* The Magius in ''VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory'', with Touka and Nemu are ''elementary schoolers'', and Alina is the only leader who's older than them by five years, but is still a high-schooler and has yet to reach adulthood. {{Justified}} {{Justified|Trope}} since Magical Girls who survived until adulthood is a rarity, and all three of them are ChildProdigy who are WiseBeyondTheirYears.
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* In ''[[VideoGame/MightAndMagic Might & Magic VI]]'', Prince Nicolai, who seems to be only ten years old or so at the start of the game, is the monarch of Enroth, technically, while King Roland is missing[[note]]Queen Catherine is out of play as she went away for her father's funeral ''just'' before Roland went missing -- which put her across an ocean and deep into fighting an entirely separate war by the time she finds out her husband has gone missing[[/note]]. (His advisor, Regent Wilbur Humphrey rules in all but name; Nicolai feels he's in a GildedCage where he is and convinces the PlayerParty to "kidnap" him to let him get out for a while, a major part of the plot.)
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* In ''[[VideoGame/MightAndMagic Might & Magic VI]]'', Prince Nicolai, who seems to be only ten years old or so at the start of the game, is the monarch of Enroth, technically, while King Roland is missing[[note]]Queen Catherine is out of play as she went away for her father's funeral ''just'' before Roland went missing -- which put her across an ocean and deep into fighting an entirely a separate war by the time she finds out her husband has gone missing[[/note]]. (His advisor, Regent Wilbur Humphrey rules in all but name; Nicolai feels he's in a GildedCage where he is and convinces the PlayerParty to "kidnap" him to let him get out for a while, a major part of the plot.)
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* In ''[[VideoGame/MightAndMagic Might & Magic VI]]'', Prince Nicolai, who seems to be only ten years old or so at the start of the game, is the monarch of Enroth, technically, while King Roland is missing. (His advisor, Regent Wilbur Humphrey rules in all but name; Nicolai feels he's in a GildedCage where he is and convinces the PlayerParty to "kidnap" him to let him get out for a while, a major part of the plot.)
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* In ''[[VideoGame/MightAndMagic Might & Magic VI]]'', Prince Nicolai, who seems to be only ten years old or so at the start of the game, is the monarch of Enroth, technically, while King Roland is missing.missing[[note]]Queen Catherine is out of play as she went away for her father's funeral ''just'' before Roland went missing -- which put her across an ocean and deep into fighting an entirely separate war by the time she finds out her husband has gone missing[[/note]]. (His advisor, Regent Wilbur Humphrey rules in all but name; Nicolai feels he's in a GildedCage where he is and convinces the PlayerParty to "kidnap" him to let him get out for a while, a major part of the plot.)
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** Whenever Princess Zelda is [[PrincessesRule the sole ruler of Hyrule]], as in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]'' or ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'', she is never portrayed as being any older than 17. Though in the two cases, she at least had some chancellor, councilors, or other advisers to help her out. Averted in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' as Zelda is twenty when she is crowned queen.
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** Whenever Princess Zelda is [[PrincessesRule the sole ruler of Hyrule]], as in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]'' or ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'', she is never portrayed as being any older than 17. Though in the two cases, she at least had some chancellor, councilors, or other advisers to help her out. Averted in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' as Zelda is twenty when she is and was about to be crowned queen.Queen before Zant's invasion.
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* In ''VideoGame/UnderTale'' this is implied with the Fallen Child character you play as well as the king's own [[spoiler: adopted]] child [[spoiler: Chara.]] [[spoiler:Asgore asks Frisk to be their ambassador to help human and monster relationships. He may have also planned to do the same with Chara based on what he said on their death bed, "You are the future of humans and monsters..."]]
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* In ''VideoGame/UnderTale'' ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' this is implied with the Fallen Child character you play as well as the king's own [[spoiler: adopted]] child [[spoiler: Chara.]] [[spoiler:Asgore asks Frisk to be their ambassador to help human and monster relationships. He may have also planned to do the same with Chara based on what he said on their death bed, "You are the future of humans and monsters..."]]
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* This is basically the premise of ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost''. A naive, teenage prince named Euden is exiled from his kingdom after it was overtaken by a tyrant, so it’s up to him to establish his own small kingdom. Since his siblings are siding with the tyrant, he is the only member of the royal family worth following. Although Euden isn’t too good at leading a kingdom at first, he as the game progresses, [[CharacterDevelopment he starts to become someone worthy of being a king,]] until he is [[spoiler: officially crowned the king of New Alberia.]]
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* This is basically the premise of ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost''. A naive, teenage prince named Euden is exiled from his kingdom after it was overtaken by a tyrant, so it’s up to him to establish his own small kingdom. Since his siblings are siding with the tyrant, he is the only member of the royal family worth following. Although Euden isn’t too good at leading a kingdom at first, he as the game progresses, [[CharacterDevelopment he starts to become someone worthy of being a king,]] until he is [[spoiler: officially crowned the king of New Alberia.]]
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* This is basically the premise of ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost''. A naive, teenage prince named Euden is exiled from his kingdom after it was overtaken by a tyrant, so it’s up to him to establish his own small kingdom. Since his siblings are siding with the tyrant, he is the only member of the royal family worth following. Although Euden isn’t too good at leading a kingdom at first, he as the game progresses, [[CharacterDevelopment he starts to become someone worthy of being a king,]] until he is [[spoiler: officially crowned the king of New Alberia.]]
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* ''VideoGame/MelfandStories'': If you finish the game with El, he is crowned the new king of Melfand. He just so happens to be 13 years old.
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* ''VideoGame/BattleForWesnoth'': The protagonist of ''Dead Water'' campaign, Kai Krellis, became the leader of his mer-people because his father, the previous kai, dies in the prologue when he was young. This inexperience is reflected in the gameplay by him starting out as a level 0 unit (most campaign leaders starts out in level 1).
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* Laharl of ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness''. [[OlderThanTheyLook He's only 1313 years old.]] Quite young by demon standards.
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* ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'': The first game starts out with the entire Transbaal Royal family wiped out, leaving the 10-year-old Shiva as the SoleSurvivor and only legitimate heir to the throne. Once Eonia is defeated, she ascends to the throne and leads the empire for the rest of the series, albeit with some help from Luft as Primer Minister.
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* Corvo's primary objective in ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' is to save ten-year-old daughter of the late empress and clear the path for her to ascend the throne.
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* The unattainable character Himiko from ''VideoGame/AkaSeka'' is a young girl, but is the queen of the Inishie country.
%%* Cardith Lorda from the ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} IV'' mod VideoGame/FallFromHeaven II.
* Happens often enough in ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings'' as rulers often die in battle or [[DecadentCourt from a dagger in the back.]] In the first game, this could be catastrophic, as children haven't developed their stats yet. In the second game, a regent rules until they are sixteen and become adults.
** Specifically, The Old God DLC added an event where, if the Shia Caliphate does not exist, a large adventurer-type host might spawn and rebel against a random Sunni ruler. The host is led by a very young (usually between 3 and 6 years old) Sayyid who claims to be the Shi'ite Caliph, now emerging after years of hiding.
* ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' has Hakan II, emperor of Caldeum. He was found as an infant and declared by the leaders of the local religion to be the reincarnation of his predecessor. He is well-spoken for his age and seems to have at least some idea of his duty, despite spending his entire life in a palace. [[spoiler: In fact, he's the demon lord Belial in disguise. It's unclear whether a living child ever really existed]].
* Laharl of ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness''. [[OlderThanTheyLook He's only 1313 years old.]] Quite young by demon standards.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': Subverted. Prince Wilbur takes over for King James after the latter's death at the ripe old age of 5 and proves to be as competent of a leader as you'd expect a little boy -who ever never wanted to be king for a start- to be, and is clearly just a puppet for his mother. Later on, while he continues to rule, it's pretty clear his brother and advisor Prince Harry's doing most of the work for him.
* In ''Videogame/{{Drawn}}: Dark Flight'', your ultimate goal is to drive out the shadows over the kingdom so that the child Iris can take her place as rightful ruler.
* Lord Kalrathia from ''VideoGame/DungeonSiegeII'' is a WiseBeyondTheirYears ruler of the town that bears his name, despite being in his early teens. [[spoiler: At least until he is poisoned by one of his advisors who sympathizes with Valdis.]]
* Adulthood in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' starts at twelve. Since children don't work, they tend to spend a lot of time socializing and making friends. Twelve-year-olds getting elected mayor (determined by friends and social skills) are not uncommon.
** MemeticBadass Cacame Awemedinade apparently became King of the Dwarves at the age of sixteen. Despite being an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]].
* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series' backstory, Reman Cyrodiil, the [[FounderOfTheKingdom founder]] of the Second Cyrodiilic Empire, was no older than 13 when coronated. According to the in-game book ''Remanada'', he was still an ''infant''. This proved to be well-justified, as Reman was a ChildProdigy who, along with his status as TheChosenOne (having been born possessing the [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield Amulet of Kings]]), quickly brought both halves of Cyrodiil back together (Colovia and Nibenay) and then the other kingdoms of Men, High Rock and Skyrim.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' had Princess Ovelia and Prince Orinas, each set up with a regent and sent to lead troops. Ovelia was not quite 18 at the time while Orinas was 2 years old. Though the game kept an active calendar, and with a little [[LevelGrinding grinding,]] you could age the boy prince into his teens, twenties, or even sixties, thus destroying the story.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', Balamb Garden trains students from the age of 5 to become mercenaries, with several students taking on positions of leadership by the time they reach their late teens. The results of this practice are VERY mixed. It eventually turns out that the reason for this practice is because [[spoiler: Edea Kramer knows that Squall will, in his teens, defeat an incredibly dangerous Sorceress from the future, so they ''have'' to train these kids into leadership positions at a young age to keep the time loop stable.]]
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' has Princess Garnet, who turned 16 at the start of the game and by the end, [[spoiler:she is ruling her kingdom after the death of her mother. She seems to handle the job quite competently, as it's implied she was able to rebuild her destroyed Alexandria in the span of only a few years.]]
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' has Larsa Solidor, who was picked to be the next emperor by his dying father because his older brother Vayne was ObviouslyEvil. Once both his brother and father realize that the {{Evil Chancellor}}s would try to manipulate him, they decide to have Vayne murder dear old dad and frame the council in order to protect him. Which causes Larsa to not become the emperor until the very end of the game.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesMyLifeAsAKing'', you play as a 10-year-old king who took the throne after his father's disappearance.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' has several examples:
** Prince Marth of Altea, TheHero from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'', is merely 14 when he is exiled from his country, 16 when he fights in the first war, and by the end of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem,'' he [[spoiler:becomes the king of Archanea as well.]]
** One of the rare ''villainous'' examples is Prince Julius from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'', who at the tender age of 15/16 is pretty much the one holding the power instead of [[spoiler: his father, Emperor Arvis]]. He also directs the horrible [[spoiler: child hunts]] and is the DragonInChief to [[BigBad Manfroy]]. [[spoiler: And then we have a straighter example in his half-brother and rival Seliph, who at the end of the game becomes a benevolent Emperor at the age of 17/18 - with the help of his somewhat younger girlfriend/wife (if he's paired up) and Julius's more benevolent twin sister, Princess Julia.]]
** There's Leif, who at age 15 is the leader of LaResistance in the interquel ''Videogame/FireEmblemThracia776'', and then joins Seliph's own group in the second half of ''Genealogy''. If he makes it to the end, he becomes the King of Leonster ([[spoiler: and later, of the New Kingdom of Thracia which includes Thracia ''and'' Leonster]]) and rules peacefully alongside his older sister Altena (who is just 20) and his also-around-16 girlfriend/wife ([[spoiler: his childhood friend Nanna]]).
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' has Sanaki, the 10- to 13-year-old empress of [[TheEmpire Begnion]]. Despite her youth, and love of [[{{Troll}} toying with people for her own amusement]], she's one of the few good people in the Begnion ruling government, and is perfectly willing to be and capable of being a force to be reckoned with to make sure that the senate of [[AristocratsAreEvil evil aristocrats]] doesn't go around freely causing misery and atrocious war crimes.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' provides a backstory example in that, while she's an adult now, Emmeryn of Ylisse (A distant descendant of the aforementioned Marth, along with her brother [[TheHero Chrom]] and sister Lissa) initially became the Exalt before she was even ''ten years old'', after the sudden death of her father in the war against [[ReligionOfEvil the Grimleal]]. Technically she was a bit younger than even Sanaki when she started ruling.
** [[spoiler: Played darkly in the "Future Past" DLC maps, which showcase the Bad Future. TheHero Chrom's daughter/Emmeryn and Lissa's niece Lucina (at most 20, if that) is the Exalt now, but she and her friends are fighting a hopeless war against Grima. The team must help them win said war so they can rebuild their Ylisse and [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn their happy ending]].]]
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' has [[spoiler: Prince Leo (age not fully stated, but no older than 17), who becomes the King of Nohr at the end of the Hoshido-centered ''Birthright'' path, after the deaths of his siblings Xander and Elise. His surviving older sister Camilla should become Queen, but she [[AbdicateTheThrone abdicates on him]] because she knows Leo is far more fit to reign than her.]]
* Prince Roan from ''VideoGame/GrandiaII''. Who spends most of his time as a main character in the hero's party and who continues to fight with them even after circumstances have forced him to take the throne.
* ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'': The Mad Sun-King Jiran had three sons who could inherit his throne. Jiran killed his eldest Kadaman for speaking out against him, and then his second son Avad raised a rebellion and killed Jiran. But due to DivineRightOfKings, killing the Sun-King tainted Avad in the eyes of many of his people, so they decided to follow Jiran's youngest son, Itamen, instead. They became the Shadow Carja. The idea was that Itamen was a pure vessel, ready to be filled with the Sun's will. Unfortunately, the priests quickly turned Itamen into a PuppetKing. [[spoiler:When Aloy rescues Itamen and brings him to Avad, it's pointed out that the Shadow Carja have lost what little legitimacy they had, and will be re-absorbed into the Sundom soon. Unfortunately, until that happens, they're still dangerous, and they remain the primary antagonists for the rest of the game]].
* The mechanics of succession in ''VideoGame/ImperiumNova'' can cause this to happen. Most notable is Hogan Galle, who became head of house at age five, head of faith at age eight, ''and emperor of the galaxy'' at age fourteen.
* Lord Vitiate in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' became the Sith leader at just 12 years old after starting his evil ways at just age 6.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** Whenever Princess Zelda is [[PrincessesRule the sole ruler of Hyrule]], as in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]'' or ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'', she is never portrayed as being any older than 17. Though in the two cases, she at least had some chancellor, councilors, or other advisers to help her out. Averted in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' as Zelda is twenty when she is crowned queen.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'': While the Great Fairies in the game all resemble grown women, their Queen takes on the form of a little girl, though ReallySevenHundredYearsOld applies in this case.
** Also in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', the child Prince Ralis becomes ruler of the Zora after the premature deaths of his parents.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', Riju became the Chief of the [[OneGenderRace Gerudo]] tribe after the untimely death of her mother. [[AllInTheManual Supplementary material]] pins her exact age at twelve, and in-game she [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals still plays with stuffed Sand Seals]] in her free time. In spite of her age, several Gerudo [=NPCs=] describe her as a wise and powerful leader.
* ''VideoGame/LittleKingsStory'': The basic plot is a boy becoming a king expanding his kingdom.
* In ''VisualNovel/LongLiveTheQueen'', the age of majority is fifteen, and player character Elodie is abruptly thrust into ruling at the age of fourteen when her mother dies at the beginning of the game. While her father is nominally acting as her regent until she is of age, she is given almost complete freedom to make whatever decisions she wants, and most of the other characters in the game treat her as if she is already queen.
** Also present in a friend of Elodie's named Gwenelle, who reaches her fifteenth birthday in the second half of the game and inherits her deceased biological father's title. At her birthday party she gets in a fight with her mother, who was previously acting as her regent and wants to remain Gwenelle's adviser, and it's not made completely clear who is in the right; Gwenelle is still very young and has only just come into her title, but in this society she is now a legal adult and is expected to be ruling on her own.
** Elodie's cousin Charlotte is around Elodie's age and in line for the thrown after her father Laurent, Elodie's uncle. [[spoiler: It turns out that her mother Lucille is trying to invoke this by bumping off Elodie and Laurent, thus leaving Charlotte to inherit. It's set up in one ending wherein Elodie absconds from the throne to go be an evil minion, if Laurent was killed before this point, but the nobility rebels against the idea of another underage princess, and civil war breaks out.]]
* Deconstructed in ''Videogame/LostTechnology''. Agnes, the Empress of the Reinald Empire, is only fourteen years old at the start of the story. As a result of her age, she reigns as a puppet to her ministers. Oddly, even though all of her administration is run by her prime minister, she can make a rather effective battlefield commander.
* In ''VisualNovel/MarcoAndTheGalaxyDragon'', the mayor of Gold Cord is a young girl. She means well, but she's not terribly good at her job.
* In ''VideoGame/MedievalTotalWar'' and ''VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar'', it is entirely possible, through extremely nasty bad luck, to end up with a fourteen-year-old king/sultan. This usually only happens if all other eligible faction heirs get killed and the king kicks the bucket, leaving only a young, untested son as the last available option. Alternately, the king could be batty and simply designate the boy as his heir over more eligible options because he's completely nuts. If the king is ''really'' nutty, the heir won't be a blood relation but a captain who was adopted as a son after he killed a single-unit company of brigands.
* In ''[[VideoGame/MightAndMagic Might & Magic VI]]'', Prince Nicolai, who seems to be only ten years old or so at the start of the game, is the monarch of Enroth, technically, while King Roland is missing. (His advisor, Regent Wilbur Humphrey rules in all but name; Nicolai feels he's in a GildedCage where he is and convinces the PlayerParty to "kidnap" him to let him get out for a while, a major part of the plot.)
* This is the core plot of ''VideoGame/NiNoKuniIIRevenantKingdom.'' The hero, Evan, is a young boy about to ascend to the throne of the kingdom of Ding Dong Dell when there's a coup and he's forced to flee. Rather than try to reclaim his kingdom, he instead decides [[StartMyOwn to found a new kingdom]] with the aim of bringing the major nations of the world into alliance.
* The Magius in ''VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory'', with Touka and Nemu are ''elementary schoolers'', and Alina is the only leader who's older than them by five years, but is still a high-schooler and has yet to reach adulthood. {{Justified}} since Magical Girls who survived until adulthood is a rarity, and all three of them are ChildProdigy who are WiseBeyondTheirYears.
* Mercedes from ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'' takes up the throne after her mother, the fairy queen, dies from battle. She is quite overwhelmed by her responsibilities early on, but in time grows to be an extremely capable ruler.
* Prophet Cha Dawn of the Cult of Planet in ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''.
** Several shorts by Michael Ely, one of the game's writers, have Cha Dawn being carried into battle on shoulders.
* [[spoiler:Lymsleia]] is installed as a puppet ruler in ''VideoGame/SuikodenV''. Unfortunately, even though the bad guys keep her aide hostage as leverage, they don't count on her actually ''exerting'' her power as Queen.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'': Fon Master Ion, who is roughly fourteen, is head of the religion that governs the entire world. The [[spoiler:predecessor he was cloned from]] also counts.
* In ''VideoGame/UnderTale'' this is implied with the Fallen Child character you play as well as the king's own [[spoiler: adopted]] child [[spoiler: Chara.]] [[spoiler:Asgore asks Frisk to be their ambassador to help human and monster relationships. He may have also planned to do the same with Chara based on what he said on their death bed, "You are the future of humans and monsters..."]]
* In the first part of ''VideoGame/VirtualVillagers'', the birth of the Golden Child signals a new era for the villagers, as he guides them to a new area on the island (continuing on the next game).
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' had Anduin Wrynn lead Stormwind while his father was missing in action. He was assisted by [[EvilChancellor Lady Katrana]] [[MeaningfulName Prestor]] and [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Bolvar Fordragon]]. While he was indeed the offical ruler everyone knew that he was more or less blatantly controlled by his advisors... And Bolvar usually deferred to Lady Katrana[[spoiler: until it turns out that she is Onyxia in disguise and has charmed him (the magical way) to agree always with her opinion]].
* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'', Emperor Niall of Mor Ardain is just a kid but is still considered a ReasonableAuthorityFigure whose good leadership and even temper are considered to be primary factors in war with Uraya being averted for so long. He does at least get a lot of guidance from his Blade Aegaeon, his older sister Mòrag, and Mòrag's Blade Brighid. He admits a few times that he feels overwhelmed, though, not least because Mòrag would have been Empress [[HeirClubForMen if he hadn't been born]].
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%%* Cardith Lorda from the ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} IV'' mod VideoGame/FallFromHeaven II.
* Happens often enough in ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings'' as rulers often die in battle or [[DecadentCourt from a dagger in the back.]] In the first game, this could be catastrophic, as children haven't developed their stats yet. In the second game, a regent rules until they are sixteen and become adults.
** Specifically, The Old God DLC added an event where, if the Shia Caliphate does not exist, a large adventurer-type host might spawn and rebel against a random Sunni ruler. The host is led by a very young (usually between 3 and 6 years old) Sayyid who claims to be the Shi'ite Caliph, now emerging after years of hiding.
* ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' has Hakan II, emperor of Caldeum. He was found as an infant and declared by the leaders of the local religion to be the reincarnation of his predecessor. He is well-spoken for his age and seems to have at least some idea of his duty, despite spending his entire life in a palace. [[spoiler: In fact, he's the demon lord Belial in disguise. It's unclear whether a living child ever really existed]].
* Laharl of ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness''. [[OlderThanTheyLook He's only 1313 years old.]] Quite young by demon standards.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': Subverted. Prince Wilbur takes over for King James after the latter's death at the ripe old age of 5 and proves to be as competent of a leader as you'd expect a little boy -who ever never wanted to be king for a start- to be, and is clearly just a puppet for his mother. Later on, while he continues to rule, it's pretty clear his brother and advisor Prince Harry's doing most of the work for him.
* In ''Videogame/{{Drawn}}: Dark Flight'', your ultimate goal is to drive out the shadows over the kingdom so that the child Iris can take her place as rightful ruler.
* Lord Kalrathia from ''VideoGame/DungeonSiegeII'' is a WiseBeyondTheirYears ruler of the town that bears his name, despite being in his early teens. [[spoiler: At least until he is poisoned by one of his advisors who sympathizes with Valdis.]]
* Adulthood in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' starts at twelve. Since children don't work, they tend to spend a lot of time socializing and making friends. Twelve-year-olds getting elected mayor (determined by friends and social skills) are not uncommon.
** MemeticBadass Cacame Awemedinade apparently became King of the Dwarves at the age of sixteen. Despite being an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]].
* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series' backstory, Reman Cyrodiil, the [[FounderOfTheKingdom founder]] of the Second Cyrodiilic Empire, was no older than 13 when coronated. According to the in-game book ''Remanada'', he was still an ''infant''. This proved to be well-justified, as Reman was a ChildProdigy who, along with his status as TheChosenOne (having been born possessing the [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield Amulet of Kings]]), quickly brought both halves of Cyrodiil back together (Colovia and Nibenay) and then the other kingdoms of Men, High Rock and Skyrim.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' had Princess Ovelia and Prince Orinas, each set up with a regent and sent to lead troops. Ovelia was not quite 18 at the time while Orinas was 2 years old. Though the game kept an active calendar, and with a little [[LevelGrinding grinding,]] you could age the boy prince into his teens, twenties, or even sixties, thus destroying the story.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', Balamb Garden trains students from the age of 5 to become mercenaries, with several students taking on positions of leadership by the time they reach their late teens. The results of this practice are VERY mixed. It eventually turns out that the reason for this practice is because [[spoiler: Edea Kramer knows that Squall will, in his teens, defeat an incredibly dangerous Sorceress from the future, so they ''have'' to train these kids into leadership positions at a young age to keep the time loop stable.]]
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' has Princess Garnet, who turned 16 at the start of the game and by the end, [[spoiler:she is ruling her kingdom after the death of her mother. She seems to handle the job quite competently, as it's implied she was able to rebuild her destroyed Alexandria in the span of only a few years.]]
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' has Larsa Solidor, who was picked to be the next emperor by his dying father because his older brother Vayne was ObviouslyEvil. Once both his brother and father realize that the {{Evil Chancellor}}s would try to manipulate him, they decide to have Vayne murder dear old dad and frame the council in order to protect him. Which causes Larsa to not become the emperor until the very end of the game.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesMyLifeAsAKing'', you play as a 10-year-old king who took the throne after his father's disappearance.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' has several examples:
** Prince Marth of Altea, TheHero from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'', is merely 14 when he is exiled from his country, 16 when he fights in the first war, and by the end of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem,'' he [[spoiler:becomes the king of Archanea as well.]]
** One of the rare ''villainous'' examples is Prince Julius from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'', who at the tender age of 15/16 is pretty much the one holding the power instead of [[spoiler: his father, Emperor Arvis]]. He also directs the horrible [[spoiler: child hunts]] and is the DragonInChief to [[BigBad Manfroy]]. [[spoiler: And then we have a straighter example in his half-brother and rival Seliph, who at the end of the game becomes a benevolent Emperor at the age of 17/18 - with the help of his somewhat younger girlfriend/wife (if he's paired up) and Julius's more benevolent twin sister, Princess Julia.]]
** There's Leif, who at age 15 is the leader of LaResistance in the interquel ''Videogame/FireEmblemThracia776'', and then joins Seliph's own group in the second half of ''Genealogy''. If he makes it to the end, he becomes the King of Leonster ([[spoiler: and later, of the New Kingdom of Thracia which includes Thracia ''and'' Leonster]]) and rules peacefully alongside his older sister Altena (who is just 20) and his also-around-16 girlfriend/wife ([[spoiler: his childhood friend Nanna]]).
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' has Sanaki, the 10- to 13-year-old empress of [[TheEmpire Begnion]]. Despite her youth, and love of [[{{Troll}} toying with people for her own amusement]], she's one of the few good people in the Begnion ruling government, and is perfectly willing to be and capable of being a force to be reckoned with to make sure that the senate of [[AristocratsAreEvil evil aristocrats]] doesn't go around freely causing misery and atrocious war crimes.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' provides a backstory example in that, while she's an adult now, Emmeryn of Ylisse (A distant descendant of the aforementioned Marth, along with her brother [[TheHero Chrom]] and sister Lissa) initially became the Exalt before she was even ''ten years old'', after the sudden death of her father in the war against [[ReligionOfEvil the Grimleal]]. Technically she was a bit younger than even Sanaki when she started ruling.
** [[spoiler: Played darkly in the "Future Past" DLC maps, which showcase the Bad Future. TheHero Chrom's daughter/Emmeryn and Lissa's niece Lucina (at most 20, if that) is the Exalt now, but she and her friends are fighting a hopeless war against Grima. The team must help them win said war so they can rebuild their Ylisse and [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn their happy ending]].]]
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' has [[spoiler: Prince Leo (age not fully stated, but no older than 17), who becomes the King of Nohr at the end of the Hoshido-centered ''Birthright'' path, after the deaths of his siblings Xander and Elise. His surviving older sister Camilla should become Queen, but she [[AbdicateTheThrone abdicates on him]] because she knows Leo is far more fit to reign than her.]]
* Prince Roan from ''VideoGame/GrandiaII''. Who spends most of his time as a main character in the hero's party and who continues to fight with them even after circumstances have forced him to take the throne.
* ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'': The Mad Sun-King Jiran had three sons who could inherit his throne. Jiran killed his eldest Kadaman for speaking out against him, and then his second son Avad raised a rebellion and killed Jiran. But due to DivineRightOfKings, killing the Sun-King tainted Avad in the eyes of many of his people, so they decided to follow Jiran's youngest son, Itamen, instead. They became the Shadow Carja. The idea was that Itamen was a pure vessel, ready to be filled with the Sun's will. Unfortunately, the priests quickly turned Itamen into a PuppetKing. [[spoiler:When Aloy rescues Itamen and brings him to Avad, it's pointed out that the Shadow Carja have lost what little legitimacy they had, and will be re-absorbed into the Sundom soon. Unfortunately, until that happens, they're still dangerous, and they remain the primary antagonists for the rest of the game]].
* The mechanics of succession in ''VideoGame/ImperiumNova'' can cause this to happen. Most notable is Hogan Galle, who became head of house at age five, head of faith at age eight, ''and emperor of the galaxy'' at age fourteen.
* Lord Vitiate in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' became the Sith leader at just 12 years old after starting his evil ways at just age 6.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** Whenever Princess Zelda is [[PrincessesRule the sole ruler of Hyrule]], as in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]'' or ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'', she is never portrayed as being any older than 17. Though in the two cases, she at least had some chancellor, councilors, or other advisers to help her out. Averted in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' as Zelda is twenty when she is crowned queen.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'': While the Great Fairies in the game all resemble grown women, their Queen takes on the form of a little girl, though ReallySevenHundredYearsOld applies in this case.
** Also in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', the child Prince Ralis becomes ruler of the Zora after the premature deaths of his parents.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', Riju became the Chief of the [[OneGenderRace Gerudo]] tribe after the untimely death of her mother. [[AllInTheManual Supplementary material]] pins her exact age at twelve, and in-game she [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals still plays with stuffed Sand Seals]] in her free time. In spite of her age, several Gerudo [=NPCs=] describe her as a wise and powerful leader.
* ''VideoGame/LittleKingsStory'': The basic plot is a boy becoming a king expanding his kingdom.
* In ''VisualNovel/LongLiveTheQueen'', the age of majority is fifteen, and player character Elodie is abruptly thrust into ruling at the age of fourteen when her mother dies at the beginning of the game. While her father is nominally acting as her regent until she is of age, she is given almost complete freedom to make whatever decisions she wants, and most of the other characters in the game treat her as if she is already queen.
** Also present in a friend of Elodie's named Gwenelle, who reaches her fifteenth birthday in the second half of the game and inherits her deceased biological father's title. At her birthday party she gets in a fight with her mother, who was previously acting as her regent and wants to remain Gwenelle's adviser, and it's not made completely clear who is in the right; Gwenelle is still very young and has only just come into her title, but in this society she is now a legal adult and is expected to be ruling on her own.
** Elodie's cousin Charlotte is around Elodie's age and in line for the thrown after her father Laurent, Elodie's uncle. [[spoiler: It turns out that her mother Lucille is trying to invoke this by bumping off Elodie and Laurent, thus leaving Charlotte to inherit. It's set up in one ending wherein Elodie absconds from the throne to go be an evil minion, if Laurent was killed before this point, but the nobility rebels against the idea of another underage princess, and civil war breaks out.]]
* Deconstructed in ''Videogame/LostTechnology''. Agnes, the Empress of the Reinald Empire, is only fourteen years old at the start of the story. As a result of her age, she reigns as a puppet to her ministers. Oddly, even though all of her administration is run by her prime minister, she can make a rather effective battlefield commander.
* In ''VisualNovel/MarcoAndTheGalaxyDragon'', the mayor of Gold Cord is a young girl. She means well, but she's not terribly good at her job.
* In ''VideoGame/MedievalTotalWar'' and ''VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar'', it is entirely possible, through extremely nasty bad luck, to end up with a fourteen-year-old king/sultan. This usually only happens if all other eligible faction heirs get killed and the king kicks the bucket, leaving only a young, untested son as the last available option. Alternately, the king could be batty and simply designate the boy as his heir over more eligible options because he's completely nuts. If the king is ''really'' nutty, the heir won't be a blood relation but a captain who was adopted as a son after he killed a single-unit company of brigands.
* In ''[[VideoGame/MightAndMagic Might & Magic VI]]'', Prince Nicolai, who seems to be only ten years old or so at the start of the game, is the monarch of Enroth, technically, while King Roland is missing. (His advisor, Regent Wilbur Humphrey rules in all but name; Nicolai feels he's in a GildedCage where he is and convinces the PlayerParty to "kidnap" him to let him get out for a while, a major part of the plot.)
* This is the core plot of ''VideoGame/NiNoKuniIIRevenantKingdom.'' The hero, Evan, is a young boy about to ascend to the throne of the kingdom of Ding Dong Dell when there's a coup and he's forced to flee. Rather than try to reclaim his kingdom, he instead decides [[StartMyOwn to found a new kingdom]] with the aim of bringing the major nations of the world into alliance.
* The Magius in ''VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory'', with Touka and Nemu are ''elementary schoolers'', and Alina is the only leader who's older than them by five years, but is still a high-schooler and has yet to reach adulthood. {{Justified}} since Magical Girls who survived until adulthood is a rarity, and all three of them are ChildProdigy who are WiseBeyondTheirYears.
* Mercedes from ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'' takes up the throne after her mother, the fairy queen, dies from battle. She is quite overwhelmed by her responsibilities early on, but in time grows to be an extremely capable ruler.
* Prophet Cha Dawn of the Cult of Planet in ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''.
** Several shorts by Michael Ely, one of the game's writers, have Cha Dawn being carried into battle on shoulders.
* [[spoiler:Lymsleia]] is installed as a puppet ruler in ''VideoGame/SuikodenV''. Unfortunately, even though the bad guys keep her aide hostage as leverage, they don't count on her actually ''exerting'' her power as Queen.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'': Fon Master Ion, who is roughly fourteen, is head of the religion that governs the entire world. The [[spoiler:predecessor he was cloned from]] also counts.
* In ''VideoGame/UnderTale'' this is implied with the Fallen Child character you play as well as the king's own [[spoiler: adopted]] child [[spoiler: Chara.]] [[spoiler:Asgore asks Frisk to be their ambassador to help human and monster relationships. He may have also planned to do the same with Chara based on what he said on their death bed, "You are the future of humans and monsters..."]]
* In the first part of ''VideoGame/VirtualVillagers'', the birth of the Golden Child signals a new era for the villagers, as he guides them to a new area on the island (continuing on the next game).
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' had Anduin Wrynn lead Stormwind while his father was missing in action. He was assisted by [[EvilChancellor Lady Katrana]] [[MeaningfulName Prestor]] and [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Bolvar Fordragon]]. While he was indeed the offical ruler everyone knew that he was more or less blatantly controlled by his advisors... And Bolvar usually deferred to Lady Katrana[[spoiler: until it turns out that she is Onyxia in disguise and has charmed him (the magical way) to agree always with her opinion]].
* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'', Emperor Niall of Mor Ardain is just a kid but is still considered a ReasonableAuthorityFigure whose good leadership and even temper are considered to be primary factors in war with Uraya being averted for so long. He does at least get a lot of guidance from his Blade Aegaeon, his older sister Mòrag, and Mòrag's Blade Brighid. He admits a few times that he feels overwhelmed, though, not least because Mòrag would have been Empress [[HeirClubForMen if he hadn't been born]].
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