History AGodAmI / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/AdventRising'': It is [[AGodIAmNot averted]] with the main character, Gideon, but [[spoiler:his brother or his girlfriend ([[Film/SophiesChoice whichever you let "die" first]])]] plays it straight.

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': All permutations of Xehanort have this as his defining goal. From the original being's obsession with [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow forbidden knowledge]], to [[TheHeartless "Ansem"'s]] obsession with darkness, to [[EmptyShell Xemnas's]] obsession with Kingdom Hearts itself; every single problem in the series stems back to this guy's apparent disdain for being a mere mortal. Also, [[spoiler: did we say "original being?" As it turns out there was an incarnation ''before that'', and, unsurprisingly, he was obsessed with recreating an ancient apocalypse just so he could see what happened afterwards...*and* gain godlike power in the process, of course.]]

*** Though never outright stated in-game (but strongly implied in [[AllThereInTheManual supplemental materials]]), the [[AntiHumanAlliance Aldmeri Dominion]] (under the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Thalmor]]) is acting this way in trying to outlaw the worship of [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Talos, the Ninth Divine]]. They follow an extremist sect of Altmeri religious beliefs which state that the creation of the mortal world was a cruel trick, which forced their immortal ancestors into a "mortal prison," in which they are forced to suffer pain and loss. They believe ([[VillainHasAPoint perhaps rightly]]) that by "killing" Talos by depriving him of worship, they can [[OmnicidalManiac undo creation]] and return to a state of pre-creation divinity. [[note]]This gives the villain of the College of Winterhold questline, Ancano, a LOT more meaning when he says "I have the power to unmake the world." However, it's incredibly hard to realize this when (A) the Thalmor's beliefs take a ''lot'' of out-of-game research to learn, and (B) Ancano is a [[JerkAss grade A dickhole]] (much like the rest of the Thalmor).[[/note]]

** The local LittleMissBadass, Perfecti. She refers to herself as a "Perfect One", and in her "Altar of Perfecti" stage one can see her throne on the background and in the middle of a HUGE staircase.

* Much like Handsome Jack in the predecessor to ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'', the main villains, the Calypso Twins, also frequently refer to themselves as Gods, especially Tyreen, in order to draw in more crazed followers for their cult, the Children of the Vault. As the game progresses however, they slowly get dangerously close to actually making their claims justified, especially when Tyreen [[spoiler: fuses with the Destroyer.]]

** In the series lore, there is the idea of CHIM. It is a state of truly omnipotent being, beyond even the series standard deities like the divines and the Daedric Princes. May religions have many different ideas for how to achieve it. (Vivec, mentioned above, claims to have achieved it in developer written supplemental works.) Achieving the level beyond CHIM (called "Amaranth") takes that [[UpToEleven one step further]], with some implication that such a level of awareness could allow the participant to ''realize they're in a video game''.

** In the series lore, there is the idea of CHIM. It is a state of truly omnipotent being, beyond even the series standard deities like the divines and the Daedric Princes. May religions have many different ideas for how to achieve it. (Vivec, mentioned above, claims to have achieved it in developer written supplemental works.) Achieving the level beyond CHIM (called "Amaranth") takes that [[UpToEleven one step further]].

** Cyrus in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' and ''Platinum'' who wishes to use Dialga/Palkia destroy the universe and rebuild it, with him as its ruler.

* Cyrus in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' and ''Platinum'' who wishes to use Dialga/Palkia destroy the universe and rebuild it, with him as its ruler.

* In ''VideoGame/PandoraFirstContact'' The leader of the Divine Ascension, Lady Lilith Vermillion started to believe herself a god, and went to Pandora to claim it for herself, and rule over it as a god.

* In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII'', Myria is worshipped as God by the Urkans, and is responsible for working to seal away, weaken or destroy other possible sources of protection and hope, so that humanity will be forced to turn to her alone. [[spoiler: She ''is'' a legitimate PhysicalGod, and probably the strongest being in the world, but she isn't actually big-G God. In the ending, she's found praying, asking God, "if there is a God," what she should have done instead.]]

* ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'' : Pope Zera believes that he has become a god and taunts you as such. He's still an easy boss battle, though.

* Occurs in the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' universe:
** First with [[spoiler:Arkham]] in ''3'', whose megalomania was so great that even after being ''thoroughly'' trounced by Dante and [[spoiler:Vergil]] united against him and being crippled and unable to stand after falling at least forty feet onto a stone floor, he still denied that anyone could stop him in his quest for godhood. Only the reality of his daughter's pistol about to blow his brains out destroyed his illusions of invincibility.
** The second candidate, [[spoiler:Sanctus of the Order of the Sword]] didn't necessarily consider ''himself'' God per se, but sought to create an artificial God and unify with it to reign over a new utopia purged of chaos.
** This was the plan of Arius, the BigBad of the second game. To quote him after his plan is thwarted by Dante: "'''I''' WAS GOING TO BE THE '''''[[{{Narm}} KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENG]]''''' OF THIS '''WORRRRRLD'''..."
** And the new incarnation of Mundus from ''VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry'' justifies this as he really ''is'' a god.

** In ''Baldur's Gate'', the BigBad [[spoiler:Sarevok]] orchestrates for himself becoming the leader of the Iron Throne trade company and one of the lords of the City of Baldur's Gate and at the same time creates a heated conflict between Baldur's Gate and the nation of Amn. The entire point of his plan is to create a war as brutal and violent as possible, as a sacrifice for a ritual that makes him the new God of Murder.

The [[AGodIsYou God Game]] genre is specifcally built for this basis.

* Lucien from ''VideoGame/{{RuneScape}}'', especially after he "obtained" the [[MacGuffin Staff of Armadyl]] and the [[AmplifierArtifact Stone of Jas]].
-->'''Lucien: You dare attack a god?'''
-->'''Lucien''': You dare mock the power of Lucien?
-->(''{{Beat}}'')
-->'''Dragonkin''': [[BadassBoast We]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner dare]].

** Hinted to be Flemeth's goal in the first game. [[spoiler: Morrigan claims that her mother's immortality comes from repeatedly body-jacking her own children, with Morrigan herself next on the list (how much she's telling you is called into question). Before the final battle, Morrigan further reveals that Flemeth sent her with you to perform a ritual that will impregnate her - and then draw the soul of an Old God from the darkspawn Archdemon and into the embryo. If Flemeth were to possess such a being, she'd have every right to call herself a god.]] The next time the Warden and Morrigan meet, however, Morrigan's learned something ''worse'' about her mother that's shaken her to the core, making everything we think we know even less certain. The third game reveals that Flemeth [[spoiler:is ''already'' a god or at least the host of one. Specifically, Mythal, the Elven goddess of love and justice.]]

* The God Machine in ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis'' does this to you. And it comes with [[OneWingedAngel undesirable side effects]]. [[DownerEnding Poor Indy. He's now a god.]]
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
** Hilariously played with when you encounter a delusional volus who believes he is ''a biotic god.'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iD9eTLDCHU He is a great wind, who shall sweep all before Him like a...a great wind! A great, biotic wind!]]
** Less humorously, there's [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Ardat-Yakshi]] [[DeathBySex Morinth]], who in her backstory once brainwashed a village into worshipping her as a goddess, including demanding daughters as sacrifices. When [[KnightTemplar Samara]] came to track her down, Morinth proceeded to [[MoralEventHorizon sic the village on her, forcing Samara to kill all of them.]] When finally confronted by Samara in her loyalty mission, Morinth declares herself the "Genetic Destiny" of the Asari, despite the fact that all Ardat-Yakshi are congenitally sterile.
** And in the [[AuthorsSavingThrow Extended Cut]] of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', [[spoiler:Shepard does this in the control ending. Possibly in a very benevolent manner, too.]]
** The Reapers are full of their perfection. It's noted that part of indoctrination is making the person look at the Reapers as gods.
* ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'' : Pope Zera believes that he has become a god and taunts you as such. He's still an easy boss battle, though.
* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'': Oitsukigami is ''not'' a god, a fact which she openly admits, but she successfully tricks humans into believing she is one, and ''oh'' how she enjoys being worshiped as such. [[spoiler: Until she is presented with an impossible request.]]

* Batari, the {{High Priest}}ess of the fire-worshipping Izila tribe in ''VideoGame/FarCryPrimal'', was born under a solar eclipse, and her people took it as a sign that she was a daughter of their sun god, Suxli. Sadly, her special birth also gave Batari a massive ego, and she seeks nothing more than HumanSacrifice and to establish her tribe's superiority over all- and [[ItsAllAboutMe her superiority over the Izila]]. [[spoiler:Which makes it all the more satisfying when [[PlayerCharacter Takkar]] reminds her that she's not immortal by burning her alive, [[KarmicDeath just like she'd been doing to his people beforehand]].]]

** The Emperor in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' dies and has his soul split in two - the good side takes over Heaven, the evil side takes over Hell and goes for Earth next. He's even worse in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', where he's scheming for everyone, gods, heroes and villains alike, to die so he can rule existence alone.

* Emperor Sun, of the titular ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'', announces himself as "God-Emperor Sun!" before you fight him. [[spoiler: Granted, he was tapping into the power of the Water Dragon, essentially a god in physical form, which allowed Sun to continue ruling even after his death.]]
* Kane from the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' series plays with this a fair bit. He concedes that he is not God Himself, but certainly a good runner-up. More often he calls himself "[[DarkMessiah The Messiah]]" and the Brotherhood of NOD "[[FauxSymbolism the chosen people]]". Kane has been alive and unaged for over a century now, and has successfully deflected shots from an orbital laser cannon with his face, so why not? Not even the SufficientlyAdvancedAliens know what he is. In ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade Renegade]]'', it's hinted that he may be, or at least may lead his followers in believing that he's ''[[Literature/TheBible that]]'' [[CainAndAbelAndSeth Kane]].
--->'''[=McNeil=]:''' You're not God, Kane!\\
'''Kane:''' No, I'm not God... but I'm a close second.
** And stated way earlier by his right-hand man, Seth:
--->'''Seth:''' I'm Seth. Just Seth. From God, to Kane, to Seth. I am his right hand and I have a task for you.

* Inverted with Dr. Weil from ''VideoGame/MegaManZero''. Instead of proclaiming himself a god, he proclaims himself the ''Devil'' (although no words would be more accurate). [[TheDragon Omega]] plays this straight, claiming himself to be a Messiah after passing the BishonenLine, and [[KnightTemplar Copy-X]] shows some shades of it in that his OneWingedAngel form resembles a Seraph and he throws out a lot of "religious"-esque phrases that translate to such things as "Repent!" and "I am judgement!"
* Master Albert of ''VideoGame/MegaManZX Advent'' deludes himself into thinking that he's god and attempts a BatmanGambit spanning centuries in order to confirm it. And he even tries to re-enforce the idea right before the final boss battle.
--> '''Albert:''' I don't ''think'' I'm a god... I ''am'' a god!
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser's]] plan in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''; after stealing all of the stars from Rosalina's ship, he tries to use them to ''create his own galaxy to rule over''. He plans to make it into a base and conquer the universe.
** [[spoiler:This is also Dimentio's plan]] in ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''. [[spoiler:It is also heavily implied that what is driving his pursuit to become a god and remake the universe in his image is his own [[AxCrazy insanity]], if not a thirst for power.]]
** And Sir Grodus in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''. As with this quote: "Yes? I, Grodus, will build a new world! A perfect, ideal world? made by me, about me, and FOR me! GAAACK ACK ACK ACK ACK!"

* In ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', the Zerg Overmind seeks to invade the Protoss homeworld and assimilate the Protoss into the Zerg Swarm: "Thenceforth shall we be the greatest of creation's children. We shall be... perfect."
** There's also the fact that he wakes the player cerebrate with a magnificently biblical: "Awaken my child, and embrace the glory that is your birthright. Know that I am the Overmind; the eternal will of the Swarm, and that you have been created to serve me."
** [[spoiler:Kerrigan, after she is infested by the Zerg Swarm. She is able to take total control over the entire swarm by the end of Brood War, and states her intention to have every living being in the universe bow down to her: "Once again I stand atop the broken bodies of my enemies... - Victorious but not unscarred. - The Earth-borne Directorate has been destroyed. - And the Overmind lies dead and trampled beneath the ashes of Char. - As for my unlikely allies, I think that I shall allow them a reprieve. - For in time I will seek to test their resolve, and their strengths. - They will all be mine in the end, for I am the Queen of Blades. - None shall ever dispute my rule again."]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Kerrigan''']]: At this point, I'm pretty much Queen Bitch of the universe.
* Inuart proclaims this in ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' shortly before he explodes along with the rest of the sky-fortress. Either that, or [[EpilepticTrees he really did succeed.]]
* Kratos from ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', who actually becomes a god at the end of [[VideoGame/GodOfWarI the first game]].
* In ''VideoGame/PandoraFirstContact'' The leader of the Divine Ascension, Lady Lilith Vermillion started to believe herself a god, and went to Pandora to claim it for herself, and rule over it as a god.
* In ''VideoGame/PerfectDark Zero'', after defeating the BigBad, he decides to escape by ascending into godhood. Why he didn't do that before you beat up on him, nobody knows.
* In ''VideoGame/PopulousTheBeginning'' the goal of the player character Shaman is achieving Godhood. She succeeds.
* In the original ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' trilogy, both the Gravemind and the High Prophet of Truth fancy themselves as gods. [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne Which one of them will be it]] is the main driving force behind the plot of the [[VideoGame/Halo2 second]] and [[VideoGame/Halo3 third]] games. The Gravemind apparently actually believes it is a divine entity and the Flood are the pinnacle of all existence - going so far as to accuse anyone fighting against it as being a "sinner" for standing in its way. During the High Charity level near the end of ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', Gravemind's speech turns highly biblical.

** Before the High Prophet of Truth's death by the Arbiter (who ironically was picked to be such by the former), one of his last sentences was "My feet tread the path; I shall become a god!", which Gravemind retorts, "You will be food - nothing more!".
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
** Selin Fireheart, a minor boss in the 5-man dungeon, the Magister's Terrace, screams, "Yes! I am a GOD!", after draining one of the green crystals around his section of the area. (Needless to say, he is nothing close, and most advanced groups just kick his ass right through the resulting attacks.)
** In ''Wrath of The Lich King'', Malygos says " I AM THE SPELL WEAVER! MY power is INFINITE!" if he kicks your ass.
** That one's a bit more justified, since he's 1) a pillar of creation and 2) it takes 10-25 epic characters ''and'' another PhysicalGod to take him down.
** In Zul'Drak, some of the Drakkari trolls have killed and eaten their Loa, the animal spirits they worship as gods, to absorb their powers. Gal'darah, who killed Akali and gained the ability to [[OneWingedAngel transform into a rhinoceros]] says the page quote when killing a player. One of the other troll bosses who consumed his god, Moorabi, admits while dying that "If our gods can die... den so can we...", indicating that he doesn't think that he's invincible, or at least has come to realize that he is not.
* Spoofed in ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', wherein [[spoiler:Vulcanus's]] plans to become God are met with bored remarks along the lines of, "That's it?" and "See? I told you it'd be selfish and unoriginal."
* In ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', [[spoiler:Joshua is Shibuya's Composer and not only runs The Game, but could erase the entire city if he so chose.]] Interestingly, [[TheDragon Megumi Kitaniji]] refers to [[spoiler: Joshua]] with capitalized pronouns; "He" instead of "he", "Him" instead of "him", similar to how the Christian God is referred to. However, given that Kitaniji is the only one to refer to the Composer this way, it may be just a sign of his own insanity.
* When you defeat Vaati for the second time in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'' he claims that as a god, it shouldn't have been possible for him to be defeated.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', Yuga states his plans to "take his rightful place among the gods" once he's managed to [[spoiler: fuse himself and Ganon together and steal the Triforce of Wisdom from Hilda, with plans on doing the same with Link's Triforce of Courage.]]
* Occurs in the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' universe:
** First with [[spoiler:Arkham]] in ''3'', whose megalomania was so great that even after being ''thoroughly'' trounced by Dante and [[spoiler:Vergil]] united against him and being crippled and unable to stand after falling at least forty feet onto a stone floor, he still denied that anyone could stop him in his quest for godhood. Only the reality of his daughter's pistol about to blow his brains out destroyed his illusions of invincibility.
** The second candidate, [[spoiler:Sanctus of the Order of the Sword]] didn't necessarily consider ''himself'' God per se, but sought to create an artificial God and unify with it to reign over a new utopia purged of chaos.
** This was the plan of Arius, the BigBad of the second game. To quote him after his plan is thwarted by Dante: "'''I''' WAS GOING TO BE THE '''''[[{{Narm}} KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENG]]''''' OF THIS '''WORRRRRLD'''..."
** And the new incarnation of Mundus from ''VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry'' justifies this as he really ''is'' a god.
* Gehn from the game ''VideoGame/{{Riven}}'' is a good example of the third variant of this trope. Though Gehn himself does not specifically say this, it is implied. Plus, the whole temple-on-the-first-island-in-the-game is a pretty big tipoff...
* [[spoiler:Esher]] from ''VideoGame/MystVEndOfAges''. While he doesn't quite believe that he ''is'' a god, he does believe that he's the rightful owner of a certain gold tablet that controls another species of sentient beings. And in one bad ending, [[spoiler:he gains control of the MacGuffin and states that he now has control over these beings and their power in a god-like manner.]] He also [[spoiler:rants that he's the Grower and that "D'ni needed him!"]] in the good ending, so the delusions of godhood are definitely there.

* SHODAN of ''VideoGame/SystemShock'' fame referred to herself that way (see Quotes page). And has sort of recognition for her efforts:
--> '''Prefontaine:''' ...What's clear is that SHODAN shouldn't be allowed to play God. She's far too good at it.

* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' plays with this trope and the aforementioned AI variant. Bob Page plans to become the [[spoiler:PhysicalGod of the entire world]] by [[spoiler: merging his own mind with the AI Helios--who coincidentally is the [[EverythingIsOnline Internet and other assorted global communications networks]], a {{Nanomachine}} [[MookMaker Assembler]] and a [[TheVirus nanomachine plague]] present in large amounts of the world's population--so that he becomes omniscient and omnipresent]], with total control of the world. However, [[spoiler:Helios wants no part in this, and the player may choose to merge JC ([[SignificantMonogram note the initials]]) with Helios]] to become the ''benevolent dictator'' of the world. There's a small distinction, but the ending's tagline notes that [[spoiler:JC]] has effectively become as a god anyways.
* Both ''VideoGame/{{Summoner}}'' and ''VideoGame/Summoner2'' apply. In the first, [[spoiler:Joseph, the Summoner, must become Urath Reborn,]] and the second takes it a step further when Maya, named in the blurb as the Goddess Laharah, is [[spoiler:revealed as Aosi, creation itself, far beyond any mere god.]]
* Albert Wesker of the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series does this in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', in the form of an EvilutionaryBiologist. His vaguely Darwinist plot involves wiping out ''almost'' the entire human race by dumping his specially created virus out of a plane, and the survivors are the ones his virus has supposedly "chosen". His quotes on this include:
** "The right to become a god? That right is now mine!"
** "Let me clarify something for you, Chris. I don't think of myself as a king. I am a GOD! And even kings bow to gods!"
** "A new Genesis is at hand, and I will be the Creator!"
** "'''[[LargeHam THE HUMAN RACE REQUIRES JUDGEMENT!!!]]'''"
** He also does this in ''Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3'', his pre-fight dialogue, "I am the only god!" when matched up against Thor or Amaterasu, who are actual gods.
** Mocked and parodied in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vkma81nL3M&feature=related this video]] when [[Comicbook/DoctorStrange The Dread Dormammu]], an ''actual'' comic book villain, and an EldritchAbomination DimensionLord who wields ''actual'' godlike, nigh-omnipotent power, makes fun of Wesker for thinking that injecting himself with viruses or any of his other plans makes him anything like an actual god.
* In ''VideoGame/PsiOpsTheMindgateConspiracy'':
** The insane psychic agent Nicholas Wrightson styles himself as the "True God of the Ether." Even though his real and decidedly emaciated body is hooked up to a life support machine, his mind roams freely across the world, [[BodySurf taking over different bodies according to his needs.]] This, coupled with his ability to tame [[EldritchAbomination Creatures from Beyond]] was all the evidence he needed. Interestingly enough, after you defeat him, he appears to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence.
** The formerly powerless BigBad of the story achieves something close to godhood in the final level, though he's more of a PhysicalGod than Wrightson- and just to prove his point, he spends the boss battle [[PlayingWithFire hurling fireballs at you]], [[MindOverMatter levitating car-sized chunks of debris in your direction]], and [[PowerFloats hovering far above you just to rub his apparent omnipotence in your face.]] Unlike Wrightson, though, he doesn't have the luxury of ascending once he's defeated.
* About halfway through ''VideoGame/PhantomDust'', [[spoiler:Edgar, the main character's best friend, finds out that he is actually the last person left on Earth and all other life he sees was actually created by him after he learned to control the mysterious dust that he linked with the disappearance of life. Edgar is unable to accept this truth and sets out to destroy his creations since he sees them as lies and visions.]] However, at the end of the game [[spoiler:He finds out that HE'S NOT EVEN THE ORIGINAL Edgar. Apparently, the original created this duplicate to continue the recreation of Earth just before his death. Sadly, the double's personality was twisted.]]
* In the climax of ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'', [[spoiler:Captain Blue reveals himself to be "The Omnipotent" King Blue, creator of Movie Land. ('cause he's the director)]]
* ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' leads up to one of these with Galcian. By harnessing the Rains of Destruction and using the Moons as a continent-killing weapon, he actually ''does'' subjugate the "gods" of Arcadia - most of the in-game cultures worship the things.
* During the spirit journey in the latter half of ''VideoGame/{{Terranigma}}'', Ark encounters a number of characters that look like other important characters he's met in the game, some with slightly altered names (Royd becomes Roy, Mei becomes Meila, etc. etc.). You are asked to go into a ruin filled with monsters to check on someone who was left there a year earlier for a ritual that could cause them to become a god. When you get there, it turns out [[spoiler:it worked, and the equivalent of Elle has, in fact, attained nigh-godly powers, immediately giving the other warriors who came to check a HannibalLecture about ''why'' this ritual even exists. After utterly destroying them, she beckons the player to choose one of the cups of god water near her. The player does, and then the spirit journey ends.]]
* Gill from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' is an SNKBoss whose repertoire of voice clips include "I am your god."
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'': Rugal and Igniz are picture perfect examples of this trope (Igniz provided some [[Quotes/AGodAmI quotes]]). Rugal dares you to repeat to him that you won't attack a god again in 98, and Igniz has a gigantic god complex in 2001. When he gets beaten, Lovable Igniz goes nuts and decides to forgo the god thing, [[ColonyDrop deciding to be a demon instead]]. His win quote says it all. "I'm more than a god! I'm a superstar! Hah, hah!"
* Hector from ''VideoGame/DeptHeaven'' series is already a god-like being, sitting at the top of [[CelestialBureaucracy the celestial bureaucracy]] that is Asgard. However, unsatisfied with his power, he plans throughout the THREE games, [[TheChessmaster manipulating events in those games to become the true creator.]] To that end, he commits various atrocities.
* [[spoiler:Lezard]] in ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'' series spends most of his time hatching up an elaborate BatmanGambit to set himself up for this in the first game and succeeds in the second, complete with his own world to govern over. He's pretty damned megalomanical and egoistic even before his grand scheme succeeds, and by the time he actually succeeds in the second game, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z50feD9SPi0 well]]...
* In ''VideoGame/NiGHTSJourneyOfDreams'', now that he actually has dialogue, Wizeman is revealed to have a case of the Evil/Hubris one. Given that he created a world and race of beings from nothing more than unpleasant thoughts and stolen dreams, [[PhysicalGod he may have a point, though.]]
* Sanae Kochiya from ''Franchise/TouhouProject''; informing people that she is, in fact, a living god is her CatchPhrase. Granted, she's technically ''right'', what with having the divine power to create miracles and being the direct descendent of the goddess [[spoiler:Suwako Moriya]], and all. She's classified as an Arahitogami, both fully god and fully human at the same time. It's mostly played for laughs, as the [[EveryoneIsASuper general power level of Gensokyo's inhabitants]] means being a god isn't really anything particularly special.
* In ''VideoGame/FableII'', it's strongly implied that this is the--probably successful--plan of [[spoiler:Theresa. She just needed you to get access to the Spire.]]
** In ''VideoGame/FableIII'' Traitor's Keep DLC [[spoiler:Milton says something of being a god after transforming to an Evil Twin of The Hero]]
* In ''VideoGame/OverlordII'', this is revealed to be the goal of Emperor Solarius, ruler of [[TheEmpire The Glorious Empire]], AKA [[spoiler:Florian Greenheart, an Elf born without magic who caused the Cataclysm that wiped out the lands of the first game when he tried to steal [[ArtifactOfDoom The Tower Heart]]. He uses all the magic he's gathered at the end of the game to become an EldritchAbomination that only his [[TheDragon Dragon]] fanatically praises as a god, from that point it's your responsibility to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu take him down.]]]]
* Cyrus in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' and ''Platinum'' who wishes to use Dialga/Palkia destroy the universe and rebuild it, with him as its ruler.

* The BigBad from ''VideoGame/ArcTheLad'': Then again, he is an immortal EldritchAbomination, so he has some credentials
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': All permutations of Xehanort have this as his defining goal. From the original being's obsession with [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow forbidden knowledge]], to [[TheHeartless "Ansem"'s]] obsession with darkness, to [[EmptyShell Xemnas's]] obsession with Kingdom Hearts itself; every single problem in the series stems back to this guy's apparent disdain for being a mere mortal. Also, [[spoiler: did we say "original being?" As it turns out there was an incarnation ''before that'', and, unsurprisingly, he was obsessed with recreating an ancient apocalypse just so he could see what happened afterwards...*and* gain godlike power in the process, of course.]]
* The main antagonist of ''VideoGame/TheReconstruction'', [[spoiler:Havan]], acts like this at the end. There's also [[spoiler:Tezkhra]], although he acts more like "[[ShroudedInMyth Wait, I'm a god]]? Uh...sure, I'll go with that."
* This was the Emperor's goal through all of ''VideoGame/ThousandArms''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KduwLu5QQp4 He eventually gets it]].
-->'''The Emperor''': "Mmmhahahaha! I can see! I can feel! Ahahahaha! Everything is within my grasp! The power courses through my veins, Ahahahaha! I am a god! I have become a GOOOOOOD!"
* At the end of the first ''[[VideoGame/LegacyOfKain Soul Reaver]]'' game, Kain uses this as part of a NotSoDifferentRemark to Raziel.
--> '''Kain''': ...Can you not see with all your soul, how we have become like gods? And as such, are we not indivisible?

* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' has one. [[spoiler:Mithos the Hero]] is [[spoiler:Lord Yggdrasill]], complete with a Host of Angels. He also [[spoiler:made his sister a Goddess.]] Considering that he [[spoiler:made the worlds as we know it, he's pretty justified in his delusions of grandeur.]]
** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2'', Elraine casts Indignation Judgment with: "A mortal cannot defeat a god. I shall show you the difference between our power. ''Indignation Judgment!''" Hilariously, though, Elraine [[spoiler:is most certainly ''not'' a god. As for Fortuna, well... it's debatable. GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere is really all that needs to be said.]]
* ''VideoGame/AdventRising'': It is [[AGodIAmNot averted]] with the main character, Gideon, but [[spoiler:his brother or his girlfriend ([[Film/SophiesChoice whichever you let "die" first]])]] plays it straight.
-->''"Take heart, mortals, your gods have returned"''.

* Several storylines in ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity Nova'' lead to the player taking on the role of "Ory'Hara", a prophesied messiah that will reunite humanity and also referred to as "the spirit behind the creation of the universe", and ultimately [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence merging with the universe]] at the end of the game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'':
** [[spoiler:Iris Zeppelin considers herself a god and desires to gain true divine power after realizing that she was born with ''absolute power and unparalleled brains'', all thanks to being reincarnated from Rosenkreuz himself.]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Iris Zeppelin''']]: I have transcended humanity. I, [[spoiler:Iris Zeppelin]], have become a God! A worthless insect like yourself can't hope to stop me.\\
'''Spiritia Rosenberg''': I may not know how great of a man Rosenkreuz was, but I know you're no god. If you don't have a heart pure enough to control your power, that power will end up controlling you!
** [[spoiler:Iris Zeppelin]] also claims to be a child of God himself when confronted by Grolla in the final stage of ''Grollschwert''.
--->[[spoiler:'''Iris Zeppelin''']]: Of course. I exist on a higher plane than you commoner trash. Shall I enlighten you on how special I really am? I am the strongest Magus in existence, [[spoiler:the heiress to the limitless power of the great Rozenkreuz]]! Blessed with absolute power and unparalleled brains, I am a child of God himself! I can't be compared to the likes of you!
* ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'': Sakaki declares himself this after fusing with AIDA.
* ''VideoGame/ReturnToKrondor'': [[spoiler: Bear is certainly aiming for this. He already wears an amulet that makes him invulnerable to magic, physical damage, and almost everything else. He is trying to get the Tear of the Gods, which will allow him to communicate with the gods. He did not even get the Tear of the Gods, but when a character asks what if the gods are displeased, Bear responds "Like who? Heh, heh. The lesser gods? With the Tear and this amulet, I'm invincible! Who will rival me? Sung the Pure? Kahooli? Hia Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Haaaaaaaa!"]]
* In ''Hell:A Cyberpunk Thriller'', [[spoiler: Solene Sollux is this in a few senses of the trope. It is the Imperator (Latin for emperor) of a theocracy that controls at least the United States of America. The name Solene Sollux references the sun. It is a gender-bending robot that wears purple, is spoken by a female voice actor, and no one can tell if it is female or male. It controls Hell (actually a huge, complex virtual reality program) and sends criminals there (by hooking them up to the machinery and storing their bodies in a hidden place). It actually declares "I am God!" at one point and "These are the hands of a god!" at another point (specifically a fistfight). Who would have thought a robot could have a limitless God complex?]]

* Taking a few cues from [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]], [=LeChuck=]'s plan in ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'' is to use a voodoo artifact to absorb power from what is essentially the afterlife to become a pirate god. [[spoiler:Through manipulation of Guybrush, he succeeds]].
* Albedo from ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'', after he makes contact with U-DO:
-->I experienced but a fragment of my true power that day. The waves that inundated my body, are now a part of me. I've reached a higher stage of existence, compared to you incomplete mortals. I am the Alpha AND the Omega of perfect consciousness!
** Dmitri Yuriev, who [[spoiler:believes (incorrectly) that U-DO will be responsible for the annihilation of the multiverse, and so tries to kill it with SCIENCE! making himself the most powerful being in existence, since he is functionally immortal]]
* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' has Zeus Academy. As the name suggests, the students there are made to think they're super-powered incarnations of gods and goddesses from Myth/ClassicalMythology destined [[SeriousBusiness to dominate the soccer world.]] [[spoiler:They're really just [[SuperSerum taking drugs]], though.]] Despite the strength and infinite TP they have, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu it's]] ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu possible]]'' [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu to beat them before the team find out their secret and lower their power]].
* ''VideoGame/OracleOfTao'' has an ''inversion'' of this. Rather than starting out as a human, and usurping the role of God somehow (usually this trope is also accompanied by megalomania or other character flaws, when that happens), [[spoiler: it turns out she was always God, and just tricked herself into believing she was human. She shortly thereafter rewrites the CrapsaccharineWorld in which other people don't really exist, by giving birth to the universe.]]
* This is what [[spoiler: Alex]] tries to achieve in the ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' series. By the end of The Lost Age, he ALMOST reaches godhood, but doesn't quite get the power he desired. This is due to [[spoiler: the actions of the Wise One from the first game where he had Isaac take the Mars Star and put it back. When Isaac did this, the Wise One transferred some of the power from the item to Isaac, preventing Alex from gaining all of Alchemy's power when the Golden Sun rose.]]
** ''Dark Dawn'' shows that "''almost'' A God Am I" is still [[SuperpowerLottery pretty damn powerful]], though he seems to still be more interested in ''complete'' godhood than "almost". [[spoiler: And interestingly, he still seems to be only using Mercury powers and his existing teleportation power. You'd think he'd have played with Jupiter and Venus powers by now...]]
* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' [[spoiler:Zanza is already a God, but after getting the Meyneth's Monado his pride and arrogance become even worse. According to him, the only thing that matters is himself and all other beings must be his food.]] But then you find out by the end of the game that [[spoiler:he's not really a god; he's [[DeityOfHumanOrigin a human scientist]] from the EarthThatWas. He puts himself on a pedestal, but all he's doing is abusing Alvis's power.]]

* This is [[spoiler:Colonel Redips']] plan in ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission''.
* Almost all of your former Allies from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' proclaim themselves as the 7 Deities and have supposedly transcended beyond ordinary demi gods. None are like this more so than [[spoiler: [[TrueFinalBoss Chakravartin]], though this time it's justified, as Chakravartin is for all purposes a real Creator god (He embodies the wheel of life and spins the threads of mantra). He actually wants Asura to succeed him, and all of the horrible things that happen in the game were meant to mold Asura into a suitable supreme deity.]]
* ''VideoGame/LandsOfLore III'' has an interesting variant. The main character, Copper, from a fantasy world travels to a different dimension which is a post-apocalyptic wasteland. There he stumbles into an abandoned high-tech base maintained by an AI. They have a discussion, and understandably Copper has difficulty grasping the nature of the AI. Finally the AI settles on stating, "Yes, I am a god." simply because it deems that to be the closest concept which Copper understand.
* In ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'', this is inverted with Harlan Wade's proclamation at the start of the game (which is [[spoiler: at the point that you are being born]]) where he says that "You will be a god among men." Later on, Paxton Fettel shows shades of this traope played straight, especially in his ending of the third game.
* ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' has two examples:
** Implied to be the case with Jack (it wouldn't be a surprise to be honest if it were true) as some of his employees swear by his name. Cut dialog even has him outright talking about using [[LostSuperweapon The Warrior]] to achieve godhood by conquering galaxies with it. The Sir Hammerlock DLC even features a cult that worships Jack after his death.
---->'''Hyperion New U Station''' "The light you saw was our Digistruct technology, not a higher power, not a higher power than Hyperion anyway''.
** Played completely straight with Gaige, provided you put a point in Anarchy. With enough stacks she yells out "I'm getting a god complex and I LIKE IT!" and it just goes downhill from there. To quote:
--> I am the GOD OF DAMAGE!
--> I am the [[Literature/TheBible Alpha and the Omega!]]
* Interesting DoubleSubversion in ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoIIMelodyOfMetafalica'': the BigBad [[spoiler:Infel]] doesn't declare herself God [[AssimilationPlot of the new world]], instead she declares that her girlfriend [[spoiler:Nenesha]] ''is''. It's probably her way to spite the actual gods who murdered said girlfriend in front of her.
* In ''VideoGame/LegendOfLegaia'', [[spoiler:Songi]] claims to be the second coming of Tieg after he [[spoiler:[[DoomedHometown unleashes]] [[MeaningfulName Juggernaut]] [[DoomedHometown on Rim Elm]] and leaves to conquer the Seru-kai]].
* One of the Daemon Prince's lines in ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiYaz_MBjIk delivered as always with enough ham to sink a battleship.]] '''I AM A''' '''''GOD!!!!''''' and '''I AM''' '''''DESTRUCTION INCARNATE!!!!''''' come to mind.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Eleusis}}'', the monk society, [[spoiler:led by the hostage in the beginning,]] offer the playable character a choice to enter the pit and receive godlike powers. The person can either choose to enter the pit or throw the sacred artifact in.
* In ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'', [[spoiler:Mandus had apparently become this and he had no memory of this sudden turn until the end.]]
* Hylia in ''VideoGame/HyruleTotalWar'' [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zags]] this trope. Originally she was a young Hylian woman turned into a PhysicalGod to hold Demise's invasion. Her powers were so astonishing people gave her full power over them and began worshipping her even above the Three Goddesses (who, for that matter, [[TheGodsMustBeLazy never intervened since the time of the creation]]). Upon defeating Demise, the latter makes her realize her crimes by [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame praising her]] and she undergoes an heavy HeroicBSOD, going into hiding from Hyrule and secretly working to [[UnPerson cancel all recordings of hers from history]]. Five millennia later, she comes back to save Hyrule in a time of crisis and people start worshipping her again, [[SecretTestOfCharacter but her true goal is to purge the land of all the people who would betray the Goddesses in her favour]].
* In ''VideoGame/InfinityBlade'', [[spoiler:Galath the Worker of Secrets]] gives off this vibe, if his speech during the opening cutscene of the third game is any indication. Given his vast knowledge, power, and immortality, it's hard to argue with him.
-->''I am father of the Deathless. Creator and Destroyer of all!''
* [[spoiler:Queen Sectonia]] in ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' declares herself as a goddess in her second line of dialogue before challenging Kirby. The pause menu for [[spoiler:Queen Sectonia DX]] even ''says'' she [[spoiler:was once a good person, before she]] was [[FaceHeelTurn corrupted]] by [[LampshadeHanging delusions of grandeur]].

* ''VideoGame/CreeperWorld'' has Imperator, who looks at the goodness of Skarsgard Abraxis and dismisses it in favor of "ultimate POWER!"
* ''VideoGame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf'' has ''two'' characters that fit in this trope:
** The local LittleMissBadass, Perfecti. She refers to herself as a "Perfect One", and in her "Altar of Perfecti" stage one can see her throne on the background and in the middle of a HUGE staircase.
** Murakumo alias the BigBad, who leaves it clear in his pre-fight speech to [[spoiler: Akatsuki]]:
-->'''Murakumo:''' "After [[spoiler: monopolyzing [[MacGuffin the Blitz Engines]] ]], I will win the final war... and within the New World Order, '''I will become a human God.'''"
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'':
** On your first Neutral run, [[spoiler: Flowey, upon absorbing six human souls, claims that absorbing one more (the protagonist's) will allow him to become God]].
** On a True Pacifist run, [[spoiler:Flowey absorbs the six human souls ''plus'' every monster soul in the Underground (which was said on an easily-missed PamphletShelf to be equal to the power of one human soul), and takes on a OneWingedAngel form he dubs the 'Absolute God of Hyperdeath'.]]
* According to a medium in ''Mahjongg Artifacts 2'' this is what happened to Marc Hawk when he found [[DismantledMacGuffin the final piece of the Ultimate Artifact]] at the end of the previous game, becoming "equal to a god but not a god." Also according to her, the ''real'' gods are getting fed up with him...
* ''VideoGame/TheTalosPrinciple'': "Elohim" means "god", and he talks the part, claiming faith in him is necessary to proceed. On top of that, his voice is a disembodied, fairly deep, male voice, just like many depictions of the Christian God. In something of a twist on this trope, it's Elohim's intended role to convince the player character that he's god, because [[spoiler: the world is a massive SecretTestOfCharacter, and defying him is the last thing needed to pass]]. However, he eventually figured out that this would mean the end of his purpose, and he's trying to prevent that. In so doing, he seems to have convinced himself of his own hype.
* Both [[PurpleIsPowerful Nova]] and [[spoiler:[[MasterOfIllusion Zonda]]]] of ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'' don't outright ''call'' themselves gods once they go OneWingedAngel at the end of their respective games, but they're not shy about alluding to potential divinity. Nova declares to Gunvolt that he is the "Heavenly Emperor" that will defend righteousness, and [[spoiler:Zonda]] admits [[spoiler:she's]] "seriously considering" the possibility of godhood when [[ReligiousBruiser Copen]] asks if [[spoiler:she]] thinks [[spoiler:she's]] some sort of god now. They've both got reason to believe that, considering the former possesses [[SuperpowerLottery one of the strongest Septima in the setting]] and the latter [[spoiler:[[RealityWarper can create a literal pocket dimension]]]], but Gunvolt notes that Nova's transformation at least fits more the definition of a "monster" than anything.
* ''VideoGame/AshesOfTheSingularity'': Being turned into an immortal being who can spread itself across the universe on a mere thought has caused some Post-Humans to develop this attitude towards non-Post Humans. A few them express the belief that baseline humans aren't fully sentient; the rapid rise in power of the player character so soon after being converted terrifies them.

* ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'':
** The Triumvirate declare themselves this when [[spoiler: they activate the Relic of Moirai]]:
-->'''Gaius''': We now possess the relic and its power, making us virtual gods.
** Master Contra also believes himself to be this:
-->'''Master Contra''': I have far surpassed the original. I am the ultimate form of Bill Rizer.
* ''VideoGame/HeroAndDaughter'': The "God (Self-Decreed)" enemy, from its name.
* In ''[[VideoGame/QuernUndyingThoughts Quern - Undying Thoughts]]'', this is how Gamana felt after experiencing the power of Quer'nelok (the original name for Quern).
* ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheTombRaider'': Amaru Dominguez plays the role of a False God in his home country, and the leader of an AncientConspiracy anywhere else, but professes that he does not see himself as a god... yet. But once he absorbs the power of Pandora's Box, he starts professing that he has achieved godhood - mostly because his body has transformed into a miniature sun that can't be killed with anything but the box's key. Lara proceeds to raid him of every ounce of divinity with repeated key-stabbing.
* ''VideoGame/CriminalCaseGrimsborough'', [[spoiler:Milton Grimmes]] declares [himself "Grimsborough's God" when he becomes exposed as the leader of [[AncientConspiracy The Crimson Order]].
--> '''Crimson Order Leader, a.k.a. [[spoiler:Milton Grimmes]]:''' Gold has given the Crimson Order unlimited power! As its leader, I get to choose who lives and who dies in this town. I am Grimsborough's God!
* In ''VideoGame/CryingSuns'', Emperor Oberon claims to be [[PlayerCharacter Idaho's]] god when the latter finally encounters him, as both the original Idaho and his clones owe their existence to [[SuperBreedingProgram Oberon's]] [[CloningGambit schemes]].
-->'''Oberon:''' You're wrong. I am a god. I'm your god. I decided when you would die, and I decided when you’d be born again. I have resurrected you hundreds of times! If that doesn’t make me a god, I don’t know what would.
* ''VideoGame/SomaSpirits'': In ''Rebalance'', the Sun King, the original ruler of Soma. As he says in the opening cutscene:
--> I am the Sun King!\\
No, I am a GOD!
* ''VideoGame/{{Outriders}}'': As Seth mentions to the protagonist, some of the Altered consider themselves gods, and the Exiles worship them accordingly. He even asks why the protagonist doesn't consider himself a god with his new abilities.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' series, this is, in general, the Eldeen attitude towards humanity, though most of them are benevolent like Alma, [[spoiler:Feena, and Reah]].

* At the end of the first ''[[VideoGame/LegacyOfKain Soul Reaver]]'' game, Kain uses this as part of a NotSoDifferent speech to Raziel.

* ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'' features [[spoiler:Iris, who not only had RKS fight against the Holy Empire for her own amusement; she also did so because she decided to become a god herself after realizing that she was born with ''absolute power and unparalleled brains'', all thanks to being reincarnated from Rosenkreuz himself.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Iris''': I have transcended humanity. I, Iris Zeppelin, have become a God! A worthless insect like yourself can't hope to stop me.]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Spiritia''': I may not know how great of a man Rosenkreuz was, but I know you're no god. If you don't have a heart pure enough to control your power, that power will end up controlling you!]]
** [[spoiler:Iris also says her claims that she is a child of God himself when Grolla confronts her in the final stage of the game in her alternate mode.]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Iris''': Of course. I exist on a higher plane than you commoner trash. Shall I enlighten you on how special I really am? I am the strongest Magus in existence, the heiress to the limitless power of the great Rozenkreuz! Blessed with absolute power and unparalleled brains, I am a child of God himself! I can't be compared to the likes of you!]]

* Batari, the {{High Priest}}ess of the fire-worshipping Izila tribe, was born under a solar eclipse, and her people took it as a sign that she was a daughter of their sun god, Suxli. Sadly, her special birth also gave Batari a massive ego, and she seeks nothing more than HumanSacrifice and to establish her tribe's superiority over all- and [[ItsAllAboutMe her superiority over the Izila]]. [[spoiler:Which makes it all the more satisfying when [[PlayerCharacter Takkar]] reminds her that she's not immortal by burning her alive, [[KarmicDeath just like she'd been doing to his people beforehand]].]]

* ''VideoGame/CriminalCase'', [[spoiler:Milton Grimmes]] declares [himself "Grimsborough's God" when he becomes exposed as the leader of [[AncientConspiracy The Crimson Order]].

* In ''Franchise/DragonAge'', the official Chantry explaination why [[NotUsingTheZWord the Maker]] is not present in the world, is that human mages tried to force their way into his palace in the spiritworld to gain divine powers. He simply send them back as monsters and because of this blasphemy left the world completely and ignores all pleas for a response.

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''

* In the original ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' trilogy, both the Gravemind and the High Prophet of Truth fancy themselves as gods. [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne Which one of them will be it]] is the main driving force behind the plot of the [[VideoGame/{{Halo 2}} second]] and [[VideoGame/{{Halo 3}} third]] games. The Gravemind apparently actually believes it is a divine entity and the Flood are the pinnacle of all existence - going so far as to accuse anyone fighting against it as being a "sinner" for standing in its way. During the High Charity level near the end of ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', Gravemind's speech turns highly biblical.

** And the new incarnation of Mundus from ''[[VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry DmC Devil May Cry]]'' justifies this as he really ''is'' a god.

* Sanae Kochiya from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''; informing people that she is, in fact, a living god is her CatchPhrase. Granted, she's technically ''right'', what with having the divine power to create miracles and being the direct descendent of the goddess [[spoiler:Suwako Moriya]], and all. She's classified as an Arahitogami, both fully god and fully human at the same time. It's mostly played for laughs, as the [[EveryoneIsASuper general power level of Gensokyo's inhabitants]] means being a god isn't really anything particularly special.

* The main antagonist of ''Videogame/TheReconstruction'', [[spoiler:Havan]], acts like this at the end. There's also [[spoiler:Tezkhra]], although he acts more like "[[ShroudedInMyth Wait, I'm a god]]? Uh...sure, I'll go with that."

* ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave [[VideogameRemake We Meet Again]]'' has God Eryngi, a mustachioed Funguy. No one but Marona takes his claims seriously, which causes him to spout ineffectual threats. [[spoiler: He's really the Merchant of Death, and his claims are mostly an attempt to get people to collect [[ArtifactOfDoom 'weapons']] for him.]] And the final floor of some random dungeons can be a battle against a "Self-Styled God".

* ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGUGames .hack//GU]]'': Sakaki declares himself this after fusing with AIDA.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', [[spoiler:Wheatley]] plays this out after being plugged into [[spoiler:[=GLaDOS=]' mainframe]]. Justified in that apparently [[spoiler:the mainframe]] has a circuit that causes the AI an [[FantasticArousal euphoric rush]] after each successful test. [=GLaDOS=] learned to handle the effects; Wheatley... [[TheImmodestOrgasm not so much]]. Said circuit also gives the AI a painful jolt if it tries to help a test subject. The logical result is that the AI will become a near-sadistic MadScientist who ''gets off on bossing people around''.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' [[spoiler:Zanza is already a God, but after getting the Meyneth's Monado his pride and arrogance become even worse. According to him, the only thing that matters is himself and all other beings must be his food.]] But then you find out by the end of the game that [[spoiler:he's not really a god; he's [[DeityOfHumanOrigin a human scientist]] from the EarthThatWas. He puts himself on a pedestal, but all he's doing is abusing Alvis's power.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Borderlands2}} Borderlands 2]]'' has two examples:

* In ''Eleusis'', the monk society, [[spoiler:led by the hostage in the beginning,]] offer the playable character a choice to enter the pit and receive godlike powers. The person can either choose to enter the pit or throw the sacred artifact in.