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* ''VideoGame/Persona5 [[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'': Progressing through new character Kasumi Yoshizawa's Confidant will reveal that part of the reason she's stuck in a rut is that she recently lost her younger twin sister in a car accident. [[spoiler:In reality, though, ''Royal'''s new Third Term reveals that it's actually ''Kasumi'' who died in that accident: the younger sister, Sumire, is the one you've been interacting with this whole time, and she was so traumatized by Kasumi's death that WellIntentionedExtremist Maruki ended up deciding the only way for her to be happy was if she ''was'' Kasumi, so he brainwashed her into thinking she was.]]

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* ''VideoGame/Persona5 [[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'': Progressing through new character Kasumi Yoshizawa's Confidant will reveal that part of the reason she's stuck in a rut is that she recently lost her younger twin sister in a car accident. [[spoiler:In reality, though, ''Royal'''s new Third Term reveals that it's actually ''Kasumi'' who died in that accident: the younger sister, Sumire, is the one you've been interacting with this whole time, and she was so traumatized by Kasumi's death that WellIntentionedExtremist Maruki ended up deciding the only way for granting her to be happy was if wish of [[DeadPersonImpersonation "becoming Kasumi"]] so she ''was'' Kasumi, so he brainwashed her into thinking she was.wouldn't suffer anymore.]]
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* ''VideoGame/Persona5 [[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'': Progressing through new character Kasumi Yoshizawa's Confidant will reveal that part of the reason she's stuck in a rut is that she recently lost her younger twin sister in a car accident. [[spoiler:In reality, though, ''Royal'''s new Third Term reveals that it's actually ''Kasumi'' who died in that accident: the younger sister, Sumire, is the one you've been interacting with this whole time, and she was so traumatized by Kasumi's death that WellIntentionedExtremist Maruki ended up deciding the only way for her to be happy was if she ''was'' Kasumi, so he brainwashed her into thinking she was.]]
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* We don't really see Viola [=DeWinter=] angsting over the death of her twin sister Kiki's death in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'', but she is obviously shaken to the core by it in that scene, and runs over to the Saints almost immediately, abandoning her old gang to avenge Kiki.

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* We don't really see Viola [=DeWinter=] angsting over the death of her twin sister Kiki's death Kiki in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'', but she is obviously shaken to the core by it in that scene, and runs over to the Saints almost immediately, abandoning her old gang to avenge Kiki.in the name of vengeance.
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* In ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', this is part of the Origami Killer's motivation. [[spoiler:Scott Shelby watched his twin brother die, and never really got over it. Since Scott's parents could have helped but didn't, Scott now wants to mentally torture parents to prove that they're willing to do anything to save their kids.]]

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* In ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', this is part of the Origami Killer's motivation. [[spoiler:Scott Shelby watched his twin brother die, and never really got over it. Since Scott's parents his father could have helped but didn't, Scott now wants resorts to mentally torture parents to prove that they're kidnapping young boys and forcing their fathers through a series of trials in the hopes of finding one who's willing to do anything to save their kids.son.]]
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* A short-lived version in ''VideoGame/DeadRising2''. When you fight the Twins, you only have to kill one of them - the other breaks down, sobs that she'll never be complete again, and then commits seppuku.
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* As shown in the above picture, in ''VideoGame/NieR'' after [[spoiler:Devola]] is killed midway through the boss battle, [[spoiler:Popola]] goes through a massive VillainousBreakdown where she's driven mad by grief. She rejects Nier's plea to give up, screaming at him that [[MadnessMantra No One Stops]]. In ''Videogame/NierAutomata'', the same thing happens with [[spoiler:Eve]] after the death of [[spoiler:Adam]], which leads him to be the final boss of Ending A/B.

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* As shown in the above picture, in ''VideoGame/NieR'' In ''VideoGame/NieR'', after [[spoiler:Devola]] is killed midway through the boss battle, [[spoiler:Popola]] goes through a massive VillainousBreakdown where she's driven mad by grief. She rejects Nier's plea to give up, screaming at him that [[MadnessMantra No One Stops]]. In ''Videogame/NierAutomata'', the same thing happens with [[spoiler:Eve]] after the death of [[spoiler:Adam]], which leads him to be the final boss of Ending A/B.
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* Mona Sax in ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'', whose identical twin sister Lisa was murdered during the events of the first game. In the seconed game, Max [[PurpleProse waxes]] [[Series/{{Firefly}} all poetical]] about how it must have been for Mona in his [[PrivateEyeMonologue voice-over narration]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' has Lucas, who loses his mother and twin brother, Claus, within a day of each other in the game's first chapter. Almost all of his screentime after that point is of him grieving. His SilentProtagonist status after the timeskip leaves much to interpretation, but if nothing else he's melancholic and not particularly talkative.

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* Mona Sax in ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'', whose identical twin sister Lisa was murdered during the events of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne1 the first game. game]]. In [[VideoGame/MaxPayne2TheFallOfMaxPayne the seconed game, second game]], Max [[PurpleProse waxes]] [[Series/{{Firefly}} all poetical]] about how it must have been for Mona in his [[PrivateEyeMonologue voice-over narration]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' ''VideoGame/Mother3'' has Lucas, who loses his mother and twin brother, Claus, within a day of each other in the game's first chapter. Almost all of his screentime after that point is of him grieving. His SilentProtagonist status after the timeskip TimeSkip leaves much to interpretation, but if nothing else else, he's melancholic and not particularly talkative.
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** ''VideoGame/FatalFrameIV'' has Kageri Sendou. After her twin sister's death, she "coped" with it by creating a life-sized doll in the image of said sister (which she named "Watashi"), treating it as if it were her sister for the rest of her life.

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** ''VideoGame/FatalFrameIV'' ''VideoGame/FatalFrameMaskOfTheLunarEclipse'' has Kageri Sendou. After her twin sister's death, she "coped" with it by creating a life-sized doll in the image of said sister (which she named "Watashi"), treating it as if it were her sister for the rest of her life.
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* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': [[spoiler:Makoto, Ei's twin sister and archon of Inazuma,]] died during the Cataclysm 500 years ago. This has caused [[spoiler:Ei to lock herself up within a "Plane of Euthymia"]] and refuse almost entirely to deal with the world directly, leaving it to a pre-programmed advanced puppet to carry out the role of [[spoiler:the Raiden Shogun]] except for the rare occasions she directly controls it.

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* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': [[spoiler:Makoto, the former Electro Archon of Inazuma and Ei's twin sister and archon of Inazuma,]] sister,]] died during the Cataclysm 500 years ago. This has caused [[spoiler:Ei to lock herself up within a "Plane of Euthymia"]] and refuse almost entirely to deal with the world directly, leaving it to a pre-programmed advanced puppet to carry out the role of [[spoiler:the Raiden Shogun]] except for the rare occasions she directly controls it.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}} Royal'': This is a major part of Kasumi Yoshizawa's story. Her twin sister Sumire died just before she entered high school, and she wants to be a great gymnast in honor of her. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that the opposite is true: ''Kasumi'' is the one who died, and it's Sumire, taking on her sister's identity, that the player interacts with.]]
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* ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': [[spoiler:A BrotherSisterTeam variation of this occurs during your second encounter with mercenaries [[BloodKnight Rage and Scream]] near the end of the DLC mission "Anchorhead Raid", where shooting down one sibling will send the other into a VillainousBreakdown, complete with SanitySlippage and the [[LaughingMad crazed laughter]] that goes with it. The trope even manifests itself in either sibling's subsequent behavior: killing Scream first will send Rage into a murderous frenzy, becoming [[TurnsRed much more aggressive]] in his effort to take you down and avenge his sister. If Rage goes down instead, Scream will proceed to completely fall apart into a sobbing, giggling wreck, becoming less aggressive and [[DeathSeeker begging you to put her out of her misery]].]]

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* ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': [[spoiler:A A BrotherSisterTeam variation of this occurs during your [[spoiler:your second encounter with mercenaries [[BloodKnight Rage and Scream]] near the end of the DLC mission "Anchorhead Raid", Raid",]] where shooting down one sibling will send the other into a VillainousBreakdown, complete with SanitySlippage and the [[LaughingMad crazed laughter]] that goes with it. The trope even manifests itself in either sibling's subsequent behavior: killing [[spoiler:killing Scream first will send Rage into a murderous frenzy, becoming [[TurnsRed much more aggressive]] in his effort to take you down and avenge his sister. If Rage goes down instead, Scream will proceed to completely fall apart into a sobbing, giggling wreck, becoming less aggressive and [[DeathSeeker begging you to put her out of her misery]].]]



* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': [[spoiler: Makoto, archon of Inazuma and Ei's twin sister, died during the Cataclysm 500 years ago, and it has caused Ei to lock herself up within a "Plane of Euthymia" and refuse almost entirely to deal with the world directly, leaving it to a pre-programmed advanced puppet to carry out the role of the Raiden Shogun except for the rare occasions she directly controls it.]]

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* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': [[spoiler: Makoto, archon of Inazuma and [[spoiler:Makoto, Ei's twin sister, sister and archon of Inazuma,]] died during the Cataclysm 500 years ago, and it ago. This has caused Ei [[spoiler:Ei to lock herself up within a "Plane of Euthymia" Euthymia"]] and refuse almost entirely to deal with the world directly, leaving it to a pre-programmed advanced puppet to carry out the role of the [[spoiler:the Raiden Shogun Shogun]] except for the rare occasions she directly controls it.]]



* In the second ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' game, we're introduced to [[spoiler:Fubuki Shirou]] whose younger twin [[spoiler:Atsuya died in an avalanche along with their parents. The trauma resulted in Shirou developing a split personality based on Atsuya]].

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* In the second ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' game, we're introduced to [[spoiler:Fubuki Shirou]] whose younger twin [[spoiler:Atsuya died in an avalanche along with their parents. The trauma resulted in Shirou developing a split personality based on Atsuya]]. Atsuya.]]



* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}} Royal'': This is a major part of Kasumi Yoshizawa's story. Her twin sister Sumire died just before she entered high school, and she wants to be a great gymnast in honor of her. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that the opposite is true: ''Kasumi'' is the one who died, and it's Sumire, taking on her sister's identity, that the player interacts with.]]

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* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}} Royal'': This is a major part of Kasumi Yoshizawa's story. Her twin sister Sumire died just before she entered high school, and she wants to be a great gymnast in honor of her. [[spoiler: It's [[spoiler:It's later revealed that the opposite is true: ''Kasumi'' is the one who died, and it's Sumire, taking on her sister's identity, that the player interacts with.]]



* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'', even though Jr. (Rubedo) has spent the better part of two games trying to track down his AxeCrazy twin Albedo, he can't stop himself from breaking down crying after he is forced to kill him in their final dual.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'', even though Jr. (Rubedo) has spent the better part of two games trying to track down his AxeCrazy twin Albedo, he can't stop himself from breaking down crying after he is forced to kill him in their final dual.
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* ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': [[spoiler:A BrotherSisterTeam variation of this occurs during your second encounter with mercenaries [[BloodKnight Rage and Scream]] near the end of the DLC mission "Anchorhead Raid", where shooting down one sibling will send the other into a VillainousBreakdown, complete with SanitySlippage and the [[LaughingMad crazed laughter]] that goes with it. The trope even manifests itself in either sibling's subsequent behavior: killing Scream first will send Rage into a murderous frenzy, becoming [[TurnsRed much more aggressive]] in his effort to take you down and avenge his sister. If Rage goes down instead, Scream will proceed to completely fall apart into a sobbing, giggling wreck, becoming less aggressive and [[DeathSeeker begging you to put her out of her misery]].]]
%%* Aegina in ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion'', during her route.
%%* Orlha in ''VideoGame/ChronoCross''.
* Occurs in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', as [[PlayerCharacter Hawke's]] two younger siblings are twins, and one of them (which one depends on Hawke's class) ''will'' die in the prologue. Carver reacts more immediately, lashing out and trying to blame Hawke for it, which is [[BerserkButton probably the closest the two of them ever got to coming to blows]]. Bethany's reaction is more delayed; she's sad, of course, in the first act, but she gets more and more depressed over it as time passes. At the end of the game, seven years after Carver died, Bethany says her biggest regret is that she didn't knock Carver on his "stupid ass" before he could charge that ogre.
* [[CreepyChild Wendy]]'s special ability in ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' is to summon the ghost of her dead twin, Abigail, to defend her. Reflecting this trope, Wendy takes reduced [[SanityMeter Sanity]] loss from darkness and monsters (due to [[DisabilityImmunity already being]] [[BrokenBird mentally traumatised]]) and her quotes in general are suitably depressed and [[StrawNihilist nihilistic]].
* DoubleSubverted in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI''. [[spoiler:Serena]] is devestated by her sister's death, but manages to get through the entire funeral without shedding a single tear so to provide emotional support for her parents. It's only when she's alone with the Luminary later that night that she finally allows herself to cry.
* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', the Shatter-Shield family in Windhelm is mourning the loss of daughter Friga. Friga's twin sister Nilsine is taking it extremely hard, especially since Friga was murdered by the local SerialKiller and her death feels incredibly senseless to Nilsine.
* In ''VideoGame/FarCryNewDawn'', [[ScaryBlackWoman Mickey]] of the Highwaymen ends up becoming this [[spoiler:after her sister Lou dies of her injuries following the battle with [[PlayerCharacter the Captain]]. Mickey feels that as the older twin, she was supposed to die first, and now she's failed at protecting her sister. Having a VillainousBSOD upon realizing she's also broken her promise to her [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas mother]] not to end up becoming like their criminal father, and is willing to FaceDeathWithDignity at the Captain's hands. The Captain can let her live and leave to find her mother, though.]]
* ''VideoGame/FatalFrame'':
** In ''VideoGame/FatalFrameII'' there's a ritual that, by default, produces these, since one twin must kill the other to appease the Hellish Abyss. Let's count the ways they produced Angsty Surviving Twins:
*** Itsuki: to the point where he [[spoiler:helps Yae and Sae escape so as to not suffer his and his brother's fate, and then commits suicide once he thinks they've escaped.]]
*** [[spoiler: Yae: so traumatized by losing her sister (and the entire village) to the Repentance that she lost all her memories of them.]] A rare example that doesn't directly involve the ritual.
*** [[spoiler: Mio: in the canon ending, so traumatized by the death of Mayu]] it leads directly into the 3rd game's plot, which deals with survivor guilt.
*** Akane: so traumatized by her twin sister's death that her father made a doll that looked like Azami [[spoiler: which ended up possessed by a malevolent spirit and led to her own possession and death.]]
*** The only surviving twin that ''isn't'' angsty is Ryokan, and that's likely because it was years since his twin's death, so he's likely come to terms with it by now.
** ''VideoGame/FatalFrameIV'' has Kageri Sendou. After her twin sister's death, she "coped" with it by creating a life-sized doll in the image of said sister (which she named "Watashi"), treating it as if it were her sister for the rest of her life.
* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': [[spoiler: Makoto, archon of Inazuma and Ei's twin sister, died during the Cataclysm 500 years ago, and it has caused Ei to lock herself up within a "Plane of Euthymia" and refuse almost entirely to deal with the world directly, leaving it to a pre-programmed advanced puppet to carry out the role of the Raiden Shogun except for the rare occasions she directly controls it.]]
* In ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'', the dwarf Gilius Thunderhead was planning to avenge his twin brother by defeating Death Adder, then committing suicide to join him in death.
* In the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series, [[GiantMook Hunters]] tend to come as identical twin brothers, as the worm colony that makes up a Hunter will split into two when it grows too large. These twins have an extremely close bond and when you kill one the other will [[TurnsRed go absolutely apeshit on you]].
* In ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', this is part of the Origami Killer's motivation. [[spoiler:Scott Shelby watched his twin brother die, and never really got over it. Since Scott's parents could have helped but didn't, Scott now wants to mentally torture parents to prove that they're willing to do anything to save their kids.]]
* In the second ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' game, we're introduced to [[spoiler:Fubuki Shirou]] whose younger twin [[spoiler:Atsuya died in an avalanche along with their parents. The trauma resulted in Shirou developing a split personality based on Atsuya]].
* Mona Sax in ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'', whose identical twin sister Lisa was murdered during the events of the first game. In the seconed game, Max [[PurpleProse waxes]] [[Series/{{Firefly}} all poetical]] about how it must have been for Mona in his [[PrivateEyeMonologue voice-over narration]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' has Lucas, who loses his mother and twin brother, Claus, within a day of each other in the game's first chapter. Almost all of his screentime after that point is of him grieving. His SilentProtagonist status after the timeskip leaves much to interpretation, but if nothing else he's melancholic and not particularly talkative.
* As shown in the above picture, in ''VideoGame/NieR'' after [[spoiler:Devola]] is killed midway through the boss battle, [[spoiler:Popola]] goes through a massive VillainousBreakdown where she's driven mad by grief. She rejects Nier's plea to give up, screaming at him that [[MadnessMantra No One Stops]]. In ''Videogame/NierAutomata'', the same thing happens with [[spoiler:Eve]] after the death of [[spoiler:Adam]], which leads him to be the final boss of Ending A/B.
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}} Royal'': This is a major part of Kasumi Yoshizawa's story. Her twin sister Sumire died just before she entered high school, and she wants to be a great gymnast in honor of her. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that the opposite is true: ''Kasumi'' is the one who died, and it's Sumire, taking on her sister's identity, that the player interacts with.]]
* We don't really see Viola [=DeWinter=] angsting over the death of her twin sister Kiki's death in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'', but she is obviously shaken to the core by it in that scene, and runs over to the Saints almost immediately, abandoning her old gang to avenge Kiki.
* [[DudeLooksLikeALady Ette le Sheila]] in ''VideoGame/ShiningResonance'' is a {{Child Soldier|s}} who was experimented upon by the Sanguine Church in Gaelritz Prison alongside his twin sister Marion and the protagonist Yuma, the latter of whom escaped in the beginning of the game while the former perished at the hands of the MadScientist Joachim beforehand. However, Yuma notes while he was imprisoned, he heard the guards talking about how one of the twins died and thought it was ''Ette'' who was the one perished, but brushes it off as a case of MistakenIdentity. [[spoiler:As it turns out, Ette really ''did'' die. The "Ette" they meet is actually Marion, who had Ette's MagicalEye implanted into her own body by Joachim after his death and, due to the magic of the eye and Marion's guilt and loss, his personality and soul [[SharingABody survived inside of her]]. Joachim then {{Brainwashed}} them both into believing Marion was the one who died and allowing Ette's personality to become dominant. Marion and Ette eventually break free of the brainwashing and, with Yuma's help, allow Ette to pass on]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'', even though Jr. (Rubedo) has spent the better part of two games trying to track down his AxeCrazy twin Albedo, he can't stop himself from breaking down crying after he is forced to kill him in their final dual.

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