History BelligerentSexualTension / VideoGames

* In ''VisualNovel/IkemenSengoku'', the female main character, an outspoken and strong-willed PluckyGirl, gets into this in routes where her love interest has a fondness for teasing or snark -- namely, with [[DemonKingNobunaga Nobunaga]], [[{{Tsundere}} Yukimura]], or [[ManipulativeBastard Mitsuhide]]. Ieyasu's route is a surprising aversion; despite him being a classic {{Tsundere}} who uses sarcasm to hide his true feelings, the MC has only one early scene where she snarks back at him before him [[RescueRomance saving her from bad men]] and her being [[InnocentCohabitation forced to live with him]] for her protection cause her to mellow out towards him very quickly compared to Nobunaga and Mitsuhide's routes where she spends at least the first five chapters loudly insisting that she does not like the guy's haughty and teasing treatment of her, no siree, not even a little bit.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'', Red and Elh play with this trope. Normally they are quite capable of working together, but if Red should do something incredibly stupid ([[IdiotHero and he will]]), Elh is not shy about calling him an idiot and giving him an ArmorPiercingSlap or a good MegatonPunch or two, or just [[SugarAndIcePersonality glaring and leaving the room]].

--->[[spoiler:They do end up a quasi-couple by Gears of War 4. Baird claims Sam isn't his wife, but his "special lady friend".]]

* Brighton and Twila from ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 6]]'' seem to have a G-rated relationship.

* The relationship between Squall and Rinoa in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' initially has some elements of this thanks to [[EnthusiasmVersusStoicism the conflict between Squall's stoic cynicism and Rinoa's enthusiastic idealism]]. The trope only really applies up until they reach Galbadia Garden in disc 1, however, after which point Rinoa is more interested in finding out what Squall is thinking than in challenging him over it.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' gives us Hector and Lyn, as well as Dart and Farina. Also Lex and Ayra from the first half of [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar the fourth game]] and Phee and Arthur from the second half, and Innes and L'Arachel from the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones eighth one]]... And doubly so with ''Ephraim'' and L'Arachel.
** The [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 fifth game]], however, did not have the aforementioned option to pair units off as you will, and so as long as certain units survived, their endings would imply that they got together. Tanya and Othin appear to fit this trope quite nicely. The sixth game also doesn't have paired endings for anyone other than the main character despite the decidedly romantic nature of some of the A-level support conversations, and it, too, has a couple of pairings that bring this to mind (Clarine/Rutger and to a lesser extent Klein/Tate).

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', Hana and Tsubaki work for Princess Sakura of Hoshido and have quite the rivalry about which one is the best subordinate. If their whole support chain is pursued, they get married.

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' introduced a [[{{Tsundere}} Lady]] as a possible love interest for [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Dante]]. They didn't become an OfficialCouple, but that's how it's been in the first three games in the series. Each one introduced a possible love interest for the protagonist, yet no OfficialCouple was ever stated, and each fan has a different favourite. However, Capcom has maintained that that the two have unresolved feelings for one another(with Trish playfully accusing Lady of being in love with Dante in the anime series, and Morgan pointing out that they are attracted to each other in his entries in Devil May Cry 5). It's pertinent to note that almost every fanfiction that has Dante and Lady as a couple has the later acting as a full-on {{Tsundere}}. Complete with her shooting Dante in the head whenever he angers her as a RunningGag.

* [[HeManWomanHater Adell]] and [[DefrostingIceQueen Rozalin]] from ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories''. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when [[MetaGuy Etna]] spots the trope and assures them that [[EveryoneCanSeeIt they aren't fooling anyone]]. [[{{Tsundere}} Etna]] can't talk either, since in that very game she's acting like a PsychoExGirlfriend towards [[spoiler: Laharl]].

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' introduced a [[{{Tsundere}} Lady]] as a possible love interest for [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Dante]]. They didn't become an OfficialCouple, but that's how it's been in the first three games in the series. Each one introduced a possible love interest for the protagonist, yet no OfficialCouple was ever stated, and each fan has a different favourite. It's pertinent to note that almost every fanfiction that has Dante and Lady as a couple has the later acting as a full-on {{Tsundere}}. Complete with her shooting Dante in the head whenever he angers her as a RunningGag.

* This is the general consensus in the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' fandom as to [[CuteWitch Marisa]] and [[MarionetteMaster Alice's]] relationship, with Marisa being the {{kleptomaniac|Hero}}al, [[WaveMotionGun master spark]]-happy jerk and Alice being the haughty, dismissive tsundere.
** SquishyWizard and HotLibrarian Patchouli Knowledge also has a similar relationship with Marisa. Marisa is a flippant jerk and KleptomaniacHero, who generally refers to Patchouli's attempts at AwesomenessByAnalysis as "worthless", and prefers CuttingTheKnot, while Patchouli is a DeadpanSnarker version of a {{tsundere}} with far more "tsun" than "dere".
** Less common though still present is the portrayal of Kaguya and Mokou this way, with insults and snark substituted with repeatedly killing each other (don't worry, they're both {{immortal|ity}}).

* Kent's entire route in ''VideoGame/AmnesiaMemories'' is basically a deconstruction of this trope because the route reveals that the relationship between the heroine and Kent prior to her memory-loss was doomed to nothing but misery. The two were incapable of talking to each other without ending up arguing. And it shows that open communication between a couple, and trying to find a decent balance even between the most opposite of personalities, is important for a functioning relationship.