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{{Dark Action Girl}}s in video games.
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* ''VideoGame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf'' had two of these:
** The Gesellschaft/Perfecti Cult's leader, Mycale the Perfecti, was manipulating history in middle ages and wants to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy old humanity]], then create the new one under her rule. After Holy Club executed her original body for her villainy, she uses dark magic to link her wand: Mazen Dine Slave and able to possessed people (including WWII Female Doctor, Kati [[spoiler:and later Anonym Merel]]) who touches it and continues her manipulations for centuries, [[spoiler:and she's also responsible for not only manipulating Marilyn into betraying and kill her boss: Yin Hu (one of [[BigBad Murakumo]] clones) and becoming Black Hand's leader (as she was expecting), it cause Wei to come after her until he finds out who the boss really was. she also appears to manipulate Marilyn again to kill or defeat Akatsuki then take his Blitz Motor from him for her to finally become a big boss of the traid]]. And she calls herself to be "[[AGodAmI The Perfect One]]" and is ''merciless'' for anyone in battle.
** The [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad Assassin]] Marilyn doesn't look like one at first, however she's one of them. She's a FemmeFatale [[spoiler: implied to had a [[DarkAndTroubledPast tragic past]]]] who [[ObfuscatingStupidity puts up a bubbly and seductive facade]] that she [[TheStarscream remains no real loyalties save for herself]]. [[spoiler: But in reality, [[AvertedTrope she was actually manipulated to kill her boss and she was expecting to become the triad's leader by Mycale]]]]. And is ruthless, willing to go where other mobsters won't and completely determined to rise in power and influence by kidnapping Akatsuki or steal a Blitz Motor from him to The "Black Hand" organization.
* ''Franchise/BaldursGate'':
** Bodhi from ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII: Shadows of Amn''. Even if your PC is a heavily armoured warrior with an InfinityPlusOneSword or two, she can probably wipe the floor with him or her in single combat with her bare hands, while wearing less than required by decency.
** Simply because playable characters are almost automatically good at combat, any evil female PlayerCharacter is bound to count too, unless particularly inept in combat, as is any evil female group member, which actually only includes Shar-Teel and Viconia.
* Ayme from ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos: Eternal Wings and the lost Ocean'' is one of [[TheDragon Giacomo]]'s two right-hand people (the other being a man named Folon) and terrorizes the party alongside her two comrades on several occasions throughout the game. The party fights all three of them together in two big events, and she proves to be an extremely challenging opponent both times. She's also [[spoiler: the one who directly killed [[TheHero Kalas']] brother and grandfather]].
* ''VideoGame/BioShock'':
** ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' has a stable of Big Sisters, all of them psychotic, suped-up [=DAGs=]
** Daisy Fitzroy of ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' shows traits of this.
* Every female character from the ''VideoGame/BloodRayne'' series, including the main character. ''Especially'' the main character.
* ''VideoGame/CrisisBeat'': Whigen's legion of terrorists includes several women, including his tonfa-swinging lieutenant, Lou, who serves as one of the last bosses.
* ''VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga'':
** Sariss from ''VideoGame/JediKnightDarkForcesII'', a reserved BrokenBird and Dark Jedi apprentice to [[BigBad Dark Jedi Master Jerec]].
** Tavion from ''VideoGame/JediKnightIIJediOutcast'', [[TheDragon apprentice]] to the [[BigBad Dark Jedi Desann]]. A talented lightsaber duelist and DirtyCoward, [[spoiler: who after begging [[PlayerCharacter Kyle Katarn]] for her life [[ISurrenderSuckers turns around and wastes the second chance at life he gave her]] by starting a new DarkSide cult to antagonize the Jedi after Desann's death. By the time of ''VideoGame/JediKnightJediAcademy'' she's [[DragonAscendant taken a new apprentice]] named Alora, and [[PlayerCharacter Jaden Korr]] is forced to kill them both.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''
** Morrigan's SoulJar Lilith is a mixed example as she's genuinely innocent and playful but is also TheDragon for Jedah.
** Played straight with [[FakeCutie B.B.Hood]] (or Bulleta in Japan) and [[BeePeople Q-Bee]] who lack any morality and are downright evil.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'': [[spoiler:The game's true BigBad turns out to be [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Nashandra]], an [[HumanoidAbomination Child of Manus]] that takes the form of a graceful queen in white before undergoing [[OneWingedAngel a horrific transformation for her boss fight]]]].
** ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'': The Dancer of the Boreal Valley looks like a sinister, undead odalisque and fight just as gracefully using a [[DualWielding pair]] of {{flaming sword}}s. Also the only explicit female boss in the game before the DLC, since all others are agendered, ambiguous, or male. The ''Ashes of Ariandel'' includes Sister Friede, a scythe-wielding nun that uses fire and cold magic in her boss fight.
* In ''VideoGame/DetectiveDiTheSilkRoseMurders'' it turns out that ''four'' of them plays a big role in the plot. [[spoiler:Before she became Empress, Wu personally handpicked four strong, beautiful, and intelligent young women to become the Silk Roses, her own squad of devoted and loyal assassins, who would use cunning, deception, and tenaciousness to get close to and eliminate her political enemies. It is also these women who are targeted by the SerialKiller Di hunts.]]
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'':
** Trish the demoness from the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 first game]] spends most of the game as this since she works for the EvilOverlord Mundus and tries to kill the protagonist Dante towards the end. She heel-turns however when Dante saves her life and performs a HeroicSacrifice and comes back to save him at the end. It helps that she's identical to his dead mother Eva.
** The Secretaries who work for Arius in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' are this. {{Deuteragonist}} Lucia discovers she is one of them.
** Arguably Lady from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' is a downplayed version of this. She spends most of the game being antagonistic to Dante, shooting at him at any given opportunity and even fights him for real in a boss battle when he refuses to let her face her father Arkham. Except Lady is really a BrokenBird and becomes a much nicer character by the end of the game.
* In ''VideoGame/DisneyPrincessEnchantedJourney'', [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Zara Zara]]. She's older than the heroine and an ex-princess who uses her magic for evil.
* [[TokenEvilTeammate Morrigan]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is a badass LadyOfBlackMagic with a snarky attitude and a morally ambiguous stance.
* ''VideoGame/DragonballFighterz'': Android 21 is an incredibly powerful fighter, whose power rivals even the likes of Cell and Majin Buu, and serves as the BigBad of the story. [[spoiler: However, this description only applies to [[EnemyWithout her evil half]]. 21's good half is still a skilled fighter, and though she retains her dark aura, this time DarkIsNotEvil and she's genuinely a NiceGirl.]]
* Christie from the ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' series is this. She is a professional assassin with a creepy TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou LesYay fixation on Helena.
* ''VideoGame/DustyRevenge'' and ''VideoGame/DustyRagingFist'' have the cat bandits, an all-female legion of enemies who can put up quite a fight before going down. And they favor WolverineClaws as their weapons. ''Revenge'' also has Amelia Swift, a jaguar kunoichi as the boss of Ogdro Jungle, while ''Raing Fist'' has Kitsune the fox, a deadly assassin who's an ally.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Enemies}}'', [[spoiler: the player character's girlfriend Joanna is a serial killer]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':
** The player of course has the option of being one, if they choose a female PlayerCharacter and use morally questionable if not outright evil action to solve their problems. Or, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential just do evil things]] ForTheEvulz.
** With very few exceptions, the raiders in any given game have [[EqualOpportunityEvil no issues with recruiting female members.]]
** Clover from ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' is very much CuteAndPsycho who you can usually only get as a companion with high evil karma. Unless you use console commands, allowing you to be a moral exemplar with a sadistic female teammate.
** Violet from ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is a [[TheBeastMaster dog tamer]] and one of the four leaders of The Fiends.
** Downplayed with [[TokenEvilTeammate Cait]], one of the players potential companions from ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' and a carrier cage fighter, who do in large part to her [[PsychoSerum Psycho addiction]], is one the most [[AxCrazy aggressive and violent]] members of the player's party. [[note]] Also, she enjoys steeling stuff. [[/note]] Though if the player chooses to help her kick the Psycho addiction, she will become significantly more stable.
** Nisha, one the raider bosses in the Nuka-World DLC, runs her own personal AxCrazy AmazonBrigade [[note]] Technically she does have male subordinates too, but they only make up about 10% of her gang[[/note]] and is almost undoubtedly the most ruthless and sadistic raider boss in the whole DLC.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
** Barbariccia, the Archfiend of Wind and [[TheSmurfettePrinciple sole female member]] of the Archfiends from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', who fights the heroes in the Tower of Zot.
** Scarlet of Shinra from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' is a subverted example. She's one of the CoDragons of Rufus Shinra and is presented as a foil to resident ActionGirl Tifa, but Scarlet relies on her {{mooks}} in combat and her "fight" with Tifa is a notoriously [[SissyFight silly slap battle]]. Played straight in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake Intergrade'' as Scarlet gets into her powerful MiniMecha and [[AdaptationalBadass proves to be a more dangerous opponent]].
** Ultimecia of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' is the most powerful Sorceress in existence and the BigBad of the game. She wants to destroy and remake the universe in her own image, thus becoming a god. Alongside her magical powers, she can possess any Sourceress and use their bodies to do what she pleases, fuse with her Guardian Force Griever which combines her powers with his and she can also transform into her most powerful form, a [[EldritchAbomination hideous, symmetrical, eldritch creature]] whose powers are amplified even further.
** Beatrix, the general of Alexandria, is one for most of the first two discs of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''. Anytime she's fought by the party, it's a HopelessBossFight. Lani the bounty hunter takes over for the rest of the game.
* The ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series has always granted us with ''lots'' of heroic {{Action Girl}}s. However, female villains are much rarer, there is typically only [[TheSmurfettePrinciple one]] female villain, as opposed to antagonist or DarkMagicalGirl in each game. Due to FemalesAreMoreInnocent this trope is becoming rarer in the series.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEchoesShadowsOfValentia'', the remake of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'', Nuibaba, is a scheming and evil witch.
** Hilda, and many generic bosses from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar''. Especially Hilda, who's quite possibly one of the most evil villains in ''Fire Emblem'' history.
** From ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'', Brunnya is one of the top three generals in the [[EvilEmpire Bern]] army, and makes for a ''super'' tough boss fight near the end. There is also the minor boss, Sigune, who betrayed her nation to side with Zephiel.
** Sonia, Ursula, and Limstella in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', with Sonia being the particularly cruel one, Ursula being a ruthless minion, and Limstella being a TragicVillain.
** Petrine from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance''. Only major female antagonist in the game ''and'' extremely cruel, being the cruelest of Daein's four riders.
** [[spoiler:Goddess Ashera]] from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' is arguably even more of one than Petrine, considering she's [[spoiler:the ultimate BigBad, an [[GodIsEvil evil goddess]], and ''[[ThatOneBoss really fucking hard]]'' to beat]].
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' subverts this: Aversa is a LadyOfBlackMagic working for the Grimleal, a ReligionOfEvil. [[spoiler:Only for Spotpass content where it turns out she was only evil due to being BrainwashedAndCrazy by the Grimleal. When she learns the truth and snaps out, she immediately [[HeelFaceTurn jumps ship]], thus making this FemalesAreMoreInnocent instead.]]
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' Arete is a quiet, elegant LadyOfBlackMagic with VERY powerful spells. [[spoiler: In another subversion she CameBackWrong thanks to Anankos ''and'' suffers of LaserGuidedAmnesia.]] Minor boss Daniele plays this straight though, being a bloodthirsty soldier of Nohr.
* Apollyon in ''VideoGame/ForHonor'' is a ''very'' physically powerful and intimidating example of this trope, being essentially a female, LowFantasy take on the EvilOverlord trope. She serves as the singleplayer's BigBad and is responsible for the newly instigated war between the game's three factions thanks to her WarIsGlorious philosophy. She can also do [[http://imgur.com/sZTw0b1 this.]]
* [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Myrrah]] heads into the fray with some new battle armor for ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar 3'''s multiplayer.
* Menardi, from ''VideoGame/GoldenSun1'', fits this trope, although [[spoiler:it's revealed in the sequel that she and Saturos were actually saving the world...after the heroes killed them. (Oops.)]]
** Just ask any soldier of Tolbi, and they'll tell you she still fits the bill, no matter her intentions.
** Menardi's sister, Karst, is also very much an example.
** ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' introduces Chalis. She prefers subterfuge, but she's still a very dangerous opponent [[spoiler: and a wielder of [[CastingAShadow Dark Psynergy]]]].
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'':
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoClassic'' and the [[Platform/GameBoy Game Boy Color]] port of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto2'' let you select from one of several characters at the start, some of them being women. It didn't affect gameplay in any way, as your character in these games was a sprite viewed from the top down who you would only know was a man or a woman by [[AllThereInTheManual going into the menu]]. Given that you're playing as a hardcore criminal, she's not exactly a model of moral respectability.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' has the main antagonist [[SpicyLatina Catalina]]. She is the BigBad of the game's storyline who betrays the protagonist Claude and leaves him for dead, and also has a gleeful affinity for [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder turning on her "lovers"]] who [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlive their usefulness when the business with them is done]]. To top it off, she eventually becomes the most powerful mob boss in the game. ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' has you meet her and Claude as an OutlawCouple nine years before the events of ''III''.
** It's possible to make your [[CharacterCustomization player-created avatar]] in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoOnline'' a woman.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoVI'' introduces the series' first canonical female protagonist in Lucia, one half of the OutlawCouple at the center of the game. The trailer reveals that she's just been released from prison, only to fall right back into old habits as she robs a store with her boyfriend Jason.
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' gives us I-No, one of [[BigBad That Man's]] servants. Ramlethal Valentine in ''Xrd'' would also count, at least until her HeelFaceTurn.
* Megaera along with the other two Furies from ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' certainly qualify, being a WakeUpCallBoss for the players who reach her. Though worth noting Megaera isn't as evil as other examples being a PunchClockVillain at worst, and she only fights Zagreus becuase she'd honestly rather be on his bad side than his dad (and her boss) Hades. Megaera is even an optional {{Love Interest|s}} [[DeathIsCheap after you kill her]] for the first time.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** Kat in ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' is a case of a Dark Action Girl in the protagonist's team. This doesn't make her exactly "good", however; she seems to still bear some of the psychological scars of being a war-orphan-turned-child-SuperSoldier.
** ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'': [[spoiler:Cortana]], after her FaceHeelTurn, seeks to bring peace to the universe by attaining the [[TakingUpTheMantle Mantle of Responsibility]] and ruling as [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Empress of the Galaxy]]. [[spoiler:By using the Guardians, she plans to use their power to annihilate anyone who doesn't adhere to her moral authority.]]
* ''VideoGame/HeistTheCrimeOfTheCentury'' is the only one of his games with no primary villainess. As a thief, the player character is definitely an anti-heroine though. And ''there is'' a female bodyguard to a mob boss.
* ''VideoGame/HeroinesMantle'' has three: a murderous magician, a pirate captain with a [[LaserBlade laser sword]], and a seductive martial arts expert. And the heroine gets into an action-movie fight with ''all three'' of them.
* Sasha from ''VideoGame/InFamous'' would also fit this trope. [[spoiler: She was formerly Cole's (or, [[AlternateTimeline more]] [[BadFuture accurately]], Kessler's) girlfriend,]] and she's also one of the boss encounters in the game.
* In ''VideoGame/InsideWoman'', the director of the company you're infiltrating has six physically identical female assassins in his employ. All with special abilities and codenames.
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' has Vice, Mature, [[spoiler: Orochi Shermie]] and Angel, amongst others.
* Larxene of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' certainly fits the bill. She's well aware of it, too - her personal title is "The Savage Nymph", and she delights in taunting the heroes with "clues" that turn out to be completely fake. Plus, in RE:[=CoM=], she manages to martial-arts kick Sora to the ground...TWICE. She's an [[ThatOneBoss/KingdomHearts absolute bitch to fight]] and, well, a bitch in general too! In [[Manga/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories the manga]] she's seen reading a biography of Creator/MarquisDeSade, the ''namesake'' for sadism.
* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' the main character can be this if you choose to be female and [[KarmaMeter Dark Side]]. The [[SuperpoweredMooks many faceless female Dark Jedi]] you run across throughout the game also presumably count.
** ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' has Visas Marr, former Sith apprentice to the EldritchAbomination Darth Nihilus as well as [[spoiler: the Dark Jedi Master Atris]]. If the PlayerCharacter is DarkSide, they can [[TheCorrupter turn their other female companions into this as well]].
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has some Dark Action Girls.
** Katarina the Sinister Blade is this to a T, being DaddysLittleVillain and a professional killer who use knives. Her default skin has her dressed all in black, she's very aggressive and violent, and ''loves'' carnage. Her selection quote is even "Violence solves everything!"
** Evelynn the Widowmaker, a deadly, [[AxCrazy psychotic]] assassin who LovesTheSoundOfScreaming, is definitely one.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelNemesisRiseOfTheImperfects'':
** The female Imperfects would definitely fit here in this trope. Solara incinerates people, Fault Zone loves to make the ground tremble with her seismic accelerators, and The Wink seductively slashes people. All three are fueled by hatred and vengeance, just like their male comrades, Brigade, Hazmat, and Johnny Ohm.
** And then there's the killing machine, Paragon, though she's not really one of the Imperfects.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfTheSuperheroes'': The SecretCharacter known as Shadow Lady is [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]] from an AlternateUniverse who was [[UnwillingRoboticisation forcibly turned into a brainwashed cyborg]] for Shadaloo. In retaliation for foiling their operations, Shadaloo kidnapped and robotzed Chun-Li for the sake of transforming her into M. Bison's [[TheDragon top assassin]]. Unlike Shadow--a brainwashed Charlie Nash, who escaped shortly after being transformed--Shadaloo added a RestrainingBolt to Shadow Lady's programming so she would remain fully loyal to them. As Shadow Lady, [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul her formerly cheerful personality was obliterated]], transforming her into a emotionless minion. [[spoiler:In her ending however, Shadow Lady [[HeroicWillpower overcomes Shadaloo's brainwashing]], [[HeelFaceTurn regain her original memories as Chun-Li]], and join forces with Shadow in taking down Shadaloo]].
* Jack of ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', a shaven and tattooed biotics experiment, whose experiences have left her unstable, to say the least...though traveling with Paragon Shepard ''can'' make her a bit more balanced and less sociopathic.
** This can be applied to a female Commander Shepard, as well, if you choose Renegade options in the game.
** Tela Vasir, asari Spectre working for the Shadow Broker and willing to bomb innocent people to get at her target, and tough as nails, providing one of the most difficult fights of the game after going through ''a lot'' of abuse beforehand.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
** Subverted with The Boss aka The Joy in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' she seems like a DoubleAgent for BigBad Volgin and ruthlessly and efforestly defeats the protagionist Naked Snake several times throughout the game. [[spoiler: It's revealed by the end however that she was GoodAllAlong and was [[FakeDefector forced to pretend to be a traitor]] for her country and fight her protégé whom kills her and only discovered later that she was under orders to act like a Dark Action Girl]].
** Ocelot clearly believes in EqualOpportunityEvil and always has some female henchmen in his gangs. As with [[MindScrew everything in the series]], things are a bit more complex with Sniper Wolf, [[AerithAndBob Olga]], and Fortune, but Laughing Octopus, Raging Raven, Crying Wolf, and Screaming Mantis of the Beauty and the Beast Unit are just [[AxCrazy completely insane]].
** [[spoiler: Pacifica Ocean aka Paz the DoubleAgent for The Patriots reveals herself to be this in the finale of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' as she hijacks [[HumongousMecha Metal Gear ZEKE]] and tries to kill Big Boss with it]].
** The SpinOff ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' has Mistral a MultiArmedAndDangerous female cyborg who's easily stronger than the aforementioned examples, as while she does lose to Raiden she could stil match him in combat, even after he got a new even better cybernetic body.
** Quiet starts off like this in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' as she works for Skull Face and tries to kill Big Boss [[spoiler: or least someone ''she thinks'' is Big Boss]] before getting set on fire and thrown out a window. She comes back later as a mute ColdSniper and even after getting brought to Mother Base she is kept under constant guard, although she does become nicer [[VillainessesWantHeroes upon falling in love with Venom Snake]].
* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'': Dark Samus is a reincarnation of the titular Metroid Prime and one of Samus's deadliest opponents, having all of her abilities empowered by Phazon and being difficult to kill.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has some of these:
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII'' has Mileena, an EvilKnockoff [[EvilCounterpart and Counterpart]] of Kitana. She was created from her "sister's" essence but also mixed with some Tarkatan genes. The result is an AxCrazy, [[TheSociopath psychopathic]] woman [[PsychopathicWomanchild with a child's mind.]]
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4'' has Tanya, who betrayed her homeland of Edenia by allying with Shinnok, a [[FallenHero fallen Elder God]] who intends to destroy the Elder Gods and Raiden for casting him down in the Netherrealm and [[MultiversalConqueror take over all of the realms.]]
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance'': Frost, being an EvilCounterpart of Sub-Zero, becomes one after she tried to usurp his position as the Lin Kuei's grandmaster. [[spoiler:She again goes down this route in [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 the new timeline again]] by aligning herself with the franchise's GreaterScopeVillain Kronika and [[RobotGirl roboticizing herself]].]]
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'' has Kira, a female {{Expy}} of Kano.
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' besides Mileena, we also get Skarlet, a being composed of countless warriors defeated by Shao Khan, and is [[UndyingLoyalty loyal to Outworld's ruler]].
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' has two of these:
*** D'Vorah. She at first serves Kotal Kahn, who took over Outworld after overthrowing Mileena. [[spoiler:But it turns out that [[TheMole she was working]] for Shinnok, the BigBad of the game. And it goes [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] in her arcade ending, where she [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder double-crosses]] Shinnok and uses his powers for her own gain.]]
*** [[spoiler:Kitana becomes one after being [[ReforgedIntoAMinion revived as a brainwashed revenant minion]] by Quan Chi at the end of [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 the previous game]]. She and Liu Kang serve as the CoDragons to the necromancer (who in turn, is TheDragon for [[BigBad Shinnok]], who was trapped in his amulet) during the 25-year gap, and [[FaceHeelTurn both of them start to appreciate their status as revenants]]. And after Shinnok's downfall, she [[DragonAscendant becomes the]] [[HellHasNewManagement Netherrealm's empress]] ruling it alongside Liu Kang. Her [[EvilCostumeSwitch new outfit as Dark Empress Kitana]] reflects her new role as a potential villainess for the franchise.]]
* It is heavily implied that Nathyrra of ''[[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark]]'' used to be one. Almost every female drow that shows up in the campaign, as well as [[spoiler:Aribeth]] in the original after her FaceHeelTurn and if you keep her on the dark side in Hordes of the Underdark, also qualify.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'':
** Speed Buster, the not-so-nice old lady with a {{BFG}} is probably what happens when the Dark Action Girl [[NeverMessWithGranny survives into her 70s]]. In fact, ''every'' female opponent in probably qualifies under this trope, ''especially'' [[AxCrazy Bad Girl.]]
** [[WakeUpCallBoss Shinobu Jacobs]] is introduced by Travis asking to see her in the middle of one of her classes - and slicing every single one of her classmates to pieces in order to LeaveNoWitnesses. She's the '''''nicest''''' of the ten assassins Travis faces. Even after her HeelFaceTurn in [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle the second game]], she's still ''very'' brutal in combat.
* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'': [[spoiler:[[FinalBoss Peach]] becomes one while being possessed by the Shadow Queen, becoming Shadow Queen Peach. [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Shadow Queen]] herself is an extremely powerful sorceress, having created the Crystal Stars, an immense number of demonic followers and three pet dragons to [[TheDreaded instill fear in the hearts and minds of many]]. She was responsible for the calamities that struck the city where Rogueport now stands, forcing the remaining survivors to serve her until she was sealed away by four heroes, but not before she condemned them to a FateWorseThanDeath; even the Thousand-Year Door (and by extension, the Palace of Shadows) gave a bad vibe to anybody who ventured near it. The demon plans to [[OmnicidalManiac plunge the world into darkness after being revived by Grodus]]]].
* Shahdee in ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'' is an accomplished swordsman, able to not only hold her own against the Prince in their rematch but also even defeat him on more than one occasion. In addition to being extremely proficient in swordplay, she is also skilled in unarmed combat.
* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'':
** Ada Wong. [[DatingCatwoman Sure she's very friendly with Leon]] (when they aren't pointing guns at each other) but besides that there's no doubt she's an amoral SheFu happy FemmeFataleSpy who will happily work for any number of sinister organisations as well as commit any crime and betray anyone for a pay check. The only reason to root for her is that, her enemies tend be EvilerThanThou.
** [[AristocratsAreEvil Alexia Ashford]] from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica''. She's completely sociopathic and believes all around her exist only to be experimented on. When in human form, she does not seem so threatening. [[OneWingedAngel Then she transforms into a monster that uses her blood like napalm]] [[TheWorfEffect and fights]] [[TheDragon Wesker]] [[TheWorfEffect to a stand-still]].
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations'' has [[spoiler: Jessica a DoubleAgent for Tricell, although like Ada in her first appearance she's on your side for most of the game and her true colors are only revealed later]].
** [[spoiler: Jill]] is one for most of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', thanks to being brainwashed. During the final missions she kicks both Chris and Sheva asses simultaneously thanks to Wesker's experiments. The same game has Excella Wesker's NumberTwo, though she only gets to show off her asskicking Dark Action Girl status in ''Mercenaries Mode''.
** Carla from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' [[spoiler: who spends most of the game as Ada's EvilKnockOff makes her counterpart seem like Mother Teresa in comparison as she sadistically butchers all of Chris's men and causes immense destruction throughout the game before turning into a goo monster]].
** Played with in regards to [[spoiler: Mia]] from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard''. [[spoiler: It's revealed towards the end of the game that she's an operative of The Connections, a criminal syndicate which produces Bioweapons akin to Umbrella or Tricell (which explains her proficiency in firearms), and is partly responsible for events of game as she's BigBad Eveline's caretaker. However Mia does manages to be much more sympathetic than Ada or Jessica since [[LoveRedeems she genuinely loves her husband Ethan]] (who was unaware of her job) and urged him not to get involved with her life and even when infected with TheVirus and trying to kill Ethan Mia still says "[[TearJerker I love you]]" after Ethan shoots her in the head ([[HealingFactor she recovers)]]. Curing Mia will give the player the good ending.]]
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' has the LargeAndInCharge [[StatuesqueStunner Lady Dimitrescu]] and her no less powerful, attractive and AxCrazy daughters Daniela, Bela and Cassandra who serve as the pursuing vampire-like antagonists for a portion of the game. Following them, there's also MarionetteMaster Donna Beneviento and BigBad Mother Miranda.
* Tati from ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheKasai'', while not really a villain, qualifies for this trope. She's absolutely vicious and won't hesitate to kill any Kasai warrior she sees. [[spoiler:Her family was slaughtered by the Kasai, she once hung out with her era's equivalent of a street gang, and she's cursed with a mark that is gradually corrupting her. She hates the world for this curse as well.]] Hatred runs through her veins.
* The girls of Schwarzkreuz as well as [[spoiler:Iris Zeppelin]] in ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'' count as these. All five (six if you count both of the Refraktia twins separately) are powerful magic-users and have quite a bone to pick with the members of RKS.
** In general, the girls of Schwarzkreuz are part of an organization of witch-hunters that are attacking magi in an attempt to "put down the Walpurgisnacht".
** Pamela Arwig, the captain of Schwarzkreuz, is an AntiVillain with a magical sword who tends to come across as haughty and sanctimonious at times, and answers to the Pope in his oppression of RKS and the magi. She never doubts her views of justice and will stop at nothing to punish what she considers to be sinners and heretics alike. Pamela claims not to be a magus and instead claims that her power was nothing more than a gift from God himself.
** Eifer Skute, while appearing to be cool-headed and mature, [[MoodSwinger suffers violent mood swings sometimes]], which results in her sometimes acting out of character and [[UnstoppableRage becoming a rage-obsessed monster at the worst of times]]. She carries seething hatred towards Freudia[[spoiler:, and for good reason; it is later revealed that she is a homunculus created by Iris, using Freu as a template. By the time the entirety of Schwarzkreuz is defeated, Eifer reveals herself as TheMole and badly injures her own captain with a backstab attack, revealing that she's been working with Iris all along]].
** Schirach Fühler was formerly a member of RKS and had been absent without leave for years. Joining Schwarzkreuz, she's an AffablyEvil BoisterousBruiser of a BloodKnight who assists with the Church's witch hunts, and she's also heavily regarded as [[ThatOneBoss one of the toughest bosses]] in Rosenkreuzstilette Freudenstachel. That, and she also introduces herself in Freudia's story by using a crane to kidnap Tia.
** Recht & Link Refraktia, a pair of nuns, are part of Schwarzkreuz; both assist the organization with its witch-hunts. Recht is introverted and dislikes interacting with others, while Link will subject those who threaten her in any way to the full extent of her fury.
** [[spoiler:Iris herself is the overall BigBad of the entire Rosenkreuzstilette franchise. She may be a little girl, but she kickstarted RKS's coup against the Holy Empire solely for her twisted amusement, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness kills her own father after she deems him useless]], pulls a WoundedGazelleGambit on Grolla in Rosenkreuzstilette Grollschwert, and manipulates Schwarzkreuz and the Church's witch hunts alongside her [[TheDragon dragon Eifer]]. She also forces Freu to fight against a BrainwashedAndCrazy Spiritia. She is also one of two reincarnations of Rosenkreuz, born with his wealth of power and intellect, and [[AGodAmI is not above claiming to have become a god because of it]].]]
* In ''VideoGame/SandsOfDestruction'', Morte dances along the line between this and straight-up ActionGirl for a good part of the game, eventually deciding she prefers being heroic while still not quite losing her BloodKnight tendencies.
* ''VideoGame/SepterraCore'' has Selina, who apparently goes back and forth between this and ActionGirl a couple of times throughout the game.
%%* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'': Risky Boots, the villainous pirate captain.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** She may be of neutral [[CharacterAlignment alignment]], but Rouge the Bat qualifies for this.
** Blaze the Cat also was one for most of ''VideoGame/SonicRush''.
* The VideoGame/SoulSeries has a few. Tira is the best example, completely insane and just loves to kill. [[spoiler:She also killed Sophitia and corrupted her daughter Phyrra into the local DarkMagicalGirl.]] Ivy is one but on the good side... just a good side that doesn't care about all the other good sides.
* Sarah Kerrigan, post-infestation, in ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' and ''VideoGame/StarCraftII''. [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Queen of Blades]], ruler of the Zerg swarm, ManipulativeBastard, and [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] extraordinaire. In the aftermath of the Overmind's death, she manages, through grit, will, and a burning need for vengeance, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge to exact bloody revenge on all her enemies]] and establish herself as the de facto ruler of not only the Zerg swarm, but also the entire Kroprulu sector (see quote at the top of the page). At the start of ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'', the entire sector lives in fear of her inevitable return.
** She partially evolves beyond this in her chapter of the game, mainly because the swarm is fleshed out more giving her more people to interact with. Very much keeps the "Action" part, though - it's a rare mission she doesn't personally involve herself in.
* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'':
** [[BloodKnight Juri Han]] from ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Super Street Fighter IV]]''. Notable because the vast majority of playable female characters in the games are on the side of good.
** Also, Cammy and the Dolls ''used'' to be Dark Action Girls, as Bison's {{brainwashed}} BodyguardBabes. Cammy has a full HeelFaceTurn once her inner humanity is unlocked. [[spoiler: In the case of the other Dolls, however, it's not that easy: they suffer ''heavy'' physical and mental consequences, and at least one of them (Julia a.k.a. Juli) has become an EmptyShell due to it. (Though another, Juni, is in her path to recovery after waking up from a coma, so not all hopes are lost.)]]
** The cynical, sexy, and ''very'' pragmatic Crimson Viper fits in as well. [[spoiler: Subverted, actually: she's [[TheMole a genuine]] ActionGirl ''posing'' as a Dark Action Girl. While cold to the other warriors, she still has a kinder side that she shows to [[MoralityPet her daughter Lauren]].]]
** And in ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'', we meet another: [[spoiler: Decapre, the only Doll aside of Cammy who remains fully active. Even more so: she is ''a clone of Cammy'']].
* The ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' has a few of these, along with several heroic {{Action Girl}}s. Notable Dark Action Girls, however, include;
** Legretta, Arietta, and Nebilim from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''.
** Pronyma from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''. Sheena starts out as this, but, before long, undergoes a HeelFaceTurn and loses the "Dark" part.
** [[spoiler:Elraine and Fortuna]] from ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny 2'', [[spoiler:the BigBad and GreaterScopeVillain respectively]].
** [[spoiler:Emeraude]] and the [[spoiler:Fodora]] Queen from ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'', the [[spoiler:GreaterScopeVillain[=/=][[TheHeavy Heavy]]]] and second BigBad respectively.
** Melanie and Schwartz from ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'', a [[TheEmpire Vaclav]] enforcer and the BigBad of the Character Arcs, respectively.
** Gauche and Droite from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''.
** Agria from ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia''. Very much AxCrazy and a pyromaniac.
* [[TheBaroness Izebel]] from ''VideoGame/TearsToTiara2''. She's strong enough to beat up any member of your party. And there's no DesignatedGirlFight. She's seen taking on [[TheHero Hamil]] in the opening movie, while it's Laelius who takes on [[ActionGirl Tarte]].
* From ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', we have Anna and Nina Williams, both assassins. Surprisingly Anna is more moral than Nina, and was willing to settle down and live a peaceful life. Until ''VideoGame/Tekken7'' when her sister Nina [[spoiler: infiltrates her sister's wedding and kills her husband at the altar while wearing Anna's own wedding dress... cue a RoaringRampageOfRevenge]].
* Jeala from ''VideoGame/ThousandArms'' is a loyal servant of [[spoiler:Schmidt, the Dark Master]].
* ''VideoGame/TimeAllThingsComeToAnEnd'' has a time travelling villainess who shoots and strangles her way through history.
* ''VideoGame/VacantSky'' has Sandarga, who DoesntLikeGuns presumably because she'd rather tear people to shreds close up, and will kill anyone who annoys her (which is most people).
* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'':
** Selvaria Bles is practically invincible, and she has ''zero'' interest in serving anyone else but the BigBad, Maximillian. Her virtue, however, is due to loyalty, not due to for sheer lulz and evil.
** Shocktrooper Jane Turner. Note that she's ''[[TokenEvilTeammate on the good guy's side]]''.
* In ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', if your character is female. No matter the clan or how nice she may be, she ''is'' still a blood-sucking monster who preys on mortals, which qualifies her as "dark" even if she's not evil. And she kicks ass, a whole lot of it. By the end of the game, she can have been directly responsible for wiping out the [[spoiler: LA Sabbat and the LA Kuei-Jin, as well as one petulant rogue Prince]] pretty much single-handedly. Seduction is also a possible part of her arsenal (especially if Toreadore), and more than a few of her dialogue options fall under the DeadpanSnarker category.
* Cetsa from ''VideoGame/TheWayRPGMaker'' qualifies, being the leader of the Blue Scarves.
* Rubi Malone from ''VideoGame/{{Wet}}'' easily outshines, or outdarkens, [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Shego]]. Let's see, she's a GunsAkimbo, HardDrinkingPartyGirl PsychoForHire, spends half the game on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, goes into an UnstoppableRage when the blood of some mook she shoots gets on her face, and has a penchant for the GroinAttack, using a gun or a sword. Oh, she wears a SlasherSmile during these last two actions. And she's voiced by [[Creator/ElizaDushku Faith.]] Put it this way, she is far too dark to ever be a Disney Villain.
* ''{{VideoGame/Whiplash}}'': Most of the female Genron employees, with the exception of the female scientists, are very athletic and skilled in martial arts. The company itself is evil because it runs by abusing animals.
* The ''VideoGame/WildArms'' series:
** Lady Harken from ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' is the only female Quarter Knight, and uses a SinisterScythe to cut down her foes, and [[spoiler: threaten [[MadScientist Alhazad]] when he starts hitting on her.]]
** Antenora from ''VideoGame/WildArms2'' mixes this trope with TheVamp as, not only is she a capable fighter, she [[spoiler: has spent a good amount of time seducing her boss Vinsfield, so when she is finally killed by the heroes, he'll know exactly what it feels like to lose someone you love to violence.]]
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
** Sylvanas Windrunner is the dark ActionGirl. Banshee Queen, Dark Queen of the Forsaken, Dark Ranger...she's basically a Dark Lord who just happens to work for the Horde, although Garrosh sees it in action in Silverpine when she raises new Forsaken from the Alliance dead. She fundamentally hates all of the living, except possibly her two sisters, and is only biding her time until she can kill everyone. She's starting with the Alliance of course, because they refused to believe her when she said she wanted to kill Arthas back during ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'', but nobody is really under the illusion that she isn't going to kill everyone in the Horde that isn't Forsaken.
** Jaina Proudmoore, after the gigantic amount of BreakTheCutie ''Mists'' expansion dropped on her. She is a NominalHero as Sylvanas is, and just so happens to rule an entire city of mages. Before that EstablishingCharacterMoment in Theramore, she was a naive peace-seeking girl... who could hold her own against Arthas. Now that her BerserkButton has been pressed so hard that it broke, the only thing stopping her from literally drowning Orgrimmar in a massive deluge and exterminating the orcish race is {{Love Interest|s}} Kalec and the orders of King Varian.
** ''Legion'' created another pair of these in Tyrande Whisperwind and First Arcanist Thalyssra. Both are WellIntentionedExtremists, who while not exactly evil are [[NominalHero very unwilling to listen to criticism of their point of view]]. ''Battle For Azeroth'' then has Sylvanas press Tyrande's BerserkButton, by destroying Teldrassil (despite ''Cataclysm'' revealing that Teldrassil [[VillainHasAPoint was not really a very good idea in the first place]]). The results are... explosive.
** This franchise also has Maiev Shadowsong, Sally Whitemane, and Lillian Voss. Maiev zigzags the line between WellIntentionedExtremist and KnightTemplar. Her intention is genuinely to protect Azeroth, but she pretty easily allows herself to be manipulated into hunting someone whose intention is also ''genuinely to protect Azeroth''. Sally Whitemane truly wants to save Lordaeron from the Scourge, but ends up getting played by a Dreadlord. It's arguable whether her attempt to "redeem" herself is really going to work, given that she ends up working for an omnicidal god. Lillian Voss is perhaps the most well-adjusted of these three, which is saying something since she was abused by her father (think Thanos, but a priest) and suffered a [[HeroicBSoD breakdown]] upon discovering that she was undead. She is still a completely remorseless assassin who is perfectly happy to kill anybody that Sylvanas tells her to without knowing a single thing about them. She draws the line at brainwashing though, because that's how her father abused her.
* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' has some.
** Depending on your gameplay style, it's possible to play [[VillainProtagonist Ayano "Yandere-chan" Aishi]] as one. This is especially true if the player decides to build up her Strength stat, join the Martial Arts club, and/or use primarily violent elimination methods on the rivals. She can also join a [[JapaneseDelinquents group of delinquents]], which has its benefits and drawbacks.
** One of the rivals late into the game is the leader of the delinquent gang, Osoro Shidesu, who is openly stated to be "the strongest student", and was suspended from the school until her week. Since she is an official rival, the player will have to find a way to deal with her too.
** It's heavily implied that [[spoiler:Ayano's mother Ryoba]] was one back in the day. While she seems more like someone who favors [[ManipulativeBitch the subtle approach]], she is responsible for the death of the Phantom Girl through stabbing (and implicitly others). She and her husband are out of town because [[spoiler:she's tracking down the Journalist who almost brought her to justice years ago]]. WordOfGod also says that a 1980s mode is planned, [[AnotherSideAnotherStory where the player can play as her]] using similar abilities as Ayano. [[spoiler:WordOfGod also states that all Aishi women are {{Yandere}} in some way or another, making it likely there's a few more in the family tree.]]
** "Mission Mode" introduces a character referred to only by "Nemesis," who will track Ayano down and stab her to death the second she gets close enough. Her motivations are currently unclear, but the fact that Info-chan, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness of all characters]], [[OhCrap freaks out]] when she realizes that she's in close vicinity makes it clear that you should stay away from her as long as possible. By the way, she's also a MasterOfDisguise.
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* ''VideoGame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf'' had two of these:
** The Gesellschaft/Perfecti Cult's leader, Mycale the Perfecti, was manipulating history in middle ages and wants to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy old humanity]], then create the new one under her rule. After Holy Club executed her original body for her villainy, she uses dark magic to link her wand: Mazen Dine Slave and able to possessed people (including WWII Female Doctor, Kati [[spoiler:and later Anonym Merel]]) who touches it and continues her manipulations for centuries, [[spoiler:and she's also responsible for not only manipulating Marilyn into betraying and kill her boss: Yin Hu (one of [[BigBad Murakumo]] clones) and becoming Black Hand's leader (as she was expecting), it cause Wei to come after her until he finds out who the boss really was. she also appears to manipulate Marilyn again to kill or defeat Akatsuki then take his Blitz Motor from him for her to finally become a big boss of the traid]]. And she calls herself to be "[[AGodAmI The Perfect One]]" and is ''merciless'' for anyone in battle.
** The [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad Assassin]] Marilyn doesn't look like one at first, however she's one of them. She's a FemmeFatale [[spoiler: implied to had a [[DarkAndTroubledPast tragic past]]]] who [[ObfuscatingStupidity puts up a bubbly and seductive facade]] that she [[TheStarscream remains no real loyalties save for herself]]. [[spoiler: But in reality, [[AvertedTrope she was actually manipulated to kill her boss and she was expecting to become the triad's leader by Mycale]]]]. And is ruthless, willing to go where other mobsters won't and completely determined to rise in power and influence by kidnapping Akatsuki or steal a Blitz Motor from him to The "Black Hand" organization.
* ''Franchise/BaldursGate'':
** Bodhi from ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII: Shadows of Amn''. Even if your PC is a heavily armoured warrior with an InfinityPlusOneSword or two, she can probably wipe the floor with him or her in single combat with her bare hands, while wearing less than required by decency.
** Simply because playable characters are almost automatically good at combat, any evil female PlayerCharacter is bound to count too, unless particularly inept in combat, as is any evil female group member, which actually only includes Shar-Teel and Viconia.
* Ayme from ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos: Eternal Wings and the lost Ocean'' is one of [[TheDragon Giacomo]]'s two right-hand people (the other being a man named Folon) and terrorizes the party alongside her two comrades on several occasions throughout the game. The party fights all three of them together in two big events, and she proves to be an extremely challenging opponent both times. She's also [[spoiler: the one who directly killed [[TheHero Kalas']] brother and grandfather]].
* ''VideoGame/BioShock'':
** ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' has a stable of Big Sisters, all of them psychotic, suped-up [=DAGs=]
** Daisy Fitzroy of ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' shows traits of this.
* Every female character from the ''VideoGame/BloodRayne'' series, including the main character. ''Especially'' the main character.
* ''VideoGame/CrisisBeat'': Whigen's legion of terrorists includes several women, including his tonfa-swinging lieutenant, Lou, who serves as one of the last bosses.
* ''VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga'':
** Sariss from ''VideoGame/JediKnightDarkForcesII'', a reserved BrokenBird and Dark Jedi apprentice to [[BigBad Dark Jedi Master Jerec]].
** Tavion from ''VideoGame/JediKnightIIJediOutcast'', [[TheDragon apprentice]] to the [[BigBad Dark Jedi Desann]]. A talented lightsaber duelist and DirtyCoward, [[spoiler: who after begging [[PlayerCharacter Kyle Katarn]] for her life [[ISurrenderSuckers turns around and wastes the second chance at life he gave her]] by starting a new DarkSide cult to antagonize the Jedi after Desann's death. By the time of ''VideoGame/JediKnightJediAcademy'' she's [[DragonAscendant taken a new apprentice]] named Alora, and [[PlayerCharacter Jaden Korr]] is forced to kill them both.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''
** Morrigan's SoulJar Lilith is a mixed example as she's genuinely innocent and playful but is also TheDragon for Jedah.
** Played straight with [[FakeCutie B.B.Hood]] (or Bulleta in Japan) and [[BeePeople Q-Bee]] who lack any morality and are downright evil.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'': [[spoiler:The game's true BigBad turns out to be [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Nashandra]], an [[HumanoidAbomination Child of Manus]] that takes the form of a graceful queen in white before undergoing [[OneWingedAngel a horrific transformation for her boss fight]]]].
** ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'': The Dancer of the Boreal Valley looks like a sinister, undead odalisque and fight just as gracefully using a [[DualWielding pair]] of {{flaming sword}}s. Also the only explicit female boss in the game before the DLC, since all others are agendered, ambiguous, or male. The ''Ashes of Ariandel'' includes Sister Friede, a scythe-wielding nun that uses fire and cold magic in her boss fight.
* In ''VideoGame/DetectiveDiTheSilkRoseMurders'' it turns out that ''four'' of them plays a big role in the plot. [[spoiler:Before she became Empress, Wu personally handpicked four strong, beautiful, and intelligent young women to become the Silk Roses, her own squad of devoted and loyal assassins, who would use cunning, deception, and tenaciousness to get close to and eliminate her political enemies. It is also these women who are targeted by the SerialKiller Di hunts.]]
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'':
** Trish the demoness from the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 first game]] spends most of the game as this since she works for the EvilOverlord Mundus and tries to kill the protagonist Dante towards the end. She heel-turns however when Dante saves her life and performs a HeroicSacrifice and comes back to save him at the end. It helps that she's identical to his dead mother Eva.
** The Secretaries who work for Arius in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' are this. {{Deuteragonist}} Lucia discovers she is one of them.
** Arguably Lady from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' is a downplayed version of this. She spends most of the game being antagonistic to Dante, shooting at him at any given opportunity and even fights him for real in a boss battle when he refuses to let her face her father Arkham. Except Lady is really a BrokenBird and becomes a much nicer character by the end of the game.
* In ''VideoGame/DisneyPrincessEnchantedJourney'', [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Zara Zara]]. She's older than the heroine and an ex-princess who uses her magic for evil.
* [[TokenEvilTeammate Morrigan]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is a badass LadyOfBlackMagic with a snarky attitude and a morally ambiguous stance.
* ''VideoGame/DragonballFighterz'': Android 21 is an incredibly powerful fighter, whose power rivals even the likes of Cell and Majin Buu, and serves as the BigBad of the story. [[spoiler: However, this description only applies to [[EnemyWithout her evil half]]. 21's good half is still a skilled fighter, and though she retains her dark aura, this time DarkIsNotEvil and she's genuinely a NiceGirl.]]
* Christie from the ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' series is this. She is a professional assassin with a creepy TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou LesYay fixation on Helena.
* ''VideoGame/DustyRevenge'' and ''VideoGame/DustyRagingFist'' have the cat bandits, an all-female legion of enemies who can put up quite a fight before going down. And they favor WolverineClaws as their weapons. ''Revenge'' also has Amelia Swift, a jaguar kunoichi as the boss of Ogdro Jungle, while ''Raing Fist'' has Kitsune the fox, a deadly assassin who's an ally.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Enemies}}'', [[spoiler: the player character's girlfriend Joanna is a serial killer]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':
** The player of course has the option of being one, if they choose a female PlayerCharacter and use morally questionable if not outright evil action to solve their problems. Or, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential just do evil things]] ForTheEvulz.
** With very few exceptions, the raiders in any given game have [[EqualOpportunityEvil no issues with recruiting female members.]]
** Clover from ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' is very much CuteAndPsycho who you can usually only get as a companion with high evil karma. Unless you use console commands, allowing you to be a moral exemplar with a sadistic female teammate.
** Violet from ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is a [[TheBeastMaster dog tamer]] and one of the four leaders of The Fiends.
** Downplayed with [[TokenEvilTeammate Cait]], one of the players potential companions from ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' and a carrier cage fighter, who do in large part to her [[PsychoSerum Psycho addiction]], is one the most [[AxCrazy aggressive and violent]] members of the player's party. [[note]] Also, she enjoys steeling stuff. [[/note]] Though if the player chooses to help her kick the Psycho addiction, she will become significantly more stable.
** Nisha, one the raider bosses in the Nuka-World DLC, runs her own personal AxCrazy AmazonBrigade [[note]] Technically she does have male subordinates too, but they only make up about 10% of her gang[[/note]] and is almost undoubtedly the most ruthless and sadistic raider boss in the whole DLC.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
** Barbariccia, the Archfiend of Wind and [[TheSmurfettePrinciple sole female member]] of the Archfiends from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', who fights the heroes in the Tower of Zot.
** Scarlet of Shinra from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' is a subverted example. She's one of the CoDragons of Rufus Shinra and is presented as a foil to resident ActionGirl Tifa, but Scarlet relies on her {{mooks}} in combat and her "fight" with Tifa is a notoriously [[SissyFight silly slap battle]]. Played straight in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake Intergrade'' as Scarlet gets into her powerful MiniMecha and [[AdaptationalBadass proves to be a more dangerous opponent]].
** Ultimecia of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' is the most powerful Sorceress in existence and the BigBad of the game. She wants to destroy and remake the universe in her own image, thus becoming a god. Alongside her magical powers, she can possess any Sourceress and use their bodies to do what she pleases, fuse with her Guardian Force Griever which combines her powers with his and she can also transform into her most powerful form, a [[EldritchAbomination hideous, symmetrical, eldritch creature]] whose powers are amplified even further.
** Beatrix, the general of Alexandria, is one for most of the first two discs of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''. Anytime she's fought by the party, it's a HopelessBossFight. Lani the bounty hunter takes over for the rest of the game.
* The ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series has always granted us with ''lots'' of heroic {{Action Girl}}s. However, female villains are much rarer, there is typically only [[TheSmurfettePrinciple one]] female villain, as opposed to antagonist or DarkMagicalGirl in each game. Due to FemalesAreMoreInnocent this trope is becoming rarer in the series.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEchoesShadowsOfValentia'', the remake of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'', Nuibaba, is a scheming and evil witch.
** Hilda, and many generic bosses from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar''. Especially Hilda, who's quite possibly one of the most evil villains in ''Fire Emblem'' history.
** From ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'', Brunnya is one of the top three generals in the [[EvilEmpire Bern]] army, and makes for a ''super'' tough boss fight near the end. There is also the minor boss, Sigune, who betrayed her nation to side with Zephiel.
** Sonia, Ursula, and Limstella in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', with Sonia being the particularly cruel one, Ursula being a ruthless minion, and Limstella being a TragicVillain.
** Petrine from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance''. Only major female antagonist in the game ''and'' extremely cruel, being the cruelest of Daein's four riders.
** [[spoiler:Goddess Ashera]] from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' is arguably even more of one than Petrine, considering she's [[spoiler:the ultimate BigBad, an [[GodIsEvil evil goddess]], and ''[[ThatOneBoss really fucking hard]]'' to beat]].
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' subverts this: Aversa is a LadyOfBlackMagic working for the Grimleal, a ReligionOfEvil. [[spoiler:Only for Spotpass content where it turns out she was only evil due to being BrainwashedAndCrazy by the Grimleal. When she learns the truth and snaps out, she immediately [[HeelFaceTurn jumps ship]], thus making this FemalesAreMoreInnocent instead.]]
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' Arete is a quiet, elegant LadyOfBlackMagic with VERY powerful spells. [[spoiler: In another subversion she CameBackWrong thanks to Anankos ''and'' suffers of LaserGuidedAmnesia.]] Minor boss Daniele plays this straight though, being a bloodthirsty soldier of Nohr.
* Apollyon in ''VideoGame/ForHonor'' is a ''very'' physically powerful and intimidating example of this trope, being essentially a female, LowFantasy take on the EvilOverlord trope. She serves as the singleplayer's BigBad and is responsible for the newly instigated war between the game's three factions thanks to her WarIsGlorious philosophy. She can also do [[http://imgur.com/sZTw0b1 this.]]
* [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Myrrah]] heads into the fray with some new battle armor for ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar 3'''s multiplayer.
* Menardi, from ''VideoGame/GoldenSun1'', fits this trope, although [[spoiler:it's revealed in the sequel that she and Saturos were actually saving the world...after the heroes killed them. (Oops.)]]
** Just ask any soldier of Tolbi, and they'll tell you she still fits the bill, no matter her intentions.
** Menardi's sister, Karst, is also very much an example.
** ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' introduces Chalis. She prefers subterfuge, but she's still a very dangerous opponent [[spoiler: and a wielder of [[CastingAShadow Dark Psynergy]]]].
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'':
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoClassic'' and the [[Platform/GameBoy Game Boy Color]] port of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto2'' let you select from one of several characters at the start, some of them being women. It didn't affect gameplay in any way, as your character in these games was a sprite viewed from the top down who you would only know was a man or a woman by [[AllThereInTheManual going into the menu]]. Given that you're playing as a hardcore criminal, she's not exactly a model of moral respectability.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' has the main antagonist [[SpicyLatina Catalina]]. She is the BigBad of the game's storyline who betrays the protagonist Claude and leaves him for dead, and also has a gleeful affinity for [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder turning on her "lovers"]] who [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlive their usefulness when the business with them is done]]. To top it off, she eventually becomes the most powerful mob boss in the game. ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' has you meet her and Claude as an OutlawCouple nine years before the events of ''III''.
** It's possible to make your [[CharacterCustomization player-created avatar]] in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoOnline'' a woman.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoVI'' introduces the series' first canonical female protagonist in Lucia, one half of the OutlawCouple at the center of the game. The trailer reveals that she's just been released from prison, only to fall right back into old habits as she robs a store with her boyfriend Jason.
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' gives us I-No, one of [[BigBad That Man's]] servants. Ramlethal Valentine in ''Xrd'' would also count, at least until her HeelFaceTurn.
* Megaera along with the other two Furies from ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' certainly qualify, being a WakeUpCallBoss for the players who reach her. Though worth noting Megaera isn't as evil as other examples being a PunchClockVillain at worst, and she only fights Zagreus becuase she'd honestly rather be on his bad side than his dad (and her boss) Hades. Megaera is even an optional {{Love Interest|s}} [[DeathIsCheap after you kill her]] for the first time.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** Kat in ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' is a case of a Dark Action Girl in the protagonist's team. This doesn't make her exactly "good", however; she seems to still bear some of the psychological scars of being a war-orphan-turned-child-SuperSoldier.
** ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'': [[spoiler:Cortana]], after her FaceHeelTurn, seeks to bring peace to the universe by attaining the [[TakingUpTheMantle Mantle of Responsibility]] and ruling as [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Empress of the Galaxy]]. [[spoiler:By using the Guardians, she plans to use their power to annihilate anyone who doesn't adhere to her moral authority.]]
* ''VideoGame/HeistTheCrimeOfTheCentury'' is the only one of his games with no primary villainess. As a thief, the player character is definitely an anti-heroine though. And ''there is'' a female bodyguard to a mob boss.
* ''VideoGame/HeroinesMantle'' has three: a murderous magician, a pirate captain with a [[LaserBlade laser sword]], and a seductive martial arts expert. And the heroine gets into an action-movie fight with ''all three'' of them.
* Sasha from ''VideoGame/InFamous'' would also fit this trope. [[spoiler: She was formerly Cole's (or, [[AlternateTimeline more]] [[BadFuture accurately]], Kessler's) girlfriend,]] and she's also one of the boss encounters in the game.
* In ''VideoGame/InsideWoman'', the director of the company you're infiltrating has six physically identical female assassins in his employ. All with special abilities and codenames.
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' has Vice, Mature, [[spoiler: Orochi Shermie]] and Angel, amongst others.
* Larxene of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' certainly fits the bill. She's well aware of it, too - her personal title is "The Savage Nymph", and she delights in taunting the heroes with "clues" that turn out to be completely fake. Plus, in RE:[=CoM=], she manages to martial-arts kick Sora to the ground...TWICE. She's an [[ThatOneBoss/KingdomHearts absolute bitch to fight]] and, well, a bitch in general too! In [[Manga/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories the manga]] she's seen reading a biography of Creator/MarquisDeSade, the ''namesake'' for sadism.
* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' the main character can be this if you choose to be female and [[KarmaMeter Dark Side]]. The [[SuperpoweredMooks many faceless female Dark Jedi]] you run across throughout the game also presumably count.
** ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' has Visas Marr, former Sith apprentice to the EldritchAbomination Darth Nihilus as well as [[spoiler: the Dark Jedi Master Atris]]. If the PlayerCharacter is DarkSide, they can [[TheCorrupter turn their other female companions into this as well]].
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has some Dark Action Girls.
** Katarina the Sinister Blade is this to a T, being DaddysLittleVillain and a professional killer who use knives. Her default skin has her dressed all in black, she's very aggressive and violent, and ''loves'' carnage. Her selection quote is even "Violence solves everything!"
** Evelynn the Widowmaker, a deadly, [[AxCrazy psychotic]] assassin who LovesTheSoundOfScreaming, is definitely one.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelNemesisRiseOfTheImperfects'':
** The female Imperfects would definitely fit here in this trope. Solara incinerates people, Fault Zone loves to make the ground tremble with her seismic accelerators, and The Wink seductively slashes people. All three are fueled by hatred and vengeance, just like their male comrades, Brigade, Hazmat, and Johnny Ohm.
** And then there's the killing machine, Paragon, though she's not really one of the Imperfects.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfTheSuperheroes'': The SecretCharacter known as Shadow Lady is [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]] from an AlternateUniverse who was [[UnwillingRoboticisation forcibly turned into a brainwashed cyborg]] for Shadaloo. In retaliation for foiling their operations, Shadaloo kidnapped and robotzed Chun-Li for the sake of transforming her into M. Bison's [[TheDragon top assassin]]. Unlike Shadow--a brainwashed Charlie Nash, who escaped shortly after being transformed--Shadaloo added a RestrainingBolt to Shadow Lady's programming so she would remain fully loyal to them. As Shadow Lady, [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul her formerly cheerful personality was obliterated]], transforming her into a emotionless minion. [[spoiler:In her ending however, Shadow Lady [[HeroicWillpower overcomes Shadaloo's brainwashing]], [[HeelFaceTurn regain her original memories as Chun-Li]], and join forces with Shadow in taking down Shadaloo]].
* Jack of ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', a shaven and tattooed biotics experiment, whose experiences have left her unstable, to say the least...though traveling with Paragon Shepard ''can'' make her a bit more balanced and less sociopathic.
** This can be applied to a female Commander Shepard, as well, if you choose Renegade options in the game.
** Tela Vasir, asari Spectre working for the Shadow Broker and willing to bomb innocent people to get at her target, and tough as nails, providing one of the most difficult fights of the game after going through ''a lot'' of abuse beforehand.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
** Subverted with The Boss aka The Joy in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' she seems like a DoubleAgent for BigBad Volgin and ruthlessly and efforestly defeats the protagionist Naked Snake several times throughout the game. [[spoiler: It's revealed by the end however that she was GoodAllAlong and was [[FakeDefector forced to pretend to be a traitor]] for her country and fight her protégé whom kills her and only discovered later that she was under orders to act like a Dark Action Girl]].
** Ocelot clearly believes in EqualOpportunityEvil and always has some female henchmen in his gangs. As with [[MindScrew everything in the series]], things are a bit more complex with Sniper Wolf, [[AerithAndBob Olga]], and Fortune, but Laughing Octopus, Raging Raven, Crying Wolf, and Screaming Mantis of the Beauty and the Beast Unit are just [[AxCrazy completely insane]].
** [[spoiler: Pacifica Ocean aka Paz the DoubleAgent for The Patriots reveals herself to be this in the finale of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' as she hijacks [[HumongousMecha Metal Gear ZEKE]] and tries to kill Big Boss with it]].
** The SpinOff ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' has Mistral a MultiArmedAndDangerous female cyborg who's easily stronger than the aforementioned examples, as while she does lose to Raiden she could stil match him in combat, even after he got a new even better cybernetic body.
** Quiet starts off like this in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' as she works for Skull Face and tries to kill Big Boss [[spoiler: or least someone ''she thinks'' is Big Boss]] before getting set on fire and thrown out a window. She comes back later as a mute ColdSniper and even after getting brought to Mother Base she is kept under constant guard, although she does become nicer [[VillainessesWantHeroes upon falling in love with Venom Snake]].
* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'': Dark Samus is a reincarnation of the titular Metroid Prime and one of Samus's deadliest opponents, having all of her abilities empowered by Phazon and being difficult to kill.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has some of these:
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII'' has Mileena, an EvilKnockoff [[EvilCounterpart and Counterpart]] of Kitana. She was created from her "sister's" essence but also mixed with some Tarkatan genes. The result is an AxCrazy, [[TheSociopath psychopathic]] woman [[PsychopathicWomanchild with a child's mind.]]
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4'' has Tanya, who betrayed her homeland of Edenia by allying with Shinnok, a [[FallenHero fallen Elder God]] who intends to destroy the Elder Gods and Raiden for casting him down in the Netherrealm and [[MultiversalConqueror take over all of the realms.]]
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance'': Frost, being an EvilCounterpart of Sub-Zero, becomes one after she tried to usurp his position as the Lin Kuei's grandmaster. [[spoiler:She again goes down this route in [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 the new timeline again]] by aligning herself with the franchise's GreaterScopeVillain Kronika and [[RobotGirl roboticizing herself]].]]
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'' has Kira, a female {{Expy}} of Kano.
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' besides Mileena, we also get Skarlet, a being composed of countless warriors defeated by Shao Khan, and is [[UndyingLoyalty loyal to Outworld's ruler]].
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' has two of these:
*** D'Vorah. She at first serves Kotal Kahn, who took over Outworld after overthrowing Mileena. [[spoiler:But it turns out that [[TheMole she was working]] for Shinnok, the BigBad of the game. And it goes [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] in her arcade ending, where she [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder double-crosses]] Shinnok and uses his powers for her own gain.]]
*** [[spoiler:Kitana becomes one after being [[ReforgedIntoAMinion revived as a brainwashed revenant minion]] by Quan Chi at the end of [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 the previous game]]. She and Liu Kang serve as the CoDragons to the necromancer (who in turn, is TheDragon for [[BigBad Shinnok]], who was trapped in his amulet) during the 25-year gap, and [[FaceHeelTurn both of them start to appreciate their status as revenants]]. And after Shinnok's downfall, she [[DragonAscendant becomes the]] [[HellHasNewManagement Netherrealm's empress]] ruling it alongside Liu Kang. Her [[EvilCostumeSwitch new outfit as Dark Empress Kitana]] reflects her new role as a potential villainess for the franchise.]]
* It is heavily implied that Nathyrra of ''[[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark]]'' used to be one. Almost every female drow that shows up in the campaign, as well as [[spoiler:Aribeth]] in the original after her FaceHeelTurn and if you keep her on the dark side in Hordes of the Underdark, also qualify.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'':
** Speed Buster, the not-so-nice old lady with a {{BFG}} is probably what happens when the Dark Action Girl [[NeverMessWithGranny survives into her 70s]]. In fact, ''every'' female opponent in probably qualifies under this trope, ''especially'' [[AxCrazy Bad Girl.]]
** [[WakeUpCallBoss Shinobu Jacobs]] is introduced by Travis asking to see her in the middle of one of her classes - and slicing every single one of her classmates to pieces in order to LeaveNoWitnesses. She's the '''''nicest''''' of the ten assassins Travis faces. Even after her HeelFaceTurn in [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle the second game]], she's still ''very'' brutal in combat.
* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'': [[spoiler:[[FinalBoss Peach]] becomes one while being possessed by the Shadow Queen, becoming Shadow Queen Peach. [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Shadow Queen]] herself is an extremely powerful sorceress, having created the Crystal Stars, an immense number of demonic followers and three pet dragons to [[TheDreaded instill fear in the hearts and minds of many]]. She was responsible for the calamities that struck the city where Rogueport now stands, forcing the remaining survivors to serve her until she was sealed away by four heroes, but not before she condemned them to a FateWorseThanDeath; even the Thousand-Year Door (and by extension, the Palace of Shadows) gave a bad vibe to anybody who ventured near it. The demon plans to [[OmnicidalManiac plunge the world into darkness after being revived by Grodus]]]].
* Shahdee in ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'' is an accomplished swordsman, able to not only hold her own against the Prince in their rematch but also even defeat him on more than one occasion. In addition to being extremely proficient in swordplay, she is also skilled in unarmed combat.
* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'':
** Ada Wong. [[DatingCatwoman Sure she's very friendly with Leon]] (when they aren't pointing guns at each other) but besides that there's no doubt she's an amoral SheFu happy FemmeFataleSpy who will happily work for any number of sinister organisations as well as commit any crime and betray anyone for a pay check. The only reason to root for her is that, her enemies tend be EvilerThanThou.
** [[AristocratsAreEvil Alexia Ashford]] from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica''. She's completely sociopathic and believes all around her exist only to be experimented on. When in human form, she does not seem so threatening. [[OneWingedAngel Then she transforms into a monster that uses her blood like napalm]] [[TheWorfEffect and fights]] [[TheDragon Wesker]] [[TheWorfEffect to a stand-still]].
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations'' has [[spoiler: Jessica a DoubleAgent for Tricell, although like Ada in her first appearance she's on your side for most of the game and her true colors are only revealed later]].
** [[spoiler: Jill]] is one for most of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', thanks to being brainwashed. During the final missions she kicks both Chris and Sheva asses simultaneously thanks to Wesker's experiments. The same game has Excella Wesker's NumberTwo, though she only gets to show off her asskicking Dark Action Girl status in ''Mercenaries Mode''.
** Carla from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' [[spoiler: who spends most of the game as Ada's EvilKnockOff makes her counterpart seem like Mother Teresa in comparison as she sadistically butchers all of Chris's men and causes immense destruction throughout the game before turning into a goo monster]].
** Played with in regards to [[spoiler: Mia]] from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard''. [[spoiler: It's revealed towards the end of the game that she's an operative of The Connections, a criminal syndicate which produces Bioweapons akin to Umbrella or Tricell (which explains her proficiency in firearms), and is partly responsible for events of game as she's BigBad Eveline's caretaker. However Mia does manages to be much more sympathetic than Ada or Jessica since [[LoveRedeems she genuinely loves her husband Ethan]] (who was unaware of her job) and urged him not to get involved with her life and even when infected with TheVirus and trying to kill Ethan Mia still says "[[TearJerker I love you]]" after Ethan shoots her in the head ([[HealingFactor she recovers)]]. Curing Mia will give the player the good ending.]]
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' has the LargeAndInCharge [[StatuesqueStunner Lady Dimitrescu]] and her no less powerful, attractive and AxCrazy daughters Daniela, Bela and Cassandra who serve as the pursuing vampire-like antagonists for a portion of the game. Following them, there's also MarionetteMaster Donna Beneviento and BigBad Mother Miranda.
* Tati from ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheKasai'', while not really a villain, qualifies for this trope. She's absolutely vicious and won't hesitate to kill any Kasai warrior she sees. [[spoiler:Her family was slaughtered by the Kasai, she once hung out with her era's equivalent of a street gang, and she's cursed with a mark that is gradually corrupting her. She hates the world for this curse as well.]] Hatred runs through her veins.
* The girls of Schwarzkreuz as well as [[spoiler:Iris Zeppelin]] in ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'' count as these. All five (six if you count both of the Refraktia twins separately) are powerful magic-users and have quite a bone to pick with the members of RKS.
** In general, the girls of Schwarzkreuz are part of an organization of witch-hunters that are attacking magi in an attempt to "put down the Walpurgisnacht".
** Pamela Arwig, the captain of Schwarzkreuz, is an AntiVillain with a magical sword who tends to come across as haughty and sanctimonious at times, and answers to the Pope in his oppression of RKS and the magi. She never doubts her views of justice and will stop at nothing to punish what she considers to be sinners and heretics alike. Pamela claims not to be a magus and instead claims that her power was nothing more than a gift from God himself.
** Eifer Skute, while appearing to be cool-headed and mature, [[MoodSwinger suffers violent mood swings sometimes]], which results in her sometimes acting out of character and [[UnstoppableRage becoming a rage-obsessed monster at the worst of times]]. She carries seething hatred towards Freudia[[spoiler:, and for good reason; it is later revealed that she is a homunculus created by Iris, using Freu as a template. By the time the entirety of Schwarzkreuz is defeated, Eifer reveals herself as TheMole and badly injures her own captain with a backstab attack, revealing that she's been working with Iris all along]].
** Schirach Fühler was formerly a member of RKS and had been absent without leave for years. Joining Schwarzkreuz, she's an AffablyEvil BoisterousBruiser of a BloodKnight who assists with the Church's witch hunts, and she's also heavily regarded as [[ThatOneBoss one of the toughest bosses]] in Rosenkreuzstilette Freudenstachel. That, and she also introduces herself in Freudia's story by using a crane to kidnap Tia.
** Recht & Link Refraktia, a pair of nuns, are part of Schwarzkreuz; both assist the organization with its witch-hunts. Recht is introverted and dislikes interacting with others, while Link will subject those who threaten her in any way to the full extent of her fury.
** [[spoiler:Iris herself is the overall BigBad of the entire Rosenkreuzstilette franchise. She may be a little girl, but she kickstarted RKS's coup against the Holy Empire solely for her twisted amusement, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness kills her own father after she deems him useless]], pulls a WoundedGazelleGambit on Grolla in Rosenkreuzstilette Grollschwert, and manipulates Schwarzkreuz and the Church's witch hunts alongside her [[TheDragon dragon Eifer]]. She also forces Freu to fight against a BrainwashedAndCrazy Spiritia. She is also one of two reincarnations of Rosenkreuz, born with his wealth of power and intellect, and [[AGodAmI is not above claiming to have become a god because of it]].]]
* In ''VideoGame/SandsOfDestruction'', Morte dances along the line between this and straight-up ActionGirl for a good part of the game, eventually deciding she prefers being heroic while still not quite losing her BloodKnight tendencies.
* ''VideoGame/SepterraCore'' has Selina, who apparently goes back and forth between this and ActionGirl a couple of times throughout the game.
%%* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'': Risky Boots, the villainous pirate captain.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** She may be of neutral [[CharacterAlignment alignment]], but Rouge the Bat qualifies for this.
** Blaze the Cat also was one for most of ''VideoGame/SonicRush''.
* The VideoGame/SoulSeries has a few. Tira is the best example, completely insane and just loves to kill. [[spoiler:She also killed Sophitia and corrupted her daughter Phyrra into the local DarkMagicalGirl.]] Ivy is one but on the good side... just a good side that doesn't care about all the other good sides.
* Sarah Kerrigan, post-infestation, in ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' and ''VideoGame/StarCraftII''. [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Queen of Blades]], ruler of the Zerg swarm, ManipulativeBastard, and [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] extraordinaire. In the aftermath of the Overmind's death, she manages, through grit, will, and a burning need for vengeance, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge to exact bloody revenge on all her enemies]] and establish herself as the de facto ruler of not only the Zerg swarm, but also the entire Kroprulu sector (see quote at the top of the page). At the start of ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'', the entire sector lives in fear of her inevitable return.
** She partially evolves beyond this in her chapter of the game, mainly because the swarm is fleshed out more giving her more people to interact with. Very much keeps the "Action" part, though - it's a rare mission she doesn't personally involve herself in.
* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'':
** [[BloodKnight Juri Han]] from ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Super Street Fighter IV]]''. Notable because the vast majority of playable female characters in the games are on the side of good.
** Also, Cammy and the Dolls ''used'' to be Dark Action Girls, as Bison's {{brainwashed}} BodyguardBabes. Cammy has a full HeelFaceTurn once her inner humanity is unlocked. [[spoiler: In the case of the other Dolls, however, it's not that easy: they suffer ''heavy'' physical and mental consequences, and at least one of them (Julia a.k.a. Juli) has become an EmptyShell due to it. (Though another, Juni, is in her path to recovery after waking up from a coma, so not all hopes are lost.)]]
** The cynical, sexy, and ''very'' pragmatic Crimson Viper fits in as well. [[spoiler: Subverted, actually: she's [[TheMole a genuine]] ActionGirl ''posing'' as a Dark Action Girl. While cold to the other warriors, she still has a kinder side that she shows to [[MoralityPet her daughter Lauren]].]]
** And in ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'', we meet another: [[spoiler: Decapre, the only Doll aside of Cammy who remains fully active. Even more so: she is ''a clone of Cammy'']].
* The ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' has a few of these, along with several heroic {{Action Girl}}s. Notable Dark Action Girls, however, include;
** Legretta, Arietta, and Nebilim from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''.
** Pronyma from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''. Sheena starts out as this, but, before long, undergoes a HeelFaceTurn and loses the "Dark" part.
** [[spoiler:Elraine and Fortuna]] from ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny 2'', [[spoiler:the BigBad and GreaterScopeVillain respectively]].
** [[spoiler:Emeraude]] and the [[spoiler:Fodora]] Queen from ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'', the [[spoiler:GreaterScopeVillain[=/=][[TheHeavy Heavy]]]] and second BigBad respectively.
** Melanie and Schwartz from ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'', a [[TheEmpire Vaclav]] enforcer and the BigBad of the Character Arcs, respectively.
** Gauche and Droite from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''.
** Agria from ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia''. Very much AxCrazy and a pyromaniac.
* [[TheBaroness Izebel]] from ''VideoGame/TearsToTiara2''. She's strong enough to beat up any member of your party. And there's no DesignatedGirlFight. She's seen taking on [[TheHero Hamil]] in the opening movie, while it's Laelius who takes on [[ActionGirl Tarte]].
* From ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', we have Anna and Nina Williams, both assassins. Surprisingly Anna is more moral than Nina, and was willing to settle down and live a peaceful life. Until ''VideoGame/Tekken7'' when her sister Nina [[spoiler: infiltrates her sister's wedding and kills her husband at the altar while wearing Anna's own wedding dress... cue a RoaringRampageOfRevenge]].
* Jeala from ''VideoGame/ThousandArms'' is a loyal servant of [[spoiler:Schmidt, the Dark Master]].
* ''VideoGame/TimeAllThingsComeToAnEnd'' has a time travelling villainess who shoots and strangles her way through history.
* ''VideoGame/VacantSky'' has Sandarga, who DoesntLikeGuns presumably because she'd rather tear people to shreds close up, and will kill anyone who annoys her (which is most people).
* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'':
** Selvaria Bles is practically invincible, and she has ''zero'' interest in serving anyone else but the BigBad, Maximillian. Her virtue, however, is due to loyalty, not due to for sheer lulz and evil.
** Shocktrooper Jane Turner. Note that she's ''[[TokenEvilTeammate on the good guy's side]]''.
* In ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', if your character is female. No matter the clan or how nice she may be, she ''is'' still a blood-sucking monster who preys on mortals, which qualifies her as "dark" even if she's not evil. And she kicks ass, a whole lot of it. By the end of the game, she can have been directly responsible for wiping out the [[spoiler: LA Sabbat and the LA Kuei-Jin, as well as one petulant rogue Prince]] pretty much single-handedly. Seduction is also a possible part of her arsenal (especially if Toreadore), and more than a few of her dialogue options fall under the DeadpanSnarker category.
* Cetsa from ''VideoGame/TheWayRPGMaker'' qualifies, being the leader of the Blue Scarves.
* Rubi Malone from ''VideoGame/{{Wet}}'' easily outshines, or outdarkens, [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Shego]]. Let's see, she's a GunsAkimbo, HardDrinkingPartyGirl PsychoForHire, spends half the game on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, goes into an UnstoppableRage when the blood of some mook she shoots gets on her face, and has a penchant for the GroinAttack, using a gun or a sword. Oh, she wears a SlasherSmile during these last two actions. And she's voiced by [[Creator/ElizaDushku Faith.]] Put it this way, she is far too dark to ever be a Disney Villain.
* ''{{VideoGame/Whiplash}}'': Most of the female Genron employees, with the exception of the female scientists, are very athletic and skilled in martial arts. The company itself is evil because it runs by abusing animals.
* The ''VideoGame/WildArms'' series:
** Lady Harken from ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' is the only female Quarter Knight, and uses a SinisterScythe to cut down her foes, and [[spoiler: threaten [[MadScientist Alhazad]] when he starts hitting on her.]]
** Antenora from ''VideoGame/WildArms2'' mixes this trope with TheVamp as, not only is she a capable fighter, she [[spoiler: has spent a good amount of time seducing her boss Vinsfield, so when she is finally killed by the heroes, he'll know exactly what it feels like to lose someone you love to violence.]]
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
** Sylvanas Windrunner is the dark ActionGirl. Banshee Queen, Dark Queen of the Forsaken, Dark Ranger...she's basically a Dark Lord who just happens to work for the Horde, although Garrosh sees it in action in Silverpine when she raises new Forsaken from the Alliance dead. She fundamentally hates all of the living, except possibly her two sisters, and is only biding her time until she can kill everyone. She's starting with the Alliance of course, because they refused to believe her when she said she wanted to kill Arthas back during ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'', but nobody is really under the illusion that she isn't going to kill everyone in the Horde that isn't Forsaken.
** Jaina Proudmoore, after the gigantic amount of BreakTheCutie ''Mists'' expansion dropped on her. She is a NominalHero as Sylvanas is, and just so happens to rule an entire city of mages. Before that EstablishingCharacterMoment in Theramore, she was a naive peace-seeking girl... who could hold her own against Arthas. Now that her BerserkButton has been pressed so hard that it broke, the only thing stopping her from literally drowning Orgrimmar in a massive deluge and exterminating the orcish race is {{Love Interest|s}} Kalec and the orders of King Varian.
** ''Legion'' created another pair of these in Tyrande Whisperwind and First Arcanist Thalyssra. Both are WellIntentionedExtremists, who while not exactly evil are [[NominalHero very unwilling to listen to criticism of their point of view]]. ''Battle For Azeroth'' then has Sylvanas press Tyrande's BerserkButton, by destroying Teldrassil (despite ''Cataclysm'' revealing that Teldrassil [[VillainHasAPoint was not really a very good idea in the first place]]). The results are... explosive.
** This franchise also has Maiev Shadowsong, Sally Whitemane, and Lillian Voss. Maiev zigzags the line between WellIntentionedExtremist and KnightTemplar. Her intention is genuinely to protect Azeroth, but she pretty easily allows herself to be manipulated into hunting someone whose intention is also ''genuinely to protect Azeroth''. Sally Whitemane truly wants to save Lordaeron from the Scourge, but ends up getting played by a Dreadlord. It's arguable whether her attempt to "redeem" herself is really going to work, given that she ends up working for an omnicidal god. Lillian Voss is perhaps the most well-adjusted of these three, which is saying something since she was abused by her father (think Thanos, but a priest) and suffered a [[HeroicBSoD breakdown]] upon discovering that she was undead. She is still a completely remorseless assassin who is perfectly happy to kill anybody that Sylvanas tells her to without knowing a single thing about them. She draws the line at brainwashing though, because that's how her father abused her.
* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' has some.
** Depending on your gameplay style, it's possible to play [[VillainProtagonist Ayano "Yandere-chan" Aishi]] as one. This is especially true if the player decides to build up her Strength stat, join the Martial Arts club, and/or use primarily violent elimination methods on the rivals. She can also join a [[JapaneseDelinquents group of delinquents]], which has its benefits and drawbacks.
** One of the rivals late into the game is the leader of the delinquent gang, Osoro Shidesu, who is openly stated to be "the strongest student", and was suspended from the school until her week. Since she is an official rival, the player will have to find a way to deal with her too.
** It's heavily implied that [[spoiler:Ayano's mother Ryoba]] was one back in the day. While she seems more like someone who favors [[ManipulativeBitch the subtle approach]], she is responsible for the death of the Phantom Girl through stabbing (and implicitly others). She and her husband are out of town because [[spoiler:she's tracking down the Journalist who almost brought her to justice years ago]]. WordOfGod also says that a 1980s mode is planned, [[AnotherSideAnotherStory where the player can play as her]] using similar abilities as Ayano. [[spoiler:WordOfGod also states that all Aishi women are {{Yandere}} in some way or another, making it likely there's a few more in the family tree.]]
** "Mission Mode" introduces a character referred to only by "Nemesis," who will track Ayano down and stab her to death the second she gets close enough. Her motivations are currently unclear, but the fact that Info-chan, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness of all characters]], [[OhCrap freaks out]] when she realizes that she's in close vicinity makes it clear that you should stay away from her as long as possible. By the way, she's also a MasterOfDisguise.
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