History DealWithTheDevil / VideoGames

* Before that, there was ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII''. BigBad TheEmperor made a deal with Satan (and yes, [[{{Satan}} they do invoke him by name]] in the [[NoExportForYou Japanese]] [[AllThereInTheManual novelizations]])--his soul for the power to command the LegionsOfHell in order to TakeOverTheWorld. And when he is killed and Satan comes to collect...[[FaustianRebellion the Emperor uses this power to meet Satan in combat]] ''[[LikeABadassOutOfHell and kills him dead]]'', then goes on to ''[[UpToEleven conquer hell itself]]''. And if you think ''that's'' CrazyAwesome? [[SerialEscalation He did the same thing in Heaven]].

* Used straight in ''GuitarHero III'', with your agent [[LouisCypher Lou]].

* In ''VideoGame/Undertale'', playing the No Mercy route ends with [[spoiler:the entire game world being erased and the first child offering to reset it if you give them your soul. Accepting the offer lets you play through the game again, but it permanently turns the game's GoldenEnding into a SuddenDownerEnding.]]

* After failing a DemonicPossession of the main character in ''SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'', Gig, who is now fused to your soul, offers the main character a Deal With The Devil: He'll lend you ''some'' of his divine powers in return for limited control of your body, allowing you to create your army. During certain points in the story, he'll offer you ''better'' access, granting you incredible powers that will allow you to grind whoever you're facing into fine powder... But once you're done with said grinding, you get a NonStandardGameOver as Gig uses that access to boot your soul out of your body and takes it for himself.

* Murphy Pendleton in ''SilentHillDownpour'' strikes a deal with corrupt corrections officer Sewell [[spoiler:to get revenge on the pedophile who killed his son in exchange for a favor. Said favor turns out to be offing benevolent corrections officer Coleridge.]]

* Twisted on its head in ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' with Fhjull Forked-Tongue, a devil who tried to tempt a fallen angel with a deal... Only to find that said angel was ''considerably'' defter at contract manipulation than he, with the end result being that he's forced to be good for as long as he and the angel remain alive (both are, naturally, immortal). It goes without saying that when you meet him, he's ''not'' having a happy existence.

* Subverted in [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Dante's]] ending in ''MarvelVsCapcom3'', where Mephisto appears before him and offers to revive his mother and fix his relationship with Virgil. Dante, being too smart to fall for such things, aims Ebony at Mephisto's throat and retorts:

* ''TheDarkMeadow'' uses this as the main backstory in the game. [[spoiler: Suffering from a terminal illness, Ben Jacobi's parents sell their souls in order for their son to be cured of his illness and receive 17 great years afterwards. 17 years later, an overwhelmingly successful Ben feels invincible and thus agrees with the Trickster to [[KickTheDog sell his daughter's soul so he could live for another 17 years.]] His wife never gets over their daughter's subsequent abduction and divorces him, leaving Ben as a penniless, drunken mess. Ben's time is nearly up once more, hence why he's in the hospital.]]

* In the [[SpyroTheDragon The Legend of Spyro Trilogy]], the Apes made a pact with Malefor to free him from the Well of Souls in exchange for power. Well they work their butts off to free him and he 'rewards' them [[spoiler: by turning them into undead skeletons forever condeemed to live in the dark.]]

* He's not exactly the devil, but in ''{{Avernum}} 5'' the mysterious mage Gladwell is certainly willing to offer you a deal. Just for agreeing to work for him, every party member will get an additional point to every primary statistic (a significant boost in power), plus powerful magical items in return for every artifact you bring him. The catch is that this power comes with his control--if he wants you to get him an artifact near your current location, you'll be physically incapable of proceeding until you get it, regardless of whether stealing the artifact will piss off a town and prevent you from completing further quests there. [[spoiler:He cannot, however, prevent you from [[FaustianRebellion physically attacking him . . .]]]]

* Before the story begins in EienNoAselia, Yuuto somehow managed to make a contract with Desire, a living weapon. The deal was that it would save his little sister's life, and when the time came Yuuto would wield it to destroy its enemy, Oath. Both swords are evil. Played with a little in that Desire never really gains the degree of control over Yuuto that it expected it to. [[spoiler:And that it dies before achieving its goal and lightens up a little at the end.]]
* Close to the end of ''{{Oni}}'', Konoko discovers that Muro is planning to pollute the environment worldwide to kill everybody. However, he will save people who sell their souls to him for a Daodan Chrysalis. On their part, they will survive the polluted with a Daodan Chrysalis implanted in each of them. On Muro's part, he gets people who will serve under him, and will kill and destroy on his command, which would make them as monstrous as him. If that is not a Deal With The Devil, then what is?

* The winner of ''TwistedMetal'' gets one wish from Calypso, when he grants it things aren't always what they'll expect.
** In ''TwistedMetalBlack'' though, the wishes have to malicous in nature to not be twisted as we learn.

* ''Videogame/{{Cuphead}}: The game starts with Cuphead and his friend Mugman losing a game of Craps against the Devil. Just as he's set to kill them, they plead for their lives and he agrees in exchange for doing deeds for him.

* TheSecretWorld has many examples of characters who, whether directly or indirectly, were offered opportunities in this spirit from the beings behind the filth. The players are offered such opportunities at some points, and fight other characters who have done so.

* In one wizard's lab in VideoGame/AvencastRiseOfTheMage, imprisoned demon Kulkurazz will trade his ability to open one door for his freedom. Having satisfied the arrangement, both you and Kulkurazz go your separate ways.[[spoiler:..until he reappears late in the game to exact vengeance. By getting a fair deal from a demon you were ripping him off, and his pride won't allow it.]]

* Subverted in [[DevilMayCry Dante's]] ending in ''MarvelVsCapcom3'', where Mephisto appears before him and offers to revive his mother and fix his relationship with Virgil. Dante, being too smart to fall for such things, aims Ebony at Mephisto's throat and retorts:

* Twisted a bit thanks to the ambiguous nature of the 'demon' in ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'': Wander brings the corpse of his love to a forbidden temple and strikes a deal with the power sealed there (Dormin): slay the sixteen Colossi, and Dormin will revive Mono. Exactly ''what'' Dormin is never fully gets explained, but [[spoiler:Lord Emon and his men treat Dormin like a horrific demon, and Dormin's true form being a giant horned LivingShadow and [[DemonicPossession taking over Wander's body]]]] don't exactly help Their case. That said, [[spoiler:Dormin does keep Their end of the bargain: in the end, Mono is resurrected, just as They promised, and the fact that They say They're "borrowing" Wander's body implies They were going to give it back at some point.]]

* [[EldritchAbomination The Reapers]] in ''Franchise/MassEffect' often make use of humanoid aliens to assist them in their repeating genocides of all galactic civilizations. Since they know that nobody would willingly help them or even be fooled by offers to be spared for their help, they instead rely on Indoctrination, distorting the minds of all sentient creatures within several dozen kilometers around them to make them see the Reapers as trustworthy and not all bad. While it has only limited reach and takes time, strong individuals can retain their personalties and abilities almost intact for quite a long time, making them extremely valuable to infiltrate any group that might be a real problem in the next coming extermination. At shorter range, even small parts of dead Reapers still have that effect after millions of years.

--->[[spoiler:'''Grimlet:''']] (realizing to his horror that he'd just been suckered by a little girl) Mephistopheles... is this your doing?\\
[[spoiler:'''Advocat:''']] (laughing like a maniac) No. But, I so wish that it was.

* Deliciously subverted in ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' with Fhjull Forked-Tongue, a devil who tried to tempt a fallen angel with a deal... Only to find that said angel was ''considerably'' defter at contract manipulation than he, with the end result being that he's forced to be good for as long as he and the angel remain alive (both are, naturally, immortal). It goes without saying that when you meet him, he's ''not'' having a happy existence.

** In ''both'' forms. Not only does the small print state that "Your soul is mine", but you can attempt an ordeal to recover it. The song used for that final battle? ''The Devil Went Down To Georgia'' (quoted up top).

* Twisted a bit thanks to the ambiguous nature of the 'demon' in ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'': Wander brings the corpse of his love to a forbidden temple and strikes a deal with the power sealed there (Dormin): slay the sixteen Colossi, and Dormin will revive Mono. Exactly ''what'' Dormin is never fully gets explained, but [[spoiler:Lord Emon and his men treat Dormin like a horrific demon, and Dormin's true form being a giant horned LivingShadow and [[DemonicPossession taking over Wander's body]]]] don't exactly help Their case. That said, [[spoiler:Dormin does keep Their end of the bargain: in the end, Mono is resurrected, just as They promised.]]

* ''{{Castlevania 64}}'' offers a very interesting variation. In the Villa, the heroes encounter a demon salesman called Renon who offers to sell you potions and other items. (His stock is not very impressive compared to most merchants, but unlike most, his shop can be accessed from anywhere, using magical scrolls, making him somewhat of an asset.) However [[spoiler:he neglects to mention that spending more than 30,000 gold in his shop equals to selling your soul to the devil (that clause is technically written into the contract, but in a [[LoopholeAbuse demonic language that humans can't read]]), in which case Renon will be more than eager to claim his fee when the time comes. (If this happens, you have to fight him as a BonusBoss, and the contract is rendered void if you defeat him.)]]
** DawnOfSorrow features the Devil Soul. It's a familiar soul - press R and you will begin to lose ten HP a second in exchange for much higher power. It'll stop before it kills you though. Great if you're good at not getting hit or if you're doing a BossRush.

* ''ShadowHearts'' has as a major plot point in ''Covenant'' that mortals can make pacts with the three most powerful demons in that universe: Amon, Asmodeus, and Astaroth. Doing so will let the demons eventually hollow out your soul and take up residence. [[spoiler:Yuri Hyuga, who made the pact with Amon, is in no danger because [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer he simply beat Amon into submission]]. Nicholai, who made the pact with Astaroth, had enough willpower to stop the DemonicPossession... until he got captured by another faction of bad guys and was tortured to the point where his spirit broke]].

* The [=DLC=] content of ''VideoGame/TotalWarShogun2'' features a new building called Lend Lease. Taking it gives you an immediate one-time lump sum of 4500 gold, but permanently dents your Daimyo's honour rating. Being in league with the invasive Portuguese is bad enough, but is it really worth publically pissing on the tenets of Bushido and Buddhism ''AND'' spreading sentiments of betrayal among your generals, just for a quick injection of cold, hard cash?