History DealWithTheDevil / VideoGames

** In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestI'' and ''VideoGame/DragonQuestBuilders'' the Dracolord will pretend to acknowledge the Hero's triumphs as making them worthy of standing beside him, and then he will offer them half of world in exchange for switching sides. Should they take up his offer, the Heroes will be given the "Half the World" Castle to rule exclusively while the Dracolord ravages the whole world.

* VideoGame/TeamFortress2 parodied the concept with "Merasmissions" in Scream Fortress 2015

* In ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', it is revealed that Gerald Robotnik made contact with the Black Comet and makes a deal with the alien named Black Doom to help him finish creating the Ultimate Lifeform out of desperation to save Maria in exchange for Shadow giving him the Chaos Emeralds the next time the comet passes Earth. Gerald had no intentions of holding up his end of the deal and created the Eclipse Cannon for when the time came to use it. Unfortunately, his dealings with the Black Arms are discovered along with the fact that he [[LesCollaborateurs sold out humanity to complete his research]] are why the government shut down the ark and kill everyone aboard, under the premise that there had been an accident. Essentially, it is Gerald's own fault that Maria died by making contact with the Black Doom.

* In ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', it is revealed that Gerald Robotnik made contact with the Black Comet and makes a deal with the alien named Black Doom to help him finish create the Ultimate lifeform out of desperation to save Maria in exchange for Shadow giving him the Chaos Emeralds the next time the comet passes Earth. Gerald had no intentions of holding up his end of the deal and created the Eclipse Cannon for when the time came to use it. Unfortunately, his dealings with the Black Arms are discovered along with the fact that he [[LesCollaborateurs sold out humanity to complete his research]] are why the government shut down the ark and kill everyone aboard, under the premise that there had been an accident. Essentially, it is Gerald's own fault that Maria died by making contact with the Black Doom.

* ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerIII'' has the BigBad pull one of these with a GreaterScopeVillain. After Bel'akor's defeat the hands of the player faction, Tzeentch offers Bel'akor a way to retain his corporeal form and avoid being banished, considered AFateWorseThanDeath to daemons. In desperation, Bel'akor agrees. [[ItAmusedMe Tzeentch being Tzeentch]], this results in Bel'akor, to his horror, being bound to the player's servitude forever. It hits doubly hard if the player is using the God-Slayer, who Bel'akor [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard originally betrayed in the first place]].

* * ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerIII'' has the BigBad pull one of these with a GreaterScopeVillain. After Bel'akor's defeat the hands of the player faction, Tzeentch offers Bel'akor a way to retain his corporeal form and avoid being banished, considered AFateWorseThanDeath to daemons. In desperation, Bel'akor agrees. [[ItAmused Tzeentch being Tzeentch]], this results in Bel'akor, to his horror, being bound to the player's servitude forever. It hits doubly hard if the player is using the God-Slayer, who Bel'akor [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard originally betrayed in the first place]].

*** In fact, depending on how thorough you are, by the end of the game you may have pledged yourself/sold your soul to around ''ten'' different deities.

*** The game also has a variant on this in Zant, who [[spoiler:sells his allegiance to Ganondorf in exchange for the latter's help in usurping the throne of the Twilight Realm. Zant, mistakenly believing Ganondorf to be a god, can't be killed as long as the immortal thief-lord lives, but in exchange for the Twilight throne, Ganondorf forces Zant to turn his people into monsters and invade Hyrule. (Zant didn't really need much persuasion on that matter, though.)]] In the end, this deal [[spoiler:backfires on Ganondorf when he tries to reach out to Zant for power to save him from dying, but a disillusioned Zant opts to kill himself instead by snapping his own neck, taking Ganondorf with him.]]

** It is heavily implied that the Virtuos Worms and Akamkara are connected. They even have the same MadLibsCatchphrase.

* In ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'', Devil Rooms sometimes appear after boss fights. Inside these rooms, Isaac can trade hearts from his LifeMeter for extremely powerful items and upgrades.

* In ''VideoGame/GodOfWarI'', Kratos makes a deal with Ares to save his life. Then Ares [[spoiler:tricks him into murdering his wife and daughter]]. Driven to madness by what Ares had him do, he prays to the other Gods to make his nightmares stop. Athena agrees to forgive his deeds if he somehow stops Ares. Kratos ultimately manages to get out of this deal in a rather badass way -- by absorbing the power of Pandora's Box, growing to Godly size, and killing the hell out of Ares. That said, he still ends up the loser. After Kratos slays Ares, Athena honors the agreement and forgives his deeds. Unfortunately for Kratos, [[ExactWords she never agreed to stop his nightmares]]. This drives Kratos to suicide. [[spoiler: Which Athena refuses to let proceed - as there is an empty chair on Olympus for the new God of War.]]
* In ''VideoGame/GrimGrimoire'', [[CuteWitch Lillet Blan]] proves herself to be a {{Guile Hero}}ine by making complete mockeries of two {{Big Bad}}s, both of which had only been [[SealedEvilInACan sealed]] before since they were too powerful to defeat. She does this by abusing a very big loophole -- on HER side -- in a Deal With The Devil, a loophole which Hell's lawyers are probably going to need to patch to standard contract procedure in the future...
** [[spoiler:In case you didn't know, she just conned one Big Bad into killing the ''other'' Big Bad (by summoning him outside of the first Big Bad's bindings), then sold her soul to the surviving Big Bad for one wish, in a contract that is only breakable if the demon volunteers to be sucked back to Hell and tortured for eternity. Her wish? She asks the demon to embrace God.]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Grimlet:''']] ''[realizing to his horror that he'd just been suckered by a little girl]'' Mephistopheles... is this your doing?\\

* ''VideoGame/{{Guacamelee}}'''s main antagonist Carlos Calaca has one in his backstory. A famous sportsman in his life, made a deal with [[{{Satan}} El Diablo]] to fix his broken hand so he could participate in and win La Gran Charreada. However, just before he could claim the trophy, Diablo dragged him to the World of the Dead. Calaca did not take this well, [[spoiler:turned El Diablo into a chicken]], and now plots to take over both life and death to make everyone [[GodhoodSeeker worship him]].

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', a malevolent deity that loved to make money contracts with people [[SealedEvilInACan was sealed into a statue by Hylia]], now residing near Hateno Village. Needless to say, [[DontTouchItYouIdiot people don't go near it]], leaving it all the more bitter and dejected, biding its time until you show up. Do you think you need more health? Or more energy? Well, [[NobleDemon they will let you exchange your hearts for stamina]], or vice-versa for a small fare.
* One mission in ''VideoGame/{{Majesty}}'' opens with a demon visiting your palace in order to collect a debt incurred by the sovereign's mother: 100,000 gold. The player has no option but to raise the cash in thirty days or have the kingdom reazed.
* In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'', Bowser and Antasma make a deal with each other. Bowser gets Peach, Antasma gets the world. If it's not immediately clear who the devil here is, [[spoiler:it's '''Bowser'''(not suprising since he's [[{{Satan}} the Great Demon King]])]].
* In ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'', Dr. Doom trades Nightcrawler and Jean Grey for a PlotCoupon as part of his ChainOfDeals to steal Odin's power. The players eventually reach Mephisto, but have to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu beat him up to proceed. No deals allowed.]]
* Subverted in [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante's]] ending in ''VideoGame/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:
-->'''Dante''': I'm not really interested in mending fences with my brother, so here's my counteroffer: You give me a job that can pay my electric bill for the year, and I'll leave you here with your head attached to your body.\\

* In ''VideoGame/TheNeverhood'', Klogg offers you Hoborg's crown. [[spoiler:[[BadEnding You probably shouldn't take it.]]]]
* In ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights: Hordes of the Underdark'', [[DiscOneFinalBoss the Valsharess]] hasn't to her own mind even made a deal with the devil, but simply [[spoiler:made him her [[TheDragon servant]] (somehow). However, considering he is an archdevil called Mephistopheles, she should have known it was not going to end well. There are rules, whatever they may be, and eventually he uses the player character to manipulate her to break them enough that he can bend the bounds of her control and have her killed. Then, [[XanatosSpeedChess since he now happens to be in the material world]], he sets out to [[TakeOverTheWorld conquer it]]. Later, he may simply talk the player's companions into joining him before the final encounter]]. It is even hinted that the entire "deal" was an EvilPlan by [[spoiler:Mephistopheles]] himself, started as far back as the previous game.
* In ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'', this trope is played straight by Ammon Jerro, who sold his soul to the archdevil Levistus. Jerro's ally Mephasm subverts this, however; he'll reject buying your soul if you offer to sell it to him, and only seems interested in trading magical artifacts.
** In the ''Mask of the Betrayer'' expansion pack, at one point you have to free a wizard who struck a deal with the devil and "just signed it." The resulting conversation and comment options while you comb the fine print of the contract and question both the devil and the wizard about it are close to being the most hilarious in the game.
--->'''Faras:''' So you have some experience with infernal beings, then?\\

** Interestingly enough if you dig completely through the contract and both sides of the story you can find that the devil a) cheated and b) doesn't realize it. He is forced by [[LawfulEvil his very nature]] to declare the contract void if you point it out.
*** Alternatively, a Spirit-Eater with a very high Appraise skill - or an eagle-eyed player - can notice that a word is misspelled in the contract, rendering it nonbinding under infernal law. Pointing this out to the devil causes him to meekly leave the plane.
** ''Mask of the Betrayer'' also has Oronock and Thael'ka, a pair of Devils who've set themselves up as merchants to control the trafficking of souls between hell and a wizard's academy.
* Dark Oppressor demons in ''[[VideoGame/NexusWar Nexus Clash]]'' run both pyramid-scheme organizations and direct Deals where they loan their powers and spells to others in exchange for moral corruption and potentially servitude in the afterlife. The chain of deals can potentially can go through multiple layers of demons and is implied to continue past player-character Dark Oppressors all the way up to the Evil Elder Powers.
* There's a few of these in ''VideoGame/OdinSphere''. [[spoiler:Ingway makes one with the queen of death herself for a power to get revenge on Odin in exchange for his soul. It seems something similar happened with the same power to Cornelius's grandpa when his home country was being invaded many years ago. Oswald is tricked into one by Melvin by not being told that using the demonically powered blade he uses will eventually deliver his soul to the queen of death when he dies. However, all three of these don't go as planned. Ingway doesn't actually die until the queen of death is dead and can't collect. Cornelius' grandpa got free during the end of the world and took the place of the queen of the dead. Oswald is ultimately saved from his fate by Gwendolyn when she goes down to the underworld to get him back and kills the queen of death herself. He's also rescued the first time by Odin but he ends up making a deal with him in exchange for Gwendolyn. This one is foiled by Gwendolyn herself when she decides not to give the ring to Odin because Oswald gave it to her as a sign of his feelings for her. Odin also failed to add in the deal of giving the ring up because he only asked for the death of a dragon that originally had it, which was carried out. The parties that would normally benefit all get screwed over. Except maybe the case of the Fire King who does get screwed over, but wouldn't be considered the usual sucker in these types of deals.]]
* Close to the end of ''VideoGame/{{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?

* Before the story begins in ''VisualNovel/AseliaTheEternalTheSpiritOfEternitySword'', 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.]]

* 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.]]

** Hagravens are a form of flightless [[HarpingOnAboutHarpies harpy]] who were once mortal women that underwent a ritual "trading in their humanity" for [[WitchSpecies access to powerful magic]]. The exact means of the transformation remains mysterious, but it is known that a human sacrifice is part of the process. They will also be the "devil" in the trope toward [[BarbarianTribe Reachmen]] warriors. These warriors will allow a Hagraven to replace their heart with a Briar Heart, a magical organic item that grants them great power at the cost of their free will. These "Briarhearts" are frequently found in service to Hagravens.

* This forms the basis of the UsefulNotes/PC88 horror game ''Produce'': [[VillainProtagonist Toshio]] makes such a deal with [[EldritchAbomination an Entity]], which offers him a chance to MurderTheHypotenuse with the added catch that Toshio has to lure both his prospective LoveInterest and another friend of his to the Entity as well. [[spoiler:Toshio is inevitably double-crossed and all of his friends are killed as a result.]]

* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'', the party is infected with Mind Flayer [[PuppeteerParasite brain parasites]] that threaten to eventually [[YourDaysAreNumbered destroy their souls and turn them into Illithids]]. They're far beyond the ability of an average healer to remove, and on more than one occasion you get unconventional offers you ''really'' shouldn't take.

** Auntie Ethel is a [[TheFairFolk Hag]] who offers to cure a party member in exchange for one of their eyes. If the player accepts, it's revealed that the parasite is {{curse}}d [[AllForNothing and beyond even her power to remove]], leaving the player with a permanent debuff called "Paid the Price" that makes it impossible to score critical hits and gives disadvantage on all Perception rolls.

* The Elder Power Tlacolotl in ''[[VideoGame/NexusWar Nexus Clash]]'' runs a giant pyramid-scheme demonic organization run on this trope. You never deal with him directly, but if you join his side everyone who may scam you in a devil-deal is themselves a victim of a larger Deal with a greater demon, and so on all the way up to Tlacolotl himself.