History FantasyGunControl / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' -- unlike ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' and the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' trilogy, Creator/FromSoftware's previous games -- averts this. The game is based on Victorian England, so there are plenty of guns to be [[SwordAndGun used in tandem with a melee weapon]], which is the preferred fighting style of Yharnam's hunters. There are pistols, blunderbusses, shotguns, sniper rifles, [[MixAndMatchWeapon spears and rapiers combined with guns]], cannons, and one instance of an {{NPC}} putting a mounted [[GatlingGood gatling gun]] to deadly use against the player.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' -- unlike VideoGame/DemonsSouls and the VideoGame/DarkSouls trilogy, Creator/FromSoftware's previous games -- averts this. The game is based on Victorian England, so there are plenty of guns to be [[SwordAndGun used in tandem with a melee weapon]], which is the preferred fighting style of Yharnam's hunters. There are pistols, blunderbusses, shotguns, sniper rifles, [[MixAndMatchWeapon spears and rapiers combined with guns]], cannons, and one instance of an {{NPC}} putting a mounted [[GatlingGood gatling gun]] to deadly use against the player.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** You got bombs, cannons, and Tatl in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'' mentions one enemy smelling like '''gun'''powder, but no guns are available. However, a rifle can be seen in the shooting range in Kakariko Village when Link is an adult in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
** Auru's bazooka in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' is not exactly a gun, but still...
** Then there's all the cannons in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass Phantom Hourglass]]''. Firing bombs, no less. In the non-canon ''Videogame/HyruleWarriors'', Tetra uses a [[SwordAndGun flintlock pistol along with a cutlass]]. However, the pistol seems to be magic, as it shoots water.
** There are a few cannons are in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' near an old citadel and in Death Mountain, but there is no evidence of personal firearms.

* ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'':
** The only group to possess firearms is the cult-like [[MurderInc Howling Voice Guild]], and even those are only issued to their most trusted (read: indoctrinated) members, apparently those of Knight Class or higher. If a non-Knight-Class-Gunner is found in possession of a gun, the Guild's response is immediate and predictable. They don't do this for the technological advantage, though: their technology seems to be of flintlock quality at best. They do it for the psychological advantage, which is why Gunners are also trained in stealth and infiltration. One character actually points out that compared to a bow guns are slower, shorter ranged, and far more expensive. Despite this the gun users are pretty much some of the coolest characters in the games, all being badasses of varying levels.
** A Howling Voice Guildmember in the ''Gaiden'' games provided one exception, as despite owning what looked like a normal flintlock pistol there seemed to be [[BottomlessMagazines something wrong with the ammo supply]]...
** In ''VideoGame/SuikodenV'', Cathari's rifle looks like a modern sniper rifle. She also has the highest attack power in the game except for 'Deathblow' Georg Prime.

* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'':
** ''II'' had cannon-armed ships and towers and demolition teams on both sides carrying kegs of gunpowder; ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' had Dwarven riflemen, flying machines armed with machine guns, and goblin demolition teams available to both sides; and a few classes in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' can learn to use guns. Note, however, that most of the guns in the ''Warcraft'' series fire at rates one would generally associate with cartridge firing repeaters. Hunters in ''World of Warcraft'' do not have to carry powder along with their shot, and both they and the Dwarven riflemen in ''Warcraft III'' reload really, really fast.
** The fact that they reload with superhuman speed may be for CompetitiveBalance, though.
** Half the "bullets" are magical anyway, so it evens out.
** Essentially, Guns in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' are pretty much interchangeable with Bows and Crossbows, the other types of ranged weapons. Especially after the need for actual ammo was removed.
** Rogues of the Outlaw specialization carry a concealed pistol resembling a flintlock and use it for some of their abilities.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** The franchise uses the Fireball example. While the technology in the Pokémon world is sometimes more advanced than ours, usually it's on par with that of the real world. However, you will notice that, unless it's the [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness early]] [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Anime canon]], you never see humans fire a gun. You can capture monsters that fight for you, so it makes a bit of sense that people would turn to technology to control these creatures rather than bother with some stuff to do it themselves, especially since a tiny piece of metal wouldn't put a dent in most of them. [[spoiler:Ghetsis]], the BigBad of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', is unfortunately aware of this.
** ZigZagged in that even though you never see any guns and cannons, they are still implied to have been invented in some form, as evident by structures such as Genesect's added photon cannon, Mimikyu's fake Pikachu tail which is made from what appears to be a wooden rifle stock, and Pokédex entries such as Chesnaught's mentioning vehicles like tanks existing (with the interesting tidbit that said Pokémon can flip one of 70 tonnes: the average modern battle-loaded tank weighs just a couple tons more,'' likely to prevent giant pangolins from defeating them''). Many attacks also have "cannon" and "gun" in their names, with "Bullet Seed" being called "Seed Machinegun" in the original Japanese. At least one, Remoraid, actually resembles a pistol with its fins resembling the handle, trigger and hammer and markings that resemble the barrel. It also learns a number of attacks that involve firing projectiles or beams.
* Bungie's ''VideoGame/{{Myth}}'' series has dwarves, who toss around Molotov cocktails, plant bombs, and fire mortars (in ''Myth II''), but no guns. There were, however, gun-wielding poachers in one humorous bonus level.

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** The series has an odd relationship with this trope; it's generally played straight in earlier titles, but uses GunsAreWorthless instead for more modern games.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' have both party members (one per game, usually) and enemies using guns, but as the exception rather than the rule, and they [[GunsAreWorthless do no more damage than melee weapons]]. Although in some games, [[ArmorPiercingAttack they are able to ignore armour]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' uses this trope more literally than most; the CorruptChurch running the world declared technology (including firearms) evil, blaming them for causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt a thousand years earlier. Guns do show up eventually, though (and [[GunsAreWorthless they're worthless]]). [[spoiler:Said church has no qualms about using machina themselves. All of their soldiers wield rifles and are supported by machina even more advanced than those fielded by the Al Bhed.]] [[CutscenePowerToTheMax Except in cutscenes,]] where on occasion, the heroes have guns pointed at their heads in a very threatening manner.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance Tactics Advance]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2 Tactics A 2]]'' all have [[GunsAreWorthless worthless guns]] as well. They're restricted to a handful of classes, aren't particularly strong (but have good range, at least), and at least in the original ''Tactics'', have no moveset associated with them, meaning characters equipping them sacrifice the ability to use more powerful class abilities. ''Tactics'' has some (rather rare) guns that [[{{Magitek}} shoot magic]]. The advance games are better about it, but the jobs using guns are more support classes than strong damage dealers.
** ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesTheCrystalBearers Crystal Bearers]]'' averts this. {{Magitek}} is seen all over the place but mechanical carbines are still standard issue for at least part of the Lilty army, and handheld pistols are privately carried and used more than once.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' seems to have skipped pistols and rifles entirely and gone straight to missile launchers and lasers!
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', Eorzea's mastery over magic made guns widely unpopular, with black powder pistols only found in the pirate city Limsa Lominsa, and even there they are tightly regulated - Limsa's admiral, Merlwyb, is the only non-Garlean character seen to make any real use of firearms before the expansions. But with Garlond Ironworks bringing Garlean magitek to Eorzea, the nation of Ishgard began adopting new weapons technology and more advanced firearms in their ForeverWar with dragons, leading to the introduction of the Machinist class in ''Heavensward''. Of course, even that takes a while as many Ishgardians would prefer the old ways of swords, shields, and spears with the occasional cannon-fired spear and a part of the Machinist's storyline deals with a noble trying to sabotage the newborn class.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', guns exist all over the place, but the prevalence of magic and magitek giving warriors superhuman abilities in the setting makes them weapons mostly used by {{Mooks}} and the [[ActionSurvivor inexperienced]] Prompto.
* ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'':
** An egregious case would be ''[=SoulCalibur=] Legends'', which ostensibly takes place during the 16th Century. The Ottoman armies are conspicuously lacking in firearms, despite their historical proficiency in them. Indeed, the only gunpowder weapons in the entire game are small mini-cannon which are used against the player, and not against fortifications, as they should.
** It's also worth a note that Mitsurugi's entire reason for wanting to find Soul Edge is because he was shot by a rifle, and wants to be more powerful than it.
** Cervantes has had a pistol in the grip of his off-hand dagger since ''Soul Calibur''. He uses it in a few attacks, most notably a command throw in which he jams it into his opponent's stomach and fires it [[BottomlessMagazines two or three times]] in rapid succession. The game notes that the "bullets" aren't actually pieces of metal being shot off, it's evil energy in the shape of a bullet, fired by force of will. Normally this would be in HandWave territory, but considering the main antagonist practically bleeds "evil energy" it's not that far-fetched comparatively.

* The ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' averts this on multiple occasions.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' has Legretta, who dual wields pistols.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence'' has Iria with her dual pistols and Ricardo with his rifle. There's a skit that takes place after visiting Iria's hometown which, curiously enough, resembles a stereotypical Wild West settlement that discusses this trope. Both Iria and Ricardo arrive to the conclusion that firearms are the future and once their usage becomes commonplace, all other weapons will be rendered obsolete.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' has Patty Fleur, who occasionally busts out one or two pistols for her normal attacks and artes.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' has Alvin, who wields a handgun along with his sword (Which is brought up in a skit, where Jude wonders whether or not it's magical in its nature). You also run into the Arknoah group later, who use various firearms and flamethrowers. [[spoiler: It turns out both them and Alvin hail from Elenpios, a technologically advanced world that lies beyond the shell surrounding Riese Maxia.]]
* While ''VideoGame/NetHack'''s greatest technological contribution to weaponry is the crossbow (in contrast to innovations in eatery such as the tin and candy bar), its variant ''Slash'EM'' includes a panoply of firearms -- pistols, shotguns, submachine guns, sniper rifles, ''auto-shotguns,'' even rocket launchers. A dwarf or human with a character class capable of DualWielding can do so [[GunsAkimbo to great effect;]] the game even allows for simultaneous fire in two directions. Primitive graphics or no, there's nothing quite like having your dwarven warrior decked out in dragonscale armor, shielded by the gods, facing down demons, and ''[[RuleOfCool firing enchanted machine guns.]]'' Of course, that's not mentioning the frag grenades, sticks of dynamite, lightsabers... [[JustifiedTrope This makes sense]] when you realize that the Yendorian Army is composed of brain-washed 20th-century soldiers, the main source of these weapons.
* ''VideoGame/BattleForWesnoth'' has a tech level equivalent to around the middle ages in terms of armour, shipbuilding, etc. But only the [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarves]] have access to guns. And those are held up as very rare, with their secret unknown to anyone else. This is {{Handwaved}} as being due to the components for gunpowder being rare in-world. Oh, and they're called Thundersticks/Dragonstaves, not guns. Flame wars result otherwise.

* The AnachronismStew setting of ''VideoGame/EnchantedScepters'' pits a typical fantasy kingdom of knights and wizards against invaders armed with machine guns.
* A few variants of ''VideoGame/{{Angband}}'' add guns, though they tend to just be different flavours of crossbow aside from ''Animeband'' (obviously built on anime tropes, but it kinda sucks because development died) and ''Steamband'', which is set in the Victorian era.
* The technology of the ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}'' series is based on biological engineering, so any new inventions would be an application of that. The functional equivalent to guns are projectile-shooting batons that are grown to shoot thorns of varying power and effect.
* Averted in ''VideoGame/{{Lunia}}'', an Action-Arcade MMORPG owned by Ijji; Ryan Hunt, a soon-to-be-released playable character, uses guns. He has a rifle and a gatling gun attached to his hand, and seems to based on another of Ijji's games, ''VideoGame/GunZTheDuel''. Seeing as cannons are widespread in Lunia, it's a surprise that the only guns that appear are owned by Ryan and some of the pirate enemies.
* ''VideoGame/GuildWars'':
** The first game does not have any handheld guns at all, though does have gunpowder explosives and cannons in a few places.
** ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'' has had 250 years of technological development, giving Tyria flintlock rifles and pistols as fairly common weapons. Cannons are standard for naval warfare, and Charr artillery includes explosive shells, mortars, cannons, and tanks all on a roughly WWI-era level of sophistication. The Engineer player class makes use of guns, flamethrowers, grenades, bombs, mines, and automated turrets. [[MagiTek Asura technology]] takes this trend even further with magical laser cannons.
* ''VideoGame/{{Darklands}}'' averts this trope. It takes place in 15th-century central Europe, and you can find a few forms of gunpowder alongside the "natural" medieval weapon variety. And no, the guns are definitely not overpowered - they take ages to reload and are only useful against armored opponents (where a bow would cause very little damage, albeit repeatedly). Then again, this is a setting where alchemical concoctions made from things like Antimoni and Phlegmatic Base can do a lot more damage than any weapon.
* The ''VideoGame/IronGrip'' series averts this, being set in a SteamPunk LowFantasy world ravaged by endless wars, undergoing a second or already third industrial revolution in its long history. Then again, the aversion becomes slightly subverted itself - by the presence of a mostly archaic atmosphere and lots of old-fashioned weapons thrown into the mix...
* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
** The setting toys with this - the native humans, elves, and dwarves haven't invented cannons due to relying on magic of various sorts (golems and rune-based enchanting on the part of the dwarves), but the qunari, a race invading from another continent, ''do'' have cannons, and their invasion was only stopped after four grand religious crusades against them and the use of high-powered magic that the qunari see as abomination. According to the qunari who can join the party (who himself uses a greatsword), they're planning another invasion.
** According to the [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening Awakenings']] epilogue, the qunari have a policy to assassinate anyone else trying to develop gunpowder or non-magic explosives. A couple of side plots in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' have to do with attempts at obtaining the formula from the qunari, and the qunari response. ''Inquisition'' has a dwarf sapper named Rocky who's trying to develop it on his own, but his Qunari boss assures everyone he's ''really'' not close to doing it.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' has Solas ask why [[spoiler: Bianca]], who made Varric's incredibly powerful crossbow, doesn't mass produce them. Varric claims they didn't want to make dwarven warfare worse than it already was.
*** The same game's ''Trespasser'' expansion reveals that Qunari black powder is not actually gunpowder, it's a much more complicated and less stable alchemical concoction. Making it involves harvesting caustic chemicals from captive dragons. The expansion also shows that the human kingdoms ''do'' have gunpowder, enough to make fireworks anyways.
* After being played straight in the first game, this trope was averted in ''VideoGame/FableII'', where pistols and rifles are used alongside crossbows, swords, axes, and maces. In fact, the invention of firearms seems to have been a deciding factor in the destruction of the Heroes Guild, as the availability of pistols meant that people no longer had to be reliant on arrogant Will-users. This also holds true for ''Fable III'', where the Hero has a variety of pistols and rifles to use as ranged weapons, and cannons are also seen in use: one side-quest involves killing [[DemBones hollow men]] with a mortar.
* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' introduced Gunners in their second installment, characters that had above-average attack and technical power, but were slow as rocks. The third game has a SpiritualSuccessor in Arbalists, whose weapons of choice are somewhere between a [[AutomaticCrossbow crossbow]] and a [[MoreDakka machine gun]].
* Guns were a very popular topic on the ''VideoGame/{{Runescape}}'' forums, with many people arguing why guns would or would not fit the world. While some people thought that adding very early firearms would be fine, considering that there were already cannons, trains, "gnome-gliders" and hot air balloons present in the game, others were against it (usually claiming that it wouldn't fit the setting, despite the other tech. available, or that they'd be too powerful), and no one expected them to ever be introduced. However, in 2009, they finally introduced dwarven hand cannons, which are as close as you can get to actual guns in the game. Also, there is a bazooka that shoots frogs. Yes, FROGS.
* ''VideoGame/SunsetOverImdahl'' gets off on a technicality--nobody is ever shown using a gun, but it's mentioned in the very beginning that Imdahl's rather backwards compared to the army outside its gates, which has guns in great supply.
* Guns are not available in ''VideoGame/OgreBattle'', but are considered a new development in the sequel ''VideoGame/TacticsOgre'' - and can only be used effectively by one special class. [[spoiler: If you're not a Gunner, the weapon is merely a ''bludgeon''!]] Not extremely powerful, but can shoot from any tile to any other, provided that there's no interference from the landscape (or other troops getting in the way!) However, depending on your stats and your level, they become almost realistic in that you can shoot someone and knock out most of their health. It's a good job for opening, though, or providing support when you don't have Archers, though.
* Averted in the Franchise/MortalKombat series; In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'', Kano is hired to teach Shao Kahn's soldiers how to use modern weaponry, and in VideoGame/MortalKombat9's story mode, Shang Tsung buys several rocket launchers and machine guns from Kano. In a way, this becomes a plot point: it's often noted that Earthrealm's technology is vastly superior to Outworld's, and as such the weapons supplied by Kano are considered a major contributor to the success of the invasion. Also, a number of characters have used guns in their movesets, including Stryker, Erron Black, Jax, Jaqui Briggs, and Cassie Cage.
* In the original ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'' quadrilogy (which is essentially ScienceFantasy), guns exist but are rarely used despite the futuristic setting. In ''I'', the only guns available are heavy armor-piercing shotguns used by TheBigGuy. ''II'', pistols are essentially useless and only wielded by weaker support party members, while [[{{BFG}} rifles, shotguns, and vulcans]] are (again) [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]] weapons. ''III'' and ''IV'' essentially limit firearms to [[{{Cyborg}} Cyborgs]] who are specifically designed to use them. In all cases, the only enemies who use guns are robots. (Perhaps the Algolians never managed to develop effective small arms?)
* No characters wield guns in ''VideoGame/KnightsInTheNightmare'', but guns exist in its world--one knight, an archer, has an early model of a pistol as his Key Item and mentions that it's a new foreign weapon that a blacksmith recommended he try out.
* ''VideoGame/GloriaUnion'', which has more advanced technology than the other games in the Union series, replaces bows with guns in the weapon triangle. Three recruitable characters--Elisha, Yggdra, and the robot Gangr--use firearms as opposed to traditional fantasy melee weapons.

** Kawashiro Nitori - [[CharacterTitle Super Youkai]] [[BossSubtitles Warhead]] - employs something like rocket launchers and missiles, especially in ''Subterranean Animism''. In this case, it is undeniably SchizoTech as the Kappa are on the top of the technology-magic hybrid tree in Gensokyo.
** The Lunarians are on the top of everyone's technology tree. In ''Silent Sinner in Blue'', there is a demonstration of their Defense Corps in action - {{Moon Rabbit}}s with dress jackets, short skirts, helmets, and advanced projectile weaponry that look like rifles with bayonets but fire a spread of magic(?) bullets. (The mass-produced rifles are still outshined by Watatsuki no Yorihime's named Sword of Gion, not helped at all by the fact that they don't seem to know how to use them well.)

* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain:'' Averted, though not in the earliest era visited. ''Soul Reaver 2'' has primitive-looking hand cannons and ''Defiance'' has demolition charges. The oracle's museum in ''Blood Omen'' has a more modern-looking gun which is just there not doing anything, maybe referring to the fact that some of the other items there are Chekhov's Guns.
* ''VideoGame/{{Rift}}'' has [[TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar magic vs. technology]] (or rather, "pure" divine power vs. potentially-reality-breaking magitech) as the crux of the conflict between the two factions. Warriors and Rogues can use both bows and rifles, though due to the way stats are applied, warriors usually end up with guns and rogues with bows. The only real gameplay difference between them is the animation used, and if the sound effect is a "bang" or a "twang".
* [[BrokenBase A major debate]] in the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' fan base hinges on this trope. Half of them want guns to be added and half of them think that guns will contrast with the setting. Not that the arguements matter too much, as there are [[GameMod Game Mods]] that implement firearms and similar devices, if somewhat crudely.
* [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in ''VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor.'' Guns do exist - but they're kept down by the [[ArmsDealer Bolt Council's]] monopoly.
* Averted in Creator/ObsidianEntertainment's ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity''. Three standard varieties of firearms are found in the game - pistols, blunderbusses, and arquebuses. They do a lot of damage and can ignore magical protections, but have a very slow firing rate. Gunpowder weapons are strongly, though not exclusively, associated with the church of Magran, the setting's {{war god}}dess, and your party member Durance, a Magranite priest, believes Magran gave mortals knowledge of gunpowder to even the odds between {{Muggle}} soldiers and mages.[[note]]Which not coincidentally is frequently why other settings ''do'' use this trope.[[/note]] The church of Magran also built the [[FantasticNuke Godhammer Bomb]] used to kill Waidwen (CrystalDragonJesus for the god Eothas) and end the Saint's War.
* The ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade'' expansion ''With Fire and Sword'' incorporates firearms. Many other community mods also utilize firearms.
* Averted in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' and ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'', where guns exist alongside magic (though, guns are implied to be a recent invention). Three technologically-minded characters ([[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Lucca]], [[VideoGame/ChronoCross Norris, and Starky]]) use them and gun-wielding soldiers replacing sword-wielding knights is part of the backstory of ''VideoGame/ChronoCross''.
* Played straight and later averted in Franchise/DotHack series of games. The first four games have a conspicuous lack of guns, but in the second series of games, taking place in a revamped in-universe MMO where the story takes in, there is a new class called Steam Gunners wielding Bayonets. They perform much like a mage would, except dealing physical damage. Later in the third game, Haseo himself gains access to a Job Class exclusive to him, in which he wields dual guns.
* Averted in the original ''VideoGame/SpyrotheDragon'' games to varying degrees. Due to the massive SchizoTech of the series, you could see everything from muzzle-loading muskets, to dinosaurs wielding revolvers, to mooks with modern machine guns, to futuristic lasers.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'', you have enchanted swords, water staffs, and Mario's fire flower, along with a shotgun, the laser rifle from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', fully automatic crossbows, magic star cannons, and [[GatlingGood a minigun]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot that looks like]] [[ThreateningShark a shark]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Sacred}} Underworld'', the Dwarves use gunpowder and firearms perfectly fine. They have cannons, muskets, and even semiautomatic rifles.
* Small arms appear to be commonplace in ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}''. Most city watchmen and [[KnightTemplar Overseers]] carry pistols which ''look'' like wheel-locks, but which seem to use some kind of modern-ish mechanism with trans (refined whale oil) as a propellant. The player character, Corvo, can purchase quite a few modifications for his pistol, which when fully upgraded becomes a ''revolver''. So far, we have only seen pistols, but it can be reasonably assumed that muskets and cannon with similar mechanisms are used elsewhere.
* Justified and eventually averted in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV''. The Eastern Kingdom of Mikado, due to its diminutive size and slowed development, really has never needed any weapons more advanced than pole weaponry, and their military force, the Samurai, mostly rely on swords and their Gauntlets. When demons start appearing en masse, they become desperate to even out the advantage and task their Samurai with retrieving various guns and firearms from Tokyo. Two missions have you raid military bases, first to outfit the entire Samurai force with guns and another to supply a resistance movement with bazookas.
* The Demon Hunter in ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' goes way beyond an AutomaticCrossbow, firing rockets, grenades, bolas, and nets, often on semi- or full-auto, from a crossbow, or even a hand bow.
* ''VideoGame/RememberMe'' is bereft of human-used guns, due to laws of some sort in the backstory. Drones and gunships are able to use guns, but cops only use stun batons on you. The end result is EverybodyWasKungFuFighting.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' -- unlike VideoGame/DemonsSouls and the VideoGame/DarkSouls trilogy, Creator/FromSoftware's previous games -- averts this. The game is based on Victorian England, so there are plenty of guns to be [[SwordAndGun used in tandem with a melee weapon]], which is the preferred fighting style of Yharnam's hunters. There are pistols, blunderbusses, shotguns, sniper rifles, [[MixAndMatchWeapon spears and rapiers combined with guns]], cannons, and one instance of an {{NPC}} putting a mounted [[GatlingGood gatling gun]] to deadly use against the player.
* Also averted in Creator/FromSoftware's ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'', which takes place in 16th century Japan. The Ashina clan has access to firearms and [[CombatPragmatist they make liberal use of them]] against you, with many of their Ashigaru using ''tanegashima'' matchlock muskets. [[spoiler:Even Isshin Ashina, the clan patriarch renowned primarily as an unmatched swordsman, has no qualms about pulling out a gun in the middle of a duel.]] There's also the Sunken Valley clan, whose WeaponOfChoice is a more primitive but no less deadly hand cannon; some of them even carry around [[{{BFG}} full-sized cannons]] without a sweat. And as if ''that'' wasn't enough, there's also gun-toting ''monkeys'', as in literal Japanese macaques trying to shoot you dead with muskets.
* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, no matter how much time passes, nobody ever seems to figure out the logistics of firearms. However, there are a few notable cases of close calls and one-offs:
** An in-game book in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'' titled "[[http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Jokes Jokes]]" uses the word "cannon".
** The extinct [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwemer]] built SteamPunk HumongousMecha durable enough to function [[RagnarokProofing after 3,000 years of neglect]] and had the power to [[RealityWarper mess with the laws of the universe]], but never invented the musket. They did invent explosive devices (satchel charges, as seen in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'') but never seemed to put together the idea of using them to launch a projectile.
** As revealed in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'''s ''Morrowind'' expansion, the Tribunal deity Sotha Sil did build automatons armed with enormous hand-cannons, but as an InexplicablyAwesome, reclusive PhysicalGod and master of SchizoTech (he was building massive computer systems, cybernetic lifeforms, and outright artificial intelligences at a time when most are stuck stabbing at each other with swords), he wasn't too keen on sharing with the rest of the world... ''Online'' is a prequel and this invention is apparently lost by the time of the main series.
* Despite all the [[PreCursors Endless technology]] laying around in ''Videogame/EndlessLegend'', no faction on [[LostColony Auriga]] can acquire firearms. The Vaulters, a faction of humanity that remembers its origins in space and uses some LostTechnology like PoweredArmor and HumongousMecha, makes do with {{Automatic Crossbow}}s that look suspiciously like assault rifles with crossbow limbs; especially odd considering they [[AliensNeverInventedTheWheel can develop space travel before firearms]]. They apparently learn how to make guns at some point before they return in ''Videogame/EndlessSpace''
* ''VideoGame/{{BattleCry|VideoGame}}'' has the absence of guns as a plot point in its backstory. Specifically, gunpowder was "banned following a cataclysmic world war at the dawn of the 20th century", providing a plot reason for the game's melee-leaning, gun-free combat mechanics.
* In ''VideoGame/LegendOfGrimrock II'', firearms are available as a class of weapon available to players. They're also often employed by the game's [[RatMen ratling]] enemies, with their bosses wielding hand cannons.
* ''{{VideoGame/Dofus}}'' started out relatively gun-free (for the most part; some of the pirate enemies used flintlock pistols), but many steampunk and clockpunk enemies wielding guns and bombs (and the occasional ''laser gun'') have been added to the game as the years have gone by. Moreover, back in 2008, they added an equippable gun called a Tormentator that transforms the player into an elemental knight wielding the gun plus a sword, and in 2010, they added a class called Rogue that uses guns and bombs for its "spells".
* Averted with ''VideoGame/GrimDawn''. Guns are not only present, they're also some of the deadliest weapons in the game: bypassing armor, rapid firing, BottomlessMagazines. Some are even [[PostModernMagick enchanted]] in the same way legendary swords are.
* Completely averted in ''VideoGame/EternalCardGame'', and guns have even progressed to revolvers.
* ZigZagged in ''Videogame/LeagueOfLegends''. Guns and other firearms do exist in a notable capacity across certain factions of Runeterra, namely [[ShiningCity Piltover]] and [[CityNoir Zaun]] (twin cities serving as the [[MerchantCity financial/mercantile hub of the world]]), and to a lesser extent [[PortTown Bilgewater]] (a lawless WretchedHive where piracy is rampant), but otherwise, other nations are lacking in modern firepower, including the more outwardly militaristic ones like [[TheEmpire Noxus]]. [[JustifiedTrope The reason for this discrepancy]] is fairly simple: ''guns are really expensive'' due to monetary value, the scarcity of resources and the level of engineering expertise required to make them, with the reason why they're more common in Piltover and Zaun is that they're rich enough to afford it. Even then, they're not manufactured on a wide scale in part due to the resources still being rarities (namely [[{{Magitek}} hextech]] [[PowerCrystal crystals]]), as well as the high demand lending itself to impatient construction, in turn to [[AwesomeButImpractical reckless and dangerous technology.]]
* Averted in ''Videogame/{{Elona}}''. You can buy a gun from the blacksmith in the first town, and if for some reason they're out or they don't have the type of gun you want there will definitely be guns in the nearby Cyber Dome. Guns are a perfectly respectable weapon, with good killing power that matches or exceeds bows and crossbows. (The static artifact bows and crossbows feature spell invokes, attribute bonuses, or similar tricks, while guns just focus on increased damage.) In the game's backstory, the rise of the Yerles kingdom is because of their excavation of the ruins of previous civilizations, which let them recover advanced technology such as firearms.
* Inverted in ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}''. More than half of the characters tote a crystal-powered {{Magitek}} firearm of some description, be they a revolver, rocket launcher, or assault rifle.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfMajEyal'' has no guns...at first. The player character in the DLC Embers of Rage campaign, which is set a year after the main campaign, comes from a faction that has created a variety of [[SteamPunk steamtech]] devices, including guns that use steam pressure to fire sling bullets.
* ''VideoGame/ForTheKing'' has flintlock pistols and muskets. While they can oneshot most enemies, they have the NecessaryDrawback of requiring you to reload after you use them, so keep a friend or two close to your gunner. The musket even has a [[BayonetYa bayonet]], increasing its melee attack (the pistol makes do with [[PistolWhipping a pistol whip]].)
* In ''VideoGame/GuildOfDungeoneering,'' the flintlock pistol is treated as a MagicWand that grants the user a pair of fire spells. They have guns, but not bullets, it seems, using it more like a [[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]].
* Zig-zagged in ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}''. Every citizen of Laterano is entitled to at least one firearm for personal defense, and a good chunk of gun-wielding characters are native [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Sankta]]. For everyone else, though, guns are extremely rare and expensive pieces of hardware, with non-Sankta gunslingers are either wealthy enough to afford firearms or veterans who can be entrusted with such valuable weapons. Even then, these Operators carry only handguns at most. Other Snipers are stuck with crossbows or bow and arrows.
* ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'' averts this for the protagonist but strangely plays it straight for the demons. Miriam's magically-reloaded flintlock pistols are the equivalent of semi-auto pistols; while they start out relatively weak, the lowest-grade ammo is infinite and can attack enemies across the screen, and with the right equipment they can become the most powerful weapons in the game[[note]]The Recycle Hat gives infinite ammo to ''any'' bullet type - especially diamond-tipped ammunition[[/note]]. For some reason, despite having access to firearms (and the technological know-how to engineer/use them), demons stick to arrows and magic.

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' as a whole tends to play this straight but features a notable aversion in the form of the rarely-appearing Shooter/Ballistician class. Several of its combat animations, going back to the original game, depict its primary weapon as a cannon, and one of its strongest weapons is called "Elephant", likely a reference to an elephant gun. In most games to feature the class, though, it's simply depicted as using a ballista.
* Justified in ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}''. The Adamant Rail was a gun used by [[BewareTheNiceOnes Hestia]] in the war between the Gods and the Titans, and once that was settled, they sealed it away, rightfully believing that if it ever was released into the mortal world, warfare would become even more vicious and bloody than it already was. Tellingly, the two Greek Gods who don't outright loathe the damned thing are [[TopGod Zeus]], who is neutral at best about it, and [[WarGod Ares]], who obviously wants it to be unleashed.
* Averted in Creator/KoeiTecmo's early SNES rpg ''VideoGame/{{Inindo}}'', yeah it's fantasy but one based on real historical Japanese events including the attempted assasination of Oda Nobunaga by a rifle team. In this game, samurai can use rifles while ninja can pack pistols as an addition to their ninpo magic and StockNinjaWeaponry.
* Zig-zagged in [[{{Gamebooks}} Tin Man Games]]'s ''Gary Chalk's Gun Dogs''. Gary Chalk was an artist who worked on a number of Creator/GamesWorkshop games including some Warhammer properties. ''Gun Dogs'' reflects that, so your titular BoxedCrook starts off with [[OneHitKill a deadly]] ClockPunk-esque three-chambered pistol as part of his arsenal. Though in this fantasy setting only humans with their early SteamPunk civilization is advanced enough to have guns, everyone else is still medieval or Dark Age.
* Averted in the first ''VideoGame/{{Shinobi}}'' where Joe Musashi gets a [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 bolter-like]] SMG as his weapon upgrade, but played straight in sequels as every other game gets rid of that rocket-propelled machine gun in favour of flaming shurikens. There's also glaring lack of guns for your enemies in many ''Shinobi'' sequels.

** The franchise uses the Fireball example. While the technology in the Pokémon world is sometimes more advanced than ours, usually it's on par with that of the real world. However, you will notice that, unless it's the [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness early]] [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Anime canon]], you never see humans fire a gun. You can capture monsters that fight for you, so it makes a bit of sense that people would turn to technology to control these creatures rather than bother with some stuff to do it themselves, especially since a tiny piece of metal wouldn't put a dent in most of them. [[spoiler:Ghetsis]], the BigBad of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', is unfortunately aware of this.

* Zig-zagged in [[{{Gamebooks}} Tin Man Games]]'s ''Gary Chalk's Gun Dogs''. Gary Chalk was an artist who worked on a number of Creator/GamesWorkshop games including some Warhammer properties. ''Gun Dogs'' reflects that, so your titular BoxedCrook starts off with a ClockPunk-esque three-chambered pistol as part of his arsenal. Though in this fantasy setting only humans with their early SteamPunk civilization is advanced enough to have guns, everyone else is still medieval or Dark Age.

* Averted in Creator/KoeiTecmo's early SNES rpg ''VideoGame/{{Inindo}}'', yeah it's fantasy but one based on real historical Japanese events including the attempted assasination of Oda Nobunaga by a rifle team. In this game, samurai can use rifles while ninja can pack pistols as an addition to their ninpo magic.

** There are a few cannons are in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' near an old citidel and in Death Mountain, but there is no evidence of personal firearms.

** has you running around with swords and magic for 99% of the game, and there is no such thing as "ranged combat." Right up near the end of the games, though, when you have at least one character with more than 5 Djinn, you get access to the Ninja class. While it may still be magic, the standard Flame line of spells turns into the Firebomb line of spells, each named after a progressively larger explosive. These are slightly more or less powerful depending on who you make the Ninja.

** Essentially, Guns in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' are pretty much interchangable with Bows and Crossbows, the other types of ranged weapons. Especially after the need for actual ammo was removed.

* Bungie's ''VideoGame/{{Myth}}'' series has dwarves, who toss around molotov cocktails, plant bombs, and fire mortars (in ''Myth II''), but no guns. There were, however, gun-wielding poachers in one humorous bonus level.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', Eorzea's mastery over magic made guns widely unpopular, with black powder pistols only found in the pirate city Limsa Lominsa, and even there they are tightly regulated - Limsa's admiral, Merlwyb, is the only non-Garlean character seen to make any real use of firearms before the expansions. But with Garlond Ironworks bringing Garlean magitek to Eorzea, the nation of Ishgard began adopting new weapons technology and more advanced firearms in their ForeverWar with dragons, leading to the introduction of the Machinist class in ''Heavensward''. Of course, even that takes awhile as many Ishgardians would prefer the old ways of swords, shields and spears with the occasional cannon-fired spear and a part of the Machinist's storyline deals with a noble trying to sabotage the newborn class.

** Cervantes has had a pistol in the grip of his off-hand dagger since ''Soul Calibur''. He uses it in a few attacks, most notably a command throw in which he jams it into his opponent's stomach and fires it [[BottomlessMagazines two or three times]] in rapid succession. The game notes that the "bullets" aren't actually pieces of metal being shot off, it's evil energy in the shape of a bullet, fired by force of will. Normally this would be in HandWave territory, but considering the main antagonist practically bleeds "evil energy" it's not that far fetched comparatively.

** In the [[VideoGame/Onimusha2SamuraisDestiny second game]] of the series, Magoichi wields a high-accuracy rifle. And a [[GatlingGood gatling-gun]]. And a [[KillItWithFire flamethrower]]. All of them are pretty damn effective against the demons, and make any period where you play as Magoichi rather easy.
** The [[VideoGame/Onimusha3DemonSiege third game]] features sections playing as Michelle, a French soldier with a variety of guns and other modern weapons including grenades and the like. She also proves pretty effective. Jacques mostly uses oni weapons, but in certain situations he whips out a pistol as a support weapon and unloads on the demons with that too.

** ''VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence'' has Iria with her dual pistols and Ricardo with his rifle. There's a skit that takes place after visiting Iria's hometown which, curiously enough, resembles a stereotypical Wild West settlement that discusses this trope. Both Iria and Ricardo of them arrive to the conclusion that firearms are the future and once their usage becomes commonplace, all other weapons will be rendered obsolete.

* While ''VideoGame/NetHack'''s greatest technological contribution to weaponry is the crossbow (in contrast to innovations in eatery such as the tin and candy bar), its variant ''Slash'EM'' includes a panoply of firearms -- pistols, shotguns, submachine guns, sniper rifles, ''auto-shotguns,'' even rocket launchers. A dwarf or human with a character class capable of DualWielding can do so [[GunsAkimbo to great effect;]] the game even allows for simultaneous fire in two directions. Primitive graphics or no, there's nothing quite like having your dwarven warrior decked out in dragonscale armor, shielded by the gods, facing down demons, and ''[[RuleOfCool firing enchanted machine guns.]]'' Of course, that's not mentioning the frag grenades, sticks of dynamite, lightsabers... [[JustifiedTrope This makes sense]] when you realize that the Yendorian Army is composed of brain-washed 20th century soldiers, the main source of these weapons.
* ''VideoGame/BattleForWesnoth'' has a tech level equivalent to around the middle ages in terms of armour, ship building etc. But only the [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarves]] have access to guns. And those are held up as very rare, with their secret unknown to anyone else. This is {{Handwaved}} as being due to the components for gunpowder being rare in-world. Oh, and they're called Thundersticks/Dragonstaves, not guns. Flame wars result otherwise.

* Averted in ''VideoGame/{{Lunia}}'', an Action-Arcade MMORPG owned by Ijji; Ryan Hunt, a soon-to-be-released playable character, uses guns. He has a rifle and a gatling gun attatched to his hand, and seems to based off of another of Ijji's games, ''VideoGame/GunZTheDuel''. Seeing as cannons are wide-spread in Lunia, it's a surprise that the only guns that appear are owned by Ryan and some of the pirate enemies.

** According to the [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening Awakenings']] epilogue the qunari have a policy to assassinate anyone else trying to develop gunpowder or non-magic explosives. A couple of side plots in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' have to do with attempts at obtaining the formula from the qunari, and the qunari response. ''Inquisition'' has a dwarf sapper named Rocky who's trying to develop it on his own, but his Qunari boss assures everyone he's ''really'' not close to doing it.

* After being played straight in the first game, this trope was averted in ''VideoGame/FableII'', where pistols and rifles are used alongside crossbows, swords, axes and maces. In fact, the invention of firearms seems to have been a deciding factor in the destruction of the Heroes Guild, as the availability of pistols meant that people no longer had to be reliant on arrogant Will-users. This also holds true for ''Fable III'', where the Hero has a variety of pistols and rifles to use as ranged weapons, and cannons are also seen in use: one side-quest involves killing [[DemBones hollow men]] with a mortar.
* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' introduced Gunners in their second installment, characters that had above average attack and technical power, but were slow as rocks. The third game has a SpiritualSuccessor in Arbalists, whose weapons of choice are somewhere between a [[AutomaticCrossbow crossbow]] and a [[MoreDakka machine gun]].
* Guns were a very popular topic on the ''VideoGame/{{Runescape}}'' forums, with many people arguing why guns would or would not fit the world. While some people thought that adding very early firearms would be fine, considering that there were already cannons, trains, "gnome-gliders" and hot air balloons present in the game, others were against it (usually claiming that it wouldn't fit the setting, despite the other tech. available, or that they'd be too powerful), and no one expected them to ever be introduced. However in 2009, they finally introduced dwarven hand cannons, which are as close as you can get to actual guns in the game. Also, there is a bazooka which shoots frogs. Yes, FROGS.

* Averted in the Franchise/MortalKombat series; In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'', Kano is hired to teach Shao Kahn's soldiers how to use modern weaponry, and in VideoGame/MortalKombat9's story mode, Shang Tsung buys several rocket lauchers and machine guns from Kano. In a way, this becomes a plot point: it's often noted that Earthrealm's technology is vastly superior to Outworld's, and as such the weapons supplied by Kano are considered a major contributor to the success of the invasion. Also, a number of characters have used guns in their movesets, including Stryker, Erron Black, Jax, Jaqui Briggs and Cassie Cage.
* In the original ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'' quadrilogy (which is essentially ScienceFantasy), guns exist, but are rarely used despite the futuristic setting. In ''I'', the only guns available are heavy armor-piercing shotguns used by TheBigGuy. ''II'', pistols are essentially useless and only wielded by weaker support party members, while [[{{BFG}} rifles, shotguns and vulcans]] are (again) [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]] weapons. ''III'' and ''IV'' essentially limit firearms to [[{{Cyborg}} Cyborgs]] who are specifically designed to use them. In all cases, the only enemies who use guns are robots. (Perhaps the Algolians never managed to develop effective small arms?)
* No characters wield guns in ''VideoGame/KnightsInTheNightmare'', but guns exist in its world--one knight, an archer, has an early model of a pistol as his Key Item, and mentions that it's a new foreign weapon that a blacksmith recommended he try out.

** Kawashiro Nitori - [[CharacterTitle Super Youkai]] [[BossSubtitles Warhead]] - employs something like rocket launchers and missiles, epsecially in ''Subterranean Animism''. In this case, it is undeniably SchizoTech as the Kappa are on the top of the technology-magic hybrid tree in Gensokyo.

* Averted in Creator/ObsidianEntertainment's ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity''. Three standard varieties of firearms are found in the game - pistols, blunderbusses and arquebuses. They do a lot of damage and can ignore magical protections, but have a very slow firing rate. Gunpowder weapons are strongly, though not exclusively, associated with the church of Magran, the setting's {{war god}}dess, and your party member Durance, a Magranite priest, believes Magran gave mortals knowledge of gunpowder to even the odds between {{Muggle}} soldiers and mages.[[note]]Which not coincidentally is frequently why other settings ''do'' use this trope.[[/note]] The church of Magran also built the [[FantasticNuke Godhammer Bomb]] used to kill Waidwen (CrystalDragonJesus for the god Eothas) and end the Saint's War.

* Averted in the original ''VideoGame/SpyrotheDragon'' games to varying degrees. Due to the massive SchizoTech of the series, you could see everything from muzzle loading muskets, to dinosaurs wielding revolvers, to mooks with modern machine guns, to futuristic lasers.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Sacred}} Underworld'', the Dwarves use gunpowder and firearms perfectly fine. They have cannons, muskets and even semiautomatic rifles.

* Also averted in Creator/FromSoftware's ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'', which takes place in 16th century Japan. The Ashina clan has access to firearms and [[CombatPragmatist they make liberal use of them]] against you, with many of their Ashigaru using ''tanegashima'' matchlock muskets. [[spoiler:Even Isshin Ashina, the clan patriarch renowned primarily as an unmatched swordsmen, has no qualms about pulling out a gun in the middle of a duel.]] There's also the Sunken Valley clan, whose WeaponOfChoice is a more primitive but no less deadly hand cannon; some of them even carry around [[{{BFG}} full-sized cannons]] without a sweat. And as if ''that'' wasn't enough, there's also gun-toting ''monkeys'', as in literal Japanese macaques trying to shoot you dead with muskets.

* ZigZagged in ''Videogame/LeagueOfLegends''. Guns and other firearms do exist in a notable capacity across certain factions of Runeterra, namely [[ShiningCity Piltover]] and [[CityNoir Zaun]] (twin cities serving as the [[MerchantCity financial/mercantile hub of the world]]), and to a lesser extent [[PortTown Bilgewater]] (a lawless WretchedHive where piracy is rampant), but otherwise, other nations are lacking in modern firepower, including the more outwardly militaristic ones like [[TheEmpire Noxus]]. [[JustifiedTrope The reason for this discrepancy]] is fairly simple: ''guns are really expensive'' due to monetary value, the scarcity of resources, and the level of engineering expertise required to make them, with the reason why they're more common in Piltover and Zaun is because they're rich enough to afford it. Even then, they're not manufactured on a wide scale in part due to the resources still being rarities (namely [[{{Magitek}} hextech]] [[PowerCrystal crystals]]), as well as the high demand lending itself to impatient construction, in turn to [[AwesomeButImpractical reckless and dangerous technology.]]

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' as a whole tends to play this straight, but features a notable aversion in the form of the rarely-appearing Shooter/Ballistician class. Several of its combat animations, going back to the original game, depict its primary weapon as a cannon, and one of its strongest weapons is called "Elephant", likely a reference to an elephant gun. In most games to feature the class, though, it's simply depicted as using a ballista.
* Justified in ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}''. The Adamant Rail was a gun used by [[BewareTheNiceOnes Hestia]] in the war between the Gods and the Titans, and once that was settled, they sealed it away, rightfully believing that if it ever was released into the mortal world, warfare would becomes even more vicious and bloody than it already was. Tellingly, the two Greek Gods who don't outright loathe the damned thing are [[TopGod Zeus]], who is neutral at best about it, and [[WarGod Ares]], who obviously wants it to be unleashed.

* Also averted in Creator/FromSoftware's ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'', which takes place in 16th century Japan. The Ashina clan has access to firearms and [[CombatPragmatist they make liberal use of them]] against you, with many of their Ashigaru using ''tanegashima'' matchlock muskets. [[spoiler:Even Isshin Ashina, the clan patriarch renowned primarily as an unmatched swordsmen, has no qualms about pulling out a gun in the middle of a duel.]] There's also the Sunken Valley clan, whose WeaponOfChoice is a more primitive but no less deadly hand cannon; some of them even carry around [[{{BFG}} full-sized cannons]] without a sweat. And as if ''that'' wasn't enough, there's also gun-toting ''monkeys''. Literal Japanese macaque monkeys trying to shoot you dead with hand cannons not too different from the ones used by the Sunken Valley clan.

* Justified in ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}''. The Adamant Rail was a gun used by [[BewareTheNiceOnes Hestia]] in the war between the Gods and the Titans, and once that was settled, they sealed it away, rightfully believing that if it ever was released into the mortal world, warfare would becomes even more vicious and bloody than it already was. Tellingly, the two Greek Gods who don't outright loathe the damned thing are [[TopGod Zeus]] (who is neutral at best about it) and [[WarGod Ares]], who obviously wants it to be unleashed.

** A few cannons are in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' near an old citidel and in Death Mountain, but no evidence of personal firearms.

* Averted in the VideoGame/MortalKombat series; In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'', Kano is hired to teach Shao Kahn's soldiers how to use modern weaponry, and in VideoGame/MortalKombat9's story mode, Shang Tsung buys several rocket lauchers and machine guns from Kano. In a way, this becomes a plot point: it's often noted that Earthrealm's technology is vastly superior to Outworld's, and as such the weapons supplied by Kano are considered a major contributor to the success of the invasion. Also, a number of characters have used guns in their movesets, including Stryker, Erron Black, Jax, Jaqui Briggs and Cassie Cage.

* ZigZagged in ''Videogame/LeagueOfLegends''. Guns and other firearms do exist in a notable capacity across certain factions of Runeterra, namely [[ShiningCity Piltover]] and [[CityNoir Zaun]] (twin cities serving as the [[MerchantCity financial/mercantile hub of the world]]), and to a lesser extent [[PortTown Bilgewater]] (a lawless WretchedHive where piracy is rampant), but otherwise, other nations are lacking in modern firepower, including the more outwardly militaristic ones like [[TheEmpire Noxus]]. The reason for this discrepancy is fairly simple: ''guns are really expensive'' due to monetary value, the scarcity of resources, and the level of engineering expertise required to make them, with the reason why they're more common in Piltover and Zaun is because they're rich enough to afford it. Even then, they're not manufactured on a wide scale in part due to the resources still being rarities (namely [[{{Magitek}} hextech]] [[PowerCrystal crystals]]), as well as the high demand lending itself to impatient construction, in turn to [[AwesomeButImpractical reckless and dangerous technology.]]

* ZigZagged in ''Videogame/LeagueOfLegends''. Guns and other firearms do exist in a notable capacity across certain factions of Runeterra, namely [[ShiningCity Piltover]] and [[CityNoir Zaun]] (twin cities serving as the [[MerchantCity financial/mercantile hub of the world]]), and to a lesser extent [[PortTown Bilgewater]] (a lawless WretchedHive where piracy is rampant), but otherwise, other nations are lacking in modern firepower, including the more outwardly militaristic ones like [[TheEmpire Noxus]]. The reason for this discrepancy is fairly simple: ''guns are really expensive'' due to monetary value, the scarcity of resources, and the level of engineering expertise required to make them, with the reason why they're more common in Piltover and Zaun is because they're rich enough to afford it. Even then, they're not manufactured on a wide scale, in part due to the resources still being rarities (namely [[{{Magitek}} hextech]] [[PowerCrystal crystals]]), as well as the high demand lending itself to impatient construction, in turn to [[AwesomeButImpractical reckless and dangerous technology.]]

* ZigZagged in ''Videogame/LeagueOfLegends''. Guns and other firearms do exist in a notable capacity across certain factions of Runeterra, namely [[ShiningCity Piltover]] and [[CityNoir Zaun]] (twin cities serving as the [[MerchantCity financial/mercantile hub of the world]]), and to a lesser extent [[PortTown Bilgewater]] (a lawless WretchedHive where piracy is rampant), but otherwise, other nations are lacking in modern firepower, including the more outwardly militaristic ones like [[TheEmpire Noxus]]. The reason for this discrepancy is fairly simple: ''guns are really expensive'' due to monetary value, the scarcity of resources, and the level of engineering expertise required to make them, with the reason why they're more common in Piltover and Zaun is because they're rich enough to afford it. Even then, they're not manufactured on a wide scale, in part due to the resources still being rarities (namely [[{{Magitek hextech]] [[PowerCrystal crystals]]), as well as the high demand lending itself to impatient construction, in turn to [[AwesomeButImpractical reckless and dangerous technology.]]

* ZigZagged in ''Videogame/LeagueOfLegends''. Most factions on Runeterra, such as Demacia, Noxus, and Ionia use swords, bows, and medieval level technology such as trebuchets. The pirate-flavored city of Bilgewater has people making use of flintlock pistols and cannons, and Piltover and Zaun delve headfirst into SteamPunk and {{Magitek}} weaponry that naturally includes advanced firearms and explosives. No explanation is ever given as to why the medieval themed factions never bother to use weapons more advanced than crossbows despite them existing other than the game running on RuleOfCool.

* A major debate in the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' fan base hinges on this trope. Half of them want guns to be added and half of them think that guns will contrast with the setting, falling into this trope.
** Not that the arguements matter too much. Their are [[GameMod Game Mods]] that implement firearms and similar devices, if somewhat crudely.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' averts this. The game is based on Victorian England, so there are plenty of guns to be [[SwordAndGun used in tandem with a melee weapon]], which is the preferred fighting style of Yharnam's hunters. There are pistols, blunderbusses, shotguns, sniper rifles, [[MixAndMatchWeapon spears and rapiers combined with guns]], cannons, and one instance of an {{NPC}} putting a mounted [[GatlingGood gatling gun]] to deadly use against the player.
* Averted in ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'', which takes place in 16th century Japan. The Ashina clan has access to firearms and [[CombatPragmatist they make liberal use of them]] against you, with many of their Ashigaru using ''tanegashima'' matchlock muskets. [[spoiler:Even Isshin Ashina, the clan patriarch renowned primarily as an unmatched swordsmen, has no qualms about pulling out a gun in the middle of a duel.]] There's also the Sunken Valley clan, whose WeaponOfChoice is a more primitive but no less deadly hand cannon; some of them even carry around [[{{BFG}} full-sized cannons]] without a sweat.

** A few cannons are in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild]]'' near an old citidel and in Death Mountain, but no evidence of personal firearms.

* The ''Franchise/{{Onimusha}}'' series is set in near the end of Japan's [[UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod Warring States Period]], with you fighting against the LegionsOfHell. In that kind of setup, you'd assume that firearms wouldn't show up much and KatanasAreJustBetter would be the law of the land, but every game includes at least some firearms, sometimes quite prominently.

** Oichi from the [[VideoGame/OnimushaDawnOfDreams fourth game]] was a student of Magoichi's, and she's no slouch when it comes to wiping out demons with firearms.

* ''VideoGame/ForTheKing'' has flintlock pistols and muskets. While they can oneshot most enemies, they have the NecessaryDrawback of requiring you to reload after you use them. The musket even has a [[BayonetYa bayonet]], increasing its melee attack (the pistol makes do with [[PistolWhipping a pistol whip]].)