History GreaterScopeVillain / VideoGames

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' and its [=DLCs=] feature a really weird version. Father Elijah, Dr. Klein and Ulysses form a BigBadEnsemble of their own, but each of them possesses enough power (through control of Old World technology or just plain nuclear missiles) to trivially erase both the NCR and the Legion from the Mojave and thus [[ConflictKiller render the core conflict of the main game irrelevant]]. However, they're all restricted to the DLC sections of the game (though they're all involved in each other's plans), and so they're not seriously involved in the main conflict unless the PC chooses to get involved with them.

* While ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'' ended up being HijackedByGanon, it offered another in the form of [[spoiler:the demon Raphael]], who instigated the main plot [[spoiler:[[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom by complete accident]]]]. [[spoiler:He was the one who raised BigBadWannabe Lord Gortash into TheAntichrist and indirectly gave him the idea of stealing the ArtifactOfDoom he needed for his plan, [[TheSvengali simply because he wanted a slave]]. His whole TheChessmaster act is simply a desperate attempt to regain control of the situation and [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate]] the PlayerCharacter into helping him come out on top]].

** While ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'' ended up being HijackedByGanon, it offered another in the form of [[spoiler:the demon Raphael]], who instigated the main plot [[spoiler:[[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom by complete accident]]]]. [[spoiler:He was the one who raised BigBadWannabe Lord Gortash into TheAntichrist and indirectly gave him the idea of stealing the ArtifactOfDoom he needed for his plan, [[TheSvengali simply because he wanted a slave]]. His whole TheChessmaster act is simply a desperate attempt to regain control of the situation and [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate]] the PlayerCharacter into helping him come out on top]].

*** That said, where Chara [[AmbiguouslyEvil stands is a matter of debate]]. The fact that their actions are given little context doesn't help, either, making it nigh impossible to classify them as a villain or a failed GreaterScopeParagon. They committed suicide in an extremely slow and painful manner to help monsterkind, they tried to get Asriel to fight back as opposed to dying at the humans' hands (fighting back would've caused another war, though Asriel's death had pretty major consequences as well), and when they appear in the Genocide Route they are implied to have lost their soul just like Flowey, making it impossible to tell how much of their cruelty and megalomania were present from the start. All that is known about them for certain is that they hated humanity, were a worse person than Frisk was in the Pacifist Route, and they are clearly evil in the Genocide Route.

** The second villain reveals themselves if the player takes the Genocide route. Chara, the First Child, the instigator of nearly every single bad thing that happens in the game's backstory, and the one person Flowey/Asriel is doing everything that he's doing for. If the player completes the Genocide route, they fulfill their desire to systematically murder and destroy everyone and everything in the Underground, before they erase all of existence and move on to the next iteration of the timeloop (and resetting the game from that point on requires the player to sell their soul to them, permanently tainting all future playthroughs so that they always win in the end).
*** That said, where Chara [[AmbiguouslyEvil stands is a matter of debate]]. The fact that their actions are given little context doesn't help, either, making it nigh impossible to classify them as a villain or a failed GreaterScopeParagon.
** Then there's Gaster, who invented a phase-shifter to escape the magic barrier; it failed miserably and Gaster fell into the source code of the world, causing the disappearance of monsters who happen to know about him. They're heavily implied to be behind ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', as trying to use their name at any time causes an instant game crash.

* ''VideoGame/SilentHill'' has Dahlia Gillespie, the BigBad who abused her daughter Alessa and used rituals to bring her cult's god into the world. Although Dahlia does get killed, her influence also extends to the main villains in ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' and ''VideoGame/SilentHill4TheRoom''. In the former, her cult is still seeking out Heather (Alessa reborn) to summon their god, which is what Claudia Wolfe tries to achieve. In the latter, Walter Sullivan gets the idea from Dahlia to perform the 21 Sacraments to bring his mother back, but said ritual is actually Dahlia's backup plan to summon the cult's god.

* In the ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' series, as revealed near the end of the first game, the dead god Bhaal pushed the plot into movement in the backstory but takes no active part in the story of the games, other than as semi-impersonal power scattered among his mortal children. The PlayerCharacter is one of them, and all three {{Big Bad}}s in the series are after this power in some way or another, which forms the crux of their conflicts. However, he ''is'' responsible for his taint providing some unsavoury side-effects, such as [[EnemyWithin a portion of his consciousness driving his children towards dark ways and means]], and [[LetsYouAndHimFight driving his children, dubbed "Bhaalspawn", to kill each other]] -- the first is ForTheEvulz, the second to speed up the rate of their deaths because by doing so they accelerate his return.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Lisa}}'' series has Marty Armstrong, Brad and Lisa's abusive father. While he is absent in the present day, the abuse he heaped on his children caused Brad to turn to drugs and Lisa to kill herself, which heavily affected everyone else: [[spoiler:Brad convinced himself he was responsible for Lisa's death and tried to atone for this by raising Buddy, but because of his drug addiction she ran away with her uncles, kickstarting the events of the game. Lisa, meanwhile, took out the abuse she recieved on Buzzo by forcing him to mutilate her before eventually killing herself. Buzzo deeply loved Lisa and believed Brad was responsible for Lisa's death due to not being in her life when it happened, so he trashed his dojo and cut off Dusty's face with a buzzsaw. Later down the line he joins forces with [[BigBad Dr. Yado]] to distribute Joy, turning most of Olathe's population into Joy addicts.]] The game's credits even give Marty a "special thanks" because none of this would have happened without him.

* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' have three:
** ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} to Superman and the Regime [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs in the first game]]. While ComicBook/TheJoker was the one that pushed Superman [[FaceHeelTurn to]] [[StartOfDarkness darkness]], the latter would never be on the planet in the first place if he hasn't destroyed Krypton. In addition, he separated his cousin Kara, who was supposed to guard and protect Kal-El, which would have turned him out in a much different path than he took. The interquel comics also imply he is this for ComicBook/RasAlGhul [[InterimVillain and the League of Assassins]], since it's revealed that Coluan technology was used to create AMAZO in their plan to destroy humanity. The interquel comics also reveal that he orchestrated the Red Lanterns' attack on Oa.
** The Injustice version of the Joker is responsible for the misery in both games, even though he was offed early by a grieving Superman in the first game. Even if Brainiac blew up Krypton in the sequel's opening, the Joker's legacy of causing Supes' StartOfDarkness simply ForTheEvulz still haunts everybody years after his death, as he tricked Big Blue into killing Lois Lane and nuking Metropolis, [[StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred then goaded]] the Man of Steel [[ThanatosGambit into killing him]] from his twisted StrawNihilist viewpoint. As such, he's also indirectly responsible for [[WeUsedToBeFriends breaking's Superman and Batman friendship]], [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen the Justice League]] [[BreakingTheFellowship falling apart]], [[MurderByInaction the deaths of many]] who died opposing the Regime, and worst of all, the the Injustice-verse turning into a CrapsackWorld.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' has several ones that the BigBad wants to unseal or resurrect: