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* In ''VideoGame/AIDungeon2'', you can make ANY historical figure to appear in your story. It's not just their name, the AI often knows about their background and history. Though their personality is sometimes radically different. Even when you summoned vicious dictators or murderers in real life, [[HistoricalVillainDowngrade they can be kind enough to answer your questions or care for you]].

* The backstory of the final ''VideoGame/HiddenExpedition'' installment, ''A King's Line'', features [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfPlantagenet Edward I of England]] as a significant figure. Justified, as the game focuses heavily on Welsh history and makes mention of Edward's annexation of Wales.
* Practically the entire cast of ''VideoGame/JeanneDArc''.
* One of the secondary characters in ''VideoGame/KentuckyRouteZero'', Lula Chamberlain, was a real-life obscure installation artist from Kentucky.

* ''VideoGame/LegendOfAce'' features many {{Historical Domain Character}}s and mythological characters as heroes, ranging from Myth/KingArthur, [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Heracles]], [[UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo Hattori Masanari]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochizuki_Chiyome Mochizuki Chiyome]], [[UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar Achilles]], etc. However, it also features several niche characters who are nonetheless from real history itself, such as (such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakano_Takeko (Nakano) Takeko]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Oakley (Annie) Oakley]], [[UsefulNotes/WingChun Yim Wing Chun]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogier_the_Dane Ogier (the Dane)]], etc)

* ''VideoGame/LegendOfAce'' features many {{Historical Domain Character}}s and mythological characters as heroes, ranging from Myth/KingArthur, [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Heracles]], [[UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo Hattori Masanari]], [[[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochizuki_Chiyome Mochizuki Chiyome]], [[UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar Achilles]], etc. However, it also features several niche characters who are nonetheless from real history itself, such as (such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakano_Takeko (Nakano) Takeko]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Oakley (Annie) Oakley]], [[UsefulNotes/WingChun Yim Wing Chun]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogier_the_Dane Ogier (the Dane)]], etc)

* ''VideoGame/LegendOfAce'' features many {{Historical Domain Character}}s and mythological characters as heroes, ranging from UsefulNotes/KingArthur, [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Heracles]], [[UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo Hattori Masanari]], [[[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochizuki_Chiyome Mochizuki Chiyome]], [[UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar Achilles]], etc. However, it also features several niche characters who are nonetheless from real history itself, such as (such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakano_Takeko (Nakano) Takeko]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Oakley (Annie) Oakley]], [[UsefulNotes/WingChun Yim Wing Chun]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogier_the_Dane Ogier (the Dane)]], etc)

* The whole point of ''VideoGame/AkaSeka'' – a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover of virtually all periods of Japanese history. UsefulNotes/AbeNoSeimei, Prince Shōtoku, UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga, [[UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi Hijikata Toshizō]] and Akutagawa Ryūnosuke all hang out together? You bet!

* The majority of the cast in Creator/{{Koei|Tecmo}}'s ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' (based on ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', an epic detailing the [[UsefulNotes/ThreeKingdomsShuWeiWu Three Kingdoms period]] of ImperialChina) and ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' (based on Japan's UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod). Their crossover series, ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'', throws even more examples from Chinese and Japanese history into the pile, such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daji Da Ji,]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Ziya Taigong Wang,]] [[UsefulNotes/MinamotoNoYoshitsune Yoshitune Minamoto]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taira_no_Kiyomori Kiyomori Taira,]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himiko Himiko]] (debatably; see the ''VideoGame/{{Tomb Raider|2013}}'' example below for more details), [[UsefulNotes/MusashiboBenkei Benkei]], and [[UsefulNotes/AbeNoSeimei Seimei Abe]], along with ([[VideoGame/BladestormTheHundredYearsWar a version of]]) UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc and ([[VideoGame/WarriorsLegendsOfTroy a version of]]) [[UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar Achilles]].

** The game story's is kicked off when Irish-born seafarer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Adams_(pilot) William Adams]] [[note]][[AdaptationalNationality the historical Adams was English]][[/note]] has his [[GuardianEntity Guardian Spirit]] Saoirse captured by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Kelley Edward Kelley]] because of her ability to sense Amrita, golden stones that are abundant in Japan and sought out by [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Queen Elizabeth]]. [[note]]The first mission, which involves William escaping the Tower of London, features [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Derrick Derrick the Executioner]] as a WarmUpBoss, by the way.[[/note]] Guided to Japan by a MagicCompass left behind by Saoirse, William meets and befriends UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo, is given the suggestion to take up the name Anjin by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuroda_Yoshitaka Kuroda Kanbei,]] is brought into the employ of UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu (who historically gave William the name Miura Anjin when appointing the sailor as his retainer), and eventually is drawn into [[UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod the greater conflict]] between Ieyasu and UsefulNotes/IshidaMitsunari, all while Kelley schemes to [[spoiler:revive UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga--[[UnwantedRevival who is having none of it]] and goes back to the afterlife of his own accord after a brief scuffle with William]]. [[spoiler:Kelley himself is working for (and [[ArtificialHuman a creation of]]) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dee Sir John Dee,]] who William decides to confront at the very end of the game.]] This isn't even getting into all the side missions (ranging from helping [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachibana_Ginchiyo Tachibana Ginchiyo]] find a gift for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachibana_Muneshige her hubby]] to saving [[YoungFutureFamousPeople a young]] UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi from [[{{Youkai}} demonic hordes]] after the Battle of Sekigahara), the true identity of several bosses ([[spoiler:the Yuki-Onna and Ogress are, respectively, Nobunaga's wife [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nohime Lady Nō]] and Ieyasu's wife [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Tsukiyama Senahime,]] both resurrected by Kelley]]), or the HistoricalInJoke of [[spoiler:having UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide in hiding as the [[UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} onmyoji]] Tenkai (with his apprentice Fuku being [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Kasuga Lady Kasuga]] aka Saitō '''Fuku''', the daughter of one of his retainers)]].
** [[DownloadableContent DLC expansions]] see William return to Japan to prevent a possible rebellion by the [[UsefulNotes/DateMasamune Date clan]], battle against the forces of UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura in the Siege of Osaka, and finally [[spoiler:team up with Yukimura to take down [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yodo-dono Yodo-gimi,]] who is so embittered by her tragic upbringing and hatred of the Tokugawa that she's hoarding Amrita and unleashing all kinds of supernatural horrors upon the land]]. All of which is [[TheChessmaster orchestrated]] by [[spoiler:Lady Maria, a Spanish spy sent to procure Amrita while plunging Japan into a CivilWar]]. They are not an actual historical character, but instead [[CompositeCharacter loosely based upon]] [[spoiler:a fictional concubine/mistress of Masamune's bearing the same name from Mitsuteru Yokoyama's ''Date Masamune'' manga and Sohachi Yamaoka's ''Tokugawa Ieyasu'' novel]]--hence their first appearance in the story as [[spoiler:Masamune's foreign attendant]].
** ''VideoGame/Nioh2'' is[[spoiler:, [[StealthSequel for the most part]],]] a prequel focusing on the exploits of a younger ([[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain and still heroic]]) UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi, who is dead by the time of the original but has a VillainousLegacy carrying on into the narrative [[spoiler:much like Nobunaga]]. [[spoiler:The reality is a little more complicated: [[CollectiveIdentity "Toyotomi Hideyoshi" is an identity shared between two people]]. One half of this duo is the PlayerCharacter Hide, who is genuinely a good person. The other is their friend Kinoshita Tokichiro (a name the historical Hideyoshi went by when coming of age and serving the Imagawa clan), a PluckyComicRelief type whose ambition to become the shogun makes him an easy target for manipulation. This results in them becoming far more ruthless and cruel, going on to commit the various atrocities Hideyoshi is known for in the first game]]. Several other characters who were not present in ''Nioh'' (usually for [[PosthumousCharacter similar reasons]]) appear here, such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azai_Nagamasa Azai Nagamasa]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oichi Oichi,]] as do [[spoiler:younger versions of Nobunaga, Mitsuhide, and Nō]].

* In the Sierra city-building game ''VideoGame/{{Pharaoh}}'', you play your way through all of the ruling dynasties of ancient Egypt; this includes the final ruling house, the Ptolemies, if you add the expansion pack ''Cleopatra: Queen of Kings''.

* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowGatOutOfHell'' features Johnny Gat and Kinzie Kensington teaming up with some of the history's worst criminals: UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}}, UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and]]... Creator/WilliamShakespeare.

* ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings II'' has a lot of these, including the majority of characters that can be selected as your start character. Many even have Wikipedia links (or, in mods with fictional settings, links to the appropriate wiki) in their character pages. As gameplay [[ForWantOfANail diverges from history]] (generally after the first generation or two of your dynasty), there will be none left.