History HumansAreSpecial / VideoGames

** In the second game, aside from a sneak attack from Gomorrah at the start of the game, Bayonetta again walks all over angels and demons who get in her way. And like before, a human, this time the Masked Lumen [[spoiler:(a young Balder displaced in time)]], becomes her greatest enemy [[spoiler:at least until Loptr, literally a ''GodOfEvil'', proves himself a bigger threat. Even then, the person ultimately most responsible for derailing Loptr's plan is Luka, a ''completely normal human'' with a mere GrapplingHookPistol whose rescue of Loki from Loptr's clutches paves way to Loptr's downfall.]] One of Bayonetta's ally even spells out this trope in the climax:

** In ''Videogame/MassEffect3'', the Reapers have the ''perfect'' plan to exterminate all galactic sentience that they have executed possibly hundreds (or even thousands) of times (use a Reaper vanguard to open the citadel), but is foiled by humans. Then their backup plan (build a new Reaper [[LegoGenetics out of humans]] to open the Citadel) is also foiled by humans. Then their backup backup plan (in the Alpha Relay) is also foiled by humans. So they abandon their well-laid plans that have worked for ''millions'' of years and just ZergRush Earth. ''That'' is how much humanity has outright [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu pissed off]] the Reapers. Sure, you could capture the Citadel and use it's control over the relay network to cripple galactic transit, but humans are ''that'' much of a threat that they have to be eliminated first.

* In ''Sands of Salzaar'' by Han Squirrel Studio, humans uniquely have units that can upgrade to Tier 6 which is the highest tier possible. The mighty Giants and Arboreans ( a powerful race [[WhenTreesAttack of Ent expies]]) as well as every other monster and mundane animal can only reach at most Tier 5 (with many species not capable of reaching that height) and that requires being in a unit with a maximum number of members (so a unit of Tier 3 Lizard Men with only 2 members when first found, will need to combine with other units to reach their maximum membership of 5 to become Tier 5 Lizard Kings). The only other unit that can reach Tier 6 are dragons and demons. One caveat, the only humans that can reach Tier 6 outside of some very expensive mercenaries like the Agents, are from the 5 tribes of Akhal, Thur, Dhib, Dakn and Nasir. Additionally each of these tribal ultimate units are a unique outcome from an upgrade tree that creates various units branching off from the most basic starter, and you can only upgrade to a Tier 6 unit if you are least a governor with that faction. These ultimate units are the Akhal Vanguard Knight, the Thur Warmonger, the Dhib Beastmaster, the Dakn Shadow Apostle and the Nasir Crossbowman.

* In ''Sands of Salzaar'' by Han Squirrel Studio, humans uniquely have units that can upgrade to Tier 6 which is the highest tier possible. The mighty Giants and Arboreans ( a powerful race [[WhenTreesAttack of Ent expies]]) as well as every other monster and mundane animal can only reach at most Tier 5 (with many species not capable of reaching that height) and that requires being in a unit with a maximum number of members (so a unit of Tier 3 Lizard Men with only 2 members when first found, will need to combine with other units to reach their maximum membership of 5 to become Tier 5 Lizard Kings). The only other unit that can reach Tier 6 are dragons and those only have a single, albeit impressive, unit. One caveat, the only humans that can reach Tier 6 outside of some very expensive mercenaries like the Agents, are from the 5 tribes of Akhal, Thur, Dhib, Dakn and Nasir. Additionally each of these tribal ultimate units are a unique outcome from an upgrade tree that creates various units branching off from the most basic starter, and you can only upgrade to a Tier 6 unit if you are least a governor with that faction. These ultimate units are the Akhal Vanguard Knight, the Thur Warmonger, the Dhib Beastmaster, the Dakn Shadow Apostle and the Nasir Crossbowman.

* In ''Sands of Salzaar'' by Han Squirrel Studio, humans uniquely have units that can upgrade to Tier 6 which is the highest tier possible. The mighty Giants and Arboreans ( a powerful race [[WhenTreesAttack of Ent expies]]) as well as every other monster and mundane animal can only reach at most Tier 5 (with many species not capable of reaching that height) and that requires being in a unit with a maximum number of members (so a unit of Tier 3 Lizard Men with only 2 members when first found, will need to combine with other units to reach their maximum membership of 5 to become Tier 5 Lizard Kings). The only other unit that can reach Tier 6 are dragons and those only have a single, albeit impressive, unit. One caveat, the only humans that can reach Tier 6 are from the 5 tribes of Akhal, Thur, Dhib, Dakn and Nasir. Additionally each of these ultimate units are a unique outcome from an upgrade tree that creates various units branching off from the most basic starter, and you can only upgrade to a Tier 6 unit if you are least a governor with that faction. These ultimate units are the Akhal Vanguard Knight, the Thur Warmonger, the Dhib Beastmaster, the Dakn Shadow Apostle and the Nasir Crossbowman.

* In ''Sands of Salzaar'' by Han Squirrel Studio, humans uniquely have units that can upgrade to Tier 6 which is the highest tier possible. The mighty Giants and Arboreans ( a powerful race [[WhenTreesAttack of Ent expies]]) as well as every other monster and mundane animal can only reach at most Tier 5 (with many species not capable of reaching that height) and that requires being in a unit with a maximum number of members (so a unit of Lizard Men with only 2 members when first found, will need to combine with other units to reach their maximum membership of 5). One caveat, the only humans that can reach Tier 6 are from the 5 tribes of Akhal, Thur, Dhib, Dakn and Nasir. Additionally each of these ultimate units are a unique outcome from an upgrade tree that creates various units branching off from the most basic starter. These ultimate units are the Akhal Vanguard Knight, the Thur Warmonger, the Dhib Beastmaster, the Dakn Shadow Apostle and the Nasir Crossbowman.

** ''Literature/TheForerunnerSaga'' takes it even further: [[spoiler:Humanity was a major space-faring power back when the Forerunners were at their prime, and a combined Human-San'Shyuum (Prophet) alliance was able to drive back ''the Flood'' (though this is later subverted; the Flood just wanted to troll everyone). Humanity was also on the verge of understanding Precursor tech (the Precursors were... well, {{Precursors}} to the Forerunners), which had stumped the Forerunners for millenia. The only reason humanity isn't a [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Sufficiently Advanced Species]] is because their civilization fought a war against the Forerunners and lost (in part because humanity was also busy fighting the Flood); the victorious Forerunners de-evolved the losers and quarantined them all on their apparent homeworld of Earth, essentially "resetting" humanity's development.]] Holy... crap.

* Lucasarts' ''VideoGame/TheDig'' uses this trope. The aliens who AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence as immortal EnergyBeings eventually find that they are [[WhoWantsToLiveForever doomed to be mere observers for all time]] without physical bodies. They want to come back home, but can't find the way, and the only surviving alien is certain that if the humans open the gateway, they too will find themselves unable to tear themselves away from the beauty of Spacetime Six and ultimately be trapped as surely as the aliens were. Fortunately, Humans Are Special and have HeroicWillpower (or sheer bloody-minded stubbornness) that allows them to resist the siren's song and hold the gate open for the aliens' return.