History Ninja / VideoGames

* The very obscure ''VideoGame/ReturnOfTheNinja'' is a SpiritualSuccessor of ''Tenchu'' in UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor, having you sneak through stages to avoid the next screen being filled with mobs and losing rank points for being detected. A ShoutOut it makes to Tenchu comes in the cards you receive after completing the stages or trading with a friend, where some cards makes visual reference to tools you use in Tenchu.

* ''The Last Ninja'' series for the UsefulNotes/Commodore64 (with the second game later ported to the NES as just ''The Last Ninja'') centers on a ninja attempting to settle the score with an evil shogun.

* ''VideoGame/BlueArchive'': The three members of the Ninjutsu Research Club, especially Izuna and Michiru are great fans of the {{ninja}}. Their goal is to make the ninja famous.

* In ''VideoGame/Oni'', ninjas make up one of the Syndicate units you face. One of them is even sent in to steal a CD containing information on Konoko's past, and she spends a whole level chasing him down.

* Bang Shishigami from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is the SpiritualSuccessor of Chipp, though he's 100% 'Japanese' (as much as the setting allows it), and [[HighlyVisibleNinja twice as loud]]. And HotBlooded like hell.

* ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior'' features ninjas as basic {{mook}}s; unlike most ninjas, they wear nothing but pants and shoes and tend to use firearms, though they toss shurikens as well sometimes. They also seem prone to [[AteHisGun committing suicide]] for no reason. Some of them are almost invisible.
** Lo Wang himself is also a ninja, though he does not engage in much stealthy action in-game. The remake series, however, changes this, with the second game allowing Wang to go into stealth mode and deliver heavy damage with a single strike.

* Ever-present in Klei's VideoGame/MarkOfTheNinja. Often praised for being a particularly accurate depiction, as well.

* Yoshimitsu appears in both the ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' series and ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur]]'', though WordOfGod states they're two different characters. They are ''far away'' from the common depiction, however, acting more like Samurais on crack. ''[=Tekken's=]'' Yoshimitsu is a ninja thief who has become a full-time cyborg over time, while the one from the ''Soul'' series is [[TheFaceless the mysterious]] leader of a band of thieves, and [[LastOfHisKind the last survivor of an actual ninja clan]].

* The ''VideoGame/{{Shinobi}}'' series features hero Joe Musashi, who battles [[ConservationOfNinjutsu scores of enemy ninja]] in a variety of different situations, including while being on a ninja surfboard in the third game. Spin-off game ''Shadow Dancer'' starred Hayate as its heroic ninja, the [[VideoGame/Shinobi2002 PS2 reboot]] starred Hotsume, and second spin-off ''/VideoGame/NightshadeKunoichi'' has the kunoichi Hibana.

* The plot of ''VideoGame/GhostOfTsushima'' revolves around the samurai protagonist having to learn to fight like a ninja to repel a Mongol invasion. Many of the "ghost weapons" in the game resemble [[StockNinjaWeaponry classical ninja tools]], such as kunai, smoke bombs, and a blowgun with poison darts. The Ghost Armor set (which provides bonuses to stealth) resembles classical ninja garb. There is some downplaying since the actual words "ninja" or "shinobi" are never used - since the concept does not exist until the "Ghost" brings it all together.

* In the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series, [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Guy]] uses traditional ninjutsu with street fighting influences, [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Geki]] and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Ibuki]] fits the popular image of a ninja, [[VideoGame/StreetFighterV Zeku]] is a flashier ninja with some anime-inspired ninjutsu, and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Balrog / Vega / "Claw"]] mixes savate, and ninjutsu, with bullfighting influences (hence his nickname of the "Spanish Ninja").

* In the ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' series, [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Guy]] uses traditional ninjutsu with street fighting influences, [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Geki]] and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Ibuki]] fits the popular image of a ninja, [[VideoGame/StreetFighterV Zeku]] is a flashier ninja with some anime-inspired ninjutsu, and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Balrog / Vega / "Claw"]] mixes savate, and ninjutsu, with bullfighting influences (hence his nickname of the "Spanish Ninja").

* Sam Fisher in ''VideoGame/SplinterCell'' is repeatedly confused for one by guards. Might go to the point of a running gag as whenever the topic is brought up in conversation the other guard calls them an idiot saying they don't exist. Possibly played for laughs as interrogating a certain guard will prompt him to ask you to kill him with your blowpipe. At one point in the first game, Lambert explicitly refers to Sam as a "SIGINT Ninja".

* The Dark Templar of ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' are Alien Ninjas who can bend light to make themselves invisible.

* In the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' series, Espio the Chameleon, ever since the Chaotix crew's return in ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''. Complete with invisibility powers and giant shuriken.

*** Technically, only Scorpion is a ninja. Sub-Zero, Noob Saibot, Cyrax, Sektor, Smoke, and Frost all belong to the [[AluminumChristmasTrees Lin Kuei]]. Jade is Kitana's bodyguard, who is a princess, and Mileena is a clone, both of whom would likely be trained in some form of self defense. Rain, also royalty, is also likely trained in self defense and Reptile is another bodyguard. Ermac might count just from the sheer amount of souls he is made with, probability might dictate one of them was a ninja in life. Most of them are made fairly moot anyways, as only Scorpion and the Lin Kuei are from Earthrealm.

* ''[[Creator/{{Cactus}} Shotgun Ninja]]'', as the title would imply, stars a ninja whose WeaponOfChoice is a [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotgun]] and grenades. As for ninja abilities, he can wall-jump and hang from the ceiling.

* The Shinobi from ''VideoGame/ForHonor'' is explicitly a Ninja, a member of a secret order that was hidden in the Myre until the ongoing ForeverWar brought them back into the open. Appropriately, their WeaponOfChoice is the [[SinisterScythe Kusarigama]], which can be used to pull enemies down for attack openings. According to the lore, the Shinobi taught some of their secrets to the Orochi, who are something of a SamuraiShinobi.

* The village of Mizuho in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' and [[spoiler:its successor]] the village of Japoni from ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' are hidden ninja villages. [[AbsoluteCleavage Sheena]], one of your party members, is from the former, and in the remake of ''Phantasia'', you can get Suzu in your party from the latter.