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* The Rabbids from ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' series, and ''VideoGame/RavingRabbids'' tend to have their blue eyes turn red whenever they experience strong emotions and let out their signature scream.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Hoa}}'' allows you to come across a deactivated robot in the factory ruins, whose eyes are initially pale yellow as it wakes up and talks to you, informing you about what happened in the past and some exposition. But then, the machine meant for activating said robot suddenly tilts, the robot's eyes turns red... said robot only managed to blurt out "Run!" before it goes amok since its defense mechanism is now operational, and you must flee from the KillerRobot.
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** Tianhuo has red eyes with slitted pupils. Though she's one of the good guys, she's the Captain of the Guard [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking for a reason.]]

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* ''VideoGame/{{Motherload}}'': Your boss, Mr. Natas, has subtly red eyes which can be seen when speaking to you on the transmission screen. They are one of two signs that your boss may have more skeletons in his closet than he lets on, the other being how [[LouisCypher his last name is spelt backwards]].
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** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage'', [[spoiler:Veyle]] has these, but [[spoiler:only when her [[JekyllAndHyde evil]] SplitPersonality is in control.]]
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* ''VideoGame/BangOnBallsChronicles'': [[BigBad Bob Boss]]' {{Faceship}} in the Cold Race to Space level has prominent glowing red eyes. When you're spotted by them, the ship sends out aliens to attack you.

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** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', activating the Warrior skill "Inner Beast" gives the player glowing red eyes. InUniverse, those who use the Warrior's skills without proper discipline will end up in this situation and need to be [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan brought back down to reality]].

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** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', activating ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''.
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the Warrior skill "Inner Beast" gives the player glowing red eyes. InUniverse, those who use the Warrior's skills without proper discipline will end up in this situation succumb to the 'beast within' (signified by the glowing red eyes) and need to be [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan brought back down to reality]].reality]].
*** Most people under the thrall of the elder primal Bahamut have glowing red eyes as a giveaway of their tempering. [[spoiler:In the Coils of Bahamut, this is shown on Nael van Darnus and Louisiox Leveilleur; in the Shadowbringers weapon quests, it's also seen on Cid's father, Midas nan Garlond, in one of Cid's flashbacks.]]
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* ''VideoGame/PAYDAY3'' does this with security cameras - red lights around the lense indicate the camera is active and capable of detecting heisters, whilst blue lights indicate the camera's been hacked and no lights at all indicate its been disabled.
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* ''VideoGame/DiceyDungeons'': While Lady Luck's irises are normally solid black, they turn bright red when she's ''fuming'' over [[spoiler:the Jester's defection]].
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* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'':
** Ragna The Bloodedge has one red eye as a side-effect of merging with the titular ArtifactOfDoom.

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* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'':
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** Ragna The the Bloodedge has one red eye as a side-effect of merging with the titular ArtifactOfDoom.
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*** Tifa Lockhart [[http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff334/BloodShot_2142/TifaAfter.jpg has blood red eyes]]... and she's one of the most loyal and endearing characters in the game so the whole "evil part" of this trope is lost on her, though [[BoobsOfSteel physically]] Tifa's the strongest female in the game so still very dangerous. But really her eyes are red just to contrast to her {{Love Interest|s}} Cloud's Mako infused [[IcyBlueEyes blue eyes]]. Tifa's eyes are only red in the original game [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcT3d1Y25OttlAxVrk0EKFw6NDDX4LNClmRbAn0AvPFVVIS3cIyU and the remake]], other portrayals give her less striking brown/black eyes.

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*** Tifa Lockhart [[http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff334/BloodShot_2142/TifaAfter.jpg has blood red eyes]]... and she's one of the most loyal and endearing characters in the game so the whole "evil part" of this trope is lost on her, though [[BoobsOfSteel physically]] Tifa's physically the strongest female in the game so still very dangerous. But really her eyes are red just to contrast to her {{Love Interest|s}} Cloud's Mako infused [[IcyBlueEyes blue eyes]]. Tifa's eyes are only red in the original game [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcT3d1Y25OttlAxVrk0EKFw6NDDX4LNClmRbAn0AvPFVVIS3cIyU and the remake]], other portrayals give her less striking brown/black eyes.
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* Ashley from the ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series generally has red eyes, though her ''Game & Wario'' design gives her pupils that default to completely black (a consequence of the game's general art style) and turn red when she's casting magic or angry. They go back to being constantly red in ''[=WarioWare=] Gold''.

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* Ashley from the ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series generally has red eyes, though her ''Game & Wario'' ''VideoGame/GameAndWario'' design gives her pupils that default to completely black (a consequence of the game's general art style) and turn red when she's casting magic or angry. They go back to being constantly red in ''[=WarioWare=] Gold''.''VideoGame/WarioWareGold''.
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* In ''VideoGame/OctopathTravelerII'', [[spoiler:The Voice]] has glowing red eyes when it shows up in person. [[spoiler:It's a manifestation of [[TheArchmage D'arquest's]] powers and is constantly goading members of Clan Ku to commit excessive amounts of bloodshed.]]

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* In ''VideoGame/OctopathTravelerII'', [[spoiler:The Voice]] has glowing red eyes when it shows up in person. [[spoiler:It's a manifestation of [[TheArchmage D'arquest's]] powers and is constantly goading members of Clan Ku to commit excessive amounts of bloodshed.]]]] Especially notable since it [[spoiler:otherwise looks identical to its current "host," just with red eyes instead]].
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* In ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'', the Valkyrie Rita Rossweisse has eyes that are the same deep, dark red as the roses on her Umbral Rose battlesuit. This, combined with her [[PeekABangs left eye being covered by her hair]], are two visual cues that she's not on the same side as the other Valkyries, which becomes evident in chs. 8 and 9 of the game's Story mode where she's introduced as the covert agent and assassin of the game's BigBad.

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* In ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'', the Valkyrie Rita Rossweisse has eyes that are the same deep, dark red as the roses on her Umbral Rose battlesuit. This, combined with her [[PeekABangs left eye being covered by her hair]], hair, are two visual cues that she's not on the same side as the other Valkyries, which becomes evident in chs. 8 and 9 of the game's Story mode where she's introduced as the covert agent and assassin of the game's BigBad.
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* ''Lingo Legend Language Learning'' describes an animated tree stump thusly:
-->It had ''red eyes'', so I knew it was evil. Evil things always have ''red eyes''.
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* ''VideoGame/BloonsTowerDefense'' series:
** The Dark Sun Temple from ''5'' and ''Monkey City'', Supermonkey's Dark Sun God transformation in ''VideoGame/BloonsAdventureTimeTD'' and Vengeful True Sun God in ''6'' have a dark color and glowing red eyes, and they are extremely powerful towers. Additionally, the hero Adora will also become dark-colored with red eyes when she is present and the VTSG is created.
** In ''4'', the BFB has red glowing eyes, and they're the highest-ranked bloon in that game.
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* Yvon from ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'' has bright red eyes, which get some minor attention in Cyrus's third chapter. He's already an [[{{Jerkass}} unpleasant]] DeanBitterman in his first appearance, and he turns out to be one of Cyrus's main antagonists. It's implied that his eyes are red specifically because he's been studying forbidden magic.
* In ''VideoGame/OctopathTravelerII'', [[spoiler:The Voice]] has glowing red eyes when it shows up in person. [[spoiler:It's a manifestation of [[TheArchmage D'arquest's]] powers and is constantly goading members of Clan Ku to commit excessive amounts of bloodshed.]]
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** The [[ArtifactOfDoom Dark Star]] from ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', which is capable of covering the whole world in darkness, has red eyes. [[spoiler:Fawful also gains red eyes after absorbing some of its power.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/GutsNBlackpowder'', the [[FragileSpeedster runners]] have red eyes.

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* In ''VideoGame/GutsNBlackpowder'', the [[FragileSpeedster runners]] have glowing red eyes.eyes. It could be a hint that the outbreak is supernatural in nature.
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* In ''VideoGame/GutsNBlackpowder'', the [[FragileSpeedster runners]] have red eyes.
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* In the first ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'', the Black Moon does this on Noah [[TheRealRemingtonSteele (or so we think)]] gets once it performs the VillainOverride. Inverted for Vanilla among the heroes, as she has red eyes but is the most harmless and helpful member of the Angel Wing.
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* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'': As part of their EvilCostumeSwitch and [[ReforgedIntoAMinion subsequent transformation]] into the Netherrealm's PraetorianGuard, the heroes that were killed off at the end of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2011'' and turned into brainwashed revenants by Quan Chi and Shinnok sport reddish-orange eyes.

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* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'': As part of their EvilCostumeSwitch and [[ReforgedIntoAMinion subsequent transformation]] into the Netherrealm's PraetorianGuard, the heroes that were killed off at the end of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2011'' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' and turned into brainwashed revenants by Quan Chi and Shinnok sport reddish-orange eyes.

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* Some monsters in the ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' franchise have them. The most notable being the Nargacuga, whose eyes turn glowing red when in rage mode.
** In ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld'', any creature controlled by a [[Franchise/TheWitcher Leshen]] will have glowing red eyes.

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* Some monsters in the ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' franchise have them. The most notable being the Nargacuga, whose eyes turn glowing red when in rage mode.
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* Notorious ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}}'' hacker, “Bloxwatch”, would ip ban players if they got to close to it in its red eyed form.

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* Notorious ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}}'' hacker, urban legend, “Bloxwatch”, would ip IP ban players if they got to close to it in its red eyed red-eyed form.
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* Notorious ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}}'' hacker, “Bloxwatch”, would ip ban players if they got to close to him in its red eyed form.

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* Notorious ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}}'' hacker, “Bloxwatch”, would ip ban players if they got to close to him it in its red eyed form.
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* ''VideoGame/LieOfCaelum'': The first half of Kyou's duel with Kenzo is a HopelessBossFight, since Kenzo uses Heal Jammer to prevent Kyou from using healing items while he's free to use them on himself. However, Kyou gets a sudden power up that turns his eyes red and allows him to dodge all of Kenzo's attacks. This is revealed to be the fully unlocked power of Kyou's 6th Eye, but this mode also makes him more willing to kill enemies.
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* In ''VideoGame/ChildOfLight'', [[spoiler:Norah]]'s eyes change color from brown to a dull red after [[spoiler:she tricks Aurora into entering the tampered MagicMirror to the Forgotten Tower and reveals her true, evil nature to her]].

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* In ''VideoGame/ChildOfLight'', [[spoiler:Norah]]'s [[EyeColorChange eyes change color color]] from brown to a dull red after [[spoiler:she tricks Aurora into entering the tampered MagicMirror to the Forgotten Tower and reveals her true, evil nature to her]].
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* ''VideoGame/TheTakeOver'': [[spoiler:In the Bad Ending, a heartbroken [[MissingChild Vanessa]] comes to the conclusion that her adopted parents have abandoned her. It ends with her eyes being opened, showing glowing red eyes.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/ChildOfLight'', [[spoiler:Norah's eyes change from brown to a dull red after she tricks Aurora into entering the tampered MagicMirror to the Forgotten Tower and reveals her true, evil nature to her]].

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