History ShrinkingViolet / VideoGames

* Despite there being nobody around her[[note]][[ParanoiaFuel or is there?]][[/note]] Leta of ''VideoGame/WireLips'' exhibits this behavior.

** The Manakete Myrrh in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'': she's been sheltered and revered as a living goddess in Caer Pelyn her whole life and leaving home brings her quite the misfortune until she's rescued by Ephraim. Also the BigBad Lyon actually was this. It is heavily implied that he never had any friends because of his shy nature, that the Renais twins are his only friends. Uniquely, overlaps with PurpleIsPowerful. He is THE strongest mage in Magvel universe, bar none, yet his personality is still insecure, timid, and shy.
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' brings us Astrid, a sheltered noblewoman who, though she wants to prove herself, fits this quite perfectly, she even looks like [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hinata]]. Nephenee also fits this trope, though more because she's embarrassed about her strong country accent and unsure of how to talk to nobles, which makes both characters {{Ensemble Dark Horse}}s.

*** Cloud Strife in ''Final Fantasy VII VideoGame/CrisisCore'', as a gawky teenager with no self-esteem and one friend. The final scene shows him starting the story of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' - under the fake persona of a [[TallDarkAndSnarky glamorous, arrogant, jerk]] badass ProfessionalKiller who is always at the center of attention and doesn't ''need'' friends.

** Nitori Kawashiro from the game ''VideoGame/TouhouFuujinrokuMountainOfFaith''. Her first reaction to the player character? To run away.

** The Manakete Myrrh in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'': she's been sheltered and revered as a living goddess in Caer Pelyn her whole life and leaving home brings her quite the misfortune until she's rescued by Ephraim. Also the BigBad Lyon actually was this. It is heavily implied that he never have any friend because of his shy nature, that the Renais twins are his only friends. Uniquely, overlaps with PurpleIsPowerful. He is THE strongest mage in Magvel universe, bar none, yet his personality is still insecure, timid and shy.

*** The game also has [[TheEeyore Marianne]] von Edmund, who is so shy that members of her house comment that they've barely ever heard her speak. She's far more comfortable around animals than people and is usually found praying alone in the Cathedral. The reason for Marianne's shyness and withdrawn nature is [[spoiler: she is the bearer of the Crest of the Beast, which is said to bring misfortune to the Crest-bearer and anyone nearby. She stays away from everyone because she believes she will bring them suffering if she interacts with them and it's implied her birth parents either abandoned her when her Crest manifested or they were killed at some point.]] Marianne also heavily implies that she has depression, as she is withdrawn, clumsy and feels like a burden to everyone and even admits in her A-support with Byleth that pre-timeskip she used to pray to the Goddess to "take her away" before meeting Byleth and the other students and deciding she had something to live for.
* Arisu Kusunoki in ''[[VideoGame/GrimoireShiritsuGrimoireMahouGakuen Grimoire Private Magical School Academy]]'' is one of the more extreme example of the trope. One of the residents TokenMiniMoe, Is a ShyBlueHairedGirl with LonelyDollGirl. In fact, her speaking ability is barely function and has to relied on her [[MarionetteMaster magical]] [[LivingToys doll]] to do the talking most of the time. She is so bad at the even subtitle somehow manages to make it's harder to understand what she is trying to say! Though she starts to open up once she meet with the main character who also help her making friends. She still has a very hard time speaking however, fortunately she seem to texting just fine.
** Which get played [[BreakTheCutie tragically]]. One of a very few instants you get to hear her talk normally is an AlternateTimeline BadFuture, where she was already BrokenBird and borderline MadnessMantra.

*** There's Fuuka Yamagishi, the team's resident MissionControl, who has a school reputation for being frail, shy and easily bullied. She's actually much more resilient and headstrong than her reputation suggests, but when Junpei "CasanovaWannabe" Iori points out how developed she looks in a swimsuit, she can only manage a panicked, inarticulate squeak and quickly hides behind the other female party members in embarrassment.

*** In the initial start of the story, Yukiko Amagi is highly revered among her classmates and many people of Inaba for her beauty and status, but is uncomfortable whenever someone compliments her looks and doesn't think very highly of herself, feeling worthless. She depends on her childhood best friend Chie Satonaka to stick up for her and fend unwanted guys off who pressure her into going out with them to an extent that it becomes a crutch. As the game progresses and Yukiko obtains her Persona, she begins to gain the strength and self-confidence she needs to stand up for herself more.

*** In ''Royal'', we get a ''very'' literal case of this trope. Kasumi Yoshizawa is an elegant, friendly and cheerful gymnast that got a scholarship at Shujin for her near-perfect gymnast performances. Sounds nothing, right? Aside that [[spoiler:this ''isn't'' Kasumi Yoshizawa,]] that's [[spoiler:actually her depressed and inferior sister Sumire Yoshizawa, and "Sumire" is violet flowers in Japanese.]] Having [[spoiler:Kasumi help her for most of her life and accomplishing top gymnastic performance after top gymnastic performance while she can only be just above average at the sport has resulted in her zero self-esteem or self-confidence, as she believed that if she weren't Kasumi, she should probably just die. This eventually led to a traffic accident where she only survived when Kasumi took her place to be hit by traffic and died instead, which only furthered her suicidal depression even more, forcing her father to push her to Maruki and she requested him to turn her into a copy of Kasumi to artificially boost her nonexistent self-confidence and ego.]]

* Taurus Mask from ''VideoGame/TokyoAfterschoolSummoners''. While he has his mask on, he is a LargeHam professional wrestler that always screams his lines. But when he is seen without his mask and as his true self, Daisuke Ikusaba, he is incredibly nervous, barely able to hold conversations and constantly trying to find his mask to gain the confidence to speak.

* The remake of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' has [[BrainyBrunette Arc]] who is initially seen being bullied by children who appear to be ''younger'' than him and generally being being quiet and withdrawn. He [[CharacterDevelopment grows more confident]] over the course of the journey.

*** Cloud in ''Final Fantasy VII VideoGame/CrisisCore'', as a gawky teenager with no self-esteem and one friend. The final scene shows him starting the story of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' - under the fake persona of a [[TallDarkAndSnarky glamorous, arrogant, jerk]] badass ProfessionalKiller who is always at the centre of attention and doesn't ''need'' friends.
*** Tifa is a mild example, usually when it comes to Cloud.
** Male example: Vivi from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''.

* In the DatingSim ''Videogame/AlwaysRememberMe'', one of the {{love interest}}s is a shy, but cute guy who is more comfortable texting than speaking with the protagonist in person. He also blushes quite a bit around her, and is [[spoiler: the secret admirer sending her encouraging emails]].

* Mr. Lopez from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''.

** The Pegasus Knight Florina in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade]]'', since [[DoesNotLikeMen she's very scared of males]] (though she [[CharacterDevelopment grows out]] of this and can marry a very brash HotBlooded guy (or become the HeterosexualLifePartner of her ActionGirl best friend)). Also [[MysteriousWaif Ninian]], but due to her [[BreakTheCutie traumatic past and guilt issues]].

** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' brings us Astrid, a sheltered noblewoman who, though she wants to prove herself, fits this quite perfectly, she even looks like [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hinata]]. Nephenee also fits this trope, though more because she's embarrassed about her strong country accent and unsure of how to talk to nobles, which makes both characters [[EnsembleDarkHorse Ensemble Dark Horses.]]

* Chihaya from ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' is very much like this, overlapping a bit with SugarAndIcePersonality.

* Male example: Lucas from ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' prior to CharacterDevelopment.

** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'':

*** And possibly topping Fuuka is "Justice" social link NPC Chihiro Fushimi, the painfully shy student council treasurer who can't speak to any male character about anything at all without stammering. Completing her social link {{sidequest}} helps her get better, and reveals that she's also a (very mild) Type B {{tsundere}}. By ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', she's overcome her shyness enough to become StudentCouncilPresident.
*** And a third, surprising, example in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' is Akihiko Sanada. The team's SpiritedCompetitor and school boxing champion, most of the time he's an AloofBigBrother sort that most of the girls in the school [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys would love to date]] ...at least, until he actually tries to impress a girl, and falls into a nervous stammer. A character video late in the game shows him reading books in his room on how to talk to girls and trying, and failing, to rehearse a conversation without getting flustered. This is probably best exemplified by talking to him in Tartarus when playing as a female protagonist in a romance with him. Up to this point, Akihiko has consistently shown the ability to filter out distractions while fighting, even when emotions are running high. But when the female player merely ''speaks'' to him then, he's reduced to this: "Wh... What? Oh... sorry... I’m... kind of nervous... ...Don’t look at me too much."
** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'':

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'':
** Nitori Kawashiro from the game ''Mountain of Faith''. Her first reaction to the player character? To run away.
** Kisume from ''Subterranean Animism'' hides in a bucket out of shyness. She is so shy, most of the time she often outright refuses to show her face to people. The implication being that the head that peeks up from the bucket ''[[OffWithHisHead is not hers]]''... And, yes, in case you're wondering; her being an AxCrazy ShrinkingViolet ''is'' canon.

** White [[VirtualPet puffles]] are desribed by the Puffle Catalog as being shy and they're often prone to blushing.

* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona'':

** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'': In the initial start of the story, Yukiko Amagi is highly revered among her classmates and many people of Inaba for her beauty and status, but is uncomfortable whenever someone compliments her looks and doesn't think very highly of herself, feeling worthless. She depends on her childhood best friend Chie Satonaka to stick up for her and fend unwanted guys off who pressure her into going out with them to an extent that it becomes a crutch. As the game progresses and Yukiko obtains her Persona, she begins to gain the strength and self-confidence she needs to stand up for herself more.

* Male example: Vivi from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'':
** Cloud in ''Final Fantasy VII VideoGame/CrisisCore'', as a gawky teenager with no self-esteem and one friend. The final scene shows him starting the story of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' - under the fake persona of a [[TallDarkAndSnarky glamorous, arrogant, jerk]] badass ProfessionalKiller who is always at the centre of attention and doesn't ''need'' friends.
** Tifa is a mild example, usually when it comes to Cloud.
* Hope Esthiem from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''. Early on in the game, he was very cowardly until Vanille helped him come out of his shell. Come ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'', he has become a charismatic leader.

* ''VideoGame/Persona5'':
** Futaba Sakura, the Phantom Thieves' MissionControl is this. While she isn't a social skills butterfly to begin with, her mother being killed out of spite by [[spoiler:Shido in one of his many KickTheDog moments for the sole reason of seizing her research, who then scapegoats Futaba for her mother's death just made things worse.]]
** In ''Royal'', we get a ''very'' literal case of this trope. Kasumi Yoshizawa is an elegant, friendly and cheerful gymnast that got a scholarship at Shujin for her near-perfect gymnast performances. Sounds nothing, right? Aside that [[spoiler:this ''isn't'' Kasumi Yoshizawa,]] that's [[spoiler:actually her depressed and inferior sister Sumire Yoshizawa, and "Sumire" is violet flowers in Japanese.]] Having [[spoiler:Kasumi help her for most of her life and accomplishing top gymnastic performance after top gymnastic performance while she can only be just above average at the sport has resulted in her zero self-esteem or self-confidence, as she believed that if she weren't Kasumi, she should probably just die. This eventually led to a traffic accident where she only survived when Kasumi took her place to be hit by traffic and died instead, which only furthered her suicidal depression even more, forcing her father to push her to Maruki and she requested him to turn her into a copy of Kasumi to artificially boost her nonexistent self-confidence and ego.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'':
** There's Fuuka Yamagishi, the team's resident MissionControl, who has a school reputation for being frail, shy and easily bullied. She's actually much more resilient and headstrong than her reputation suggests, but when Junpei "CasanovaWannabe" Iori points out how developed she looks in a swimsuit, she can only manage a panicked, inarticulate squeak and quickly hides behind the other female party members in embarrassment.
** And possibly topping Fuuka is "Justice" social link NPC Chihiro Fushimi, the painfully shy student council treasurer who can't speak to any male character about anything at all without stammering. Completing her social link {{sidequest}} helps her get better, and reveals that she's also a (very mild) Type B {{tsundere}}. By ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', she's overcome her shyness enough to become StudentCouncilPresident.
** And a third, surprising, example in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' is Akihiko Sanada. The team's SpiritedCompetitor and school boxing champion, most of the time he's an AloofBigBrother sort that most of the girls in the school [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys would love to date]] ...at least, until he actually tries to impress a girl, and falls into a nervous stammer. A character video late in the game shows him reading books in his room on how to talk to girls and trying, and failing, to rehearse a conversation without getting flustered. This is probably best exemplified by talking to him in Tartarus when playing as a female protagonist in a romance with him. Up to this point, Akihiko has consistently shown the ability to filter out distractions while fighting, even when emotions are running high. But when the female player merely ''speaks'' to him then, he's reduced to this: "Wh... What? Oh... sorry... I’m... kind of nervous... ...Don’t look at me too much."
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'': In the initial start of the story, Yukiko Amagi is highly revered among her classmates and many people of Inaba for her beauty and status, but is uncomfortable whenever someone compliments her looks and doesn't think very highly of herself, feeling worthless. She depends on her childhood best friend Chie Satonaka to stick up for her and fend unwanted guys off who pressure her into going out with them to an extent that it becomes a crutch. As the game progresses and Yukiko obtains her Persona, she begins to gain the strength and self-confidence she needs to stand up for herself more.
** Ayane Matsunaga serves as another example of this trope within the game.

** The Mage Tinny in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Genealogy of the Holy War]]'', second generation, due to years of abuse and seeing her [[GenkiGirl genki mother]] Tiltyu [[BreakTheCutie completely broken]] [[spoiler: [[KillTheCutie and later dead]]]] due to it. Azel is a male version.
** The Pegasus Knight Florina in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword]]'', since [[DoesNotLikeMen she's very scared of males]] (though she [[CharacterDevelopment grows out]] of this and can marry a very brash HotBlooded guy (or become the HeterosexualLifePartner of her ActionGirl best friend)). Also [[MysteriousWaif Ninian]], but due to her [[BreakTheCutie traumatic past and guilt issues]].

** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Path of Radiance]]'' brings us Astrid, a sheltered noblewoman who, though she wants to prove herself, fits this quite perfectly, she even looks like [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hinata]]. Nephenee also fits this trope, though more because she's embarrassed about her strong country accent and unsure of how to talk to nobles, which makes both characters [[EnsembleDarkHorse Ensemble Dark Horses.]]

* Lammy from ''VideoGame/UmJammerLammy'' is a very shy, insecure girl. She appears utterly uncomfortable with talking to people with whom she isn't already acquainted, and she becomes stricken with anxiety when put on the spot or made the center of attention. Further evidence toward this comes in [[spoiler:when she flashes back to her and her band making the poster for their upcoming gig, specifically saying, "My picture doesn't have to stand out."]] [[HiddenBadass However, when she has her guitar, either with her or]] [[MagicFeather in her mind...]]

* In the DatingSim ''Videogame/AlwaysRememberMe'', one of the {{love interest}}s is a shy, but {{adorkable}} guy who is more comfortable texting than speaking with the protagonist in person. He also blushes quite a bit around her, and is [[spoiler: the secret admirer sending her encouraging emails]].

** In ''Royal'', we get a ''very'' literal case of this trope. Kasumi Yoshizawa is an elegant, friendly and cheerful gymnast that got a scholarship at Shujin for her near-perfect gymnast performances. Sounds nothing, right? Aside that [[spoiler:this ''isn't'' Kasumi Yoshizawa,]] that's [[spoiler:actually her depressed and inferior sister Sumire Yoshizawa, and "Sumire" is violet flowers in Japanese.]] Having [[spoiler:Kasumi help her for most of her life and accomplishing top gymnastic performance after top gymnastic performance while she can only be just above average at the sport has resulted in her zero self-esteem or self-confidence, as she believed that if she weren't Kasumi, she should probably just die. This eventually led to a traffic accident where she only survived when Kasumi took her place to be hit by traffic and died instead, which only furthered her suicidal depression even more, forcing her father to push her to Takuto and she requested him to turn her into a copy of Kasumi to artifically boost her nonexistent self-confidence and ego.]]

* Male example: Vivi from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''.
* The remake of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' has [[BrainyBrunette Arc]] who is initially seen being bullied by children who appear to be ''younger'' than him and generally being being quiet and withdrawn. He [[CharacterDevelopment grows more confident]] over the course of the journey.

* Laren the musician in Freddi Fish 5.
* Arisu Kusunoki in ''[[VideoGame/GrimoireShiritsuGrimoireMahouGakuen Grimoire Private Magical School Academy]]'' is one of the more extreme example of the trope. One of the residents TokenMiniMoe, Is a ShyBlueHairedGirl with LonelyDollGirl. In fact, her speaking ability is barely function and has to relied on her [[MarionetteMaster magical]] [[LivingToys doll]] to do the talking most of the time. She is so bad at the even subtitle somehow manages to make it's harder to understand what she is trying to say! Though she starts to open up once she meet with the main character who also help her making friends. She still has a very hard time speaking however, fortunately she seem to texting just fine.
** Which get played [[BreakTheCutie tragically]]. One of a very few instants you get to hear her talk normally is an AlternateTimeline BadFuture, where she was already BrokenBird and borderline MadnessMantra.

* Naminé in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2''. Less so in her final appearance, ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''.

* ''VideoGame/Persona5'':
** Futaba Sakura, the Phantom Thieves' MissionControl is this. While she isn't a social skills butterfly to begin with, her mother being killed out of spite by [[spoiler:Shido in one of his many KickTheDog moments for the sole reason of seizing her research, who then scapegoats Futaba for her mother's death just made things worse.]]
** In ''Royal'', we get a ''very'' literal case of this trope. Kasumi Yoshizawa is an elegant, friendly and cheerful gymnast that got a scholarship at Shujin for her near-perfect gymnast performances. Sounds nothing, right? Aside that [[spoiler:this ''isn't'' Kasumi Yoshizawa,]] that's [[spoiler:actually her depressed and inferior sister Sumire Yoshizawa, and "Sumire" is violet flowers in Japanese.]] Having [[spoiler:Kasumi help her for most of her life and accomplishing top gymnastic performance after top gymnastic performance while she can only be just above average at the sport has resulted in her zero self-esteem or self-confidence, as she believed that if she weren't Kasumi, she should probably just die. This eventually led to a traffic accident where she only survived when Kasumi took her place to be hit by traffic and died instead, which only furthered her suicidal depression even more, forcing her father to push her to Takuto and she requested him to turn her into a copy of Kasumi to artifically boost her nonexistent self-confidence and ego.]]

* Annie from ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' is a shy and fidgety shop owner. Luckily she has a loud, JerkAss partner in Moe.

** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Path of Radiance]]'' brings us Astrid, a sheltered noblewoman who, though she wants to prove herself, fits this quite perfectly, she even looks like [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hinata]]. Nephenee also fits this trope, which makes both characters [[EnsembleDarkHorse Ensemble Dark Horses.]]

** From ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', Bernadetta is an archer who shuts herself in her room during the player's free time when they're not teaching a class or attending a seminar. There is a reason why she's like this: Her father attempted to make her the perfect wife by tying her up on a chair and leave her there. He even discouraged her from making friends with anyone. Part of her CharacterDevelopment is to overcome this, and her epilogue with Byleth if married has her TookALevelInBadass by traveling with him to help fight against Those Who Slither In The Dark.

** In ''Royal'', we get a ''very'' literal case of this trope. Kasumi Yoshizawa is an elegant, friendly and cheerful gymnast that got a scholarship at Shujin for her near-perfect gymnast performances. Sounds nothing, right? Aside that [[spoiler:this ''isn't'' Kasumi Yoshizawa,]] that's [[spoiler:actually her depressed and inferior sister Sumire Yoshizawa, and "Sumire" is violet flowers in Japanese.]] Having [[spoiler:Kasumi help her for most of her life and accomplishing top gymnastic performance after top gymnastic performance while she can only be just above average at the sport has resulted in her zero self-esteem or self-confidence, as she believed that if she weren't Kasumi, she should probably just die. This eventually led to a traffic accident where she only survived when Kasumi took her place to be hit by traffic and died, which only furthered her suicidal depression even more, forcing her father to push her to Takuto and she requested him to turn her into a copy of Kasumi to artifically boost her nonexistent self-confidence and ego.]]

* Laren the musician in ''[[VideoGame/Freddi Fish 5]]''.

* Laren the musician in ''[[VideoGame/FreddiFish5:TheCaseoftheCreatureofCoralCove Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove]]''.

* Laren the musician in ''[[VideoGame/FreddiFish5:TheCaseoftheCreatureofCoralCove]]''.

* Laren the musician in ''[[VideoGame/Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove]]''.

* Laren the musician in ''[[Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove]].

** There's Fuuka Yamagishi, the team's resident MysteriousWaif and MissionControl, who has a school reputation for being frail, shy and easily bullied. She's actually much more resilient and headstrong than her reputation suggests, but when Junpei "CasanovaWannabe" Iori points out how developed she looks in a swimsuit, she can only manage a panicked, inarticulate squeak and quickly hides behind the other female party members in embarrassment.