History TarotMotifs / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean'' had the major arcana appear as a usable magnus. One magnus, received as the reward for completing the star map, would cycle between all 22. It makes sense seeing as how cards were the impetus for all battling in the game, anyway.

** Several of the Major Arcana cards are represented by the [[IncrediblyLamePun Taruit cards]] used in a sidequest in Jeuno.

* All of the boss monsters in the ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' series excluding those in ''Overkill'' are named after Major Arcana cards. As of ''Scarlet Dawn'', only the Devil has been left unused. The Magician, Emperor, Wheel of Fortune, World, and Moon are especially important, serving as the final bosses. Respectively, they use fire, shapeshifting, electricity, ice, and wind to attack the player, so in a sense, they symbolize the elements. Now, all we need is a final boss that symbolizes earth. Also, some of the bosses are supposed to be the reverse arcana.

* The Four Masks in ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' are based on four Minor Arcana of tarot, and are of the appropriate element for their suit. They're little-developed, so it's hard to say if they have the right personalities, unfortunately. As they're also evil, it features crossover with FourIsDeath.
** Also, Lucia in ''Shadow Hearts: Covenant'' can utilize tarot cards as a special attack. True to tarot form, the cards have a chance of being "reversed" and applying their effects in manners that don't favor the party, so it's a gamble to use her tarots in a serious battle.

** In its predecessor, ''[[VideoGame/{{Boktai}} Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django]]'', also featured them. There were also several Tarot cards needed to progress through the game.

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' has Dante and Lucia searching for four MacGuffin artifacts called the Arcana, which are named for the Italian names of the four minor tarot suits: Medaglia (coins/disks/medals), Spada (swords), Calice (cups), and Bastone (wands/staffs/batons).

** The sidequest "Fool On The Hill" tasks [[PlayerCharacter V]] and [[{{Deuteragonist}} Johnny]] with finding graffiti strewn around Night City that represents all the major arcana. The places where you can find them usually tie them to a character or event from the main story that's nearby. The endings are also named after different major arcana. Like ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona'' below, the PlayerCharacter V is represented by the Fool arcana to represent their journey, but with the added twist of making each character (due to the setting's nature as a CrapsackWorld) embody the arcana and their reversed meanings simultaneously.
-->'''[[PerkyGoth Misty]]:''' The Magician. A person of great talent and charisma, a leader...\\

* In ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'', you can visit a band of gypsies after you rescue one of them. The old woman will read your fortune periodically. The cards will vary depending on what point you are in the story as well as some minor tweaks based on which class you are. They added one card, the void - a pure black card that represents the EldritchAbomination Avoozil; it basically marks the end of reliable prediction and freaks the gypsy out severely that it keeps coming up.
** There were six other cards besides, each representing a piece of Avoozil; bones, blood, breath, senses, heart, and essence. These only show up in the very last reading, when you learn [[spoiler: where to find the spell scrolls that allow you to summon the body parts of Avoozil.]]

* In ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'', you can visit a band of gypsies after you rescue one of them. The old woman will read your fortune periodically. The cards will vary depending on what point you are in the story as well as some minor tweaks based on which class you are. They added one card, the void - a pure black card that represents the EldritchAbomination; it basically marks the end of reliable prediction and freaks the gypsy out severely that it keeps coming up.
** There were six other cards besides, each representing a piece of the EldritchAbomination: bones, blood, breath, senses, heart, and essence. These only show up in the very last reading, when you learn [[spoiler: where to find the spell scrolls that allow you to summon the body parts of said Abomination.]]

** ''VideoGame/Persona3'': The Sword, Cup, Wand and Coin cards appear during Shuffle Time afte battle: Sword gives you a weapon, Cup heals you, Wand increases your EXP, and Coin gives you money. The LevelUpAtIntimacy5 "Social Link" system has you play VisualNovel vignettes with [=NPC=]s placed into one of the Major Arcana to boost the power of Personas from that Arcana, with the Protagonist as "The Fool". The {{Boss Battle}}s correspond to the reverse form of the first 13 Arcana, "The Fool's Journey" that serves as a metaphor for the journey through life. The FinalBoss has 13 phases connected to each leg of "The Fool's Journey." The game's central theme, "Momento Mori" / "Remember you are mortal, remember you will die" reflects the Death Arcana, also the arcana of [[MrExposition your source for plot exposition]], Pharos. ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 3 FES]]'' adds the Aeon (the Thoth version of Judgment) Arcana, tied to existing character Aigis.

* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'':

* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
** In ''Embodiement of Scarlet Devil'' there's [[NinjaMaid Sakuya Izayoi]], ZUN's tribute to Dio Brando, who, as he does, has an attack called "The World", and some variants of it "Sakuya's World/Deflation World".
** ''Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom'' also gave us Sagume Kishin, whose tarot motif is the reversed Wheel of Fortune (which is also the title of her theme). That's to say, external forces woking in one's opposition. Sagume's "power" is that the Universe itself will oppose everything she says.

* In ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'', you can visit a band of gypsies after you rescue one of them. The old woman will read your fortune periodically. The cards will vary depending on what point you are in the story as well as some minor tweaks based on which class you are. They added one card, the void - a pure black card that represents the EldritchAbomination; it basically marks the end of reliable prediction and freaks the gypsy out severely that it keeps coming up.
** There were six other cards besides, each representing a piece of the EldritchAbomination: bones, blood, breath, senses, heart, and essence. These only show up in the very last reading, when you learn [[spoiler: where to find the spell scrolls that allow you to summon the body parts of said Abomination.]]
* ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'' has you encounter a gypsy woman who will read Guybrush's fortune five times. Each time the fortune consists of a single Death card. Guybrush asserts that the Death card is merely a representation of change, but the gypsy insists that in this case, it is not. You are going to die. [[spoiler: Which is true, as you fake your death shortly after that. Several times, although maybe not five.]] Later, you use those five Death cards to cheat at poker.
--> '''Guybrush''': "I've got five Death cards. That can't be good."
* Tarot cards are used as expository/recap devices in ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland''. They actually invented new ones (all modeled on the Major Arcana, of course), e.g. "The Plague" and "The Sacrifice."
* ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier'' had a whole school of magic based off the Tarot, called Arcane Magic. It had four basic spells based on the minor arcana (with Shields instead of Wands), and a handful of major arcana including The Tower as the most powerful direct damage spell in the game.
* Almost every character in ''VideoGame/MagicalDrop'' is based directly on one of the Major Arcana. Exactly how close they are to the actual card depends on the character -- the Empress is nearly perfect, embodying the positive and negative maternal aspects of the card, with a Dominatrix EvilOverlord persona and a kind, nurturing, saintly one -- the plot of the second game revolves around freeing her from being stuck permanently in the former persona. The Lovers, on the other hand, is a five-year-old girl who rides around on a pig -- try figuring that one out. Notably, they actually corrected a mistake between games. In ''Magical Drop 2'', Strength was a huge, villainous, and male bruiser... which is the exact opposite of everything the card represents, so for 3, his virtuous and courageous tomboy daughter ended up taking his place. And last but not least, we have The World, who is not only MsFanservice, but, ironically enough, the ribbon that [[MagicSkirt strategically covers her]] takes away from a more accurate representation.
* All of the boss monsters in the ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' series excluding those in ''Overkill'' are named after Major Arcana cards. As of ''Scarlet Dawn'', only the Devil has been left unused. The Magician, Emperor, Wheel of Fortune, World, and Moon are especially important, serving as the final bosses. Respectively, they use fire, shapeshifting, electricity, ice, and wind to attack the player, so in a sense, they symbolize the elements. Now, all we need is a final boss that symbolizes earth. Also, some of the bosses are supposed to be the reverse arcana.
* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'': Every Demon, Shadow, and Persona belong to one of the 21-odd Major Arcana. Depending on the game, numerous characters belong to a Major Arcana as well.
** One recurring theme is that every main character from ''3'' on is represented by the Fool Arcana, the start of a journey and infinite possibilities. This power, called the Wild Card, is why the main characters can use more than one Persona while every other Persona user in this continuity has only one (unlike the original continuity where every playable character wielded multiple Personae).
** ''VideoGame/Persona2'': Features the Minor Arcana as hidden Personae that can only be acquired thorugh mutation.
** ''VideoGame/Persona3'': The Sword, Cup, Wand and Coin cards appear during Shuffle Time afte battle: Sword gives you a weapon, Cup heals you, Wand increases your EXP, and Coin gives you money. The LevelUpAtIntimacy5 "Social Link" system has you play VisualNovel vignettes with [=NPC=]s placed into one of the Major Arcana to boost the power of Personas from that Arcana, with the Protagonist as "The Fool". The {{Boss Battle}}s correspond to the reverse form of the first 13 Arcana, "The Fool's Journey" that serves as a metaphor for the journey through life. The FinalBoss has 13 phases connected to each leg of "The Fool's Journey." The game's central theme, "Momento Mori" / "Remember you are mortal, remember you will die" reflects the Death Arcana, also the arcana of [[MrExposition your source for plot exposition]], Pharos. ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 3 FES]]'' adds the Aeon (the Thoth version of Judgment) Arcana, tied to existing character Aigis.
** ''VideoGame/Persona4'': The "Social Link" system again splits major [=NPC=]s between the Major Arcana, with the Protagonist as "The Fool". Your party members summon their Personae by crushing a fiery copy of their respective Tarot card. Shadow Selves are also the reverse position of your party members' Arcana. The villains are representative of the reverse form of that Arcana as well: [[spoiler:Mitsuo Kubo's Shadow (The Hermit), Taro Namatame (Justice), and Tohru Adachi (The Fool)]]. The game's central theme, "Reach Out for the Truth," reflects the Star Arcana, also the arcana of [[MrExposition your source for plot exposition]], Teddie. ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 4 Golden]]'' introduces a new character tied to the Aeon Arcana, and also adds a new link and Arcana -- Jester (parallel of The Fool) and Hunger (Thoth version of Strength) Arcana -- tied to another existing character, as well as the Minor Arcana during Shuffle Time just like in ''3''.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'': The "Confidant" system splits major [=NPC=]s between the Major Arcana now, while the Minor Arcana are no longer present as a game mechanic, only briefly covered in a lecture. The game also uses the traditional French [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot_of_Marseilles Tarot of Marseilles]]. The game's central theme, "Tricksters," reflects the Magician Arcana, also the arcana of [[MrExposition your source for plot exposition]], Morgana. Its UpdatedRerelease ''Persona 5 Royal'' adds new characters of the Faith Arcana (from the Visconti-Sforza deck) and Councillor (the Magician from the Spanish El Gran Tarot Esoterico deck).
** In ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' and ''VideoGame/PersonaQ2NewCinemaLabyrinth'', only Personae are classified by Arcana and the Shadows (which are generic Arcana Shadows) or other enemies are not given any Arcanas. Still, the characters there appear to display some sort of Tarot-based motifs, particularly of the reverse kind.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' tones it down by removing the Social Link/Confidant system, though the two new playable characters are identified to be of the Hope (also from the Visconti-Sforza deck) and Apostle (The Thoth Deck's Hierophant) Arcana. The antagonists also show some reversed tarot motifs.
* Tarot cards are used as magic spells in ''VideoGame/OgreBattle''. They return in ''VideoGame/TacticsOgre'' as collectible items that can increase stats. There's a gameplay element called The Chariot, that allows you to undo turns and The World which allows you to play different parts of the story's timeline. The cards appear important to the game's world as destiny is referred to as "The Wheel".
* ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' features tarot cards as part of its final puzzle to access the final boss. This includes an original card called "The Eye of the Night", labeled XXII and depicting an eye in the night sky, apparently meant to represent the mysterious god worshipped by the cult. A memo you find claims that the Major Arcana correspond to the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, with the Eye of the Night being a forgotten sound that was taboo because it represented God. All of the Major Arcana, including the Eye of Night, are also used as page headers in the Book of Lost Memories.
* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'' has an equippable ring for each of the Major Arcana. Some of them just increased stats, while others had special effects: The Sun and Moon rings, for example, increased most stats only during the day or night, respectively, and The World cut your MP consumption in half. The most notable one is Death (found in the Clock Tower, which is appropriately where you fight the real Death), which ramps up your stats in exchange for making Shanoa a OneHitPointWonder.
* The Four Masks in ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' are based on four Minor Arcana of tarot, and are of the appropriate element for their suit. They're little-developed, so it's hard to say if they have the right personalities, unfortunately. As they're also evil, it features crossover with FourIsDeath.
** Also, Lucia in ''Shadow Hearts: Covenant'' can utilize tarot cards as a special attack. True to tarot form, the cards have a chance of being "reversed" and applying their effects in manners that don't favor the party, so it's a gamble to use her tarots in a serious battle.
* ''VideoGame/TheFoolsErrand'' takes place in the land of Tarot, with characters and settings based on the Rider-Waite deck.

* The online text game ''[[VideoGame/{{Achaea}} Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands]]'' has a skill named Tarot which both Jesters and Occultists have. It allows them to inscribe blank cards with tarot symbols and actually use them as weapons; each card's use is based somewhat on the symbol inscribed. For example, Priestess restores health, Magician restores mana, Universe (a different translation of World) lets you move around the world quickly, Hanged Man lets you bind opponents with ropes, Hermit can return you to a room that no one is in, etc.

* In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', the Gears used by [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Elly's squad]] are named after the suits of the Minor Arcana. Only Sword Knight and Wand Knight kept their names in the English version, with Shield Knight changed to Aegis Knight and Cup Knight changed to Claw Knight.
* In ''VideoGame/ManaKhemiaAlchemistsOfAlRevis'', Roxis fights using tarot-like cards, both as flung projectiles, stringing them together like a whip, and by channeling their power.
* [[http://www.atlus.com/baroque/ps2/ikei/index.htm The Meta-Beings]] in ''VideoGame/{{Baroque}}'' are based on and named after each Major Arcana (with the exception of Glue). While the main enemies are themed after the Major Arcana, the last four boss-level enemies are themed after the four Minor Arcana - Cups, Swords, Wands and Coins.
** Each enemy has a chance to drop an Idea Sephirah (their core), which is named after their respective card. The fish type enemy, Moon, drops the Moon Idea Sephirah, while the Gliro, a red monkey-like enemy, drops the Devil Idea Sephirah, and so on. A full list can be found [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/937839-baroque/faqs/52418 here]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' has the Cardians - magically animated soldiers used to defend Windurst, though a number of them have gone rogue. While the loyal Cardians use the standard suits from a deck of playing cards, rogue Cardians instead use the Minor Arcana suits. Also, considering that rogue Cardians may drop their namesake card when defeated, it is possible for a player to collect a full set of the Minor Arcana (though doing so is both time and inventory consuming, especially considering that the high rank cards are notorious monsters of frightening power.)
** Several of the Major Arcana cards are represented by the [[IncrediblyLamePun Taruit cards]] used in a sidequest in Jeuno.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has the Astrologian job that uses a set of eight made-up arcana which originally gave different effects (buffs for the "major" arcana, and direct effects for the "minor"): The Bole (defense), the Arrow (cast speed), the Spire (TP regen), the Balance (damage), the Spear (critical hit rate), the Ewer (MP regen), the Lord of Crowns (deals damage to an enemy), and the Lady of Crowns (heals an ally's HP). ''Shadowbringers'' changed all of them to a damage up buff, but associated each card with both a role (Melee/Tank or Ranged/Healer) for whom the effect is greater and a seal (Sun, Moon, or Stars) used to empower a party-wide damage buff.
* The 'Magic Pack' optional minor expansion in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' includes a special power allowing players to give other players a random, long-lasting Tarot themed buff. Not all of the Major Arcana are represented, but all of them use existing characters, objects and organisations in the game to represent the cards.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'' has Meena, a fortune-teller who can use a deck of Tarot cards in-battle for various effects. The only negative one, though, is The Fool, which results in a TotalPartyKill.
* ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean'' had the major arcana appear as a usable magnus. One magnus, received as the reward for completing the star map, would cycle between all 22. It makes sense seeing as how cards were the impetus for all battling in the game, anyway.
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Boktai}} Lunar Knights]]'' has several Major Arcana cards as consumable items.
** In its predecessor, ''[[VideoGame/{{Boktai}} Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django]]'', also featured them. There were also several Tarot cards needed to progress through the game.
* In ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'', a particular dungeon's major puzzle is based around the various tarot cards.
* ''VideoGame/Genesis2009'', a flash game, has tarot motifs as summonings.
* ''VideoGame/HyperLightDrifter'' is a NamelessNarrative with only [[SilenceIsGolden non-verbal communication]], but the [[AllThereInTheManual official names]] of several characters and bosses are drawn from Major Arcana, most importantly [[BigBad Judgment]].
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', all but four of Luxord's twenty-four weapons are named after the Major Arcana. The two that are missing are "Judgement" and "Wheel of Fortune." The four non-Tarot cards are Fair Game (his weapon in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''), The Joker, Finest Fantasy 13 (Called Ultimate Illusion XIII in Japan), and High Roller's Secret.
* In a popular mod for the fourth installation of the ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'' game series, ''Fall From Heaven II'', there is a funny on-the-side minigame, Somnium, which is played with a deck of 54 cards; 3-7 in ten suits (Angels, Devils, Pentacles, Staves, Suns, Moons, Towers, Dragons, Swords, and Cups) as well as three "Fool" cards and a "Death" card. The objective of the game is to gather cards so that your set of highest-of-each-suit sum beats that of your opponent, and you and your opponent each takes one turn at a time at drawing cards; You turn one card at a time and can "bank" the cards at any time, but if you hit the "Death" card or turn up two of the same suit, all drawn cards are discarded. The "Fool" cards allow you to steal a card from the opponent.
** You can win a minor diplomacy bonus towards leaders by besting them in a tournament game, but will suffer a likewise relation penalty by losing such a game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}'' features only one tarot card -- the Hanged Man -- but it's fairly important for the development of Garry's character, especially in the ending where [[spoiler:he lives up to the card's meaning of [[HeroicSacrifice self-sacrifice]] by giving up his rose (i.e. his life) to the resident psycho to save Ib and the Hanged Man painting in the gallery is replaced by a portrait of his dead/sleeping body in an evocation of the card's alternate meaning of entrapment]].
* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' has the Major Arcana as minor usable items, each with a constant effect. For instance, the Fool teleports you back to the start of the floor, while the Tower generates a bunch of bombs. ''Repentance'' also added the unlockable Inverted Arcana, which give a "similar but inverted" effect to their counterparts: for example, the Inverted Fool removes Isaac's health and pickups and puts them on the floor, while the inverted Tower creates rocks in the room.
* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' has the Arcarum events, which feature bosses based on the Major Arcana that can be recruited as summons.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'''s main antagonists follow a tarot motif in their names; Blados (swords), Chalis (cups), and Arcanus (the Arcana).
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' has Major Arcana representing each one of your companions: Vivienne is the High Priestess, Cole is the Moon and so on. Each character gets a different card after you complete their personal quest and a third one if romanced.
* In ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'', the status ailment items are named after Major Arcana cards. "The Death" inflicts Poison, "The Moon" inflicts Sleep, and so on.
* ''VideoGame/HandOfFate'', while using primarily {{playing card motifs}}, does have a few tarot references.
** Every three bosses, the Dealer will give you one of the Minor Arcana suits, which upgrades both the player and enemies.
** The Hanged Man is an encounter card and the only one that is an exact representation of a Major Arcanum. Landing on it gives one blessing and one curse.
** The Lovers represents the player helping a pair of young lovers elope; however, it has little to do with the tarot card of the same name. In fact, completing it leads to unlocking The Lonely Bard, in which in turns out that the lovers broke up soon after escaping. However, if the player lands on The Lonely Bard after previously landing on Wandering Minstrels and giving them sufficient gold or food, a new card, The Band, will be placed on the board. This one represents the bard and the minstrels joining up to form a band - two things coming together, which is what the tarot card The Lovers also represents.
** The Devil is represented by Devil's Choice, Devil's Wager, and Devil's Blind Wager. All revolve around a devil laying a trap for the player and forcing them into a battle with certain contraints.
** Wheel of the Gods strongly resembles Wheel of Fortune, and is one of the various cards revolving around chance.
** The sequel plays the tarot motif much more directly. Each level in the main campaign is named after one of the Major Arcana cards. Most of them have some sort of thematic relationship to the card (The Fool is the easy tutorial level, Wheel of Fortune involves games of chance, The Hermit involves finding a hidden character, etc)
* The ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' series uses this for a recurring villainous faction, [[spoiler: an AncientConspiracy known as Ouroboros]], which [[RedBaron nicknames]] one set of its members based on the Major Arcana (in the format "Enforcer No. 1337: Bob, the Tropemaster"), each with a personality or powers based on that card. Known members that follow this pattern (highlight spoilers at your own risk) are the following:
** [[spoiler:Enforcer No. 0: [[EnigmaticMinion Campanella]], the [[TheTrickster Fool]]]]
** [[spoiler:Enforcer No. I: [[BrilliantButLazy McBurn]], the [[PlayingWithFire Almighty Conflagration]]]]
** [[spoiler:Enforcer No. II: [[AntiVillain Leonhardt]], the [[MasterSwordsman Bladelord]]]]
** [[spoiler:Enforcer No. VI: [[HotGypsyWoman Luciola]], the [[IfICantHaveYou Bewitching Bell]]]]
** [[spoiler:Enforcer No. VIII: [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Walter]], the [[BloodKnight Direwolf]]]]
** [[spoiler:Enforcer No. IX: [[NinjaMaid Sharon]], the [[RazorFloss Severing Chains]]]]
** [[spoiler:Enforcer No. X: [[LargeHam Bleublanc]], the PhantomThief]]
** [[spoiler:Enforcer No. XIII: [[{{Deuteragonist}} Joshua]], the [[HeelFaceTurn Black]] [[FlashStep Fang]]]]
** [[spoiler:Enforcer No. XV: [[EnfantTerrible Renne]], the [[AxCrazy Angel of Slaughter]]]]
** [[spoiler:Enforcer No. XVII: [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Shirley Orlando]], the [[GirlWithPsychoWeapon Sanguine Ogre]]]]
* The stories in ''VideoGame/WhereTheWaterTastesLikeWine'' are connected to specific Arcana, Major or Minor, depending on their tone.
* Lore entries on the [[MegaCorp Orochi Group]] in ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' all feature references to the Tarot, with the main entry even studying the company via a deck of three-sided cards - with upright and reverse dealing positions each card represents a different facet of the Group, with one side of the cards representing the company's VillainWithGoodPublicity tendencies and the other representing the villainy they get up to behind the scenes. The company as a whole is represented by the Tower; CEO [[FallenAngel Samuel Chandra]] is the Devil; Chairwoman [[HumanoidAbomination Lily Engel]] is the Priestess; the Lovers has been torn in half [[spoiler: symbolizing the fact that Chandra and Engel are secretly at odds]]; the eight daughter corporations of the Group are symbolized by the Pentacles, from Ace through to Eight.
* The indie [[{{Xenofiction}} dragon simulator]] ''Golden Treasure: The Great Green'' has achievements named after the Major Arcana. As dragons call the world and everything in it "The Oneness," the twenty-first of them [[CallARabbitASmeerp bears that name instead]] of "the World."
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' has Dante and Lucia searching for four MacGuffin artifacts called the Arcana, which are named for the Italian names of the four minor tarot suits: Medaglia (coins/disks/medals), Spada (swords), Calice (cups), and Bastone (wands/staffs/batons).
* In ''VideoGame/MurderHouse'', The Easter Ripper leaves Easter Eggs with tarot cards attached to them as a calling card.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': The 22 [[RoyaltySuperpower Crests]] are based off the Major Arcana, and their owners reflect their tarot card meanings through their personalities or actions.
* Two of the demons in ''VideoGame/{{Helltaker}}'', Justice and Judgement, are named after major arcana cards. The number for the Judgement tarot card, XX (20 in Roman numerals), even appears on the back of Judgement's jacket and her arm band.
* ''VideoGame/SayonaraWildHearts'' features a cast almost entirely based around the Tarot. The main heroine, simply known as The Fool, is appointed by the High Priestess, Empress, and Hierophant to save the Astral Highways from the The Cursed Arcana, led by Little ''Death'', accompanied by Dancing ''Devils'', Stereo ''Lovers'', etc. Even the nameless narrator is associated with the Magician.
* Marvel's ''VideoGame/MidnightSuns'' features 22 collectible tarot cards based on the Major Arcana that the Hunter can find scattered throughout the Abbey grounds. Each one features the image of a Marvel character that best suits the respective card, as well as a short blurb explaining the comparison.
** The Fool: ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}
** The Magician: [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]]
** The High Priestess: [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]]
** The Empress: [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]]
** The Emperor: [[ComicBook/BlackPanther T'Challa]]
** The Hierophant: [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor X]]
** The Lovers: ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and ComicBook/{{Elektra}}
** The Chariot: ComicBook/SilverSurfer
** Strength: [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]
** The Hermit: [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]]
** Wheel of Fortune: [[ComicBook/DominoMarvelComics Domino]]
** Justice: ComicBook/SheHulk
** The Hanged Man: [[Characters/MarvelComicsBuckyBarnes Bucky Barnes]]
** Death: [[Characters/MarvelComicsCosmicEntities Death]]
** Temperance: [[Characters/CloakAndDaggerMarvelComics Cloak and Dagger]]
** The Devil: [[Characters/MarvelComicsDemons Daimon Helstrom]]
** The Tower: [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Baxter Building]]
** The Star: ComicBook/{{Nova}}
** The Moon: ComicBook/MoonKnight
** The Sun: [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Johnny Storm]]
** Judgement: [[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]]
** The World: [[Characters/FantasticFourSupportingCharacters Uatu the Watcher]]

** ''VideoGame/Persona3'': The Sword, Cup, Wand and Coin cards appear during Shuffle Time afte battle: Sword gives you a weapon, Cup heals you, Wand increases your EXP, and Coin gives you money.. The LevelUpAtIntimacy5 "Social Link" system has you play VisualNovel vignettes with [=NPC=]s placed into one of the Major Arcana to boost the power of Personas from that Arcana, with the Protagonist as "The Fool". The {{Boss Battle}}s correspond to the reverse form of the first 13 Arcana, "The Fool's Journey" that serves as a metaphor for the journey through life. The FinalBoss has spoiler:13 phases connected to each leg of "The Fool's Journey." The game's central theme, "Momento Mori" / "Remember you are mortal, remember you will die" reflects the Death Arcana, also the arcana of [[MrExposition your source for plot exposition]], Pharos. ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 3 FES]]'' adds the Aeon (the Thoth version of Judgment) Arcana, tied to existing character Aigis.

* Lisa Punchinello from ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' was considered to be a witch. The fortune on the table at one point in the "Angel of Death" stage where you storm the manor has The Tower, The Devil, and Death. Max reads it as such: "The first card was the Tower. [[StormingTheCastle Maybe that was supposed to be the manor.]] It got easy after that. [[TheDragon The Devil was the master of the house]], and [[HarbingerOfImpendingDoom Death was me]], [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge coming for him."]]
** What should be noted is while Max himself completely botches interpreting the cards the reading still [[ShownTheirWork manages to predict the coming events of the game well.]] The Tower is his past card and represents the death of his family, the Devil is his present and represents the antagonist of the game, and Death is his future which stands for how he changes to accepting what his life has become by the ending (before the second game at least).

** What should be noted is while Max himself [[CriticalResearchFailure completely botches interpreting the cards]] the reading still [[ShownTheirWork manages to predict the coming events of the game well.]] The Tower is his past card and represents the death of his family, the Devil is his present and represents the antagonist of the game, and Death is his future which stands for how he changes to accepting what his life has become by the ending (before the second game at least).

* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': The sidequest "Fool On The Hill" tasks [[PlayerCharacter V]] and [[{{Deuteragonist}} Johnny]] with finding graffiti strewn around Night City that represents all the major arcana. The places where you can find them usually tie them to a character or event from the main story that's nearby. The endings are also named after different major arcana. Like ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona'' below, the PlayerCharacter V is represented by the Fool arcana to represent their journey, but with the added twist of making each character (due to the setting's nature as a CrapsackWorld) embody the arcana and their reversed meanings simultaneously.

* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': Sidequest "Fool On The Hill" tasks [[PlayerCharacter V]] and [[{{Deuteragonist}} Johnny]] with finding graffiti strewn around Night City that represents all the major arcana. The places where you can find them usually tie them to a character or event from the main story that's nearby. The endings are also named after different major arcana.

* ''Franchise/SilentHill'' contains this trope primarily in [[VideoGame/SilentHill3 the third game]], which also introduces a new Major Arcana card, the "Eye of Night". All of the Major Arcana, including the Eye of Night, are also used as page headers in the Book of Lost Memories.

** One recurring theme is that every main character (after the first three games) is represented by the Fool Arcana, the start of a journey and infinite possibilities. This power, called the Wild Card, is why the main characters can use more than one Persona while every other Persona user has only one (again, not in the first two games, where ''every'' character can switch Personas, but only within select Arcana).
** ''VideoGame/Persona2'': Features the minor arcana as well: Sword gives you a weapon, Cup heals you, Wand increases your EXP, and Coin gives you money.
** ''VideoGame/Persona3'': The Sword, Cup, Wand and Coin bonus cards return. The LevelUpAtIntimacy5 "Social Link" system has you play VisualNovel vignettes with [=NPC=]s placed into one of the Major Arcana to boost the power of Personas from that Arcana, with the Protagonist as "The Fool". The {{Boss Battle}}s correspond to the reverse form of the first 13 Arcana, "The Fool's Journey" that serves as a metaphor for the journey through life. The FinalBoss has [[spoiler:13 forms]] connected to each leg of "The Fool's Journey." The game's central theme, "Momento Mori" / "Remember you are mortal, remember you will die" reflects the Death Arcana, also the arcana of [[MrExposition your source for plot exposition]], Pharos. ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 3 FES]]'' adds the Aeon (the Thoth version of Judgment) Arcana, tied to existing character Aigis.
** ''VideoGame/Persona4'': The "Social Link" system again splits major [=NPC=]s between the Major Arcana, with the Protagonist as "The Fool". Your party members summon their Personas by crushing a fiery copy of their respective Tarot card. Shadow Selves are also the reverse position of your party members' Arcana. The villains are representative of the reverse form of that Arcana as well: [[spoiler:Mitsuo Kubo's Shadow (The Hermit), Taro Namatame (Justice), and Tohru Adachi (The Fool)]]. The game's central theme, "Reach Out for the Truth," reflects the Star Arcana, also the arcana of [[MrExposition your source for plot exposition]], Teddie. ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 4 Golden]]'' introduces a new character tied to the Aeon Arcana, and also adds a new link and Arcana -- Jester (parallel of The Fool) and Hunger (Thoth version of Strength) Arcana -- tied to another existing character.

** In ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' and ''VideoGame/PersonaQ2NewCinemaLabyrinth'', only Personas are classified by Arcana and the Shadows (which are generic Arcana Shadows) or other enemies are not given any Arcanas. Still, the characters there appear to display some sort of Tarot-based motifs, particularly of the reverse kind.

* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' has the Major Arcana as minor usable items, each with a constant effect. For instance, the Fool teleports you back to the start of the floor, while the Tower generates a bunch of bombs.

** ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' tones it down by removing the Social Link/Confidant system, though the two new playable characters are identified to be of the Hope (also from the Visconti-Sforza deck) and Apostle (The Toth Deck's Heirophant) Arcana. The antagonists also show some reversed tarot motifs.

* ''VideoGame/GeNeSis'', a flash game, has tarot motifs as summonings.

* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': Sidequest "Fool On Th Hill" tasks [[PlayerCharacter V]] and [[{{Deuteragonist}} Johnny]] with finding graffiti strewn around Night City that represents all the major arcana. The places where you can find them usually tie them to a character or event from the main story that's nearby. The endings are also named after different major arcana.