History TheMole / VideoGames

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' villains are really good at being moles, especially [[spoiler:Matt Engarde who you'd think would be incapable of simply brushing his teeth without his manager, much less kill someone.]] Other examples include [[spoiler:Calisto Yew aka Shih-na]] in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'', and [[spoiler:Kristoph Gavin who is the player's ''[[TreacherousAdvisor freaking boss]]'']] in the fourth game.
** The DetectiveMole. [[spoiler: Both of them. Byrne Faraday and Tyrell Badd worked together on the Yatagararasu case--and also ''were'' the Yatagarasu, together with Yew.]] And [[spoiler: Luke Atmey, who claimed to be hunting GentlemanThief Masque*Demasque while he was secretly the one funding and manipulating him.]] Starting to see a bit of a pattern here...
** The BigBad of ''Dual Destinies'' is one. [[spoiler:It's another DetectiveMole, Bobby Fulbright, who was actually [[KillAndReplace killed and replaced]] by the BigBad before the game even begins!]]

* ''VisualNovel/BeyondEden'': Theodore Burton has served the Edenics loyally since childhood, owes his education and status to Baron Edenic, and was promoted to [[TheJeeves head butler]] at a young age for his competency. [[spoiler:He betrays the Edenics the moment [[VillainProtagonist villain protagonist]] Alex Wake re-enters the picture. ''Nothing'' he does in support of Alex's goals could be considered good in any way.]]
* One of the endings in the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/BionicHeart'' creates a DetectiveMole for the BigBad. If you choose to free Tina and flee with Tanya without learning of Richard's whereabouts, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Tina was already under Richard's control and is now his personal mole for the police]].

* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' has [[OnceAnEpisode one for each game]], with one of the students, seemingly trapped in [[BigBad Monokuma]]’s DeadlyGame, actually working with him.
** In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', it's [[spoiler:Sakura Ogami, who is being blackmailed into being the mole, and Mukuro Ikusaba, who is [[TwinSwitch disguised as her twin sister]]. In the backstory, both Mukuro and her sister [[BigBad Junko Enoshima]] were this, infiltrating Hope’s Peak Academy and Makoto’s class to kick off their TakeOverTheWorld plot]].
** ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has [[spoiler:Chiaki Nanami as the "traitor". However, both her and the person she's working for (Usami) have the students' best interests at heart. The real traitor is Izuru Kamukura, who inserted the Monokuma/Junko virus in the first place, and is [[TomatoInTheMirror the same person as Hajime Hinata]]]].
** In ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'', it turns out that [[spoiler:Toko Fukawa made a deal with Nagito Komaeda to deliver Komaru Naegi to him in exchange for [[DistressedDude Byakuya Togami]]’s safety. She regrets this and goes back on the deal. More traditionally, Shirokuma was Junko all along, manipulating LaResistance to go where she needs them to]].
** ''Anime/Danganronpa3'' has the attacker within the [[spoiler:Future Foundation]] council, killing the other members one-by-one. [[spoiler:Technically, ''everyone'' is the attacker, being DrivenToSuicide by a [[BrownNote Despair video]], though it could also be considered [[MoleInCharge Chairman Kazuo Tengan]], who set up the videos in the first place]].
** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' has [[spoiler:Tsumugi Shirogane not only be the mole, but also the BigBad who killed Rantaro Amami and pinned the blame on [[DecoyProtagonist Kaede Akamatsu]] at the beginning of the game to ensure the killing game went off smoothly]].

* ''VisualNovel/{{Ever17}}'' has [[spoiler:'Takeshi']] which is revealed in the final route. Minor subversion in that [[spoiler:it was being done as part of a plan orchestrated by the good guys who simply couldn't tell anyone what was going on]].

* The ''VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}}'' has a couple of moles embedded in its crew.
** In ''Mask of Arcadius'', it doesn’t take long for the crew to figure out that Solar Alliance liaison officer Kryska Stares has been assigned to the Sunrider as much to spy on them as to help them fight against PACT.
** In the sequel ''Liberation Day'', [[NumberTwo Ava]] notices that [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny PACT]] has been able to track down the Sunrider with uncanny precision on several occasions, and realizes that somebody in the crew must be feeding them intel on the ship’s movements. [[spoiler:She concludes that it’s Chigara, the ship’s Chief Engineer, [[TomatoInTheMirror who bears a disturbing resemblance to]] [[ArtificialHuman the Prototypes]] who lead PACT and could be leaking valuable information to them through their HiveMind, intentionally or not. She’s half-right: Chigara ''is'' a Prototype spy, but she’s not the leak. The actual leak is Claude, the ship’s doctor, who’s been working with the Prototypes since before she joined the crew.]]

* ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'':

* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne2'': Detective Valerie Winterson, Max's colleague at his NYPD precinct, is in league with the BigBad [[spoiler: [[BigBadFriend Friend]] Vladimir Lem]] and attempts to kill Max at the end of the second act.

* ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge''
** [[spoiler: Celeste Wilson turns out to working with Project Icarus, a joint operation between the CPF and Pirandello-Kruger that is training cops in the art of LeParkour to bring down the Runners, and she is also the assassin of mayoral candidate Robert Pope]].
** [[spoiler:Cpt. Miller]] in ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' seems to be in league with the Icarus conspiracy (or, at least, in their pocket) but actually has his own agenda and assists Faith in the final level.

* The plot of the ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' episode "The Mole, The Mob and the Meatball" was for Sam and Max to find a mole who infiltrated [[PunnyName Ted E. Bear's]] [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub Mafia Free Playland and Casino]]. [[spoiler:Turns out the mole was an ''actual'' mole and he switched sides as the new Don]].

** It's revealed at the end of Week 5 that [[spoiler:the AmnesiacHero is actually Jisu Cha, who was secretly making the cure for Fixer during his tenure at CARI. He lost his files in the fire and is wanted by AVAC for making "illegal drugs".]]

* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate II''

* In ''Videogame/BlueDragon'', Nene reveals that [[spoiler:Zola]] was working for him all along...[[spoiler:until it turns out that she at some point made a HeelFaceTurn and only pretended to be on his side so she could get close and kill him.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/MaxPayne Max Payne 2]]'': Detective Valerie Winterson, Max's colleague at his NYPD precinct, is in league with the BigBad [[spoiler: [[BigBadFriend Friend]] Vladimir Lem]] and attempts to kill Max at the end of the second act.

* ''Franchise/MetalGear'' has too many to count.

* In ''Videogame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'', it is possible to create moles of your own to infiltrate enemy fortresses by sending in your brainwashed Orcs to gain positions under the local Overlord. This can result in a [[TheSiege Fortress Battle]] where all of the defenses are being sabotaged by your operatives.

* Reiko from ''VideoGame/{{Onechanbara}} 2''. She's an agent of an organization that joins Aya in her attempt to rescue her half-sister, Saki. Turns out said organization is ''evil'', and she tagged along so that when Aya defeated the villain that had kidnapped Saki, Reiko could ''eat'' her heart and gain Baneful Blood powers. However, since this game only came out in Japan and the PAL territories, most US players only know this from the summary of the previous games included in the guides and manuals for the US-released ''Oneehanbara'' games.

* [[spoiler:Dusknoir]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers''. There's also [[spoiler:Snover]] in ''Sky''.
* [[spoiler:Es Cade]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' and [[spoiler:Mr. Verich]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonXD''.

** Subverted with Raine early in the game as well. Early on she [[EvilLaugh laughs maniacally]] when exploring a ruin and even drools over an [[{{MacGuffin}} Exsphere]] complete with [[HellishPupils flat, psychotic eyes]]. It's revealed quite quickly (and PlayedForLaughs) that she's not evil, just ''really into ancient ruins''.

* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', [[spoiler:Makoto Nanaya]] starts out as an Intelligence operative for the Novis Orbis Librarium, but upon discovering the AwfulTruth about [[spoiler: her best friend Noel]], works as one for Sector Seven.

* [[MissionControl Angel]] in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' is revealed to be a spy for [[MegaCorp Hyperion]] when the player plugs Wilhelm's power core into Sanctuary's defense systems and she uses it to lower the shields. She spends the next few chapters trying to apologize and convince the player that she's still their ally.