History TrappedInAnotherWorld / VideoGames

** In the climax of [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts the first game]], both Riku and Mickey are trapped in the Realm of Darkness, as someone needs to close the Doors of Darkness from the inside. While they eventually manage to get out, the experience profoundly affects Riku, which influences his decision to [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil balance light and darkness, becoming a master of both]].

** In the secret epilogue of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII III]]'', [[spoiler:Sora is transported into a modern, Tokyo-like city after he disappears as a result of using the Power of Waking to bring back Kairi. Riku also ends up there, presumably to search for Sora, as does the Master of Masters, who was last seen [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX centuries ago prior to the Keyblade War]]. The world was actually seen prior to this scene, but as part of the fictional ''Verum Rex'' game in [[Franchise/ToyStory Toy World]]]]. ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsMelodyOfMemory Melody of Memory]]'' clarifies that [[spoiler:Sora ends up in Quadratum, a world that exists in "unreality". The Nameless Star from ''III'', who briefly interacts with Sora in the Final World, is implied to have come from there]]. As the trailers for ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIV IV]]'' show, [[spoiler:Strelitzia, the dead sister of Lauriam (Marluxia's Somebody), is now in Quadratum and has met Sora, implying that the world is an afterlife of sorts for the Kingdom Hearts universe]].

** In the secret epilogue of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII III]]'', [[spoiler:Sora is transported into a modern, Tokyo-like city after he disappears as a result of using the Power of Waking to bring back Kairi. Riku also ends up there, presumably to search for Sora, as does the Master of Masters, who was last seen [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX centuries ago prior to the Keyblade War]]. The world was actually seen prior to this scene, but as part of the fictional ''Verum Rex'' game in [[Franchise/ToyStory Toy World]]]]. ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsMelodyOfMemory Melody of Memory]]'' clarifies that [[spoiler:Sora ends up in Quadratum, a world that exists in "unreality". While it's normally impossible to access, the [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Fairy Godmother]] can send Riku there without much effort, presumably because [[WrongContextMagic the magic of the Disney characters is different from the]] OriginalGeneration]]. As the trailers for ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIV IV]]'' show, [[spoiler:Strelitzia, the dead sister of Lauriam (Marluxia's Somebody), is now in Quadratum and has met Sora, implying that the world is an afterlife of sorts for the Kingdom Hearts universe]].

** In the secret epilogue of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII III]]'', [[spoiler:Sora is transported into a modern, Tokyo-like city after he disappears as a result of using the Power of Waking to bring back Kairi. Riku also ends up there, presumably to search for Sora, as does the Master of Masters, who was last seen [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX centuries ago prior to the Keyblade War]]. The world was actually seen prior to this scene, but as part of the fictional ''Verum Rex'' game in [[Franchise/ToyStory Toy World]]]]. ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsMelodyOfMemory Melody of Memory]]'' clarifies that [[spoiler:Sora ends up in Quadratum, a world that exists in "unreality". While it's normally impossible to access, the [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} Fairy Godmother]] can send Riku there without much effort, presumably because [[WrongContextMagic the magic of the Disney characters is different from the]] OriginalGeneration]]. As the trailers for ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIV'' show, [[spoiler:Strelitzia, the dead sister of Lauriam (Marluxia's Somebody), is now in Quadratum and has met Sora, implying that the world is an afterlife of sorts for the Kingdom Hearts universe]].

* In ''East Tower'', Sakuya Morita is given a chance to try the latest virtual game attraction, East Tower, which enables the player to transform into whatever they want to, but then a sudden accident happens and she and the other four participants end up trapped in the virtual world.

* ''Videogame/FinalFantasyX''. Main character Tidus is a sports star from the great city of Zanarkand, who one day finds himself transplanted in the world of Spira, and his city was apparently annihilated... one thousand years ago. [[spoiler: It's revealed that Tidus's world, and Tidus himself aren't real to begin with.]]

* The {{roguelike}} ''Omega'''s "play as yourself" mode starts with the player running the mysterious "omega" program without permission, and it somehow transporting them into Omega's world.

** ''[[VideoGame/Persona4 Persona 4]]'' has a series of murders that were revealed to be [[spoiler: caused by trapping people in the TV world]].
** ''[[VideoGame/Persona5 Persona 5]]'' has the protagonist and Ryuji being locked up in Kamoshida's palace (which is a part of the game's cognitive world) before eventually escaping.

* Some of the [[AllThereInTheManual supplemental material]] for ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' states that people quite frequently fall into Gensokyo from our world. Apparently, the Great Hakurei Border is not absolutely impermeable.

* ''VideoGame/TheDig'' involves a group of astronauts who get transported to an alien world.

* ''VideoGame/NappleTale'' begins with the heroine, Porch, being accidentally claimed by a [[DontFearTheReaper novice grim reaper]], leaving her trapped in Napple World, a realm between life and death. She must [[GottaCatchThemAll collect pieces of herself]] that escaped when she crossed over in order to return home. Despite sounding pretty dire, Napple World is an {{adventure friendly|world}} place - and it's just about as quirky-cute as Porch is herself.