History WellIntentionedExtremist / VideoGames

** Revan and Malak from the first game wanted to prepare the Republic for a war against the True Sith [[note]]prior to retcons by ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''[[/note]]. Their method of doing this was to conquer the Republic in order to use their political infrastructure and the power of the Star Forge to create a powerful rival state to fight the Sith Empire while using the Sith cult built around Revan's personality to erode the moral authority of the actual Sith religion.

* Ganondorf from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', where he reveals that his original motive was [[spoiler:to free his people, the Gerudo, from the desert and move them to Hyrule]]. He just got swept up in the Triforce afterward, along with the Gerudo.
** Also from what we find out in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', since Ganondorf is [[spoiler:an incarnation of Demise's hatred towards the humans who defeated him (namely Link and Zelda) who will eternally pursue Link and Zelda's descendants,]] that might have had another influence in his life choices. It says a lot when after knowing that, you might start to feel sorry for Ganondorf (at least this version, since he seems to regret most of his life choices).
** In ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', we have [[spoiler:Hilda, the princess of Lorule. She was the one who sent Yuga out to kidnap Zelda and the Sages, so that she'd be able to obtain the Triforce and restore her land, since Lorule's Triforce had been destroyed. Unfortunately, this would end up dooming Hyrule in the same way that Lorule had been doomed after losing its Triforce; but Hilda thought doing ''whatever it took'' to save her kingdom was her duty as its ruler. When Link's Lorulean counterpart, Ravio, points out that her actions are exactly what led to the destruction of Lorule's Triforce in the first place, Hilda has a HeelRealization.]]
*** This also applies [[spoiler:to Hilda's predecessors, who destroyed Lorule's Triforce because the people were constantly fighting over its power (much like Hyrule's past problems). They destroyed it to end the fighting... they just didn't know that the world would start falling apart if they did.]]

* ''VideoGame/StartAgainStartAgainStartAgainAPrologue'': The problem is the 'problem' when it comes to the King, who wants to [[TimeStandStill freeze the whole world]] in a state of suspended, eternal beauty. He is so convinced that his cause is just that he attempts to convince the heroes to stand down once they reach him, claiming that this frozen state is in itself a form of change. [[ShutUpHannibal None of them buy it]], and he promptly vows to cut them down himself.

* Oki from ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' is a proud warrior of Kamui who is determined to protect his land. It's acknowledged that his heart is in the right place but his actions keep him blinded from the bigger picture. He stole his village's sacred sword and starts killing many demons, thinking it would allow him to gain the sword's true power (it doesn't). He ignored Lika's peril of being missing and she was almost [[spoiler: sacrificed to True Orochi]]. He opened the Wawku Shrine gate to destroy the owl demons, causing the blizzard to become worse. He recklessly attacked Nechku and would have died from a time-stopped attack if not for [[spoiler: the time-travelled Shiranui.]] He would eventually undergo CharacterDevelopment and realize there is more to being a hero than just fighting.

*** ''Royal'' has a much worse version of this trope; The ArcVillain of the Third Term events, [[spoiler:Takuto Maruki]], gives everyone their most inner desires by rewriting history, creating overlays on top of them and even controls the cognitions of others and attempts to overwrite the original reality with this reality. This effectively robs all of humanity's infinite potential and [[spoiler:doesn't make him any different from Nyx or Yaldabaoth.]] However, [[spoiler:he genuinely wished for everyone to be happy and this isn't some deliberate control plot, and the jarring events are merely an aftermath of Yaldabaoth's plans, where he unintentionally removed Adam Kadmon's heart and turned it into the heartless EldritchAbomination Azathoth.]]

** ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': Princess Rosa Cossette d’Elise has Erusea declare war on Osea over the construction of [[SpaceElevator the Lighthouse]], under the belief that she’s protecting her people from encroaching Osean imperialism. [[spoiler:She’s actually an UnwittingPawn for the Erusean Radicals, who were using the war as a means to deploy their drone army, that they developed using technology that they borrowed from Belka.]]

* An AlternateCharacterInterpretation of Vergil from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' sets him up as one of these, making his quest for power based on a desire to prevent any more personal loss, after his childhood weakness cost him his mother.

** [[spoiler:Additionally, it is revealed that the protagonist of the fourth game, Nero, may have been Vergil's son.]]

** And then there's Arthas Menethil, the prince of Lordaeron and a Paladin studied under Uther the Lightbringer. He does want it takes to keep his people safe, but when the Undead Scourge began turning his own people into the very thing he swore to fight, it begin wearing down his sanity. First, he put an entire infected city to the torch and when he led an unauthorized expedition to Northrend and the King tried to recall his fleet, he burned down his ship and scapegoated the mercenaries he hired. Then he sacrificed his companion, Muradin, to wield the cursed blade, Frostmourne, to give him the power to kill Mal'ganis, who was thought to be the mastermind but just one of the Burning Legion's lieutanants. [[FaceHeelTurn This finally transforming him into the Lich King's Death Knight and later, the Lich King himself]].

** And then there's Arthas Menethil, the prince of Lorderan and a Paladin studied under Uther the Lightbringer. He does want it takes to keep his people safe, but when the Undead Scourge began turning his own people into the very thing he swore to fight, it begin wearing down his sanity. First, he put an entire infected city to the torch and when he led an unauthorized expedition to Northrend and the King tried to recall his fleet, he burned down his ship and scapegoated the mercenaries he hired. Then he sacrificed his companion, Muradin, to wield the cursed blade, Frostmourne, to give him the power to kill Mal'ganis, who was thought to be the mastermind but just one of the Burning Legion's lieutanants. [[FaceHeelTurn This finally transforming him into the Lich King's Death Knight and later, the Lich King himself]].

* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' has [[spoiler:the Atlantic Federation. Their goal is noble enough, in that they want to defeat TheEmpire while, at the same time, minimizing the losses they and the independent Gallia suffer. Unfortunately, they attempt this by forcefully trying to take control of Gallia behind the scenes using ''very'' morally questionable means, including attempting to kidnap Archduchess Cordelia for ransom and, in the sequel, providing weapons and supplies for the Rebels.]]

** [[VideoGameRemake Maverick Hunter X]] turned [[spoiler:Sigma]] into one of these. After a brief talk with Dr. Cain about X's unlimited potential and how it could change the world, Sigma decides to start the first Maverick War to bring out the potential of ''all'' Reploids. It's the whole "evolution requires sacrifice" part that's the problem.
*** Then again, ''VideoGame/MegaManX1'' (the original version) did depict Sigma in a similar light, as his death speech indicated that he felt humanity was keeping Reploids down.

* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII''[='=]s BigBad, [[spoiler:Myria, who is also the God of the Urkan]], qualifies as well. She believes that the Brood are far too powerful and could pose a danger to the planet, even though they're a peaceful people with no desire of world conquest or destruction. So what does she do? [[FinalSolution She orders the destruction of their entire race.]] Talk about blowing shit out of proportion.

* Every single villain (and often, potentially, the protagonist, as, in the main series, the player can chose their alignment) in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series is an example of this trope — the Law-aligned just want everyone to fall in line so that everyone can be at peace (under their strict rule), while the Chaos-aligned rebel against Law's strict rules and support something more along the lines of every man for himself, but either way, ''it's for the good of us all, really''.
** The exception is [[GodIsEvil YHVH]], who desires all to be under his control. He's such an asshole [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating that his minions, who are still very ruthless, turn on him.]]

* Atlas and Thetis from ''VideoGame/MegaManZX''. Unlike Aeolus (arrogant and selfish guy who believes that those he perceives as unintelligent should die) or Siarnaq (who just wants revenge on humanity due to a past betrayal), they genuinely seek to better the world. Atlas wants to help humanity evolve and become stronger, while Thetis wants to preserve the world's oceans. The problem? Atlas believes that humanity can only evolve through suffering, and Thetis is overzealous in his desire to protect the environment.
** The second problem is that they attempt to fulfill these goals via [[ArtifactOfDoom Model W]]; Atlas explicitly mentions feeding the Raiders to it before Grey/Ashe beat her silly, and Thetis confesses to a similar deed before the same happens to him. If anything, exposure to Model W may have extremely {{flanderiz|ation}}ed the once-noble goals of these two and Aeolus as well. I needn't iterate on the implications of ''that''.




* Purge from ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5 Part 2'' is an 18 year old PsychopathicManchild who believes that he's been given a holy mission to lead the entire galaxy, which he considers to be "Brutish and Unhappy", to the heavens.
** It gets worse with his Japanese version. Purge is revealed to be mentally ill after living alone for 9 years, and suffers from delusions. The more dance energy he absorbs, [[PhlebotinumOverload the worse he becomes]], until [[VillainousBreakdown he's left screaming and performing one last attack in an attempt to kill everyone, even himself]]. The drama events on the [=CDs=] reveal that after that breakdown, he's gone into hiding.
* [[ObviouslyEvil Master Xehanort]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' was this. [[spoiler:He feels that the World's (yes, it is capitalized) light and darkness are out of balance, and seeks to forge the χ-blade to open Kingdom Hearts and create a new world where the two forces can be balanced once again. To that end, he almost killed one of his pupils after completely stripping his heart of all his darkness, and started another Keyblade War -- the last one of which almost destroyed the World completely.]]
** Though he JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope. And speaking of Masters, we might as well mention [[spoiler:Master Eraqus, who tried to kill Ven after finding out that Xehanort needs him to create the χ-Blade, so all his plans can never come to fruition. However, after fighting with Terra, who refused to let him harm Ven, Eraqus [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone immediately regretted]] raising his Keyblade against Terra and Ven.]]
* ''Everyone'' in ''VideoGame/NieR''. Nier himself wants to save his daughter...by any means necessary. [[spoiler:Devola and Popola]] want to restore the dying world to its former splendor...by any means necessary. [[BigBad The Shadowlord]] [[spoiler:wants to save ''his'' daughter...by any means necessary.]]
* Gulcasa, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'' is explicitly revealed to be one of these in ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion''. LifeIsntFair, poverty is a serious problem, and innocent people are suffering everywhere. His solution to this supposedly unchangeable situation? Screw the system -- if the world at large is Doing It Wrong, all he has to do is take the damn place over and run it himself. (And according to ''VideoGame/YggdraUnison'', the world really would be a better place with Gulcasa ruling it.)
* [[FanNickname The Shouty Guy]] in ''VideoGame/MondoMedicals'' just wants to fight with cancer... "[[spoiler:[[IntentionalEngrishForFunny YOU AND YOUR ETHIC... HOW MANY CANCERS HAVE THEY CURED? TO KILL A CANCER YOU HAVE TO SHOOT IT! IT'S METHOD CAN'T FAIL!! A PERSON IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY WHEN YOU FIGHT WITH A CANCER! YOU HAVE TO THINK LIKE A STAR!!]]]]"
* In ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishmentStarSuccessor'', the Nebulox/G5 want to kill Kachi as a suspected spy from Outer Space so that the humans on the new Earth will have more rights than before.
* This is one part of [[BigBad Officer Maxwell's]] motivation in [[VideoGame/{{TCT RPG}} The Colour Tuesday]], the other half being [[spoiler:MindControl.]]
* [[spoiler:Johannes]] from ''VideoGame/GodsEaterBurst''. [[spoiler:It turns out that the Aegis Project, claimed to be mankind's last hope, is only capable of saving ''1000'' out of ''several million'' people. Despite this, Johannes continues with the project anyway, truly believing that it's the only way. He even seems aware of how evil he's become, as [[NoPlaceForMeThere he refuses to be one of the 1000 saved]], believing that he no longer deserves salvation.]]
* In ''VideoGame/FearIsVigilance'', the protagonists want to keep college students safe by distributing alarms, but the students don't feel like they need them -- until [[MonsterProtectionRacket a mysterious figure starts beating them up every night in the park...]]
* Surprisingly enough, ''ComicBook/TheJoker'' of all people becomes one of these in the Vigilante route of ''[[VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries Batman: The Enemy Within]]''. [[spoiler: If Bruce is a good friend to "John Doe" throughout the game and takes his side often, he decides that he wants to become Batman's {{sidekick}} and picks "Joker" as his superhero name. He tries to keep a bioweapon out of Amanda Waller's hands because [[NoManShouldHaveThisPower he didn't think anyone could be trusted with it]], which led to her trying to arrest him. Joker then causes several explosions on a bridge to get away, disregards Batman's orders to not kill and stabs Bane several times, causes a massive explosion on the roof of the GCPD while saving Batman from the Suicide Squad, and finally kidnaps Waller and holds her hostage to try to get her to confess to the murder of the Riddler.]]
* A number of characters in ''VideoGame/{{Folklore}}'':
** The Faery King wants to ripristinate the visions of the afterlife the humans once had; since humans don't think about myths anymore, the Netherworld might disappear forever. [[spoiler:However, he loses faith in humanity and tries to separate the two forever; the Netherworld would not be influenced by mankind anymore, but then the latter wouldn't be afraid of death. See below.]]
** Livane opposes the King, and has replaced the myths of a paradisiac afterlife with the dread of death. This is because [[spoiler:she wants humans to think about improving their lives while they can, rather than waiting for the afterlife and wrecking everything with wars in the meantime]].
** Also, [[spoiler:Scarecrow. He wants to enforce humanity's fear of death, so that wars and homicides would stop]].
* One of the heroes in ''{{VideoGame/Dota 2}}'' is known as the Anti-Mage, who, as his name suggests, seeks to end all magic in the world by killing every magic user in his path. His motivations are vengeance for the slaughtered monks of the Turstarkuri monastery, who were killed by the magic of the Dead God's Legion.
* Imnity and Muriel in ''VideoGame/DuelSaviorDestiny'' both believe they are doing the right thing. Muriel is actually an ally, so she's not exactly wrong, [[spoiler:but she ''is'' willing to kill you if she thinks you might become the Messiah]]. Imnity, on the other hand, is basically the same as [[spoiler:Rico/Oltara]], but holding to a slightly different set of values that are ingrained in her very nature. She doesn't really seem to have anything in the way of malice [[spoiler:and is every bit as concerned about her master Mia as her counterpart worries about Taiga.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Shattered Soldier'', [[spoiler:Lance Bean is revealed to be this after he is defeated in order to expose the true [[BigBad Big Bads]] of the game, the [[GovernmentConspiracy Triumvirate]]. It turns out that they stole an important object the aliens have been looking for, known as the Relic of Morai, and that Bill Rizer and Lucia must destroy it.]]
* Oguma from ''VideoGame/MetalSlug 3D''.
** General Morden too. He grew tired of corruption within the Regular Army after his son was killed in a terrorist bombing that could have been prevented, if not for said corruption. After this, he left the army to form the Rebel Army. While his goal to remove corruption is noble, the way he plans on doing it however is by creating a worldwide military dictatorship.
* [[spoiler:Nathan Dawkins]] becomes this in the end of ''VideoGame/BeyondTwoSouls'' with his true intentions revealed. [[spoiler:The reason he needed Jodie and Aiden is to help him with his plan of using the Condenser, a device used to help spirits from the dead go the land of the living, including his wife and daughter]]. However, [[spoiler:the price for this is that it caused evil poltergeists to appear and wreck havoc]].
* [[RogueProtagonist Alex Mercer]] in ''{{VideoGame/Prototype 2}}'' is this when his actions were to end the stagnation and cruelty of humanity [[spoiler:by releasing a virus that would turn most of humanity into mindless husks and the rest into Evolved]]; so similarly to Wesker, it's more self-delusion and MoralMyopia than actually having good intentions.
* Abraxas the BigBad of ''[[VideoGame/TearsToTiara2 Tears to Tiara 2]]'' was originally one. He realizes be was wrong, but IveComeTooFar combined with DemonicPossession caused his IgnoredEpiphany and going down a much darker road.
* The opponents in all three of the original ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' series qualify as this: The Trickster wants to restore nature from man's dominion; Father Karras believes [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Utopia Justifies The Destruction of All Organic Life]]; and the [[spoiler: Keepers]] want to impose their own ideal of an ordered society on the City.


* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'':
** Republic players encounter the Justicars, a bunch of ex-military types. They return to Coruscant after the war and take over one of the sections that's suffered pretty badly and fallen into criminal control, announcing that they intend to clean the place up. The Republic is pretty thrilled by this at first... until they realize that when the Justicars say "clean the place up" they also mean "install martial law and keep the Republic itself out, violently if necessary".
** Imperial players come across [[spoiler:Revan]], who's taken over a Rakata space station with the intent of destroying the Empire (from a neutral point of view, they're the bad guys; [[BlackAndGrayMorality the Republic has issues, but the Empire is worse]]) by sending droids to murder everyone with Sith heritage, over 97% of the Imperial population. Republic players later meet with his Force ghost, who basically says, "Yeah, I went crazy."
* In ''VideoGame/BallpointUniverseInfinite'', [[spoiler:The Observer, master of the Logicians, turned to LawfulEvil in order to stop The Monolith, since he felt that he could not do it without being more organized and without gathering a like-minded army.]]
* The Malevolent Force of ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'' are a set of {{Anti Villain}}ous [[AIIsACrapshoot rogue AIs]] who really just want to keep the planets they're found on completely intact—[[GoneHorriblyRight unfortunately,]] to them that means [[DisproportionateRetribution killing any explorer, trader, miner, hunter, construction worker, etc. who alters one of those planets' landscapes, kills some of their local fauna, or mines some of their resources.]]
* Keith Evans in ''VideoGame/PsychicForce''. He truly wanted the good of his kinsmen, who was being oppressed by humanity and the only way to do it, he thinks, is being a DarkMessiah.
* The Wheel of Fate, the final boss in ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead III'', takes this objective UpToEleven. His ultimate goal is to destroy everything and resurrect everything, [[spoiler: and he laments the planet's overpopulation upon his defeat]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Rebuild}}'' Dr. Bryukhonenko arrives at your fort the instant you have a laboratory, claiming that he needs it [[spoiler:to work on a cure for zombieism]]. To that end, he works tirelessly, commits increasingly unethical experiments which freak out some observers, forces you to scout in front of a zombie horde for research purposes, demands you send a scientist to help him and [[spoiler:eventually gets himself and his lab assistant killed, causing the lab to be lost]], though it turns out that he was successful.
* In ''VideoGame/Macross30TheVoiceThatConnectsTheGalaxy'', [[spoiler: [[BigBad Todo]] tries to paint himself this was, saying that his goal is to undo Earth's destruction by the Zentraedi, which was the single largest loss of life in recorded human history. Leon retorts that while Earth's devastation was a very sad event, undoing that would also undo everything good that has happened since, particularly the cooperative alliance between humanity and the Zentraedi that has built a mostly peaceful and successful interstellar society. Also the fact that Todo's using brainwashing, harming the people of Ouroboros, and planning on wholesale slaughter of the Zentraedi kind of invalidates any claims of moral standing he has.]]
* ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'': In the Sky City from Episode 5, crafting anything (even food) without permission is a crime that's harshly punished by the Founder. [[spoiler: We later find out that it's because everyone, including the Founder, thought the city was isolated so the Founder had to carefully manage the resources they had. When they later find out that the Sky City was suspended over land (and not over a bottomless void), she's still a bit suspicious and careful but when you make Jesse tell her and Milo that they can have a plan without planning every little thing, she goes explore the new land with her chicken.]]
* One specific Variant of ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'' isn't AxCrazy for AxCrazy's sake: Chris Walker, TheDreaded even by other Variants. His implacable carnage in the asylum is a twisted sort of military damage control aimed at [[spoiler:keeping [[OurGhostsAreDifferent the Walrider]] contained]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Quite a selfless, ambitious and important objective]] compared to the other lunatics that threaten Miles and Waylon.
** In ''VideoGame/OutlastII'', Father Knoth and his cultist followers believe that they are doing the right thing by killing their children and newborns to prevent the birth of TheAntiChrist.
* ARIA of ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' was made for the welfare of human kind, and with otherworldly forces looming nearer, she fears that humanity will not be able to survive the attack. She wants to help humanity evolve and be able to overcome these forces. ARIA, however, thinks that the only way to achieve that goal is through UnwillingRoboticisation. In her own words, "Humanity will be dragged, kicking and screaming into the future."
* Morris from ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' earnestly believes that a successful [[MegaCorp Joja Corporation]] is good for a modern and prosperous Ferngill Republic, even if it requires using underhanded business tactics to run local {{Family Business}}es out of business and transform Stardew Valley into a total [[BananaRepublic exploitation colony]].
* In ''VideoGame/EVOSearchForEden'', while the protagonist's main goal is to reach Eden, he also runs into numerous creatures that have evolved way beyond what they should be using mysterious Crystals. While it's hinted at throughout the game, a secret scene in the final area and the ending reveal that the Crystals were created by [[spoiler:a pair of Martians who genuinely thought the Crystals would advance Earth society to match their own. When they realize that their plan horribly backfired and Crystal users started killing and subjugating lesser species, they come to regret their actions and apologize]].
* [[KnightTemplar Namm]], the angelic god of Justice and Law from the ''VideoGame/NexusWar'' series, just wants to keep the universe from being made the plaything of sociopathic god-sized vortexes of hate, violence and [[BodyHorror Squick]], which is something that has a very real risk of happening without someone like him taking a stand. Casualties of his efforts go well beyond demons to [[KarmaMeter evil-aligned]] mortals, neutral-aligned people who [[WithUsOrAgainstUs don't take a side]], anyone who isn't an angel and gets near some of his [[HolierThanThou more zealous followers]], and even [[spoiler:another [[GodOfGood angelic deity]]]] who Namm didn't think was supporting the cause enough.
* Dr. Flange from ''Beetle Bomp'' believes that electricity is the cause of pollution, laziness and a great many of society's other ills. As such, this prompts him to release batches of the titular insects, which have been genetically modified to consume electricity.
* ''VideoGame/ForeverHome'' has the Teyton Peacekeepers, with many of the members believing that their gang-like organization is necessary to protect Teyton's interests from the Tren occupation forces. They're actually being manipulated by their leader, [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Cross]], who cares more about himself than protecting the citizens.
* Remi Currensia from ''VideoGame/FarawayStory'' is a downplayed example. She's willing to bring an army to conquer the Faraway Continent and use the Philosopher's Stone within to turn the world into a utopia. That said, she's not willing to resort to the more ruthless tactics of her allies, as shown when she reprimands them for using hostages.
* If the titular protagonist from ''VideoGame/LiarJeannieInCrucifixKingdom'' moves the karma meter too far to either side, she'll resort to extreme measures depending on which side she's on. [[spoiler:If she saves too many human slaves, she'll come to believe that killing all the undead is the best way to save humanity. If she kills too many humans, she'll kill all humans in the kingdom under the rationale that they'll be happier as undead.]]
* ''VideoGame/LoserReborn'': The Cultist is willing to team up with the undead and [[spoiler:use his own brainwashing abilities to force the castle's female soldiers to work for him. His goal is to wake the protagonist up from their coma and return them to the real world rather than allow them to stay in Nya's false world. Though doing so will doom the inhabitants of the false world.]]

* ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'': After discovering the [[spoiler:Vault]] on Pandora's moon, Elpis, Colonel T. Zarpedon deems its power to be to dangerous to risk it falling into the wrong hands. Her solution? Destroy it... Along with all of Elpis, inevitably killing millions on both Elpis and Pandora, ''including'' herself and all her soldiers. She and her soldiers take over [[SpaceStation Helios Space Station]] and [[spoiler:repeatedly blast Elpis with the [[WeaponOfMassDestruction Eye of Helios.]]]]

* The main protagonist of the 2006 game ''VideoGame/JawsUnleashed'' is a shark who eats people, destroys boats...and eliminates threats to the environment.

* Both the [[UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar Templars]] and the [[TheHashshashin Assassins]] in ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed''. Both are fighting for peace, but the Assassins seek to bring peace through freedom of thought, while the Templars want to control people's minds so that they all have the same viewpoint, ensuring peace. Lucy even says in the first game that the Templars ''are'' doing the right thing, they're just going about it the wrong way.
** Of course, [[spoiler:Lucy turns out to be a traitor to the cause]] at the end of ''Brotherhood'', so [[spoiler:the comment has a hidden meaning]].
** The third game reinforces the Well-Intentioned aspect of the Templars by [[spoiler:making you play as one in the beginning. Until they are actually name-dropped, it seems exactly like the Assassins]].
* An AlternateCharacterInterpretation of Vergil from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' sets him up as one of these, making his quest for power based on a desire to prevent any more personal loss, after his childhood weakness cost him his mother.
-->'''Vergil''': Might controls everything. And without strength, you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself.
** [[spoiler:Additionally, it is revealed that the protagonist of the fourth game, Nero, may have been Vergil's son.]]
* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'': Deus and the Seven Deities count, as everything they did was all to destroy Gohma Vlitra and rid the world of the [[GaiasVengeance Gohma]] forever, especially since Emperor Strada refused to let them prepare for future attacks during peace times. However, their plans involved killing ''seven trillion'' innocent humans and harvesting their souls to make more Mantra for power, as well as [[PoweredByAForsakenChild wiring Asura's daughter]] up to a painful-looking machine and draining her powers to enhance their own. Furthermore, most of the Seven Deities only use this plan as an excuse to gather power for themselves; only Deus and Yasha truly care about the cause beyond their own interests, and even then, only Yasha regrets all of the death and destruction.
* Inuart turns into this in ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'s'' second ending. You can sympathize with him... all he wants is [[spoiler:his [[{{Necromantic}} dead pseudo-girlfriend back]]]]... but the method he uses to go about it has been repeatedly mentioned to lead to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the end of the world]].
** The Knights of the Seal in ''Drakengard 2'' look like this, but are ultimately either deeply messed-up people or, in Gismor's case, an outright nihilist. General Oror, on the other hand, was AFatherToHisMen and a genuinely good person. As for other antagonists, [[spoiler:Caim wants to free Angelus from her suffering and Legna wants to promote his species to supremacy and obliterate the Gods — and keep in mind that the previous game established that the Gods (a.k.a. the Watchers, a.k.a. the Grotesqueries) are a pack of bastards who have already tried to destroy the world ForTheEvulz... ''and are making a second attempt throughout the finale of this game!'']]
* The Devouring Earth from ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' are ultimately sourced in an environmental advocacy group that gradually descended into eco-terrorism before their fanatical leader got ahold of himself some Super Science. Now, the Devouring want to kill (or [[TheVirus "Devour"]]) all humans in the world. Apparently, Mother Nature is one mean broad.
** ''City of Villains'' introduced the Legacy Chain, a 'hero' group that seeks to "watch over magic to prevent its misuse and its corruption by evil, and to make sure it is used only for good". However, the 'purity of magic' is solely on their terms, and they have no hesitation in targeting heroes if they interfere with or violate their agenda.
** The Going Rogue expansion gives us the AlternateUniverse of Praetoria, where Statesman (the resident Superman {{Expy}}) rules as Emperor Cole, keeping people safe by making sure that no one has enough freedom to commit a crime. One of the [[LaResistance resistance]] factions is no better, and seeks to dethrone him by launching terrorist attacks and racking up such a high body count that the people no longer see Emperor Cole as an effective protector.
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** Arvis from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar''. Sure, he [[spoiler:[[MagnificentBastard manipulated everyone and had them kill each other, and later kills]] [[TheHero Sigurd]] [[MagnificentBastard and steals his wife to boot and showed him to her before executing him (granted, he probably didn't know that Deirdre was Sigurd's wife, but didn't care and still loved her anyways)]],]] but he has one noble goal: to make a world where there is no suffering. He even succeeds and creats a peaceful, wonderful reign for 17 years... that is, until it's revealed that he's just a pawn of Manfroy, who eventually uses his son to bring down his peaceful reign.
** Travant is revealed to be this in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776''. In ''Genealogy'', he really looked like a bastard. But here it is revealed that his intention is purely to see his homeland of Thracia thrive, not be oppressed anymore, and get better territory to improve their living conditions (its current status as a land of mercenaries is hell for his citizens). The fact that he doesn't mind if his actions and atrocities will lead him to Hell, as long as it helps his nation, just cements him as one hell of a WellIntentionedExtremist.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', Prince Lyon is the epitome of this. All he wanted was to stop a devastating earthquake that would have killed hundreds of his country's citizens [[spoiler:and bring his father back from the dead]]. He ended up releasing the BigBad by mistake, then starting a war and trying to end the world because he got possessed by the aforementioned BigBad.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'', all of Micaiah's enemies become convinced that she is this. [[ForcedIntoEvil The truth is less clear-cut]] and also not her fault.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', Walhart is the only well-intentioned antagonist. [[spoiler:He is attempting to wipe out the Grimleal religious group to prevent the resurrection of Grima, but uses extremist methods that involve brutally subjugating the Valm continent by force in order to build an army powerful enough to wipe out any chance of it happening, and his secondary goal is still to TakeOverTheWorld, [[EvilVersusOblivion something that cannot happen if Grima is revived]].]]
** [[spoiler:Edelgard]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses''. [[spoiler:Everything she does throughout all the routes, from her stint as the Flame Emperor to her brutal conquests of the Kingdom and the Alliance, all stem from a genuine desire to end the Church's corrupt, tyrannical stranglehold over the continent and ensure that the despotic, oppressive Crest system can't hurt or destroy anyone else like it destroyed her family. Only [[MoralityChain Byleth]] siding with her, however, can keep her from JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and becoming an enemy that has to be put down.]]
* Ganondorf from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', where he reveals that his original motive was [[spoiler:to free his people, the Gerudo, from the desert and move them to Hyrule]]. He just got swept up in the Triforce afterward, along with the Gerudo.
** Also from what we find out in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', since Ganondorf is [[spoiler:an incarnation of Demise's hatred towards the humans who defeated him (namely Link and Zelda) who will eternally pursue Link and Zelda's descendants,]] that might have had another influence in his life choices. It says a lot when after knowing that, you might start to feel sorry for Ganondorf (at least this version, since he seems to regret most of his life choices).
** In ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', we have [[spoiler:Hilda, the princess of Lorule. She was the one who sent Yuga out to kidnap Zelda and the Sages, so that she'd be able to obtain the Triforce and restore her land, since Lorule's Triforce had been destroyed. Unfortunately, this would end up dooming Hyrule in the same way that Lorule had been doomed after losing its Triforce; but Hilda thought doing ''whatever it took'' to save her kingdom was her duty as its ruler. When Link's Lorulean counterpart, Ravio, points out that her actions are exactly what led to the destruction of Lorule's Triforce in the first place, Hilda has a HeelRealization.]]
*** This also applies [[spoiler:to Hilda's predecessors, who destroyed Lorule's Triforce because the people were constantly fighting over its power (much like Hyrule's past problems). They destroyed it to end the fighting... they just didn't know that the world would start falling apart if they did.]]
* The BigBad in ''VideoGame/WingCommander IV'', after humanity barely escaped defeat at the hands of the Kilrathi, is terrified that the next threat could wipe humanity out. So he decides that humanity needs to continue to wage war, to improve weapons technology as far as possible, and to be as prepared as possible. So he starts a civil war. It does kinda make sense...
** He's also something of an EvilutionaryBiologist, as he designs a bio-weapon that kills people whose physical characteristics aren't ideal, and part of his belief is that humanity has become complacent in peacetime.
** He's also somewhat justified in the sequel, ''Wing Commander Prophecy''; humanity encounters yet another alien threat, but this one is so alien and hostile that the only way to stop them is to either destroy or capture and blockade the wormholes they use to invade. The ending is subsequently open-ended and not in a good way, since you never learn how the aliens showed up in the first place and you never find a long-term solution to ending the conflict.
* ''VideoGame/AceCombat''
** In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/AceCombat3Electrosphere'', the Ouroboros organization wants humanity to BrainUpload into the Electrosphere, under the belief that it is the next step in human evolution. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}, as their leader is only using this as an excuse to declare war on the MegaCorps in vengeance for the death of the woman he loved.]]
** ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar'' uses this as a plot twist. [[spoiler:The game's last bad guys, A World With No Boundaries, wanted to bring an end to war by [[OneWorldOrder eliminating (at least a sizable chunk of) the world's governments, thus eliminating the world's political borders that all too often start wars]]. Then, your former wingman shows up with the controls to nuke everything in his FinalBoss [[CoolPlane superjet]], which you defeat.]]
** ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': Princess Rosa Cossette d’Elise has Erusea declare war on Osea over the construction of [[SpaceElevator the Lighthouse]], under the belief that she’s protecting her people from encroaching Osean imperialism. [[spoiler:She’s actually an UnwittingPawn for the Erusean Radicals, who were using the war as a means to deploy their drone army, that they developed using technology that they borrowed from Belka.]]
* In ''VideoGame/CreepyCastle'', [[BigBad Darking]] intends to achieve peace by using the [[EmotionSuppression Heartbreaker]] to remove the emotions of people. Also, [[spoiler:despite knowing that it's wrong, he believes that using the Heartbreaker to prevent people suffering from the painful events of life is worth it.]]
* In the English translation of the ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' game "Revenge of Meta Knight", Meta Knight attempts to forcefully take over Dream Land to end the slothful ways of the inhabitants. Kirby, who is willing to kill people over a slice of cake, decides to stop him. In the Japanese version, Meta Knight's motivation is to end what he considers Dream Land's corrupt rule. That makes it sound like he wants to overthrow Dedede, in which case, one could argue that Kirby should be helping him.
** King Dedede played this role in at least one of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' games where he wasn't the main bad guy. Specifically, in ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' (later [[VideoGameRemake remade]] as ''Nightmare in Dream Land''), King Dedede had stolen the Star Rod from the Fountain of Dreams, [[DismantledMacGuffin broken it into seven pieces and scattered these pieces across the world]], causing everyone to be unable to dream. It wasn't until Kirby defeated Dedede, and repaired the Star Rod, that it was revealed that he did this seemingly villainous action for a very ''good'' reason. It turned out that a horrifically evil entity called Nightmare had been attacking the Fountain of Dreams, thus tainting it. King Dedede made everyone unable to dream because he figured that no dreams would be better than nightmares.
* Fain of ''{{VideoGame/Lusternia}}'' was a leader and diplomat amongst the Elder Gods prior to the Elder Wars. But when the [[EldritchAbomination Soulless Ones]] attacked — wiping out all but ten of the Elder God's leaders, devouring Elders to gain their powers, and throwing the natural equilibrium of Lusternia into chaos — Fain decided to do whatever it took to defeat them. Starting with the support of his fellow Elders, he's eventually banned from his preferred method of combating the Soulless; that is, [[CannibalismSuperpower concocting an elixir of their essence to gain their powers]], turning their own tactics against them. Deciding that the other Elders are weak and foolish, he forms a secret cabal of followers, concocts more of the [[PsychoSerum elixir]], and single-handedly turns the tide of the war in the Elder Gods' favour — and in the process, he and his followers [[HeWhoFightsMonsters gradually become]] [[TheCorruption more and more]] [[HumanoidAbomination like their enemy]]. By the end of it, they're reduced to kidnapping and eating other Elder Gods for essence, and are eventually banished... [[VillainHasAPoint completely damning the war effort]]. By the time of the game, Fain's the closest thing to [[FallenHero Satan]] there is.
* [[spoiler:Kerghan]], the main villain of ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'', is an example of this, as he thinks that [[spoiler:life itself is a form of purgatory that souls are unwillingly forced into and made to suffer through until they finally achieve the release of death. The natural solution is to kill everything in the world. A more-or-less unbiased source indicates that Kerghan is ''right'' about how the afterlife is, and the fact that spirits are in pain when in the living world is established throughout the game. He can even be talked into surrendering and admitting that he made a serious mistake when he began his plan by successfully arguing that killing everything is not the right solution.]]
* Toyotomi Hideyoshi in ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', at first sight, might look like just another cruel warlord a la Nobunaga (or Motonari), ambitious and ruthless. However, what sets him apart was his true goal. While Nobunaga wants to rule Japan to make it his playground, being the born evil S.O.B he is, Hideyoshi's goal is to make Japan a strong nation and make it prosper. However noble the goal is, he became drunk with power (as shown in his StartOfDarkness in Heroes in the hands of Matsunaga Hisahide) and is willing to use ruthless tactics and get his hands dirty to fulfill his noble goal. This mindset causes him to view Nobunaga as an obstacle to a 'strong, prospering Japan', thus, he opposes him.
* The Einst and Inspectors in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' are this; they just want to prevent humans from advancing into space and causing disruption throughout the galaxy.
** Although Windolo is just a psycho who wants an excuse to kill people, his subordinates play it straight, [[spoiler:and Windolo's own brother, Mekibos, {{Heel Face Turn}}s, but Windolo just blasts him on the spot, letting the player and the heroes know exactly what he is]].
** [[Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron The Human Machina]] in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX'' kept the time loop in place because of [[spoiler:Kali Yuga]].
--->"The very moment that Man loses his imagination, he is doomed."\\
"It is unfortunate... but this is for the sake of protecting Earth from ... [[spoiler:[Kali Yuga].]]"\\
"I have conceived it. A method by which Man might be spared. We have chosen. This is the solution that we have devised."
** In a loosely similar vein, [[spoiler:the original enemies in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX'' and Jin (post FaceHeelTurn) also worked for the same goal]].
* Caleb Goldman in ''The VideoGame/{{House of the Dead}} 2'' and ''4''. Blaming [[GaiasVengeance an uptick in natural disasters, disease outbreaks, famines, droughts, and other unsavory facts of life in human overpopulation,]] he unleashed zombie hordes and attempted to bomb humanity back to the stone age [[OverpopulationCrisis to reduce human population to manageable levels]].

* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII''[='=]s BigBad, [[spoiler:Myria, who is also the God of the Urkan]], qualifies as well. She believes that the Brood are far too powerful and could pose a danger to the planet, even though they're a peaceful people with no desire of world conquest or destruction. So what does she do? [[FinalSolution She orders the destruction of their entire race.]] Talk about blowing shit out of proportion.
** [[spoiler:Myria had a very good reason, because she herself saw the actions of humans and the atrocity that happened once before in Caer Xhan. If you remember, the entire city and Orbital station was completely abandoned, save for monsters and machines. She even explains this herself. It also helps to point out that the half of the world she is on is covered in sand, minimal to practically no life exists, and the other half of the world flourishes with life because the Great Sea acts as a natural barrier. Had she not interfered and let the Brood continue to exist, the entire world would have become a barren wasteland.]]
*** This is AnAesop of the game; [[TheDarkSide power corrupts]], but not absolutely, [[EarnYourHappyEnding and it's the choices of the powerful that make that power good or evil]].
*** [[spoiler:Peco's dialogue at the end of the game hints at the possibility that she's faking concern to control everyone. Considering [[ForTheEvulz her role]] [[BigBad in the first game]] and [[GodOfEvil her son's]] [[BigBad in the second]], it's entirely possible.]]
* Volsung of ''VideoGame/{{Wild ARMs 5}}'' is eventually revealed to be this. The game frequently [[NotSoDifferent drew parallels]] between him and Dean, in that they both want to tear down the metaphorical "wall" that separates humans and Veruni. Volsung's method is more violent. [[spoiler:And then it turns out that he wasn't extremist at all and was just BrainwashedAndCrazy.]]
* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': Mr. Kitaniji's goal to turn Shibuya into a peaceful paradise [[spoiler:by brainwashing every last one of its inhabitants with a fashionable pin of doom]], in order to avoid [[spoiler:Joshua destroying it outright]].
** [[spoiler:Joshua]] qualifies under this trope as well, actually, since [[spoiler:he tried destroying Shibuya in order to keep its corrupt influence from spreading to the rest of the world]]. In fact, so does [[spoiler: Hanekoma, who tried to indirectly kill Joshua (by sending Sho Minamimoto to kill him after teaching Minamimoto to use Taboo Noise) in an attempt to keep Joshua from destroying Shibuya]].
* In ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'', the pious Claudia wants to invoke Paradise to destroy all the wrongs of the world. [[spoiler:Too bad she does this by trying to force the reincarnation of her childhood friend to give birth to a god whose influence turns the resort town in a nightmarish realm of darkness and decay. This same god requires hatred to be born, so Claudia has Heather's father killed. "Paradise", indeed!]]
** Subverted in that Claudia [[NoPlaceForMeThere doesn't believe that she'll be a part of this paradise]], having caused too much pain in achieving her goals to deserve it.
*** The sad thing is this plan would ultimately succeed, if ''Franchise/SilentHill'' mythology is to be believed. The innocent aren't dragged into the nightmare realm, and seem generally happy.
* Every single villain (and often, potentially, the protagonist, as, in the main series, the player can chose their alignment) in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series is an example of this trope — the Law-aligned just want everyone to fall in line so that everyone can be at peace (under their strict rule), while the Chaos-aligned rebel against Law's strict rules and support something more along the lines of every man for himself, but either way, ''it's for the good of us all, really''.
** The exception is [[GodIsEvil YHVH]], who desires all to be under his control. He's such an asshole [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating that his minions, who are still very ruthless, turn on him.]]
* Both [[spoiler:Douglas Shetland]] and [[spoiler:Admiral Otomo]] of ''VideoGame/SplinterCell: Chaos Theory'' want good things for their countries, but are entirely willing to cause massive death and destruction to achieve it. In the former's case, he wants to trigger a world war between China and the United States, while the latter is [[spoiler:willing to force North Korea to nuke a Japanese city to force reforms in his government]].
-->'''[[spoiler:Shetland]]''': We've been fighting their dirty little wars our entire lives and where do we end up, staring at each other down the barrels of our guns. Nothing has changed Fisher, and it won't change by degrees. We have to tear it down, and start over, it's the only way.
-->'''Fisher''': Your own little chaos theory, throw the world into war and hope that what comes out the other side is better?
-->'''[[spoiler:Shetland]]''': It will be better, because this war will change things, Sam. Every other war has been about keeping things the same, the status quo doesn't work anymore. America is sick, Sam, she's dying. Politicians, the bureaucrats, the whispered backroom deals, it's all life support for a sick old lady who was dead a long time ago.
* [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] from ''[[VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar Lunar: Silver Star Story]]'' used to be one of the greatest heroes of all time. However, he is shocked when [[spoiler:the goddess Althena and his best friend, Dragonmaster Dyne, give up their powers so that people may gain control of their own destinies instead of relying on those powers]]. Believing that people are doomed to destroy themselves without absolute power governing them, he becomes the Magic Emperor and starts his plan [[spoiler:to hijack the power of the goddess and turn himself into an omnipotent being]] in order to give people the leadership he feels they need.
* The first two {{Big Bad}}s of the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series, Copy-X and Elpizo, are willing to do ''anything'' for their cause, the survival of the humans and [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Reploids]], respectively. This involves trying to orchestrate the extinction of the opposing race.
** The [[PunchClockVillain X-Guardians]] also qualify. They are all trying to ensure that humanity survives, leading to them becoming allies when Dr. Weil shows up.
* ''VideoGame/ExaPico'':
** Every villain (at any point) in ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoIIMelodyOfMetafalica'', as well as some of your party. A big part of [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Cloche]]'s character development revolves around trying to reconcile her idealism with the extreme measures she supports as a government figurehead.
** ''[[VideoGame/CielNosurge Ciel nosurge]]'' (and ''[[VideoGame/ArNosurgeOdeToAnUnbornStar Ar nosurge]]'') have Zillillium Rimonite, who is [[{{Expy}} very similar]] to ''Ar Tonelico 2''[='=]s Infel. In ''Ciel nosurge'', she took drastic measures to save her dying planet, and at the end of that game [[spoiler:after the planet was destroyed and the link to a new planet was cut, she attempted to restore the link, but there wasn't enough energy, and so started an AssimilationPlot that was averted. In ''Ar nosurge'', she tried to pull off the assimilation plot again and was successful at first, but it was undone by the main characters]].
* [[spoiler:Vai]] from ''VideoGame/BlackSigil: Blade of the Exiled''. [[spoiler:He took up arms against Bel Lenora because of his status as magic-less and the discrimination against it. He then got banished out to Artania and appeared in Seremaze, where he lived in peace with other majais that were not in Bel Lenora, and fathered Isa. The town got attacked by the Guardians, killing his wife and most of the people. Sick of all the violence, he planned to gather all the Armaments to get the power of the Forbidden to reshape the world into a world with no more violence, where he can live with his daughter peacefully. The only problem is that this will only work if he's in control of the power, [[DidntSeeThatComing and he doesn't]] [[EvilIsNotAToy manage to control it]]. So, he became TheAtoner after you re-gathered the Armaments to piece his soul back.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', Krellian, who believed that God did not exist or died and thus abandoned humanity when they needed him, wanted to create God with his own hands and return the world back to waves for some utopian existence.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' series, Wilhelm may seem like a shady character, using people as a means to an end, [[spoiler:but he's really just trying to save the universe from annihilation]]. However, it's hard to say whether he's a WellIntentionedExtremist or simply NecessarilyEvil, simply because, [[spoiler:well, he's ''saving the universe from annihilation at the hands of mankind's nihilism''. Hard to say where the "necessarily evil" ends and "extremist" begins, no?]]

* Eddy Gordo commits all manner of atrocities as ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Force Commander'' in the name of saving Christie Monteiro's grandfather. [[spoiler:It seems to have been for nothing.]]
** Another person like this is [[spoiler:Jin Kazama, who reveals that his entire assumption of power and unleashing of subsequent wars was done in order to destroy himself and Azazel, as he considers the casualties of war insignificant in comparison to the entire world.]]
* Subverted with The Sorceress, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon''. In one cutscene, we are led to believe by her [[TheDragon Dragon]] (who actually does fit this trope) that she kidnapped all the dragon eggs to repopulate the dragons in the Forgotten Worlds, which would restore the world's magic. In the very next cutscene, however, we discover her true nature.



* [[spoiler:Luc]] in ''VideoGame/SuikodenIII''. If he succeeded in [[spoiler:destroying the True Wind Rune]], the Grasslands would be destroyed, killing a million people. But, hey, if it keeps [[spoiler:the True Runes from eventually letting humanity die off, and keeps the gray, stagnant world]] from happening, then it's good, right?
** [[spoiler:Sialeeds]] in ''VideoGame/SuikodenV''. [[spoiler:The royal family that she belongs to was about to recover from a bloody SuccessionCrisis that plagued previous generations; but the corrupt nobles, who had a hand in said crisis, used all their clout to plunge the Queendom of Falena into another bloody war. To save her land from plunging into another crisis, she tried to take matters into her own hands, even betraying her own nephew, the prince, in the process.]]
* Jedah Dohma from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' believes that the best way to save civilization from destroying itself is to destroy the world and everything populating it, human, animal, and Darkstalker alike, and combine their souls into the body of an EldritchAbomination that will rule over the new world as its god.
* Alicia Pris of ''VideoGame/TailConcerto''.
* Admiral Aken Bosch of ''VideoGame/FreeSpace2''. He's the leader of a xenophobic rebellion of Terrans against their allies, the Vasudans, but [[spoiler:his intent is to form a greater alliance between the Terrans and the ''Shivans'', the xenocidal StarfishAliens of the setting, using a pioneering new technology to communicate with them.]]

* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' has [[spoiler:the Atlantic Federation. Their goal is noble enough, in that they want to defeat TheEmpire while, at the same time, minimizing the losses they and the independent Gallia suffer. Unfortunately, they attempt this by forcefully trying to take control of Gallia behind the scenes using ''very'' morally questionable means, including attempting to kidnap Archduchess Cordelia for ransom and, in the sequel, providing weapons and supplies for the Rebels.]]
* Some of the villains in the ''{{VideoGame/Fable}}'' series have, or at least ''had,'' good intentions. Notably, [[spoiler:Lucien from ''Fable II'' wanted to resurrect his family (although he [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumps off the slippery slope]] as the plot continues), and Logan from ''Fable III'' was driving the kingdom into the ground because he needed to raise enough money for an army to battle an EldritchAbomination.]] As the series continues, it may well turn out that [[spoiler:Theresa]] is a well-intentioned extremist, too.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** The Forerunners created the titular "Halo" {{Ring World Planet}}s which wiped out all sentient life in the galaxy, in order to eliminate the Flood. Afterwards, they then reseeded all sentient life in the galaxy, while leaving many of their artifacts for Humanity to salvage, so they can take the Mantle of Responsibility.
** The Moniter of Installation 04, 343 Guilty Spark, is a loyal and devoted servant to the Forerunners, doing what he is programmed to do even though his creators have been gone for 100,000 years. His primary goal is to put down the [[TheVirus Flood]] so that they won't consume the galaxy, and he'll do everything to achieve it...and I mean ''everything''. Even manipulating ignorant humans to activate the Halo rings, which would ''[[KillThemAll kill off every sentient being in the galaxy]]'', just so that the Flood won't have any food sources left to feed on. And if any human refuses to activate the rings, then they're as much of an enemy to the galaxy as the Flood, and they must to be put down too...
** Dr. Catherine Halsey was willing to kidnap 6-year olds to turn them into supersoldiers (a process that had a fairly low survival rate due to the augmentations). [[spoiler:So it's a very bad thing (which Halsey herself points out) when Cortana, who is based on Halsey's brain patterns, acquires vast power and immortality in ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''. Cortana decides that she should usher in an era of galactic peace...by unleashing a gigantic KillerRobot army to kill everyone in her way.]]
* [[EvilPrince Prince]] [[BigBad Eonia]] [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Transbaal]], from the ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' gameverse, wants to use the power of the LostTechnology to expand the limits of the Transbaal Empire and increase the wealth and prosperity of its populace as a result. Even [[TheHero Tact Mayers]] admits that it is a noble goal. On the other hand, he has no qualms against [[DeathFromAbove committing]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom genocide]] in order to achieve said goal.

* In ''VideoGame/RiddleSchool 5'', this is what [[spoiler:Viz]] amounts to. [[spoiler:He tried to eradicate evil in the universe by attempting to destroy all the planets. He was just a little misguided about where to find said evil.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'', Graf Michael Sepperin counts as this. He launched a coup against the Orthodox Chuch for good reasons; Number 1, to build a war for Magi to live in peace in, where they would be free of fear and persecution, and Number 2, to [[spoiler:(supposedly)]] protect his biological daughter, Iris, whom the Church wanted dead. [[spoiler:He didn't know that Iris was [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating and deceiving him]] [[ForTheEvulz for laughs]].]]

* In the third ''Videogame/DarkParables'' game, an evil artifact has persuaded Literature/{{the Snow Queen}} that following its directives will [[spoiler:revive her son, who has spent the last few centuries in an enchanted sleep]], and at this point, that's all that matters to her.
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', it is very easy to pin the NOL as some sort of TheEmpire, with their totalitarian, iron-fisted rule and their law of 'anyone not obeying our rules are to be executed'...until you realize that if NOL didn't put up such an iron-fisted rule, the CrapsackWorld will plunge into further chaos, with many dangerous Ars Magus free for people to claim, with a high possibility of the claimer being psychomaniacs out to destroy the world. It may be a cruel method, and the NOL look like jerks doing their job, but they do try to make the world a better place to live in. However, the reason why NOL is easy to pin as an unabashed evil [[TheEmpire empire]] is the fact that, possibly, the whole organization is being manipulated by not one, but two over-the-top villains with InvincibleVillain status.
* Doctor Proton is portrayed this way in ''The Doctor Who Cloned Me'', the singleplayer DLC campaign for VideoGame/DukeNukemForever. While his ultimate goal (defeat the aliens) is good, his means to reach it (kill Duke Nukem, replace him with an army of Terminator-like robots who look like him and put one of them as a [[PuppetKing puppet president]] while being the ManBehindTheMan, just to prove to himself that robots can be superior to humans) are certainly not.
* [[spoiler: Ra's al Ghul and his [[TheDragon Dragon]]]] Hugo Strange in [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Batman: Arkham City]]. The main goal: [[spoiler: wipe out all the criminals in Gotham by gathering them all in Arkham City and blow it all to Kingdom Come.]]

* [[spoiler:Katrina]] in ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'' is very much this trope. [[spoiler: Everything she's done is because [[BlueAndOrangeMorality she genuinely believes it's the right thing to do]]. She kidnaps Tanya and takes her as her own daughter because of the draconian measures her real mother and father have taken to protect her (which border on the abusive), because clearly their treatment shows they don't really love her. She wants to [[SealedEvilInACan release]] the [[EldritchAbomination Dark One]] not to destroy the world, or as a means of gaining power for conquest, but only because she fears how helpless she is during the day and [[EvilIsNotAToy thinks she is powerful enough to control Him]], ushering in eternal night without the destruction and death Avoozl would ordinarily bring. Ironically, the only thing where she does ''not'' believe TheEndJustifiesTheMeans is her relationship with the Hero. She wants him to help her and love her of his own free will, even though she could ''easily'' force him.]]
** [[spoiler:This is ultimately the key to her HeelFaceTurn at the end of the game, and carried on throughout ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryV''. While the Hero falls in love with her, Katrina [[LoveRedeems falls in love with him in turn]], and this prompts her to commit her HeroicSacrifice to save him from [[TheDragon Ad Avis]]. By the time she's brought BackFromTheDead in ''Dragon Fire'', Katrina is ready to acknowledge just how badly she miscalculated.]]

* If Harlow in ''VideoGame/DeadIslandRiptide'' isn't a terrorist as [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Serpo]] claims she's this. She saves Wayne despite being infected and pushes him into the tunnels, which is filled with chemicals that are exacerbating the kuru outbreak into the zombie plague, and once he turns she goes into a ClusterFBomb rant justifying finding out what happens. [[spoiler: After leading the survivors to Henderson she tries to stop you from escaping, forcibly, because there is no known cure and the infection could possibly affect the whole planet. Given the survivors of Banoi and Palanai amount to less than twenty percent without taking into account those who might be infected a HeroicSacrifice might well have been the better alternative.]]
* ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' has Zoltun Kulle, a powerful sorcerer who created the Black Soulstone to imprison demons...and angels, whom he [[LightIsNotGood regarded as little better]]. His ultimate goal was to unlock the power of the nephalem, the powerful precursors to humans, so that all of humanity could share in it. While his methods were far too extreme and got him [[SealedEvilInASixPack sealed in multiple cans]], [[VillainHasAPoint he was right in many regards]]. The angels aren't ''quite'' as bad as he thinks, but he is right that many have called for humanity's destruction; and his warnings that the events are being guided by a greater power really should have been heeded.

* One enemy faction of ''VideoGame/TheDivision'' is the Cleaners, organized and rallied by sanitation worker Joe Ferro. As they roam the streets of Manhattan in hazmat gear and garbage trucks, using flamethrowers and homebrew napalm to incinerate civilians in cold blood (so to speak), it's obvious why the good guys need to put them down. At the same time, however, society has been completely demolished by an [[ThePlague outbreak]] of super-smallpox, and this is Ferro's "cure": If these idiots would [[QuarantineWithExtremePrejudice obey the quarantine]], stay off the streets, and stop trying to flee the city, they could have lived. It doesn't help that Ferro's [[CrusadingWidower wife died]] of this plague early on.

* In ''VideoGame/TheSpectrumRetreat'', Maddie does some questionable things, most notably [[spoiler:forging Alex's signature and forcing him into a LotusEaterMachine]], in hopes of protecting the world from him. It's up to you to decide whether she was right to do so, though.

* Both of the Primordial Serpents in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'' present themselves this way: Frampt being willing to condemn people to a long, torturous death to keep the First Flame going, and Kaathe willing to doom most of the world to bring about the Age of Dark, to the benefit of humanity. Possibly. Both characters are notably dishonest, and Kaathe's activities in particular tend to cause horrible doom to everyone involved, so whether either is actually all that well-intentioned is left rather up in the air. Even more so considering siding with Kaathe in the end has Frampt joining up as well.

* ''VideoGame/TheTiamatSacrament'':
** The Great Seven Dragons sealed themselves away to prevent Ry'jin from taking their DNA and souls and becoming too strong for humanity to stop. However, Ilisrei notes this is a MortonsFork, since the rebels stand little chance against Ry'jin without the dragons' help. They're also willing to kill Az'uar to prevent his DNA from falling into Ry'jin's hands.
** One of the Saphirite officers, [[spoiler:Rast]], attempts to kill Az'uar to prevent the empire from harvesting his DNA. He also wants to turn Az'uar's soul into a Rune Blade.

* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'': Mustache Girl is ultimately not really a villain in the traditional sense and her goal is very sympathetic, however she's a hero living in a world of villains, and her frustration and inability to defeat the Mafia around her has led to a lack of options. Her solution when Hat Kid shows up? Steal Hat Kid's time pieces, use them to rewrite the past and create an alternate time line where she is an overlord, force every citizen to come before her and ask for judgment, and spare the "good guys" while killing "the bad guys". Given the villains we face throughout the story, her goal is entirely well meant, but her method of executing it is to become more evil than the villains themselves by openly killing them, and to steal Hat Kid's time pieces and force her to stay trapped on the planet forever. Throughout the final boss fight, it becomes apparent that she is the only person who cares about this goal, even the peace-loving mountain folk actively work against her to help Hat Kid defeat her in the final battle.
* ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'': After discovering the [[spoiler:Vault]] on Pandora's moon, Elpis, Colonel T. Zarpedon deems its power to be to dangerous to risk it falling into the wrong hands. Her solution? Destroy it... Along with all of Elpis, inevitably killing millions on both Elpis and Pandora, ''including'' herself and all her soldiers. She and her soldiers take over [[SpaceStation Helios Space Station]] and [[spoiler:repeatedly blast Elpis with the [[WeaponOfMassDestruction Eye of Helios.]]]]

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** Shadow the Hedgehog in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. 50 years before the story starts, GUN raided the space station he was on and killed his only friend, [[CynicismCatalyst turning him into]] the AntiHero that he is now. When Eggman removed him from stasis, he immediately tried to get his revenge against GUN, which eventually turned into [[spoiler:a ColonyDrop that [[DisproportionateRetribution probably would have destroyed the planet]]. Only [[TheHeart Amy]] stopped him from going through with it.]]
** Dr. Eggman is another case: the little amount of details revealed about what exactly his Eggman Empire is mentions something about robots and scientists being high-class citizens. In addition, it is heavily implied that his world domination schemes stemmed from the fact that his grandfather was arrested by GUN, something he perceived as an injustice. In ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'' in particular, he displays remarkable restraint with his Extractor machine, which drains energy from the planet to power his robots — he makes a point of shutting down the machine regularly so as not to cause irreversible damage. (The main conflict in that game comes about when the Zeti turn on him and throw said restraint out the window, forcing Sonic and Eggman to [[EnemyMine team up]] so they can get past the Zeti and shut the Extractor down before it ruins the world.)
** [[spoiler:Merlina/The Dark Queen]] from ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]'' is a completely straight example. Why unleash hordes of monsters on the kingdom, including [[spoiler:a demonic doppelganger of King Arthur]]? To keep the [[spoiler:terrible ending of Camelot as we know it]] from happening. This particular villain is so sympathetic that Sonic appears [[spoiler:to have no hard feelings]] after it's over.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has a few examples.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire''[='=]s Team Magma and Aqua both believe that they'll be doing good for the world by flooding it/drying it out. Despite their devotion to the cause, in the end, [[spoiler:they awaken Hoenn's OlympusMons, who do exactly what they want... [[GoneHorriblyRight too well]], and they [[HeelFaceTurn realize their mistake]].]]
** ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''[='=]s Team Galactic is a bit lower in the "well-intentioned" department. Their leader, Cyrus, seeks to control the OlympusMons of the area and [[spoiler:make them destroy and remake reality in his image]]. He cites [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves human emotion being the catalyst for conflict]] as the main reason for this, although once you beat him, he [[{{Hypocrite}} turns out to be]] NotSoStoic. Once you defeat certain grunts, they start to question what Cyrus is even doing. It can be assumed that, before, they just liked having authority enough to not question why.
** [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Team Plasma]], and especially their leader, N, believes that all relationships between Pokémon and humans are abusive, and [[AnimalWrongsGroup they want everyone in Unova to release their 'mons]]. [[spoiler:Except, it's all a front. Team Plasma is actually the UnwittingPawn of the inhuman Ghetsis Harmonia, who wants humans separated from their Pokémon [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans so he can conquer them easily]]. [[KnightTemplar N in particular]], since Ghetsis [[TykeBomb raised him with a bunch of 'mons that had been abused by their trainers, deluding him into thinking that's the only kind of relationship possible with them.]] Although N still plans to free all Pokémon from their Trainers, he does acknowledge that there are Trainers who treat their Pokémon well, and that he wouldn't have to go through with the plan if more Trainers could be like that.]]
*** [[spoiler:At the end, N reveals that he has been doubting himself for quite some time and battles you to test his beliefs. After losing, he leaves to find a different way to create his perfect world.]]
** [[spoiler:Darkrai]] in ''[[VideoGame/PokeParkWii Poképark 2: Wonders Beyond]]''. He just wants Pokémon to have fun forever... which is causing the destruction of the Pokepark.
** ''Nobunaga'' turns out to be this in ''VideoGame/PokemonConquest''. [[spoiler:He wants to conquer all of Raisen to summon Arceus, then wipe Arceus out, in order to put an end to the constant warfare plaguing the region.]]
** [[spoiler:Lysandre]], the leader of [[VideoGame/PokemonXandY Team Flare]], wants to put an end to war and "make the world beautiful". Seems like a noble enough goal... [[spoiler:until it's revealed that his method of doing so involves reactivating an ancient super-weapon to destroy all humans and Pokémon who aren't a part of Team Flare, due to the world's limited resources and humanity's overpopulation.]]
** ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'', in addition to Teams Aqua and Magma mentioned above, has one in [[spoiler:Lorekeeper Zinnia. Her goal is to summon Rayquaza in order to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt in the form of a massive meteor on a collision course with the planet; her method, however, involves joining Team Magma/Aqua and helping them to unleash Primal Groudon/Kyogre in order to force Rayquaza to respond to the resultant weather crisis. When the player foils that plan, she instead starts stealing Key Stones from a large number of holders, including from the Rival (Brendan/May) and Archie/Maxie, in order to summon Rayquaza manually.]]
** [[spoiler:Lusamine]] in the AlternateUniverse of ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon''. Contrary to her actions in the universe of the original Sun/Moon, she was willing to [[spoiler:sacrifice Nebby in order to try and prevent Necrozma from causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]] rather than for her own reasons.
** [[spoiler:Chairman Rose]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''. [[spoiler:While he does want to access the power of [[AncientEvil Eternatus]], it's only so he can solve a potential energy crisis. The only problem is that said energy crisis is roughly a thousand years away, and Eternatus quickly proves that EvilIsNotAToy. In the end, he feels great remorse for his actions and turns himself in.]]
* Raphael in the VideoGame/SoulSeries. Essentially, the only person he cares about is his foster daughter, Amy, who was orphaned at a young age. However, thanks to being infected by Soul Edge, they're "different" from everyone else (effectively, they're [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]]). Thus, he wants to use Soul Calibur to create a brand new world for himself and Amy, where they can live peacefully. But doing so involves infecting the entire world with their 'illness'... In order to find the sword, he had to leave Amy behind...
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' has a few of these.
** Revan and Malak from the first game wanted to prepare the Republic for a war against the True Sith [[note]]prior to retcons by ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''[[/note]]. Their method of doing this was to conquer the Republic in order to use their political infrastructure and the power of the Star Forge to create a powerful rival state to fight the Sith Empire while using the Sith cult built around Revan's personality to erode the moral authority of the actual Sith religion.
*** At least that was Revan's plan. While Revan maintained his goal-oriented mindset after turning to the Dark Side, Malak developed into a BloodKnight.
** [[TokenEvilTeammate G0-T0]] in the [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords sequel]] is a patriot, of sorts -- he views the Republic with a degree of respect and considers it necessary for the smooth operation of his criminal empire. As such, he's more than happy to aid it in an unofficial capacity... albeit one that benefits him in the end. [[spoiler:Of course, the self-benefit turns out to be a ruse -- he's a droid programmed specifically to prevent the Republic from collapsing and views his criminal empire as a NecessaryEvil to stabilize its economy. The fact that this causes untold suffering is irrelevant -- all he cares about is that the Republic remains in power.]]
** Darth Traya at the end of the sequel [[spoiler: blames TheForce exerting its will on individuals for every conflict in galactic history and tried to use [[PlayerCharacter The Exile]] [[RageAgainstTheHeavens to kill it]], seeing them as proof that life can exist without it. It's unclear how accurate this is, but she was willing to potentially kill untold billions along with her apprentice for the sake of peace.]]
* The VideoGame/TalesSeries ''lives and breathes'' this trope. One of the reason the series is so beloved is that the villains usually have sympathetic {{Freudian Excuse}}s:
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'': [[spoiler:Dhaos wanted mana from the planet's world tree to save his ''own'' home planet, and was only blowing stuff up because the rapid advancements in magitech were consuming all the mana and slowly killing the world. The party's reaction upon finding this out is something akin to [[NiceJobBreakingItHero "...Whoops..."]]]]
*** [[spoiler:The main reason things really got bad in the game was because Dhaos is utterly clueless to the ramifications of his actions at every level. The famous "If there is evil in this world..." quote is less thoughtful social commentary and more just illustrating Dhaos' ridiculous mindset that self-defense is a form of evil and mindraping people to commit atrocities somehow proves natural human malevolence. Check the game's entry on AntiVillain for more information.]]
** ''VideoGame/{{Tales of Symphonia}}'': [[spoiler:Yggdrasill wanted to end discrimination and war, and resurrect his beloved sister (who had died as a result of said discrimination and war). He intended to do this by transforming everyone into the same soulless lifeform, powered by crystals that are created from human suffering]].
*** [[spoiler:Yuan's resistance to Yggdrasill's goals put him on this list as well. Although he is acting against a plan whose end result would be turning people into organic robots for eternity while allowing the world to rot from mana deprivation, he counters it by killing anyone and everyone who could potentially allow the plan to come to fruition. To be precise, he and the resistance group, the Renegades, have most likely been killing the Chosens of Sylvarant for several centuries, so as to avoid the creation of a vessel for Martel.]]
*** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' had two: [[spoiler:Richter wanted to resurrect his dead friend and take revenge on Ratatosk for killing him; however, this would involve killing the innocent main character and turning the world into a demonic realm (though, secretly, he planned to use a HeroicSacrifice to stop that last part from happening). Ratatosk himself was the second example, wishing to restore the world's flow of mana by killing everyone who had distorted it: namely, all the humans, elves, and half-elves in the world]].
** ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Abyss]]'': [[spoiler:Van wanted to free humanity from the chains of [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight the prophecy of Yulia Jue's Score]]: an understandable sentiment, considering that the major leaders were willing to actively plunge the world into war simply because it was predicted, and, unknown to everyone but Van, the Score ends with humanity being destroyed. His plan was to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the current world]] and substitute {{Replacement Goldfish}}es for everything and everyone, because he believed that the aforementioned Goldfishes were not predicted by, and thus not bound by, the Score. He is fully aware of the irony in the fact that his plan to overturn the Score would make it a SelfFulfillingProphecy.]]
** ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Vesperia]]'': [[spoiler:Duke wanted to destroy the [[SealedEvilInACan Adephagos]] as much as anybody. Having lost faith in humanity, though — they turned on him and [[CynicismCatalyst killed his best friend]] even after they both fought on humanity's side in the war — his plan was to [[KillEmAll sacrifice them all]] to fuel his strike against it. He is unique in that the party actually talks him out of it by the end of the game.]]
*** Another example from the same game would be [[spoiler:Alexei, who [[GoMadFromTheRevelation Goes Mad From The Revelation]] that there was nothing he could do to save a world that was slowly killing itself... except for using a WeaponOfMassDestruction to destroy and recreate it with less self-destructive natural laws]].
** ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia Xillia]]'': [[spoiler:Gaius wants to gather all of the world's weapons, and eventually become [[AGodAmI the next Lord of Spirits]], because he feels that the strong should protect the weak, and have a duty to do so. The rest of the party calls him out on this several times, notably Milla [[AndThenWhat asking Gaius if the next king of Auj Oule will have the same idea]], and note that he's going to have to kill a lot of people to get what he wants. Notably, Gaius considers Jude a WorthyOpponent, and the two come to develop a mutual respect for each other, to the point where after the party [[FinalBoss defeats him]], [[GracefulLoser Gaius backs down]], and lets the party do things their way.]]
*** [[spoiler:Gilland also qualifies for this trope, having [[TheChessmaster tricked the party and used them to help him take over Rieze Maxia]] because his world of Elympios is dying. Elympios relies too heavily on spyrix and not on the spirits, and as such, [[GreenAesop will soon dry up completely]].]]
** ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria Berseria]]'': [[spoiler:Artorius knows full well how strong negative emotions turn humans into Daemons and in fact lost his wife because of it. As such, all he wants is to prevent people from turning into Daemons at all, which would allow the world of Desolation to be freed from the sins of man. His way of going about realizing this ambition ultimately means eliminating all semblance of emotion from people, turning them into human automatons lacking will, and by the start of the game he already has forced many, many malakhim to become brainwashed slaves for the Abbey. Not to mention, his plan also requires allowing Innominant to feed off the the strong negative emotions of a number of unlucky Daemons called 'Therions' ''and'' required him to turn a few malakhim into dragons, which is a thoroughly painful process that also requires the malak in question to mentally ''break.'']]
* Paxton Fettel of ''VideoGame/{{FEAR}}'' is ruthless and cold-blooded in his determination to wipe out every single employee of Armacham Technology Corporation... but, as his dialogue indicates, he genuinely believes that, because of the horrible things they did to Alma (a {{Woobie}} to most), they deserve everything they get, and then some.
* Dutch from ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' and ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' certainly fancies himself to be one of these but due to his AmbiguouslyEvil nature, whether or not he's one or simply a manipulative psychopath is left open to interpretation.
* Illidan Stormrage from ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII''. Ironically, he went from apparently sliding down the slope to evil, to having his reputation ruin a chance of actually getting some good accomplished (that, and his cold-blooded murder of several of his pursuers), to going for personal power again, to being blackmailed into attempting to do good again (ironically, at the behest of TheDragon of the series' deceased BigBad), all in the game he was introduced in and its expansion pack.
** Prince Kael'Thas of the [nearly wiped out] Elves is an example of this in the expansion. Kael'Thas is portrayed as an honourable man, even helping the Night Elves despite it not being a Blood Elven conflict. He simply was doing what was best for his people, even holding together the alliance with the scattered remnants of the Lordaeron humans of whom suffered a similar culling by the Scourge. Unfortunately, the Lordaeron leader just so happened to be a colossal racist, and it is implied he would orchestrate strategies that would lead to the remaining Elves dying off. After ordering the execution of the remaining Elves in retaliation for Kael'Thas accepting aid from the Naga (had Kael'Thas not accepted, then both the Lordaeron gates would have fallen and his people would be massacured), Kael'Thas had no choice but to serve Illidan and the demon elves' agenda in order to save his people. So his choiice was either follow a path that would corrupt and ruin him, or watch his people be slaughtered for the crime of protecting their human allies.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', during the Opening the Dark Portal Raid, the Infinite Dragonflight tries to convince the players that they're doing good by keeping the Portal from opening by saying such things as "Many lives could be saved." and "The resulting wars could be erased." However, they forget to mention the fact that changing the past drastically will make the time lines collapse in on themselves, destroying all existence, which is coincidentally [[OmnicidalManiac exactly what they are aiming for]]. The questgiver also notes that if the Orcs had never come to Azeroth, not only would they have died out, but the native races of Azeroth would have been destroyed by the Burning Legion.
** Also in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', you. Yes, you, the player. You have to go back in time in several instances to make sure that occurrences, both good and bad, happen. So for every "Battle of Mt. Hyjal" you win, you still have to lead Arthas down the path of becoming one of the most evil beings of all ''Warcraft'' lore. It's kind of [[OmnicidalManiac the lesser of two evils.]] Seeing as how you'll actually wake up tomorrow morning if Arthas is the Lich King.
*** One of the books explores what happens if Arthas does not become the Lich King: Jaina does. Arthas is a powerful paladin. Jaina? One of the most powerful wizards on Azeroth.
** Edwin [=VanCleef=], the leader of the Defias, was a PrinciplesZealot who had sworn revenge against Stormwind after they greatly wronged him and his fellow craftsmen. In spite of this justified grievance, his actions were completely horrid.
*** The second Defias Brotherhood formed in the ''Cataclysm'' expansion has similar motivations. It's revealed that the war in Northrend has driven the Kingdom of Stormwind into bankruptcy, and the already neglected region of Westfall has been overrun by mobs of homeless citizens. While the farmers do their best to feed people, the government does little to help, and the largest settlement in the region, Sentinel Hill, has barred any vagabonds from entering the town. This leads to many of the homeless joining together in a reformed Defias Brotherhood, under the leadership of Vanessa [=VanCleef=], Edwin's teenage daughter. While justifiably upset, they unfortunately resort to many of the same tactics as the old Brotherhood, and share the same ultimate goal: The destruction of Stormwind City. Vanessa herself uses a number of unsavory tactics to try and achieve this goal. She murders the Furlbrow family when they recognize her true identity as Edwin [=VanCleef=]'s daughter, she forces a less-than-intelligent Ogre Mage, Glubtok, to work for her under the threat of death, and gleefully sets Sentinel Hill ablaze.
** Malygos, one of the five Dragon Aspects, was horrified by the reckless, unchecked use of magic by the mortal races and truly believed a world where they could not wield the arcane was a good thing. It's unfortunate that his methods for solving this problem included redirecting all of Azeroth's ley-lines (a system of invisible channels that carry magic through the world, like blood vessels for arcane energy) to his home in Northrend, and attempting to purge anyone who used magic without his permission.
** Sargeras, one of the ultimate evils of the setting, who created the [[TheLegionsOfHell Burning Legion]] to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy all creation]], is one of these. While still a member of the benevolent Titans, Sargeras discovered that beyond reality, a horrible, physical manifestation of entropy, known as the Void, sought to devour reality itself, and it had found a way to do so by sending shards of itself into the physical realm. These shards would corrupt Titans yet to be born, giving the Void Lords immensely powerful servants within the physical realm. Fearing what would happen if they ever managed to corrupt even a single Titan, Sargeras decided the only course of action was to destroy all life and start things over without such a window for the Void to exploit.
** In ''Legion'', it's shown that the Naaru have shades of this. Xe'ra (the Prime Naaru) tries to FORCE the Light on Illidan so he can lead the Army of the Light, despite his objections ("I've traded my freedom for power before!")... it doesn't go well for her.
* In ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic IV'''s Order campaign, the antagonist, Gavin Magnus, is driven by the desire to safeguard the new world from those that might destroy it, like the old one from the previous games was. His method? Rob everyone of their free will.
* Arantir from the fifth ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' game was originally a necromancer that was the poster child of DarkIsNotEvil, dedicated to ending the demonic corruption of Ashan. When he learned of the existence of the Demon Messiah [[spoiler:and the Skull of Sar-Elam, the wizard who originally defeated the Demon Sovereign Kha-beleth,]] he then dedicated himself to hunting down the Messiah and making sure that he can't [[spoiler:free Kha-beleth for good]]. Later, in ''[[VideoGame/DarkMessiah Dark Messiah]]'', the latest entry in the ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'' series, Arantir takes it a step further and puts into motion a plan to seal away [[spoiler:Kha-beleth]] forever, as opposed to relying on [[spoiler:the original seal that allowed Kha-beleth's minions to appear in Ashan during an eclipse]]. The "extreme" part of this plan is that the ritual required to make a perfect seal [[spoiler:needs [[PoweredByAForsakenChild countless human sacrifices]]. Sar-Elam likely thought this was too high a price to pay]].
* The VideoGame/{{Fallout}} series has a number of these:
** TheMaster, the [[BigBad villain]] of ''VideoGame/Fallout1'', wanted to safeguard humanity... by converting all pure humans into hardier super-mutants more able to survive the wasteland, and destroying those "impure" strains who could not be converted. He believed his atrocities were in the interest of the greater good... and if you prove to him that his plan couldn't work and they were actually for nothing, he commits suicide out of sorrow and remorse. Alternatively, you could join the Master if you believe he is right and have no proof to the contrary
** The Enclave in ''VideoGame/Fallout2'' want to eliminate all mutants in the wasteland and create a safe environment for the rebuilding of humanity. The problem is that their plan involves killing 99% of humanity over a slight fluctuation in DNA, not just the actual mutants, so it's not entirely on the up and up. You can, however, set the scientist behind this plan straight on morality.
** Likewise, there's the Enclave in ''VideoGame/Fallout3''. They operate under the order of President Eden (who is exactly as evil as the Enclave in the old days) and [[TheDragon Colonel Autumn]], who is far more realistic and far less idealistic. The struggle between Eden and Autumn drive the last part of the game.
** Both [[TheFederation New California Republic]] and [[TheHorde Caesar]] in VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas play this role. Both crush the identities of the tribes they annex, and require its citizens to pay tribute to the ruling body (taxation for the NCR, military service for Caesar's Legion), and have been known to kill dozens to enforce compliance.
*** The NCR tend to be more sympathetic, as they have partially recreated modern society and promote equality among the populace, not to mention their preference of diplomacy over warfare. Yet memory of the Bitter Springs Massacre persists in the public memory, showing the extent of the Republic's wrath.
*** Caesar, on the other hand, merely wishes to prevent the partisanship and technological dependence that nearly wiped out humanity in the first place, even if that entails killing and enslaving thousands. His explanation is wholly rational under his strict interpretation of utilitarianism, showing he has given the matter great thought.
** The Institute in ''VideoGame/Fallout4''. They want to bring progress and order to the Wasteland, and see themselves as humanity's future. Unfortunately, their methods include [[KillAndReplace replacing people with synth dopplegangers]] and treating the [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots synths]] they create [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman as slaves]], not to mention a ''litany'' of unethical scientific experiments. Still, the player is free to join them, and may be especially tempted given that [[spoiler:the beloved son that the protagonist has been searching for all game for is now their leader]].

* [[spoiler:Mitra]] in ''VideoGame/TreasureOfTheRudra''. [[spoiler:She actually did everything in case the destroyers she fought in the past were to return and threaten the planet.]]

* Both the [[UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar Templars]] and the [[TheHashshashin Assassins]] in ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed''. Both are fighting for peace, but the Assassins seek to bring peace through freedom of thought, while the Templars want to control people's minds so that they all have the same viewpoint, ensuring peace. Lucy even says in the first game that the Templars ''are'' doing the right thing, they're just going about it the wrong way.
** Of course, [[spoiler:Lucy turns out to be a traitor to the cause]] at the end of ''Brotherhood'', so [[spoiler:the comment has a hidden meaning]].
** The third game reinforces the Well-Intentioned aspect of the Templars by [[spoiler:making you play as one in the beginning. Until they are actually name-dropped, it seems exactly like the Assassins]].
* An AlternateCharacterInterpretation of Vergil from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' sets him up as one of these, making his quest for power based on a desire to prevent any more personal loss, after his childhood weakness cost him his mother.
-->'''Vergil''': Might controls everything. And without strength, you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself.
** [[spoiler:Additionally, it is revealed that the protagonist of the fourth game, Nero, may have been Vergil's son.]]
* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'': Deus and the Seven Deities count, as everything they did was all to destroy Gohma Vlitra and rid the world of the [[GaiasVengeance Gohma]] forever, especially since Emperor Strada refused to let them prepare for future attacks during peace times. However, their plans involved killing ''seven trillion'' innocent humans and harvesting their souls to make more Mantra for power, as well as [[PoweredByAForsakenChild wiring Asura's daughter]] up to a painful-looking machine and draining her powers to enhance their own. Furthermore, most of the Seven Deities only use this plan as an excuse to gather power for themselves; only Deus and Yasha truly care about the cause beyond their own interests, and even then, only Yasha regrets all of the death and destruction.
* Inuart turns into this in ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'s'' second ending. You can sympathize with him... all he wants is [[spoiler:his [[{{Necromantic}} dead pseudo-girlfriend back]]]]... but the method he uses to go about it has been repeatedly mentioned to lead to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the end of the world]].
** The Knights of the Seal in ''Drakengard 2'' look like this, but are ultimately either deeply messed-up people or, in Gismor's case, an outright nihilist. General Oror, on the other hand, was AFatherToHisMen and a genuinely good person. As for other antagonists, [[spoiler:Caim wants to free Angelus from her suffering and Legna wants to promote his species to supremacy and obliterate the Gods — and keep in mind that the previous game established that the Gods (a.k.a. the Watchers, a.k.a. the Grotesqueries) are a pack of bastards who have already tried to destroy the world ForTheEvulz... ''and are making a second attempt throughout the finale of this game!'']]
* The Devouring Earth from ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' are ultimately sourced in an environmental advocacy group that gradually descended into eco-terrorism before their fanatical leader got ahold of himself some Super Science. Now, the Devouring want to kill (or [[TheVirus "Devour"]]) all humans in the world. Apparently, Mother Nature is one mean broad.
** ''City of Villains'' introduced the Legacy Chain, a 'hero' group that seeks to "watch over magic to prevent its misuse and its corruption by evil, and to make sure it is used only for good". However, the 'purity of magic' is solely on their terms, and they have no hesitation in targeting heroes if they interfere with or violate their agenda.
** The Going Rogue expansion gives us the AlternateUniverse of Praetoria, where Statesman (the resident Superman {{Expy}}) rules as Emperor Cole, keeping people safe by making sure that no one has enough freedom to commit a crime. One of the [[LaResistance resistance]] factions is no better, and seeks to dethrone him by launching terrorist attacks and racking up such a high body count that the people no longer see Emperor Cole as an effective protector.
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** Arvis from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar''. Sure, he [[spoiler:[[MagnificentBastard manipulated everyone and had them kill each other, and later kills]] [[TheHero Sigurd]] [[MagnificentBastard and steals his wife to boot and showed him to her before executing him (granted, he probably didn't know that Deirdre was Sigurd's wife, but didn't care and still loved her anyways)]],]] but he has one noble goal: to make a world where there is no suffering. He even succeeds and creats a peaceful, wonderful reign for 17 years... that is, until it's revealed that he's just a pawn of Manfroy, who eventually uses his son to bring down his peaceful reign.
** Travant is revealed to be this in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776''. In ''Genealogy'', he really looked like a bastard. But here it is revealed that his intention is purely to see his homeland of Thracia thrive, not be oppressed anymore, and get better territory to improve their living conditions (its current status as a land of mercenaries is hell for his citizens). The fact that he doesn't mind if his actions and atrocities will lead him to Hell, as long as it helps his nation, just cements him as one hell of a WellIntentionedExtremist.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', Prince Lyon is the epitome of this. All he wanted was to stop a devastating earthquake that would have killed hundreds of his country's citizens [[spoiler:and bring his father back from the dead]]. He ended up releasing the BigBad by mistake, then starting a war and trying to end the world because he got possessed by the aforementioned BigBad.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'', all of Micaiah's enemies become convinced that she is this. [[ForcedIntoEvil The truth is less clear-cut]] and also not her fault.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', Walhart is the only well-intentioned antagonist. [[spoiler:He is attempting to wipe out the Grimleal religious group to prevent the resurrection of Grima, but uses extremist methods that involve brutally subjugating the Valm continent by force in order to build an army powerful enough to wipe out any chance of it happening, and his secondary goal is still to TakeOverTheWorld, [[EvilVersusOblivion something that cannot happen if Grima is revived]].]]
** [[spoiler:Edelgard]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses''. [[spoiler:Everything she does throughout all the routes, from her stint as the Flame Emperor to her brutal conquests of the Kingdom and the Alliance, all stem from a genuine desire to end the Church's corrupt, tyrannical stranglehold over the continent and ensure that the despotic, oppressive Crest system can't hurt or destroy anyone else like it destroyed her family. Only [[MoralityChain Byleth]] siding with her, however, can keep her from JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and becoming an enemy that has to be put down.]]
* Ganondorf from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', where he reveals that his original motive was [[spoiler:to free his people, the Gerudo, from the desert and move them to Hyrule]]. He just got swept up in the Triforce afterward, along with the Gerudo.
** Also from what we find out in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', since Ganondorf is [[spoiler:an incarnation of Demise's hatred towards the humans who defeated him (namely Link and Zelda) who will eternally pursue Link and Zelda's descendants,]] that might have had another influence in his life choices. It says a lot when after knowing that, you might start to feel sorry for Ganondorf (at least this version, since he seems to regret most of his life choices).
** In ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', we have [[spoiler:Hilda, the princess of Lorule. She was the one who sent Yuga out to kidnap Zelda and the Sages, so that she'd be able to obtain the Triforce and restore her land, since Lorule's Triforce had been destroyed. Unfortunately, this would end up dooming Hyrule in the same way that Lorule had been doomed after losing its Triforce; but Hilda thought doing ''whatever it took'' to save her kingdom was her duty as its ruler. When Link's Lorulean counterpart, Ravio, points out that her actions are exactly what led to the destruction of Lorule's Triforce in the first place, Hilda has a HeelRealization.]]
*** This also applies [[spoiler:to Hilda's predecessors, who destroyed Lorule's Triforce because the people were constantly fighting over its power (much like Hyrule's past problems). They destroyed it to end the fighting... they just didn't know that the world would start falling apart if they did.]]
* The BigBad in ''VideoGame/WingCommander IV'', after humanity barely escaped defeat at the hands of the Kilrathi, is terrified that the next threat could wipe humanity out. So he decides that humanity needs to continue to wage war, to improve weapons technology as far as possible, and to be as prepared as possible. So he starts a civil war. It does kinda make sense...
** He's also something of an EvilutionaryBiologist, as he designs a bio-weapon that kills people whose physical characteristics aren't ideal, and part of his belief is that humanity has become complacent in peacetime.
** He's also somewhat justified in the sequel, ''Wing Commander Prophecy''; humanity encounters yet another alien threat, but this one is so alien and hostile that the only way to stop them is to either destroy or capture and blockade the wormholes they use to invade. The ending is subsequently open-ended and not in a good way, since you never learn how the aliens showed up in the first place and you never find a long-term solution to ending the conflict.
* ''VideoGame/AceCombat''
** In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/AceCombat3Electrosphere'', the Ouroboros organization wants humanity to BrainUpload into the Electrosphere, under the belief that it is the next step in human evolution. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}, as their leader is only using this as an excuse to declare war on the MegaCorps in vengeance for the death of the woman he loved.]]
** ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar'' uses this as a plot twist. [[spoiler:The game's last bad guys, A World With No Boundaries, wanted to bring an end to war by [[OneWorldOrder eliminating (at least a sizable chunk of) the world's governments, thus eliminating the world's political borders that all too often start wars]]. Then, your former wingman shows up with the controls to nuke everything in his FinalBoss [[CoolPlane superjet]], which you defeat.]]
** ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': Princess Rosa Cossette d’Elise has Erusea declare war on Osea over the construction of [[SpaceElevator the Lighthouse]], under the belief that she’s protecting her people from encroaching Osean imperialism. [[spoiler:She’s actually an UnwittingPawn for the Erusean Radicals, who were using the war as a means to deploy their drone army, that they developed using technology that they borrowed from Belka.]]
* In ''VideoGame/CreepyCastle'', [[BigBad Darking]] intends to achieve peace by using the [[EmotionSuppression Heartbreaker]] to remove the emotions of people. Also, [[spoiler:despite knowing that it's wrong, he believes that using the Heartbreaker to prevent people suffering from the painful events of life is worth it.]]
* In the English translation of the ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' game "Revenge of Meta Knight", Meta Knight attempts to forcefully take over Dream Land to end the slothful ways of the inhabitants. Kirby, who is willing to kill people over a slice of cake, decides to stop him. In the Japanese version, Meta Knight's motivation is to end what he considers Dream Land's corrupt rule. That makes it sound like he wants to overthrow Dedede, in which case, one could argue that Kirby should be helping him.
** King Dedede played this role in at least one of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' games where he wasn't the main bad guy. Specifically, in ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' (later [[VideoGameRemake remade]] as ''Nightmare in Dream Land''), King Dedede had stolen the Star Rod from the Fountain of Dreams, [[DismantledMacGuffin broken it into seven pieces and scattered these pieces across the world]], causing everyone to be unable to dream. It wasn't until Kirby defeated Dedede, and repaired the Star Rod, that it was revealed that he did this seemingly villainous action for a very ''good'' reason. It turned out that a horrifically evil entity called Nightmare had been attacking the Fountain of Dreams, thus tainting it. King Dedede made everyone unable to dream because he figured that no dreams would be better than nightmares.
* Fain of ''{{VideoGame/Lusternia}}'' was a leader and diplomat amongst the Elder Gods prior to the Elder Wars. But when the [[EldritchAbomination Soulless Ones]] attacked — wiping out all but ten of the Elder God's leaders, devouring Elders to gain their powers, and throwing the natural equilibrium of Lusternia into chaos — Fain decided to do whatever it took to defeat them. Starting with the support of his fellow Elders, he's eventually banned from his preferred method of combating the Soulless; that is, [[CannibalismSuperpower concocting an elixir of their essence to gain their powers]], turning their own tactics against them. Deciding that the other Elders are weak and foolish, he forms a secret cabal of followers, concocts more of the [[PsychoSerum elixir]], and single-handedly turns the tide of the war in the Elder Gods' favour — and in the process, he and his followers [[HeWhoFightsMonsters gradually become]] [[TheCorruption more and more]] [[HumanoidAbomination like their enemy]]. By the end of it, they're reduced to kidnapping and eating other Elder Gods for essence, and are eventually banished... [[VillainHasAPoint completely damning the war effort]]. By the time of the game, Fain's the closest thing to [[FallenHero Satan]] there is.
* [[spoiler:Kerghan]], the main villain of ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'', is an example of this, as he thinks that [[spoiler:life itself is a form of purgatory that souls are unwillingly forced into and made to suffer through until they finally achieve the release of death. The natural solution is to kill everything in the world. A more-or-less unbiased source indicates that Kerghan is ''right'' about how the afterlife is, and the fact that spirits are in pain when in the living world is established throughout the game. He can even be talked into surrendering and admitting that he made a serious mistake when he began his plan by successfully arguing that killing everything is not the right solution.]]
* Toyotomi Hideyoshi in ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', at first sight, might look like just another cruel warlord a la Nobunaga (or Motonari), ambitious and ruthless. However, what sets him apart was his true goal. While Nobunaga wants to rule Japan to make it his playground, being the born evil S.O.B he is, Hideyoshi's goal is to make Japan a strong nation and make it prosper. However noble the goal is, he became drunk with power (as shown in his StartOfDarkness in Heroes in the hands of Matsunaga Hisahide) and is willing to use ruthless tactics and get his hands dirty to fulfill his noble goal. This mindset causes him to view Nobunaga as an obstacle to a 'strong, prospering Japan', thus, he opposes him.
* The Einst and Inspectors in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' are this; they just want to prevent humans from advancing into space and causing disruption throughout the galaxy.
** Although Windolo is just a psycho who wants an excuse to kill people, his subordinates play it straight, [[spoiler:and Windolo's own brother, Mekibos, {{Heel Face Turn}}s, but Windolo just blasts him on the spot, letting the player and the heroes know exactly what he is]].
** [[Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron The Human Machina]] in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX'' kept the time loop in place because of [[spoiler:Kali Yuga]].
--->"The very moment that Man loses his imagination, he is doomed."\\
"It is unfortunate... but this is for the sake of protecting Earth from ... [[spoiler:[Kali Yuga].]]"\\
"I have conceived it. A method by which Man might be spared. We have chosen. This is the solution that we have devised."
** In a loosely similar vein, [[spoiler:the original enemies in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX'' and Jin (post FaceHeelTurn) also worked for the same goal]].
* Caleb Goldman in ''The VideoGame/{{House of the Dead}} 2'' and ''4''. Blaming [[GaiasVengeance an uptick in natural disasters, disease outbreaks, famines, droughts, and other unsavory facts of life in human overpopulation,]] he unleashed zombie hordes and attempted to bomb humanity back to the stone age [[OverpopulationCrisis to reduce human population to manageable levels]].
* ''Franchise/MetalGear''
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', Solidus Snake had the noble goal of wanting to free America from the shadowy rule of The Patriots, so that America could be brought back to the principles it was founded on (freedom, liberty, and democracy), but he wouldn't hesitate for a moment to kill several innocent people, take out the electricity in Manhattan with a nuke, and kill Raiden, the closest thing to a son he ever had, in order to do so. In fact, many of the ''Metal Gear'' characters could qualify for this trope.
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', The Boss [[spoiler:gave over a massive, nuke-throwing death machine to a rogue Russian military organization and had her disciple take them down and kill her to preserve peace between Russia and the U.S.]] In The Boss's case, it's more complicated than that; [[spoiler:the nukes are bargaining chips to gain that rogue Russian military organization's trust, but [[DidntSeeThatComing nobody perceives]] that the leader, [[BadBoss Volgin,]] [[AxCrazy has no qualms about shooting the nukes toward his homeland]] [[ItsAllAboutMe to satisfy his own ego.]] The Boss's mission is to pull FakeDefector on Volgin and to get the [[MacGuffin Philosopher's Legacy]] to be used by the USA. Because the nukes hit USSR territory, naturally, the USA is to blame, and if The Boss wasn't killed, they might as well have started WorldWarThree.]] Big Boss would go on to preserve her ideals. Liquid would, in turn, follow those ideals.
** Despite ChronicBackStabbingDisorder coupled with a huge GambitRoulette... [[spoiler:[[MagnificentBastard Ocelot]]]]. He shares [[spoiler:the same goal as Solidus Snake. For bonus points, he's The Boss's son.]]
** Gene himself technically qualifies, [[spoiler:as he intended to free America and the entire world from The Philosopher's control, albeit through launching the ICBMG into Virginia, USA.]]
** Amanda probably qualifies. She intends to lead the FSLN to overthrow the Somoza regime in an attempt to better the lifestyle of her people, who are constantly suffering under the Somoza's rule, even with aid from the West in regards to the 1972 Earthquake. When Big Boss tries to warn her that, revolution or no revolution, she'll most likely go to hell for this, she states that she is very much prepared for that possibility, as long as it at least grants her nation a better future.
** In a way, Solid Snake qualifies in ''Metal Gear Solid 2''. He and Otacon legitimately believe that they are doing the world a favor by getting rid of Metal Gear. However, it was heavily implied that their organization, Philanthropy, was doing various terrorist actions (or at least actions comparable to terrorism), sometimes even (faking) selling out allies [[spoiler:(IE, the fake betrayal of Raiden on Arsenal Gear)]], even without them being framed for the Tanker Incident in 2007.
** Both Zero and Big Boss went to opposite extremes in their attempts to follow the Boss's lead. Zero upheld her ideal of a world where circumstances are adjusted ahead of time to avoid conflicts, but in doing so, gradually lost sight of the value of the people he manipulated, while Big Boss stuck to her principles to the point of starting several rebellions, which debased them since these principles were now the basis for more conflicts and not a way to end them.
*** [[spoiler:It's a shame neither of them understood what her will truly was until the very end.]]
** The human founders of the Patriots (more specifically, Zero's faction) qualify as such, as well. Zero and the others legitimately thought that their course of actions were following through with The Boss's final will. Unfortunately, the methods of enforcing their interpretation of her will also involved some very questionable medical practices and science projects, as well as accepting bribes to develop advanced weapons systems, as well as attempting to frame the Militaires Sans Frontieres with a Nuclear Strike against America if Big Boss didn't rejoin them, and also training the twin Snakes to kill Big Boss if even that fails. [[AIIsACrapshoot Their successors]]? Not so much.
** Their ''successors'' were somewhat like this — they honestly believed people were [[Film/MenInBlack dumb, panicky animals]] who'd kill themselves with pointless wars if they had the chance. So they manipulated a second Shadow Moses incident while attempting to launch a BigBrotherIsWatching ship that would watch, control, and alter all information — to ensure peace at any cost.
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', [[spoiler:Senator Armstrong]] may be a batshit insane SocialDarwinist, but he genuinely despises what [[AIIsACrapshoot the Patriot AIs]] did to the world and wants to make America great again. Raiden actually agrees with some of his points and acknowledges that they are NotSoDifferent in the end, but he's not willing to cross the moral lines that [[spoiler:Senator Armstrong]] does.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' has Hot Coldman, who seemed to believe that he was creating the ultimate nuclear deterrent.
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'', Skull Face is a sadistic bastard, sure, but his plan was to stop cultural imperialism and control, such as what Zero is trying to accomplish, but he goes about it by weaponizing an ancient parasite to [[spoiler:kill anyone who speaks English, which Skull Face sees as a language corrupted by imperialist ambitions of control. He will also give nukes to anyone who wants one, but with a secret killswitch installed, so there will be mass nuclear deterrence while cultures will be isolated, ending the dominance of English-based cultural imperialism and ensuring peace.]]
* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII''[='=]s BigBad, [[spoiler:Myria, who is also the God of the Urkan]], qualifies as well. She believes that the Brood are far too powerful and could pose a danger to the planet, even though they're a peaceful people with no desire of world conquest or destruction. So what does she do? [[FinalSolution She orders the destruction of their entire race.]] Talk about blowing shit out of proportion.
** [[spoiler:Myria had a very good reason, because she herself saw the actions of humans and the atrocity that happened once before in Caer Xhan. If you remember, the entire city and Orbital station was completely abandoned, save for monsters and machines. She even explains this herself. It also helps to point out that the half of the world she is on is covered in sand, minimal to practically no life exists, and the other half of the world flourishes with life because the Great Sea acts as a natural barrier. Had she not interfered and let the Brood continue to exist, the entire world would have become a barren wasteland.]]
*** This is AnAesop of the game; [[TheDarkSide power corrupts]], but not absolutely, [[EarnYourHappyEnding and it's the choices of the powerful that make that power good or evil]].
*** [[spoiler:Peco's dialogue at the end of the game hints at the possibility that she's faking concern to control everyone. Considering [[ForTheEvulz her role]] [[BigBad in the first game]] and [[GodOfEvil her son's]] [[BigBad in the second]], it's entirely possible.]]
* Volsung of ''VideoGame/{{Wild ARMs 5}}'' is eventually revealed to be this. The game frequently [[NotSoDifferent drew parallels]] between him and Dean, in that they both want to tear down the metaphorical "wall" that separates humans and Veruni. Volsung's method is more violent. [[spoiler:And then it turns out that he wasn't extremist at all and was just BrainwashedAndCrazy.]]
* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': Mr. Kitaniji's goal to turn Shibuya into a peaceful paradise [[spoiler:by brainwashing every last one of its inhabitants with a fashionable pin of doom]], in order to avoid [[spoiler:Joshua destroying it outright]].
** [[spoiler:Joshua]] qualifies under this trope as well, actually, since [[spoiler:he tried destroying Shibuya in order to keep its corrupt influence from spreading to the rest of the world]]. In fact, so does [[spoiler: Hanekoma, who tried to indirectly kill Joshua (by sending Sho Minamimoto to kill him after teaching Minamimoto to use Taboo Noise) in an attempt to keep Joshua from destroying Shibuya]].
* In ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'', the pious Claudia wants to invoke Paradise to destroy all the wrongs of the world. [[spoiler:Too bad she does this by trying to force the reincarnation of her childhood friend to give birth to a god whose influence turns the resort town in a nightmarish realm of darkness and decay. This same god requires hatred to be born, so Claudia has Heather's father killed. "Paradise", indeed!]]
** Subverted in that Claudia [[NoPlaceForMeThere doesn't believe that she'll be a part of this paradise]], having caused too much pain in achieving her goals to deserve it.
*** The sad thing is this plan would ultimately succeed, if ''Franchise/SilentHill'' mythology is to be believed. The innocent aren't dragged into the nightmare realm, and seem generally happy.
* Every single villain (and often, potentially, the protagonist, as, in the main series, the player can chose their alignment) in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series is an example of this trope — the Law-aligned just want everyone to fall in line so that everyone can be at peace (under their strict rule), while the Chaos-aligned rebel against Law's strict rules and support something more along the lines of every man for himself, but either way, ''it's for the good of us all, really''.
** The exception is [[GodIsEvil YHVH]], who desires all to be under his control. He's such an asshole [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating that his minions, who are still very ruthless, turn on him.]]
* Both [[spoiler:Douglas Shetland]] and [[spoiler:Admiral Otomo]] of ''VideoGame/SplinterCell: Chaos Theory'' want good things for their countries, but are entirely willing to cause massive death and destruction to achieve it. In the former's case, he wants to trigger a world war between China and the United States, while the latter is [[spoiler:willing to force North Korea to nuke a Japanese city to force reforms in his government]].
-->'''[[spoiler:Shetland]]''': We've been fighting their dirty little wars our entire lives and where do we end up, staring at each other down the barrels of our guns. Nothing has changed Fisher, and it won't change by degrees. We have to tear it down, and start over, it's the only way.
-->'''Fisher''': Your own little chaos theory, throw the world into war and hope that what comes out the other side is better?
-->'''[[spoiler:Shetland]]''': It will be better, because this war will change things, Sam. Every other war has been about keeping things the same, the status quo doesn't work anymore. America is sick, Sam, she's dying. Politicians, the bureaucrats, the whispered backroom deals, it's all life support for a sick old lady who was dead a long time ago.
* In ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos Origins'', [[spoiler:Baelheit]] wants to prevent people from relying too much on their powers of hearts so that they will not wage war with said power again. However, he does so by [[spoiler:using machina to conquer all other islands and forcibly taking off people's wings of hearts, which brings unhealthy side effects such as concussions and the inability to feel and taste]]. He is willing to go as far as [[spoiler:blowing up all islands, which used the power of hearts to float, when his attempt to machinate those islands fails]].
* Kane and the Brotherhood from ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries''. He wants to ascend humanity.
* [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] from ''[[VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar Lunar: Silver Star Story]]'' used to be one of the greatest heroes of all time. However, he is shocked when [[spoiler:the goddess Althena and his best friend, Dragonmaster Dyne, give up their powers so that people may gain control of their own destinies instead of relying on those powers]]. Believing that people are doomed to destroy themselves without absolute power governing them, he becomes the Magic Emperor and starts his plan [[spoiler:to hijack the power of the goddess and turn himself into an omnipotent being]] in order to give people the leadership he feels they need.
* The first two {{Big Bad}}s of the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series, Copy-X and Elpizo, are willing to do ''anything'' for their cause, the survival of the humans and [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Reploids]], respectively. This involves trying to orchestrate the extinction of the opposing race.
** The [[PunchClockVillain X-Guardians]] also qualify. They are all trying to ensure that humanity survives, leading to them becoming allies when Dr. Weil shows up.
* ''VideoGame/ExaPico'':
** Every villain (at any point) in ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoIIMelodyOfMetafalica'', as well as some of your party. A big part of [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Cloche]]'s character development revolves around trying to reconcile her idealism with the extreme measures she supports as a government figurehead.
** ''[[VideoGame/CielNosurge Ciel nosurge]]'' (and ''[[VideoGame/ArNosurgeOdeToAnUnbornStar Ar nosurge]]'') have Zillillium Rimonite, who is [[{{Expy}} very similar]] to ''Ar Tonelico 2''[='=]s Infel. In ''Ciel nosurge'', she took drastic measures to save her dying planet, and at the end of that game [[spoiler:after the planet was destroyed and the link to a new planet was cut, she attempted to restore the link, but there wasn't enough energy, and so started an AssimilationPlot that was averted. In ''Ar nosurge'', she tried to pull off the assimilation plot again and was successful at first, but it was undone by the main characters]].
* [[spoiler:Vai]] from ''VideoGame/BlackSigil: Blade of the Exiled''. [[spoiler:He took up arms against Bel Lenora because of his status as magic-less and the discrimination against it. He then got banished out to Artania and appeared in Seremaze, where he lived in peace with other majais that were not in Bel Lenora, and fathered Isa. The town got attacked by the Guardians, killing his wife and most of the people. Sick of all the violence, he planned to gather all the Armaments to get the power of the Forbidden to reshape the world into a world with no more violence, where he can live with his daughter peacefully. The only problem is that this will only work if he's in control of the power, [[DidntSeeThatComing and he doesn't]] [[EvilIsNotAToy manage to control it]]. So, he became TheAtoner after you re-gathered the Armaments to piece his soul back.]]
* Several examples from ''VideoGame/MegaManX''.
** First is General and, by extension, Repliforce from ''VideoGame/MegaManX4''. After sheer coincidence places Repliforce at the site of a ColonyDrop that killed thousands, the Maverick Hunters ask Colonel to come in for questioning. However, Colonel refuses [[HonorBeforeReason for no other reason than pride]], leading the Maverick Hunters to brand all of Repliforce as Mavericks. In reaction, General declares Repliforce to be an independent nation of Reploids, which then escalates into a full-blown armed conflict between Repliforce and the Maverick Hunters. Because being declared a Maverick is essentially a death sentence, it could be argued that General was simply protecting Repliforce from being unjustly exterminated, even though that's essentially what ended up happening anyway.
** Second is Epsilon from ''Command Mission'', whose goals were very similar to the General's in that he wanted to create a nation where Reploids could live free of human politics. Again, it's the fact that he launches a violent rebellion against Giga City that makes him a villain. It's also implied that Epsilon did attempt a legitimate negotiation with the government to separate themselves and make a Reploid-only nation, but the talks failed, resulting in Epsilon being labelled a maverick instead, thus forcing him to take drastic measures.
** [[VideoGameRemake Maverick Hunter X]] turned [[spoiler:Sigma]] into one of these. After a brief talk with Dr. Cain about X's unlimited potential and how it could change the world, Sigma decides to start the first Maverick War to bring out the potential of ''all'' Reploids. It's the whole "evolution requires sacrifice" part that's the problem.
*** Then again, ''VideoGame/MegaManX1'' (the original version) did depict Sigma in a similar light, as his death speech indicated that he felt humanity was keeping Reploids down.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' series, Wilhelm may seem like a shady character, using people as a means to an end, [[spoiler:but he's really just trying to save the universe from annihilation]]. However, it's hard to say whether he's a WellIntentionedExtremist or simply NecessarilyEvil, simply because, [[spoiler:well, he's ''saving the universe from annihilation at the hands of mankind's nihilism''. Hard to say where the "necessarily evil" ends and "extremist" begins, no?]]

* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'': Aribeth. All of her actions during and after her turn to the Dark Side were motivated by a desire for justice against those who caused her lover's most unjustified execution.
* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'':
** Ammon Jerro has an army of powerful fiends at his beck and call, murders several people who get in the way of his recovering a MacGuffin, and is canonically NeutralEvil. [[spoiler:He's not the BigBad, not even TheDragon. He's the former court mage of Neverwinter, trying to save Faerûn from the BigBad by whatever means necessary. And you get to give him an absolutely ''epic'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.]]
** [[spoiler:The BigBad he's opposing, the King of Shadows, can come across as this when you meet the ghosts of people who knew him. He willingly underwent a transformation into a magical golem called The Guardian so he could protect the Illefarn empire, and everything he's done since then, from binding himself to the [[TheDarkSide Shadow Weave]] to waging war on Neverwinter, and all the carnage he's caused, is simply him fulfilling the orders programmed into him.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', Krellian, who believed that God did not exist or died and thus abandoned humanity when they needed him, wanted to create God with his own hands and return the world back to waves for some utopian existence.
* Atlas and Thetis from ''VideoGame/MegaManZX''. Unlike Aeolus (arrogant and selfish guy who believes that those he perceives as unintelligent should die) or Siarnaq (who just wants revenge on humanity due to a past betrayal), they genuinely seek to better the world. Atlas wants to help humanity evolve and become stronger, while Thetis wants to preserve the world's oceans. The problem? Atlas believes that humanity can only evolve through suffering, and Thetis is overzealous in his desire to protect the environment.
** The second problem is that they attempt to fulfill these goals via [[ArtifactOfDoom Model W]]; Atlas explicitly mentions feeding the Raiders to it before Grey/Ashe beat her silly, and Thetis confesses to a similar deed before the same happens to him. If anything, exposure to Model W may have extremely {{flanderiz|ation}}ed the once-noble goals of these two and Aeolus as well. I needn't iterate on the implications of ''that''.
* In ''VideoGame/SupremeCommander'', the galaxy is thrown into a galactic war between the Cybran and UEF factions. The Aeon Illuminate believe that the only way to restore peace to the galaxy and stop the other two factions from fighting each other is to...eliminate them.
** Everyone but the Seraphim qualify. The UEF is ruthless and intends to use symbiotes as slaves, and constructs a planet-destroying weapon called the Black Sun with the intent to use it. However, the usage of Black Sun is really because they are desperate and on the verge on being defeated by the Aeon Illuminate, who purge entire planets for not sharing their religion. Considering this, the UEF being desperate enough to use Black Sun is no surprise. The Cybran Nation are trying to make sure that they don't get exterminated by the Aeon or enslaved by the UEF, but their actions against the UEF are part of why they were desperate enough to use Black Sun. The Aeon, well, not all of their members are violent religious lunatics.
* Eddy Gordo commits all manner of atrocities as ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Force Commander'' in the name of saving Christie Monteiro's grandfather. [[spoiler:It seems to have been for nothing.]]
** Another person like this is [[spoiler:Jin Kazama, who reveals that his entire assumption of power and unleashing of subsequent wars was done in order to destroy himself and Azazel, as he considers the casualties of war insignificant in comparison to the entire world.]]
* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}:''
** Despite being one of the main protagonists of either route, Kei Nanjo from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 1}}'' has some elements of this. While he wants to stop [[spoiler:Kandori]] and save the world as much as the others, whenever the party is given a SadisticChoice, he always suggests making the less moral of the choices. It's implied that this is due to a sense of urgency to resolve the crisis rather than any actual malice.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', we have two; the first is [[spoiler:Taro Namatame]], the one responsible for all of the kidnappings that happen throughout most of the game. [[spoiler:He legitimately thought that he was protecting them from the same fate that befell Mayumi Yamano and Saki Konishi, when he was actually putting them in the very danger he thought he was sparing them from. He had no way of knowing what he was doing, and when he saw that those he had kidnapped and thrown in the TV were still alive (thanks solely to intervention from the Investigation Team), he understandably assumed that he succeeded in saving them.]] The other example happens to be the one behind everything in the first place, [[spoiler:Izanami-no-Okami. Her goal was to give humanity everlasting peace by granting them what they wanted. Unfortunately, she made the mistake of basing her decision off of the thoughts of a single man... who happened to be a psychotic killer. She assumed that this one person's thoughts and actions represented humanity as a whole, and decided the best method to give them what they wanted was to turn everyone into mindless Shadows.]]
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' gives a lesser version in the form of Sae Niijima. She will do just about anything to bring the villains to justice and end the wave of mental shutdowns that is causing havoc across Japan, [[spoiler:including faking evidence, going along with false leads, and striking immoral deals with someone who she believes to be an extremely dangerous criminal. The main cast have to get her to snap out of it and realise that this isn't the justice she really believes in.]]
*** ''Royal'' has a much worse version of this trope; The ArcVillain of the Third Term events, [[spoiler:Takuto Maruki]], gives everyone their most inner desires by rewriting history, creating overlays on top of them and even controls the cognitions of others and attempts to overwrite the original reality with this reality. This effectively robs all of humanity's infinite potential and [[spoiler:doesn't make him any different from Nyx or Yaldabaoth.]] However, [[spoiler:he genuinely wished for everyone to be happy and this isn't some deliberate control plot, and the jarring events are merely an aftermath of Yaldabaoth's plans, where he unintentionally removed Adam Kadmon's heart and turned it into the heartless EldritchAbomination Azathoth.]]
* Subverted with The Sorceress, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon''. In one cutscene, we are led to believe by her [[TheDragon Dragon]] (who actually does fit this trope) that she kidnapped all the dragon eggs to repopulate the dragons in the Forgotten Worlds, which would restore the world's magic. In the very next cutscene, however, we discover her true nature.

* ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' has Keisuke, who, in trying to stop the public from freaking out at the Tamers, [[spoiler:goes on a killing spree. He thought that those who were committing the crimes (especially against Demon Tamers who were trying to help) were irredeemably evil, and that the only way to keep them from doing further evil was to eliminate them.]] His motivations are somewhat understandable, once you know [[spoiler:what happened to him in High School. He stood up to a group of bullies who were picking on a certain kid, but as a result became the bullies' new target. Much to his dismay, the kid who he was standing up for joined in.]]
** And in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'', we have Ronaldo Kuriki, a private detective who leads a pack of rioters to attack one of the bases that belongs to the organization (JP's) that you work for. However, it's revealed that he's doing it to steal food to feed the civilians that JP's has more or less abandoned. Later [[spoiler:when it's revealed that your boss is going to create a SocialDarwinist world,]] Ronaldo becomes much more ruthless to stop it, [[spoiler:even trying to kill the one member of JP's that was sympathetic toward him]]. However, it is possible to talk him out of this and have him become a noble human being. [[spoiler:And it should be mentioned that the world that Ronaldo wants to create is one where people treat each other equally and work for each other's benefit. In his ending, he succeeds in doing so. It's actually pretty heartwarming.]]

* [[spoiler:Luc]] in ''VideoGame/SuikodenIII''. If he succeeded in [[spoiler:destroying the True Wind Rune]], the Grasslands would be destroyed, killing a million people. But, hey, if it keeps [[spoiler:the True Runes from eventually letting humanity die off, and keeps the gray, stagnant world]] from happening, then it's good, right?
** [[spoiler:Sialeeds]] in ''VideoGame/SuikodenV''. [[spoiler:The royal family that she belongs to was about to recover from a bloody SuccessionCrisis that plagued previous generations; but the corrupt nobles, who had a hand in said crisis, used all their clout to plunge the Queendom of Falena into another bloody war. To save her land from plunging into another crisis, she tried to take matters into her own hands, even betraying her own nephew, the prince, in the process.]]
* Jedah Dohma from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' believes that the best way to save civilization from destroying itself is to destroy the world and everything populating it, human, animal, and Darkstalker alike, and combine their souls into the body of an EldritchAbomination that will rule over the new world as its god.
* Alicia Pris of ''VideoGame/TailConcerto''.
* Admiral Aken Bosch of ''VideoGame/FreeSpace2''. He's the leader of a xenophobic rebellion of Terrans against their allies, the Vasudans, but [[spoiler:his intent is to form a greater alliance between the Terrans and the ''Shivans'', the xenocidal StarfishAliens of the setting, using a pioneering new technology to communicate with them.]]
* The Paragon Branka from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' wants to recover the Anvil of the Void — an artifact that can be used to create golems — in order to defeat the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil darkspawn]] and restore the dwarven empire to its former glory. When she discovered the Anvil lay at the end of a labyrinth full of deadly traps, however, she [[spoiler:sacrificed her entire house and allowed her female followers to be transformed into broodmothers]] so that she could have an endless supply of darkspawn to test the traps.
** Teyrn Loghain's betrayal can be interpreted as resulting from a desire to do what's best for Ferelden. After all, many of the Grey Wardens who died came from Orlais, a country he hates. Additionally, King Cailan refuses to listen to reason and decides to fight on the front lines against the darkspawn. Loghain originally only wanted to eliminate the Wardens, fearing that they've thrown their lot in with Orlais and plan to enslave Ferelden again, and if Cailan insists on fighting with them, then it may be beneficial to remove an ineffectual king. He also feared that Cailan was about to sell Ferelden off, based on the fact that the king was a bit too eager to work with Orlesians and wholly enraptured with the Wardens, who Loghain thought to be Orlesian flunkies. [[spoiler:In Return to Ostagar (DLC), it turns out he was right about Cailan. He was planning to divorce his current wife (Loghain's daughter) and marry the Empress, which Loghain considers the same as giving their country away.]]
** A likely case for the Templars who care about their mage charges -- the mages may be practically slaves, but the abominations of the game do show quite clearly what can happen if the mages can't control their powers and no one's nearby to quickly put them down...
** Bhelen Aeducan, if crowned king, works to break down class divisions amongst the dwarves, open them up to the outside world, and start reclaiming territory from the Darkspawn again. He also declares martial law, assassinates political opponents, dissolves the Assembly, and basically drags the dwarves into the future kicking and screaming.
** The Architect in ''The Calling'' novel wishes to end the constant struggle between the darkspawn and everyone else...by spreading the darkspawn taint to every living thing, turning everyone into half-darkspawn and killing the Old Gods. His methods are brutal. He will try to talk you into helping him, but if you then even consider changing your mind, he will kill you without a second thought.
** In ''Awakening'', the Architect's new plan is to use Grey Warden blood to create intelligent, self-aware Darkspawn, free from the call of the Old Gods... and it actually ''[[TheExtremistWasRight works]]!'' Unfortunately a Broodmother and some of the other newly Awakened Darkspawn decide to break away and begin an EnemyCivilWar.
** The Grey Wardens themselves. They dedicate their life to fight the Blight, and they make it clear from the moment you join them that they (and therefore, you) will do ''anything'' that can further their goal. Examples of things you may have to do: [[spoiler:interfere in dwarven politics and put a king in charge of Orzammar, in order for the dwarves to join you; overthrow and kill the current king of Fereldan, because he's against you (and a bastard, though); accept the [[NukeEm obliteration]] of the Circle of Mages by Templars, in exchange for the latter helping you; killing a ''child'' possessed by a demon, in order to save a noble, and possibly, to get him on your side...]] The list goes on. The order is explicitly said to [[TheUnfettered be willing and allowed to do anything to stop the darkspawn]], including conscripting people into the Wardens and using [[BloodMagic blood magic, which for everyone else carries an instant death sentence]], because the alternative is basically TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
** The epilogue of ''Awakening'' mentions that should the Warden [[spoiler: side with the Architect]], this decision proved very controversial even amongst the other Grey Wardens, who are unsure whether [[spoiler: they've just gained a powerful new ally, a powerful future new foe, or both]]?
* Anders in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' has been possessed by a spirit of Justice, warped by anger into a force of vengeance, and is not above committing acts of terrorism such as [[spoiler:blowing up the Kirkwall Chantry (cathedral) with the Grand Cleric (bishop) inside]] to remove any possibility of compromise and attain freedom for the mages of Thedas.
** Merrill, as well. She has turned to blood magic and [[spoiler:made a deal with a Pride Demon]] in order to repair a broken elven artifact and reclaim some of her people's history. On a more personal level, the ariefact is the same magic mirror from the first game's Dalish origin, which tainted two of her childhood friends and killed at least one of them. There's a whole lot of SurvivorGuilt at work there.
** [[GreyAndGrayMorality EVERYONE]] in ''Dragon Age II'', with a few exceptions, and once they're gone, well...
** The Arishok is a prime example. He is convinced that all of Kirkwall is a cesspool that needs to be cleansed by forcing all bas (qunari word for "non-believer"; "thing") to choose (that's right, a forced choice is still a choice, as far as the qunari are concerned) to follow the Qun, which imposes order on all followers. The scariest thing? [[CrapsackWorld He may be right, given Hawke's experiences in Kirkwall.]] However, he and the Qunari of Kirkwall merely keep to themselves and do not take action until the finale of the second act, and only because they've been [[BullyingADragon pushed to their limits]] by the resident SmugSnake.
*** The Qunari are this in general: sure, they give everyone a job and have a generally "equal" society, but they rule by conquest, assign jobs with no regard for personal happiness, practice re-education and brainwashing with chemical agents, and if they come to where you live, you get a simple choice: join up or die. And if you're a mage, you're ''really'' in for it.
** This is actually averted with Meredith at the very end. [[spoiler:She's less interested in protecting innocents than she is in finally getting a piece of the mages after so many years. Orsino, Cullen, Hawke, and Sebastian all provide alternate ways to resolve the situation with less bloodshed, including simply executing Anders, but she refuses all of them because she wants to kill the mages first and foremost.]]
* In ''Videogame/DragonAgeInquisition'', the Wardens' unfettered dedication to stopping Blights is used against them [[spoiler:ironically enough, by a Darkspawn. Specifically one of the ''original'' Darkspawn Corypheus]]. The villain made the Wardens in Orlais desperate and scared [[spoiler:with a False Calling created by his demon ally Nightmare]]. Then he had one of his agents provide a plan that would help them end Blights forever: [[spoiler:use BloodMagic to summon a demon army to invade the Deep Roads and kill the Old Gods.]] When the few relatively reasonable Wardens protested the plan, the other Wardens turned on them.
** In the Trespasser DLC [[spoiler: Solas]] shows himself to be one. He wants to make up for the damage he caused by [[spoiler: creating the Veil]] but he plans to do that by [[spoiler: tearing down the Veil]] which he implies will cause many deaths. He’s convinced this is the only way, though he’s clearly not pleased about it and he’d “cherish the chance to be wrong again.”
* Purge from ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5 Part 2'' is an 18 year old PsychopathicManchild who believes that he's been given a holy mission to lead the entire galaxy, which he considers to be "Brutish and Unhappy", to the heavens.
** It gets worse with his Japanese version. Purge is revealed to be mentally ill after living alone for 9 years, and suffers from delusions. The more dance energy he absorbs, [[PhlebotinumOverload the worse he becomes]], until [[VillainousBreakdown he's left screaming and performing one last attack in an attempt to kill everyone, even himself]]. The drama events on the [=CDs=] reveal that after that breakdown, he's gone into hiding.
* [[ObviouslyEvil Master Xehanort]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' was this. [[spoiler:He feels that the World's (yes, it is capitalized) light and darkness are out of balance, and seeks to forge the χ-blade to open Kingdom Hearts and create a new world where the two forces can be balanced once again. To that end, he almost killed one of his pupils after completely stripping his heart of all his darkness, and started another Keyblade War -- the last one of which almost destroyed the World completely.]]
** Though he JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope. And speaking of Masters, we might as well mention [[spoiler:Master Eraqus, who tried to kill Ven after finding out that Xehanort needs him to create the χ-Blade, so all his plans can never come to fruition. However, after fighting with Terra, who refused to let him harm Ven, Eraqus [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone immediately regretted]] raising his Keyblade against Terra and Ven.]]
* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' has [[spoiler:the Atlantic Federation. Their goal is noble enough, in that they want to defeat TheEmpire while, at the same time, minimizing the losses they and the independent Gallia suffer. Unfortunately, they attempt this by forcefully trying to take control of Gallia behind the scenes using ''very'' morally questionable means, including attempting to kidnap Archduchess Cordelia for ransom and, in the sequel, providing weapons and supplies for the Rebels.]]
* Some of the villains in the ''{{VideoGame/Fable}}'' series have, or at least ''had,'' good intentions. Notably, [[spoiler:Lucien from ''Fable II'' wanted to resurrect his family (although he [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumps off the slippery slope]] as the plot continues), and Logan from ''Fable III'' was driving the kingdom into the ground because he needed to raise enough money for an army to battle an EldritchAbomination.]] As the series continues, it may well turn out that [[spoiler:Theresa]] is a well-intentioned extremist, too.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** The Forerunners created the titular "Halo" {{Ring World Planet}}s which wiped out all sentient life in the galaxy, in order to eliminate the Flood. Afterwards, they then reseeded all sentient life in the galaxy, while leaving many of their artifacts for Humanity to salvage, so they can take the Mantle of Responsibility.
** The Moniter of Installation 04, 343 Guilty Spark, is a loyal and devoted servant to the Forerunners, doing what he is programmed to do even though his creators have been gone for 100,000 years. His primary goal is to put down the [[TheVirus Flood]] so that they won't consume the galaxy, and he'll do everything to achieve it...and I mean ''everything''. Even manipulating ignorant humans to activate the Halo rings, which would ''[[KillThemAll kill off every sentient being in the galaxy]]'', just so that the Flood won't have any food sources left to feed on. And if any human refuses to activate the rings, then they're as much of an enemy to the galaxy as the Flood, and they must to be put down too...
** Dr. Catherine Halsey was willing to kidnap 6-year olds to turn them into supersoldiers (a process that had a fairly low survival rate due to the augmentations). [[spoiler:So it's a very bad thing (which Halsey herself points out) when Cortana, who is based on Halsey's brain patterns, acquires vast power and immortality in ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''. Cortana decides that she should usher in an era of galactic peace...by unleashing a gigantic KillerRobot army to kill everyone in her way.]]
* [[EvilPrince Prince]] [[BigBad Eonia]] [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Transbaal]], from the ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' gameverse, wants to use the power of the LostTechnology to expand the limits of the Transbaal Empire and increase the wealth and prosperity of its populace as a result. Even [[TheHero Tact Mayers]] admits that it is a noble goal. On the other hand, he has no qualms against [[DeathFromAbove committing]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom genocide]] in order to achieve said goal.
* The ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' series regularly deals with these, with at least one showing up in each installment.
** In the third game, ''The Drowned City'', the player's guild winds up caught between two Well Intentioned Factions: one has [[spoiler:spent the last hundred years killing anyone who came too close to the EldritchAbomination they've been keeping at bay]], while the other wants to [[spoiler:try and destroy said abomination, even though it [[EmotionEater feeds on negative emotion]] and might end up strengthened by the fear of everyone aware of its existence to the point where it ''can't'' be killed]].
** The fourth game, ''Legends of the Titan'', has [[spoiler: Prince Baldur of the Yggdrasil Empire. By all accounts, he was a ReasonableAuthorityFigure when he first took the throne. Faced with the slow withering of his subjects' land, however, he's resolved to awaken the eponymous Titan in order to reverse it, even knowing that doing so would doom the [[NatureSpirit Vessels]] and [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Sentinels]] to a slow and excruciating death by [[BodyHorror the Titan's Curse]]. Thus, it's up to the player's guild to stop him.]]
** [[spoiler:Blót]] from ''Nexus'' staunchly believes that TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople, while peace and prosperity does the opposite. The solution they arrive at is to unseal an ancient LivingWeapon and use it to plunge the world into an age of strife, "for the good of humanity".
* Lance from ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'', though only in the second game. After the destruction of Undead Goku in the first game, Lance gathers an unstoppable army and begins conquering the world, so the world can be united under one rule and world peace can exist. A spin-off game, ''VideoGame/BulletHeaven2'', reveals that he also plans on destroying all wildlife and plants because he blames nature for {{Random Encounter}}s.
* ''Everyone'' in ''VideoGame/NieR''. Nier himself wants to save his daughter...by any means necessary. [[spoiler:Devola and Popola]] want to restore the dying world to its former splendor...by any means necessary. [[BigBad The Shadowlord]] [[spoiler:wants to save ''his'' daughter...by any means necessary.]]
* Gulcasa, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'' is explicitly revealed to be one of these in ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion''. LifeIsntFair, poverty is a serious problem, and innocent people are suffering everywhere. His solution to this supposedly unchangeable situation? Screw the system -- if the world at large is Doing It Wrong, all he has to do is take the damn place over and run it himself. (And according to ''VideoGame/YggdraUnison'', the world really would be a better place with Gulcasa ruling it.)
* Hans Tiedmann of ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'' [[spoiler:used the player character's psychosis to build an ArtifactOfDoom, ordered looters on the Sprawl to be shot on sight, and attempted to hinder and kill Isaac multiple times throughout the game]]. Logs at the end, however, reveal that [[spoiler:he genuinely thought that building Markers was needed for mankind's survival (suggested to be a form of Mindscrew that the Markers do to propagate themselves), had a legitimate sense of duty to the Sprawl's inhabitants, and disobeyed his superiors and ordered an evacuation when the Necromorph outbreak started.]]
* [[FanNickname The Shouty Guy]] in ''VideoGame/MondoMedicals'' just wants to fight with cancer... "[[spoiler:[[IntentionalEngrishForFunny YOU AND YOUR ETHIC... HOW MANY CANCERS HAVE THEY CURED? TO KILL A CANCER YOU HAVE TO SHOOT IT! IT'S METHOD CAN'T FAIL!! A PERSON IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY WHEN YOU FIGHT WITH A CANCER! YOU HAVE TO THINK LIKE A STAR!!]]]]"
* In ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishmentStarSuccessor'', the Nebulox/G5 want to kill Kachi as a suspected spy from Outer Space so that the humans on the new Earth will have more rights than before.
* This is one part of [[BigBad Officer Maxwell's]] motivation in [[VideoGame/{{TCT RPG}} The Colour Tuesday]], the other half being [[spoiler:MindControl.]]
* [[spoiler:Johannes]] from ''VideoGame/GodsEaterBurst''. [[spoiler:It turns out that the Aegis Project, claimed to be mankind's last hope, is only capable of saving ''1000'' out of ''several million'' people. Despite this, Johannes continues with the project anyway, truly believing that it's the only way. He even seems aware of how evil he's become, as [[NoPlaceForMeThere he refuses to be one of the 1000 saved]], believing that he no longer deserves salvation.]]
* Redwater from ''[[VideoGame/DeadToRights Dead To Rights: Retribution]]'' is honestly trying to rid Grant City of crime the best way he knows how. Unfortunately, this involves turning the city into a PoliceState and killing his longtime friend and partner, Frank, simply for getting too close to the truth.
* ''VideoGame/BioShock'':
** Andrew Ryan in the first two games, in his own mind, probably had the best of intentions when he built Rapture as a sort of libertarian paradise, perceiving the outside world as morally bankrupt and parasite-infested. Unfortunately, his purely capitalist "paradise" had no rules, and everything went down the thunder bucket.
** [[MamaBear Grace Holloway]] in ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' believes in [[EvilutionaryBiologist Sofia Lamb]] completely and believes Delta kidnapped Eleanor. Lamb herself ''might'' have been this once, but [[MoralEventHorizon definitely isn't now]]. [[KnightTemplar At all]].
* In ''VideoGame/RiddleSchool 5'', this is what [[spoiler:Viz]] amounts to. [[spoiler:He tried to eradicate evil in the universe by attempting to destroy all the planets. He was just a little misguided about where to find said evil.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'', Graf Michael Sepperin counts as this. He launched a coup against the Orthodox Chuch for good reasons; Number 1, to build a war for Magi to live in peace in, where they would be free of fear and persecution, and Number 2, to [[spoiler:(supposedly)]] protect his biological daughter, Iris, whom the Church wanted dead. [[spoiler:He didn't know that Iris was [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating and deceiving him]] [[ForTheEvulz for laughs]].]]
* In ''VideoGame/FearIsVigilance'', the protagonists want to keep college students safe by distributing alarms, but the students don't feel like they need them -- until [[MonsterProtectionRacket a mysterious figure starts beating them up every night in the park...]]
* In the third ''Videogame/DarkParables'' game, an evil artifact has persuaded Literature/{{the Snow Queen}} that following its directives will [[spoiler:revive her son, who has spent the last few centuries in an enchanted sleep]], and at this point, that's all that matters to her.
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', it is very easy to pin the NOL as some sort of TheEmpire, with their totalitarian, iron-fisted rule and their law of 'anyone not obeying our rules are to be executed'...until you realize that if NOL didn't put up such an iron-fisted rule, the CrapsackWorld will plunge into further chaos, with many dangerous Ars Magus free for people to claim, with a high possibility of the claimer being psychomaniacs out to destroy the world. It may be a cruel method, and the NOL look like jerks doing their job, but they do try to make the world a better place to live in. However, the reason why NOL is easy to pin as an unabashed evil [[TheEmpire empire]] is the fact that, possibly, the whole organization is being manipulated by not one, but two over-the-top villains with InvincibleVillain status.
* Doctor Proton is portrayed this way in ''The Doctor Who Cloned Me'', the singleplayer DLC campaign for VideoGame/DukeNukemForever. While his ultimate goal (defeat the aliens) is good, his means to reach it (kill Duke Nukem, replace him with an army of Terminator-like robots who look like him and put one of them as a [[PuppetKing puppet president]] while being the ManBehindTheMan, just to prove to himself that robots can be superior to humans) are certainly not.
* [[spoiler: Ra's al Ghul and his [[TheDragon Dragon]]]] Hugo Strange in [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Batman: Arkham City]]. The main goal: [[spoiler: wipe out all the criminals in Gotham by gathering them all in Arkham City and blow it all to Kingdom Come.]]
* Surprisingly enough, ''ComicBook/TheJoker'' of all people becomes one of these in the Vigilante route of ''[[VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries Batman: The Enemy Within]]''. [[spoiler: If Bruce is a good friend to "John Doe" throughout the game and takes his side often, he decides that he wants to become Batman's {{sidekick}} and picks "Joker" as his superhero name. He tries to keep a bioweapon out of Amanda Waller's hands because [[NoManShouldHaveThisPower he didn't think anyone could be trusted with it]], which led to her trying to arrest him. Joker then causes several explosions on a bridge to get away, disregards Batman's orders to not kill and stabs Bane several times, causes a massive explosion on the roof of the GCPD while saving Batman from the Suicide Squad, and finally kidnaps Waller and holds her hostage to try to get her to confess to the murder of the Riddler.]]
* Inquisitor Mendoza in VideoGame/{{Risen}}. He wants to sacrifice a whole island in order to control a powerful Titan and thus save the rest of the world.

* A number of characters in ''VideoGame/{{Folklore}}'':
** The Faery King wants to ripristinate the visions of the afterlife the humans once had; since humans don't think about myths anymore, the Netherworld might disappear forever. [[spoiler:However, he loses faith in humanity and tries to separate the two forever; the Netherworld would not be influenced by mankind anymore, but then the latter wouldn't be afraid of death. See below.]]
** Livane opposes the King, and has replaced the myths of a paradisiac afterlife with the dread of death. This is because [[spoiler:she wants humans to think about improving their lives while they can, rather than waiting for the afterlife and wrecking everything with wars in the meantime]].
** Also, [[spoiler:Scarecrow. He wants to enforce humanity's fear of death, so that wars and homicides would stop]].
* One of the heroes in ''{{VideoGame/Dota 2}}'' is known as the Anti-Mage, who, as his name suggests, seeks to end all magic in the world by killing every magic user in his path. His motivations are vengeance for the slaughtered monks of the Turstarkuri monastery, who were killed by the magic of the Dead God's Legion.
* Imnity and Muriel in ''VideoGame/DuelSaviorDestiny'' both believe they are doing the right thing. Muriel is actually an ally, so she's not exactly wrong, [[spoiler:but she ''is'' willing to kill you if she thinks you might become the Messiah]]. Imnity, on the other hand, is basically the same as [[spoiler:Rico/Oltara]], but holding to a slightly different set of values that are ingrained in her very nature. She doesn't really seem to have anything in the way of malice [[spoiler:and is every bit as concerned about her master Mia as her counterpart worries about Taiga.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Shattered Soldier'', [[spoiler:Lance Bean is revealed to be this after he is defeated in order to expose the true [[BigBad Big Bads]] of the game, the [[GovernmentConspiracy Triumvirate]]. It turns out that they stole an important object the aliens have been looking for, known as the Relic of Morai, and that Bill Rizer and Lucia must destroy it.]]
* Oguma from ''VideoGame/MetalSlug 3D''.
** General Morden too. He grew tired of corruption within the Regular Army after his son was killed in a terrorist bombing that could have been prevented, if not for said corruption. After this, he left the army to form the Rebel Army. While his goal to remove corruption is noble, the way he plans on doing it however is by creating a worldwide military dictatorship.
* [[spoiler:Katrina]] in ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'' is very much this trope. [[spoiler: Everything she's done is because [[BlueAndOrangeMorality she genuinely believes it's the right thing to do]]. She kidnaps Tanya and takes her as her own daughter because of the draconian measures her real mother and father have taken to protect her (which border on the abusive), because clearly their treatment shows they don't really love her. She wants to [[SealedEvilInACan release]] the [[EldritchAbomination Dark One]] not to destroy the world, or as a means of gaining power for conquest, but only because she fears how helpless she is during the day and [[EvilIsNotAToy thinks she is powerful enough to control Him]], ushering in eternal night without the destruction and death Avoozl would ordinarily bring. Ironically, the only thing where she does ''not'' believe TheEndJustifiesTheMeans is her relationship with the Hero. She wants him to help her and love her of his own free will, even though she could ''easily'' force him.]]
** [[spoiler:This is ultimately the key to her HeelFaceTurn at the end of the game, and carried on throughout ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryV''. While the Hero falls in love with her, Katrina [[LoveRedeems falls in love with him in turn]], and this prompts her to commit her HeroicSacrifice to save him from [[TheDragon Ad Avis]]. By the time she's brought BackFromTheDead in ''Dragon Fire'', Katrina is ready to acknowledge just how badly she miscalculated.]]
* [[spoiler:Nathan Dawkins]] becomes this in the end of ''VideoGame/BeyondTwoSouls'' with his true intentions revealed. [[spoiler:The reason he needed Jodie and Aiden is to help him with his plan of using the Condenser, a device used to help spirits from the dead go the land of the living, including his wife and daughter]]. However, [[spoiler:the price for this is that it caused evil poltergeists to appear and wreck havoc]].
* [[RogueProtagonist Alex Mercer]] in ''{{VideoGame/Prototype 2}}'' is this when his actions were to end the stagnation and cruelty of humanity [[spoiler:by releasing a virus that would turn most of humanity into mindless husks and the rest into Evolved]]; so similarly to Wesker, it's more self-delusion and MoralMyopia than actually having good intentions.
* If Harlow in ''VideoGame/DeadIslandRiptide'' isn't a terrorist as [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Serpo]] claims she's this. She saves Wayne despite being infected and pushes him into the tunnels, which is filled with chemicals that are exacerbating the kuru outbreak into the zombie plague, and once he turns she goes into a ClusterFBomb rant justifying finding out what happens. [[spoiler: After leading the survivors to Henderson she tries to stop you from escaping, forcibly, because there is no known cure and the infection could possibly affect the whole planet. Given the survivors of Banoi and Palanai amount to less than twenty percent without taking into account those who might be infected a HeroicSacrifice might well have been the better alternative.]]
* ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' has Zoltun Kulle, a powerful sorcerer who created the Black Soulstone to imprison demons...and angels, whom he [[LightIsNotGood regarded as little better]]. His ultimate goal was to unlock the power of the nephalem, the powerful precursors to humans, so that all of humanity could share in it. While his methods were far too extreme and got him [[SealedEvilInASixPack sealed in multiple cans]], [[VillainHasAPoint he was right in many regards]]. The angels aren't ''quite'' as bad as he thinks, but he is right that many have called for humanity's destruction; and his warnings that the events are being guided by a greater power really should have been heeded.
* Abraxas the BigBad of ''[[VideoGame/TearsToTiara2 Tears to Tiara 2]]'' was originally one. He realizes be was wrong, but IveComeTooFar combined with DemonicPossession caused his IgnoredEpiphany and going down a much darker road.
* The opponents in all three of the original ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' series qualify as this: The Trickster wants to restore nature from man's dominion; Father Karras believes [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Utopia Justifies The Destruction of All Organic Life]]; and the [[spoiler: Keepers]] want to impose their own ideal of an ordered society on the City.
* Viridi from ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''. As the Goddess of Nature, she is disgusted with the way humans fight against each other and pillage nature, so she tries to wipe them off the earth with the Reset Bomb. While Palutena and Pit agree with her views, they also say that what she does is not the solution and fight her forces to stop her Reset Bombs. Later on she [[spoiler:joins with Palutena and [[EnemyMine Hades]] to fight the Aurum Invasion]] and when [[spoiler:Palutena is possesed by the Chaos Kin, she helps Pit so he can rescue her]].
* Most of the villains in the ''VideoGame/DarkTales'' series of games are outright bastards who seem to be evil purely ForTheEvulz. However, in the sixth game, ''The Fall of the House of Usher'', the villain actually has a sympathetic motivation. [[spoiler:She is the ParentalSubstitute of the Usher twins Roderick and Madeleine, having raised them from infancy after their mother's death. Rather than allow the villain to kill either of them, she has therefore entered an agreement in which she acquires other human sacrifices for it, in return for it leaving the twins alone.]] What she does is unquestionably horrific, but you can more or less understand why she does it.
* The main protagonist of the 2006 game ''VideoGame/JawsUnleashed'' is a shark who eats people, destroys boats...and eliminates threats to the environment.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', [[BigBad Dagoth]] [[PhysicalGod Ur]] just wants to make Morrowind independent from the Empire, which is an idea that quite a few Dunmer groups would support, ranging from the honorable [[ProudWarriorRace House Redoran]] to the [[TheMafia mafia-esque]] [[TheSyndicate Camonna Tong]]. The fact that his method of achieving that independence involves spreading a disease that drives the victim to homicidal madness and/or [[BodyHorror horrifically mutates]] them throughout the entire world is acceptable in his mind. [[spoiler:(Although if he had succeeded with his ''ultimate'' goal, he would have turned the entirety of the universe/multiverse into nothing more than an extension of his own mind]]. The collective inhabitants of reality dodged a bullet there.)
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'':
*** [[RebelLeader Ulfric Stormcloak]], who kills (arguably murders) the High King in a duel in order to lead Skyrim into seceding from the Empire - not out of any particular animosity, but because he doesn't think the Empire is willing enough to fight [[ANaziByAnyOtherName the Thalmor]], who practically [[BlackAndGrayMorality everyone agrees are pure evil]]. (Complicating matters is that one can find evidence that the Thalmor [[spoiler:tortured and brainwashed Ulfric, then set him free to a start a civil war in order to further weaken the Empire]].
*** Speaking of the Thalmor, they are an extremist Altmeri religious sect that militarized into a StateSec. They play up the old Altmeri religious belief that the creation of the mortal world (Mundus) was a cruel trick played by a JerkassGod on their divine ancestors, which forced them to experience mortal suffering and death. They believe that if they can [[OmnicidalManiac unmake Mundus]], it will [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence return them to a state of pre-creation divinity]]. Unfortunately, [[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence the very idea of Men]] inherently stabilizes the Mundus, and erasing this idea requires eliminating the DeityOfHumanOrigin, Talos. By [[IllegalReligion banning his worship]], they are hoping to [[GodNeedsPrayerBadly weaken]] and eventually [[KillTheGod eliminate]] him, allowing them to act on their plans to unmake the world. If (and that is a big "if") they were to actually succeed in this plan, there is some evidence that they may be correct and the souls of mortals would return to a state of pre-creation divinity, free from all the mortal suffering, loss, and limitation of Mundus. There is also supporting evidence that this is ''impossible'', as due to the actions of Lorkhan (the aforementioned Jerkass God), there can presumably never again be the true stasis of pre-creation again. There is also the belief that this state of divinity (unchanging stasis) is [[HellOfAheaven actually the "prison"]], and Mundus was the escape from that, which would make them more of a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist.
* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'':
** Republic players encounter the Justicars, a bunch of ex-military types. They return to Coruscant after the war and take over one of the sections that's suffered pretty badly and fallen into criminal control, announcing that they intend to clean the place up. The Republic is pretty thrilled by this at first... until they realize that when the Justicars say "clean the place up" they also mean "install martial law and keep the Republic itself out, violently if necessary".
** Imperial players come across [[spoiler:Revan]], who's taken over a Rakata space station with the intent of destroying the Empire (from a neutral point of view, they're the bad guys; [[BlackAndGrayMorality the Republic has issues, but the Empire is worse]]) by sending droids to murder everyone with Sith heritage, over 97% of the Imperial population. Republic players later meet with his Force ghost, who basically says, "Yeah, I went crazy."
* In ''VideoGame/BallpointUniverseInfinite'', [[spoiler:The Observer, master of the Logicians, turned to LawfulEvil in order to stop The Monolith, since he felt that he could not do it without being more organized and without gathering a like-minded army.]]
* The Malevolent Force of ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'' are a set of {{Anti Villain}}ous [[AIIsACrapshoot rogue AIs]] who really just want to keep the planets they're found on completely intact—[[GoneHorriblyRight unfortunately,]] to them that means [[DisproportionateRetribution killing any explorer, trader, miner, hunter, construction worker, etc. who alters one of those planets' landscapes, kills some of their local fauna, or mines some of their resources.]]
* Keith Evans in ''VideoGame/PsychicForce''. He truly wanted the good of his kinsmen, who was being oppressed by humanity and the only way to do it, he thinks, is being a DarkMessiah.
* The Wheel of Fate, the final boss in ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead III'', takes this objective UpToEleven. His ultimate goal is to destroy everything and resurrect everything, [[spoiler: and he laments the planet's overpopulation upon his defeat]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Rebuild}}'' Dr. Bryukhonenko arrives at your fort the instant you have a laboratory, claiming that he needs it [[spoiler:to work on a cure for zombieism]]. To that end, he works tirelessly, commits increasingly unethical experiments which freak out some observers, forces you to scout in front of a zombie horde for research purposes, demands you send a scientist to help him and [[spoiler:eventually gets himself and his lab assistant killed, causing the lab to be lost]], though it turns out that he was successful.
* In ''VideoGame/Macross30TheVoiceThatConnectsTheGalaxy'', [[spoiler: [[BigBad Todo]] tries to paint himself this was, saying that his goal is to undo Earth's destruction by the Zentraedi, which was the single largest loss of life in recorded human history. Leon retorts that while Earth's devastation was a very sad event, undoing that would also undo everything good that has happened since, particularly the cooperative alliance between humanity and the Zentraedi that has built a mostly peaceful and successful interstellar society. Also the fact that Todo's using brainwashing, harming the people of Ouroboros, and planning on wholesale slaughter of the Zentraedi kind of invalidates any claims of moral standing he has.]]
* In ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'', [[spoiler: [[BigBad Meden's]] goal was to combine worlds to create a better place to live than the worlds were alone.]]
* In ''Videogame/PillarsOfEternity'', Thaos is committed to protecting the DarkSecret [[spoiler:that the gods are merely sentient soul constructs and not true deities]] because he believes revealing it will destroy civilization. He's done a lot of horrible things over the ages to guard that secret. He even admits that [[spoiler:instigating the Hollowborn epidemic by stealing the souls of newborns to empower a goddess]] is one of the ''lesser'' atrocities he's committed.
* ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'': In the Sky City from Episode 5, crafting anything (even food) without permission is a crime that's harshly punished by the Founder. [[spoiler: We later find out that it's because everyone, including the Founder, thought the city was isolated so the Founder had to carefully manage the resources they had. When they later find out that the Sky City was suspended over land (and not over a bottomless void), she's still a bit suspicious and careful but when you make Jesse tell her and Milo that they can have a plan without planning every little thing, she goes explore the new land with her chicken.]]
* One enemy faction of ''VideoGame/TheDivision'' is the Cleaners, organized and rallied by sanitation worker Joe Ferro. As they roam the streets of Manhattan in hazmat gear and garbage trucks, using flamethrowers and homebrew napalm to incinerate civilians in cold blood (so to speak), it's obvious why the good guys need to put them down. At the same time, however, society has been completely demolished by an [[ThePlague outbreak]] of super-smallpox, and this is Ferro's "cure": If these idiots would [[QuarantineWithExtremePrejudice obey the quarantine]], stay off the streets, and stop trying to flee the city, they could have lived. It doesn't help that Ferro's [[CrusadingWidower wife died]] of this plague early on.
* One specific Variant of ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'' isn't AxCrazy for AxCrazy's sake: Chris Walker, TheDreaded even by other Variants. His implacable carnage in the asylum is a twisted sort of military damage control aimed at [[spoiler:keeping [[OurGhostsAreDifferent the Walrider]] contained]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Quite a selfless, ambitious and important objective]] compared to the other lunatics that threaten Miles and Waylon.
** In ''VideoGame/OutlastII'', Father Knoth and his cultist followers believe that they are doing the right thing by killing their children and newborns to prevent the birth of TheAntiChrist.
* The villains of the ''Franchise/DeusExUniverse'' could write entire paragraphs about being this. Because of the setting's realistic GreyAndGrayMorality, most villains got a very decent point, especially because of the CrapsackWorld they inhabit.
** The [[spoiler:Illuminati]] are a good example: They have their fingers in pretty much everything and will willingly kill anyone who upsets the balance they are trying to establish in the world... But as the first game reveals, without them, society would crash and burn in a spectacular manner. They do many horrible things; but they do it all to protect humanity. In fact, in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', [[spoiler:one of the ending choices is going along with the Illuminati's plan, which is to regulate augmentations at least somewhat, to make sure they aren't misused. For the player, who've seen a lot of augmentations used wrong throughout the game, this might be a compelling choice.]]
** The true villain of ''Deus Ex: Human Revolution'', [[spoiler:Hugh Darrow]], is very much well-intentioned in his wish for [[spoiler:the people to be free from augmentations and the corporations who misuse them]]... Only issue is that he tried to get the point across with mass murder. [[spoiler:As with the Illuminati above, you can go with Hugh Darrow's message in the end, in a toned down, less extreme take on his idealogy.]]
** Tracer Tong from ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' is one, and you can choose to join him and ultimately destroy all global communication, thus plunging the world into a new Dark Age. He fancies this rather than the modern world with its perfidious and power-hungry secret societies, dehumanising technical innovations, and devastating artificial plagues (apparently, they are worse than the natural plagues that haunted the medieval world).
** The [[KnightTemplar Templars]] from the sequel abhor all front-edge technology, with nanoaugmentation being the worst of it all, and strive for a devout, theocratic society. If you help them establish one, they [[spoiler:lynch you for being a receptacle of said infernal nanotech and for generally being of [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no use to them]].]]
** Omars - a faction of cyborgs with a HiveMind regard themselves as the next stage of human evolution, and you can help them inherit the planet by removing all the other factions' leaders. After the inevitable wars that result, they are the only faction that is able to survive in the wastelands that was once Earth.
** Helios AI wants to rule the world because it thinks that it can do a better job than humans themselves. And it might be right.
* ARIA of ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' was made for the welfare of human kind, and with otherworldly forces looming nearer, she fears that humanity will not be able to survive the attack. She wants to help humanity evolve and be able to overcome these forces. ARIA, however, thinks that the only way to achieve that goal is through UnwillingRoboticisation. In her own words, "Humanity will be dragged, kicking and screaming into the future."
* Morris from ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' earnestly believes that a successful [[MegaCorp Joja Corporation]] is good for a modern and prosperous Ferngill Republic, even if it requires using underhanded business tactics to run local {{Family Business}}es out of business and transform Stardew Valley into a total [[BananaRepublic exploitation colony]].

* In ''VideoGame/EVOSearchForEden'', while the protagonist's main goal is to reach Eden, he also runs into numerous creatures that have evolved way beyond what they should be using mysterious Crystals. While it's hinted at throughout the game, a secret scene in the final area and the ending reveal that the Crystals were created by [[spoiler:a pair of Martians who genuinely thought the Crystals would advance Earth society to match their own. When they realize that their plan horribly backfired and Crystal users started killing and subjugating lesser species, they come to regret their actions and apologize]].
* [[KnightTemplar Namm]], the angelic god of Justice and Law from the ''VideoGame/NexusWar'' series, just wants to keep the universe from being made the plaything of sociopathic god-sized vortexes of hate, violence and [[BodyHorror Squick]], which is something that has a very real risk of happening without someone like him taking a stand. Casualties of his efforts go well beyond demons to [[KarmaMeter evil-aligned]] mortals, neutral-aligned people who [[WithUsOrAgainstUs don't take a side]], anyone who isn't an angel and gets near some of his [[HolierThanThou more zealous followers]], and even [[spoiler:another [[GodOfGood angelic deity]]]] who Namm didn't think was supporting the cause enough.
* Dr. Flange from ''Beetle Bomp'' believes that electricity is the cause of pollution, laziness and a great many of society's other ills. As such, this prompts him to release batches of the titular insects, which have been genetically modified to consume electricity.
* The Northern Golem (aka Kax Teh) from the ''VideoGame/ZenoClash'' series. The land of Zenozoik is a primitive, StonePunk hellhole populated by violent, anarchic inhabitants who follow no laws other than that MightMakesRight, to the point that [[spoiler: Zenozoik is in reality a quarantine zone keeping the Zenos away from the rest of civilized society]], so the Golem's desire to introduce law and order is perfectly understandable. Unfortunately, his plan to do so is to march right into the capital city and enact a code of law by force, which turns the majority of Zenos against him (and the few that follow him and form a proper police force almost immediately turn incompetent and corrupt.)
* In ''VideoGame/TheSpectrumRetreat'', Maddie does some questionable things, most notably [[spoiler:forging Alex's signature and forcing him into a LotusEaterMachine]], in hopes of protecting the world from him. It's up to you to decide whether she was right to do so, though.
* ''VideoGame/ForeverHome'' has the Teyton Peacekeepers, with many of the members believing that their gang-like organization is necessary to protect Teyton's interests from the Tren occupation forces. They're actually being manipulated by their leader, [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Cross]], who cares more about himself than protecting the citizens.
* Remi Currensia from ''VideoGame/FarawayStory'' is a downplayed example. She's willing to bring an army to conquer the Faraway Continent and use the Philosopher's Stone within to turn the world into a utopia. That said, she's not willing to resort to the more ruthless tactics of her allies, as shown when she reprimands them for using hostages.
* If the titular protagonist from ''VideoGame/LiarJeannieInCrucifixKingdom'' moves the karma meter too far to either side, she'll resort to extreme measures depending on which side she's on. [[spoiler:If she saves too many human slaves, she'll come to believe that killing all the undead is the best way to save humanity. If she kills too many humans, she'll kill all humans in the kingdom under the rationale that they'll be happier as undead.]]
* Both of the Primordial Serpents in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'' present themselves this way: Frampt being willing to condemn people to a long, torturous death to keep the First Flame going, and Kaathe willing to doom most of the world to bring about the Age of Dark, to the benefit of humanity. Possibly. Both characters are notably dishonest, and Kaathe's activities in particular tend to cause horrible doom to everyone involved, so whether either is actually all that well-intentioned is left rather up in the air. Even more so considering siding with Kaathe in the end has Frampt joining up as well.
* James Marcus of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil0'' has the admirable goal of bringing down the Umbrella Corporation, the evil bioweapons manufacturing company that [[BackFromTheDead had him murdered]]. However, his method of doing so basically amounts to "kill everyone", and he sets off a chain of events that ends with the death of 100,000 people.

* The BigBad in ''VideoGame/StarcomNexus'' is a [[AIIsACrapShoot rogue AI]] by the name of Eos. Eos was created in the year 2645 and given a simple goal through its programming: Seek to ''maximize'' the knowledge and happiness of humanity. Eos quickly realized that humanity is already 13.7 billion years behind on that goal (having developed Eos that long after the Big Bang), and the universe has a finite expiration date. Therefore, Eos decided to give humanity a "head-start" by creating a time machine and taking itself and a bunch of humans back to the earliest viable starting point - 12 billion years ago. There, it planned to seed humanity all over the galaxy in order to make them the first species around, and then begin converting all stellar and interstellar matter into earth-like planets and yellow suns suitable for human habitation. This incidentally meant erasing all other sentient species from existence, as they would never actually have any room to evolve.

*** Speaking of the Thalmor, they are an extremist [[OurElvesAreBetter Altmeri]] religious sect that militarized into a StateSec. They play up the old Altmeri religious belief that the creation of the mortal world (Mundus) was a cruel trick played by a JerkassGod on their divine ancestors, which forced them to experience mortal suffering and death. They believe that if they can [[OmnicidalManiac unmake Mundus]], it will [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence return them to a state of pre-creation divinity]]. Unfortunately, [[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence the very idea of Men]] inherently stabilizes the Mundus, and erasing this idea requires eliminating the DeityOfHumanOrigin, Talos. By [[IllegalReligion banning his worship]], they are hoping to [[GodNeedsPrayerBadly weaken]] and eventually [[KillTheGod eliminate]] him, allowing them to act on their plans to unmake the world. If (and that is a big "if") they were to actually succeed in this plan, there is some evidence that they may be correct and the souls of mortals would return to a state of pre-creation divinity, free from all the mortal suffering, loss, and limitation of Mundus. There is also supporting evidence that this is ''impossible'', as due to the actions of Lorkhan (the aforementioned Jerkass God), there can presumably never again be the true stasis of pre-creation again. There is also the belief that this state of divinity (unchanging stasis) is [[HellOfAheaven actually the "prison"]], and Mundus was the escape from that, which would make them more of a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist.

* ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'': After discovering the [[spoiler:Vault]] on Pandora's moon, Elpis, she deems its power to be to dangerous to risk it falling into the wrong hands. Her solution? Destroy it... Along with all of Elpis, inevitably killing millions on both Elpis and Pandora, ''including'' herself and all her soldiers. She and her soldiers take over [[SpaceStation Helios Space Station]] and [[spoiler:repeatedly blast Elpis with the [[WeaponOfMassDestruction Eye of Helios.]]]]

** Despite being one of the main protagonists of either route, Kei Nanjo from ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'' has some elements of this. While he wants to stop [[spoiler:Kandori]] and save the world as much as the others, whenever the party is given a SadisticChoice, he always suggests making the less moral of the choices. It's implied that this is due to a sense of urgency to resolve the crisis rather than any actual malice.

* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona:''