History WouldHurtAChild / Videogames

* ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'': [[spoiler:Kristoph Gavin]] attempted to murder a 12-year-old agoraphobic girl by [[spoiler:giving her poisoned nail polish, since he knew she had a habit of biting her nails when under pressure]].
* Near the end of ''{{VideoGame/Armikrog}}'', the main antagonist is revealed to be [[spoiler:Tommynaut's brother Vognaut]], who's been horribly mutated by his greed. [[spoiler:Vognaut abducts P, the baby Tommynaut has been caring for, and plans to drain the latent power from inside her for himself; he also states that he doesn't care if the process kills her, instead saying her power is "wasted on her."]]

* In ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'' we see in a flashback that Joe Chill attempted to kill young Bruce Wayne after murdering his parents, but is scared off by police sirens at the last second.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'': The entire purpose of the hunt is to kill a stillborn child [[spoiler: of the EldritchAbomination]].
** Also, you may [[spoiler:murder Arianna's AdorableAbomination baby right in front of her]]. She has a fatal heart attack right then and there.

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyInfiniteWarfare'': During ''Operation Port Armor'' to retake the Lunar port, the team marches through a treatment area for civilians caught in the crossfire. There's an abundance of body bags showing the SDF's willingness to shoot noncombatants. Several of those body bags are clearly children.

* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' gives us the concept of "maternal armor". Yes, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin it's exactly what you'd think it is]]. The usual results are ...not pretty.
** And then there's the [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential pragmatic]] lot of players who decide that having somebody lounge about in your fortress, [[TheLoad eating your food and drinking your booze]] without doing any work for 12 years just isn't worth it...

* ''VideoGame/EXTRAPOWERAttackOfDarkforce'': Dark Force's alien invasion force has no qualms about harming children or anyone else they trample underfoot. Early in the game in the mountains of China, a little girl runs out of a building she was hiding within when Undata attacks it. He immediately takes her hostage and threatens her, forcing the heroes to surrender the super spiritual water in exchange for her release.

* At the beginning of the first game in the ''VideoGame/MiasBigAdventureCollection'', '''''Mia's Reading Adventure: The Search for Grandma's Remedy''''', when Mia attempts to exit her grandmother's bedroom to buy some medicine, Romaine beats Mia into unconsciousness, allowing him to steal the Sparklies Mia was about to use to buy the medicine.

* All the main protagonists in the ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'' series are children (so obviously, plenty of the enemies that battle them will be adults), but perhaps the most notable specific example of this trope is in ''[=EarthBound=]'' when a bunch of policemen beat up the 13-year-old Ness ''just because he wants to leave his hometown.''
* ''VideoGame/Mother3'': [[spoiler:Not only does Porky try to kill the 12-year-old Lucas on a number of occasions, he also takes his twin brother, mind controls him, makes him a cyborg, and ultimately is the cause of his death.]] Just so you know, this game is rated ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids Japan's equivalent of E]]''.

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'': [[spoiler:Queen Ga'ran]] was willing to let [[spoiler: Apollo]] die in a fire she started when he was an infant, while killing his father in the process. At one point she even implies she'd be willing to have her 14-year-old niece killed.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'':

* ''[[VideoGame/FaithTheUnholyTrinity]]'' has a few examples of this trope, but the biggest one is the "Second Death" ritual, which involves sacrificing an infant.

* The enemies of ''VideoGame/{{INSIDE}}'' have no qualms with siccing attack dogs or firing guns at the protagonist, who is at most ten-years-old.

* A pivotal scene in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow]]'' involves the BigBad fatally shooting a teenage girl in the chest and [[ForcedToWatch making her boyfriend watch]]. [[spoiler:It's [[FakeKillScare staged]] in a deliberate attempt to draw out said boyfriend's SuperpoweredEvilSide, which either utterly fails or succeeds [[GoneHorriblyRight a bit too well]].]]

** Senator Davis from ''Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration'' is perfectly happy to shove little Rani down a pit to be eaten by zombies [[DirtyCoward when she gets in the way of his escape]]. Later MamaBear Claire knocks Davis flat on his ass with a ArmourPiercingSlap in response.

** Toriel downplays it. She ''does'' attack you, but only because she doesn't want you to leave and get killed but the other exanples on this page. The fight is actually very hard, though not impossible, to lose, because once your HP gets low her projectiles start to avoid your soul. If you check her stats, you can see she has very high attack power and thus is clearly holding back when fighting you.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure'', a group that calls themselves the D∴G Cult would kidnap children across the entire continent and use them in their [[spoiler:Gnosis]] experiments. Two of their noteworthy victims are:

** And [[spoiler:Tio Plato,]] who was rescued by [[spoiler:Guy Bannings]] during the extermination efforts. she was subjected to human experimentation as well, and this led to her gaining sensory receptivity that assisted her later in life when she joined the [[spoiler:Special Support Section.]]
** Other victims include [[spoiler:Ennea,]] who was rescued by Arianrhod and Duvalie [[spoiler:and later joined the Stahlritter in gratitude to them.]] and [[spoiler:Van Arkride,]] who was adopted by a member of the cult at the age of 7 and was subjected to traumatic, but mostly nonlethal, experiments. He eventually managed to escape by the age of 14.

* Most likely unintentional and due to [[WelcomeToCorneria limited dialogue]], but in a ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''-themed event in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingPocketCamp'', players could catch [[FunnyOctopus Inkling squid]] [[KidHero and Octoling octopi]] and give them to resident [[TrademarkFavoriteFood seafood fanatic]] Chip, who would talk about these highly-advanced, sentient people like they were little more than food. Of course, given that Splatoon takes place [[AfterTheEnd after the extinction of most land life, allowing sea creatures to take their place]] and that Inklings and Octolings tend to [[SuperDrowningSkills dissolve in water]] (although we've only seen that happen in combat; maybe they can swim when they aren't fighting), maybe these are just regular cephalopods that happen to look like the ones from Splatoon (not that that makes it much better, considering how smart cephalopods are and the fact that there are sentient octopus citizens).

** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'': The Four Houses [[spoiler:ripped apart Ethan's ''infant daughter'']] for the sake of [[spoiler:furthering Miranda's plans to resurrect her biological child.]]

** In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' there are children found in both the Prydwen and the Institute, [[spoiler: and you're forced to blow up one or both of them depending on who you side with.[[note]]You can warn the Institute to evacuate from Father's terminal. [[MoralEventHorizon If you don't, and you gloat about this to the Railroad]], they'll immediately try to murder you[[/note]]. Also, when blowing up the Institute, you can leave the young [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots synth]] version of Shaun to burn, which gets you some [[WhatTheHellHero harsh comments]] from your faction's tech specialist (unless you sided with the Brotherhood and tell Proctor Ingram that he's a synth, [[JustAMachine making her ok with abandoning him)]] because she thinks his series was designed to [[KillAndReplace kill and replace children]], [[AssholeVictim convincing her that the humiliation conga the Institute is having is well-deserved]]]].

* ''VideoGame/TelltalesGameOfThrones'': [[spoiler: Ramsay Snow]] shows the Forresters just what an irredeemably evil bastard he is by gleefully stabbing [[spoiler:the young Lord Ethan]] in the throat in front of them. [[spoiler:Ethan]] was only around thirteen or fourteen at the time. [[spoiler:Ramsay also takes the seven-year-old Ryon as a hostage and tells his soldiers to kill him if anyone tries to intervene.]]

* ''Franchise/MetalGear'' uses this rather a lot, either to demonstrate the generalized war setting or as KickTheDog for the villains:

* Season 2 of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' has Bill Carver, who is not above hitting Clementine just for staring him down and at one point orders Carlos to smack his daughter with full force for talking while he's giving a speech. In his eyes, [[TheSocialDarwinist the next generation must be raised to be stronger and tougher than the last]]. His minion Troy is also not above rifle-butting Clementine in the face if she tries to stop Carver from beating the hell out of [[spoiler:Kenny]].

** Geralt can overhear a background conversation between raiders in the village of Fyresdal in Skellige, where one raider threatens he'll kill the other's son if the latter doesn't [[LeaveNoSurvivors doesn't personally kill all prisoners]] they take on their next raid, ironically as punishment because the raider being threatened [[WouldntHurtAChild couldn't bring himself to kill]] a [[EvilEmpire Nilfgaardian]] soldier who [[ChildSoldier was the same age as his son]] on their last raid.

--->'''Noble Warden's brother:''' Don't worry, son, you'll see a [[FunnyAneurysmMoment sword up close soon enough]].

** [[spoiler:Renne, who was kidnapped by the cult from a friend of her parents and experimented on, but was later lent to a '''child''' [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil sex brothel called "Paradise"]], for financial support. In order to cling onto her sanity, she absorbed the personalities of her fellow captives to numb herself to the pain. The brothel was destroyed when Ouroboros Enforcers Joshua and Loewe raided it, finding Renne as the only survivor. The trauma Renne suffered enabled her to later become an Enforcer.]]
** And [[spoiler:Tio Plato, who was rescued by Guy Bannings during the extermination efforts. Tio was subjected to human experimentation as well, and this led to her gaining sensory receptivity that assisted her later in life when she joined the Special Support Section.]]

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure'', the game consists of the [[spoiler:D∴G Cult]], who kidnapped children across the continent and used them in their [[spoiler:Gnosis]] experiments. Two of their noteworthy victims are:
** [[spoiler:Renne, who was kidnapped by the cult from a friend of her parents and experimented on, but was later lent to a '''child''' [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil sex brothel called "Paradise"]], for financial support. In order to cling onto her sanity, she absorbed the personalities of her fellow captives to numb herself to the pain. The brothel was destroyed when Ouroboros Enforcers Joshua and Loewe raided it, finding Renne as the only survivor. The trauma Renne suffered enabled her to later become an Enforcer.]]
** And [[spoiler:Tio Plato, who was rescued by Guy Bannings during the extermination efforts. Tio was subjected to human experimentation as well, and this led to her gaining sensory receptivity that assisted her later in life when she joined the Special Support Section.]]
* Keep in mind that they're still kids while they're enduring this...
** There's also [[spoiler:Ennea, who was rescued by Arianrhod and Duvalie, and later joined the Stahlritter in gratitude to them.]]
** Finally, there's [[spoiler:Van Arkride, who was adopted by a member of the cult at the age of 7 and was subjected to traumatizing, but mostly nonlethal experiments. He eventually managed to escape by the age of 14.]]

** The ''Blood and Wine'' expansion gives us [[spoiler: Orianna, a Higher Vampire who runs an orphanage like a wine cellar. Whenever she wants blood, she feeds on a child.]] Her defence when confonrted by Geralt is that she never goes so far as to actually kill the children and makes sure they are well-treated.

* A ShootTheDog scenario in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon''. The Moon Child is a being of legend that is born when the Moon That Never Sets glows red [[Mystical108 every 108 years.]] In legend, the Moon Child is said to be a holy being that will bless the world and create a utopia by gathering the three Moon Objects. However, the [[SignsOfTheEndTimes Moon That Never Sets]] also signifies the coming of the Black Monster, who seeks to kill the Moon Child due to its hatred and kills it every time it is born. It is said that the Black Monster can't stand the Moon Child's holy light. As the story unfolds, it is revealed that the Moon Child is [[spoiler: [[ApocalypseMaiden Shana]]]], who is actually the soul of the 108th species, [[TheScourgeOfGod the Virage Embryo]]; a being that threatens to annihilate the world. It's body and soul were separated to prevent this outcome. It is also revealed that the [[AntiAntiChrist Black]] [[HeroWithBadPublicity Monster]] is [[spoiler: [[KnightInSourArmor Rose]]]], who was stalling the monster's resurrection by killing the Moon Child every time they were born [[TheAgeless for 11,000 years.]]
[[labelnote: note]] There is evidence that the Moon Child is discovered by [[spoiler: Rose]] as soon as they're born (since their birth causes The Moon That Never Sets to glow red), and that they're killed within days of their birth. The evidence being that [[spoiler: Shana]] is 18 during the events of the game, and the attack on [[spoiler:Neet]] happened 18 years prior.[[/labelnote]]

A ShootTheDog scenario in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon''. The Moon Child is a being of legend that is born when the Moon That Never Sets glows red [[Mystical108 every 108 years.]] In legend, the Moon Child is said to be a holy being that will bless the world and create a utopia by gathering the three Moon Objects. However, the [[SignsOfTheEndTimes Moon That Never Sets]] also signifies the coming of the Black Monster, who seeks to kill the Moon Child due to its hatred and kills it every time it is born. It is said that the Black Monster can't stand the Moon Child's holy light. As the story unfolds, it is revealed that the Moon Child is [[spoiler: [[ApocalypseMaiden Shana]]]], who is actually the soul of the 108th species, [[TheScourgeOfGod the Virage Embryo]]; a being that threatens to annihilate the world. It's body and soul were separated to prevent this outcome. It is also revealed that the [[AntiAntiChrist Black]] [[HeroWithBadPublicity Monster]] is [[spoiler: [[KnightInSourArmor Rose]]]], who was stalling the monster's resurrection by killing the Moon Child every time they were born [[TheAgeless for 11,000 years.]]

A ShootTheDog scenario in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon''. The Moon Child is a being of legend that is born when the Moon That Never Sets glows red [[Mystical108 every 108 years.]] In legend, the Moon Child is said to be a holy being that will bless the world and create a utopia by gathering the three Moon Objects. However, the [[SignsOfTheEndTimes Moon That Never Sets]] also signifies the coming of the Black Monster, who seeks to kill the Moon Child due to its hatred and kills it every time it is born. It is said that the Black Monster can't stand the Moon Child's holy light. As the story unfolds, it is revealed that the Moon Child is [[spoiler: [[ApocalypseMaiden Shana]]]], who is actually the soul of the 108th species, [[TheScourgeOfGod the Virage Embryo]]; a being that threatens to annihilate the world. It's body and soul were separated to prevent this outcome. It is also revealed that the [[HeroWithBadPublicity Black Monster]] is [[spoiler: [[KnightInSourArmor Rose]]]], who was stalling the monster's resurrection by killing the Moon Child every time they were born [[TheAgeless for 11,000 years.]]

Tragically justified in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon''. The Moon Child is a being of legend that is born when [[SignsOfTheEndTimes The Moon That Never Sets glows red]] [[Mystical108 every 108 years.]] In legend, the Moon Child is said to be a holy being that will bless the world and create a utopia by gathering the three Moon Objects. However, the Moon That Never Set also signifies the coming of the Black Monster, who seeks to kill the Moon Child due to its hatred and kills it every time it is born. It is said that the Black Monster can't stand the Moon Child's holy light. As the story unfolds, it is revealed that the Moon Child is [[spoiler: [[ApocalypseMaiden Shana]]]], who is actually the soul of the 108th species, the Virage Embryo; a being that threatens to annihilate the world. It's body and soul were separated to prevent this outcome. It is also revealed that the [[HeroWithBadPublicity Black Monster]] is [[spoiler: Rose]], who was [[ShootTheDog stalling the monster's resurrection by killing the Moon Child every time they were born.]]

[[labelnote: note]] There is evidence that the Moon Child is discovered by Rose as soon as they're born (since their birth causes The Moon That Never Sets to glow red), and that they're killed within days of their birth. The evidence being that [[spoiler: Shana]] is 18 during the events of the game, and the attack on [[spoiler:Neet]] happened 18 years prior.[[/labelnote]]

Tragically justified in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon''. The Moon Child is a being of legend that is born when the Moon That Never Sets glows red every 108 years. In legend, the Moon Child is said to be a holy being that will bless the world and create a utopia by gathering the three Moon Objects. However, the Moon That Never Set also signifies the coming of the Black Monster, who seeks to kill the Moon Child due to its hatred and kills it every time it is born. It is said that the Black Monster can't stand the Moon Child's holy light. As the story unfolds, it is revealed that the Moon Child is actually the soul of the 108 species, the Virage Embryo, a being that threatens to annihilate the world. It's body and soul were separated to prevent this outcome. It is also revealed that the Black Monster is [[spoiler: Rose]], who was stalling the monster's resurrection by killing the Moon Child every time they were born.
[[labelnote:]] There is evidence that the Moon Child is discovered by Rose as soon as they're born (since their birth causes The Moon That Never Sets to glow red), and that they're killed within days of their birth. The evidence being that [[spoiler: Shana]] is 18 during the events of the game, and the attack on [[spoiler:Neet]] happened 18 years prior.]][[/labelnote]]