History GenderBender / VideoGames

** Demitri Maximoff (or Maximov; it changes) has a move called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux_TzeaEAPk Midnight Bliss]], in which he turns an opponent into a woman before [[LifeEnergy sucking the life]] out of her. (What happens when he uses it on female opponents varies wildly between victims.)

* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'': You can craft a Gender Change Potion by combining all seven magic herbs, which permanently switches your character's gender. It's purely cosmetic, but it's the only way to re-customize after the character has been created.

* In the Japanese version of ''[[VideoGame/{{Bonk}} Bonks Revenge]]'', your secondary form is not a scarred Bonk like in the overseas version, but rather ''a female Bonk''! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plGx7kZCpMA This occurs at around 1:30 of this video]] if you don't believe us.

** A stranger example comes from the ''LightNovel/DisgaeaNovels''. [[spoiler:Lamington states that angels have no set gender to begin with, instead taking in traits from the environment and their own emotions having an effect. Apparently their choices in weaponry also affect the outcome as well, which gets weird when you figure that the angels in-game are all female.]]

* The Amulet of Change from ''VideoGame/NetHack'' switches the player, then disintegrates, leaving him/her stuck. Since this has [[PurelyAestheticGender next to no consequences on gameplay]] ([[SuccubiAndIncubi foocubi]] will seduce the opposite sex and attack the same, only females can lay eggs, and strange monsters' hatched eggs sometimes ignore male characters), the amulet is considered BetterOffSold except for stunts like making male Valkyries. The possibility that it's what an unidentified amulet is isn't considered a good reason not to try it on.
** In the ''[=NetHack=]'' fork ''[[VideoGame/{{SlashEmExtended}} Slash'EM Extended]]'', if the player creates a male Topmodel or female Transvestite as their player character, they instantly turn into the other gender. This doesn't stop them from using the Amulet of Change to revert to their starting gender though.
* In ''VideoGame/{{OMORI}}'', after [[spoiler:Omori recreates Headspace on the Hikikomori Route]], Medusa will offer a "Mystery Potion" that, if used underwater, will turn Omori into a girl until she either uses it again, looks in a mirror, enters battle, or goes above water.
* Although not necessarily a true case of Gender Bending, the 1996 game ''VideoGame/Pandemonium1996'' by Crystal Dynamics has a cheat labeled; BODYSWAP, which, when inputted shows the statement "Gender Bender!" The cheat itself, however, only enables in-level character swapping between Nikki and Fargus.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', [[spoiler:Shadow Naoto]] tries to turn its creator into an adult male through body alteration. Luckily, you can stop it before that happens because all shadows you haven't personally stopped have murdered their originals, the implication being that the operation would have GoneHorriblyWrong.

* In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', Maya Fey has the power to recall spirits from the afterlife and into her body. When she does so, her body physically becomes that of the person being channeled ([[MorphicResonance except for her hair]]). And in this game, she channels the spirits of some men (namely [[spoiler:Tah'rust Inmee, a murder victim who had crucial testimony]] and [[spoiler:Dhurke Sadhmadhi, Apollo's adoptive father]]). However, as the soul of the person completely takes over the channeller's body, the potential for {{fanservice}} is severely reduced.
* [[ShapeshifterWeapon Alex Mercer]] from ''Videogame/{{Prototype}}'' is capable of doing this when consuming a female character and turning into her. Then again, [[spoiler:is it really gender bending if you have no gender to begin with?]].
* Microprose's ''Videogame/RexNebularAndTheCosmicGenderBender'' does indeed apply this trope to [[spoiler:its title hero, who temporarily becomes its heroine]]. The titular device is used by the planet's all-female population for reproduction in lieu of actual men. When Rex first meets a local woman who doesn't want to kill him on the spot, she assumes he's actually a woman who has used the device. Rex has to convince her that he's a real man by doing the stereotypical "manly" things, like knowing what a torque wrench is and having no idea how to set a table.
* ''VideoGame/RuneScape''

* The Amulet of Change from ''VideoGame/NetHack'' switches the player, then disintegrates, leaving him/her stuck. Since this has [[PurelyAestheticGender next to no consequences on gameplay]] ([[HornyDevils foocubi]] will seduce the opposite sex and attack the same, only females can lay eggs, and strange monsters' hatched eggs sometimes ignore male characters), the amulet is considered BetterOffSold except for stunts like making male Valkyries. The possibility that it's what an unidentified amulet is isn't considered a good reason not to try it on.

* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' has a somewhat complicated example in Seth, an ArtificialHuman whose male body was destroyed at the end of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', who then returned in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' inhabiting a new body based on the very female [[AmazonianBeauty Juri]]. It should be noted that while Seth is consistently referred to with male pronouns [[VocalDissonance and possesses a deep, masculine voice]], he's technically just an [[ArtificialIntelligence advanced AI]] with NoBiologicalSex -- if there are any changes to Seth beyond his body, it's that [[TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody he stockpiled Juri's]] [[AxCrazy violent insanity]] [[UpToEleven onto his own]].

* Another Creator/NipponIchi example comes from ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters''. [[spoiler:The player character, Revya, was explicitly born as Median's firstborn son all of about 200-some years back. This trope comes into play if you choose to play as a female.]]

** Chronormu, a bronze dragon who 1) had a name consistent with the naming standards of male bronze dragons, and 2) prefers to [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith take the humanoid form]] of a ''female'' gnome named Chromie. This appears to have been an error, though, as her rare appearances in dragon form have since been changed to either just say Chromie, or Chronormi (the female suffix for bronze dragons).
*** Turns out that Chromie has always been female, and it's just a GenderBlenderName. Chromie herself explains this. "Chronormu is not a male name, you just don't understand dragon culture!" This was then part of a RetCon that ''did'' make Chromie assigned male at birth, but chose to present as female in the short story ''Visage Day''.
** Player characters gained access to [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney character appearance resets for $25]] in 2008. This includes the ability to change your character's gender. This was used as an explicit selling point for the resets.
*** Gender change became free of charge in real money in 2020 with patch 9.0 before the launch of ''Shadowlands''. Players only have to go at the barber and pay in gold. Name change is not included however.
** In "Wrath of the Lich King", the player is led through quests to a village entirely inhabited by Hyldnir, female Giants. For purposes of disguise, the player must transform into a Hyldnir, regardless of original gender.
** Using an Illusion Potion near a character of the opposite sex.

* The Amulet of Change from ''VideoGame/NetHack'' switches the player, then disintegrates, leaving him/her stuck. Since this has [[PurelyAestheticGender next to no consequences on gameplay]] ([[HornyDevils foocubi]] will seduce the opposite sex and attack the same, only females can lay eggs, and strange monsters' hatched eggs sometimes ignore male characters), the amulet is considered VendorTrash except for stunts like making male Valkyries. The possibility that it's what an unidentified amulet is isn't considered a good reason not to try it on.

*** Turns out that Chromie has always been female, and it's just a GenderBlenderName. Chromie herself explains this. "Chronormu is not a male name, you just don't understand dragon culture!"