History NoNameGiven / VideoGames

* The final boss in the NES version of ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonII: The Revenge'' is never given a proper name. The ending text simply refers to him as the "Mysterious Warrior". His {{expy}} in ''Double Dragon Advance'' is named "Raymond" though.

* The main character of ''VideoGame/YomawariNightAlone'' and her older sister are never given names, being referred to as "(Little) Girl" and "Sis" in promotional materials.

* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Kindergarten}}'' is never referred to by name. Even his fellow kindergarteners call him "kid" and other such descriptors. Lampshaded when you ask the equally unnamed janitor for ''his'' name in ''VideoGame/Kindergarten2''[[note]]Apparently he lost it in "the war".[[/note]].

* The main character in the video game ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' has no name and [[HeroicMime never speaks]]. Fans used to refer to him as "The Guy". ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' reveals his first name to be Claude. On the other hand, he [[ShrugOfGod may or may not]] also be Claude ''Speed'', the protagonist of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto2''.

*** Subverted as of ''Forza Horizon 3'', as [[HelloInsertNameHere the in-game characters can call your character by any nickname]].

* While most parties in the ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' do have official designations (the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Special Support Section]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Thors Class VII]], the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Arkride Solutions Office]]), the very first group never received one during ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky FC'' or its sequels. Later games have taken to referring to them as simply "the Liberl team," after the country most of its members, including de-facto leader Estelle Bright, are from.

** The Squealer Chief, whom the Squealers simply refer to as "Da Boss." Oddly enough, his two main lackeys, Dart and Kins, have their names stated repeatedly despite having minor roles in the game as a whole.

** Solid Snake for the [[VideoGame/MetalGear1 first]] [[VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake two]] games - obviously not his real name. We find out his real name ([[spoiler:David]]) at the end of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', but he continues using the name Snake. ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen The original game plan]] of ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Sons of Liberty]]'' suggests that Snake and Otacon would have called each other by their real names when they were on missions together, but this idea was scrapped very early on.) His real name is mentioned one more time by a character in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]]'' as proof that she knew him from before he became Snake. WordOfGod says Snake finally abandoned his codename and started using his real name after ''4''. (Interestingly, the non-canon games act as if he has no name at all -- ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid'' makes it a major plot point that Snake doesn't have a real name. Then again, [[spoiler:at least in the second one [[CloningBlues it's not the same Snake as in the main games]]]].)
** An even stronger example is his EvilTwin, [[CloningBlues Liquid]] [[EvilBrit Snake]]. While the [[CainAndAbelAndSeth youngest "brother"]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist Solidus]] has a real name (George Sears) and their "father" admits that his real name is John, Liquid's name is never given in any game or related media -- it's even said by [[MissionControl Colonel Campbell]] that is name is highly classified, so ''no one'' has any clue what his real name is. [[spoiler:His real name is Eli, as revealed in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain''.]]

** Similarly, "[[GasMaskMooks HUNK]]" has no name beyond the alias he uses for Umbrella. His team from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity'' have no real names neither, nor do [[FacelessGoons they take their masks off]].

* The main character in the video game ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' has no name and [[HeroicMime never speaks]]. Fans used to refer to him as "The Guy". ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' reveals his name, [[spoiler:Claude]]. On the other hand, he's supposed to be the same character from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto2'', and in one of those his full name, Claude Speed, is given.

* ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'':
** The instructor who is always heard but never seen (better known as "Phone Guy") never says his real name. [[Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 The second game]] hints that his real name may be Fritz Smith, but the evidence is conflicting.

* ''VideoGame/BrokTheInvestiGator'' has the Squealer Chief, whom the Squealers simply refer to as "Da Boss." Oddly enough, his two main lackeys, Dart and Kins, have their names stated repeatedly despite having minor roles in the game as a whole.

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has numerous characters, but tends to only give names to major characters. Some examples of nameless characters:
** The young ArmlessBiped that follows you throughout the Waterfall area, constantly gushing about how awesome Undyne is, is only known as Monster Kid.
** [[KnownOnlyByTheirNickname Burgerpants.]]

** In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', two party members -- The Handmaiden and The Disciple -- have names which are only revealed close to the end of the game. The protagonist him/herself is only referred to as "The Exile" by everyone. Canonically, the Exile was later revealed to be a woman named Meetra Surik.

* In ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame'', the main character is referred to primarily as Rookie besides a few other nicknames. According to Venkman, the history of your predecessors has not been good (not helped by the fact that your job is to test experimental equipment so that it doesn't blow up on the other guys) so it's best not to form any particular attachments. This changes when the three rookie characters appear in the IDW comics, where they are given the names Bryan Welsh, Maddie Collins, and Chad Fuller.
** There's also the SerialKiller known only as the Spider Witch, as the authorities never discovered her name, not even an alias. However, Insight Editions' {{defictionalization}} of Tobin's Spirit Guide names her Evelyn Lewis.

* In ''VideoGame/RavenswordShadowlands'', the game never reveals the player character's name. You cannot name him, and the closest he gets to a name is that a few times he's referred to as "the survivor of the battle at Heronmar".

** [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Generation I]] has trainers without names who are called by what they are (Super Nerd, Gambler, Channeler, etc.). Only gym leaders, your rival, the Elite Four, and important [=NPC=]s are given names. It wasn't until [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Generation II]] that all trainers were given actual names; now instead of Gambler, you would get something like Gambler Jason.

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' plays with this regarding a(n increasingly) plot-significant [[ClingyMacguffin Keyblade]] which had unnamed appearances in several games before finally being granted a name in ''Back Cover'', an animated movie [[MythArc supplement]] to the browser/mobile game ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX Kingdom Hearts χ [chi]]]''. [[SevenDeadlySins Luxu]] is [[TakeUpMySword entrusted]] with said Keyblade by the [[EccentricMentor Master of Masters]] along with [[MasterApprenticeChain the duty of passing it down]] from generation to generation, allowing the Master to [[RetroactivePrecognition see far into the future]] via the "[[TheWatcher Gazing Eye]]" (supposedly the Master's literal eye) featured in the weapon's design. When Luxu mistakenly assumes that the Keyblade ''itself'' is named Gazing Eye, the Master clarifies that: "Actually, [it has] no name", whereupon Luxu refers to it admiringly as "No Name". Also overlaps with EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep thanks to the No Name's other canon name, "Master Xehanort's Keyblade", as it is currently the [[WeaponOfChoice signature Keyblade]] of Master Xehanort.