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** The protagonist of ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'', unlike the other protagonists, is never named at any point, making it ambiguous as to whether they're an all-new character or a returning protagonist.
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** The protagonist of ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'', ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'', unlike the other protagonists, is never named at any point, making it ambiguous as to whether they're an all-new character or a returning protagonist.
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* ''{{VideoGame/Serena}}'' never reveals the protagonist's first name, and the letters from his wife found during the game never give it either.
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* None of the characters, protagonists and antagonists alike, have any names in ''Videogame/LakeviewCabinCollection''.
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* The main character of ''VideoGame/{{Bound}}'' has no name, on top of [[TheFaceless her face being obscured by her helmet]].
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** The true names of individual Reapers are unknown. "Sovereign" and "Harbinger" are just self-congratulatory and/or symbolic titles those two Reapers chose to use when speaking with organics. However, Sovereign did reveal its true name to the geth: [[spoiler:Nazara]]. In fact, the Reapers as a whole have no true name. "Reaper" was a name that was a given by the Protheans and passed down to the current cycle through the beacons.
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** The true names of individual Reapers are unknown. "Sovereign" and "Harbinger" are just self-congratulatory and/or symbolic titles those two Reapers chose to use when speaking with organics. However, Sovereign did reveal its true name to the geth: [[spoiler:Nazara]]. In fact, the Reapers as a whole have no true name. "Reaper" was a name that was a given by the Protheans and passed down to the current cycle through the beacons.
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** The true names of individual Reapers are unknown. "Sovereign" and "Harbinger" are just self-congratulatory and/or symbolic titles those two Reapers chose to use when speaking with organics. However, Sovereign did reveal its true name to the geth: [[spoiler:Nazara]].
*** The Reapers as a whole have no true name. "Reaper" was a name that was a given by the Protheans and passed down to the current cycle through the beacons.
--->'''Sovereign:''' [[AC:Reaper? A label created by the Protheans to give voice to their destruction. In the end, what they chose to call us is irrelevant. We simply...[[EldritchAbomination ARE!]]]]
*** The Reapers as a whole have no true name. "Reaper" was a name that was a given by the Protheans and passed down to the current cycle through the beacons.
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** The true names of individual Reapers are unknown. "Sovereign" and "Harbinger" are just self-congratulatory and/or symbolic titles those two Reapers chose to use when speaking with organics. However, Sovereign did reveal its true name to the geth: [[spoiler:Nazara]].
*** The[[spoiler:Nazara]]. In fact, the Reapers as a whole have no true name. "Reaper" was a name that was a given by the Protheans and passed down to the current cycle through the beacons.
--->'''Sovereign:''' [[AC:Reaper? -->'''Sovereign:''' [[AC:"Reaper". A label created by the Protheans to give voice to their destruction. In the end, what they chose to call us is irrelevant. We simply...[[EldritchAbomination ARE!]]]]are.]]]]
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* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'' and ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', Anders is only known by his nickname, referring to the place in which he was born.
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** This could technically apply to an entire race - the horned, tall people who follow the philosophy known as the Qun. Not only are all Qunari names more like job titles, but we have no idea what their race was called before the Qun's invention - even "kossith", the next best thing, is just their previous philosophy.
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'' and ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', Anders is only known by his nickname, referring to the place in which he wasborn.born.
** In ''Videogame/DragonAgeInquisition'', the Qunari GlassCannon you can recruit is never referred to by his original name, only the title "The Iron Bull" and later, "Hissrad", as Qunari have no true names under the Qun.
** This could technically apply to an entire race - the horned, tall people who follow the philosophy known as the Qun. Not only are all Qunari names more like job titles, but we have no idea what their race was called before the Qun's invention - even "kossith", the next best thing, is just their previous philosophy.
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'' and ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', Anders is only known by his nickname, referring to the place in which he was
** In ''Videogame/DragonAgeInquisition'', the Qunari GlassCannon you can recruit is never referred to by his original name, only the title "The Iron Bull" and later, "Hissrad", as Qunari have no true names under the Qun.
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* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/PotionMaker'' is never seen, we don't know anything about them and we don't even see their parts of dialogue.
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* All the protagonists in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games have their name defined by the player, but the conversations and voice acting can't predict that, so they're referred to by others with a title: "the Vault Dweller" (''VideoGame/{{Fallout|1}}''), "TheChosenOne" (''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}''), "the Lone Wanderer" (''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'') and "Courier" (''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'').
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* All the protagonists in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games have their name defined by the player, but the conversations and voice acting can't predict that, so they're referred to by others with a title: "the Vault Dweller" (''VideoGame/{{Fallout|1}}''), "TheChosenOne" (''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}''), "the Lone Wanderer" (''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'') 3}}''), "the Courier" (''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''), and "Courier" (''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'')."the Sole Survivor" (''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}''.
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* The player character in ''VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive'' is simply called "Player", and can't be given a custom name.
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* ''{{VideoGame/Serena}}'' never reveals the protagonist's first name, and the letters from his wife found during the game never give it either.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}} and the Pirate's Curse'' introduces us to Sky's mom and dad, who are only referred to as... Sky's mom and Sky's Dad.
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* Parodied in ''VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals'' and ''VideoGame/LufiaCurseOfTheSinistrals''. When Idura refers to his "nameless master", [[IdiotHero Dekar]] takes this to mean that Idura's master ''[[SarcasmBlind literally]]'' has no name.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, 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.
** [[KnownOnlyByTheirNickname Burgerpants]].
** The young ArmlessBiped that follows you throughout the Waterfall area, constantly gushing about how awesome Undyne is.
** [[KnownOnlyByTheirNickname Burgerpants]].
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More Cross Wicking for Else Heart.Break().
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* The main character of he upcoming ''VideoGame/{{Hatred}}'' doesn't reveal his name in the trailer, simply stating that it's "not important".
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** 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 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.
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** 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 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'']].
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** There are at least two known exceptions to this rule, though. ''VideoGame/MidnightClub: Los Angeles'' has a player character with no name, but with a face, and he ''never'' shuts up. ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed: Pro Street'' has a player character with no voice and no face (he always wears a full-face helmet), but he has a name: Ryan Cooper. And the announcer will make sure that you ''never'' forget that.
** Your guy in ''Forza Horizon''. He has a face, and somewhat of a personality (fleeting smiles and shaking his head at the shallow superstar competitors), yet he never speaks and his name is never brought up. Lampshaded by the other racers and radio [=DJ=]s; they mention he doesn't even ''register his name into the events he's entering''.
** Your guy in ''Forza Horizon''. He has a face, and somewhat of a personality (fleeting smiles and shaking his head at the shallow superstar competitors), yet he never speaks and his name is never brought up. Lampshaded by the other racers and radio [=DJ=]s; they mention he doesn't even ''register his name into the events he's entering''.
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** There are at least two known exceptions to this rule, though. ''VideoGame/MidnightClub: Los Angeles'' has a player character with no name, but with a face, and he ''never'' shuts up. ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed: Pro Street'' [=ProStreet=]'' has a player character with no voice and no face (he always wears a full-face helmet), but he has a name: Ryan Cooper. And the announcer will make sure that you ''never'' forget that.
** Your guy in''Forza Horizon''.''VideoGame/ForzaHorizon''. He has a face, and somewhat of a personality (fleeting smiles and shaking his head at the shallow superstar competitors), yet he never speaks and his name is never brought up. Lampshaded by the other racers and radio [=DJ=]s; they mention he doesn't even ''register his name into the events he's entering''.
** Your guy in
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* Averted in typically humorous fashion in "Videogame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth". No matter what name you give the hero when prompted, he will only be referred to by Cartman and the others as "Douchebag".
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* Averted in typically humorous fashion in "Videogame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth".''Videogame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth''. No matter what name you give the hero when prompted, he will only be referred to by Cartman and the others as "Douchebag".
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* Averted in typically humorous fashion in "Videogame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth". No matter what name you give the hero when prompted, he will only be referred to by Cartman and the others as "Douchebag".
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** The instructor who is always heard but never seen (better known as [[FanNickname Phone Guy]]) never says his real name. [[Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 The sequel]] hints that his real name may be Fritz Smith, but the evidence is conflicting.
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** The instructor who is always heard but never seen (better known as [[FanNickname Phone Guy]]) never says his real name. [[Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 The sequel]] hints that his real name may be Fritz Smith, but the evidence is conflicting.
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' briefly introduces a new instructor heard over the phone, who once again is unnamed, but known by most people as "Phone Dude".
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' briefly introduces a new instructor heard over the phone, who once again is unnamed, but known by most people as "Phone Dude".
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* The [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 Fazbear Fright guard.]] While all the other guards' names were given out on their paychecks [[spoiler:or their pink slip]], he[[note]]It IS a he, since the breathing sounds distinctly masculine[[/note]] never gets a name [[spoiler:since the building burns to the ground before he can receive his paycheck.]]
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* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': The previous security guard (better known as Phone Guy) never says his real name. This trope also applies to [[spoiler: the murderer who killed five kids. The articles in the game only reveal that the killer was male.]]
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* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'':
** Theprevious security guard instructor who is always heard but never seen (better known as [[FanNickname Phone Guy) Guy]]) never says his real name. This trope also applies to [[spoiler: [[Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 The sequel]] hints that his real name may be Fritz Smith, but the evidence is conflicting.
** The protagonist of ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'', unlike the other protagonists, is never named at any point, making it ambiguous as to whether they're an all-new character or a returning protagonist.
** The murderer who killed fivekids. The kids in the backstory of the series is never named. Hidden articles in the first game only reveal that the killer was male.]]male, and he is only ever seen as a purple and under detailed sprite in various minigames [[spoiler:(and as a rotting corpse inside Springtrap in the third game)]].
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** The protagonist of ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'', unlike the other protagonists, is never named at any point, making it ambiguous as to whether they're an all-new character or a returning protagonist.
** The murderer who killed five
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** The [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 Fazbear Fright guard.]] While all the other guards' names were given out on their paychecks [[spoiler:or their pink slip]], he[[note]]It IS a he, since the breathing sounds distinctly masculine[[/note]] never gets a name [[spoiler:since the building burns to the ground before he can receive his paycheck.]]
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* Chell, Wheatley, and GLaDOS from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' are never referred to by name outside of subtitles. In fact, it wasn't until the second game in the series that we heard any names uttered at all, namely Cave Johnson and Caroline.
** Wheatley does mention his own name at one point, but this is one instance and easy to forget.
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* Chell, Wheatley, Chell and GLaDOS from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' are never referred to by name outside of subtitles. In fact, it wasn't until the second game in the series that we heard any names uttered at all, namely Cave Johnson and Caroline.
** Wheatley does mention his own name at one point, but this is one instance and easy to forget.Caroline.
** Wheatley does mention his own name at one point, but this is one instance and easy to forget.
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* The main character of he upcoming ''VideoGame/{{Hatred}}'' doesn't reveal his name in the trailer, simply stating that it's "not important".** This also applies to the [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 Fazbear Fright guard.]] While all the other guards' names were given out on their paychecks [[spoiler:or their pink slip]], he[[note]]It IS a he, since the breathing sounds distinctly masculine[[/note]] never gets a name [[spoiler:since the building burns to the ground before he can receive his paycheck.]]
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**This also applies to the The [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 Fazbear Fright guard.]] While all the other guards' names were given out on their paychecks [[spoiler:or their pink slip]], he[[note]]It IS a he, since the breathing sounds distinctly masculine[[/note]] never gets a name [[spoiler:since the building burns to the ground before he can receive his paycheck.]]
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* The main character of he upcoming ''VideoGame/{{Hatred}}'' doesn't reveal his name in the trailer, simply stating that it's "not important".** This also applies to the [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 Fazbear Fright guard.]] While all the other guards' names were given out on their paychecks [[spoiler:or their pink slip]], he[[note]]It IS a he, since the breathing sounds distinctly masculine[[/note]] never gets a name [[spoiler:since the building burns to the ground before he can receive his paycheck.]]
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* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' managed to avert this with Commander Shepard. By giving the player a fixed last name and having everyone else refer to them only by their last name or rank, they can have [=NPC=]s refer to the player by name in dialogue.
** If you share a drink with Dr. Chakwas in [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 the third game]], you get treated to this conversation:
-->'''Chakwas:''' "Ah, Shepard.. you know I just realized; you've never called me by my first name."
-->'''Shepard''': "Well, neither have you.."
-->'''Chakwas:''' "And I never will. You are Commander Shepard; Hero of the Citadel, Conquerer of the Collectors, Savior of the Galaxy. Using your first name just disrespects everyone you're fighting for, alive or gone."
-->'''Shepard:''' *chuckling* "That makes no sense."
-->'''Chakwas:''' "Consider it a lady's prerogative, then."
** The true names of individual Reapers are unknown. "Sovereign" and "Harbinger" are just self-congratulatory and/or symbolic titles those two Reapers chose to use when speaking with organics. However, Sovereign did reveal its true name to the geth: [[spoiler:Nazara]].
*** The Reapers as a whole have no true name. "Reaper" was a name that was a given by the Protheans and passed down to the current cycle through the beacons.
--->'''Sovereign:''' [[AC:Reaper? A label created by the Protheans to give voice to their destruction. In the end, what they chose to call us is irrelevant. We simply...[[EldritchAbomination ARE!]]]]
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'' and ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', Anders is only known by his nickname, referring to the place in which he was born.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'''s Hawke gets the same treatment. Even Hawke's brother/sister doesn't use Hawke's first name!
* The amnesiac protagonist of ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' is known only as "The Nameless One". In one optional sub-plot he does learn his real name, but [[TheUnReveal this is not revealed to the player]].
* Chell, Wheatley, and GLaDOS from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' are never referred to by name outside of subtitles. In fact, it wasn't until the second game in the series that we heard any names uttered at all, namely Cave Johnson and Caroline.
** Wheatley does mention his own name at one point, but this is one instance and easy to forget.
* In ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'' all minor characters are just given descriptive nicknames. These include Guardian of the park, Feverish Firecracker, even the villain is only known as Eyebrowed Villain. The only exception to the rule is Near Sighted Jeego and One Step Ahead Tengo, minor hitmen who try to kill one of the main characters.
* VideoGame/{{Thief}}: Though he's one of only two characters to appear in all three games, we don't learn Artemus's name until ''Deadly Shadows''.
* The HeroicMime protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' has no name given. He is only directly referred to as "You," "Rogue Conditioned Slave Unit," and "Our friend here," which makes it seem like Bungie had just went on the same road as DOOM and other games of the era and decided not to develop their main character. However, the first game has a few references to who he is, and the third game is all about him going insane trying to find out who he is and why he can't choose his own destiny.
* "The SpaceMarine" is the only name given the hero of the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' series. Among fans, he's acquired the affectionate nickname of "Doomguy". On his guest appearance in ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'', he's known simply as "Doom".
** WordOfGod claims that the original reason for him not having a name is because the player is supposed to identify him as himself. Seeing as ''Doom'' is a first-person shooter where the action is seen through the eyes of the hero, it makes sense.
** In the books, his name is Flynn Taggart. A more generic army name there ain't.
** In the ''Doom'' movie, he was named John Grimm. Apparently id Software's sole insistence for the film was that his first name be 'John'.
** In the recent ''Doom 3'' novels by Matthew Costello, he was named John Kane. Curiously, this is the same surname as the protagonist of ''VideoGame/QuakeIV''.
** The protagonist of the first ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'', sometimes called "Quakeguy", later called "Ranger" in [=Q3A=]. In contrast, there's Bitterman of ''VideoGame/QuakeII'', and Matthew Kane of ''VideoGame/QuakeIV''.
* The [[SuperSoldier SPARTAN-IIs and IIIs]] of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' all had their surnames replaced with designation numbers after being conscripted as children. The Master Chief is known simply as John-117, while [[VideoGame/HaloReach Noble Six]] is SPARTAN-B312.
** The Spartan-[=IIs=] were kidnapped at such a young age that none of them seem to even remember their last names.
** The protagonist of ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'' is referred to solely as "The Rookie", with the initials "J.D." being the only hint to his real name. And even that seems to be more of a reference to the generic placeholder name "John Doe".
** The Arbiter in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' and ''[[VideoGame/{{Halo 3}} 3]]'' is only referred to by his title. However, the books reveal that his name is [[spoiler:Thel 'Vadam(ee)]].
*** This applies to most of the pre-''4'' Covenant characters; the names of the three High Prophets, the half-jawed Shipmaster, and the ''VideoGame/HaloWars'' Arbiter have only been revealed in non-game materials.
** Many high-ranking [[{{Precursors}} Forerunners]] are known only by their titles; the Librarian and the Didact didn't have their original names revealed until six years after their introduction, and even then only in a guidebook.
* Every illegal street racing game has a player character with no name, no face and no voice.
** There are at least two known exceptions to this rule, though. ''VideoGame/MidnightClub: Los Angeles'' has a player character with no name, but with a face, and he ''never'' shuts up. ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed: Pro Street'' has a player character with no voice and no face (he always wears a full-face helmet), but he has a name: Ryan Cooper. And the announcer will make sure that you ''never'' forget that.
** Your guy in ''Forza Horizon''. He has a face, and somewhat of a personality (fleeting smiles and shaking his head at the shallow superstar competitors), yet he never speaks and his name is never brought up. Lampshaded by the other racers and radio [=DJ=]s; they mention he doesn't even ''register his name into the events he's entering''.
* Many video game {{R|olePlayingGame}}PGs have characters who are never given full names in the game itself (since the player can typically rename those characters anyways), but may be revealed in the instruction manual (or, in the case of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', the game's closing credits).
** Speaking of ''FFVI'', the temporary recruitable ghosts on the Phantom Train all have "[[MyNameIsQuestionMark ?????]]" as their names. Terra also uses this as a moniker while she is afflicted with amnesia in the prologue.
** Cloud is known simply as Ex-SOLDIER for a little while and NOBODY apart from the playable characters from the original, Reeve, Rufus or Zack have canonical full names. Zack didn't even get that much until ''VideoGame/CrisisCore''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' has an interesting time with this. Although most people would know that the default name of the main character from the first game was "Tidus", since it could be changed, characters avoid saying his name, only referring to him as "him".
** In ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', there's [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Warrior of Light]], who cannot even remember his own name (although he was given one by Prishe but the player never finds out what it is, and despite losing his memory again, refuses to be renamed since he doesn't like the idea of his old name to being forgotten completely, whatever it might've been), and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII the Emperor]] who is always referred to by his title, but does have a first name - Mateus.
* The player character in ''VideoGame/DarkScavenger'' is always called "Dark Scavenger".
* In ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', a non-playable character is referred to only as That Man, on top of which [[TheFaceless his face is constantly in shadows]].
* The player character in the first-person ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' games is never seen, even to the point of having no reflection in glass surfaces; the other primary character addresses him/her/it only as "My friend".
** Furthermore, his/her/its label has been accepted into canon as simply "The Stranger".
* The 'Point Man', the PlayerCharacter of ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon FEAR]]'', is never given a name and is referred to only by his rank-or, alternatively, 'The New Guy'. As is revealed later, his lack of personal identity is central to the plot.
** Supplemental material included as a pre-order bonus with ''F.E.A.R. 2'' outright states that he doesn't ''have'' a name -- at least, not outside a secret name known only by a select few. It was part of the attempt to mold him as the first psychic commander. The other members of F.E.A.R. weren't provided any more name for him than "Point Man" and were informed not to even bother asking what his real name is.
* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' computer game ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II: Sith Lords'', 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.
* The main character in the video game ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' has no name and [[HeroicMime never speaks]]. Fans referred to him as "The Guy". ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: San Andreas'' reveals his name, [[spoiler:Claude]]. On the other hand, he's supposed to be the same character from Grand Theft Auto II, and in one of those his full name, Claude Speed, is given.
* The main character in the game ''VideoGame/{{Soulbringer}}'' is never referred to by his real name. The one time he almost said his name, he was interrupted, so everyone calls him "lad," "Blood of Andrus," "vagrant," "Young Moon," and (eventually) "[[spoiler:Soulbringer]]."
* The first line Trilby (the protagonist and PlayerCharacter of half the of the ''VideoGame/ChzoMythos'' series of games) utters is "I don't have a name". He is called Trilby for the type of the hat that he wears.
** There is also AJ, whose real name is never disclosed in the game. It's Andrew Jarvis, as those who have read [[AllThereInTheManual the tie-in fiction]] will know.
** In the commentary for the first sequel, ''7 Days a Skeptic'', the creator casually mentioned that Trilby's real name is Malcolm, the same name as the "protagonist" of the game. Whether he was joking or not is up for interpretation.
** John [=DeFoe=] is not the actual name of the second son - he was never given a name except by Trilby.
* ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'' has [[ClassRepresentative Chairperson]], who refuses to reveal her real name and would rather prefer other characters refer to her by her title.
* In ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' there are two types of support Reapers [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals and dozens of those two types]], but only one of each was named. This is lampshaded in "[[AlternateUniverse Another Day]]" where one actually calls himself "Tutorial Guy" and Joshua is disappointed that he's playing against an unnamed character. [[spoiler:He turns out to be "the producer" of Tin Pin Slammer, as well as a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Shinji Hashimoto, the game's ''real'' producer]].
* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'': The Doctor. (His name is actually revealed late in the game, in a rather subtle way.)
** The main character appears to be nameless at first. [[spoiler:Through a sidequest necessary to unlock the BonusLevelOfHell and OneHundredPercentCompletion, we learn his name from a fully-memory-restored Curly. It's Quote.]]
*** Or by reading a game magazine which [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil spells it out to you as though it's not that big a deal.]]
* The Prince in the ''Franchise/PrinceOfPersia'' games is never named. {{Averted|Trope}} in the movie, for obvious reasons; it's Dastan.
* The [[FeaturelessProtagonist Ageless, Faceless, Gender-Neutral, Culturally Ambiguous Adventure Person]] from ''VideoGame/ZorkGrandInquisitor''.
* The real name of the Red Woman [[spoiler: AKA The Founder]] is never revealed in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2: Mask of the Betrayer''. Though since Arraman uses his real name, she may well have been originally named [[spoiler:Nefris]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Gothic}}'' takes place in a prison colony, where most people go by what are presumably nicknames ('Fingers' is a master thief, 'Bullit' a vicious thug). The first {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PC you meet tells you he doesn't care what your name is; you're just the new guy. The game manuals refer to the player character as 'the Nameless Hero', and it is never revealed what his original identity is or why he was thrown into the prison colony in the first place.
* ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match]]'' has K9999's [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute replacement]], who is called "Nameless" in-game. Some supplemental materials reveal his code name as [[spoiler:represented by the characters Ж′ or if you will, Zhe Prime]].
* Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/MitadakeHigh'', where each player is assigned a random name, but no other student knows what it is. Each character is given a title based on their appearance (E.g. The Creepy Red Haired Boy, The boy with Goggles etc.). This is crucial in the Manga/DeathNote mode and forces the player playing as Kira to think creatively in order to get other players names. Often they'll check the school computer and compare appearances to find potential victims, or hunt out the Shinigami eyes player, who can see the names floating above players heads.
* The nameless suit wearing supernatural entity in the ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' series (dubbed the "G-Man").
* In addition to the player characters, a few ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' characters like Yellow 13 are known only by callsign.
* The Voodoo Lady who helps Guybrush in all the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' games never really tells him her name, even when he asks for it, she says that names have power and only fools would willingly give them away.
** Which is made extra ironic by the fact that Guybrush introduces himself (first name, last name, and alleged occupation) at every possible opportunity.
* 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.
* Solid Snake in ''Franchise/MetalGear'', for the first 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 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.
* In ''VideoGame/TheGodfather: The Game'', one of the original characters is known only as The Trojan.
* Everyone in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' besides Saxton Hale (from the supplemental material), until the comic introducing the WAR! Update named the Announcer Helen, the Demoman Tavish Degroot and the Soldier Mr. Jane Doe.
** The comic introducing the Engineer Update gave him the name Dell Conagher and his grandfather Radigan Conagher.
** The Sniper has been addressed as "Mr. Mundy", though we still don't know his ''first'' name.
** The comic 'A Cold Day in Hell' has the Heavy's sister call him 'Misha' so [[Main/RussianNamingConvention we know his first name is Mikhail]], but we don't know his other names.
** The Two Cities update implies that the Medic's surname is Humboldt, but we don't know for sure.
* In all of the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' games the main player character is never given a name. In the first game he's called "dawg' or "playa". In the second game this is held up (partially since you can make the main character a woman, and the character isn't even referred to with a pronoun), and the character is mainly referred to simply as "Boss" by the other Saints, and "you" by most of the other characters. In ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'', during one of the Heli Assault activities Kinzie states that she found their real name while hacking the Deckers' database and when she offers to tell you, the player will remind her who's piloting the attack copter.
* ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' has a protagonist known only as "Subject Delta", with his identity prior to becoming a Big Daddy unknown. [[spoiler:Eventually it's revealed by a less than trustworthy source that he's an undersea explorer from the surface that stumbled across Rapture nicknamed "Johnny Topside", his real name never given.]]
* 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 have 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.
* The protagonist of ''[[VideoGame/DarkFallTheJournal Darkfall: Lost Souls]]'' is known only as "Inspector", and his voiceover actor is listed in the credits as "The Inspector - ?".
* The necessity to have a character with a fully customizable name and feasible voiced dialogue in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' led to some pretty awkward pronouns before the player gets any rank. Mask of the Betrayer managed to avoid this by having almost no conversations about the player, only conversations to the player.
** The original had a few of the same issues, mostly resolving the voice acting by putting the character's name in the text of the dialogue and replacing it with "you" in the voiceovers.
** Most mods completely avert this issue, as they usually have no voice acting and can use the function that puts the player's name into the text of what people say.
* In ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'', we never get to know the main character real name, nor the name of the final boss. That's assuming that The Kid and The Guy aren't their real names. "The Guy" is a title.
* Rookie One from ''VideoGame/StarWarsRebelAssault''. In the first game, [[TheFaceless his face is never shown]] either.
* The main character from the ''VideoGame/ChocobosDungeon'' games is only ever referred to as 'Chocobo'.
* In ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'', there is no given name or identity for the protagonist. There is debate of the protagonist's gender, for an example of the ambiguity. Later on via checking out the coding, the protagonist's name is Madotsuki. Every other character in the game all have fan-names that are not official - officially, they are nameless characters. The fact there is no dialogue, narration, or footnotes of any kind in this game only enhances the effect.
** ''VideoGame/{{Okamiden}}'' has a scholar. She claims that she will reveal her name on her date with Kurow. We never see the date because [[spoiler:Kurow died.]]
* In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon: Friends of Mineral Town (and More Friends)'', the Doctor is simply called Doctor. However, in the DS games, he is called Doctor Trent.
** He eventually reveals to you his name, which is Tim. Trent and Tim are technically [[IdenticalGrandson grandson and grandfather]]. Most of the Harvest Goddesses plus the first Witch Princess and her niece are nameless.
* In the Videogame/DarkParables series of PC games, the PlayerCharacter is only ever addressed as "Detective."
* All we know about the Knight from ''VideoGame/TriggerKnight'' is that they're... well, a Knight.
* All the protagonists in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games have their name defined by the player, but the conversations and voice acting can't predict that, so they're referred to by others with a title: "the Vault Dweller" (''VideoGame/{{Fallout|1}}''), "TheChosenOne" (''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}''), "the Lone Wanderer" (''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'') and "Courier" (''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'').
** Playing this trope straight is The King, de facto ruler of Freeside. The NCR intelligence arm is all over him, and "The King" is the only name he's ever given.
** There are also lesser characters, like the Forecaster, most generic townsfolk ("Freeside Resident," "Goodsprings Settler, etc.") and most human mooks ("Fiend," "Legionary Assassin," etc.).
* In ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy'' only a handful of characters are known by name. All others are instead referred to by [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep their profession]] or their relationship to other characters. Examples include the mayor, the sculptor, the fisherman, Jak's uncle, the bird lady, the gambler and the various sages.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestSwords: The Masked Queen'' and the ''Tower of Mirrors'' has one character (Fleurette) who will refer to the otherwise unnamed protagonist by a nickname in spoken dialogue; she suggests several nicknames (such as "Blade" and "mon ami"), and you can choose one of them.
** Not to mention that the series very rarely names [=NPC=]s- they'll be graced with a name if they need one. Not many do.
* Lampshaded in the ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'' series. Princess What's-Her-Name's real name is... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Princess What's-Her-Name.]] According to the TV series, her elder sister, Queen Slug-For-A-Butt, gave her the name What's-Her-Name out of complete disrespect.
* Given its popularity with pieces involving wandering samurai, this trope shows up in ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai'', where 'Nameless' is the default name given to the player's ronin character. You can always choose to [[HelloInsertNameHere change it]], but seeing as how the player is apparently some kind of amnesiac swordsman, it fits.
* Many of the enemies in ''VideoGame/{{Hellsinker}}'' are simply entitled "Unnamed XXX" where XXX is a three-digit number.
** Subverted with the boss of [[BonusDungeon The Way of All Flesh]], who is called "'''[[SpellMyNameWithAThe The]]''' Unnamed 771", the only "Unnamed" enemy to be prefixed with a "The". It's even more of a subversion because it's the OneWingedAngel form of Lost Property 771 aka Amber.
* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesIII'': TheNameless actually have real names, but as they are Black Ops, they are required by the military laws to not reveal their name, using their designated number instead (Kurt is #7, Imca is #1, Riela is #13). It gets awkward when they meet [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles Welkin Gunther and his merry band]].
** In a war where tanks are given cool names such as Edelweiss, Shamrock and Schakal, their tank simply goes with 'The Nameless Tank'. You can give it a name, if you so inclined.
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', Hugh's little sister, despite playing a huge role in his backstory and character motivation, is never named.
* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/VividConceptions'' is known only as "the Bantam", but that's the name of his species. His real name, if he has one at all, is unknown.
* In the first game of the ''VideoGame/{{SWAT}}'' series, the player character is referred to as the [=SWAT=] Pup "until formal introductions can be made." However, [=NPC=]s continue to refer to the player as Pup throughout the game - even when he is promoted to element leader.
* None of the characters in [[VideoGame/AtlantisTheLostTales Atlantis III: The New World]] are given names.
* The first gen of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has trainers without names and are called by what they are (Super nerd, gambler, channeler, etc.) Only gym leaders, your rival, the Elite Four, and important [=NPC=]s have given names. It wasn't until gen 2 that all trainers were given actual names; now instead of Gambler, you would get something like Gambler Jason.
* The AdventurerArchaeologist who serves as the protagonist of ''VideoGame/SkyOdyssey'' is never named. In mission briefings he is only referred to as "you". In fact he would qualify as FeaturelessProtagonist if he wasn't seen in the opening and closing cutscenes, and mentioned on the [[AllThereInTheManual official website]].
* The player character in ''VideoGame/StarWarsDroidWorks'' is only ever called a "Rebel spy."
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': The previous security guard (better known as Phone Guy) never says his real name. This trope also applies to [[spoiler: the murderer who killed five kids. The articles in the game only reveal that the killer was male.]]
* The main character of he upcoming ''VideoGame/{{Hatred}}'' doesn't reveal his name in the trailer, simply stating that it's "not important".
* In ''VideoGame/FantasyLife'', the Prior/Elder Dark Sultan is only known by his title.
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** If you share a drink with Dr. Chakwas in [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 the third game]], you get treated to this conversation:
-->'''Chakwas:''' "Ah, Shepard.. you know I just realized; you've never called me by my first name."
-->'''Shepard''': "Well, neither have you.."
-->'''Chakwas:''' "And I never will. You are Commander Shepard; Hero of the Citadel, Conquerer of the Collectors, Savior of the Galaxy. Using your first name just disrespects everyone you're fighting for, alive or gone."
-->'''Shepard:''' *chuckling* "That makes no sense."
-->'''Chakwas:''' "Consider it a lady's prerogative, then."
** The true names of individual Reapers are unknown. "Sovereign" and "Harbinger" are just self-congratulatory and/or symbolic titles those two Reapers chose to use when speaking with organics. However, Sovereign did reveal its true name to the geth: [[spoiler:Nazara]].
*** The Reapers as a whole have no true name. "Reaper" was a name that was a given by the Protheans and passed down to the current cycle through the beacons.
--->'''Sovereign:''' [[AC:Reaper? A label created by the Protheans to give voice to their destruction. In the end, what they chose to call us is irrelevant. We simply...[[EldritchAbomination ARE!]]]]
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'' and ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', Anders is only known by his nickname, referring to the place in which he was born.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'''s Hawke gets the same treatment. Even Hawke's brother/sister doesn't use Hawke's first name!
* The amnesiac protagonist of ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' is known only as "The Nameless One". In one optional sub-plot he does learn his real name, but [[TheUnReveal this is not revealed to the player]].
* Chell, Wheatley, and GLaDOS from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' are never referred to by name outside of subtitles. In fact, it wasn't until the second game in the series that we heard any names uttered at all, namely Cave Johnson and Caroline.
** Wheatley does mention his own name at one point, but this is one instance and easy to forget.
* In ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'' all minor characters are just given descriptive nicknames. These include Guardian of the park, Feverish Firecracker, even the villain is only known as Eyebrowed Villain. The only exception to the rule is Near Sighted Jeego and One Step Ahead Tengo, minor hitmen who try to kill one of the main characters.
* VideoGame/{{Thief}}: Though he's one of only two characters to appear in all three games, we don't learn Artemus's name until ''Deadly Shadows''.
* The HeroicMime protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' has no name given. He is only directly referred to as "You," "Rogue Conditioned Slave Unit," and "Our friend here," which makes it seem like Bungie had just went on the same road as DOOM and other games of the era and decided not to develop their main character. However, the first game has a few references to who he is, and the third game is all about him going insane trying to find out who he is and why he can't choose his own destiny.
* "The SpaceMarine" is the only name given the hero of the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' series. Among fans, he's acquired the affectionate nickname of "Doomguy". On his guest appearance in ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'', he's known simply as "Doom".
** WordOfGod claims that the original reason for him not having a name is because the player is supposed to identify him as himself. Seeing as ''Doom'' is a first-person shooter where the action is seen through the eyes of the hero, it makes sense.
** In the books, his name is Flynn Taggart. A more generic army name there ain't.
** In the ''Doom'' movie, he was named John Grimm. Apparently id Software's sole insistence for the film was that his first name be 'John'.
** In the recent ''Doom 3'' novels by Matthew Costello, he was named John Kane. Curiously, this is the same surname as the protagonist of ''VideoGame/QuakeIV''.
** The protagonist of the first ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'', sometimes called "Quakeguy", later called "Ranger" in [=Q3A=]. In contrast, there's Bitterman of ''VideoGame/QuakeII'', and Matthew Kane of ''VideoGame/QuakeIV''.
* The [[SuperSoldier SPARTAN-IIs and IIIs]] of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' all had their surnames replaced with designation numbers after being conscripted as children. The Master Chief is known simply as John-117, while [[VideoGame/HaloReach Noble Six]] is SPARTAN-B312.
** The Spartan-[=IIs=] were kidnapped at such a young age that none of them seem to even remember their last names.
** The protagonist of ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'' is referred to solely as "The Rookie", with the initials "J.D." being the only hint to his real name. And even that seems to be more of a reference to the generic placeholder name "John Doe".
** The Arbiter in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' and ''[[VideoGame/{{Halo 3}} 3]]'' is only referred to by his title. However, the books reveal that his name is [[spoiler:Thel 'Vadam(ee)]].
*** This applies to most of the pre-''4'' Covenant characters; the names of the three High Prophets, the half-jawed Shipmaster, and the ''VideoGame/HaloWars'' Arbiter have only been revealed in non-game materials.
** Many high-ranking [[{{Precursors}} Forerunners]] are known only by their titles; the Librarian and the Didact didn't have their original names revealed until six years after their introduction, and even then only in a guidebook.
* Every illegal street racing game has a player character with no name, no face and no voice.
** There are at least two known exceptions to this rule, though. ''VideoGame/MidnightClub: Los Angeles'' has a player character with no name, but with a face, and he ''never'' shuts up. ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed: Pro Street'' has a player character with no voice and no face (he always wears a full-face helmet), but he has a name: Ryan Cooper. And the announcer will make sure that you ''never'' forget that.
** Your guy in ''Forza Horizon''. He has a face, and somewhat of a personality (fleeting smiles and shaking his head at the shallow superstar competitors), yet he never speaks and his name is never brought up. Lampshaded by the other racers and radio [=DJ=]s; they mention he doesn't even ''register his name into the events he's entering''.
* Many video game {{R|olePlayingGame}}PGs have characters who are never given full names in the game itself (since the player can typically rename those characters anyways), but may be revealed in the instruction manual (or, in the case of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', the game's closing credits).
** Speaking of ''FFVI'', the temporary recruitable ghosts on the Phantom Train all have "[[MyNameIsQuestionMark ?????]]" as their names. Terra also uses this as a moniker while she is afflicted with amnesia in the prologue.
** Cloud is known simply as Ex-SOLDIER for a little while and NOBODY apart from the playable characters from the original, Reeve, Rufus or Zack have canonical full names. Zack didn't even get that much until ''VideoGame/CrisisCore''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' has an interesting time with this. Although most people would know that the default name of the main character from the first game was "Tidus", since it could be changed, characters avoid saying his name, only referring to him as "him".
** In ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', there's [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Warrior of Light]], who cannot even remember his own name (although he was given one by Prishe but the player never finds out what it is, and despite losing his memory again, refuses to be renamed since he doesn't like the idea of his old name to being forgotten completely, whatever it might've been), and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII the Emperor]] who is always referred to by his title, but does have a first name - Mateus.
* The player character in ''VideoGame/DarkScavenger'' is always called "Dark Scavenger".
* In ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', a non-playable character is referred to only as That Man, on top of which [[TheFaceless his face is constantly in shadows]].
* The player character in the first-person ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' games is never seen, even to the point of having no reflection in glass surfaces; the other primary character addresses him/her/it only as "My friend".
** Furthermore, his/her/its label has been accepted into canon as simply "The Stranger".
* The 'Point Man', the PlayerCharacter of ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon FEAR]]'', is never given a name and is referred to only by his rank-or, alternatively, 'The New Guy'. As is revealed later, his lack of personal identity is central to the plot.
** Supplemental material included as a pre-order bonus with ''F.E.A.R. 2'' outright states that he doesn't ''have'' a name -- at least, not outside a secret name known only by a select few. It was part of the attempt to mold him as the first psychic commander. The other members of F.E.A.R. weren't provided any more name for him than "Point Man" and were informed not to even bother asking what his real name is.
* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' computer game ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II: Sith Lords'', 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.
* The main character in the video game ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' has no name and [[HeroicMime never speaks]]. Fans referred to him as "The Guy". ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: San Andreas'' reveals his name, [[spoiler:Claude]]. On the other hand, he's supposed to be the same character from Grand Theft Auto II, and in one of those his full name, Claude Speed, is given.
* The main character in the game ''VideoGame/{{Soulbringer}}'' is never referred to by his real name. The one time he almost said his name, he was interrupted, so everyone calls him "lad," "Blood of Andrus," "vagrant," "Young Moon," and (eventually) "[[spoiler:Soulbringer]]."
* The first line Trilby (the protagonist and PlayerCharacter of half the of the ''VideoGame/ChzoMythos'' series of games) utters is "I don't have a name". He is called Trilby for the type of the hat that he wears.
** There is also AJ, whose real name is never disclosed in the game. It's Andrew Jarvis, as those who have read [[AllThereInTheManual the tie-in fiction]] will know.
** In the commentary for the first sequel, ''7 Days a Skeptic'', the creator casually mentioned that Trilby's real name is Malcolm, the same name as the "protagonist" of the game. Whether he was joking or not is up for interpretation.
** John [=DeFoe=] is not the actual name of the second son - he was never given a name except by Trilby.
* ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'' has [[ClassRepresentative Chairperson]], who refuses to reveal her real name and would rather prefer other characters refer to her by her title.
* In ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' there are two types of support Reapers [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals and dozens of those two types]], but only one of each was named. This is lampshaded in "[[AlternateUniverse Another Day]]" where one actually calls himself "Tutorial Guy" and Joshua is disappointed that he's playing against an unnamed character. [[spoiler:He turns out to be "the producer" of Tin Pin Slammer, as well as a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Shinji Hashimoto, the game's ''real'' producer]].
* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'': The Doctor. (His name is actually revealed late in the game, in a rather subtle way.)
** The main character appears to be nameless at first. [[spoiler:Through a sidequest necessary to unlock the BonusLevelOfHell and OneHundredPercentCompletion, we learn his name from a fully-memory-restored Curly. It's Quote.]]
*** Or by reading a game magazine which [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil spells it out to you as though it's not that big a deal.]]
* The Prince in the ''Franchise/PrinceOfPersia'' games is never named. {{Averted|Trope}} in the movie, for obvious reasons; it's Dastan.
* The [[FeaturelessProtagonist Ageless, Faceless, Gender-Neutral, Culturally Ambiguous Adventure Person]] from ''VideoGame/ZorkGrandInquisitor''.
* The real name of the Red Woman [[spoiler: AKA The Founder]] is never revealed in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2: Mask of the Betrayer''. Though since Arraman uses his real name, she may well have been originally named [[spoiler:Nefris]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Gothic}}'' takes place in a prison colony, where most people go by what are presumably nicknames ('Fingers' is a master thief, 'Bullit' a vicious thug). The first {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PC you meet tells you he doesn't care what your name is; you're just the new guy. The game manuals refer to the player character as 'the Nameless Hero', and it is never revealed what his original identity is or why he was thrown into the prison colony in the first place.
* ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match]]'' has K9999's [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute replacement]], who is called "Nameless" in-game. Some supplemental materials reveal his code name as [[spoiler:represented by the characters Ж′ or if you will, Zhe Prime]].
* Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/MitadakeHigh'', where each player is assigned a random name, but no other student knows what it is. Each character is given a title based on their appearance (E.g. The Creepy Red Haired Boy, The boy with Goggles etc.). This is crucial in the Manga/DeathNote mode and forces the player playing as Kira to think creatively in order to get other players names. Often they'll check the school computer and compare appearances to find potential victims, or hunt out the Shinigami eyes player, who can see the names floating above players heads.
* The nameless suit wearing supernatural entity in the ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' series (dubbed the "G-Man").
* In addition to the player characters, a few ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' characters like Yellow 13 are known only by callsign.
* The Voodoo Lady who helps Guybrush in all the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' games never really tells him her name, even when he asks for it, she says that names have power and only fools would willingly give them away.
** Which is made extra ironic by the fact that Guybrush introduces himself (first name, last name, and alleged occupation) at every possible opportunity.
* 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.
* Solid Snake in ''Franchise/MetalGear'', for the first 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 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.
* In ''VideoGame/TheGodfather: The Game'', one of the original characters is known only as The Trojan.
* Everyone in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' besides Saxton Hale (from the supplemental material), until the comic introducing the WAR! Update named the Announcer Helen, the Demoman Tavish Degroot and the Soldier Mr. Jane Doe.
** The comic introducing the Engineer Update gave him the name Dell Conagher and his grandfather Radigan Conagher.
** The Sniper has been addressed as "Mr. Mundy", though we still don't know his ''first'' name.
** The comic 'A Cold Day in Hell' has the Heavy's sister call him 'Misha' so [[Main/RussianNamingConvention we know his first name is Mikhail]], but we don't know his other names.
** The Two Cities update implies that the Medic's surname is Humboldt, but we don't know for sure.
* In all of the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' games the main player character is never given a name. In the first game he's called "dawg' or "playa". In the second game this is held up (partially since you can make the main character a woman, and the character isn't even referred to with a pronoun), and the character is mainly referred to simply as "Boss" by the other Saints, and "you" by most of the other characters. In ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'', during one of the Heli Assault activities Kinzie states that she found their real name while hacking the Deckers' database and when she offers to tell you, the player will remind her who's piloting the attack copter.
* ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' has a protagonist known only as "Subject Delta", with his identity prior to becoming a Big Daddy unknown. [[spoiler:Eventually it's revealed by a less than trustworthy source that he's an undersea explorer from the surface that stumbled across Rapture nicknamed "Johnny Topside", his real name never given.]]
* 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 have 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.
* The protagonist of ''[[VideoGame/DarkFallTheJournal Darkfall: Lost Souls]]'' is known only as "Inspector", and his voiceover actor is listed in the credits as "The Inspector - ?".
* The necessity to have a character with a fully customizable name and feasible voiced dialogue in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' led to some pretty awkward pronouns before the player gets any rank. Mask of the Betrayer managed to avoid this by having almost no conversations about the player, only conversations to the player.
** The original had a few of the same issues, mostly resolving the voice acting by putting the character's name in the text of the dialogue and replacing it with "you" in the voiceovers.
** Most mods completely avert this issue, as they usually have no voice acting and can use the function that puts the player's name into the text of what people say.
* In ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'', we never get to know the main character real name, nor the name of the final boss. That's assuming that The Kid and The Guy aren't their real names. "The Guy" is a title.
* Rookie One from ''VideoGame/StarWarsRebelAssault''. In the first game, [[TheFaceless his face is never shown]] either.
* The main character from the ''VideoGame/ChocobosDungeon'' games is only ever referred to as 'Chocobo'.
* In ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'', there is no given name or identity for the protagonist. There is debate of the protagonist's gender, for an example of the ambiguity. Later on via checking out the coding, the protagonist's name is Madotsuki. Every other character in the game all have fan-names that are not official - officially, they are nameless characters. The fact there is no dialogue, narration, or footnotes of any kind in this game only enhances the effect.
** ''VideoGame/{{Okamiden}}'' has a scholar. She claims that she will reveal her name on her date with Kurow. We never see the date because [[spoiler:Kurow died.]]
* In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon: Friends of Mineral Town (and More Friends)'', the Doctor is simply called Doctor. However, in the DS games, he is called Doctor Trent.
** He eventually reveals to you his name, which is Tim. Trent and Tim are technically [[IdenticalGrandson grandson and grandfather]]. Most of the Harvest Goddesses plus the first Witch Princess and her niece are nameless.
* In the Videogame/DarkParables series of PC games, the PlayerCharacter is only ever addressed as "Detective."
* All we know about the Knight from ''VideoGame/TriggerKnight'' is that they're... well, a Knight.
* All the protagonists in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games have their name defined by the player, but the conversations and voice acting can't predict that, so they're referred to by others with a title: "the Vault Dweller" (''VideoGame/{{Fallout|1}}''), "TheChosenOne" (''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}''), "the Lone Wanderer" (''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'') and "Courier" (''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'').
** Playing this trope straight is The King, de facto ruler of Freeside. The NCR intelligence arm is all over him, and "The King" is the only name he's ever given.
** There are also lesser characters, like the Forecaster, most generic townsfolk ("Freeside Resident," "Goodsprings Settler, etc.") and most human mooks ("Fiend," "Legionary Assassin," etc.).
* In ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy'' only a handful of characters are known by name. All others are instead referred to by [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep their profession]] or their relationship to other characters. Examples include the mayor, the sculptor, the fisherman, Jak's uncle, the bird lady, the gambler and the various sages.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestSwords: The Masked Queen'' and the ''Tower of Mirrors'' has one character (Fleurette) who will refer to the otherwise unnamed protagonist by a nickname in spoken dialogue; she suggests several nicknames (such as "Blade" and "mon ami"), and you can choose one of them.
** Not to mention that the series very rarely names [=NPC=]s- they'll be graced with a name if they need one. Not many do.
* Lampshaded in the ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'' series. Princess What's-Her-Name's real name is... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Princess What's-Her-Name.]] According to the TV series, her elder sister, Queen Slug-For-A-Butt, gave her the name What's-Her-Name out of complete disrespect.
* Given its popularity with pieces involving wandering samurai, this trope shows up in ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai'', where 'Nameless' is the default name given to the player's ronin character. You can always choose to [[HelloInsertNameHere change it]], but seeing as how the player is apparently some kind of amnesiac swordsman, it fits.
* Many of the enemies in ''VideoGame/{{Hellsinker}}'' are simply entitled "Unnamed XXX" where XXX is a three-digit number.
** Subverted with the boss of [[BonusDungeon The Way of All Flesh]], who is called "'''[[SpellMyNameWithAThe The]]''' Unnamed 771", the only "Unnamed" enemy to be prefixed with a "The". It's even more of a subversion because it's the OneWingedAngel form of Lost Property 771 aka Amber.
* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesIII'': TheNameless actually have real names, but as they are Black Ops, they are required by the military laws to not reveal their name, using their designated number instead (Kurt is #7, Imca is #1, Riela is #13). It gets awkward when they meet [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles Welkin Gunther and his merry band]].
** In a war where tanks are given cool names such as Edelweiss, Shamrock and Schakal, their tank simply goes with 'The Nameless Tank'. You can give it a name, if you so inclined.
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', Hugh's little sister, despite playing a huge role in his backstory and character motivation, is never named.
* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/VividConceptions'' is known only as "the Bantam", but that's the name of his species. His real name, if he has one at all, is unknown.
* In the first game of the ''VideoGame/{{SWAT}}'' series, the player character is referred to as the [=SWAT=] Pup "until formal introductions can be made." However, [=NPC=]s continue to refer to the player as Pup throughout the game - even when he is promoted to element leader.
* None of the characters in [[VideoGame/AtlantisTheLostTales Atlantis III: The New World]] are given names.
* The first gen of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has trainers without names and are called by what they are (Super nerd, gambler, channeler, etc.) Only gym leaders, your rival, the Elite Four, and important [=NPC=]s have given names. It wasn't until gen 2 that all trainers were given actual names; now instead of Gambler, you would get something like Gambler Jason.
* The AdventurerArchaeologist who serves as the protagonist of ''VideoGame/SkyOdyssey'' is never named. In mission briefings he is only referred to as "you". In fact he would qualify as FeaturelessProtagonist if he wasn't seen in the opening and closing cutscenes, and mentioned on the [[AllThereInTheManual official website]].
* The player character in ''VideoGame/StarWarsDroidWorks'' is only ever called a "Rebel spy."
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': The previous security guard (better known as Phone Guy) never says his real name. This trope also applies to [[spoiler: the murderer who killed five kids. The articles in the game only reveal that the killer was male.]]
* The main character of he upcoming ''VideoGame/{{Hatred}}'' doesn't reveal his name in the trailer, simply stating that it's "not important".
* In ''VideoGame/FantasyLife'', the Prior/Elder Dark Sultan is only known by his title.
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