History PrefersGoingBarefoot / VideoGames

* Maylene from the ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' games. Perhaps because she's a Fighting-type specialist, she believes it's healthier for one to go barefoot. In ''Platinum'', she remains barefoot even while walking to [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Snowpoint City]]! Her Sync Move with her Medicham in ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'' is even called Barefoot High Jump Kick.

* In ''VideoGame/LittleNightmares'' ,has all the child protagonists never wear shoes despite there being shoes their size lying around.

* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'': ''A lot'' of characters in this series seem to follow this trope, likely due to being martial artists. Notable exceptions include Cammy, Chun-Li, Cody, Guile, Balrog, M. Bison, Zangief, Sakura, and Vega.

** In ''Videogame/QuestForGloryV'', [[spoiler: if the hero chooses to bring her back to life]], Katrina resumes going barefoot. This might be partly due to her being a former [[UndeadBarefooter vampire]] and being unused to mortal life (evidenced by her new home's enchantment, making it always nighttime there). Then again, given that she has the powers of [[MagicalBarefooter flight and teleportation]], it might just be a display of power. In any case...

* Myosotis, the player character of a flash-based adventure game, ''[[http://www.silvergames.com/the-trader-of-stories The Trader of Stories: Bell's Heart]]'', remains shoeless throughout the entire game and still prefers to walk that way even though she's heading to the peak of a cold and icy mountain. In the sequel, ''[[http://www.coolmathforkids.info/games/a-grain-of-truth/ A Grain of Truth]]'', not only is Myosotis still barefoot, but most of the people she meets are also barefoot.

People who [[DoesNotLikeShoes prefer going barefoot]] in video games.
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* ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'':
** Most of the {{Mutant}}, Demon and [[LegoGenetics Manimal]]-type characters, either due to unusual foot anatomy or savage personalities.
** The most prominent example is FBIAgent Kodiak, who does not like people staring at his big hairy feet ''while'' never missing an opportunity to point out how big and hairy they are. Subverted with his EvilTwin in the Multifarian MirrorUniverse, who has normal feet and wears shoes, but has a notably more bestial face instead.
* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'':
*** When you talk to Merrill when she has no conversations queued, she often mentions something that has to do with her lack of shoes, like not expecting to be walking on cold stone or some merchants trying to sell her shoes for some reason. And in some dark and smelly caves, she has the very upset line ''"I think I stepped in something."''
*** One of Fenris's idle animations is checking the soles of his feet, although his aversion to wearing shoes probably has something to do with the [[AcheyScars Lyrium tattoos]] all over his body than the nature of being an elf.
** Nearly all elves do prefer to go barefoot in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' with the few exceptions being Sera, who was raised by a human noble, Ameridan who did have some human sympathies, Abelas and other guardians of the temple of Mythal, who are [[Really700YearsOld actually ancient elves]], and Circle elves like Fiona and Minaeve. An elven Inquisitor starts off wearing shoes, but can go barefoot if they choose to wear Keeper robes (mage) or Dalish armor (warrior or rogue).
* In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', despite being shown to create armor and clothing, very few [[OurElvesAreDifferent Falmer]] are seen wearing anything on their feet. Possibly justified, as it is speculated that, due to their [[EyelessFace blindness]], the Falmer use other means of detecting threats. This may include feeling vibrations in the ground with their feet.

* Jeff Woodie from ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'', as a stereotypical SurferDude, is the only barefoot character. Justified in that he believed that he and his friends were going to the beach, not the Edisons' mansion.

* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/TheSuffering'', Torque, takes off his shoes after entering his cell in the intro. When his cell door is opened, he leaves his shoes behind and spends the rest of the first game barefoot.
* Koa, the main player character from the farming and exploration sim ''VideoGame/SummerInMara'' is a true island girl and explorer, bare feet and all. [[EarthyBarefootCharacter Her character bio details that she especially enjoys the feeling of warm soil under her soles after the sun sets.]] The developers have even stated that if they ever get around to adding clothing customization and crafting, you ''still'' won't be able to put anything on her feet (save maybe ankle bracelets). Barefoot island life 1-0.
* ''VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive'''s character customization allows your character to go barefoot; which doesn't hinder his/her ability to grind on rails. In addition to that, you'll even hear the padding sounds of bare feet on the ground, when he/she runs.
* Every character in ''VideoGame/TakAndThePowerOfJuju'' (except the Dinky Juju) is barefoot. Completely justified, due to the fact that every character is eaither an indigenous tribespeople, or a non-human spirit/creture.
* A few ''Franchise/TombRaider'' games occasionally have Lara go barefoot in certain parts. Usually it's only when she's clad in a wetsuit or in her exercise gear, while training at home. Though there is a moment in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderLegend'' when Lara discards her high heel shoes, while attending a party, as soon as a gunfight breaks out. Some of these games also have unlockable alternate costumes that can be used at any time, including the aforementioned ones that don't include footwear.
* Child Miis from ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife'' never wear shoes, even when outside. Certain outfits also don't have shoes.
** In the spinoff ''VideoGame/{{Miitomo}}'', footwear is independently customizable, so you can have your Mii always barefoot regardless of outfit.
* The ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' series has quite a few examples:
** Tewi Inaba, the {{Youkai}} earth rabbit. This emphasizes that, while she may look human, she is still very much a wild animal at heart.
** [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Cirno]] as well. She wears sometimes socks, but never shoes.
** Kanako Yasaka too, is either barefoot half the time, or in really loose straw sandals.
** Minoriko Aki doesn't seem to be wearing shoes, either. Oddly, her sister is.
** Seiran and Ringo respectively only wear socks and go completely barefoot despite being a part of the Lunar military sent to [[DeadlyEuphemism "purify"]] Earth.
** Clownpiece, a fairy of Hell, is not completely barefoot, but wears pajama leggings with the design of the ''[[WearingAFlagOnYourHead American stars and stripes]]''.
** Clownpiece's boss, Hecatia Lapislazuli, goes completely barefoot despite being a goddess of Hell alongside wearing a shirt and skirt that are best described as coming from ''Hot Topic''.

* Concept art from ''VideoGame/{{Trine}} 2'' depicts Zoya, Isabel, and Rosabel as being barefoot. In-game, Isabel and Rosabel retain this status, while Zoya reuses her model from the original game and wears boots.
* Toriel from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' goes barefoot, compared to a lot of other monsters in the game who wear footwear.
* In ''Videogame/{{Wavetale}}'' your player character hails from a quaint fishing village and spends the whole game collecting artifacts along a beach and pier. Naturally you went around barefoot the whole game.
* Characters in ''VideoGame/WiiFit'' are frequently depicted barefoot, as the Wii Balance Board is designed to be used without shoes (socks are okay, but the player's Mii omits them). This carries over to the trainers in-game, which in turn carries over to the Wii Fit Trainer that appears in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros for Wii U/[=3DS=]''; she fights barefoot as well.
* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3'''s Keira Metz is a cute, classical barefooting witch who is never seen anywhere near shoes. [[{{Irony}} It's a little bit funny because she detests the dirtiness of the outdoors yet still goes barefoot everywhere.]]
** Possibly, Keira's barefooting habits are part of her disguise as a village witch doctor, picked up to hide from the Witch Hunters. Her illusory "city outfit" which she conjures during her date with Geralt does have shoes (but then again, it's illusory and she does not put on actual shoes).
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', as of latest expansion, maintains remarkable parity of attitude towards shoes among its races. Alliance and Horde alike have:
** One race with hooves that preclude wearing shoes. Footwear is equippable for everyone though -- it just doesn't show on their model except the ankle part (Draenei and Tauren);
** One race with non-traditional foot anatomy that seems to be similarly incompatible with displaying shoes (Worgen with their bestial paws, and Trolls on their bizarre two-toed feet with vestigial third toe on the heel);
** One race which, while generally wears shoes, is sufficiently in tune with nature to feel equally comfortable with or without them (Night Elves and Orcs). Thus they often forego proper shoes, sometimes even when wearing full battle armor, in favor of soleless ankleguards;
** One race which has a seemingly modern approach to clothing, in tune with their advanced technology, and may sometimes omit shoes out of their casual or informal work wear (Gnomes and Goblins);
** And two races which seem to firmly consider not wearing shoes an indignity (Humans, Dwarves, Blood Elves and Undead).
** The Pandaren race to be introduced in ''Mists of Pandaria'' seem to have unremovable painted-on sandals, which is a bit jarring for a beastman race.
** The druid class has a particular predisposition to this. Druids start off barefoot, and while shoes are as important source of stats for every class as any other equippable item, druid specific armor has multiple examples of having shoes appear as ankle bracers. The armor made for monks also seems to gravitate towards this due to them being the martial arts class. Averted by shaman armor despite NPC shaman frequently going barefoot to be more in touch with the elements, specifically earth.
** [[http://ptr.wowhead.com/item=97901 An item]] was added into the game in patch 5.3 that allows making shoes invisible for everyone regardless of race and class. Obviously someone, somewhere, realized such a feature may be in demand. While it was slated for removal when the patch's storyline concluded, mass protest occurred to the point where the developers promised to reintroduce it at the earliest possible opportunity. Upon the release of the ''Legion'' expansion, the item was added to the transmogrification wardrobe, so that players who had previously acquired it could use it for their transmogs again. In a later patch, the item was converted into an option to hide boots. (There are now also options to hide all other armor items, excluding legwear.)
** Of known lore figures, the night elf High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind and traitorous former Arch-Druid Fandral Staghelm are shown barefoot. Near the end of the ''Cataclysm'' expansion, this was averted: Tyrande received a model update changing her from a barefoot priestess in a gown to a MagicalGirlWarrior lookalike in a MiniDressOfPower and high heels.
** [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Evil empress Azshara]], ruler of night elves ten thousand years ago, doesn't wear shoes either when the players pay her a visit in the past. Her justification is apparently a display of power and arrogance.
** Likewise, her minions the [[http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/5327-Artifact-Trait-Calculator-Fishing-Artifact-Nightborne-Gnome-Hunters-Tweets Nightborne elves]] from ''Legion'' expansion have numerous unique armor models for both genders. Not one of them has shoes... or much coverage of anything else, really.
** The civilian nightborne elves do mostly wear shoes, except for the children; who are barefoot.
** Thalyssra, the leader of the rebellion that opposes the nightborne antagonists, also remains barefoot- along with her ally Valtrois- even after [[spoiler: being cured of their withered condition. Though her other ally, Oculeth, does start wearing shoes after being cured.]]
** The Kyrians in the Shadowlands mostly wear footwraps that just leave their toes exposed, though some of them wear plate boots. Their archon, Kyrestia, is the only one whose feet are completely bare. The spirit healer could arguably be another barefoot Kyrian, though she's only ever seen when the player dies somewhere outside the Shadowlands, without being in a dungeon or raid.
* ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'': When fighting in the underground Coliseum, Kazuma Kiryu [[JustForPun eschews shoes]].

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
** Beast races ([[CatFolk Khajiit]] and [[LizardFolk Argonians]]) in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' can't wear shoes or boots. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that they are digitigrade and have differently shaped feet to humans, elves, and each other. Despite the justification, this would be dropped in all future ''ES'' games as it [[ScrappyMechanic was unpopular]], and they are shown having plantigrade ("human-style") feet.
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', despite being shown to create armor and clothing, very few [[OurElvesAreDifferent Falmer]] are seen wearing anything on their feet. Possibly justified, as it is speculated that, due to their [[EyelessFace blindness]], the Falmer use other means of detecting threats. This may include feeling vibrations in the ground with their feet.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
** In ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', ''three'' ladies go barefoot: [[BeautyEqualsGoodness Cosmos]], [[{{Stripperific}} The Cloud Of Darkness]], and [[TheVamp Ultimecia]], plus one more ([[{{Miko}} Yuna]]). Lots of people suspect the ''Dissidia'' designs were intended to target as many fetishes as possible, this is part of the reason why. Cosmos is a goddess, and as such isn't expected to wear shoes; Cloud of Darkness is a [[HiveMind Hive Minded]] creature who happens to be the embodiment of the [[PowerOfTheVoid Void]] who's true form doesn't actually ''look'' like that; Yuna's lack of shoes comes from her source material (shoes get in the way when you do the Sending on the surface of a lake, apparently)... No clue about Ultimecia.
** Matoya from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyDimensions'' is a barefoot dancer that joins the Warriors of Darkness.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'', the Maenad are seen barefoot and in robes.
** Nothing really compared to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', where pretty much ''everyone'' went barefoot -- the {{NPC}}s at least anyway. Seriously, 4 out of 5 random {{NPC}}s would be barefoot, with the vast majority being female. Out of the party, though, it's limited to Yuna (see above), Jecht ([[RatedMForManly too manly for shoes]]), Yunalesca (dislikes more than just wearing shoes), and Kimahri (giant furred beastman). Justified by Spira's mostly tropical climate.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'', the Mithra are barefoot by default. Or technically, they wear insteps that leave their toes and heels bare.
* Many ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' games have at least one character who doesn't wear shoes, though sometimes this is only apparent in their official art (and, as characters tend to be drawn multiple times by different people, it may change from art to art). This is especially common with the Dancer class, and to a lesser extent the Brigand class (probably to emphasize their wild nature). The Taguel in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' are also this when in human form, though the race they're an expy of, the Laguz of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]'', did wear shoes while in human form.
** The ''original'', and initially most notable, example in ''FE'' was Linde from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]''; her [=90s=]-era art consistently portrayed her as being [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/fireemblem/images/c/c3/LindaFE3.png/revision/latest?cb=20170416180349 totally barefoot]]. This was very much meant to convey a MagicalBarefooter vibe, since she was also generally Team Marth's strongest spellcaster. Later depictions of her moved over to the "downplayed with very exposing sandals" version, giving her something that technically qualified as "footwear" while still very much keeping the spirit of the trope and original design.
** Also famously in the "technically footwear but with feet as exposed as possible" column is [[https://fireemblemwiki.org/wiki/File:FEH_Myrrh_01.png Myrrh]] of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones Sacred Stones]]''. Myrrh does have "sandals", but these are clearly designed to expose as much of her feet as possible and invoke the general feeling of the trope (what with her being a mystical dragon-child who helps establish the real danger the heroes are in), especially since she's the ''only'' member of the cast who has exposed feet at all. [[https://fireemblemwiki.org/wiki/File:FESS_Tethys.png Tethys]] is the only other cast member who even comes close, and somehow her slippers still manage to feel more "shoe-like". (Rather notably, though, Myrrh's alternate outfits in ''Heroes'' do have her shift to more traditional shoes, and in one case ''full-leg hosery'', without any comment either way.)
** Corrin (Kamui in the Japanese version), the customizable avatar of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', is covered in ornate armor from head to ankle; however, their feet go completely uncovered. The only time they are seen with footwear of any sort is in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''; the special Hoshido New Years Day version of Male Corrin does wear a combination of toed socks--known as ''tabi''--and sandals, while the Halloween 2022 versions of both genders of Corrin wear boots with their costumes.
** Azura, another major character from ''Fates'', is also barefoot at all times. This is most likely to make it easier for her to dance, which she does at several important points in the game. Like Corrin, she also dons ''tabi'' and sandals in her special New Years Day version.
** Sothis from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]''.
* [[CreepyChild Alma]] from ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'' goes barefoot in her child form, and [[FullFrontalAssault bare-]]''[[FullFrontalAssault everything]]'' in her adult form.
* Eve from ''VideoGame/FreedomForce'' is a [[NatureHero Nature Hero]] whose feet - along with most of her body - are always bare.
** Quetzalcoatl also follows this trope in ''Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich''.

* Fred Sathal from ''VideoGame/GaiaCrusaders'' is the only playable character who kicks ass while barefoot. Fittingly, he's the capoerista of the group.
* Sveta from ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' is always barefoot. Interestingly, she can equip shoes, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation but will never actually]] ''[[GameplayAndStorySegregation wear]]'' [[GameplayAndStorySegregation them]].
* In ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', Lyria prefers to go barefoot most of the time, which certain characters comment on, though she will wear shoes if the situation calls for it, like if it is snowing or if she is at a formal event. In the [[Anime/GranblueFantasy anime version]], she starts out barefoot, but Katalina buys her sandals and she wears them for the rest of the show.
* ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'': The powerful, intelligent, sometimes naïve and playful ''[[http://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/4/43/Queen_Jennah.jpg/227px-Queen_Jennah.jpg Queen Jennah]]'', despite wearing a regal gown, goes barefoot.

* Abe no Yasutsugu, the ArtificialHuman [[{{UsefulNotes/Onmyodo}} onmyoji]] from ''VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe 2'', goes around barefoot, in a strange difference from Yasuaki in the first game, of whom Yasutsugu is an {{Expy}}.[[note]]Of course, Yasutsugu apparently doesn't wear ''pants'' either...[[/note]]
* Princess Yorda of ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'', which also serves as this game's DamselInDistress, is a pure example of this trope. Given that she looks like a [[CuteGhostGirl phantom girl]], but without actually being one...
* In ''VideoGame/Injustice2'', Aquaman takes a page from his ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' version by going barefoot in his standard costume.
* The eponymous character from ''VideoGame/IttleDew'' runs barefoot.
* [[http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/8862/shyann.png Shy-Ann]], the meditating hippy flower-girl from ''VideoGame/GirlDetectiveSweetSixties'', is barefoot. She is actually a time traveller just like the main character.
* Himiko Yamatai from the ''VideoGame/KEIOFlyingSquadron'' series, appearing from ''2'' onwards. She's never seen wearing shoes, probably due to the fact that she's something of a shaman queen, [[HistoricalDomainCharacter like her historical counterpart]]. Also, the kunoichi girl from ''1'' that [[LadyNotAppearingInThisGame doesn't appear anywhere else but in the intro FMV]].
* Kaede Smith from ''VideoGame/{{Killer7}}''. Her nickname as part of the Killer 7 is actually "Barefoot".
* Kieran in ''VideoGame/LandsOfLore: The Throne of Chaos'' is a Huline (a cat-human hybrid) and the only playable character who cannot equip footwear of any kind due to his unique leg structure.
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''
** Zilean is not wearing shoes. However, given that he's floating...
** Janna, as well. Pretty much a non-issue since she can fly.
* The Hunter from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' is completely barefoot at all times.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'': Mayor Bo's daughter, Ilia, is one of only two villagers (the other being Talo) who's barefoot and serves as an indicator of [[NatureLover her affinity with nature.]] She continues to go barefoot even after arriving at Hyrule Castle Town and Kakariko Village, despite all the other townsfolk wearing shoes.
%%** Same could be said for [[spoiler: Midna in her true form.]]
** ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' uses an updated version of the Great Fairy design from ''Ocarina of Time'', but while in that game she wore boots, here she's, again, barefoot.
* In ''VideoGame/LifeTheGame'', all three of the protagonist's grandchildren are animated without shoes.
* Both Six and the Runaway Kid in ''VideoGame/LittleNightmares'' do not wear shoes, as to emphasise their fragility and vulnerability.
* While anywhere else she appears with footwear on, ''[[VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals Lufia II]]'' only gives Erim some tapings to cover her legs and no shoes at all.
* Half of the [=NPCs=] in ''VideoGame/TheManaWorld'', especially in grassy areas, hang around shoeless, including [[MagicalBarefooter magic users]], villagers and a few traders like [[GranolaGirl Gwenyth]] and the nameless Trader in Hurnscald. Since CharacterCustomization is in effect, the player characters can be that as well, for a very small defense tradeoff.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'': [[VideoGame/MegaMan7 Shade Man]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan7 Cloud Man]], [[VideoGame/MegaManV Jupiter]], and [[VideoGame/MegaMan9 Splash Woman]] do not wear shoes. The former two have taloned feet, while the lattermost doesn't have any legs at all. Cloud Man, on the other hand, just doesn't wear shoes because he doesn't have a visible lower body.
* Evelyn Carnahan from ''VideoGame/TheMummy'' (the video game based on the movie of the same name) is barefoot in every single scene, even ''before'' she gets abducted by Imhotep. Despite her movie counterpart averting this trope.
* The title character from Sega's arcade game ''VideoGame/NinjaPrincess'' (released in the West as ''VideoGame/SegaNinja'') is barefoot in the kunoichi outfit she spends the vast majority of the game in. The small size of her sprite, combined with a flesh tone very similar to the dirt ground, makes it hard to tell in-game, but promotional art makes it more obvious.
* ''VideoGame/OmenOfSorrow'' has:
** Adam, a Frankenstein monster; who is an [[UndeadBarefooter undead barefooter]].
** Caleb, a werewolf; who only wears pants.
** Radegonda, a gargoyle; who has talon-like toes and walks digitigrade - When she isn't flying.
** And Thalessa, a [[MagicalBarefooter magical barefooter]]; who is known as The Invisible Queen. Her bare feet is thus likely a display of power, or could be because of her apparent blindness. (She does wear a blindfold, after all.) And like Radegonda, Thalessa also has the ability to fly.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', neither Sigma or Sombra have shoes with their default outfit. Possibly justified due to the former's [[SanitySlippage fractured mental state]] and the latter's role as a stealth character. Not like it would be that much of an issue for Sigma, given his ability to fly.

** The few images of Tahrust Inmee, the victim of case 3, in life, showed him with no shoes, as is standard for priests in Khurain. The only shoes he's ever seen wearing are [[spoiler:Maya's sandals after she channels him]].
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
** Maylene from the ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' games. Perhaps because she's a Fighting-type specialist, she believes it's healthier for one to go barefoot. In ''Platinum'', she remains barefoot even while walking to [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Snowpoint City]]! Her Sync Move with her Medicham in ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'' is even called Barefoot High Jump Kick.
** So do Bruno, Phoebe and Marshal of the Kanto, Hoenn and Unova Elite Four, respectively.
** Among the kinds of regular trainers you battle, the Psychics often go barefoot. Swimmers and Tubers do as well, but they don't count since they're in swimsuits. Also male Fighting-type trainers, wearing karate gis. And in ''X and Y'', female Fighting-type trainers also go barefoot.
** N Harmonia from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' is depicted barefoot in a flashback to his childhood, presumably due to his [[WildChild upbringing]], but he averts this as an adult.
** This is a character customization option for the player avatar in ''VideoGame/PokemonGo''.
** Bea from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Pokémon Sword]]'' is another barefoot Fighting-type Gym Leader, at least during Gym battles. [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/647/613/eca.jpg The official artbook]] and her rare League Card show that she wears shoes with her school uniform. However, those shoes are clearly supposed to be part of her ''Gym'' uniform. Since she never wears them while actually wearing her Gym uniform, it's probably safe to assume that the only reason she's wearing them at all is because it's required by the school. The web series ''WebAnimation/PokemonTwilightWings'' also shows her wearing sandals. Some of her lines in the Isle of Armor chapter of DLC also [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this trait while training on the island.
* Chell, the player character in ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', for some reason. Her Advanced Knee Replacement prosthetics (that prevent falling damage) don't seem to require it. This may be because [[GoodMorningCrono at the start of the game, she was sleeping]]. Averted in the sequel, where she wears the Long Fall Boots instead.
* ''VideoGame/{{Portal Knights}}'' characters start barefooted, every piece of leg armour in the game (excluding a few cosmetic ones) includes shoes. Some [=NPCs=] are also barefooted, most notably the ones in the level Fort Finch.
* Elika, from ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia2008'' is a barefooting, spicy princess with feet made of steel, running and jumping from burning deserts to rocky cliffs sans shoes, all the while fighting to stop an [[GodIsEvil evil, pissed off god]] from breaking out of his prison, without even taking a minute's break.
* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' has two examples: In all of her appearances, Harpy goes barefoot (though as she's a winged humanoid, she never needs to touch the ground with her feet). Rulue, the [[ActionGirl "Fighting Queen"]] appeared unshod for the first three games (possibly to keep in line with being a KickChick); however, starting from YON (and previously in ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari'' for Saturn), she wears sandals.
* The ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' series has a few examples:
** The katta in Trial by Fire wear no shoes, as they are a [[BarefootCartoonAnimal feline race]]; who appear to walk digitigrade.
** Also in Trial by Fire, is the harem in Raseir; led by the princess Zayishah. When the hero first meets Zayishah, he helps her escape from the city by giving her his change of clothing- including boots- which she puts on to disguise herself as him. In the game's end scene, she resumes wearing her harem outfit.
*** Mayzun, Zayishah's personal assistant, is another barefooter. Though she is the most dressed of all the girls; having only her hands, feet, and eyes exposed.
*** Nawar, another member of the harem, is seen again in Dragon Fire. She too wears her same harem clothing, bare feet and all. Though aside from [[spoiler: visiting the thieves' guild in the end, if the hero is a thief,]] she never seems to leave the inn where she works.
** Janna, the innkeeper in Wages of War is another barefooter, who is never seen outside of her inn either.
** Katrina from Shadows of Darkness seems to remain barefoot at all times too, at least when disguised as a peasant girl. It is unknown whether or not she wears any kind of footwear, while wearing her "Dark Master" attire, since her feet aren't visible. At one point though, [[spoiler: when she discovers the hero snooping in the castle and starts torturing him, she wears a black leather outfit - complete with boots.]] However, she does resume going barefoot after [[spoiler: being resurrected from the dead in Dragon Fire, if the hero chooses to do so.]] But since she has the abilities to fly and teleport, she probably wouldn't need to walk very often.
* Ratchet of ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002'', but only in the very first game. Even then, he can later be given shoes for special circumstances, such as magnetic boots or boots which enable him to grind down a rail.
* Mingxia from ''VideoGame/RedAlert3Paradox'', the commando unit of the Atomic Kingdom of China, usually runs on a killing spree with her feet bare... At least according to the [[http://wiki.paradoxmod.com/1/8/89/Mingxia.jpg available concept art.]] Not to mention that she's the only character in the entire mod and, perhaps, the [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer entire series]] to ditch shoes during the battle.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles'':
** In the cutscene before you fight Alexia Ashford, you can briefly see that she put her shoes on the floor. You'll see them after the first three seconds of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H36eAI0qil0 this video]].
** More notably, Manuela from the same game.
* Tati from ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheKasai'' always goes around barefoot, as do many other characters in the game. This is fitting given the game's Polynesian influences.
* In ''VideoGame/Runaway2TheDreamOfTheTurtle'', the beautiful bar girl Lokelani is always barefoot. {{Justified}}, since she works on a beach in UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}, after all.
* Several characters in the ''VideoGame/{{Sacred}}'' series, mainly The Inquisitor and the Dwarf in their default attire. In ''2'' (but not in ''Underworld'') the jungle elves known as [[EarthyBarefootCharacter Dryads]] are often barefoot. Even their queen, [[AChildShallLeadThem Dyria]], wears heelless, toeless footwear.
* Kunoichi's alternate costumes in both ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' and ''Warriors Orochi Z'' have her traverse practically barefoot, wearing only instep "guards" (i.e. toeless, heelless socks). In ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'', Da Ji also runs around barefoot (well, bare ''pawed'', since she's a [[FoxFolk fox]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]]).

* ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'' - Sekiro's young lord Kuro, despite being of an aristocratic background, goes bare-footed even out in the snow. Kuro does have immortality of the regenerative variety, so there's little that can harm him.
* ''[[VideoGame/SengokuSNK Sengoku 3]]'' has [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080718091337/snk/images/0/08/Kurenai.jpeg Kurenai running around in toeless, knee-high socks]].
* Dahlia Gillespie from ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'' and Claudia Wolf from ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'', most likely for reasons of faith.
* Maria Robotnik is barefoot in the few shots of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' that her feet are visible. She gains blue shoes when the exact same scene is depicted in later games like ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', however.
* The June 2019 update of ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' adds Friendship Bracelet, which actually acts like an anklet rather than a bracelet, and also occupies the entire shoes slot, letting its wearer go barefoot everywhere. Also possible to do by accident with a glitch that removes all of your clothes, along with shoes.
* Rick from the original ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}}'' series is barefoot all throughout the first game, and whenever he dons the [[ArtifactOfDoom Terror Mask]] again in the sequels.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'', there is no footwear option in any stage costume creator. This is because in the creature creator there are thirty-two different types of feet available, wildly different in form.
** However, it is possible to arrange clothing parts around the feet in a way to simulate footwear. The developers included examples of this in Galactic Adventure, in the form of Smelvin and Barbados.
** Robot feet can also be used to represent shoes.

%% * Every game where the CharacterCustomization is at least half-decent, [[VirtualPaperDoll mainly regarding the outfit]], will most likely allow you to go barefoot at all times. Of course, depending on the game it can be very unwise to do so as you might miss out on valuable stat boosts. However, some games get around this by allowing you to equip a "cosmetic outfit" that will show on your character regardless of what you actually have equipped, so you can enjoy the defense boost provided by your enchanted +10 [[MadeOfIndestructium Indestructium]] Boots while still appearing to be barefoot.
* Loads of FightingGame characters go barefoot. This is appropriate, considering that loads of fighting game characters are martial artists of some kind, and many martial arts are practiced barefoot. For example:
** As the source of the page quote, Ryu and Ken (along with half of everyone else) from the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series.
*** Ryu does wear red shoes in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterI'', but they're gone in all subsequent games (barring a DLC costume for ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''). Ken was barefoot in this game, but comparatively has been shown to wear shoes outside of battle, when ''not'' sporting his fighter gi; Ryu, on the other hand, seemingly never wears any other outfits.
*** ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' actually has ''three'' females who are barefoot while fighting: Elena, Ibuki and Makoto. The last, despite being known to stay in her gi (complete with no shoes) even during the cutscenes, was later confirmed to wear shoes outside the fights after all, thanks to the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' alternate costumes. Outside the female cast, it's limited to Sean, Urien and Gill, and, like Ken, they wear shoes outside of battle, only depicted barefoot when fighting.
*** Interestingly in Ibuki's case, her "sporty" outfit in ''V'' (which shows off more skin than any other outfit) actually has dirt underneath her shoes, something not present when she is barefoot.
*** Juri Han does not wear shoes. She is usually either barefoot or wearing taekwondo ankle wraps. Even when she wears a bodysuit in in ''V'', her bare toes are still exposed.
** ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' has a few honorable mentions. Felicia is the only barefoot female fighter, Jon tends to burst out of his shoes and top when he goes wolf, and it's seriously doubtful there are any shoes in Sasquatch's size.
*** Some of the [[GenderBender Midnight Bliss]] transformations will also have either this (like for Jon Talbain's) showing their feet (like for Sasquatch).
** Ryo Sakazaki of ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'', as part of being the SNK answer to Ryu. In the original game Ryo wore geta that he'd kick off before fighting. In the legendarily awful OVA, he declares, "Not wearing shoes is part of our training!" but given the other Kyokugen fighters (Robert and Yuri) have no trouble with footwear, it's just him.
** In ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' Momoko, a cute capoerista, has actually been seen only in one game during the entire series, and even in the ending, she wasn't wearing shoes at all.
** [[MsFanservice Mai Shiranui]], who was featured in the same series, also counts, except she doesn't wear shoes only when she wears her kunoichi attire, as her only footwear in that case is in-step guards and black thin foot wraps. She drops the latter off, though, for the ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Fatal Fury 3]]'' onwards.
** Chae Lim in ''Maximum Impact'', as for being a taekwondoist.
** Christie Monteiro from the ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' series (Only in her P1 outfit though, as she wears sandals in her P2 costume), mainly because she's a UsefulNotes/{{capoeira}} fighter. Due to the fact that you can customize the outfits, though, it's also possible to see barefoot Lili, Alice and Asuka.
*** In fact, Asuka does have an actual outfit in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'', where all she has on her feet are [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Ibuki-esque]] wraps.
*** Nina Williams also had shades of this in her default outfit of the very first installment of ''Tekken''. And that's straight to the point that in the intro movie, she's shown running from the police having a gun in her hand but no shoes on her feet.
*** Eddy Gordo, Christie's mentor, also counts for the most part, though some of his alternate outfits avert it.
** Kira Daidouji, Catherine Kyoubashi and Angelia Avallone from ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'' are all barefoot. Kira can justify it by her perpetually swimming in her water blob, at least.
** ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' has Ms. Fortune and Painwheel, with the first due to being a catgirl and the second one being a LivingWeapon who looks like she stepped out from a horror movie.
*** Squigly also wears no shoes, she just wears a long dress and striped stockings.
** Maria, a fighter Spaniard girl from ''VideoGame/BodyBlows'', doesn't hold up to the habit of wearing shoes during the battle. Neither does the local DumbMuscle Dug.
** Two kunoichi characters from a PC-88 game ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCaK1noICjk The Queen of Duellist]]'', Miyuki and Katana, wear instep guards.
** In the first ''VideoGame/BushidoBlade'', Tsubame was wearing toeless socks, which exposed her red toenails. In ''2'', she, apart from getting an M-16 instead of a sword, becomes ([[ChainmailBikini almost]]) fully armored, complete with combat boots.
** ''VideoGame/EternalChampions'' has some barefooters on the roster:
*** R.A.X, the cyborg. Since his feet are partially robotic, putting on shoes would likely be a daunting task.
*** Slash, the neanderthal. Also justified, as shoes are unlikely to have been invented in his lifetime. Not that he wears much else either.
*** Trident, the [[FishPeople fish person]]; who also wears little else.
*** Jetta, the circus acrobat. (She even has a move that lets her spin around on her bare tiptoes.)
*** Midnight, the vampire. Probably due to his feet being skeletal, as well as his hands. This is the result of his body deteriorating, as he refused to feed on living humans to sate his vampiric hunger.
*** Raven, the tribal voodoo priestess.
* ''VideoGame/AdventureQuest'' has two barefooters in its arsenal. Aquella is one, given that she's a blend of CuteMonsterGirl and [[OurElvesAreDifferent a marine elf]]. Celestra the Huntress is another one, except she's actually human.

* ''VideoGame/AllPointsBulletin'' has Double B, the MissionControl during the tutorial for new Criminal players, who is barefoot despite her base of operations being an underground parking garage full of gangbangers who most likely aren't the tidiest people around.

* The titular hero of ''VideoGame/AkujiTheHeartless'', as well as his bride Kesho, goes around shoeless. Fitting considering the game's Carribean and voodoo setting.
* Marky Dubois of ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' was like this originally.

** Orendi is another barefooter on the team. Unlike Thorn, she has both feet bare.
* ''VideoGame/BattleChefBrigade'': Thrash, as expected from orc.
* ''VideoGame/{{Betrayer}}'' has the Maiden in Red, who is always barefoot.
* Zathia, the female Fairy, is the only character in ''Blaze 'n Blade'' series to be barefoot. Even despite she floats about the ground most of the time, it's pretty hard to spot on her [=3D=] model; however, one of the many loading screens of ''Eternal Quest'' shows her sitting on the road without having any shoes at all.

* Vella from ''VideoGame/BrokenAge'' spends almost all the adventure barefoot, with no apparent discomfort regardless of where she walks on (in Act 2 there's even broken glass on the floor of some locations). Although her [[CharacterTic tendency to cross her feet in her idle animation]] may not be random.
* All female characters from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' ([[MoralityChain Maria Belmont]], [[TheCutie Claudia]], [[UndeadChild Laura]], [[TheVamp Carmilla]], and Literature/BabaYaga) are barefoot.
* Most of the {{Mutant}}, Demon and [[LegoGenetics Manimal]]-type characters in ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'', either due to unusual foot anatomy or savage personalities.

** Some of escaped prisoners from the Westside Prison wear only socks. The plant mutant Ivy is barefoot.
** Many of the {{Mooks}} in Vibora Bay, mostly members of the Trey Kings (who dress in little more than leather straps), Sovereign Sons voodoo cultists and the more feral vampires of the New Shadows. Subverted with the Dogz, who wear shoes when not in full werewolf form.
** Lemurians, even the humanoid ones, wear instep guards rather than shoes, mostly due to living underwater. Females are often completely barefoot.
** Nearly all members of the Bigfoot tribes in Canada. Guess why.
** And many player characters, of course.
* The all-female Archer class in ''VideoGame/ClashOfClans'' goes barefoot, even when they receive tier upgrades.
* Boki, the player character from ''VideoGame/CopyKitty'', doesn't wear shoes. The color of her feet (which matches her hair) indicates what weapon she's got. Since Boki is a CatGirl, she overlaps with BarefootCartoonAnimal.
* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'':
** Downplayed with Yasuhiro Hagakure, the Ultimate Clairvoyant from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc''--though he's barefoot in his official art, his in-game sprites are always wearing sandals. Thing is, ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'' depicts him ''still'' wearing sandals even with more "professional" looking attire.
** Gonta Gokuhara, the Ultimate Entomologist from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', due to his status as a Tarzan {{Expy}}, and is only shown wearing shoes in his pre-game sprite. Extra funny considering the fact that other than his feet [[SharpDressedMan he's fully dressed in a nice suit]] and glasses.
** Also from ''V3'', we get another downplayed example with Kaito Mamota, the Ultimate Astronaut--he always wears house slippers and with the exception of his pre-game sprite, is never shown wearing normal shoes. Interestingly, the art book lampshades the impracticality of this decision, confirming this to be a personal preference on Kaito's part. Also humorously lampshaded in LetsPlay/NicoB's playthrough of the game, when Kaito starts chasing [[TokenEvilTeammate Kokichi]].
--->'''Nico!Kokichi:''' What the hell, Kaito, aren't wearing like, sandals or something why are you so fast?\\
'''Nico!Kaito:''' [[RuleOfCool 'CAUSE I'M THE LUMINARY OF THE STARS!]]
* The titular heroine from ''VideoGame/{{Dandara}}'' is always barefoot, though she does wear several ankle bracelets on each foot.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Demigod}}'' a number of the sibling demigods go barefoot, but none of those particular demigods are human such as the quadripedal abomination Unclean Beast or the hellish Demon Assasin. The resident MsFanservice, the Queen of Thorns isn't just barefoot - the only thing she's wearing is a strategically placed vine. Whereas the other barefoot demigods are inhumanly tough being a LivingStatue or demonic monstrosities, the Queen of Thorns is a delicate fairy. However she's [[PowerFloats always hovering in the air]] and [[TooImportantToWalk she never steps outside]] of the mobile ManEatingPlant that she uses as a carriage.
* The ''Monk'' and ''Witch Doctor'' classes (regardless of gender) in ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' have several shoe and boot options which leave them barefoot. The Witch Doctor's default appearance in particular is barefoot. By applying the vanishing dye, any shoe or boot options can leave them barefoot. The Monk in particular voluntarily lives in BarefootPoverty as part of his/her training. At least, before the game starts.
* Lilith in ''VideoGame/DiabloIV'' is another barefooter. (Although her feet are never shown in any cinematics and are only just barely visible during the final confrontation with her. So the player wouldn't know it unless they've fought her before.)
* The prologue to ''VideoGame/DieYoung'' has Nehir go barefoot throughout the entire game. Daphne also starts the main game barefoot, as her shoes were taken from her - among her other possessions. There are two pairs of shoes that Daphne can find and equip, but it is possible and not too consequential for her to go through the entire main game barefoot. Also, [[spoiler: at least one of the game's bad endings sees Daphne barefoot again, regardless of whether or not she had a pair of shoes on at the time.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DigimonWorld3'', Suzaku Leader doesn't wear shoes, which fits her oriental dancer outfit.
* It's pretty hard to see because of their normal sprites, but female healers from the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series go barefoot.
** A massively high-powered move-increasing boot in recent late-game Disgaeas is "Barefoot X", humorously insinuating that shoes are holding your characters back by default.
* In ''VideoGame/Dota2'', the sorceress Lina, elven archer Windrunner, and the wolf-riding princess Mirana go mostly barefoot (with small straps around the arches of their feet), even though boots are a pretty standard item to have in-game. (As well as a bunch of other characters with non-humanoid legs.)

*** Dalish elves are [[SuddenlyBlonde retconned]] into preferring to go barefoot most of the time, although it seems to apply more to female elves.

* Jo from ''VideoGame/{{Ehrgeiz}}'' has her wearing in-step guards in all of her costumes. Partially, that has something to do with her fighting style, capoeira, and partially with the fact that she was [[RaisedByWolves raised by the wolves]].
* The WarriorPrincess heroine from ''VideoGame/AnEgyptianTale'' spends the entire game kicking ass barefoot (even in the final level, ''hell'', where she battles fire-breathing monsters and the like), despite various lesser mooks being shown wearing sandals.

* The main character of ''VideoGame/EnslavedOdysseyToTheWest'', Monkey, goes barefoot. Kinda helps him look even more like [[MeaningfulName his namesake]].
* ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon'''s Convict player character has chosen to remain in her shoeless prisoner uniform, as seen in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekp92w8EbJ8 animated launch-trailer]]. Hard to tell in-game with such small, simple sprites, but she does give a barefoot pitter-patter sound when running on hard surfaces.
* [[BigBad Ruvik]] of ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'' walks around with no shoes on, his feet coated in grime as a result. That said, he's in a MentalWorld, so it doesn't matter much, but it does show that either that is his preference or he just doesn't care.
* ''VideoGame/{{Extrapower}}'': Zophy, of the EarthyBarefootCharacter variety.

** In ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', ''three'' extremely attractive ladies go barefoot: [[BeautyEqualsGoodness Cosmos]], [[{{Stripperific}} The Cloud Of Darkness]], and [[TheVamp Ultimecia]], plus one more ([[{{Miko}} Yuna]]). Lots of people suspect the ''Dissidia'' designs were intended to target as many fetishes as possible, this is part of the reason why. Cosmos is a goddess, and as such isn't expected to wear shoes; Cloud of Darkness is a [[HiveMind Hive Minded]] creature who happens to be the embodiment of the [[PowerOfTheVoid Void]] who's true form doesn't actually ''look'' like that; Yuna's lack of shoes comes from her source material (shoes get in the way when you do the Sending on the surface of a lake, apparently)... No clue about Ultimecia.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', elves are [[SuddenlyBlonde retconned]] into preferring to go barefoot most of the time. This includes party members Merrill and Fenris. Zevran from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is an exception when he appears, since it's well established that he has a thing for leather boots.
** When you talk to Merrill when she has no conversation at that point, she often mentions something that has to do with her lack of shoes, like not expecting to be walking on cold stone or some merchants trying to sell her shoes for some reason. And in some dark and smelly caves, she has a very upset line ''"I think I stepped in something."''
** One of Fenris's idle animations is checking the soles of his feet.
** This actually seems to apply more to female Dalish elves (like Merrill) instead of all elves. As for Fenris... his aversion to wearing shoes probably has something to do with the [[AcheyScars Lyrium tattoos]] all over his body.
** Nearly all elves do prefer to go barefoot in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' with the few exceptions being Sera who was raised by a human noble, Ameridan who did have some human sympathies, Abelas and other guardians of the temple of Mythal, who are [[Really700YearsOld actually ancient elves]] and Circle elves like Fiona and Minaeve. An elven inquisitor starts off wearing shoes, but can go barefoot if they choose to wear Keeper robes (mage only) or Dalish armor.

-->'''Nico!Kokichi:''' What the hell, Kaito, aren't wearing like, sandals or something why are you so fast?\\

* The title character from Sega's arcade game ''Ninja Princess'' (released in the West as ''Sega Ninja'') is barefoot in the kunoichi outfit she spends the vast majority of the game in. The small size of her sprite, combined with a flesh tone very similar to the dirt ground, makes it hard to tell in-game, but promotional art makes it more obvious.

** Corrin (Kamui in the Japanese version), the customizable avatar of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', is covered in ornate armor from head to ankle; however, their feet go completely uncovered. The only time they are seen with footwear of any sort is the special Hoshido New Years Day version of Male Corrin in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', who does wear a combination of toed socks--known as ''tabi''--and sandals.