History TheRemnant / VideoGames

** The Loyalist faction from the first ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDuty4ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]]'' is reduced to this by ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3 Modern Warfare 3]]'', where they act as a PMC who helps the player (themselves acting as the remnant of the disavowed Task Force 141 from the previous game).
** The [=OpFor=] fought in the US Marine campaign of the first game is also reduced to an insurgency by the start of ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3 Modern Warfare 2]]'', lacking all the heavy equipment they once had and forced to fight like guerillas.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':

* ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'': Jedi survivor Rahm Kota and his militia, who go from fighting the separatists to fighting the Empire, and are still around over a decade after Order 66.
* In the PlayableEpilogue to four of six plotlines in ''[[VideoGame/EscapeVelocity EV Nova]]'', [[StateSec the Bureau]] is ousted from their control of {{the Federation}} and its lawfully elected government is restored to power. But you periodically run across Bureau remnant forces flying their trademark [[CoolStarship RAGE Gunboats]], battling Federation Navy ships.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Freespace}}'', we get two factions of Remnants.

* In ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'', the organisation named Deepground appears and wreaks havoc on the world. It soon turns out they are a little-known experimental group from within Shinra's group SOLDIER and were kept hidden underground. It's stated that in the handover between President Shinra and his son Rufus that Rufus was never informed about the group, so by the time they see the surface in Dirge of Cerberus 3 years have passed since the end of the original game and they have been preparing for their mission without knowledge that the Shinra company that caused their formation is basically no more.

* ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' puts the player in this role, taking place in a universe where XCOM failed to stop the AlienInvasion in the [[VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown previous game]] and humanity capitulated to the Ethereals. XCOM refused to surrender and reorganized as LaResistance to [[OneWorldOrder the new ADVENT government]]. You, the Commander, are explicitly the very same Commander who led XCOM in the first game.

* A RandomEncounter in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' has Arthur stumble across a lone Union soldier patiently awaiting orders. Except the game is set in 1899, meaning he's been waiting for orders from a long over war to come for ''34 years''. [[spoiler:John can encounter him as well in the PlayableEpilogue 8 years later, and he's ''still'' waiting.]]

* ''VideoGame/XCOMChimeraSquad'' has Sacred Coil, one of three criminal groups being investigated by the eponymous squad in connection to the assassination of City 31's mayor. While most [[HalfHumanHybrid Hybrids]] in the city have acclamated to life alongside humanity, Sacred Coil consists of [[VichyEarth ADVENT loyalists]] seeking to help the Elders return and retake control of the planet. They've kept ADVENT's [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver black and red color scheme,]] and make heavy use of the MechaMooks favored by ADVENT's peacekeepers.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series has plenty, since it takes place AfterTheEnd.
** The series' recurring villainous faction is the Enclave, éminence grise members of the pre-war U.S. government who rode out the apocalypse in their bunker before emerging to retake the wasteland. Responsible for unscrupulous projects such as the Forced Evolutionary Virus and Vault Experiment, over the course of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' they try to kill everyone that doesn't match their criteria of "pure" human, which considering all the radiation is pretty much everybody except themselves and Vault Dwellers who have never left their vaults (which doesn't stop them from coming in and killing them anyway). They get defeated. So when you encounter them in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', you're fighting the remnant of The Remnant, and then in the ''Broken Steel'' expansion you fight the remnants of ''that''. As of ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' the Enclave is all but extinct, but you can convince a handful of survivors to rally for one last hurrah at the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, where they'll become the stuff of legends. That said, [[SequelHook the game hints that there are probably more Enclave holdouts in the Midwest, such as the Chicago outpost visited by ED-E.]]

*** The Brotherhood of Steel itself seems to be heading this way after the events of ''New Vegas'' and ''Fallout 4'', potentially much more so if the players don't like the Brotherhood. First ''New Vegas'' canonized the NCR-Brotherhood war, which either eradicated most West Coast chapters or drove them into hiding like the Mojave chapter. The tone of Elder Maxison's terminal entries make it sound as if the East Coast chapter of the Brotherhood is by far the most active chapter and that the Brotherhood as a whole depends on them.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':

** ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Platinum]]'' also has Team Galactic turn into this after their leader Cyrus is beaten, though the new guy in charge outright tells you that they're not going to be quite as bad as they had been.
** A small group of Rockets post-disappearance are fought in the ExtendedGameplay of the ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Red and Blue]]'' remakes, ''[=FireRed=]'' and ''[=LeafGreen=]''; it's implied that the last ones you fight are the same people who go on to lead the efforts in ''Gold'' and ''Silver''.
** And again in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' where after [[spoiler:Ghetsis, the true leader and mastermind]] is defeated [[spoiler: he and his son N]] vanish, leaving behind the seven sages, and a couple of random Team Plasma members. The sequel, ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', sees the organisation fully rebuilt after a two-year TimeSkip... into ''two opposing factions''.
** In one of the post-game downloadable missions in ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger: Shadows of Almia'', ex-Team Dim Sun members form a new team called Team Debonairs lead by DragonAscendant [[spoiler:Kincaid]].

* During the ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' series, [=EarthGov=] serves as the government of Humanity. However, they are shown to be willing to torture people who have come into contact with [[ArtifactOfDoom the Markers]] in order to create even more of them because of the promise of creating a new energy source, including series protagonist Isaac Clarke who ended up tortured by them for three years following the events of the first game. By the beginning of Dead Space 3, the once powerful [=EarthGov=] has been totally wiped out by the Unitologists uprising, with the platoon that you work with being the last remnants of their military. [[spoiler:By the end of the main game and it's awakened DLC, sergeant John Carver is the only member of the platoon that survives to the end.]]

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', [[spoiler:this is the ultimate fate of the [=IVth=] Legion, now reduced to a group of bandits that as seeking to create their own land and the last real antagonistic group of Garleans post-''Endwalker'']].

* ''VideoGame/TheGodfather: The Game'' counts an enemy Family as wiped out once you bomb and take over their Compound, but any {{Legitimate Businessmens Social Club}}s that you have yet to take over still shows as under their control, plus in certain spots even in Corleone turf you may still find pockets of enemy mobsters.

*** On Crimson Flower, [[spoiler:Ashe and Annette, if not recruited, are the last two members of the fallen Holy Kingdom of Faehrgus still fighting after the death of King Dimitri.]]
*** On Azure Moon and Verdant Wind, [[spoiler:Myson and Odesse, two sorcerers working for "those who slither in the dark", are on hand to reinforce [[OneWingedAngel a transformed Edelgard]] and [[TheBerserker a resurrected Nemesis]], respectively. Defeating either of them causes their remaining forces to vanish.]]

** The upper reaches of Blackrock Mountain are ruled by the remnants of the "Dark Horde," the few ogre, troll, and orc clans that fell under the rule of [[DragonTheirFeet Rend Blackhand]] decades ago, and who feel that the [[VideoGame/WarcraftII Second War]] has never really ended. What makes this self-proclaimed "true Horde" dangerous is that [[DeterminedDefeatist they know their ongoing battle is largely hopeless, but they keep fighting anyway]].

** The trollish tribes such as the Amani or Gurubashi are actually the remnants of ancient, mighty empires. Thousands of years later, their capitals are mostly ruins, and their (cannibalistic) culture and technology are primitive compared to the rest of the world. As of the "Rise of the Zandalari" patch, these remnants have united under the Zandalar tribe, the oldest troll civilization, in a last-ditch effort to reverse their race's decline and build a civilization capable of surviving their island home's destruction.

* In ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper2'' the Sylvan Elves formerly under the command of Lord Ronin continue to fight against Keeper Asmodeous. Interestingly, and very unusually for this trope, if left to their own devices they'll actually ''win''. Granted it won't resurrect their commander, but they'll get their territory back. Of course, the mission objective is to kill Asmodeous yourself in order to prevent this, with the assumption being that the player has destroyed the remaining Elves in the process. Later, the remainder of Lord Bramble's forces don't give up either, but they're more interested in surviving in what remains of his fortress than actually aggressing against the two Keepers in the area.

** In ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', the remnants of Team Rocket from Giovanni's sudden disappearance in the last game are the main antagonists, trying to call Giovanni back to them. [[spoiler:In the DS remakes, there's also an event involving TimeTravel where it turns out Giovanni ''was'' going to come back to lead them, but a combination of the signal suddenly stopping and the player soundly thrashing him along the way convince him to go back into exile.]]