Prefers Going Barefoot / Video Games

• AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative: The Masked Woman is covered from head to ankle, but she lacks shoes even though it's late in the winter. When asked why she doesn't wear shoes, she says rats don't wear shoes, foreshadowing her past as a "lab rat". Amusingly, she does wear slippers when she's inside people's houses.
• Hurthlings from Ancient Domains of Mystery do not like shoes and get a dexterity penalty for wearing them.
• Battleborn has Thorn, an elven ranger who only wears one boot. This is a trait shared by her race, as Aelfrin live in a heavily wooded environment and the boot helps give them better traction, when jumping from tree to tree; while the bare foot allows them to maintain contact with nature.
• Played with in Blaze Union. Mizer loves shoes, but he's made an oath to go barefoot until the poor are no longer oppressed.
• In Cookie Run: Kingdom's splash art of Princess Cookie, you can see that she seems to be barefoot underneath her dress.
• In Dissidia Final Fantasy, three ladies go barefoot: Cosmos, The Cloud Of Darkness, and Ultimecia, plus one more (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 Hive Minded creature who happens to be the embodiment of the 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 Divinity: Original Sin 2, elves go barefoot. Equipping an item that would put boots on a human, dwarf, or lizard becomes ankle braces or shin guards on an elf. The sole exception is Ryker, and his odd manner of dress feeds into his unsettling demeanor.
• Milla Basset from Freedom Planet is the the only cast member to be a Barefoot Cartoon Animal; her description in this art of her notes "she has a strong connection to the earth" alongside this fact, implying her to be an Earthy Barefoot Character. Considering this is from a cast full of Fully Dressed Cartoon Animals, this would also make her an inversion of The One Who Wears Shoes.
• A mobile roguelike RPG called Hadashi no Shojo (or just Girl barefoot) involves a girl named Ena who wants to strengthen her feet by walking through a dungeon. There are shoe items that you can pick up, but, while your stamina doesn't drain off while Ena wears shoes, they don't net her experience points.
• The Legend of Zelda:
  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: With the exception of Zant, the Twili all go barefoot. It's implied that the Twilight Realm where they have lived for ages doesn't have enough resources to make the necessary materials for footwear or other clothing.
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword: Unlike the people of Skyloft, no one living on the surface wears shoes, whether that be more humanlike characters like Impa or Ghirahim, or any of the other surface races like the Mogmas or the Gorons.
  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: The people in the distant founding era of (this iteration of) Hyrule did not wear shoes, whether that was the Zonai or the ancient ancestors of the Hylians and the Gerudo (with the latter including Ganondorf, notably the first time an incarnation of Ganondorf has not worn shoes).
• In Little Nightmares, the child protagonists never wear shoes despite there being shoes their size lying around.
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice Armie Buff is revealed to be this. Her overall appearance comes at a surprise to everyone in the court as she was present on one half of the trial as a drone. Even as a wheelchair-bound orphan, she doesn't have a proper reason to remain shoeless in the court, - or anywhere, at this matter, - so her barefootedness mostly seems to emphasize her nature as a Hikikomori. Not to mention that after her case is over, she gets out of the wheelchair and stands on the floors of the Defendant Lobby, still without any footwear.
• Maylene from the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl 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 Snowpoint City! Her Sync Move with her Medicham in Pokémon Masters is even called Barefoot High Jump Kick.
• Katrina in Quest for Glory IV is only seen with any kind of footwear on, during one scene, when she's torturing the hero for snooping around her castle. Prior to that, when she's in her peasant girl disguise, she's barefoot.
  • In Quest for Glory V, if the hero chooses to bring her back to life, Katrina resumes going barefoot. This might be partly due to her being a former 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 flight and teleportation, it might just be a display of power. (Which would be fitting in the end, if she marries the hero and becomes his Queen, if he accepts the King's crown.) In any case...
• Sam from Sam & Max my not seem like he counts due to being a Funny Animal and therefore not expected to wear shoes, even if he is otherwise fully dressed. However, Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space does clearly state that Sam doesn't like wearing shoes suggesting this trope. The same game even has him be called "The Shoeless Dog", implying his barefootedness is unusual.
• Street Fighter: 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.
• Koa, the main player character from the farming and exploration sim Summer In Mara is a true island girl and explorer, bare feet and all. 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).
• Myosotis, the player character of a Flash-based adventure game, 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, A Grain of Truth, not only is Myosotis still barefoot, but most of the people she meets are also barefoot.
• With the transmogrification feature, World of Warcraft players have the option to give their avatars the appearance of bare feet, (a popular notion among players) without losing the benefit of having a foot gear item equipped.

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