History DidNotGetTheGirl / VideoGames

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* In ''VideoGame/StickyBusiness'', David tries asking his crush out by gifting her the stickers his dad bought from your store. However, she only likes him as a friend, but [[SubvertedTrope David is fine with hanging out with her platonically, anyway]], and even gifts her more stickers for her birthday.

* ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza 0}}'': Goro Majima is sent to assassinate someone named Makoto Makimura, which turns out to be more complicated than it seems when Makoto turns out to be an innocent blind girl whom everyone wants dead or in their possession for reasons neither of them knows. Majima decides to protect Makoto and starts to become attracted to her, but when she's injured near the climax he realizes life around a gangster like him would not end well for her, so he leaves quietly and instructs the doctor who saved Makoto's life to look after her. When they reunite eighteen years later in ''Kiwami 2'', Makoto is HappilyMarried with a son, and Majima stays quiet during their massage session so she won't recognize who he is (though he slips her a personal gift to tip her off so she could get some closure with the man who saved her life).

* In ''VideoGame/BahamutLagoon'', Byuu does ''not'' end up with [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Princess Yoyo]]. She ends up [[StockholmSyndrome falling for Palpaleos]], the enemy general who keeps her kidnapped. And then a double whammy occurs when said general is lynched in the epilogue.

* In ''VideoGame/BahamutLagoon'', Byuu does ''not'' end up with [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Princess Yoyo]]. She ends up [[StockholmSyndrome falling for Palpaleos]], the enemy general who keeps her kidnapped.

* ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'': According to the ''Soulcalibur V'' profile for Leixia (daughter of Xianghua), her father is ''not'' Kilik, her {{love interest|s}} for the previous four games.

* ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'': When Eve announces her plans to propose to her long-distance partner, Yuka, who had been crushing on Eve for more than a week, leaves the café, heartbroken.

* In ''VideoGame/BahamutLagoon'', Byuu does ''not'' end up with [[spoiler: [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Princess Yoyo]]. She ends up [[StockholmSyndrome falling for Palpaleos]], the enemy general who keeps her kidnapped]].
* A possible outcome in the ending of ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}''. [[spoiler:It leads to a satisfying ending for Vincent because it presents a personal liberation for him, and he can either win a huge amount of money and start a new life elsewhere or at least have a good laugh at the expense of Boss.]]
* Played with in the BittersweetEnding of ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition''. [[spoiler: York does, but Zach (the player character) does not.]]
* ''VideoGame/DiscworldNoir'': [[spoiler: Lewton doesn't get either of his love interests. Ilsa leaves Ankh-Morpork with her husband, and Lewton has [[FemmeFatale Carlotta]] arrested by the City Watch for her involvement in the murders]].
* In ''VideoGame/Disgaea5'', Seraphina is set up as the game's heroine who shows obvious signs of falling for Killia due to him being immune to her overload. Towards the end of the game [[spoiler:Killia finds out he can possibly save his lost love from before the game started, Liezerota]], and Seraphina stops acting {{tsundere}} and comes to the sad realization that there is no room in Killia's heart for her beyond friends. She tries one last time to use her skill on Killia (with his permission), and when it fails she somberly admits his love for [[spoiler:Lieze]] is too strong and she never stood a chance. She also replaces all of the pictures of herself in her lounge with pictures of Killia.

*** Any male Warden who romanced Morrigan has this occur prior to end-game. The entire plot of "Witch Hunt" has the Warden attempting to track down Morrigan [[spoiler: and their child]].
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' reveals this to be the fate of a Warden who romanced Leliana or Zevran, as the Warden seems to have vanished. [[spoiler:It's revealed the Warden embarked on a quest to save their order from their premature destruction and that happens in literally every other romance option... Except for Zevran who is accompanying the Warden]].
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' has this occur repeatedly. Notable examples are if Hawke slept with Isabela but later romanced another character, several lines of dialogue hint that Isabela still has lingering feelings and regret over the relationship ending. It's also implied that Anders falls in love with Hawke even if Hawke doesn't romance him (dialogue he has in a playthrough where he ''is'' romanced basically confirms this). If a female Hawke romances Sebastian, but sides with the Mages and refuses to kill [[spoiler: Anders]], he breaks up with Hawke and leaves to raise an army to wage war on Kirkwall.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'': This can happen to certain love interests under specific circumstances: if they romance Cassandra, their relationship can potentially end if [[spoiler:she is chosen as the Divine]]; with Cullen if he is [[spoiler:encouraged to take lyrium, ending with him becoming an AddledAddict]]; with Iron Bull if [[spoiler:he upholds the Qun which will result in him betraying the team in the ''Trespasser'' DLC]]; with Blackwall if [[spoiler:he is not rescued from prison after TheReveal of his true identity]]; or with Sera if [[spoiler:your character is an elf and refuses to abandon her religious beliefs]]. The one instance that will happen regardless of what you choose is [[spoiler:Solas]] who breaks up with the Inquisitor, and she is unable to romance anyone else since they can't move on from it.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': At the very end, [[spoiler:Yuna doesn't get the guy; he never existed in the first place, technically]]. Can be averted in the best ending of ''X-2'', [[spoiler:where the Fayth use the last of their power to incarnate Tidus for real]].
** Zig-Zagged in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyAdventure'' - the player would ''think'' that once they beat the FinalBoss and restore peace to the land, the boy and the girl would get together... except [[spoiler: the mana tree vanishes, so the girl has to become the BarrierMaiden to the world]]. ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' however, implies that [[spoiler: somehow he did, as the mana tree is the main character's mother, and his DisappearedDad was the last Gemma knight: the PC in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyAdventure'']].

* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' and the sequel has both [[spoiler:Revan]] and [[spoiler:the Jedi Exile]] vanish into the Unknown Regions to seek out the old Sith Empire to finish the fight, leaving behind a love interest (and all their allies, for that matter) in both cases. It's later revealed in ''Literature/{{Revan}}'' that [[spoiler:Revan ''did'' get the girl; he and Bastila were married between the two games, and she was pregnant with his son when he vanished (on a trip that was supposed to only be temporary)]].
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPart2'': Ellie has a chance to settle down and make a happy life for herself with her true love Dina and her son, after their brutal campaign of revenge against [[spoiler: Joel's murderers]] has concluded. However, [[spoiler: Joel's brother Tommy shows up and guilt trips Ellie about how she let the one most responsible, Abby, live and accuses her of breaking the promise to kill her. Ellie eventually decides to finish the job. Dina, who is tired of the senseless violence gives Ellie an ultimatum, life with her or revenge against Abby. Ellie chose revenge and loses Dina for good, which the ending makes clear when she returns to an empty farmhouse where they were staying.]]

* One of two endings to ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' shows Snake and Meryl riding off together into the sunset. In the sequel, she's nowhere to be found. The book written by Nastasha makes it canon that she survived, but the only reference to her in the game proper is some optional dialogue where Snake says he's had enough of tomboys. Cue the fourth game where [[spoiler:Snake's an old man and Meryl gets married to the very guard she knocked out at the beginning of the first game. (See CartwrightCurse.) In addition, it ''seems'' like this in Raiden's case but it's later subverted when it's revealed it was a cover story he wasn't in on]]. [[spoiler: This is justified for Snake's case, however. Being a clone, Solid Snake is [[CelibateHero sterile]], and he [[LaserGuidedTykebomb carries a modified virus created by Naomi]], which randomly kills people injected with {{nanomachines}}. In short, he is essentially a '''[[WeaponOfMassDestruction walking]] [[TheVirus FOXDIE]]''' and is too dangerous to have a relationship with anyone.]] See also Ellen Madnar and Holly White from the first two games.
* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights: Hordes of the Underdark'' reveals that the Hero of Neverwinter was good, male, and completed the romance subquest with Aribeth. Then [[spoiler:Aribeth was executed for treason with the Hero protesting every step of the process and the Hero leaves the city, estranged from its lords and his friends]]. The fan-made module ''VideoGame/TheBastardOfKosigan'' has the hero's former {{love interest|s}} die an unavoidable death at the hands of French assassins, even if you attempt to renew your relationship with her.

** While the ending of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}: Innocent Sin'' is an example of [[BittersweetEnding that other trope]], ''Eternal Punishment'' plays this straight as [[spoiler: Tatsuya ends up returning to the Other Side, and if Maya ever gets involved with This Side's Tatsuya there'd be a risk of screwing over the world again, so seeing him or his brother isn't really an option either. The ending movie has Maya accepting this and walking by Tatsuya without saying anything]]. In fact, this is built into the title of the games; this is Tatsuya's "Eternal Punishment" for the "Innocent Sin" that he committed during the first game.
** The Protagonists do not get the girls/guys in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}''. [[spoiler: A HeroicSacrifice to become the BarrierMaiden for the world can do that.]]
* The ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia2008'': ''Epilogue'' ends on this note. After an entire game's worth of semi-witty WillTheyOrWontThey sexual tension, Elika finally has enough and literally runs off on the Prince [[spoiler:because he freed the [[EldritchAbomination God of Darkness]] who they spent the entire time trying to seal away, on the misguided notion that he could bring Elika back to life and use her to defeat it once and for all. Only, she didn't think she could, and didn't want to even try]]. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice Job Breaking It, Dumbass]].
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': [[UptownGirl Mary Linton]] loves Arthur Morgan dearly but doesn't want to be with him while he's still riding with a gang. He promises once he gets enough money he will run away with her. [[spoiler:Though she still loves him, she breaks things off with him for good via a "Dear John" letter once word reaches her of the gang's botched robbery at Saint Denis. Tragically, Arthur is in the final stages of tuberculosis by the time he receives the letter, and before he can patch things up with her, he either gets killed by [[BigBad Micah Bell]] (low honor) or succumbs to the disease (high honor). She is seen in the credits crying at his grave.]]
* ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' does this a few times. The Canonical ending of the first ends with [[spoiler: Alice dying, meaning Yuri did not get the girl after all]]. However, Yuri's next apparent love interest, Karin, [[spoiler: Was sent into the past, meaning she did not get the guy....instead becoming his mother]]. But, the StableTimeLoop allows Yuri to [[spoiler: earn his happy ending]] after all.

* At the end of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', [[spoiler:Mario tries to propose to Princess Peach, but Bowser butts in and they get caught up in a squabble over her and end up just shoving flowers in her face. Annoyed by their immaturity, Peach shoots them down and preserves the {{status quo|IsGod}}]].

** Jude did not get Milla [[spoiler: because she had to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence]].
** Despite their history together, Alvin did not get to be with [[spoiler: Presa]]. Same with Rowen and [[spoiler: Nachtigal's sister, whom he was engaged to. She was presumed dead during an accident, but can be found later alive and healthy, but suffering from Amnesia, with no memories of Rowen, and she is HappilyMarried]].

** A case can be made for Ludger and Alternate Milla, with heavy implications that Milla had feelings for Ludger. Likely a case of ForegoneConclusion, as being part of a fractured dimension means she was never supposed to be in the prime dimension to begin with. [[spoiler: And she ultimately has to die, in order for the prime dimension's Milla to return and brings things back in order.]]
** Just as with the previous game, [[spoiler: Jude and Milla still cannot remain together, as Milla can only remain in the Human Realm for a limited time now]]. Same can be said for [[ShipTease Gaius and Muzét]] or Ludger and Muzét, with the former admitting in his diary that he has a crush on her, though how severe this case is debatable; Muzét is the only Great Spirit who can freely walk between the Spirit and Human Realm.

* Towards the end of ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'', [[spoiler:B.J. Blazkowicz realizes that as long as the Nazis still remain, he can not get Anya]], and instead allows her to TakeUpMySword for the war to come, knowing that he'll likely die in the battle against Deathshead. [[spoiler:[[TheHeroDies Which he does]], unless the sound of an approaching helicopter means that NoOneGetsLeftBehind]]. Averted in the sequel, ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'', where BJ gets rescued, Anya is pregnant, and [[spoiler:against all odds, lives to the end of the game and proposes to Anya in the ending]].