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* In ''DivineDivinity'' there is a brothel where a player of any gender can sleep with both male and female escorts.

* ''7 Sins'' despite being a game that seems to be about being a playboy who seduces as many women as possible, has a number of encounters with men also. Whilst it's not exactly gay since there's no way to avoid the women, it's not precisely straight since the easiest way to progress is by seducing the men too.

[[caption-width-right:280:[[NerdCubed THIS GAY KISS!!!!]].]]

* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto IV'', Niko can send date invitations to other men on the ingame website ''love-meet.net'', but, like the other website 'filler' characters, they will not reply. One mission involves going on a date with a gay man, but this is not a Gay Option, since this is an assassination mission.
** Similarly, San Andreas lets CJ kiss men, but this only applies in multiplayer mode and if the 2nd player chooses a male character.

* ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' features Juhani, a female Jedi of a catlike race, as a possible party member. If the player makes their character a female and follows the Light Side path, Juhani confesses her feelings for her before the final battle. The player can tell Juhani she feels the same way, or that she just doesn't swing that way.

[[caption-width-right:280:THIS GAY KISS!!!!.]]

[[caption-width-right:280:Jimmy Hopkins, making the Gay Option work for him.]]

* The ''TempleOfElementalEvil'' video game port provides a sidequest where the party can rescue a slave named Bertram from his pirate owner. As a reward, Bertram promises himself to one of the male or female members members of the party, depending on where you first speak to him (there are actually two places he is located for some reason, and only one of them will be interested in a male). Talking to one causes the other to disappear from the game permanently. Whatever version of Bertram you manage to recruit, if the relationship with him is pursued, you can get married to him, and if he is kept in your party by the end of the game, he and the character get a "both lived happily together" ending.

* Fantasy life sim ''Spirited Heart'' has a "Deluxe" version that opens up six female love interests.

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* Fantasy life sim ''Spirited Heart'' has an expansion pack or alternate version with six female love interests.

** ''Videogame/MassEffect2'' allows a romance to bloom between Kelly Chambers (a human woman) and a player character of either sex. However, the game does not count this as a "true" romance, you can do some light flirting and, at most, she dances for you. Starting a romance with Kelly Chambers will not grant the Paramour achievement or keep Shepard from starting a relationship with a party member. The developers described it an easter egg, rather than a true romance path.

* The flexible character creation system in [[SaintsRow Saints Row 2]] allows you to do something like this. You set a gender for your character in the presets menu but are allowed to change the body, face and voice actor to fit the opposite gender. When you perform the [[OptionalSexualEncounter Ho-ing]] Diversion you'll then hear voices from the same sex.

Oftentimes in video games, the option exists for the main character to [[RelationshipValues pursue a romantic relationship]] with some other character. This more often than not happens in more open-ended games, such as {{R|olePlayingGame}}PGs and WideOpenSandbox games like ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'', rather than games that follow a tight, "[[ScriptedEvent every note must be hit]]" plot, where any romance happens at the behest of the story. As video games are [[MostGamersAreMale traditionally a medium for males]], and most males are heterosexual, most of the romance happens between a male character and a female of the player's choice.

* This caused [[http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/15/conservative-christian-site-decries-game-of-lifes-gay-agenda/ some controversy]] in the video game version of the board game ''The Game Of Life''.

* ''Videogame/MassEffect'':

** ''Videogame/MassEffect2'' allows a romance to bloom between Kelly Chambers (a human woman) and a player character of either sex. However, the game does not count this as a "true" romance for some reason. Starting a romance with Kelly Chambers will not grant the Paramour achievement or keep Shepard from starting a relationship with a party member. The developers described it an easter egg, rather than a true romance path. UnfortunateImplications were raised among some players, as the game features three [[InterspeciesRomance Interspecies Romances]], with very inhuman-looking aliens (at least in Garrus's case), yet failed to cater to the gay crowd.
*** Of course, [[NeverLiveItDown the reason why it's not considered a ''real'' romance is pretty clear]]: you can do some very light flirting and, at most, she dances for you. '''And that's it.'''

* The EnhancedRemake of the visual novel ''{{Happiness}}'' had the gay option in the form of EnsembleDarkHorse [[WholesomeCrossdresser Jun Watarase]]. Most people ignored the women in favor of [[AttractiveBentGender Jun's]] path.

* ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' allows the Arisen to romance nearly any NPC in the game by raising their affinity levels through completing quests, giving gifts, or simply talking to the NPC constantly. The NPC with the highest affinity for the player becomes involved in the final boss fight which leads to some unfortunate players unaware of the romance mechanic wondering why their true love is an old blacksmith or innkeeper.

* One of the endings in ''LuminousArc3'' involves the hero Refi and male teammate [[spoiler:Dino]] embracing romantically on a secluded beach.

* ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' allows the Arisen to romance nearly any NPC in the game by raising their affinity levels through completing quests, giving gifts, or simply talking to the NPC constantly. The NPC with the highest affinity for the player becomes involved in the final boss fight which leads to some unfortunate players wondering why their true love is an old blacksmith or innkeeper.

* ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' allows the Arisen to romance nearly any NPC in the game by raising their affinity levels through completing quests, giving gifts or simply talking to the NPC constantly. The NPC with the highest affinity for the player becomes involved in the final boss fight which leads to some unfortunate players wondering why their true love is an old blacksmith or innkeeper.

* ''DragonsDogma'' allows the Arisen to romance nearly any NPC in the game by raising their affinity levels through completing quests, giving gifts or simply talking to the NPC constantly. The NPC with the highest affinity for the player becomes involved in the final boss fight which leads to some unfortunate players wondering why their true love is an old blacksmith or innkeeper.

* ''Dragon's Dogma'' allows the Arisen to romance nearly any NPC in the game by raising their affinity levels through completing quests, giving gifts or simply talking to the NPC constantly. The NPC with the highest affinity for the player becomes involved in the final boss fight which leads to some unfortunate players wondering why their true love is an old blacksmith or innkeeper.

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' introduces the Confirmed Bachelor and Cherchez la Femme perks, homosexual counterparts to Lady Killer and Black Widow, as well as gay (Arcade Gannon) and lesbian (Veronica Santangelo) companion characters.

* ''[[http://pacthesis.deviantart.com/art/Chrono-Days-Sim-Date-197968878 Chrono Days Sim Date]]'' and ''[[http://pacthesis.deviantart.com/art/Lunar-Days-Sim-Date-277108306 Lunar Days Sim Date]]'' both have a lesbian option included among the {{Secret Character}}s.

* ''KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'' has a version of this...the NPCs are able to be romanced by either character, though there are no gay male or hetero female options.