History Main / GayOption

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' includes a feature called "skinshipping" where the Avatar can pet and stroke the members of his/her army to raise affinity with them, gender being irrelevant, though the petting is only in the Japanese version. Two characters can achieve S-rank with an avatar of the same gender; a male avatar can marry one of the male units from Nohr (the TallDarkAndSnarky Niles), while a female avatar can marry one of the female units from Hoshido (the DarkMagicalGirl Rhajat). Interestingly, Soleil is ''not'' a marriage option for a female Corrin, despite her constantly gushing about the fairer sex and flirting with every woman she sees; it's to the point that the English localization rewrote the bulk of her S supports to match, turning them into [[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove declarations of deep friendship]] instead of love. Even of the two that remained romantic, only one has her wholly reciprocate the other person's feelings, that being the [[DudeLooksLikeALady effeminate]], [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdressing]] Forrest.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' allows the female Avatar to hook up with Edelgard, Dorothea, Mercedes, [[spoiler:Rhea, and Sothis]]. The male Avatar can hook up with Linhardt, Yuri, and [[spoiler:Jeritza]]. Subverted with Alois and Gilbert: They have an S Support, but seeing that they're already married men and still committed to their marriage, no romance occurred, only platonic friendship.

* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' allows the player to flirt with three different members of their party, two of them are all up for same-sex coupling, ultimately resulting in a night of romance before the final battle (and, in one instance, a possible threesome). However, due to ExecutiveMeddling from Microsoft, the scene goes to black right before any same-sex kissing is seen. Luckily it can be fixed in the PC version with this GameMod [[http://www.lucasforums.com/showpost.php?p=2401203&postcount=173 found here]].

* In ''VideoGame/PathfinderKingmaker'', there is one straight and one bisexual romance option of each gender. The two bisexual love interests (Octavia and Regongar) are initially in a relationship with each other, which deteriorates due to contrasting moral alignments during the game if the protagonist doesn't help them fix it, and the two can be romanced individually or [[{{Polyamory}} at the same time]].

* ''VisualNovel/SevenKingdomsThePrincessProblem has several potential female love interests for the player to pursue.

** The [[MultipleEndings Otacon ending]] of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', in which Snake shares a romantic scene with Otacon instead of Meryl, is ''not'' a true Gay Option - it's more of a [[HeterosexualLifePartners romantic-friendship-confession-type thing]], and it can only be achieved by making a decision that causes poor innocent Meryl to die. All this said, [[FanNickname it's casually referred to by the fandom as 'the gay ending']].

* The premise of ''LightNovel/EndoAndKobayashiLiveTheLatestOnTsundereVillainessLieselotte'' involves a {{Fictional|VideoGame}} RomanceGame usually called ''Magikoi''. For the most part, ''Magikoi'' is aimed at straight females, having 5 romantic options plus one SecretCharacter. However, there's also a [[MarryThemAll Reverse Harem Route]], where the PlayerCharacter hooks up with the 5 romantic options...''plus'' Lieselotte, the titular "{{Tsundere}} [[AlphaBitch villainess]]". In case it's not clear to the player, it's explicitly stated Lieselotte ''falls in love with'' the PlayerCharacter, who only has a female sprite.

* In contrast with its predecessor, which only had female romance options, ''Postknight 2'' currently has five romance options- three female (Pearl, Morgan, and Amethyst) and two male (Jasper and Flint). They can be romanced regardless of the player's gender (though the [[RomanceSidequest Romance Sidequests]] for Jasper and Amethyst are currently incomplete).

* ''VideoGame/ExpeditionsViking'' has one straight (Nefja and Asleifr) and one bisexual (Røskva and Ketill) romance option of each gender.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' includes a feature called "skinshipping" where the Avatar can pet and stroke the members of his/her army to raise affinity with them, gender being irrelevant, though the petting is only in the Japanese version. Two characters can achieve S-rank with an avatar of the same gender; a male avatar can marry one of the male units from Nohr (the TallDarkAndSnarky Niles), while a female avatar can marry one of the female units from Hoshido (the DarkMagicalGirl Rhajat). Interestingly, Soleil is ''not'' a marriage option for a female Corrin (or any female character, for that matter), despite her constantly gushing about the fairer sex and flirting with every woman she sees; it's to the point that the English localization rewrote the bulk of her S supports to match, turning them into [[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove declarations of deep friendship]] instead of love. Even of the two that remained romantic, only one has her wholly reciprocate the other person's feelings, that being the [[DudeLooksLikeALady effeminate]], [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdressing]] Forrest.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' includes a feature called "skinshipping" where the Avatar can pet and stroke the members of his/her army to raise affinity with them, gender being irrelevant, though the petting is only in the Japanese version. Two characters can achieve S-rank with an avatar of the same gender; a male avatar can marry one of the male units from Nohr (the TallDarkAndSnarky Niles), while a female avatar can marry one of the female units from Hoshido (the DarkMagicalGirl Rhajat). Interestingly, the openly gay character, Soleil, is ''not'' a marriage option for a female Corrin, despite her defining trait being unashamedly gay and not being happy if you wed her to anyone but the crossdressing character.

* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon: Korobokkuru Station For Girls'' had a thinly-veiled Gay Option, allowing you to use a [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship "Best Friends Ceremony"]] to get one of the special wives from the male version to move in with you and eventually bring you a baby, as if they were a husband. This was removed for the US version, ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS Cute'' -- more obnoxiously, Creator/{{Natsume}} refused to confirm they removed it, and they left in all the related scenes up to actually "proposing", so it's taken hours of work by dedicated players to, in fact, confirm it's not in there. Fans were understandably annoyed.

* ''VideoGame/MagiciansQuestMysteriousTimes'' (also known as ''[[MarketBasedTitle Enchanted Folk and the School of Wizardry]]'' allows you to a achieve a relationship with a townsperson the same gender as you called "Bound by a Strong Connection." This is treated as a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship (or Two Guy Friendship) by townspeople.

* While the base game of ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' only has straight romance options, that changed in the expansions:

** Both Theron and Lana's romances can be continued -- or started, if they weren't romanced in the previous expansion -- in ''Knights of the Fallen Empire'' and ''Knights of the Eternal Throne'', with the addition of rebel pilot Koth Vortena. Potentially redeemed BigBad Arcann was also made romanceable by anyone once [=KotET=] was completed.
** ''Jedi Under Siege'' (the lead-in to the next big expansion ''Onslaught'') introduces two new potential love interests who can be flirted with regardless of gender: Jedi Knight Tau Idair for Republic players, and Imperial soldier Major Anri for Empire players. It also allows female Jedi Consulars to start a new romance with base game love interest Nadia Grell, female Sith Warriors to start a new romance with base game love interest Jaesa Willsaam (and Sith Warriors of any gender to start a romance with Jaesa's Light Side counterpart, who was not romanceable in the base game), and Sith Inquisitors of any gender to start a new romance with Khem Val.
** ''Onslaught'' continues the flirtation with Tau and Anri. Female Jedi Knights can now also start a romance with base game love interest Kira Carsen, and Jedi Knights of any gender can now start a romance with base game companion Lord Scourge.

** ''Rise of the Hutt Cartel'' allows republic players of any gender to have a minor romance with archaeologist Lemda Avesta, and male empire players to have a minor romance with disgraced sith Lord Cytharat.

** Both Theron and Lana's romances can be continued -- or started, if they weren't romanced in the previous expansion -- in ''Knights of the Fallen Empire'' and ''Knights of the Eternal Throne'', with the addition of rebel pilot Koth Vortena. Potentially redeemed BigBad Arcann was also made romancable by anyone once ''[=KotET=]'' was completed.
** ''Jedi Under Siege'' (the lead-in to the next big expansion ''Onslaught'') introduces two new potential love interests who can be flirted with regardless of gender: jedi knight Tau Idair for republic players, and imperial soldier Major Anri for empire players. It also allows female Jedi Consulars to start a new romance with base game love interest Nadia Grell, female Sith Warriors to start a new romance with base game love interest Jaesa Willsaam (and Sith Warriors of any gender to start a romance with Jaesa's light side counterpart, who was not romancable in the base game), and Sith Inquisitors of any gender to start a new romance with Khem Val.

* In ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'', it's possible to romance Vivica, Alicia, or Bobbie if you're a girl, and Richard or [[spoiler:Charles]] if you're a boy, and if you don't end up with any of your classmates after graduating high school, your spouse can be the same gender as your character if you wish. Other love interests have romantic options open even if your character is the same gender as them, but [[IncompatibleOrientation they'll reject you because they don't feel that way towards you.]]

* In ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'', it's possible to romance Vivica or Alicia if you're a girl, and Richard or [[spoiler:Charles]] if you're a boy, and if you don't end up with any of your classmates after graduating high school, your spouse can be the same gender as your character if you wish. Other love interests have romantic options open even if your character is the same gender as them, but [[IncompatibleOrientation they'll reject you because they don't feel that way towards you.]]

* In ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'', it's possible to romance Vivica, Alicia, or Felicity if you're a girl, and Richard or [[spoiler:Charles]] if you're a boy, and if you don't end up with any of your classmates after graduating high school, your spouse can be the same gender as your character if you wish.

* In ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'', it's possible to romance Wendy, Vivica, Alicia, or Felicity if you're a girl, and Richard or [[spoiler:Charles]] if you're a boy, and if you don't end up with any of your classmates after graduating high school, your spouse can be the same gender as your character if you wish.

* In ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'', it's possible to romance Wendy, Vivica, Alicia, or Felicity if you're a girl and [[spoiler:Charles]] if you're a boy, and if you don't end up with any of your classmates after graduating high school, your spouse can be the same gender as your character if you wish.

* In ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'', it's possible to romance Wendy, Vivica, or Alicia if you're a girl and [[spoiler:Charles]] if you're a boy, and if you don't end up with any of your classmates after graduating high school, your spouse can be the same gender as your character if you wish.

* In ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'', it's possible to romance Wendy, Vivica, or Alicia if you're a girl and Charles if you're a boy, and if you don't end up with any of your classmates after graduating high school, your spouse can be the same gender as your character if you wish.

* In ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'', it's possible to romance Wendy, Vivica, or Alicia if you're a girl and Charles if you're a boy.

* In ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'', it's possible to romance Wendy and Vivica if you're a girl and Charles if you're a boy.

* In ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'', it's possible to romance Wendy and Vivica if you're a girl and Charles if you're a boy.

* 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''.

* The math behind ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory''[='=]s friendship system was hidden, but boiled down to Friendship and Romance points. The characters that best matched up for one another (roughly) would end up having a cut scene together in the ending, be they same or different gender. It was hard to get high Romance Points between same-sex characters due to a lack of appropriate cut scenes, so sabotaging the opposite-sex ones is the best tactic.

* ''VideoGame/{{Dex}}'' allows the titular character to sleep with female prostitutes.