History Main / PacifistRun

* ''RedDeadRedemption''. You ''can'' minimize all killing in the game with your trusty lasso - aside from times you ''must'' kill, such as the gatling gun missions - but it's NintendoHard to do the ''entire'' game that way.

* ''{{Painkiller}}'' sort of has this as one of the card conditions in ''Battle Out of Hell''. The card condition for the Loony Park level is to finish with no more than 88 kills, meaning that the last section of the level has to be finished with minimal casualties. Fortunately, it's a rail shooter section to boot, so if the player has enough health, there's nothing stopping him from going and fetching another cup of coffee while the rail section plays out.

* In QuestForGlory, the Thief can make it through the first three games only killing two [[BigBad Big Bads]]. The fourth game also requires you to kill two [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], a wraith, and the BigBad. The fifth game does not really allow for a pacifist run.

* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', like its predecessors, can be played in a pacifist manner, except for a handful of forced boss battles. Unlike the first two games though, the bosses can't be circumvented so you have to fight and kill them. There is an achievement for doing a pacifist run (excepting the boss battles). Storyline wise, it makes sense, because the bosses are absolutely insane and have very much crossed the MoralEventHorizon.

->[[BewareTheNiceOnes *A hundred turns later*]]

* In ''PerfectDark'', the player has the ability to disarm opponents. Most enemies who get disarmed will give up, but some may pull out another gun, pick up the dropped weapon, or attempt to punch the player, in which case you can simply knock them unconscious with a punch or [[PistolWhipping pistol whip]].

* ''{{Oddworld}}: Stranger's Wrath'', being a BountyHunter themed game, allows you to choose between killing an enemy, or simply stunning them long enough for you to trap then in your [[BagOfHolding bounty bag]]. Live enemies are worth more than dead enemies. Challenges could include bringing in all bounties alive, bringing in all outlaws alive, or bringing in all enemies in the game alive. Minor challenges could also include never attacking a non hostile NPC for Moolah, or neglecting to collect two optional Moolah rewards that require robbing innocents. [[spoiler:Due to a GenreShift late in the game, this becomes more difficult. You are required to kill several enemies (including the BigBad) during the final levels. In addition, the previously pacifistic Bounty Bag is replaced with a Bait Bag that is used to breed your living ammo. Guess what they eat?]]

** Sometimes enforced in ''Splinter Cell: Double Agent'', where you're free to kill or spare the enemy, but killing them will lower the NSA's trust in you which, if it's low to begin with, might be something you can't afford. [[spoiler:The GameCube version forcibly averts this in the final mission where you're forced to kill certain JBA members where no matter what you do to them counts as a kill. Even grabbing and using the knockout button triggers his stab move instead.]]

* The remake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' for the GameCube has what is called "One Dangerous Zombie" mode, wherein a zombie completely strapped with explosives constantly follows you around through the game. Attack him even passively, and you get a game over. For the series proper, you obviously need to kill bosses in the main plotlines, but for standard {{Mook}}s and some of the minigames, you're free to try this challenge out.

* ''VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided'': Much to the celebration of the fans, this game will require no deaths. Even bosses.

* Most missions in the various ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' games can be completed without killing anyone other than the mission's intended target(s). In ''Hitman 2'' and onward, doing so earns the player the rating "Silent Assassin" and usually comes with a reward of some sort.[[note]]Which, ironically, always seem to be some sort of firearms.[[/note]]
** In the 4th game, ''Blood Money'', killing anyone other than the target(s) can make later missions more difficult as your notoriety will grow, especially if you leave witnesses and/or get caught on camera. However, you can obtain the surveillance tape if you get caught on camera before leaving the mission, and pay money to cover up the crime after the mission. Killing witnesses, however, can make things worse.

* ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' offered an interesting variant since bosses are worth more "kills" if they are defeated fast, so players attempting this had to wait a while in those fights while dodging the attacks and (depending on the exact definition and route) protecting their teammates in those cases where they can actually get attacked by these bosses.

* In the Bakumatsu chapter of ''LiveALive,'' Oboro keeps a running mental tally of how many people he's killed (only humans; ghosts, demons, and machines don't count towards this total) over the course of the chapter. Somewhat overlapping with the StealthRun, finishing the chapter with zero kills (which requires a good number of [[GuideDangIt counterintuitive steps]]) nets you his [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus 0.5 Sword]] for use in the final chapter. It's possible to get an equivalent weapon by beating a rather difficult BonusBoss.

* In ''JaggedAlliance 2'' you can finish the game without killing anyone except the queen and without liberating any towns just by cutting across country to the capital, sneaking past the soldiers there, and killing the queen before any of her guards arrive.

* ''Mars: War Logs'' allows you to spare the life of every NPC you fight.

-->-- [[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/195920/blog/galactic-civilizations-diary-days-1-26/ This]] LetsPlay of ''[[GalacticCivilizations Galactic Civilizations 2]]''.

* ''GalacticCivilizations'': you don't get an achievement for it, but you can win by forming Alliances with all the other races, forming an Alliance with one race and having ''them'' crush your enemies, or by using heavily upgraded influence starbases to either culture-hug enemy worlds into defecting to your side, or to mark most of the map as your territory (which brings with it the incidental bonus that you can ram through any result you want at the United Planets and nobody will have the voting power to stop you).