History PhysicalGod / VideoGames

* Over ''one tenth of the galaxy'' in ''[[VideoGame/EscapeVelocity Escape Velocity: Nova]]'' is controlled by Krypt, a god-like entity formed when a group of powerful psychics imbued their consciousnesses into a planetary network of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Nanomachines nanites]] . Krypt is capable of taking human shape (or practically any other shape it chooses), but generally spends its time "exploring" the rest of the galaxy in sphere like orbs that obliterate practically everything they come into contact with. By the time the story begins, Krypt is [[Main/AlmightyIdiot so far gone from reality]] that it isn't even aware other life forms exist.
** Towards the end of the Vell-os campaign, [[spoiler:the player becomes one, having realized their full psychic potential. In terms of gameplay, the most powerful psychic "ship" you can summon isn't outright invincible, but it's pretty dang close. It is stated that your powers could destroy a planet if you chose, and you actually manage to battle Krypt to a standstill in order to force it to acknowledge your existence. The storyline ends with you and the rest of the Vell-os race [[Main/AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence transcending to the next plane of existence]]]].

** All the gods are eventually revealed to be [[DeityOfHumanOrigin mortals who obtained their power from external sources]], whether it be from [[AncientArtifact Elder Artefacts]], tools used by the [[TheMaker Elder Gods]] to shape creation, or from straight up ''[[KillTheGod killing]]'' [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt another god]]. As such, they have a step below being truly almighty while being miles above the average mortal. The only known exceptions are Zaros and Seren, who were created directly by the Elder God Mah, and the Elder Gods themselves, who reincarnate throughout every iteration of the universe.

* Rosalina from the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' series is hinted to be this, thanks to how [[spoiler:she manages to oversee the ''death and rebirth of the galaxy'' in the first ''Super Mario Galaxy'' game.]] But if that's not enough, she ''definitely'' counts as this in her ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' appearance, where most of her non-Luma attacks involve the power of the cosmos that she holds, and she even uses the power of said cosmos [[GagCensor to prevent people from seeing anything up her skirt other than stars.]]

*** The Aegises Pyra/Mythra and Malos can also count as god-like beings thanks to their immeasurable power, The former can control fire as Pyra and as Mythra, she can use [[LightIsGood the power of light]] and the latter can use [[DarkIsEvil the power of darkness]], and both have the power to control the Artifices including [[spoiler: Aion which can destroy the world.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'', the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] of Makai [[PowerLevels are gauged by their strength alphabetically]] (for the record, a Class ''B'' Darkstalker, like Le Malta (Lord Raptor's [[SwissArmyHero shapeshifting]] companion), could [[OneManArmy solo]] an entire ''platoon'' of trained marines (and the majority of playable characters are considered "B'''+'''")). Anyone who makes it to Class S qualifies for this trope (with a dash of RealityWarper), rivaling ComicBook/{{Galactus}} in terms of planet-busting destruction. [[GooGooGodlike As an infant]], Morrigan [[PowerIncontinence unknowingly]] could create and destroy whole dimensions ''in her sleep''. She eventually had her soul split into thirds so that [[ComesGreatResponsibility she could learn to properly wield these powers]]... and ''still'' ended up as a powerful demoness. Jedah could [[PocketDimension create an entire realm]] that sucked in souls like a magnet and his plan for Makai's [[DarkMessiah "salvation"]] was to [[AssimilationPlot absorb all of Makai's souls into his body and reset reality]]. Perhaps the best example comes from Morrigan's adoptive father Belial, a Class ''[[RankInflation S+]]''. When Demitri (a Class A) [[SuicidalOverconfidence challenged]] Belial for the throne of Makai, Belial nonchalantly [[CurbStompBattle ripped]] Demitri and his castle ''out of reality'' and exiled him to the human world. It took Demitri a century to recover, [[WorfHadTheFlu and he still wasn't at 100% when the first game rolled around]]. And even Belial was fearful of Morrigan's powers, seeing her to have the potential to not only rule Makai, but eventually [[SuperiorSuccessor surpass him]].

It's implied that Dante has the potential to surpass his father (who also qualifies for this trope). By ''2'', he [[spoiler:[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu slaughters]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Argosax the Chaos]], ''[[SealedEvilInACan King of the Demon World]]'', and the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Despair]] [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere Embodied]] (its BishonenLine of a OneWingedAngel) ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu with little visible effort]]''.]] And ''that's'' when he's in his normal form. [[SuperMode Devil Trigger]] ([[NighInvulnerability Majin]] [[DesperationAttack Form]]), anyone? In the ''5'' prequel novel, Argosax was so inconsequential he doesn't remember his name. By ''4'', he [[spoiler:can take a blow from The Savior and still be relatively unscratched]]. In ''5'', [[spoiler: he unlocks his final form, Sin Devil Trigger, which takes on a form which is a hybrid of his normal Devil Trigger and his Majin from ''2'' and gains his own Devil Arm, Demon Sword Dante. He's powerful enough that he's able to dominate Urizen one-on-one, who had previously overpowered Dante without even getting out of his chair. Dante's only equal is Vergil after he acquires his own Sin Devil Trigger.]]

%%* In ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'', you have the Lord of Terror. The sequel has three of these, aptly named the Prime Evils.

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' has you playing as Kratos fighting against the Olympian gods and even brutally killing them.

* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' differs from its predecessor in that most of the mythological creatures and deities encountered aren't the real deal but there are some legitimate examples that usually take the role of the game's GreaterScopeVillain.
** The BigGood of the series is a deity named Philemon, which (like almost everything in the series) was inspired by the writings of UsefulNotes/CarlJung. In fact, most of the series' legitimate deities are all [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly personifications of various aspects of the human mind within the Collective Unconscious.]] The series' SatanicArchetype is the [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Lovecraftian deity]] Nyarlathotep.
** The [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek gods Nyx and Erebus]] are the [[GreaterScopeVillain Greater-Scope Villains]] of ''VideoGame/Persona1'''s Snow Queen Quest and ''VideoGame/Persona3''.
** ''VideoGame/Persona4'' has [[spoiler: Izanami-no-Okami, the LiteralSplitPersonality of the [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Japanese goddess Izanami-no-Mikoto]]]] as the GreaterScopeVillain.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'''s GreaterScopeVillain is the [[spoiler: [[UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}} Gnostic deity Yaldabaoth]], also known as Demiurge.]]

* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' has Marle, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the [[ThePowersThatBe Will of the Worlds']] need to maintain the orderly, enjoyable nature of battles, as well as her brother/creation, Squares. They're both ageless, immensely powerful (though not invincible and rather easy to catch off-guard) and hyper-fixated on the concepts they represents.
** ''Puyo Puyo's'' sister series, ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari'' also had Lilith, the Dark Prince's former consort, who ascended to become part of ThePowersThatBe. Arle is implied to be an incarnation of the magical power left behind when Lilith ascended (they look identical to each other), and early pre-release material for ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoFever'' indicates that Amitie might be descended from Lilith (or another goddess connected to her) as well. In any case, Arle's and Amitie's [[AndYourRewardIsClothes alternate costumes]], Valkyrie Arle and Red Amitie are all but stated to basically make them Physical Goddesses themselves, even if they are unaware of this fact.

** Three particular cases of this trope stand out in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'', the first being the Nameless King, a BonusBoss who looks like a god of thunder and whose arena is pretty much just gray clouds you can walk on, and while he looks a bit worse for wear, he's definetly at least near his full power. On top of that the lore you get after killing him [[spoiler: imply he's Gwyn's firstborn.]]

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', Kefka becomes the new god of magic after absorbing the power of the Warring Triad, he then goes on to destroy the world and then later becomes the worlds new ruler for a year.

** Mundus, the main villain of [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 the first game]], is effectively the God of Demons. It's heavily implied that the reason Sparda (and later Dante) made him into a SealedEvilInACan is because there is literally no power that can kill him. ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' tweaks the lore slightly with the revelation that the source of Mundus's great power is the [[UsefulNotes/{{Kabbalah}} Qliphoth]], an ancient tree residing within the Demon World that collects human blood over the course of millennia and eventually bears a single fruit that effectively bestows godhood upon whoever eats it. Sparda made sure to cut off the Qliphoth from the Human World after defeating the King of the Underworld, but with the seal broken in the present, new BigBad Urizen ([[spoiler:Vergil's devil half [[LiteralSplitHumanity split off from]] his human side]]) seeks to obtain the legendary fruit for himself. [[spoiler:He succeeds about 3/4 of the way through the game but proves no match for a reinvigorated Dante, [[TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential who has gained even greater power]] by using the broken remains of his Rebellion to fuse both that sword and the Sparda into his body. By the end of the game, both Dante and Vergil have surpassed both Mundus and Sparda (with Vergil's son Nero implied to be not too far behind them), essentially pushing this UpToEleven.]]

** On the lowest rung of the 'godly' part, there are Demigods: the sons and daughters of [[GodEmperor Marika The Eternal]] and their descendants. The Elden Lord, the ruler-consort of Marika, is also considered a Demigod for political and power purposes, despite all of them being mortals who ascended to that position through taking Marika in marriage. All direct descendant possess superhuman strength [[MagicKnight and]]/[[TheArchmage or]] immense magical talent and prowess. The descendants of demigods, like Godrick, have 'diluted blood' that makes them lack this innate power.
** Above them is their collective mother, [[TopGod Marika]], ruler of the Lands Between and vessel of the [[CosmicKeystone Elden Ring]]. Though her prowess in battle is not known, she's often described as a fear-inducing goddess that ruled more or less unquestioned in the prime of her civilization. Sharing her tier are also the Empyreans, select few descendants of Marika empowered by Outer Gods. The Empyreans all have the potential to succeed Marika as the Ruling God of the Lands Between and though only [[Characters/EldenRingMalenia Malenia, Blade of Miquella and Goddess of Rot]], is fought in the game, she provides [[WorldsBestWarrior a horrifying glimpse]] into [[{{Superboss}} just how powerful]] the entities of this tier really are.

** On the lowest rung of the 'godly' part, there are Demigods: the sons and daughters of [[GodEmperor Marika The Eternal]] and their descendants. The Elden Lord, the ruler-consort of Marika, is also considered a Demigod for political and power purposes, despite all of them being mortals who ascended to that position through taking Marika in marriage. All direct descendant possess superhuman strength [[MagicKnight and]][[TheArchmage /or]] immense magical talent and prowess. The descendants of demigods, like Godrick, have 'diluted blood' that makes them lack this innate power.
** Above them is their collective mother, [[TopGod Marika]], ruler of the Lands Between and vessel of the [[CosmicKeystone Elden Ring]]. Though her prowess in battle is not known, she's often described as a fear-inducing goddess that ruled more or less unquestioned in the prime of her civilization. Sharing her tier are also the Empyreans, select few descendants of Marika empowered by Outer Gods. The Empyreans all have the potential to succeed Marika as the Ruling God of the Lands Between and though only [[Characters/EldenRingMalenia Malenia, Blade of Miquella and Goddess of Rot]], is fought in the game, she provides [[WorldsBestWarrior a horri]][[WalkingWasteland fying glimpse]] into [[{{Superboss}} just how powerful]] the entities of this tier really are.

** On the lowest rung of the 'godly' part, there are Demigods: the sons and daughters of [[GodEmperor Marika The Eternal]] and their descendants. The Elden Lord, the ruler-consort of Marika, is also considered a Demigod for political and power uses, despite all of them being mortals who ascended to that position through taking Marika in marriage. All direct descendant possess superhuman strength or/[[MagicKnight and]] immense magical talent and prowess. The descendants of demigods, like Godrick, have 'diluted blood' that makes them lack this innate power.
** Above them is their collective mother, [[TopGod Marika]], ruler of the Lands Between and vessel of the [[CosmicKeystone Elden Ring]]. Though her prowess in battle is not known, she's often described as a fear-inducing goddess that ruled more or less unquestioned in the prime of her civilization.
** Equal to Marika there are the Vassals, angel-like entities that acts as heralds for the very-much-not-physical Greater Will, the entity that selected Marika as its chosen god-vessel. The Two Fingers are the main representative of this group, and act as the BigGood to the player in their attempt to reconstruct the Elden Ring. As it turns out at the very end of the game [[spoiler: there is actually a vassal ''above'' Marika herself: the Elden Beast, the incarnation of Order that resides within the Erdtree, and is implied to either be the guardian or the conscious will of the Elden Ring itself, who is powerful enough to be able to punish Marika and crucify for the crime of breaking the Elden Ring.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'', the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] of Makai [[PowerLevels are gauged by their strength alphabetically]] (for the record, a Class ''B'' Darkstalker, like Le Malta (Lord Raptor's [[SwissArmyHero shapeshifting]] [[AssistCharacter companion]]), could [[OneManArmy solo]] an entire ''platoon'' of trained marines (and the majority of playable characters are considered "B'''+'''")). Anyone who makes it to Class S qualifies for this trope (with a dash of RealityWarper), rivaling ComicBook/{{Galactus}} in terms of planet-busting destruction. [[GooGooGodlike As an infant]], Morrigan [[PowerIncontinence unknowingly]] could create and destroy whole dimensions ''in her sleep''. She eventually had her soul split into thirds so that [[ComesGreatResponsibility she could learn to properly wield these powers]]... and ''still'' ended up as a powerful demoness. Jedah could [[PocketDimension create an entire realm]] that sucked in souls like a magnet and his plan for Makai's [[DarkMessiah "salvation"]] was to [[AssimilationPlot absorb all of Makai's souls into his body and reset reality]]. Perhaps the best example comes from Morrigan's adoptive father Belial, a Class ''[[RankInflation S+]]''. When Demitri (a Class A) [[SuicidalOverconfidence challenged]] Belial for the throne of Makai, Belial nonchalantly [[CurbStompBattle ripped]] Demitri and his castle ''out of reality'' and exiled him to the human world. It took Demitri a century to recover, [[WorfHadTheFlu and he still wasn't at 100% when the first game rolled around]]. And even Belial was fearful of Morrigan's powers, seeing her to have the potential to not only rule Makai, but eventually [[SuperiorSuccessor surpass him]].

** Though [[BerserkButton suggesting it to him]] would result in your quick death, Pelinal Whitestrake, the [[LongDeadBadass legendary 1st Era hero]] of mankind/[[FantasticRacism racist]] [[TheBerserker berserker]], was clearly connected with divinity in some way and had abilities ''far'' beyond that of mortal men. Believed to have been a [[EternalHero Shezarrine]], [[GodInHumanForm physical incarnations]] of the spirit of the [[GodIsDead "dead" creator god]] Lorkhan (known to the Imperials as "[[IHaveManyNames Shezarr]]"), Pelinal came to [[FounderOfTheKingdom St. Alessia]] to serve as her divine champion in the war against the [[AbusivePrecursors Ayleids]]. Pelinal would fly into fits of UnstoppableRage (''mostly'' directed at the Ayleids) during which he [[BloodSplatteredWarrior would be stained with their blood]] and [[PaintTheTownRed left so much carnage in his wake]] that Kyne, one of the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Divines]], would have to [[CueTheRain send in her rain]] to cleanse Ayleid forts and village before they could be used by Alessia's forces. He admitted during a conversation with his "nephew" [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Morihaus]] that "we are Ada," an old name for Aedric beings, and was able to [[LosingYourHead survive and hold a conversation as only a head]] after [[CruelAndUnusualDeath his body was dismembered]].

** There are two [=CPUs=] that are considered {{Physical God}}s even among the other [=CPUs=], namely Rei Ryghts and [[spoiler:Kurome Ankokuboshi]]. Both of them are [[TheOlderImmortal CPUs from before the time of the current ones]] and despite having few to no followers can still beat down on the [=CPUs=] even when they work together, although it should be noted both of them resorted to...[[RePower unconventional methods]] and [[PowerParasite new]] [[ThePowerOfHate power sources]] for at least part of their strength.

** From the pre-windows era game ''VideoGame/TouhouKaikidanMysticSquare'' we had Shinki, who is THE God of the demon realm, Makai. As in, she personally created Makai and every single one of its inhabitants (with the possible exception for Alice). And then there's also [[GhostAmnesia Mima]], who tells Shinki she's [[BlatantLies the goddess of the human world]] for laughs. And isn't that far off, [[AwesomeEgo if her fanon interpretation is anything to go by]].
** Most of ''Touhou'''s godd[[ImprobablyFemaleCast esses]] were introduced in ''VideoGame/TouhouFuujinrokuMountainOfFaith'': Autumn goddesses Shizuha Aki, [[OddJobGods goddess of]] [[PaintingTheFrostOnWindows colouring the leaves when autumn comes]], and her younger sister [[StrongerSibling Minoriko Aki]], goddess of the abundant harvest. Then there's the curse goddess Hina Kagiyama, though she is described as technically being closer to a {{youkai}} since she lives off of misfortune rather than faith. On the top of the hierarchy there's the Shinto goddesses, Kanako Yasaka and Suwako Moriya. The first is a mountain goddess of the wind and the sky, while the second is a native goddess of earth and curses (though she's also strongly associated with [[AnimalMotifs frogs]]). Their shrine maiden, Sanae, also falls under this since she's an ''arahitogami'', a being who is both fully god and fully human at the same time (which is what the emperor of Japan was once considered).

* The ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' cast has its own fair share of gods amongs the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters. For starters, the Dragon God who, though it has never been seen, is the greatest divinity in the setting (presumably by virtue of being a kind of AnthropomorphicPersonification of all east-Asian mythology).

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', this is what the Warrior of Light become at the end of Shadowbringers. [[spoiler: They were already the main shard of the soul of Azem but fusing with Ardbert was sufficient enough for them to be able to wield the Flood Of Light and they seem to gain more and more abilities of their amaurotine self afterwards.]]

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** Aurelion Sol can be considered one since he’s the creator of the universe. He has the power to create stars, solar systems, galaxies and rarely meets any equals him in power and creativity. He’s also the only known Celestial Dragon we know of in the entire game and it’s likely there will be more in the future.

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*** ''The Ringed City'' DLC introduces a third one, who's not only the final boss of the game or the DLC, but of the whole ''Dark Souls'' series: [[spoiler:Slave Knight Gael after he consumes the Dark Soul fragments of the Pygmy Lords. This effectively turned him into the incarnation of the Dark Soul itself, which according to the lore, should put him on equal footing with -- or maybe even beyond -- the Old Lords at the height of their power. And it ''shows'', he becomes able to perform seemingly impossible acrobatics despite his hulking size, attack with deadly force despite the sorry state of his time-worn weapons, and he has an [[DamageSpongeBoss utterly massive healthbar]] to boot. Once he gets to his third phase, he can even perform something not even Gwyn could: summon thunder. Not yellow miracle sunlight spears, actual thunder pulled straight from stormclouds]].

** The Summons of the series are portrayed as gods and in some entries they were as worshipped as ones in some entries.

* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona'' differs from its predecessor in that most of the mythological creatures and deities encountered aren't the real deal but there are some legitimate examples that usually take the role of the game's GreaterScopeVillain.