History RidiculouslyHumanRobots / VideoGames

* Orange-Steamed Crab in ''Tale of Food'' is said to be a full robot made from wood, stone and copper, but in design he looks more like a {{cyborg}}, with a {{Bishonen}} human face and two of his limbs looking like flesh. Not only that, he can ''live'' like a human – being able to bathe, for one – despite not understanding human mentality.

* Blade Wolf in ''VideoGame/MetalGearRising'' is both a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] and [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] example. For starters, he's physically [[RobotDog modeled after a wolf,]] not a human. Mentally, however, Wolf's neural network is designed along the same lines as an organic human brain, so while he is sentient, he's subject to the same limitations as a human — he has no access to an OmniscientDatabase and can only extrapolate logical conclusions using evidence he has acquired himself. He also [[{{Technopath}} can't hack computers]] due to "a matter of protocols", and he does not have perfect recall of every single person he has met — he can only give estimations on the likelihood that he has seen that person before.

* Orange-Steamed Crab in ''Tale of Food'' is said to be a full robot made from wood, stone and copper, but in design he looks more like a {{cyborg}}, with a {{Bishonen}} human face and two of his limbs looking like flesh. Not only that, he can ''live'' like a human – being able to bathe, for one – despite not understanding human mentality.

* Blade Wolf in ''VideoGame/MetalGearRising'' is both a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] and [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] example. For starters, he's physically [[RobotDog modeled after a wolf,]] not a human. Mentally, however, Wolf's neural network is designed along the same lines as an organic human brain, so while he is sentient, he's subject to the same limitations as a human — he has no access to an OmniscientDatabase and can only extrapolate logical conclusions using evidence he has acquired himself. He also [[{{Technopath}} can't hack computers]] due to "a matter of protocols", and he does not have perfect recall of every single person he has met — he can only give estimations on the likelihood that he has seen that person before.

* Most of the characters in ''VideoGame/{{Primordia}}'', as it is a post-apocalyptic world populated by robots after the humanity is long gone. The robots have various goals and moral guidelines and Horatio Nullbuilt, the main character, is even religious; studying the holy text called Book of Man.

* ''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle'' has Beep-0 who despite, resemblign a roomba, has MANY personality traits. As he's very out-going, short-tempered, and plays the [[StraightMan Straight Man]] towards many of the Rabbids' antics.

** The ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series slips ever-closer to this trope's existence with every installment, deliberately. This is in direct contrast to the true, pure robots of [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic the original series]]. It's implied that even Mega Man himself was not truly capable of pure free will [[spoiler:(except in the English version of ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'', where he almost [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim kills Wily over his specific objections that doing so would violate the first law of robotics. He doesn't care]]. In the Japanese version, Mega Man obediently lowers his Arm Cannon when Wily pointed this out)]]. As reploids are ''designed'' to be as human-like, or at least as life-like, as possible, it makes sense for further advancements to make reploids more resemble and function like synthetic versions of humans and animals. Interestingly, X and Zero themselves, despite being the models from which all reploids originate ''and'' the series' primary protagonists, are still essentially more mechanical than human. By the time of ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', the trope starts to go the other way as well, and the line gets so blurred that Humans and Reploids stop making distinctions between each other, so that when ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' rolls around, they've forgotten that there ''is'' a distinction.

* The MechaMooks in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'', the R.O.B. Squad. They're very clearly distressed when [[spoiler:they and their comrades are torn apart by a Subspace Bomb.]] It's quite TearJerker-y. It also leads to MoralDissonance sometimes. The playable R.O.B. and Megaman moreso, as they can eat, sleep, and feel pain just like the organic characters.

* In ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'', Tio is a robotic killing machine build to fight an ancient war, that inexplicably looks like a teenaged Japanese girl (albeit with pale skin and [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]]). Over the course of the game, she becomes more and more human in personality as well, despite there being no reason for her to be programmed with the capability for emotions.

** If this makes any sense, the automated repair functions of the Aperture Testing Facility. There's an almost organic quality to the movements of the panels; it's most obvious in spots where debris is blocking them, as the system tries to force them into place.

** ''Might And Magic VIII'' plays with it: [[spoiler: Escaton]] ''is'' psychologically human-like to a degree that is unnecessary to his purpose and, in fact, ends up hampering it... ''except'' the same conversation that reveals this also reveals that his current purpose (scouring Kreegan-infested worlds that are unable to deal with the infestation on their own) isn't his ''original'' purpose. His original purpose was to be a crowning achievement of Ancient humaniform robot design, for which being like a human is [[ForScience the entire point]].

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'': [[spoiler:''Every single human in New Los Angeles, including the player character'', is actually a highly advanced android controlled by a human consciousness, while their actual bodies are trapped in stasis in the core of the Lifehold. They're sufficiently lifelike for the AmnesiacHero protagonist to not even realize this is the case until they get an arm blown off. These machine bodies can eat, sleep, get drunk, feel pain... and at one point a native lifeform is even able to parasitize them. They are nonetheless shown to be entirely mechanical.]]

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'': [[spoiler:''Every single human in New Los Angeles, including the player character'', is actually a highly advanced android controlled by a human consciousness, while their actual bodies are trapped in stasis in the core of the Lifehold. They're sufficiently lifelike for the AmnesiacHero protagonist to not even realize this is the case until they get an arm blown off.]]

* In ''Videogame/{{Destiny}}'', the Exos are intelligent humanoid robots with all of the mental characteristics of humans, complete with the ability to eat and drink and feel hatred, anger, fear, boredom, and love. Later on, they are outright confirmed to be [[BrainUploading uploaded human minds]]. This also raises a question for many Exos: they are fully aware that their original purpose was to be war machines made to fight for Golden Age humanity, so why were they created with the capacity to feel emotions and have desires and needs that would not provide any use on the battlefield? Many of the Exos grapple with these questions, [[LossOfIdentity as well as trying to remember who and what they were before they were built or uploaded, as many cannot remember their past lives.]]

* In ''VideoGame/DontStarve'', [[RobotNames WX-78]] the Soulless Automaton is a clockwork robot. However, it still needs to eat food (although it can eat stale or rotten food without penalty), it can sleep and it has a [[SanityMeter decaying mental health]] just like any organic character.

** The ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series slips ever-closer to this trope's existence with every installment, deliberately. This is in direct contrast to the true, pure robots of [[VideoGame/MegaMan the original series]]. It's implied that even Mega Man himself was not truly capable of pure free will [[spoiler:(except in the English version of 7, where he almost [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim kills Wily over his specific objections that doing so would violate the first law of robotics. He doesn't care]]. In the Japanese version, Mega Man obediently lowers his Arm Cannon when Wily pointed this out)]]. As reploids are ''designed'' to be as human-like, or at least as life-like, as possible, it makes sense for further advancements to make reploids more resemble and function like synthetic versions of humans and animals. Interestingly, X and Zero themselves, despite being the models from which all reploids originate ''and'' the series' primary protagonists, are still essentially more mechanical than human. By the time of ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', the trope starts to go the other way as well, and the line gets so blurred that Humans and Reploids stop making distinctions between each other, so that when ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' rolls around, they've forgotten that there ''is'' a distinction.

* ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' plays around this trope in several ways. The playable character is part of [=YoRHa=] androids, who are very much human in terms of outward appearances and emotional capabilities. The enemies are machine lifeforms, which clearly look like clunky humanoid robots but somehow able to mimic certain human emotions. The machine lifeform later literally [[spoiler:gives birth to very human-looking machine. That's before getting into the fact that with humanity gone, both androids and machine lifeforms actually seek to become perfect humans in the long run.]]

* In ''[[VideoGame/SaGa2 SaGa 2/Final Fantasy Legend II]]'', the main story remains unchanged no matter what type of character you choose as protagonist. If you happen to choose a mecha, you end up with a story where it was given birth by two human parents, has notable daddy issues, and goes to school with humans, espers, monsters, and other mecha.

* The androids from ''Videogame/DetroitBecomeHuman'' look so human, they need multiple identifying marks to distinguish them from the human population (a blue armband, the word "Android" and a blue triangle on their clothes, and an LED in their right temple). Remove or cover those, and nobody can tell the difference.
** Not only that, but deviants experience a very accurate simulation of human emotion, and act accordingly.

* Roberta Rossum in ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' for PSP. Particularly when compared to other robots in the franchise, who tend more towards '50s sci-fi designs.

* ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic VIII'' plays with it: [[spoiler: Escaton]] ''is'' psychologically human-like to a degree that is unnecessary to his purpose and, in fact, ends up hampering it... ''except'' the same conversation that reveals this also reveals that his current purpose (scouring Kreegan-infested worlds that are unable to deal with the infestation on their own) isn't his ''original'' purpose. His original purpose was to be a crowning achievement of Ancient humaniform robot design, for which being like a human is [[ForScience the entire point]].

* In ''VideoGame/DontStarve'', [[RobotNames WX-78]] the Soulless Automaton is a clockwork robot. However, it still needs to eat food (although it can eat stale or rotten food without penalty), it can sleep and it has a [[SanityMeter decaying mental health]] just like any organic characters.

* In ''VideoGame/Don'tStarve'', [[RobotNames WX-78]] is a clockwork robot. However, he still needs to eat food, he cans sleep and has a [[SanitySlippage decaying mental health]] just like any humans characters. However he is not a picky eater and can eats rotting foods, he is also powered by lighting but damaged by water.

* The [=CASTs=] in the ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'' series often approach this territory in both behavior and appearance. In the games that allow for character customization, they can frequently be made to look human enough that their voices are the only dead giveaway.

** In ''Videogame/Borderlands3'', [=FL4K=] became one of these [[InstantAIJustAddWater entirely by accident.]] Exactly how they became sentient is not exactly explained, but it came with [[BloodKnight a casual thirst for murder.]] They would eventually evolve into a [[BigGameHunter hunter of monsters, beasts,]] [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame and criminals]], as well as [[TheBeastmaster an affinity for training and bonding with beasts.]]