History WeCanRuleTogether / VideoGames

* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': Once the BigBad ([[spoiler:Junko]]) is revealed, they offer you "half of the entire world", "honor, status, and some of our home cooking" if you join them. You can even choose whether or not to accept, but regardless of your choice the BigBad will explain they were just kidding.

* In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'''s Fate Scenario, [[spoiler:Kotomine attempts to tempt Shirou and Saber with the Holy Grail. Both refuse, though Saber can end up accepting if you have a low relationship with her.]]
** There's also, in Unlimited Blade Works, [[spoiler:Caster, who tries to tempt Shirou and Archer to join her team and share the Holy Grail. When they both refuse (Shirou because Caster is a villain, Archer because she's not strong ''enough'' a villain), she later takes Taiga hostage and repeats the offer. Shirou can say yes, [[AndIMustScream but her 'use' for him is a mite... Unpleasant]].]]

* In ''VisualNovel/IkemenSengoku'''s prologue, Nobunaga Oda asks the female main character, "How would you like to rule the world at my side?" after she saves his life. She (who, unbeknownst to him, is an accidental time traveler from the modern day who just wants to get back home) immediately turns him down. Being more of an AntiHero than a villain, however, he bears no ill will toward her for her refusal (even though his subordinates are all shocked that someone dared refuse the Devil King something) and if the player chooses to romance him, the main character eventually has a change of heart and asks him if his offer to rule by his side is still on the table.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}} 4: The Captain's Return'': Omega, the new HiveQueen of the Prototypes, is obsessed with Kayto Shields due to his dead girlfriend's lingering influence over the Prototypes' HiveMind. When her forces capture him, she tries to tempt him into conquering the galaxy by her side by offering him everything he could want: to be captain of the mightiest starship in the galaxy; to be surrounded by a harem of slavishly devoted beautiful women; and to have the power to crush all his enemies, save all his friends, and fix all his past mistakes. Kayto is sorely tempted by this offer, but he refuses.

* Subversion in ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}''. Roa admires Shiki's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception so he says that Shiki and he will work together now. Shiki asks if Roa is offering this trope, and Roa retorts not, he'll just suck his blood and make him into a minion, because a minion can't betray him or say 'no' to the offer in the first place.
** Arcueid also offers to make Shiki her minion in the Ciel path, reasoning that it'll work out for both of them since it lets her keep Shiki by her side, and Shiki will gain the backup needed [[spoiler: to fight off Roa's DemonicPossession]]. Shiki ends up refusing her regardless, but the ''manner'' in which you refuse her decides whether or not you get the Good ending.

** At the end of ''Videogame/EarthBoundBeginnings'', the [[spoiler:BigBad [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Giegue]] is poised to commence a destructive AlienInvasion of America as a result of the secret of [[PsychicPowers PSI]] being stolen from [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien his race]] by the main protagonist [[TheAllAmericanBoy Ninten's]] great-grandather. When he's confronted on the top of [[DeathMountain Mt. Itoi]], he implores Ninten to join him on his mothership, claiming that he's grateful to Ninten's family because Ninten's great-grandmother Maria [[ParentalSubstitute raised him from infancy]]. The player is [[ButThouMust not given a choice in the matter]], and Giegue's response indicates that Ninten refused.]]
** Happens early in ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' with [[spoiler:Mr. Carpainter]]. Accepting just gives the villain a "first strike" with a lightning bolt, but you automatically deflect it if wearing the Franklin Badge. Incidentally, if you don't accept it, [[ILied he still zaps you with lightning]], making this a ButThouMust choice.

* In ''VideoGame/SackboyABigAdventure'', at World 3, Vex offers [=SackBoy=] to work together, claiming that his recreation of the world with the Topsy-Turver is inevitable, and therefore it would be easier to go along with it than try and stop it. [=SackBoy=] is quick enough to refute him completely. [[spoiler:Considering that Vex was purposefully letting Sackboy gather up all the materials he needed, he probably knew Sackboy would refuse]].

* Averted in the 2010 Wii remake of ''VideoGame/GoldenEye007Reloaded''. [[spoiler:Alec]] says he pondered the idea of offering James a chance to fight on his side but ultimately realized that Bond's loyalty would always stand in his way and opts to do away with him instead.

** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestI'': After fighting your way to the Dragonlord's throne room, he gives the standard offer. Refusing leads to the standard FinalBoss battle, while accepting ''seems'' to produce a NonstandardGameOver. But in actuality, you can [[HeelFaceTurn betray him]] and start the normal boss fight at any time, and the normal ending will proceed as if your brief FaceHeelTurn never happened.

* ''VideoGame/ElementalMaster'' begins with the Demon King Gyra making this offer to the hero, Laden, only to be turned down.
--> '''Gyra''': Join me. Let's work together and we can conquer the world.\\
'''Laden''': You are a fool.\\
'''Gyra''': The only fools are those who try to stop me now...
* ''VideoGame/{{Wizard101}}'': When you and [[BigBad Morganthe]] meet again during the climax of Zafaria, Morganthe offers to take you under her wing, citing a NotSoDifferentRemark. [[ButThouMust Naturally, you don't have the option of accepting]] and you proceed to fight her minions.
** Grandfather Spider offers both you and Mellori the chance to rule over the new world he plans to create ([[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt which would destroy the Spiral]]) as well as save anyone the two of you desire if you aid him in getting his heart back. Naturally, you both refuse.
* ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'' does this, word for word. It is followed by a ''hilarious'', and oh-so-satisfying, rebuttal.
-->(Camera zooms in on PC, complete with "Whooshing" sound that kills the music)\\
"[[LittleNo Nah.]]" (''[[WhyDontYouJustShootHim BAM!]]'')
* ''VideoGame/PaperMario'':
** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'': At the start of the FinalBattle, [[spoiler:the Shadow Queen, while possessing Peach, offers Mario the option to become her servant. Refusing starts the boss battle; accepting triggers a NonStandardGameOver as she spreads her dark magic over the world.]]
** ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'': In the climax, [[spoiler:Dimentio offers Mario and Luigi to join forces to defeat Count Bleck. If they accept, they are enslaved with Floro Sprouts, likewise getting a NonStandardGameOver.]]

* ''VideoGame/GoldBox'': This is the standard offer is given by Tyranthaxus before the FinalBoss battle in the original 1988 ''Pool of Radiance'' game. In a small twist, the offer is made to each character in your party individually; if some characters accept and others refuse, the character who refuse fight against the BigBad along with the accepting characterings in the FinalBoss battle. (Evil-aligned [=NPCs=] automatically accept.)
* ''Franchise/DragonQuest'':
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestI'': After fighting your way to the Dragonlord's throne room, he gives the standard offer. Refusing leads to the standard FinalBoss battle, while accepting ''seems'' to produce a NonstandardGameOver. But in actuality, you can [[HeelFaceTurn betray him]] and start the normal boss fight at any time, and the normal ending will proceed as if your brief FaceHeelTurn never happened.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestBuilders'' takes place in an alternate continuity where the hero from the original ''Dragon Quest'' accepted the Dragonlord's offer, only to be betrayed by the foul fiend and the realm plunged into a dark age. [[spoiler:Near the end of the game, it's revealed that he made good on the letter of his offer, with the fallen hero granted dominion over a small castle titled "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Half the World]]". When you eventually confront the Dragonlord, he gives you the same offer. If you accept, he'll bestow upon you dominion over a similarly tiny "half" of the world: your tomb!]]
* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' has a twist: you can agree to leave the BigBad alone and let him have his dream of [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]], in return for being idolized as a hero by future generations. The resulting ending is not quite a NonstandardGameOver, but it's not exactly uplifting either.

* ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheThirdPower'': [[spoiler:After Prince Gage is imprisoned for stopping Sparrow's assassination of Arielle, Emperor Noraskov offers to pardon him and restore his position as Crown Prince of Arkadya if he publicly apologizes. Gage refuses and joins the party to continue opposing Noraskov.]]
* In ''VideoGame/SackboyABigAdventure'', at World 3, Vex offers [=SackBoy=] to work together, claiming that his recreation of the world with the Topsy-Turver is inevitable, and therefore it would be easier to go along with it than try and stop it. [=SackBoy=] is quick enough to refute him completely. [[spoiler:Considering that Vex was purposefully letting Sackboy gather up all the materials he needed, he probably knew Sackboy would refuse]].
* As per Sith customs, very common in ''Franchise/StarWars'' videogames, though those endings are usually not canon.
** In ''VideoGame/DarkForces: Jedi Knight'', if Kyle has built up significant negative Karma through out the game, when offered this choice Kyle [[TakeAThirdOption takes a third option]]: "Why do I need you, Jerec, when [[ICanRuleAlone I can take all the power of the Valley myself?]]".
** Averted for once in ''VideoGame/JediKnightIIJediOutcast'': The game's BigBad attempts in a cut-scene, but Kyle, having fallen to TheDarkSide in the last game, obviously refuses and counters with a LastSecondChance. [[spoiler: It doesn't work either.]]
--->'''Desann:''' I was wrong about you, Katarn. Your failure as a Jedi hasn't weakened you; it's only made you stronger. Come, join me. You know in your heart that you'll never truly be one of them.
--->'''Kyle Katarn:''' Maybe, maybe not, but I know I won't be alone. How 'bout you, Desann? Even now, after all this pain, there's still hope. Come, join ''us''.
** And in the next game, ''VideoGame/JediKnightJediAcademy'', played the same way as in ''[[VideoGame/JediKnightDarkForcesII Jedi Knight]]'': If the player chooses TheDarkSide, Jaden responds to the proposition with "[[ICanRuleAlone Why should I change one master for another]]?".
** Offered to the player several times in the first ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''. [[spoiler: Yuthura Ban]] offers this to you as a sidequest. [[spoiler: Bastila]] offers it at the climax. If you take the latter offer, you can turn around and be the one making the offer to your party. [[spoiler: Most of them will refuse. You'll have to kill them]].
** In an inversion, near the end of ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', Malak's latest [[TheDragon Dragon]] offers to join with you to crush both Malak and the Republic, you're free to accept and doing so locks you into the darkside ending. The variation to the standard theme is that the Dragon offers to become ''your'' Dragon if you turn against the Republic (generally, the We Can Rule Together offer suggests you'll be the Dragon or at best that you'd be equals). They also assure you than once they become strong enough they will kill you, as a good Sith should. Nice it's all planned out, huh?
** {{Downplayed}} in the Backstory. When Saul Karath left the Republic to become the Sith's top admiral, he tried to convince Carth (his NumberOne at the time) to come along with him. Carth refused the offer. Saul's [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten loyalty test]] was destroying Carth's home world. Needless to say, Carth's all too happy for a shot at gunning his former commanding officer down,
** The video game adaptation of ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith Revenge of the Sith]]'' included an alternate ending, where Anakin pisses all over Obi-wan's "high ground", impaling him. Cue this exchange:
--->'''Palpatine:''' Excellent work, my apprentice. There are none left to oppose us. The galaxy is ours now. Your new weapon, Lord Vader. (''[[TooDumbToLive Gives Anakin lightsaber]]. Anakin kills him with it.'')
--->'''Darth Vader:''' No. The galaxy belongs to me.
** In ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', this option comes up at the end of the first act of the Imperial Agent storyline, in which [[spoiler:Darth Jadus]] gives you the choice of either working for him or be forced into a SadisticChoice in which you must either try and stop either him or his doomsday weapon. This does actually impact the story somewhat, but not too heavily since [[spoiler:Jadus]] is all about working in the shadows. Alternatively, you can bluff him into backing off without accepting or rejecting him, but you'll need to tread carefully.
** In the ''Knights of the Fallen Empire'' expansion pack, Valkorion/[[spoiler:The Sith Emperor]] offers both you and [[spoiler:Darth Marr]] power and a place at his side, since he considers the two of you some of the only worthwhile beings in the galaxy. [[spoiler:Marr]] [[DefiantToTheEnd rejects the offer and dies trying to kill Valkorion]], while you have the option of rejecting or accepting the offer. If you reject it, [[AntagonisticOffspring Arcann]], Valkorion's son, will hand you your weapon, which you use to kill Valkorion. If you accept the offer, however, Arcann himself will kill his father while he's distracted giving you some of his power. [[MortonsFork No matter the choice, Valkorion still dies]].
%%* The AntiClimaxBoss of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' does this.
* In ''VideoGame/SuikodenV'', this happens relatively ''early'' in the game. It's really more of a "be a figurehead king while I pull the strings" deal, but still. Agreeing results in a NonstandardGameOver/Bad Ending [[spoiler:where the guy who made you the offer decides that [[ICanRuleAlone he can rule alone]] and has you killed]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Battlezone|1998}} 2'' gave you this option about halfway through the game (well, technically it was joining the [[LaResistance rebels]], but the gist of it was this anyway.) If you refused, your commander takes over and prepares to invade Earth and institute a fascist government. If you joined them, they turn the tenth planet into a base in preparation to turn Earth into a Utopia. Or something.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers'' does this in the game's second storyline. [[spoiler:Darkrai offers you a chance to give in and rule the world alongside him. Your partner even accepts Darkrai's offer ''and urges you to give up as well.'' After a while, however, the game ultimately leads you to the conclusion that Darkrai has you in a nightmare, causing the player to break free and attack him, setting the mood for the subsequent boss fight.]]
** [[spoiler:Not only that, but your partner tells you that if you refuse, your partner and best friend will ''die''.]]
** In the first pair of games the "personality test" in the beginning may include this trope as a question. A question says "There is an alien invasion! What will you do?" If you select "Fight", you will be shown a second question, where you are defeated but your strength has impressed the aliens anyway. (The test then briefly imitates what it thinks aliens sound like by speaking in AllCaps.) Selecting "Rule with the aliens" boosts towards various personalities (and thus different species for the player) by small amounts, while refusing gives a massive boost towards Brave.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum''. Nascour, the [[spoiler:apparent]] leader of Cipher, asks if you would like to become a permanent competitor at Realgam Tower, with promises that you will rise to the top in no time... only to backpedal and state that he isn't that merciful, and that he intends to destroy you instead.
* In ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'', the final boss offers likewise (although if you accept, he immediately betrays you). This leads to an interesting alternative ending if, in a two-player game, one player accepts and the other does not: the two players get to fight one another, and if the "bad" player wins, he gets to defeat the final boss on his own, and replace him as a crimelord.
* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights: NeverwinterNights/HordesOfTheUnderdark'':
** Your henchmen get tempted during the final battle with Mephistopheles. Whether or not you have to fight against them depends on your persuasion skill or if one of them is your love interest.
** The Valsharess makes such an offer to you at the midpoint of the game before it is revealed that Mephistopheles has been the real BigBad all along and was manipulating her into bringing the one who could defeat her (and incidentally free him) right to them.
** An interesting catch though is that no matter what has happened, no matter how tempting the offer might be, and regardless of your persuasion skill Deekin will always side with you. He's just that awesome.
** You can also turn this back on Mephistopheles: if you find his true name in the final chapter, you can use it to control him, and one of the optional endings has you ruling the Hells together.
* In ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'', an evil player character has the opportunity to join the King of Shadows as his Darth Vader. Good player characters are not offered this opportunity. In fact, all of the player's henchmen are also offered this opportunity, and you can lose some of them and have to fight against them if you do not have enough influence with them.
* In ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai'', if the player has managed to forge an alliance between the two ruling factions of Rokkotsu Pass and fend off [[ArmiesAreEvil the evil army]] effectively, he will be asked by the BigBad if he would like to [[FaceHeelTurn switch sides]]. Accepting the offer is the only way to acquire the game's fifth ending.
* ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'':
** At the end of ''Videogame/EarthBoundBeginnings'', the [[spoiler:BigBad [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Giegue]] is poised to commence a destructive AlienInvasion of America as a result of the secret of [[PsychicPowers PSI]] being stolen from [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien his race]] by the main protagonist [[TheAllAmericanBoy Ninten's]] great-grandather. When he's confronted on the top of [[DeathMountain Mt. Itoi]], he implores Ninten to join him on his mothership, claiming that he's grateful to Ninten's family because Ninten's great-grandmother Maria [[ParentalSubstitute raised him from infancy]]. The player is [[ButThouMust not given a choice in the matter]], and Giegue's response indicates that Ninten refused.]]
** Happens early in ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' with [[spoiler:Mr. Carpainter]]. Accepting just gives the villain a "first strike" with a lightning bolt, but you automatically deflect it if wearing the Franklin Badge. Incidentally, if you don't accept it, [[ILied he still zaps you with lightning]], making this a ButThouMust choice.
* ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}} 2'' allows you to take the offer from Black Dainn. You get [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/gba/e/bok2bad.htm a strange Non-Standard Game Over]] where a spooky image of Django's vampire form appears, and the game fades out over Sabata's protests. After the credits, the doomsday prophecy is played again, implying that you and Dainn have fulfilled it and ended the world.

* In ''VideoGame/BiomotorUnitron'', the Unitice asks you to turn all your UNITRON power over to it. If you accept, the Unitice thanks you and proceeds to engulf the entire planet in a metal shell, presumably killing all other life forms (including the protagonist). (It's not explained why it's so significant that the player surrender for the Unitice to do this. Perhaps it just wanted to give the player a chance.) If you refuse, you battle and the Unitice is defeated. [[spoiler:Though the destruction of the Unitice means that all the robots that you've been training and battling with throughout the entire game are reduced to dust, crippling a lot of the modern economy. Heigh ho.]]
* In ''VideoGame/ContraHardCorps'', one of the villians, Colonel Bahamut gives you the chance to join him. Accepting immediately results in a [[MultipleEndings bad ending]], while refusing will result in a boss battle instead. However, the European Probotector version instead let you fight him who never asks you anything.
* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'': [[spoiler:After getting all the Soul Contracts and beating [[TheDragon King Dice]], Cuphead and Mugman meet up with [[BigBad the Devil]], who gives them an offer of whether they can rule the Inkwell Isles if they hand over the contracts. Accepting the offer can result in the Devil turning them into demonic servants and lead to a bad ending; but if they refuse, it will lead to the ultimate battle with him, where they will (literally) risk their necks not just for their own lives, but for the lives of everyone on the Inkwell Isles whom they will save from eternal servitude to the Devil.]]
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/TheBardsTale'', where The Bard has the option of joining with the Demon Queen. Yes, the world is screwed, but it's the one that works best for his interests (Coin and [[AllMenArePerverts Cleavage]]).

* [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganon]]'s introductory cutscene in ''VideoGame/LinkTheFacesOfEvil'':
-->"Join me, Link, and I will make your face the greatest in Koridai! Or else you will DIE."(ItMakesSenseInContext - the faces of [[MyNaymeIs Gannon's]] Koridian elites are carved into mountains, as shown on the map.)

* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' subversion: In [=SRW64=], you are eventually asked to assist one of the several villainous factions in the game. You can actually join any of them, and none of them are bad choices, nor do they result in a betrayal.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** In ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', you can choose to fight with or against Black Doom, and you can switch whenever you choose.
** Likewise, Mephiles pulls this on Shadow in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', which Shadow rejects immediately.
--->'''Mephiles:''' Come with me, Shadow. Let us punish this foolish world of humanity.
* In ''Devil Summoner: VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy'', the villain Munakata asks the main character to join him every time they meet. The player appears to get to make this choice, but it's really a ButThouMust situation.
* In ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', right before the final boss battle with [[spoiler:Megumi Kitaniji]], he asks you to join him in order to [[spoiler:brainwash everyone into thinking exactly the same, thus letting him rebuild Shibuya]]. You are actually allowed to make this choice, but Neku refuses no matter what you choose.
* One of these happens in every ''Franchise/BreathOfFire'' game to date. If Ryu takes the offer, he'll usually go on to slaughter his former party members, [[MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds destroy the world]], and otherwise become the embodiment of the BigBad. Since this almost always occurs at the end of the game, it's more like a bad ending than a NonstandardGameOver.
* In ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', Sebastian [=LaCroix=] (your [[CorruptCorporateExecutive boss]] and the current Prince of Los Angeles) offers you this [[MultipleEndings if you choose to stick with him all the way to the end.]] [[spoiler:Sadly, you also both end up dying in a massive explosion. Oops.]]
* Subversion in ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}''. Roa admires Shiki's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception so he says that Shiki and he will work together now. Shiki asks if Roa is offering this trope, and Roa retorts not, he'll just suck his blood and make him into a minion, because a minion can't betray him or say 'no' to the offer in the first place.
** Arcueid also offers to make Shiki her minion in the Ciel path, reasoning that it'll work out for both of them since it lets her keep Shiki by her side, and Shiki will gain the backup needed [[spoiler: to fight off Roa's DemonicPossession]]. Shiki ends up refusing her regardless, but the ''manner'' in which you refuse her decides whether or not you get the Good ending.
* Mors Gotha makes this offer to the Avatar in ''VideoGame/UltimaUnderworld II'', on the condition that you surrender a weapon to her (it doesn't have to be your main weapon; a dagger will suffice). [[ButThouMust You end up fighting her regardless of whether you take up the offer.]]
* ''VideoGame/TheNeverhood'': When Klaymen finally encounters the BigBad Klogg, he attempts to convince Klaymen to put on Hoborg's crown in a last-ditch effort to keep his status as the Neverhood's king. [[spoiler:From there, the player can either [[ICanRuleAlone betray Klogg and rule the Neverhood alone]] or return the crown to its rightful owner.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Ceville}}'' does not openly contain such a proposal, but ends in the best possible way: Evil Ceville marries dumb but good hearted Queen Gwendolyn and actually rule together. After all, goodies are no less evil they just hide it better.
* This can happen a few times in ''VideoGame/EVOSearchForEden''. The first time, you are offered to join the tyrannosaurs in ruling over the world. You can, but you are then treated to viewing the extinction of your new allies...and you. Later in the game, you are given the choice to join King Rogon in his undersea kingdom. Another NonstandardGameOver awaits you if you accept. The actual FinalBoss, [[spoiler: Bolbox]], doesn't make this offer [[spoiler: because he has the same motivations as the Protagonist--getting to Eden and becoming Gaia's partner--which only one person can achieve at a time]].
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'':
*** BigBad PhysicalGod Dagoth Ur was a trusted friend of the original [[FounderOfTheKingdom Nerevar]] in the {{backstory}}, and wishes for this to be the case once again. He repeatedly makes offers for [[PlayerCharacter the Nerevarine]], supposedly Nerevar's {{Reincarnation}}, to join him, even right up until the final battle. However, there is [[NoCampaignForTheWicked no way for the player to actually choose this option]]. (An actual [[WhatCouldHaveBeen chance to do so]] was [[DummiedOut cut from the game]] before release due to time constraints.)
*** In the ''Tribunal'' expansion, [[PhysicalGod Tribunal deity]] Almalexia, who was the wife of the original Nerevar, wants the Nerevarine to prove that he's really Nerevar, so they can reunite. [[spoiler:This is despite the fact that, depending on [[TheRashomon which version]] of the events of [[PlotTriggeringDeath Nerevar's death]] you believe, she and the other members of the Tribunal may have been the ones to betray and murder Nerevar]]. Regardless of what you do, [[spoiler:Almalexia proves to have [[GoMadFromTheRevelation gone completely off the deep end]] due to the loss of her divine powers as a result of the main game's main quest. She kills fellow Tribune Sotha Sil, tries to murder the Nerevarine to be a martyr to her cause, and plans to murder the other Tribune, Vivec, leaving her as the only figure for the Dunmer people to worship in her new monotheistic state]].
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'':
*** Just before the final battle in [[spoiler:[[WarriorHeaven Sovngarde]]]], [[BigBad Alduin]] compliments the [[PlayerCharacter Last Dragonborn]] and mentions that s/he would have been an excellent slave. For a being whose fundamental nature is to dominate, that is probably as close as he can come to this trope.
*** In the ''Dragonborn'' DLC, [[spoiler:[[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow Knowledge]], [[EldritchAbomination Hermaeus Mora]],]] seems intent on making [[PlayerCharacter the Dragonborn]] his new [[TheDragon champion]]. He is notably the only Daedric Prince you ''must'' encounter during the main quest [[spoiler:and he is the GreaterScopeVillain of ''Dragonborn''. The entire plot of ''Dragonborn'' is basically Mora's [[TheChessmaster scheme]] to replace [[EvilCounterpart Miraak]] with the Dragonborn,]] with everyone else involved being {{Unwitting Pawn}}s at best.

* Interesting twist in ''VideoGame/StarTrekEliteForce 2'', Munro interrogates a Ferengi and tricks him into offering him his own planet, but then arrests him for attempted bribery. (If you accept the offer you lose).
* In ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}} 8'', when the final boss (who you've been simultaneously stalking and avoiding the whole game for three games) sees you attempting to alter history (your party and him just became gods; you snuck around behind him arguing with a robot about where the old gods were because he wanted revenge) in order to revoke his godhood, he confronts you and you're given three options: rewrite history (beat him up, become gods alone, doing the best you can), tear out the page that banished him from godhood (beat him up and his past-self helps you be benevolent gods), or ''join him'' and form a universe of terror with him as your mentor.
* In ''VideoGame/NinetyNineNights'', [[spoiler:Yesperratt]] tries this line on Tyurru. Tyurry doesn't even stop to consider it before starting to lay on the smackdown. It didn't help that the villain killed her mentor right in front of her just before offering...
* In ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' Zoltun Kulle offers this repeatedly to the player character in Act II.
* In ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'', [[spoiler:Henry Leland]] will make this offer to Mike if he likes Mike and Mike agrees to work with him. At that point, Mike can do this, or either [[spoiler: wipe out Alpha Protocol]] or do the above [[spoiler:[[ICanRuleAlone and slip an explosive surprise to Leland, and then take over Halbech himself]].]] Depending on what transpires earlier, this is a rare case where accepting the offer is not only an option, [[KnightinSourArmor but makes sense]].
* In ''VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden'', Barkley is offered this right before the final battle. Accepting results in a NonstandardGameOver.
* In ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'', Fire Leo offers Joe half the world if he joins Jadow. Joe not only turns it down, but says he wouldn't join even if Jadow offered to give him the whole planet.
* In ''VideoGame/The7thSaga'', the villain of Patrof offers this to you. If you say 'yes', the castle gates will unlock. You must eventually say 'no' to progress the story.
* ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}''
** The first game has [[spoiler:Abaddon]] the Destroyer offer War the chance to conquer the universe together with him under the banner of Hell. [[spoiler:A deal that Abaddon himself accepted when he realized he would be disgraced if he went back to Heaven.]] He notes that War has nothing to lose and everything to gain since all of Creation hates War anyway, [[spoiler:and that even The Charred Council intends to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness throw him away like a used rag once his purpose is fulfilled]] (which War knows is true thanks to a future vision he had)]]. He ends his offer with a final question: "Will you serve in Heaven? Or rule in Hell?" War's response: "I choose what once...a ''[[DirtyCoward coward]]'' did not". Cue boss battle.
** ''VideoGame/DarksidersIII'' has several of the Sins offer Fury this, playing on her desire to be respected and powerful. Pride comes the closest of all, outright telling her that the two of them together can forcibly bring order to the chaos and create the true "Balance" that even The Charred Council merely plays at serving. Fury admits to being tempted by that last one, but throws it back with her refusal, showing off her CharacterDevelopment from the person she was at the start who probably ''would'' have taken it.
* The climax of ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheForceUnleashed'' has Starkiller defeat Darth Vader in a BossBattle. In a parallel to ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Emperor Palpatine laughs and says, "Yes! Kill him! He was weak! Broken! Kill him and take your rightful place at my side!" You can choose the Light Side and attack Palpatine, or choose the Dark Side and finish Vader off.
** In the second game, when Starkiller storms the Imperial stronghold on Cato Nemoidia trying to rescue Rahm Kota, Baron Tarko is impressed by his strength and tries to recruit him as a gladiator, even shouting, "You can have all the wine, women, and blood you want!" Starkiller simply presses on.

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'': [[spoiler:[=LeChuck=] does this to Elaine after fatally stabbing Guybrush and telling her about his playful acts of "kindness":]]
-->[[spoiler:'''[=LeChuck=]:''' I know you've developed feelings for me... [[UnholyMatrimony join me as my demon bride]] and together we'll lay a bloody siege to the very heart of voodoo itself! \\
'''Elaine:''' Go to hell, [=LeChuck=].\\
'''[=LeChuck=]:''' Well, you can't say I didn't try... Looks like we'll be doing this with all that voodoo...]]
** [[spoiler:She finally accepts that offer in Chapter 5... but only when she needs to hold the untouchable (for humans) Cutlass of Kaflu in order to destroy [=LeChuck=] once she is returned to normal.]]
* In ''VideoGame/Fallout1'', one NonStandardGameOver has you surrender to TheMaster and become a Super Mutant aiding him in his AssimilationPlot.
* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', there's a few of these.
** In the main game, this is Mr. House's offer for you to work for him. By doing so you become his [[TheDragon Dragon]]. [[spoiler:[[BenevolentBoss He entirely makes good on his promises]].]]
** Caesar also makes a similar offer, although it's closer to "join me and you'll be one of my main lieutenants" than anything else.
** In the ''Dead Money'' DLC, [[spoiler:you can join Father Elijah in his genocidal plans at the end if you're an enemy of the New California Republic. If you do, you get a NonstandardGameOver where it's stated that the Courier and Elijah unleashed the Cloud and the holograms on the Mojave Wasteland killing ''everything in its path'' and that they remained in the Sierra Madre waiting for the world to "begin again".]]
** ''Old World Blues'' has a DummiedOut bad ending where the Courier becomes a member of the Think Tank and helps them take over the Mojave.
* ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' has [[BigBad Father, the leader of the Institute]], attempt to groom the PlayerCharacter into becoming his successor and aiding in their conquest of the Commonwealth. [[MultipleEndings And in one ending, he succeeds.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Earth 2150}}'' has an interesting version where choosing yes actually works out and changes the next missions. As the Lunar Corporation you are allied with the United Civilised States until you come across the Hacker "Neo". Since your avatar Fang knows him, he offers you to change alliances towards the Eurasian Dynasty by simply destroying the UCS container vehicles. Cue a different set of missions against the UCS and a lot of humorous remarks from Neo. [[spoiler:The alliance is later killed by the ED]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Langrisser}} II'''s remake ''Der Langrisser'' gives you the choice of joining the EvilEmpire midgame... And doing so branches off into a completely different campaign. [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Several, in fact.]]

* In ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'', BigBad Eve attempts to convince Aya several times to join her in taking over the world where sentient mitochondria are the supreme rulers (since Aya has powers just like Eve). Aya says nothing at first and just fights Eve since Aya is not sure of herself or if her powers would make her become like Eve. Near the end of the game, Aya gains more determination and realizes that her mitochondria is the only thing that can stop Eve.
* ''Franchise/TombRaider'':
** In ''VideoGame/TombRaiderTheLastRevelation'', the Egyptian god, Set, offers Lara Croft power, immortality, and power of a ruler to let all man bow before her if she gives Set the MacGuffin. Lara refuses.
** ''VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary'' has Natla pull this trope on Lara. Natrually, Lara doesn't buy it.
* The ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series has Bison telling more than one fighter around the world to join him and Shadaloo. No one accepts.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** Vanitas in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' offers Ventus this.
** [[spoiler:Braig]] offers it to Sora in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', and of course he refuses. [[spoiler:But he isn't given [[TraumaCongaLine much]] [[MindRape of]] [[GrandTheftMe a choice.]]]]
* [[spoiler: Anji Mito]] receives this offer from [[spoiler: That Man]] in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear X''. [[spoiler: Uncommonly for the trope, ''[[FaceHeelTurn he accepts]]''. [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor For a while, anyway]].]]
* Averted in the 2010 Wii remake of ''VideoGame/GoldenEye007Reloaded''. [[spoiler:Alec]] says he pondered the idea of offering James a chance to fight on his side but ultimately realized that Bond's loyalty would always stand in his way and opts to do away with him instead.

* In ''Videogame/TacticsOgre'', as Denam is about to help [[spoiler:Catiua take her rightful place on the throne,]] Brantyn Morne offers him the chance to rule Valeria alongside him.

* ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine'': [[BigBad Nemeroth]] asks Titus to join him, so he can lead the Ultramarines in domination of the galaxy. Titus refuses, and the final battle begins.

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', [[spoiler:Grima]] ultimately needs his chosen vessel [[spoiler:that would be the player character]] to merge with him. He has found a workaround, but it's strictly plan B. As long as he and his vessel are separated, his power is incomplete.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', the Flame Emperor offers Byleth the chance to join them on a few occasions. On one of the game's routes, they can take them up on the offer to even ''the Flame Emperor's'' surprise, as by that point he had assumed the chances of Byleth turning coat were slim to none. [[spoiler:Specifically Black Eagles, as the Flame Emperor is Edelgard, who is legitimately grateful to her professor for joining her side. However, you can only take this branched route, Crimson Flower, [[YouLoseAtZeroTrust if you managed to max supports with Edelgard]]; otherwise you end on the Silver Snow route as Byleth turns down the offer by default.]]
* ''[[VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfMassmouth Massmouth 2]]'': The BigBad attempts this on Massmouth, twice. The first time, your choice determines the next mission only, since if you agree to work for him, he later decides you're too dangerous to keep alive anyway. He tries it again at the end of the game; cue MultipleEndings, depending on what you do.
* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'':
** In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'', Haytham Kenway tries more than once to make his son Connor adopt the Templar way of thinking. It's a mix of types 2, 3, 4, and 5. Haytham is so dedicated to the Templar cause that he doesn't quite get why Connor is so opposed to it, Connor would be a very deadly Templar agent, Connor is his ''son'', and (perhaps most importantly) Haytham really wants to hear Connor say "Father, you were right."
** In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'', the Order of the Ancients spares Bayek's life after the incident that led to his son Khemu's death in hopes of him coming around and joining them. Given that they are very cosmopolitan and diverse, including Romans and Egyptians alike in their ranks, they'd probably be willing to take him in. But considering what they have done previously, its baffling they ever thought a PapaWolf like Bayek would ever side with Khemu's murderers.
* At the end of ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'', Lucifer proposes that he and Dante join forces, saying Dante can have anything he wants. Dante flatly refuses. In the comicbook version, Dante replies, "All I want is to be rid of you!"
* In ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears of Destiny'', choosing [[TheAtoner former]] ArtifactOfDoom [[PureMagicBeing Reinforce]] in the Sequence 4 battle against [[EvilOverlord Lord Dearche]] will have Lord Dearche giving this offer to her. Reinforce naturally refuses.
* At the end of ''VideoGame/HalfLife'', you have the choice between joining the [[TheMenInBlack G-Man]] or a BolivianArmyEnding. Subverted in hindsight, in that joining him [[RetCon is canon]] and the G-Man isn't that evil, but at that point you don't know that.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' has the God Generals and [[spoiler: Van]] ask a couple of the heroes (and [[spoiler:Asch]]) to help free the world from Yulia's Score. While the heroes do agree that the Score shouldn't be followed later in the game, they don't agree with the villains' way of going about it.
* ''VideoGame/FarCry4'' gives the player the option of actually doing this with a [[MultipleEndings Secret Ending]] you can see within 15 minutes of starting the game. All you have to do is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQbOHzwTY60 simply stay at Pagan Min's table rather than try and escape]]. He eventually comes back, [[AffablyEvil sincerely apologizes for being delayed by the Golden Path attack]], takes Ajay to scatter his mother's ashes, then the two board the helicopter with the ''clear'' implication that Ajay has become [[TheDragon his new dragon]].
--> '''Pagan Min:''' Oh good. Do you feel better now? Did you get it out of your system? Good. And now maybe we can finally shoot some goddamned guns.
* ''VideoGame/FobiaStDinfnaHotel'' ends with Christopher, the Cult Leader of the Sacred Trail, offering the player character Roberto a place in his cult. Roberto can either take Christopher's hand and join him, or grab his pistol and shoot Christopher from up close.
* [[spoiler:Trajkov]] in ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}'' is a megalomaniac bent on building an army of genetically modified supersoldiers and overthrowing the established Shaper government, but he's quite charismatic about it and even offers the player a place at his side in exchange for [[spoiler:helping him achieve demigod-like powers]]. [[spoiler:He's entirely truthful about his bargain and the resulting ending arguably results in a [[http://i.imgur.com/RwsWz4j.png better off fate for the protagonist]] [[TheExtremistWasRight and the serviles]] than helping out any of the "good" factions.]]
* At the end of ''VideoGame/KultHereticKingdoms'', [[spoiler:Alita, the protagonist]] turns out ''not'' to be TheChosenOne, but ''is'' in possession of the magic sword which the real chosen one requires. This can result in a deal like this being struck, depending on player choice.
* In ''VideoGame/AxiomVerge'', Athetos makes the classic "with you at my side" offer, and Trace thinks it over a little before responding:
-->"Okay, I've thought about it, and my answer is... hell no, you self-righteous jerk!"
* ''VideoGame/PonyIsland'': The devil laments during 'Adventure Mode' that you're going to fix/exploit bugs, and not going to play by the rules, however, becomes excited that the player will help them play-test his newest "game design revolution" together. What makes it tragic for him (see YMMV) is you make progress faster than he can code up levels, and refuse to take breaks.

* ''VideoGame/BookwormAdventures'':
-->'''Dracula:''' Join with me and reject Codex!\\
'''Lex:''' 'Join with you'? When does that EVER work?
* In ''VisualNovel/IkemenSengoku'''s prologue, Nobunaga Oda asks the female main character, "How would you like to rule the world at my side?" after she saves his life. She (who, unbeknownst to him, is an accidental time traveler from the modern day who just wants to get back home) immediately turns him down. Being more of an AntiHero than a villain, however, he bears no ill will toward her for her refusal (even though his subordinates are all shocked that someone dared refuse the Devil King something) and if the player chooses to romance him, the main character eventually has a change of heart and asks him if his offer to rule by his side is still on the table.
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'': If you play the [[VillainProtagonist chaos]] campaign, then [[spoiler:Kyras]] will give Eliphas an offering to join him and destroy the galaxy, however Eliphas refuses as he is under orders from [[spoiler:Abaddon]] to kill [[spoiler:Kyras]]. Besides, as Eliphas also mentions, he betrayed and killed his last superior/partner Araghast, showing he has no interest sharing power when he can just take it for himself.

* In the true ending of the main game of ''Videogame/{{Nioh}}'', [[spoiler:Sir John Dee the true mastermind behind Edward Kelley and the devastation he inflicted on Japan for the purpose of gathering amrita]] is confronted by William. He asks William to join him in leading England to greatness with the power of amrita. When William refuses, he becomes the TrueFinalBoss.

* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': Once the BigBad ([[spoiler:Junko]]) is revealed, they offer you "half of the entire world", "honor, status, and some of our home cooking" if you join them. You can even choose whether or not to accept, but regardless of your choice the BigBad will explain they were just kidding.
* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'': The BigBad of Cyrus's story offers to work together. His response?
-->'''Cyrus:''' Ridiculous. If that it a jape, it is a poor one.\\
'''Big Bad:''' ''[more arguments]''\\
'''Cyrus:''' I'll pass. ''({{Leitmotif}} [[ThemeMusicPowerUp flares up]], follows up on a full KirkSummation)''
* ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'': Once Raven Beak reveals that [[spoiler:he has been manipulating Samus the entire game to unleash her Metroid abilities]], he tells her to join him so that they can bring order to the galaxy. [[TalkToTheFist She turns him down with an Ice Missile.]]
* In ''VideoGame/CowboyKid'', the bosses have brief dialogue before their fights that amount to little more than, "HA HA HA! Do you think you can beat me?". The player quickly gets conditioned to skip through the dialogue - except the Mad Brothers will ask you to join the gang, and the default answer is yes. Accidentally choosing this option gives a quick summary of Sheriff Sam joining the villains and eventually being hanged for his crimes. And then you lose ''all of your lives and continues'' and have to start the whole game from the beginning!
* In the ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' Monon Color game ''Comet Battle'', Brother Pony, intending to rule Green Green Grassland, promises Weslie that "as long as you surrender to me, I will grant you status and power; this is a good deal!" Weslie isn't having any of it.