Video Game Characters That Swing Both Ways - Hard and With an Axe

Written in collaboration with Austin Vetor, @vetorphotography on Instagram.

Wake up goblins, it’s PRIDE MONTH! To kick off our celebration, we wanted to share a few of our favorite bisexual icons from the video games we love.

Single-Player

Dina

The Last Of Us Part II

Everyone talks about the lesbian icon that is Ellie, but her partner Dina does not get enough love. Dina is an upbeat, pun-loving, intensely loyal young woman who comes from a family of Holocaust survivors and will absolutely wreck some zombies. Her bisexual journey is relatable for many queer players, especially those who may have had to explore their own identities without any clear examples to look up to.

Jill Stingray

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

In this cyberpunk visual novel simulation, Jill is a bartender at a small downtown bar that attracts some very interesting characters. She’s also a disaster bi who thirsts after her boss Dana, who is canonically pansexual, while providing an open ear to her clientele - which includes plenty of members of the alphabet mafia. We give this game extra points for its positive representation of sex work through the storyline of Dorothy Haze.

Zagreus

Hades

This roguelike dungeon-crawler allows you to insert yourself into the flaming sandals of the Underworld’s most eligible bachelor. While Zagreus battles to escape his oppressive home and father and find his true family, he must also navigate strained relationships with his two paramours, Megaera and Thanatos. As a bonus, both of these romance options are considered canonical and you can even pursue a polyamorous ending.

Multiplayer: Competitive

Loki and Star-Lord

Marvel Rivals

We’ve all seen at least one Marvel movie at some point in our lives. You know who these people are, but I’ll tell you anyway. Loki is the shapeshifting trickster god of Norse mythology and brother to the strongest Avenger, Thor. Throughout his time as a mainstay of the Marvel universe, Loki has bedded characters of several genders while taking a variety of forms. Star-Lord (AKA Peter Quill), ever to live up to the reputation of the universe’s Scoundrel, has no difficulty leaving a trail of broken hearts. He has been in several committed relationships with a variety of species across multiple genders. (Although Loki and Star-Lord haven’t dated each other - yet.)

Loba Andrade

Apex Legends

Our favorite Latina Support Legend, Loba Andrade is a skilled and notorious thief. Between her flirty banter with any and all of her fellow Legends and her relationship with Bangalore (assault girlfriend extraordinaire), Loba stands as the first and arguably best bisexual character in Apex Legends.

Multiplayer: Co-op

All Romanceable Characters

Baldur’s Gate 3

It would be cheating to include every datable character from all our favorite dating sims, but we’d be doing you a disservice if we omit Baldur’s Gate 3. According to the devs themselves, the romanceable NPCs are playersexual, meaning they will respond with the same gusto (if you know what I mean) regardless of your character’s identity. And, unlike many dating sims story-rich RPGs, this one lets you form a party of up to four players.

Axton

Borderlands

After a coding error led to Axton flirting with all his fellow vault hunters during the revival action (instead of just Maya), players who enjoyed the flirty bisexual insisted it stay. As such, the vault hunter, renegade soldier, and all-around badass can now add “Disaster Bisexual” to his list of titles. This looter-shooter lets you play in both co-op and single-player modes. 

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