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Video games are an important part of many queer people’s lives. It’s only right that our identities should be reflected in them. Thankfully, LGBTQ representation has increased significantly over the past decade. We’re seeing more gay games mystery that feature LGBTQ characters, made by indie teams without publisher constraints. These include Undertale, VA-11 HALL-A, Deltarune and Disco Elysium.

Caper in the Castro

Caper in the Castro, a point-and-click mystery adventure game from 1989, is believed to be the first known LGBTQ-themed video game. It follows the detective work of lesbian private detective Tracker McDyke, searching for her friend and drag queen Tessy LaFemme in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. The mystery gay game, which was released as a free Macintosh HyperCard game and was originally titled Murder on Main Street, is witty and noirish. It pays tribute to the city’s LGBTQ community while also going for gay inside jokes, like a villain named Dullagan Straightman.

During the digital revolution of the ’80s, as household computers became commonplace and larger gay mystery game manufacturers began to pump billions of dollars worth of digital games annually, a new gateway opened for LGBTQ representation and advocacy in commercial gaming. While major corporations and manufacturers opted to steer clear of any content that could enrage anti-LGBT activists, smaller independent developers took advantage of this unprecedented opportunity.

One of these is the 1989 point-and-click murder mystery puzzle saga Caper in the Castro, developed as a passion project by C.M. Ralph. This mystery gay sex game casts you as world famous lesbian detective Tracker McDyke investigating the kidnapping of her friend and drag queen, Tessy LaFemme. Armed with only a lockpick, lighter, notepad, magnifying glass, and gun, you must uncover the truth behind the crime—all while hunting down the hilariously named villain Dullagan Straightman. Caper in the Castro, along with other mystery queer games, is now part of The Strong museum’s LGBTQ Game Archive, a new collection dedicated to preserving LGBTQ gaming history.

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Le Crime Du Parking

Released in 1985, Le Crime Du Parking is a French video game that tasks players with investigating the death of a young woman found naked inside a shopping trolley outside the supermarket where she worked. Like most games of this era, it uses text commands to navigate through the story. Paco, the villain in this mystery gay XXX game, is described as a gay drug dealer and is arguably the first openly gay character to appear in a video game. Unfortunately, he’s also one of the most repugnant examples, falling victim to the classic stereotypes that depict homosexual characters as villainous.

It was another few years until we got a more positive portrayal of LGBT gaming, with the graphical adventure Caper in the Castro released in 1989. Coded by ameuter programmer C. M Ralph, this mystery game was originally released as “Charity Ware”, meaning that anyone who wanted to download it had to donate a small amount of money to an AIDS charity.

Ralph suffused the game with her passion for the San Francisco gay community and created a tongue-in-cheek murder mystery/puzzle that follows lesbian detective Tracker McDyke on her search through one of California’s earliest queer neighbourhoods. While the gay mystery sex game doesn’t make Tracker’s sexuality explicitly clear, her references and dialogue are all indicative of her being a lesbian. The two games are the earliest to depict LGBT characters in mainstream video games, though they come from a niche genre: the text-command murder-mysteries. Other more well-known games of the era such as Moonmist, Circuit’s Edge and Phantasy Star II all had LGBT characters but only in supporting roles and as villains. Lamplight City

A noirish murder-mystery set in an alternative ‘Victorian’ past, Lamplight City is Grundislav Games’ attempt to inject some genuine detective spirit into a genre that’s become a little stagnant. The result is a good mystery gay game, with decent case progress made up of dialogue-based investigations rather than inventory-based puzzles. The characters are nicely developed and fully voiced, which really makes the world feel alive and rounded.

While it won’t test even the most seasoned puzzle-solver, it manages to give the player some interesting leads to pursue, and also gives them the freedom to accuse people of crimes if they have evidence. The plotting is decent too, and some of the more unique twists do stand out.

The game takes place in the titular city, split into four boroughs and dealing with issues such as class divide and the public’s fear of emerging steam tech. The story itself is centred around Miles Fordham, a flawed private detective mourning the death of his partner Bill. Determined to get some sleep and closure, he signs up to investigate a series of cases fed by his amiable police contact Upton.

The gay sex mysterious game does suffer from some frustrating flaws, such as the wealth of red herrings, the clunky casebook and the lack of useful feedback. Locations may become unavailable if you follow leads, and the number of dead ends can add up due to rude or undiplomatic responses from certain NPCs discouraging further investigation. However, overall Lamplight City is a solid mystery game with a good amount of depth and some decent twists to keep it going for most of its five-case duration.

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Celeste

If you’re a gamer and want to see LGBTQ+ representation in mysterious gay games, there aren’t many more options than the popular indie platformer Celeste. Its garbled character voices and simple pixel graphics may make it seem light-hearted at first, but the story has a deep impact on players. The protagonist Madeline is a trans woman who climbs a mountain in search of herself, and her journey mirrors the struggle of the real-world community that inspired it.

It is this authenticity that makes it so loved in the LGBTQ+ gaming community, despite never explicitly naming Madeline’s transness. By not stating her identity with words, it captures the feeling of transness before it is fully understood – the deluge of stereotypes, assumptions, doubts and fears, all coated in baby blue and pink.

The gay mystery sex game was the brainchild of Maddy Thorson, a transgender woman from British Columbia. Thorson and her team formed a small studio called Maddy Makes Games (later to become Extremely OK Games Ltd, or EXOK) in order to create the award-winning game. Alongside cisgender developer Noel Berry, they crafted an incredible experience that resonates with gamers worldwide. It is the most influential transgender game ever created – and it’s a reminder that gay games can have a powerful effect on the real world. The success of this indie title speaks to the need for more games that are designed from a trans perspective.

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