Gender representation in video games

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Gender representation in video games" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article may be unbalanced towards certain viewpoints. Please help improve it by adding information on neglected viewpoints. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. (July 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Cosplayers dressed as Link and Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda video game series. Link is consistently portrayed as the male champion and defender of the series' eponymous character, whose depiction has, in contrast, seen different iterations throughout the history of the series. The portrayal of gender in video games, as in other media, is a subject of research in gender studies and is discussed in the context of sexism in video gaming. Although women make up about half of video game