Celebrate Pride with these games that broke new ground by integrating LGBTQ+ characters and themes.

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Life is complicated, joyous, terrifying… and definitely strange. Especially when you’re a 16-year-old girl navigating a troubled home, gossipy schoolmates and the most important friendship of your young life. The story-driven adventure Life Is Strange: Before the Storm tells a moving tale of teenage rebellion through both flippant choices and gut-wrenching moral dilemmas.

Master amazingly inventive platforming levels as Psychonauts 2 dives deep into its characters’ brains. Nightmarish mazes and psychedelic dreamscapes keep things wild as you reunite long-lost gay sweethearts, solve mental mysteries and brawl with monstrous manifestations of deep-seated traumas.

With a wonderfully diverse line-up of superheroes and villains, Marvel SNAP is a competitive card battler for every manner of Marvel fan. Try adding Angela and Sera to your deck – a pair that can get you to Hel and back!

As subcontractor Amitjyoti “Amy” Ferrier, you’re tasked with unravelling the mystery of what happened to the space station Tacoma’s six-person crew. Poring over recovered AI data and artefacts, you’ll discover everything from birthday hats to 3D recordings of the diverse crew’s time onboard (including the activities of their beloved feline, Margaret Catwood).

Normal is relative in the quirky island adventure Bugsnax, where colourful characters sprout new limbs by noshing on cookies, fries, hot dogs and other delectable delights. You’ll fall for a community made up of all genders and sexualities (and flavours!).

Who owned this phone you just found? And did they really vanish without a trace? In A Normal Lost Phone, your quest for clues takes you through a teen’s personal conversations – and reveals their innermost struggles with sensitivity and candour.

It’s tough being a washed-up detective in Disco Elysium, but this noir mystery shines with stylish scenery and smart, adaptable roleplaying dialogue. Like the game’s city, the mature cast is daringly colourful, with a complex range of beliefs, morals and sexualities. Keep people talking, because you never know what you’ll learn next.

“We have no reason to fear men who love men, or women who love women,” says Kian Alvane, one of the three characters you play in Dreamfall Chapters.

Get to know them and the realms they travel: a cyberpunk city, a magical dimension and the spaces between worlds.

A visit back to your childhood house becomes a riveting mystery in Gone Home. Unravel your family’s secrets in a coming-of-age tale that’s a triumph of interactive storytelling and voice acting.