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Meet the cast
PressQ toPlay
An AI-assisted research archive tracing queer characters and representation across video game history.
- Characters
- 447
- Games
- 239
- Timeline
- 1985—2021
SignalLiving dataset
Evidence modeContext first
Explore the archive
Rainbow Road
Travel through the release years in the archive. Choose a year to explore its games and documented character records.Keep exploring
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Read the patterns
Visual analytics
Move from individual stories to the wider picture across genres, studios, years, identities, and intersections.Explore the data ↗03
Question the archive
Ask Quiu
Use the research console to ask focused questions while keeping confirmed evidence separate from interpretation.Start a query ↗Dataset snapshot
A track record with context.
Percentages describe the current research dataset, not the whole history of games. Every entry can be reviewed as evidence grows.Read the methodology ↗- Playable
- 24%
- 109 of 447 entries · 266 not yet recorded
- Confirmed status
- 62%
- 278 of 447 current entries
- Explicit in-game
- 42%
- 186 of 447 entries with direct confirmation
- Trans representation
- 4%
- 18 of 447 current entries
- Intersectional context
- 2%
- 10 of 447 entries · 323 not yet recorded
Evidence ≠ assumptionBuilt for careful research
Stories stay nuanced. Data stays traceable.
Press Q separates character identity, game context, sources, and interpretive notes so representation is not flattened into a single label.- ✓ Confirmed identity and interpretation remain distinct.
- ✓ DLC, expansions, versions, and mods can be documented.
- ✓ Intersectional markers keep their supporting detail.
Archive signals
See what is taking shape
Live counts from the documented entries in the Press Q dataset.Studios represented
01Capcom10
02Dontnod Entertainment10
03PlayNext10
04Toby Fox10
Genres represented
01Adventure26
02Action-Adventure17
03Visual Novel17
04Role-Playing14
Research console