List of fictional humanoid species in video games

This is a list of fictional humanoid species originating in video games, and is subsidiary to the list of fictional humanoid species. It is a collection of various notable humanoid species that are featured in video games, including arcade games, personal computer games, or console games.

Species	Game	Notes
Argonians	The Elder Scrolls	Lizard people that live in a large swamp called the Black Marsh. Are capable of breathing in water and have developed immunity to certain diseases.
Asari	Mass Effect	A monogendered, feminine race capable of reproducing with members of any other species.
Cabal	Destiny	A militaristic species of rhinoceros-like aliens that spans an entire empire.
Darkspawn	Dragon Age
Devil Jin	Tekken
Draconian	Dragonlance
Drell	Mass Effect	A reptilian race from an arid homeworld.
Drow	Dungeons & Dragons	A dark-skinned humanoid fey race that live beneath the earth.
Duergar	Dungeons & Dragons
Dwarves	Dungeons & Dragons	Short, humanoid people
Eliksni	Destiny	Also known as "Fallen", The Eliksni are a four-armed race of nomads that were reduced from their former glory.
Elves	Dungeons & Dragons	A race of long-lived, ever youthful race of humanoids with various subraces. They are often admired by other races for their grace and skillful grasp of magic.
Flind	Dungeons & Dragons	Related to a gnoll.
Gnoll	Dungeons & Dragons	A cross between a gnome and a troll.
Gnomes	Dungeons & Dragons
Goblins	Dungeons & Dragons
Goron	The Legend of Zelda	Rock people
Geth	Mass Effect	A race of processing-power-sharing AI programs created by the quarians that utilise humanoid "mobile platforms" for labour and combat.
Guado	Final Fantasy X
Halflings	Dungeons & Dragons
Hive	Destiny	An ancient race, led by Oryx (and his son Crota), that took the Moon from humans in The Collapse.
Hobgoblins	Dungeons & Dragons
Kenku	Dungeons & Dragons	Bird-like, flightless, humanoid creatures.
Kerbals	Kerbal Space Program	A race of comically inept but enthusiastic little green men apparently entirely devoted to advancing their space program.
Khajiit	The Elder Scrolls	A species that resemble the feline family. Excel in skills such as thieving and sneaking
Kobolds	Dungeons & Dragons	Aggressive, xenophobic, yet industrious small humanoid creatures, kobolds are noted for their skill at building traps and preparing ambushes.
Kokiri	Legend of Zelda	ageless, childlike elves
Krogan	Mass Effect	A belligerent dinosaur-like race from a fiercely competitive native ecology.
Kuo-toa	Dungeons & Dragons	Fish-like monstrous humanoids that dwell in the Underdark, and in the sea.
Leonin	Magic: The Gathering
Loxodon	Magic: The Gathering
Moogles	Final Fantasy series
Nezumi-bito	Magic: The Gathering
Night Elves	Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos	A race of elves that have the ability to become invisible in the darkness of the night.
Orcs	Dungeons & Dragons
Orochi-bito	Magic: The Gathering
Protheans	Mass Effect	An extinct predecessor race who are thought to have created many of the technological relics on which the modern galaxy's society is based.
Protoss	StarCraft	The Protoss are depicted as a physically strong species with access to advanced psionic abilities.
Quarians	Mass Effect	A nomadic species who wear environmental suits to compensate for a weakened immune system.
Qunari	Dragon Age	Giant, metallic skinned, and horned people whose name comes from their religious text, the Qun.
Ronso	Final Fantasy X
Salarian	Mass Effect	A short-lived, quick-witted amphibian species.
Selkies	Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
Soratami	Magic: The Gathering
Tarkatans	Mortal Kombat	Baraka and Mileena are Tarkatans
Toad	Super Mario Bros.
Thri-kreen	Dungeons & Dragons	Mantis warriors. One of the primary player character races of the Dark Sun campaign setting.
Troglodytes	Dungeons & Dragons
Turian	Mass Effect	An avian race covered in a distinctive metallic carapace.
Vedalken	Magic: The Gathering
Vex	Destiny	An ancient race of semi-organic machines linked by Vex Minds
Viashino	Magic: The Gathering
Volus	Mass Effect	A rotund, diminutive race adapted to a high-pressure greenhouse atmosphere and ammonia-based biochemistry, thus forcing them to wear special environment suits to survive in human-compatible conditions.
Vorcha	Mass Effect	A short-lived, violent species capable of unparalleled adaptive abilities.
Yukes	Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
Zerg	StarCraft	Zerg strive for genetic perfection by assimilating "worthy" races into their own, creating numerous different strains of Zerg.
Zora	The Legend of Zelda	Aquatic piscine humanoids

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