Multiple point-of-view characters - an IFDB Poll

Interested in games where you swap between different characters' heads (whether at will or at specific points in the story), not games where a single main character possesses different bodies or games that play with different PC-player-narrator identities. The latter are fun too, but easier to find than the former, at least for me.

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	Color the Truth, by mathbrush 4 votes "Play as six different characters, mostly through flashbacks " [+]"Play as six different characters, mostly through flashbacks " --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --egostat... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --pieartsy... Vote for this game

	Custard & Mustard's Big Adventure, by Christopher Merriner 3 votes "Switch back and forth between pooches" [+]"Switch back and forth between pooches" --Amanda Walker... "Use both dogs' strengths when needed." [+]"Use both dogs' strengths when needed." () --Rovarsson... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Denk... Vote for this game

	Earth And Sky 3: Luminous Horizon, by Paul O'Brian 3 votes "After playing as first the sister, then the brother in the first and second episodes of this series, in this one you can switch and use both characters' superpowers at will." [+]"After playing as first the sister, then the brother in the first and second episodes of this series, in this one you can switch and use both characters' superpowers at will." () --Rovarsson... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... Vote for this game

	A Collegial Conversation, by alyshkalia 3 votes "Quintessential example" [+]"Quintessential example: First game that came to mind. It's short, but it's entirely about this." ( - Full review) --Cerfeuil... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Tabitha... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --manonamora... Vote for this game

	Barry Basic and the Witch's Cave, by Dee Cooke 2 votes "A lot of the Barry Basic games do this" [+]"A lot of the Barry Basic games do this" ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Denk... Vote for this game

	Heroes, by Sean Barrett 2 votes "Choice of 5 characters" [+]"Choice of 5 characters: A fairly traditional parser game where you choose between a thief, a wizard, an adventurer or a royal, plus the dragon, once you've completed the others." --calindreams... "5 POVs, same goal" [+]"5 POVs, same goal" () --egostat... Vote for this game

	Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe 2 votes "Switching between 3 POVs" [+]"Switching between 3 POVs" () --egostat... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --OverThinking... Vote for this game

	253: a Novel for the Internet in Seven Cars and a Crash, by Geoff Ryman 2 votes "Switches between many POVs" [+]"Switches between many POVs" --Tabitha... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --EJ... Vote for this game

	Xanix - Xixon Resurgence, by Larry Horsfield 2 votes "Switch between Alaric Blackmoon and King Kelson at will. " [+]"Switch between Alaric Blackmoon and King Kelson at will. " --Rovarsson... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... Vote for this game

	Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus, by Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short 1 vote "You can switch between Max and Doris when they're in the same room. They have different skills, so certain solutions may come more natural to you from one or the other's viewpoint. I do believe switching is completely optional though." [+]"You can switch between Max and Doris when they're in the same room. They have different skills, so certain solutions may come more natural to you from one or the other's viewpoint. I do believe switching is completely optional though." ( - Full review) --Rovarsson... Vote for this game

	The Den, by Ben Jackson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --OverThinking... Vote for this game

	The Famous Five: Five on a Treasure Island, by Colin Jordan 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... Vote for this game

	The Trials of Rosalinda, by Agnieszka Trzaska 1 vote "Swap between two characters at will during some segments of the game" [+]"Swap between two characters at will during some segments of the game" () --Tabitha... Vote for this game

	(not so) strangers in the night, by manonamora 1 vote "Alternating POVs" [+]"Alternating POVs" () --Tabitha... Vote for this game

	Never Gives Up Her Dead, by Mathbrush 1 vote "In one of the..." [+]"In one of the ending sequences" () --Zape... Vote for this game

	Hana Feels, by Gavin Inglis 1 vote "Play as several pivotal people in a vulnerable person's life" [+]"Play as several pivotal people in a vulnerable person's life" () --Joey Jones... Vote for this game

	Bug Hunt On Menelaus, by Larry Horsfield 1 vote "Several PCs" [+]"Several PCs" () --Denk... Vote for this game

	Snatches, by Gregory Weir 1 vote "Horror game, experiencing the last moments of a whole house of people" [+]"Horror game, experiencing the last moments of a whole house of people" () --Joey Jones... Vote for this game

	Turbo Chest Hair Massacre, by Joey Acrimonious 1 vote "Same locations, different perspectives." [+]"Same locations, different perspectives.: It's necessary to switch back and forth between two perspectives to solve the game's main puzzle." ( - Full review) --BitterlyIndifferent... Vote for this game

	Photopia, by Adam Cadre 1 vote "Switches between..." [+]"Switches between a few POVs to show you the impact of a character you don't play as" () --SirIgnotus... Vote for this game

	Six, by Wade Clarke 1 vote "Play as one..." [+]"Play as one sister in the main game, then play as the other sister." --Wade Clarke... Vote for this game

	A Rope of Chalk, by Ryan Veeder 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --pieartsy... Vote for this game

	Escape From Summerland, by Joey Jones and Melvin Rangasamy 1 vote "It's gauche..." [+]"It's gauche to nominate our own game, but swapping between the three perspectives of Ghost, Monkey and Robot is the whole point— absolutely everything in the game has three different descriptions for the three perspectives." --Joey Jones... Vote for this game

	Being Andrew Plotkin, by J. Robinson Wheeler 1 vote "You'll..." [+]"You'll switch between the perspectives of a few different characters as the game progresses." --Morningstar... Vote for this game

	The Bones of Rosalinda, by Agnieszka Trzaska 1 vote "Swap between two characters at will during part of the game" [+]"Swap between two characters at will during part of the game" --Tabitha... Vote for this game

	Structural Integrity, by Tabitha O'Connell 1 vote "Alternates between two characters" [+]"Alternates between two characters" --Tabitha... Vote for this game

	Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi, by Emery Joyce and N. Cormier 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --EJ... Vote for this game

	Animalia, by Ian Michael Waddell 1 vote "Choice between characters and team comp" [+]"Choice between characters and team comp" () --egostat... Vote for this game

	Paintball Wizard, by Doug Egan 1 vote "Sometimes bawdy, sometimes dark comedy about friendships within a fraternity of young wizards" [+]"Sometimes bawdy, sometimes dark comedy about friendships within a fraternity of young wizards: Fraternity Brothers help Pledge Romeo open up to them by inviting him to inhabit their own childhood memories during a friendly game of paintball." --Doug Egan... Vote for this game

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Poll created on April 22, 2024