The Best Games Where You Can Make Yourself The Main Character

With these detailed character creation tools at your disposal, why not live out your dreams as the main character?

Character creation is one thing we all love about gaming. There aren't many things that beat creating your own character and living through a story you dictate. With those capabilities also comes the choice of simply creating yourself and being the main character of the game you're playing.

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Everyone has dreams of fighting monsters, getting rich, or even just finding time to relax. That makes creating a true to self main character an important aspect for many. You can put yourself right into the story of your favorite game and be the hero, or the villain if that's more your style.

Wrestling games are always a great place to put yourself between the ropes. Over the years, you've been able to create countless characters to fight for a championship. That continues with WWE 2K23 and its creation system is one of the best wrestling has ever seen.

If you have dreams of tag teaming with your favorites or running through a career mode as if you were a professional wrestler, WWE 2K23 is the game you need. You can create a true to life version of yourself or add a bit of fantasy to match the wrestler vibes.

Monster Hunter: World has a wonderful character creator. From gender and facial features to voice and name, you can make yourself the monster hunter. When you've got the base of yourself determined, you can then tweak over a dozen options to make it as true to self as possible.

Take yourself to the "New World" and discover a mass of monsters. Study them, fight them, and show off which beasts you have conquered. You'll be a mighty fine monster slayer if it's your name and face put to the character.

Saints Row is an over the top equivalent of Grand Theft Auto. Instead of being an alternative, they decided to be an outrageous rival to the series. And it lets you create yourself to play through the main story.

While the character is named the Boss, you can certainly make yourself the Boss. The character creator lets you get as simple or as wild as possible. The customization options are very detailed, so you should have no problem putting yourself into Saints Row.

If you want to give yourself a childish charm rather than make your current self, you can dive into South Park: The Stick of Truth. You take on the role of the New Kid, who is everything you make them to be — which could be you, if you use the character creation to do so.

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The game itself says there are "something like a billion" options to customize your character with. That number is a bit of an exaggeration, but there are quite a lot of things to help make your character you. Then, you can join Cartman and the gang to wage a war of wizardry against evil.

XCOM 2 is a turn-based strategy game where you control the XCOM forces against a long-lasting alien invasion. There are a variety of classes you can send into battle and each unit is customizable. That means you can create yourself to lead XCOM into battle.

The game has a massive character pool, allowing you to create as many characters in any class you'd like. So, if your character dies while fighting the alien threat, guess what? You can just create yourself again, over and over to stay on the battlefield forever.

The universe of The Elder Scrolls has always endorsed character creation. In the fifth entry, Skyrim, you can create characters from a wide variety of species. But have you ever thought about making yourself the infamous Dragonborn?

Opt to make a human character, take a look in the mirror, and shape the Dovahkiin to look as you do. Then you can see through the eyes of your Skyrim variant, escape from prison, and slay dragons to gain their powers in this iconic Elder Scrolls title.

Fallout 4 has one of the most in-depth character creators you'll find in gaming. Not only do you have skill points to assign and a playstyle to determine, but you've got a range of customization choices to make your vault-dweller look however you'd like.

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No matter what you look like, there's a matching appearance available in Fallout 4. You can change everything from the hair to the chin. And you are able to sculpt the different facial features to fine tune them, and make them as close to your real self as possible.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons sends you to a deserted island, where it is up to you to entice villagers to make their homes and decorate it to create experiences. While doing all of this, you can simply make the main character a version of yourself.

It might take a little bit of play time to unlock everything, but you can start with your name and a basic appearance. If the hair or outfit doesn't match, there are additional options you'll find as you progress. And the best part is, if you change up your appearance in the real world, you can look into a mirror and do the same in ACNH.

NBA 2K23 gives you the option of creating a basketball star. In the MyCareer mode, you can create a character and take them on a journey to the hall of fame. Get drafted to a team, play through the Summer League, and work hard to become an NBA starter.

Character creation in this game is next level. You can scan your face with a companion app and upload it on your MyPlayer. It doesn't get much better than that when it comes to including yourself in a video game. All you have to do is adjust the body specifications, as the face will be done for you.

Character creation and customization in The Sims 4 is the envy of other video games. Expansions, packs, and updates have added a ton of clothing and body options. From vampires to Star Wars creatures, you can make what your heart desires. There's nothing wrong with going simple, though.

You'll have a blast creating yourself in The Sims 4. You can play through a virtual life, get a career you never even thought of, start a family, and even build the home of your dreams. There's a lot of fun to be had with yourself as the main character.

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Brandon Moore is an esports and gaming journalist with a strong background in VALORANT coverage, guides, and list writing. He has been published on eBaum's World, Sportskeeda, PlayStation, and more.