In the beloved Kingdom Hearts series, Kairi is the childhood friend of both Sora and Riku, and is the love interest of Sora. Throughout the first game, Sora and Riku are set on different paths trying to find a way to save her. Later in the game, it is revealed that she is one of the Seven Princesses of Heart, and restores Sora’s form after he is transformed into a Heartless.

In Tomb Raider, Alex Weiss is a young hacker and electronics geek who is extremely smart albeit lazy. He uses his gifts to make a living through dodgy enterprises. Alex is shown to have a crush on Lara Croft, who in turn considers him to be strange but sweet.

In this adventure game, Fran Bow is a young girl struggling with mental disorder and an unfair destiny at an oppressive mental asylum. All this after she witnesses the gruesome murder of her parents and is left alone with her cat and only friend, Mr. Midnight.

Tifa is the childhood friend of Cloud Strife, who is the protagonist of one of the most famous RPGs of all time, Final Fantasy VII. Tifa convinces Cloud Strife to join the eco-terrorist group AVALANCHE and later assists him in saving the planet from the game’s villain, Sephiroth. Tifa is one of video game’s most prominent female characters as she is a strong and independent, often being compared to Lara Croft. The media has described her as one of the best female characters in gaming.

In the Uncharted series, Nathan “Nate” Drake is treasure hunter with an everyman personality and a wardrobe to match. Game publisher Naughty Dog based him on a combination of Johnny Knoxville and Harrison Ford, and they got the scoundrel down pat.

Lara Croft is just your average run-of-the-mill English archaeologist. Dodging boulders, navigating through ancient ruins, and fighting giant stone statues is just your typical day for this video game icon. She’s been somersaulting through hazardous tombs for over a decade and she’s only getting better.