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* ''[[World in Conflict]]'' has a named PC, Lt. Parker, but the real protagonist of the 2/3 of the game is Capt. Bannon (who receives ALL of the [[Character Development]] in the game), while the remaining one third focuses on Webb and Col. Sawyer. Same goes for Lt. Romanov from the [[Expansion Pack]], who plays a secondary role to Capt. Malashenko and their common superiors.
* Subverted and played straight in ''[[Brutal Legend]]''. Eddie acts like he's one of these and purposely avoids the spotlight, but everyone else knows he's responsible for their success and thank him appropriately.
* The plot of the ''[[Myst]]'' series revolves around Atrus and his family - you, being
* The main character in the ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' plague campaign is Aribeth, the player is just the lackey that got sent to do stuff for the political powers he sided with.
* ''[[Call of Duty]] 4: [[Modern Warfare]]'' is not about Soap or Jackson, but much rather [[Authority Equals Asskicking|Cpt. Price]], [[The Ace|Gaz]], [[Big Guy|Sgt. Griggs]], and strangely enough, [[Big Bad|Zakhaev]].
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* Leo from ''[[Zone of the Enders]]'' has a personal journey, but the focus moves more towards the larger conflict and he's ultimately an insect to the villain. He gets the focus on his journey but the true hero is already dead at game start and his journey is just a small part of the much larger story he was sucked into.
* One can get this impression from [[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks]]. While other titles in the series focus on Link—who, of course, plays the hero—Spirit Tracks seems to focus more on the character development of Princess Zelda. Appropriate since, [[Canon Discontinuity|barring that]] [[The Unholy Triforce|that one time]], this is the first time that she's playable.
* The various [[
** The only exception to the above thus far is ''[[Ace Combat Assault Horizon]]'', which at least attempts to give the player character (who actually has a personality this time) some [[Character Development]].
* In ''[[Gundam Breaker]] 3'' has the [[Featureless Protagonist]] do nothing but pilot Gunpla in fights and follow around Misa, the girl who recruited them as a team member, and look at the back of her head as she talks. The previous games in the series only avoided this by ''[[Excuse Plot|not having]]'' a real plot.
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