##->SHOTACORE GAMES<-
#####->*Games where you play as a little boy*<-
->*Last updated: 2022-12-17*->

####"Regular" shota games:
######*You play as a little boy during most or all of the game*
- A Boy and His Blob
- Alex Kidd
- Alice Mare
- Animal Crossing
- Ape Escape
- Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale
- Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
- Boku no Natsuyasumi
- Bramble: the Mountain King
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
- Chiki Chiki Boys (Arcade)
- Coca-Cola Kid
- Commander Keen
- Contact
- Devil Children (SMT spin-off)
- Disgaea (1, 3, 6 and D2)
- Drawn to Life
- Elebits: the Adventures of Kai and Zero
- End Roll
- Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
- FNaF: Security Breach
- Fragile Dreams
- Ghoulboy
- GiFTPiA
- Graffiti Kingdom
- Hearth of Darkness
- ICO
- Inazuma Eleven
- Kid Dracula
- Kid Icarus
- Life is Strange 2
- Little King's Story
- Little Nightmares II
- Marvelous: Mōhitotsu no Takarajima 
- Megaman
- Monster Hunter Stories
- MOTHER/Earthbound
- Ni no Kuni I & II
- Okage: Shadow King
- OMORI
- Pokémon (most of them)
- Professor Layton
- Psychonauts
- Quest 64
- Quest: Brian's Journey
- Scribblenauts
- Splatoon
- The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit (free prequel to LiS 2)
- The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls (the game where Prince Sablé, the assist trophy in smash that turns into a frog and a snake, comes from)
- The Last Guardian
- Tails Adventure
- Vexx
- Wonder Boy
- Wonder Project J
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Yo-Kai Watch
- Zack and Wiki
- Zelda (separate by game?)

####Kemoshota games:
######*Games where the protagonist is a young anthropomorphic male (known as furry or kemono)*
- Fuga: Melodies of Steel
- Klonoa
- Oneshot

####Licensed games:
######*Games based on an existing franchise of anime, comics, cartoons, etc.*
- Astro Boy
- Blue Dragon
- Dragon Ball Advance Adventure
- Little Nemo (there are two different licensed games with the same name)
- Zatch Bell!

####Shota Lite
######*Games where shotas are playable but not the protagonists*
- Blazblue **[Carl Clover]**
- Daemon Bride **[Noah]**
- Fatal fury (*Real Bout Fatal Fury, Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers, Real Bout Fatal Fury Special: Dominated Mind*) **[Jin Chonshu, Jin Chonrei]**
- Garou: Mark of the wolves **[Hokutomaru]**
- Guilty Gear (*starting from XX*) **[Bridget]**
- Marvel vs Capcon (*1 and 2*) **[Megaman]**
- Persona 4 Arena **[Noah]**
- Power instinct (*2, Gogetsuji Legends, Matrimelee, Goketsuji Ichizoku Senzo Kuyou*) **[Kintaro, Hikaru, Takumi]**
- Spectral vs generation **[Erile]**
- Samurai Deeper Kyo (*licensed game*) **[Sasuke]**
- Samurai Shodow **[Shizumaru]**
- The King of Fighters (*'99 to 2002*) **[Bao]**

####Borderline shota
######*Games where the protagonist may look too old to qualify as "shota" to some people*
- Azure Striker Gunvolt
- Breath of Fire IV
- DJ Boy
- Friday Night Funkin'
- Kingdom Hearts
- Star Tropics
- The World Ends with You
- Midnight Wanderers (part of the *Three Wonders* 3-in-1 game)