# Game character

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A **game character** is a [character](/source/Character_(arts)) in a [game](/source/Game).

**Game character** may also refer to:

- [Player character](/source/Player_character) (PC), a character in a game that is controlled by a player - [Alternate character](/source/Alternate_character), a character in addition to one's main player character
- [Non-player character](/source/Non-player_character) (NPC), a character in a game that is controlled by the computer, not by players - [Boss (video games)](/source/Boss_(video_games)), a significantly powerful non-player character created as a major opponent for players to fight - [Mob (video games)](/source/Mob_(video_games)), short for "mobile object", a computer-controlled "grunt" character that players can fight or interact

## See also

- [Virtual character (disambiguation)](/source/Virtual_character_(disambiguation))

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