This is my list. I doubt I will share many with y'all. I'm also excluding all Marvel/DC characters even though they do appear in a lot of games, and also Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters as they aren't primarily video games characters, and that would make up most of the list.
Chloe Price -...
A game designer, a story writer and an artist are all it really takes to make a great VN. All three of those positions aren't necessarily hard to fill by someone talented enough. There are those who can do more and be a great engineer too, and they likely will make a different type of game. DAZ...
This is going to give away my age.... however.... before the internet, there were BBS boards that you would dial into (basically call--they were like a game server that hosted 1 person at a time). All the games were basically text based games. They had one called "Legend of the Red Dragon"...
I still dream about that EverQuest 3 game that was coming out before it was cancelled. It looked like EQ+Minecraft. I went back to that game so many times.
Have you tried Erenshor? It's based on EverQuest, but it's a solo RPG, and feels JUST LIKE IT. It's crazy fun.
My little loli mastermind...