10 Best New Female Video Game Characters Of The Decade

Sadie Adler is the most recent character to get a look in here, as the fiery widow from 2018’s Red Dead Redemption 2. We encounter Sadie right at the start of the game, as rival gang the O’Driscolls kill her husband and burn her house down.

She’s adopted into the gang and initially is so shaken that it’s hard to discern what sort of personality she has; if any at all.

Rockstar are usually pretty good at fleshing out their supporting cast, but they also tend to keep them in stereotypes. Sadie actually develops into a fully rounded character by the time it all comes to an end, hardening as she’s forced to fend for herself.

She becomes leader of the gang while the main figureheads are stranded in Guarma, and grows into one of the strongest voices as the chapters rumble on. Her presence, along with Charles’ and John’s, at Arthur’s side is crucial.

That, combined with John’s epilogue showing Sadie as a bounty hunter with her own external narrative, is surely setting her up for a major role in RDR3.

There’s even the chance she could become the central protagonist.