10 Rarest Video Game NPCs You've Never Seen Before

NPCs are an integral part of gaming. They are your companions, your enemies, your storytellers, and your quest-giver, as well as other goofy AI creatures that entertain you as you play your game.

This said, some NPCs are more common than others. By the deliberate decision of the developers, certain characters that exist in the game will not appear all the time, and if they do, only a few lucky players will ever have a chance to encounter them.

The rarity of such sightings can have many different reasons. The NPCs might hide an extremely rare reward, appear only after the player has completed some near-impossible challenge, or it might just be that the NPC is an easter egg that is a reward in and of itself.

These unicorns and their respective titles have inspired countless players to go and search for them, even though some are so rare that people debate whether or not they're real to this day!

If you're fascinated by the mere existence of video game characters you'll probably only meet once in your life (if even), the following list might be a good starting point for your search for the rarest NPCs in video games.

The zombies in Project Zomboid are a varied bunch, each representing the different walks of life of the undead residents of Kentucky.

Some may look like regular citizens, some like firefighters, police officers, and even mascots of the local fast food chain.

Which zombie you come across is dependent on a lot of different things, from the part of the map you're currently exploring to pure and unpredictable RNG.

In fact, there is one extremely rare zombie that you can only encounter through sheer luck—an easter egg zombie dressed like Jason from Friday the 13th.

Yes, Project Zomboid has a very small chance of spawning a Jason lookalike, complete with his iconic hockey mask and machete.

This rare zombie is not only a fun reference to a classic horror movie, but also, if you're lucky enough to encounter it and not get bitten, comes with a great reward in the form of a machete in pristine condition that allows you to dispose of large groups of zombies with ease.

As a bonus, if you combine it with the hockey mask from the zombie, you can turn your own character into the most terrifying and badass survivor in the state of Kentucky.