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Let me preface this with a disclaimer: I don’t hate Christmas.
Nor am I a Christian.
Seriously, why are there no good Christmas games out there?
Ask any amateur game designer and they’ll have made at least one platformer in their time.
What that means is that the bar for Christmas platformers is pretty damn low.
Boom, you’ve got yourself a Christmas platformer.
But it doesn’t really have Christmas at its heart, does it?
It’s just a frosty, reskinned clone of Donkey Kong.
I know what you’re thinking.
What about games that are set at Christmas like Batman: Arkham Origins or Die Hard?
It might be hard for you to stomach, but I’m not entirely sure they count.
and spamming his over-egged jump animation, I have to discount Die Hard.
A picture-perfect wonderland of genuine compassion and generosity.
The true magic of Christmas, wrought in high fidelity across my gaming monitor.
But no game has ever come close to capturing it for me.
And you’ll be damn sure to appreciate the gift of warm socks when it inevitably comes.
Alas, maybe there isn’t such a thing as a perfect Christmas game.
Maybe there never will be.
Maybe then we’ll find a little of that Christmas magic in everything…
Even Die Hard’s dumb jump animations.
If you’re looking for something cozy, thesegames like Stardew Valleywill scratch that itch
