Games you associate with Christmas

[RageBurner]

But you’re RageBurner.

Some times you just gotta cool that rage, you know.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Strangely... Polaris Snocross.

 

[Clippy]

In the 90s winter/Christmas themed demos and expansion packs on home computers and PCs must've been mandated by law or something, it's unreal how many there were. Here, have a few:

Holiday Lemmings:

Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Christmas Chronicles:

Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Winter:

Even though I'm not religious in any way, the season still brings me back to the times when those games were new and I was sitting in front of my computer with hot cocoa chipping away at one of them.

 

[ATenderLad]

Gunbound

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I HAVENT REMEMBERED GUNBOUND IN AGES

On topic, all of those old MMORPG's that had seasonal sprites and changes, everyone probably has a different one in mind but it's always cheerful.

 

[Cu-Neo]

Batman Arkham origins. The events of The game happens in Christmas and The menu theme has a part of Jingle bells in the background

And of course this abomination happens in christmas too

 

[Edward]

Jak and Daxter - Snowy Mountain

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FFX - Macalania

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[JustLooking123]

Whenever i hear name of christmas, the first game comes to my mind is always this! ?

 

[Bonkers225]

Batman Arkham origins. The events of The game happens in Christmas and The menu theme has a part of Jingle bells in the background View attachment 4104

And of course this abomination happens in christmas too View attachment 4108

Speaking of Origins, I completely forgot about Arkham City!

 

[Smiley Cat]

Want a relaxing game where you ride a horse around a snowy winter wonderland?
I got you...

Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship Remastered - Winter Wonderland on Steam

Discover the magical Winter Wonderland with Mika and Windstorm! Experience exciting new sleigh and snowball missions, and many new collectibles to discover.

store.steampowered.com

It's a DLC for this game:

Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered on Steam

Rediscover the breathtaking world of Windstorm. Delve into the fascinating story of Mika, a girl known as a horse whisperer, as she befriends the majestic black stallion called Windstorm – with fully updated graphics and a new photo mode!

store.steampowered.com

WAIT. THAT'S NOT RETRO!!!
Well, it's a remaster... The original game was released 7 years ago. So I'll leave it up to you to decide wether retro or not... ;)


Also wanna give an honorable mention to Crash Team Racing, since it has a really great winter/snowy/christmas section.

 

[starseeker300]

What are some good Christmas Themed games you all know of. Only one that comes to mind for me is "Christmas NiGHTS into dreams"

 

[Logi]

daze before christmas

 

[ZeromusVX4]

Not really christmas themed but i always replay Parasite Eve during this season, purely because the game takes place on christmas but it's never the focus

 

[VampireLord1024VampireLord1024's icon]

Do Christmas themed rom hacks count?

 

[Clippy]

PC games used to have Christmas themed expansion packs or demos for lots of games. Lemmings, Jazz Jackrabbit, Happyland Adventures, Jetpack. Even Duke Nukem 3D had one (though I would stay away from it, it's pretty bad). Santa Claus in Trouble and its sequel are decent platformers as well.

Another gold mine for Christmas themed stuff would be Flash games.

 

[dropsmegamega]

Still Life 1... kind of.

 

[kuroninneko]

Shameless self promotion?
https://ninneko.itch.io/gingerbread-man-jump
Made it awhile ago and one day want to update it because I can do better now.

There are tons of other Christmas indie games on this site too


Also, Shenmue 1 is Christmasy when you get to December

 

[Cu-Neo]

A great god of war/DMC 1 like game. And it was made by Capcom Studio 3!

 

[DunkeyKong]

It's hard though, I can only name a few games that have a few Christmas level theme. Or I guess South Park counts?

Shameless self promotion?
https://ninneko.itch.io/gingerbread-man-jump
Made it awhile ago and one day want to update it because I can do better now.

There are tons of other Christmas indie games on this site too


Also, Shenmue 1 is Christmasy when you get to December

Lmao that's cute, it actually looks better with Christmas theme, I'll try that out

 

[orpheeus]

The entire Winter chapter of Bully is a good cozy Christmas adjacent game. I used to have a save game for each season on my PS2, but it has been a while since I last played.

I also think the Wii/360/PC ports have extra Christmas content, but it has been a while since I played anything other than the PS2 version.

 

[VidiyaGaemer]

Bayonetta 2, especially the intro sequence A World of Chaos :]

 

[elehayyme]

Hatoful Boyfriend Holiday Star (yes, it is odd but it is holiday themed).

 

[OpossumQueen]

Played christmas nights this morning on the saturn with my partner! I trend towards sega stuff so blue stinger (dreamcast) and snatcher (sega cd or msx) are the others that immediately come to mind, esp ra de (arcade and modern platforms) too kiiiinda. And there's the christmas dlc for sonic adventure 1 on dreamcast!

 

[Mecharocca]

Bayonetta 2 is a great Christmas game. The opening captures the Xmas magic quite well, honestly.

 

[Adrastia]

Dual Hearts has a Christmas themed area.

 

[starseeker300]

Do Christmas themed rom hacks count?

sure! as long as you would genuinely recommend them