10 Weirdest Christmas Video Games of all Time

Since Christmas is so bizarre, there’s no wonder that Christmas-themed video games can be a little… strange, and you know how much we love peculiar video games, here at Team TripleJump. For today’s festive list, we’re taking a look through the archives to find the most bonkers holiday-adjacent titles that the world of gaming has to offer. From Elf Bowling to Christmas NiGHTS here are 10 Weirdest Christmas Video Games of all Time!
VO: Ashton Matthews (@ScrambledAshton)
Script: Cat Elliott
Video Editor: Lean Bacalzo (@LeanBacalzo)
#ChristmasNights #Elfbowling #christmasgames
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[@ajax4165]

"Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage" is the weirdest xmas game i can remember playing. Cleaning up the gore left by Santa is difficult to forget. Technically it's a stand-alone game, even though its basically DLC. Happy holidays everyone!

[@erakfishfishfish]

There’s the recently released Ebenezer and the Invisible World. It’s a Metroidvania that’s a sequel to A Christmas Carol. You play as a newly-reformed Ebenzer Scrooge who, with the help of friendly ghosts, must explore Victorian London and beat wayward spirits and strike-busting goons senseless with his cane in hopes of changing an evil industrialist back to good. The game plays its premise completely straight which ends up making it all the sillier.

[@CrowTRobot]

Jazz Jackrabbit Holiday Hare! This is one of the only categories in video games where it could and should get a mention 😭

[@Tom-lr4os]

Elf Bowling 1 and 2 were the two things I always played at my Granny's house in the late 90s, I imagine if you had an office job in the late 90s this is what you played around Christmas instead of working

[@rayceeya8659]

"Don't ask me how Santa's sleigh can fire projectiles". i don't have to. Rudolph's nose fires lasers. Robot Chicken established this.

[@Trowelhands]

Christmas NiGHTS was bundled free with a copy of the Official UK Sega Saturn magazine, the same way we'd get PlayStation Demo Discs.

[@gryphonofmight]

No mention of Cthulhu saves christmas?

[@DynastyGuy]

You forgot one of the key parts of Christmas NiGHTS. After each play through you get to open Christmas presents that give you bonus content

[@sorahearts3317]

If you haven't already you should a list of the best Christmas themed levels or areas in video games. Two of my favorites are Freezeezy Peak- Banjo-Kazooie Christmas Town- Kingdom Hearts II

[@balloonedraccoon2503]

I love Christmas video games. I love anything Christmas and I don't know why. It just makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside to decorate the house and be cozy with some hot tea or chocolate 😊

[@video-luver769]

SAAAAAAME.

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

I've been falling asleep in a chair by the Christmas Tree every night since it's been up just because I enjoy the ambient light from the tree slowly phasing from multicolor to white. Granted I wake up freezing ass cold but still that just makes it better when curling up in bed and falling asleep to Real Ghostbusters, Family Guy, South Park, King of The Hill, Batman The Animated Series or Superman The Animated Series. (I'd watch X-Men or Spiderman but I don't have Disney+) 😄👍

[@ramessesvivivi]

I think deathsmiles 2 might have made a good place in this list. A lot of weird stuff in that one! but maybe too niche

[@ambarylola1838]

Finally a video that shows true Christmas games, and not "uuh, yeah, this gorey game about shooting things has Christmas lights in one level, what do you mean it's not a Christmas game?????" 😂

[@Kinna39]

Often watch these videos with my kids… dodged a bullet this time though considering you dropped that Santa bombshell 😂

[@cbennett_12]

"Do I look like your mum?" - Ashton Matthews, 2023

[@Fr33dan]

I was super confused about the explosives comment in the intro until I remember that Christmas crackers are a thing in the UK. If y'all didn't know, we don't have those in the US.

[@Fr33dan]

Or unions, 😞at least in my particular "right to work" state (which the most misleading name ever).

[@davidmatoushek9111]

I thought Santa was drinking coffee on Daze Before Christmas.

[@mattalan6618]

thats what i always thought

[@frankbrodie5168]

Good Lord.. I own half of these.. "Oh Frank... What are you doing with your life..?"

[@mattalan6618]

what about DKC3? if you enter the code MERRY all the BONUS icons turn to presents and the game music becomes festive

[@lifespanofafry1534]

DKC3 isnt an Xmas game though.

[@mattalan6618]

@@lifespanofafry1534 did you read my comment? i said by entering the code it becomes one.

[@StageRight123]

@@mattalan6618 DKC3 isnt an Xmas game though.

[@mattalan6618]

@@StageRight123 did you read my comment? i said by entering the code it becomes one.

[@mjdf122]

Triple Jump back again

[@Boogie_the_cat]

James Pond and his RoboCod-piece Am i right? 😮

[@michaelsteen2511]

Where’s Cthulhu Saves Christmas?

[@rhodrage]

Robocod is unironically one of my favourite games ever

[@Azuris190]

What is not weird about Humanity? We poison ourself for fun, we make Juice out of Fruits and don't use it the most efficent Way, we somehow like to blow Stuff, nulling all the Effort building it.

[@michelecarroll6355]

Ok here 🔥 💎

[@UwUitsAWooloo]

oh no, its Blue Stinger erasure. we meet again.

[@FloridaEbikes]

Who wrote this for you?

[@bellers01]

Just played parcel corps demo. Did i hear ben!

[@wizzardoffuzz]

I mean everyone’s throwing some obscure Christmas games out here which are all good shouts, but surely even if you missed them, you must be aware of dead rising 4? Does that not count?

[@zaturnneo]

Toy Commander was my shit! That and Soul Caliber didn't leave my DC until I picked up Shadowman.

[@jamesmcgeachy5433]

🎉

[@ada31181]

HELLO EVERYONE AND GOD BLESS US ALL 👍😎👍

[@rhynelinker7922]

It should be illegal for Ashton to be that gorgeous. Love all that you guys do at TJ!

[@aliensweathands]

👽

[@michaelrichardson5562]

Thumbs 👎 for saying santa is fake 🙈

[@imadeitupinmyheadakaimiuim3617]

You do look like my mum actually...

[@ericf112]

0:20 wut? 🇺🇲

[@heatrayzvideo3007]

12 days till my ps5!!

[@OGR-4394]

"how odd?" not odd at all?

[@oukeith]

Tripledump

[@mattalan6618]

if you are gonna be rude why did you watch?

[@oukeith]

@mattalan6618 it's joke a play on words why so serious?

[@terrorbyte2642]

lol oh the young and clueless, F unions

[@BetterCallJamie]

The presenters wouldn't of even been born when Lemmings and James Pond Bubble 0, 7 were released.

[@alexhobbs1208]

And?

[@fordderek2429]

Yeah unions are great. Force you too pay for the more expensive health insurance option that your employer offers. Then when you break your back at work they send you back to your home state (where the health insurance they made you get is not good.) They drain your retirement and don't get your job back when your healed. For all of you that are gonna argue with me this literally happened to me.

[@notimeforthis7377]

Yeah, her immature political takes are quite annoying.

[@Spacemutiny]

Not to mention they cause said work to go on ten times longer than it needs to with their ridiculous rules of who can do what. I once had a union electrician company do work in my business in NYC. They left the place a mess and said per their union contract they can’t clean up.

[@mattalan6618]

i know its DLC but How The Saints Saved Christmas was always weird to me

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Saints Row? You might have wanted to mention the game, in case there were cavemen or other troglodytes reading the comment and scratching their cone-shaped craniums. Or kiddy Kong. Him and his freakish conehead

[@mattalan6618]

@@Boogie_the_cat go be rude somewhere else