For everyLegend of Zelda : breather of the WildandHades , there ’s alsoAssassin ’s Creed UnityandBalan Wonderworld . Depending on the claim , video game disasters can be just as well - known as successes .

While some of these failures are plainly fair or not enjoyable , others are so uproariously awful that they become entertaining and fun in their own way . Similar to films likeThe Room , these games often become fad classics because of the comedic and fascinating enjoyment they invoke in actor .

Typical Nightmare

release in 2018,Typical Nightmareis an indie revulsion title that claims to be a raft recondite and more thought - provoking than it really is . The biz follow a youthful military man name John who last in a break away - down flat with his partner , Jane . After he goes to log Z’s one Nox , John becomes entrap in his dreams by an unknown being who tease him . To take to the woods his endless nightmare , he must confront his internal demons .

Despite the intriguing premiss , the plot promptly becomes more hilarious than shuddery as the role player come across a near incomprehensible narration sate with funnily worded dialog , pre - made asset , and game - break glitch . After about an hour of unintentional comedic nonsense , the game ends with the entire in - game mould going up on stage for a curtain call .

Pepsiman

Though the 2009 eternal - Caranx crysos gameCanabaltwas the firstflash plot that pushed its genreinto the public optic , several similar games did exist years beforehand , including the 1999 Japan - only PS1 action title Pepsiman . Created to advertise the democratic carbonated soft beverage Pepsi , the game follows the titular superhero Pepsiman as he redeem the 24-hour interval by delivering toilet of Pepsi to thirsty someone .

Since Pepsiman never stops run , the player must navigate through several stages and avoid obstruction by jumping over , sliding under , and daunt away from hazards . In between the stage , the player gets to watch live - action FMV cutscenes of an American mankind drinking increasingly idiotic amount of Pepsi . Along with the giddy premiss , the game is also know for having three-D modelling created by picture game theater director Kotaro Uchikoshi , who is best known for writing theZero Escapeseries .

Chaos Wars

create as a crossover between the video game companies Idea Factory , Atlus , RED Entertainment , and Aruze , Chaos Warsis a 2006 PS2 tactical JRPG that is known for its incomprehensible story and hilarious voice play . After three average in high spirits schooling scholar named Hyōma , Shizuku , and Hayatemaru skip school to explore a supposedly magic cave , the leash gets transported to another world known as Endia . Then , they must gain allies and find special key so that they can return home .

While the gameplay is abysmal and the plot feel like it ’s held together by duck taping , Chaos Warshas remained a memorable deed of conveyance for its comedic voice act as . With weirdly translate dialog and a hurl that constantly sounds wrong , it ’s often considered one of the worst examples of interpreter act in television game account .

Hard Time

release in 2006,Hard Timeis a prison simulator where the participant must go their conviction in the Southtown Correctional Facility , which is known for being an fabulously life-threatening and possibly deadly prison house . After the player creates their own unequalled character , they are able to explore the with child installation , work on different skill , interact with the many NPCs , and fundamentally develop their character however they want .

standardized to the developer ’s other prominent titleThe You Testament , Hard Timeis notorious for its uproariously terrible NPC AI , which often cause NPCs to get into fights for absolutely no understanding . While this was in the beginning anunder - the - radio detection and ranging life-time simulation secret plan ,   it became more well - known after large YouTubers began making playthroughs of it . In 2013 , a 2D remake was created for fluid platforms .

Animation Magic’s Legend of Zelda Duology

Back in 1990 , the Dutch electronic troupe Philips release the Compact Disc - Interactive ( candle - i ) , which is now consider one of theworst video game comfort ever made . Despite the product being primarily made for edutainment and occupation software , the console has become most known for its comedically bad games . Some of the most well - known instance of this are the twoLegend of Zeldatitles create by Animation Magic : Link : The Faces of EvilandZelda : The Wand of Gamelon .

concord toNintendo Life , the studio apartment was task with create these titles despite having an highly lowly budget , a terrible console table to work with , and barely any experience . Since Philips distinguish the studio apartment that they must have FMV cutscenes , they had to hire outsourced Russian animators to create them . Years later , these iconic cutscenes became darling memes , and many YouTube user have created edited version in mashups known as a " YouTube Poop . "

The Ring: Terror’s Realm

Based on theRingseries of novel , which also inspired the iconicRinghorror films , The band : Terror ’s Realmis a selection horror game resign in 2000 for the Dreamcast . This obscure revulsion gamefollows a young cleaning woman named Meg Rainman who has just been hired by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) . Meg ’s boyfriend , Robert , had mysteriously died while work on a programme called " RING " at the CDC ,   and she obtained the job so she could uncover what chance .

As the instrumentalist begin to call for how Meg could ’ve been hired when her young man was just part of a big cabal , they are rapidly exposed to a blue - tone data track   fill with apparently random preeminence . With weird character reference model , screaming dialogue , clunky ascendence , and a foreign plot , this secret plan goes in all sort of entertaining focus .

Escape from Bug Island

Created by the Japanese developer Spike , who would later merge with Chunsoft to become Spike Chunsoft , Escape from Bug Islandis a 2006 survival repugnance game released for the Wii . In this game , players contain a young man discover Ray who travels to the titular Bug Island with his champion Michelle and Mike because Michelle really like bugs . After the trio gets separated , Ray go on a perilous journeying to find his acquaintance .

Although the assumption of an island fill up with giant bugs is already foreign enough , the plot eventually has the player time traveling and fight against Lovecraftian monster , too . By the final stage , players will feel as if they ’ve just woken up from a bug - bite - induced fever dream .

Limbo of the Lost

unloose in 2007 after being in developing for almost 20 long time , Limbo of the Lostis a horror point - and - get through escapade game that follows Captain Benjamin Briggs , a real - life ocean captain   who mysteriously disappeared in the 1800s along with the rest of his crew on theMary Celeste . In this game , Briggs end up in Limbo , and the player must help both him and Destiny defeat Fate .

Even though the strange plot , cutscenes , and vocalisation play already make this an interesting title , the plot ripped off or plagiarized almost everything it does . While play it , it ’s fascinating to see how many different games were somehow run up together .

The Mystery of the Druids

Released in 2001,The Mystery of the Druidsis a supernatural mystery point - and - click escapade game that follows Scotland Yard Detective Brent Halligan as he " tries " to inquire a series of cruel murders known as the " Skeleton Murders . " After doing various unrelated activities , he accidentally uncover a conspiracy involving a grouping of magical Druid with the help of anthropologist Dr. Melanie Turner .

Besides having a bizarre plot that eventually has Halligan traveling through time to stop five evil babe , the game is mostly known for its memes . The exaggerated brass on the box fine art and the fact that Halligan ’s rival detective , Steve Lowry , inexplicably floats above his chairwoman have both become well - known memes even by individuals who have never play the plot .

Deadly Premonition

Inspired byTwin Peaks , the 2010 open - world mystery repulsion gameDeadly Premonitionis perchance the well illustration of a game that ’s so unfit it ’s good . After 18 - year - old Anna Graham is bump off in the rural townspeople of Greenvale , FBI Special Agent Francis York Morgan essay to empty the cause .

As with any Lynchian   tale , the biz is filled with many weird character and confusing plot ingredient . Although the gameplay has its issues ,   it get a potent fad following and received a sequel in 2020 .

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The protagonist looks at a crooked building in the game Typical Nightmare.

Pepsiman running on a street in the epynomous video game

One of the main characters, Hayatemaru, talking in the game Chaos Wars

A judge states his verdict to the prosecution and defense in the game Hard Time.

Link laughs at Zelda in Animation Magic’s Legend of Zelda game.

A skeletal face stares through a ring on the cover of The Ring: Terror’s Realm video game.

Michelle talking in the game Escape from Bug Island

Protagonist Benjamin Briggs stands in a stone hallway in the game Limbo of the Lost.

Detective Brent Halligan searches a library in the game The Mystery of the Druids

Emily and York sit at a bar in the horror game Deadly Premonition

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