Some people like to get in the Christmas spirit by caroling, looking at Christmas lights, or shopping for presents. Some people get in the Christmas spirit with a favorite Christmas movie or a favorite TV special they come back to over and over again. Here at EIP.gg, we like to get in the holiday spirit the way we do everything else: with video games. With that in mind, we’ve found some Yuletide gems for you, from just about every era of video game history.
Some of these games are great at any time, but pick up an extra spot of joy and goodwill around December 25th. Other games on this list are heavily Christmas-themed, but are great in their own right. And one or two of them, like the porcelain village your nana carefully arranged beneath her tree, should only come out at this time of year.
Whether you celebrate Christmas, politely ignore it, or yell “Bah, humbug!” at the heavens every December, one of these games will fit in your stocking.
NiGHTS is an odd game to describe. It’s got the dreamlike visual style of early Sonic’s special stages, mixed with tight 2.5-D flying sections. Players take...
