The thin line between games and malware

Games with elements that go beyond the scope of the permissions you'd assume you were giving a game (e.g. creating files, hidden extra saves or directories, looking at the files on your computer) for gameplay effect. (Not for games that are literally malware.)

OneShot
OneShot
Popups, creating files in other directories on your computer, changing your desktop background, fake 'window'.
Irisu Syndrome
Irisu Syndrome
Fake 'window', creating text files.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Erasing save files, reading information about the player's PC.
Deltarune: Chapter 1
Deltarune: Chapter 1
"Install this suspicious exe file bro trust me." Bonus points for the bug in SurveyProgram where the uninstaller deleted the entire directory it was contained in.
Undertale
Undertale
Hidden save file on completing a No Mercy route.
Zork
Zork
The 'curse' for defiling a corpse is stored outside of your save file.
Lose/Lose
Lose/Lose
Self-explanatory.
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Drops information about the player's Steam profile/user profile.
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid
The character Psycho Mantis comments on what kind of games you like to play by reading your memory card.
Imscared
Imscared
Creating/deleting files (see comments).

3 Comments


4 months ago

IMSCARED did something like OneShot, Windows even recognised it as malware apparently

4 months ago

Great list idea! Would Psycho Mantis count?

4 months ago

@cowboyjosh Oh yeah, good pull, thanks!
@paq250_ Cool, I'd actually never heard of this. Added


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