Post-Punk Games

Yahtzee Crowshaw defined his idea of "post-punk" as a genre or style of games. I like the idea of this, but in his video (https://youtu.be/KIEDhrf_2rc) he didn't really go into great detail showing a large selection of games he considered post-punk. His simple definition: "Punk has destroyed what is already there, and post-punk art is what gets built on the wreckage."

So here's a variety of games that I feel deliberately reject, flout, or rebel against potential predecessors and the ideas of the past. These are games that are irreverent and almost hostile to the idea of what games are or should be, and revel in that defiance.

Fear & Hunger
Fear & Hunger
Cruelty Squad
Cruelty Squad
Pathologic Classic HD
Pathologic Classic HD
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Caves of Qud
Caves of Qud
Pizza Tower
Pizza Tower
Super Meat Boy
Super Meat Boy
Umurangi Generation
Umurangi Generation
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Killer7
Killer7
Undertale
Undertale
El Paso, Elsewhere
El Paso, Elsewhere
Lethal Company
Lethal Company
Inscryption
Inscryption
Off
Off
Devotion
Devotion
House
House
Faith: The Unholy Trinity
Faith: The Unholy Trinity
Lobotomy Corporation
Lobotomy Corporation
Babbdi
Babbdi
Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
How Fish Is Made
How Fish Is Made
Katamari Damacy
Katamari Damacy
Papers, Please
Papers, Please
Q.u.q.
Q.u.q.
Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator
Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator
Spec Ops: The Line
Spec Ops: The Line
One Hour One Life
One Hour One Life
God Field
God Field
World of Horror
World of Horror
The Beginner's Guide
The Beginner's Guide
The Stanley Parable
The Stanley Parable
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Amazing Cultivation Simulator
Amazing Cultivation Simulator
Hatoful Boyfriend
Hatoful Boyfriend
Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami
No One Lives Under the Lighthouse
No One Lives Under the Lighthouse
SuperHot
SuperHot
Thirty Flights of Loving
Thirty Flights of Loving
Kenshi
Kenshi
Jazzpunk
Jazzpunk
Gorilla Tag
Gorilla Tag
P.T.
P.T.
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
I'm on Observation Duty 5
I'm on Observation Duty 5
Death Trash
Death Trash
DriveCrazy
DriveCrazy
Everhood
Everhood
Space Station 13
Space Station 13
HighFleet
HighFleet
Degrees of Lewdity
Degrees of Lewdity
Quasimorph
Quasimorph
Songs of Syx
Songs of Syx
Dwarf Fortress
Dwarf Fortress
Balatro
Balatro
Before the Green Moon
Before the Green Moon
Wide Ocean Big Jacket
Wide Ocean Big Jacket
The Citadel
The Citadel
Felvidek
Felvidek
An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs
An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs
Six Ages: Ride like the Wind
Six Ages: Ride like the Wind

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