This jam is now over. It ran from 2025-07-25 23:00:00 to 2025-08-03 22:59:00. View results

Update: 

Our modifier, as voted on by the community, and chosen at random, has been picked! This year's modifier is....

 'Genre fakeout' 

 Remember, you can choose to interpret (or misinterpret) the modifier however you want, or completely ignore it! Good luck to everyone!

'So Bad it's Good' Jam 2025

Celebrating nine years of making the best worst games that Itch has to offer!

Don't you enjoy playing bad games? The games that are clearly not the highest technical masterpieces, but are fun on the virtue of being a good laugh, or creative in it's own unique way? If so, you've stumbled into the correct Jam!

In the 9th annual 'So Bad it's Good' jam, the bar has never been lower! Your game shouldn't be "well-made" or "polished", but it should have a unique charm to it, an be a fun and original experience. The aim is to create a game that isn't perfect, or extravagant, but is jank to the point where it becomes enjoyable!

Unsure what to do? View our 2024 Jam, 2023 Jam, 2022 Jam, 2021 Jam, 2020 Jam, 2019 Jam, 2018 Jam and our 2017 Jam.

The Criteria:

Rules are made to be broken!!! 🤩 But not these ones! 😤 so listen up!

  • Rule 1: "It has to be fun to play"

- This is arguably the hardest category to get right. There is a sweet spot with these types of games. Games that are unplayable, or mediocre to the point of boredom, are not fun. In order to make a true SBIG game, there has to be a level of enjoyment. With that said, it is up to you exactly how you choose to achieve this!

  • Rule 2: "It can be original or based off an existing IP"

- You can be as original or shamelessly unoriginal as you want. Just don't use any trademarked or copyrighted material. If you want to parody an existing IP, at least think of a funny name for it. See Low Budget Quantum Tunnelling or Freedom the Eagle for inspiration.

  • Rule 3: "Use whatever engine, whatever genre, however many people"

- Just go nuts. If you want to make your game in Unity, Godot, Gamemaker, Unreal, Construct: do it! One person, Two people, Ten people: do it! Hell, if you and your team of 1000 monkeys with typewriters want to create a rom-hack for the Game Child, have at it!! Use what you feel most comfortable with, or try something new, and see how it turns out. The only way you could fail is by not releasing a game at all.

  • Rule 4: "Games must be made during the jam period".

- In order to make it a level playing field, you can't submit a game that you've worked on/released before the start of the jam. Once the jam starts, you can work on your game as much as you want, but keep your ideas in your head until the jam begins!

Additional guidance:
  • While we don't immediately disqualify games submitted to multiple jams, please ensure that the game you make was made in the jam period, and was made with the intention of, or the subsequent realisation, of being So bad it's good!
  • We tolerate the use of AI coding assistants and AI-generated content. If you wish to utilise AI content in your game, please credit where it was used. Please do not use AI art to deliberately replicate the works/style of copyrighted artists.

Modifier:

For this year's jam, as with last year's, there will be a modifier. The modifier is a special theme or item that could be added for extra points. For example, our previous modifiers have been "Excessive sound design", "Every suggestion combined", "Ssh! The tortoise might hear!", "one button", "impossible", "retro" and "cyberpunk". As always, the modifier can be taken literally, or figuratively, and you can choose to interpret (or misinterpret) it however you want!

Voting for the modifier has now started in the Discord Server, and my omniscient Discord bot, VoteBot, will announce the modifier randomly, two days before the start of the Jam.

Voting/Prizes:

As with last year’s jam, games will be voted on the following categories:

  • Graphics
  • Sound
  • Gameplay
  • Overall Bad
  • Overall Good
  • Modifier

Remember, the individual categories will be judged on whether they are so bad it's good. The voting isn't a measure of quality, but a measure of how well they fit the brief of the jam.

In previous years, we’ve created a "Best of the Worst" compilation for the top 10 winners, and the overall winner can choose whether the bundle is free or paid, and if so, what charity the proceeds will be sent to. If you would like to see the previous compilations, you can see our 2024 "Best of the Worst" Compilation, or the 2023, 2022, 2020, 2018, or 2017 Compilations.

Find a team:

We have a dedicated Discord channel for finding teams together. If you'd like to find some people to make a game with, the Discord is the best place to do so! You can join the Discord here:

Links:

As mentioned before, we have a Discord server, where you can see the latest updates, and vote on the modifier: https://discord.gg/rn7amBk

We strongly recommend you join the Discord to get a full SBIGJam experience! Over there you can vote for the modifier, and meet your fellow contestants!

It's SBIGing time! Let's go!

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Kevin returns on another quest. Not for his stomach, but for his heart
Platformer
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A slingshot game… at first. Fling the duck, break stuff, and discover what’s really going on.
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Advanced Tactical Dressage Simulation
Sports
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After all... i am
Platformer
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You've been training for 10 years to get revenge on the DEMON LORD, and today's the day!
Adventure
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a totally normal and regular FPS
Action
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A retail themed puzzle game that ends up doing whatever it wants.
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An absolute crapfest of an FPS!
Shooter
Short Horror Game :)
Platformer
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An UNDERTALE parody that starts off normal - then forgets how to be a game.
Role Playing
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the sloppiest of slop games
Simulation
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(V0.0.1) A RPG where you explore a random dungeon and find something strange.
Adventure
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A half-sheep, half-goat creature must fight against furries who have caused a solar eclipse
Shooter
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A slopcore game for the modern gamer!
Action
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Normal taxi driver simulator
Simulation
Prequel of the upcoming game
Visual Novel
Yes, there is a boss fight at the end.
Adventure
A visual novel made for the 'So Bad it's Good' Jam 2025.
A dating sim where you must reject the unwanted advances of all the crazy suitors who are chasing after you.
Simulation
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Cook for the devil: he's a picky eater!
Adventure
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The crazy sequel to the beloved 2004 classic!
Adventure
a simple game for a jam, a RPG wihout medievals villages lol
Adventure
wowserss woah wow
Action
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Snake, but it's multiplayer. No player limits
Action
Simulation
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Adventure of the lifetime
Action
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Stick figures fight
Action
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Go, fish
Simulation
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Come around ! Come around ! Play with me and try to win twenty bazillion dollars but I will not make it easy !
Puzzle
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An adventure in the Leisure Suit Larry Universe
Adventure
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A Hating Sim
Visual Novel
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The player is out of the loop about playing this.
Puzzle
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SBIG game jam entry "fakeout genre"
Platformer
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Quell the hellbound hunger, else you become dinner!
Action
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Action
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Cointoss is in trouble and you can help him out of it.
Platformer
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Fighting game For sbig Jam 2025
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Just a Regular Rogue Like Game. Or is it? *Vsauce music starts playing*
Action
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SBIGJAM 2025 Submission
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Action
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Doing Math is fun!!
Educational
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1 man vs 100 gorillas bro
Fighting
Shooter
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A 2 player run and gun inspired by Contra for the 2025 So Bad It's Good Game Jam
Action
Everyone has a dark secret...
Adventure
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Made for the 2025 'So Bad It's Good' game jam.
Adventure
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​This game was made for the 'So Bad It's Good' 2025 game jam.​
Platformer
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This game is a pretty short game about finding out WHO is the best for a cheese named Cheddar...
Adventure
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