April Fools’ Day is a great time to laugh at fake gaming announcements—but some of the weirdest games are real. I’m talking about stuff like Trombone Champ, where you honk your way through national anthems, or Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, which is exactly what it sounds like.
You’ve got Don’t Shit Your Pants, Kill It With Fire, and even Hatoful Boyfriend, a dating sim where you romance pigeons. These aren’t jokes. They’re actual games you can buy, download, and play right now. So here’s a roundup of six games that feel like April Fools’ pranks, but absolutely aren’t.
Who’s Your Daddy?
On paper, Who’s Your Daddy? sounds like a terrible idea: one person plays as a reckless baby trying to get hurt, and the other plays as the dad trying to stop it. In practice, it’s absolute chaos. The baby can eat batteries, throw themselves down stairs, or crawl into the oven. The dad runs around in a panic trying to baby-proof the house in real time. It’s like a parenting simulator if it were designed by someone with a deeply dark sense of humour.
The janky physics and unexpected interactions make every round unpredictable. Sometimes you win, sometimes you fail hilariously, but it’s never boring. I’ve played matches where I’ve laughed so hard I couldn’t even stop the baby from drinking bleach. It’s dumb, fast, and surprisingly entertaining with a friend. You can call it a party game, a parenting nightmare, or a very weird PSA—but it works.
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
This one doesn’t even try to hide how ridiculous it is. You play as a turnip. You’re also a criminal. After refusing to pay taxes, you’re evicted and roped into doing errands for corrupt vegetable politicians. The whole thing plays like a short, top-down Zelda-style game with dungeons, puzzles, and sword-swinging, but it’s all filtered through an aggressively dumb sense of humour. You’ll rip up government documents, talk to shady carrots, and uncover a weird backstory about a vegetable-based post-apocalypse.
Every character is either suspicious, passive-aggressive, or completely unhinged. The writing is nonstop nonsense in the best way, and the game knows exactly how absurd it is. I finished it in a few sittings and still laughed at how seriously it treated its nonsense plot. If you’ve ever wanted to stab snails and dodge IRS agents as a morally bankrupt vegetable, this game has you covered.
Hatoful Boyfriend
Dating sims already have a reputation for being weird, but Hatoful Boyfriend takes it to another level. You play as the only human student at a high school for birds. Not bird people. Actual pigeons, doves, and other feathered bachelors. The game starts as a parody of the genre but quickly turns into something entirely different. Without spoiling too much, it gets surprisingly dark if you stick with it. But at the surface level, it’s hilarious.
Each bird has a personality archetype—there’s the bad boy pigeon, the childhood friend pigeon, and even a bird who lives in a box. It’s absurd in every possible way, yet somehow, it keeps you invested. The writing leans into its premise so hard that you can’t help but go along for the ride. I started it as a joke, but I finished it out of genuine curiosity. Few games are this dumb and this committed.
Kill It With Fire
Kill It With Fire turns a universal fear—spiders—into an all-out war. You’re dropped into normal environments like houses or offices, but you’re not there to relax. You’re there to hunt spiders. And you don’t just squash them—you blow them up, burn them down, or snipe them with absurd weapons. Flamethrowers? Check. Guns? Yep. Throwing stars? Obviously. The spiders are tiny, fast, and great at hiding, which makes every creak of a cabinet door feel weirdly suspenseful.
Then one scurries out, and panic kicks in. I played it thinking it would be a dumb five-minute distraction, but the level progression, unlockables, and pure chaos kept me going. It somehow blends horror, comedy, and action into something genuinely satisfying. You don’t need to be scared of spiders to enjoy it—but it definitely helps. If you’ve ever wanted to destroy a kitchen just to squash a bug, this is your moment.
Trombone Champ
Rhythm games are usually about precision and style. Trombone Champ is about making noise. You slide your mouse to match notes while your trombone honks, wheezes, and wobbles through songs like “God Save the King” or “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” The worse you do, the funnier it gets—which is kind of the point. Even if you try to play well, the game’s intentionally chaotic controls make every performance sound like a middle school band concert going off the rails.
There’s also a weird hidden lore about baboons and hot dogs, because why not? I went into it expecting a quick gag and ended up stuck for hours trying to earn S-ranks while laughing at every botched note. It’s loud, dumb, and joyful in a way most rhythm games never are. If you’ve ever wanted to fail your way through a national anthem, this is the game for you.
Don’t Shit Your Pants
Yes, that’s really the title. Don’t Shit Your Pants is a text-based survival game that starts with one goal and one ticking clock. You’ve got a few seconds and a keyboard. Your objective? Not to soil yourself. You type in basic commands like “open door” or “pull down pants” and hope they work before time runs out. If you mess up—or try something absurd—you get a new ending.
There’s actually a full achievement list for every way you can fail, and it encourages you to experiment just to see how badly it can go. It’s crude, dumb, and honestly pretty clever in how it handles choice and timing. I played it years ago thinking it would be a throwaway joke, but I still remember it. Somehow, this ten-minute potty emergency sticks with you longer than most 40-hour RPGs. It’s comedy, chaos, and poor planning in the best possible way.
A Perfect Way to Celebrate April Fools (Without Faking It)
Games like these remind me why I love this medium. You’ve got emotional stories and technical masterpieces—but then you also have Don’t Shit Your Pants and Trombone Champ. These aren’t just weird for the sake of it. They take their ridiculous ideas and commit fully, which makes them unforgettable. Whether it’s dating pigeons, waging war on spiders, or eating batteries as a baby, each one embraces chaos in its own way.
So this April Fools’ Day, skip the fake trailers. Play something real, stupid, and surprisingly fun instead. Just… maybe don’t start with the pants one.
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