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Something strange is happening to how people search for games. Instead of typing a title, they type a description: a game about digging a hole, a game about climbing, a weird game about sausage. And in almost every case, a real game exists with exactly that name.
This is now a genuine genre of indie game — titles that are literally just the description of what you do. Here is every one people are currently searching for, and what each actually is.
A Game About Digging A Hole
You buy a house. There is a garden. You start digging, and you do not stop.
A Game About Digging A Hole is a minimalist game about exactly that: collect resources, sell them, upgrade your spade, dig deeper, and slowly uncover a mysterious secret. Developer Ben (DoubleBee) built it in his spare time and priced it at $4.99, roughly a coffee.
There is no rush and no rules. That is the pitch, and it works.
And also: Another Game About Digging A Hole
Yes, really. Another Game About Digging A Hole takes the same loop to an unclaimed planet, tasking you with finding every resource hidden in the mines. $2.99, and named in open acknowledgement of what it follows.
A Difficult Game About Climbing
The name is a warning, not a description.
A Difficult Game About Climbing from Pontypants has you hauling yourself up a treacherous mountain toward the legendary Peak. The store page states it plainly: no deaths and no violence, just the constant fear of falling and losing all your progress — and then adds that perhaps that is worse.
It ships with a free expansion adding a full second chapter that is bigger, more brutal, and explicitly not easier. $9.99.
A Game About Being A Parrot
The pitch is the design document: you are a parrot, and your job is ruining everyone day. Steal things. Break what you cannot steal. Make noise. Wreck carefully arranged rooms. Earn money from the chaos and spend it on costumes and vehicles so you can be an even worse parrot.
The free demo is live on Steam now, which is the cheapest possible way to find out whether the joke sustains.
A Game About Feeding A Black Hole
A short incremental where you feed a black hole by destroying asteroids, then planets, then stars. The escalation in scale is the game — the incremental structure exists so that jumping from rubble to suns feels earned rather than arbitrary. $6.99.
a weird game about sausage
Lowercase, as the developer intended. It is a clicker: press the left mouse button to toss a sausage into the air, then leave the rest to Newton and, in the developer own words, this elastic meat product.
The controls are trivially simple. The levels are not, because a bouncing sausage is not a predictable object. $2.99.
Why these games keep working
The title is the trailer
You do not need a marketing budget when the name explains the entire game. Someone reads A Game About Digging A Hole and instantly knows whether they want it. That is a conversion funnel with no steps in it.
They are honest, and that is disarming
An industry full of names like Shadowfall: Reckoning has trained everyone to expect inflation. A game that says it is difficult, and is difficult, earns trust immediately.
They are cheap
Almost every game on this list costs under $10, and several are under $3. The premise is a joke, so the price cannot be.
People search in plain language now
This is the underrated part. Search behaviour has shifted toward describing things rather than naming them, and these developers named their games the way people actually type. Whether that was strategy or instinct, it works.
More games named after what you do
- How to Fish — you crash a boat, you learn to fish, you shoot the fish
- how to kill a fly — you can only speak by repeating what others say
- Don’t Drop The Cake — horror where you balance a wobbling cake
- Bills Must Be Paid — smash piggy banks before bankruptcy arrives
- Don’t Lose Aggro — a roguelite where you only play the tank
- FEED THE AI — feed an AI until control slips away
Frequently asked questions
What is the game about digging a hole?
A Game About Digging A Hole by DoubleBee, released February 2025 at $4.99. You dig in the garden of a newly bought house, sell what you find, upgrade your equipment and uncover a secret. There is also a follow-up called Another Game About Digging A Hole set on an unclaimed planet.
What is the difficult game about climbing?
A Difficult Game About Climbing by Pontypants, released March 2024 at $9.99. You climb toward a summit called the Peak with no deaths and no combat, only the risk of falling and losing all progress. It includes a free expansion with a second chapter.
Is there really a game about being a parrot?
Yes. A Game About Being A Parrot is a sandbox game where you play a parrot causing chaos by stealing, breaking things and ruining rooms. A free demo is available on Steam now.
Why are so many games named like descriptions?
Because the name does the marketing. A title that states exactly what the game is converts instantly, needs no trailer to explain it, and matches how people increasingly search: in plain descriptive language rather than by title.
Are these games actually good?
Several are very well reviewed. A Difficult Game About Climbing built a large following in the rage-platformer scene, and A Game About Digging A Hole is widely praised for its pacing. They are also almost all under $10, which lowers the risk considerably.
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