The Best April Fools' Day Gaming Jokes Of 2025

April 1 might just be one of the best days of the year, especially if you embrace the silliness of April Fool's Day. Video game developers and publishers have embraced the day, letting their metaphorical hair down to present weird and wild ideas for various games. In some cases, several joke game concepts have even been realized as full games, so while it pays to double-check what you see online today, you never know what the future might hold in store.

We're taking a look at the best April Fool's jokes we've seen so far, and we'll be updating this list with new entries throughout the day, so if you need a quick laugh, you can check back here for some new jokes from the industry.

"On second thought, maybe we should not have hired that marketing company I found in our spam folder to do the trailer," the Cult of the Lambs devs lamb-mented.

You might have to wait a bit for it--2049 to be precise--but at least you can look forward to Dave the Diver Remastered when it arrives on several consoles like the LS7, Ybox Series X|L, and Swhich. No, my cat did not walk across my keyboard while I was typing this.

We're pretty sure that the various weapons of Helldivers 2 aren't meant to be the size of SUVs, but maybe we're seeing things.

"Rumors of Super Earth weapons changing sizes are considered Automaton propaganda and should be ignored. Anyone spreading such malicious lies should be reported to the Ministry of Truth," the Helldivers 2 social media account says.

Last year, PocketPair showed off Palworld: More Than Just Pals, an April Fool's joke for a visual-novel dating sim featuring several of its cute creations as possible romantic partners.

That joke has been updated for 2025 with a detailed Steam hub and a new trailer, and the Palworld social media accounts have also announced a contest for a More Than Just Pals Lovander body pillow. At this rate, we wouldn't be surprised if this becomes a real game that is eventually released.

It's a scientific fact that dual-wielding improves everything, but the scientists at PowerWash Simulator were so preoccupied with whether or not they could introduce triple, quadruple, and more big number-wielding formats to their grime-fighting game, that they didn't stop to think if they should have done so in the first place.

This isn't the first time that Razer has offered some fancy headgear, but the Skibidi headset might be its most ambitious project to date. While it looks like the protective gear you'd expect soldiers of a dystopian regime to wear, this is in fact a concept for an AI-powered "brainrot" translator that'll allow you to have a coherent conversation with Gen Alpha. Although, Razer did commit a cardinal sin by posting this joke a day early.

When it comes to cozy life-simulator games, Fantasy Life and Animal Crossing are two of the biggest names in that genre. So you can only imagine how crushed fans of those franchises are going to be when they discover that this slick trailer produced by Level5 for Life Crossing: Fantasy Horizons is for a crossover that they'll never get to play.

Pondering the point of existence and the human condition is so 2014, and to combat this, Croteam has revealed new modes to help streamline The Talos Principle: Reawakened.

Perhaps you've always dreamed of creating engaging puzzles, but you don't want to expend any effort in bringing your ideas to life. Maybe you'd prefer a wall of text to be replaced by a single emoji, or you crave background noise from Serious Sam games while you play through a level. Now that's a next-gen alpha gaming experience.

Elgato is known for its line of compact and easy-to-use Stream Decks, but if you'd rather your streaming setup looked like a NASA command center, you can outfit your entire desk in glorious buttons.

Touching grass is never a bad idea, but just in case you can't venture outdoors, Dbrand has a novel solution that involves astro-turfing all of your text. You can read more about this initiative on Dbrand's website, although it might also cause you to undergo an existential crisis.

Marvel Rivals is going to be really weird tonight when you find yourself cornered by a Venom who is driven to twerk.

Look, we don't make the rules, we just enforce them when they're convenient to us. And what if the rules require adorable cats to start replacing inferior humans in Delta Force? Well, so be it then.

Goddess of Victory: Nikke normally goes all out for April Fool's Day, and this year is no exception. From a slick trailer for a movie that we really want to see released in 2050 to disturbing new collectibles and in-game events, no effort has been spared by developer Shift Up.

Minecraft players have crafted tools, homes, and entire worlds, but what if they could craft their own mines? Enter the Craftmine update, which will allow players to create their very own subterranean wonders that happen to be full of rich mineral deposits.

Okay Konami, that's a bit dark. On the other hand, if you don't mind parting with $50, you'll get a "hauntingly comfortable tribute" that features a hidden message that glows in the dark.

"You can actually pre-order it. But only for 7 days. After that, it vanishes into the fog forever," the official site listing explains.

Sonic's longtime friend Miles "Tails" Prower is making some changes. Sega announced that Tails has decided to move to Europe, and as such, his new name will be Kilometres Prower. It is about now that you may be realizing his name has been a pun for more than three decades.

Blizzard is well known for its yearly April Fools' Day jokes, and it had several great ones as part of the latest "patch notes" for World of Warcraft. A new raid called The Deeper Cave Below the Bottom promises zero light outside of casting spells, while a shorter dungeon isn't that much shorter, as it takes place at the Undermine DMV. The new "War Couples" system will let you and another player get big bonuses while in a party, even if (or especially if) you leave the party early.