It’s that time of the year again! Everyone is nice to each other, people are looking forward to a few days of freedom, food has no calories and all problems seem to go away.
Families gather to celebrate, feast, decorate, and spend time together. What can’t be forgotten are gifts, which are a very important part of Christmas. Especially if they are exactly what we asked for. But let’s be honest, sometimes socks or kitchen appliances are not what we had in mind when we thought about our Christmas gift.
What is our favorite games that could make up for that? Let’s sit down, relax and look for the best Christmas Easter eggs in games!
| Game | Release | Genre | Trailer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Valheim | 2021-02-02 | Survival | |
 | Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition | 2014-10-30 | RPG | |
 | God of War Ragnarök | 2024-09-19 | Action & Adventure | |
 | Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts | 2019-11-22 | Action | |
 | Subnautica: Below Zero | 2019-01-30 | Adventure | |
 | The Last of Us Part I | 2023-03-28 | Action & Survival | |
 | Tom Clancy's The Division | 2016-03-07 | Action & Shooter | |
 | Kona | 2017-03-17 | Adventure | |
 | Frostpunk | 2018-04-24 | Simulation | |
 | Lost Planet Extreme Condition | 2007-06-26 | Adventure | |
 | Metro Exodus | 2020-02-14 | Adventure | |
 | Batman Arkham Origins | 2013-11-08 | Adventure | |
 | Horizon Zero Dawn | Complete Edition | 2020-08-07 | Adventure | |
 | The Long Dark | 2017-08-01 | Adventure | |
 | Monster Hunter World Iceborne Master Edition | 2019-12 | Action | |
 | Steep | 2016-12-02 | Race | |
 | Rise Of The Tomb Raider 20 Years Celebration | 2016-02-09 | Adventure |
Elder Scrolls Online
| Release date: | 2014-04-04 |
| Genre: | MMO |
| Developer: | Zenimax Online Studios |
Is there anything better than combining the holiday season with the mysteries of Tamriel?
The New Life Festival is your perfect opportunity to enjoy both, enriched with several side activities, unlockables, massive bonus XP gains, and unique festive goodies. Mark your calendars for December 19th!
Don’t Starve Together
| Release date: | 2016-04-21 |
| Genre: | Economy |
| Developer: | Klei Entertainment |
Surviving in a world that does everything to exterminate you is hard, so why not make regular dying more enjoyable with the Winter’s Feast event?
That’s the best time to buy unique winter skins, set up a Christmas Tree in your base, and adorn it with various themed items to await gifts. You can even arrange a lavish Christmas Eve dinner with your friends, at least until Deerclops visits to ruin all your efforts.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
| Release date: | 2020-03-20 |
| Genre: | Simulation |
| Developer: | Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 5 |
If you haven’t had the chance to experience Festive Season in Animal Crossing: New Horizons yet, now’s the excellent time to make that dream come true.
This coziest game ever offers plenty of events occurring throughout December. You can get your hands on many exclusive items during once-in-a-year events like Christmas Toy Day, New Year’s Countdown, Winter Solstice, Summer Solstice, New Year’s Eve, Snowflake Season, and more. There’s always something fun to do, especially in such a beautiful winter setting!
World of Warcraft
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World of Warcraft seems glorious enough as it is, but what if you could spice up that impression with a tiny bit of Christmas vibe? Well, that’s what you get in the Feast of Winter Veil event – a recurring affair starting mid-December and ending around New Year’s.
Prepare for special winter quests, holiday treats, and omnipresent decorations. And the best part is that at the end of the event, players can collect under-the-tree presents located in the capitals of both factions – Ironforge or Orgrimmar – with seasonal exclusives included!
Fortnite
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No game hosts festive events quite like Fortnite, making Winterfest a must-see (and must-participate) destination for anyone who loves the holiday spirit. What can you expect?
There will be plenty of surprises, special quests, Christmas skins, emotes, gliders, lobby music, and much more. Plus, familiar locations feature unique winter-themed decorations during this time of year, letting everyone soak up the magical holiday atmosphere to their hearts’ content.
Destiny 2
| Release date: | 2024-06-04 |
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Even the ever-busy Guardians sometimes need a break from their duties of saving the galaxy. Fortunately, the Dawning event comes to the rescue!
It’s an annual celebration time offering unique extras, festive activities, exclusive armor sets, and brand-new weapons. Have you always dreamed of baking the perfect Dark-Frosted Cookies? Be there between mid-December and the end of the year to show off your skills!
Valheim
| Release date: | 2021-02-02 |
| Genre: | Sanbox, survival |
| Developer: | Iron Gate Studios |
Many people enjoy activities surrounding Christmas: opening up an advent calendar, baking and cooking, singing festive songs, putting up different ornaments and decorating their Christmas trees.
In Valheim you can feel the true spirit of Christmas time as the game allows you to build a Yule tree, in a real Viking manner, around December and January. There are many ways to alter it, make it bigger, you can put it on a platform, or hide from the eyes of your enemies. The choice is yours!
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
| Release date: | 2023-11-10 |
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| Developer: | Sledgehammer Games |
If the spirit of oh-all-so-happy Christmas time has got the best of you and you need a little break from all the smiling and laughing, then Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has something special.
Around Xmas time, there is a special map available in online modes. There are Christmas lights, presents, snow, and… enemies waiting to be eliminated. Christmas atmosphere and killing is for sure that will take the frustration of your shoulders. But beware not to get on Santa’s naughty list for next year!
GTA V
| Release date: | 2015-04-14 |
| Genre: | Adventure |
| Developer: | Rockstar North |
There is an unexpected visitor waiting for you in a warehouse, while you drive through San Andreas in Gran Theft Audio V. Imagine this: another, ordinary day in your life. You leisurely drive through your city, maybe steal some cars, maybe fight some random NPCs
You come across a suspiciously-looking warehouse. Supposedly empty, but who could be inside? You stop the car, prepare your weapon of choice and see… a snowman in the hiding. Yes, an innocent white guy who is hidden from, obviously, the sunlight and the eyes from other, curious people.
Mad Max
| Release date: | 2015-09-01 |
| Genre: | Adventure |
| Developer: | Avalanche Studios |
Surviving in a post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max is not easy. There are people ready to kill you whenever you go, still parts of your combat vehicle or even the whole of it. Happiness seemed to have left the world and everyone was focused on themselves.
Celebrating is not something people do anymore and holidays, such as Christmas, do not matter. There is, however, a light at the of the tunnel – in the middle of nowhere, in the desert, there is a Christmas tree. The ornaments may not look like ours, but the biggest star on top if it is for sure a hidden gem. It might look crazy among the chaos, but is a nice reminiscence from the easier days.
Gears of War 4
| Release date: | 2016-10-11 |
| Genre: | Action & Shooter |
| Developer: | The Coalition |
In Gears of War 4, there is a reward for… eliminating all the snowmen you come across in the prologue of the game.
There are quite a few of them and some of them are hidden pretty well, but if you focus it is achievable. After all the white guys are shot, another symbol of Xmas appears – Santa Claus in a couch flies through the sky. Surprisingly, it is not pulled by reindeer, but… a horse.
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble
| Release date: | 1996-11-18 |
| Genre: | Platformer |
| Developer: | Rare |
With how busy our everyday life is, sometimes it’s hard to be up to date with everything that is going on.
The first sign of Christmas time coming are Xmas songs in the radio. If we hear the familiar tunes, we know that we should start thinking about present and decorating the Christmas tree.
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble does not have an in-game clock so the game itself does not know whether it’s December or July, so there is a special code to put in: MERRY. It brings us to a bonus stage in which you can collect bubbles while a Christmas tune plays in the background.
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
| Release date: | 2005-11-20 |
| Genre: | Fighting |
| Developer: | Paradox Development/Midway LA |
There are many things which make Christmas worth waiting for a whole year. But let’s be honest, nothing is better than presents. Especially receiving them from our favorite fat guy with a beard: Santa Claus.
In Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks the one and only Father Christmas arrives with his reindeer, in a coach full of boxes. He is seen traveling through the night sky with the moon in the background. If this isn’t one of the most Xmas-y like scenarios, then I don’t know what is.
Fallout 4
| Release date: | 2017-09-26 |
| Genre: | RPG |
| Developer: | Bethesda Game Studios |
As the only person who survived from 111 Crypt living in a post-nuclear war desert, you do not have many occasions to celebrate. Each day is what you make of it.
Despite being restricted to whatever you find around, there is still a chance to feel like pre-war people. If you set your date to Christmas, a decorated Christmas tree will appear in the Diamond City in Fallout 4. It will stay with you up until New Year’s Eve, so for the few days of December, the city will look festive and less gloomy.
Batman
| Release date: | 2012-09-07 |
| Genre: | Adventure |
| Developer: | Rocksteady Studios |
As loved as Christmas is, not everyone is fond of it. The Calendar Man from Batman is obsessed with dates, and obviously, this time of the year is pretty important.
If you are celebrating in Gotham, the Calendar Man is there to ruin it for you
But disrupting your little, festive activities is not the worst thing he would do. Batman pays him a visit in jail and the villain confesses to some of his wrongdoings. He killed a street corner Santa, sneaked into a Christmas party in his suit and hang a Judge from his house display with the help of Xmas lights. He’s definitely not getting any presents this year!
Runescape
| Release date: | 2001-01-04 |
| Genre: | MMO RPG |
| Developer: | Jagex Ltd. Games Studio |
The absolute master of Christmas eater eggs, Runescape prepared them consistently for nine years. The players could give out party hats, talk to Father Christmas, decorate a Christmas tree.
There were even some new characters introduced: Jack Frost and his mother, the Queen of Snow.
However, their greatest Christmas Event took place in 2005. The players were teleported to Diango’s workshop and had to help slacking elves. After finishing the task, they were given up to eight hats. For those who are not keen on elves, there was Rosie, the pixie supervisor waiting. She would give out scarves. If the player did not want either of the hats or the scarves, they could take the packaged present to the Christmas tree in the center of Varrock. After they would finish decorating the tree, a marionette would appear under.
Christmas time is exciting, cozy, and full of surprises. Game studios understand it as well as players do, and they prepare fun activities for everyone. There are special events, some unexpected guests, rewards and changes in the setting. Some of them are available around the whole Xmas season, some only on Christmas Day so you better watch out not to miss it!