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Finnish Gamedev
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Finnish Gamedev refers a series of generalization memes based on the notion that many indie games that are developed in Finland are weird and/or sadistic, with notable examples including Cruelty Squad, Noita and Fear & Hunger. The memes about Finnish games and game developers first achieved virality in July 2023, spreading over the following year.
Origin
Prior to June 26th, 2023, an unknown user posted an image with the titles of five indie video games by Finnish developers, including Cruelty Squad, Noita, Baba Is You, Fear & Hunger and ULTRAKILL, with the caption, "We need to talk about what's going on in Finland to create shit like this."
Also on June 26th, Joyreactor[1] user Gadenator made the earliest found repost of the image (shown below), with the post gaining 57 replies in one year.
![We Need to Talk About What's Going on in Finland to Create S--- Like This We need to talk about what's going on in finland to create s--- like this CRUELTY SQUAD Noita BARA IS YOU FEAR & HUNGER ULTRAKILL](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/864/269/c53.jpg)
Spread
On July 5th, 2023, X[2] user @db_witch posted a Wow Cool Robot meme that jokingly described the Finnish indie games developers as "weird and sadistic." The post (shown below, left) received over 6,100 reposts and 46,000 likes in one year.
On July 6th, X[3] user @ShitpostRock posted an expanded version of the meme with more Finnish video games in it, with the post (shown below, right) gaining over 3,000 reposts and 21,000 likes in one year and being widely circulated online in the following months.
![Fear & Hunger? Ultrakill? Cruelty Squad? FEAR & HUNGER Finnish people are weird and sadistic ULTRAKILL CRUELTY QUAD Awesome indie games with unique story telling and gameplay!](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Finnish People Are Weird and Sadistic MAX PAYNE BABA IS YOU Noitu AUAJVESKE OPPA LEGEND OF GRIMROCK BAROTRAUMA FEAR & HUNGER DW ULTRAKILL mer SCP CHITASARY FORCH LAKEVIEW CABIN COLLECTION SHATTERED HORIZON CRUELTY QUAD Finnish people are weird and sadistic Awesome indie games with unique story telling and gameplay! 3](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
In 2023 and 2024, more similar memes based on the notion of Finnish video games often being uniquely weird and/or cruel were shared online. For example, on October 11th, 2023, an unknown Redditor posted an I Fear No Man meme that received over 260 upvotes in /r/gaming[4] nine months (shown below, left). In May 2024, Imgflip[5] user .Nugget. posted a Walter White Cooking GIF caption meme based on the premise (shown below, right).
![I Fear No Man, But Finnish Indie Games Scare Me I fear no man. imgflip.com But that thing... FINNISH INDIE GAMES it scares me.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/864/278/c25.jpg)
![Finnish Game Devs on Their Way to Make the Most Sadistic LSD Trips of a Game finnish game devs on their way to make the most sadistic Isd trips of a game ULTRAKI CRUELTYS FEAR & UNGER imgfap.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/864/292/625.gif)
Various Examples
![Angry Birds are Weird and Sadistic WARS 2 2 SPAKE Finnish people are weird and sadistic STAR WARS Awesome indie games with unique story telling and gameplay!](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![I Love Finland The Cruelest Video Game I Finland 4:36:20 Cruelty Squad 17K views 10 mi THE RPG THAT HATES YOU T](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Can't Forget About AI Sekai We need to talk about what's going on in finland to create s--- like this CRUELTY SQUAD AI SEKAI Noita BABA IS YOU FEAR & HUNGER ULTRAKILL](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/864/284/803.jpg)
![Add Noita to the List witchdoctordb: FEAR & HUNGER Finnish people are weird and sadistic ULTRAKILL CRUELTY SQUAD Awesome indie games with unique story telling and gameplay! Noita NZEADGIESOKREMP](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/864/273/b3b.jpg)
![Cruelty Squad Dev on Finnish Games Reincarnated Dismal Saint Moises Hallowell XII❤ @villecallio it's funny because none of these games get any attention in finnish media, it's all s----- mobile games all the time Rock solid @ShitpostRock. Jul 6, 2023 Finland can't stop winning MAX PAYNE BABA IS YOU: Jola LEGEND OF GRIMROCK BAROTRAUMA FEAR & HUNGER imer Car SCP COSTASSAMINY HRICH LAKEVIEW CABIN COLLECTION Finnish people are weird and sadistic SHATTERE HORIZON CRUELTY SQUAD Awesome indie games with unique story telling and gameplay! ULTRAKILL . 6:33 AM ⚫ Jul 6, 2023 894.9K Views ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/864/274/795.jpg)
![Finnish Characters, Too <+ r/Finland - hace 2 a whiteyak41 The bad guy from Dune is Finnish I'm guessing this might be old news to locals, but watching the new Dune last night I kept thinking "Harkonnen? That sounds like a Finnish name." Sure enough, it is. Apparently Frank Herbert got the name from seeing the name "Härkönen" in the phone book. It's apparently even canon (according to dune.fandom.com) that the name came from the Suomi region of ancient earth. To top it all off, how do they introduce Harkonnen in the new movie? Naked, sweating in a big futuristic sauna. +381 62 Compartir MAX PAYNE ■RARA IS YOUT! GR BA MZEU KEVIEW CABIN LLECTION Finnish people are weird and sadistic FRANK HERBERT SQUAD N Awesome book with unique story telling ULTRAKILL](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/864/290/172.jpeg)
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