8 More Video Games You Can Break By Playing Perfectly

Don't have TOO much fun.

shadow of war
Monolith

Usually when we talk about games being broken it’s pretty exclusively a bad thing but enter the realm of speedrunning for instance and all of a sudden being able to break a game is a badge of honour. Especially if you’re doing it by being too good at the game.

In this list we’re covering off on a variety of ways gamers were able to break games by playing perfectly.

Whether it was by maxing out the score counter on an old school arcade game and breaking the code or optimising the perfect build in an RPG; these methods may have busted the games underneath but they’re incredibly cool to pull off.

If you didn’t catch our first video on this topic done by the lovely Jules, you’re going to want to make sure you do, but here’s a bunch more entries about when things went so well in video games... they didn’t go to plan at all.

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Jess has been a journalist and content creator in the games industry for over 15 years and has been WhatCulture's resident Australian import and sorry cop since 2020, upping the quotient of swearing and apologising in WhatCulture Gaming's annual blooper videos considerably. She previously worked at GameSpot for 10 years, most notably hosting GameSpot News in addition to E3 live shows, and PAX panels. She regularly livestreams a variety of games on her 'jessmcdonell' YouTube and Twitch channels and hosts the 'Do It On The Day' podcast. She has won awards for her news and feature work in gaming as well as an accolade for her comedic writing (likely an admin error). She can be found on X at @jessmcdonell and Instagram at @jessicamcdonell sharing her current videogame fixations, industry insights, and videos of her cat, Karma.