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Fans of Wednesday can get a sense of video games that might interest her enough to try from her references to hobbies, strengths, and personal preferences in the TV series. Anything overly cute, fluffy, or colorful is a no-go unless it’s torture, like when Tyler gets Wednesday to watch the pink and girly Legally Blond movie. The only video games that make the doll executioner cut include features like plenty of black-and-white, creepy encounters, and storytelling to appeal to the inner detective.
10 Limbo
Black and white? Check. Spiders? Check. Limbo is an ideal video game choice for Wednesday with its purely black-and-white silhouette art style, creepy vibes, and giant terrifying spiders, which she would likely admire more than fear. Wednesday only dresses in black and white clothes, so could slot right into the monochrome game world, just like how Ajax describes her as a living Instagram filter when he first meets Wednesday in episode 1.
Additionally, Xavier tries to impress Wednesday in a class by bringing his drawing of a spider to life, but after pausing for a moment, she squashes it with her bare hand in a single, swift movement, so spiders in games are unlikely to be problematic.
9 Just Dance Games
In Wednesday episode 4, ‘Woe What a Night’, Wednesday busts out some serious dance moves during the Nevermore school dance in one of the show’s most memorable moments. Although Jenna Ortega, who plays Wednesday, said she choreographed the dance herself, the dance looks as kooky and improvised as if Wednesday herself had come up with it on the spot.
On one (severed) hand, Wednesday might find following the movements in the Just Dance games too prescriptive for her individualistic tastes. However, it’s clear from the show that she enjoys dancing and may even pick up some new funky grooves from the franchise to add to her repertoire of quirky, well-timed moves.
8 The Wolf Among Us
Netflix’s Wednesday clearly enjoys storytelling and unraveling twisty mysteries as she writes her novel on an old typewriter. Detective skills and storytelling meet murder in TellTale Games’ The Wolf Among Us, where players take on the role of Sheriff Bigby Wolf, the feared Big Bad Wolf character who attempts to piece together a murder.
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It would be interesting to see how quickly Wednesday could unmask the perpetrator and what choices she would pick in the choice and consequences style gameplay. As determined as she is to find the killer in Netflix’s Wednesday, she would likely face the choice-making challenges head-on.
7 Grim Fandango
Playing the role of Manny Calavera, the protagonist of Grim Fandango is likely to appeal to Wednesday and her views about death, as Manny works for the Department of Death in the Land of the Dead. In Wednesday episode 6, ‘Quid Pro Woe’, Wednesday reminisces about her previous birthdays with dark humor about death, stating that getting older only brings death closer.
Wednesday may also enjoy uncovering corruption and solving puzzles in another story-driven game likely to appeal to her passion for writing and knack for solving mysteries.
6 The Witcher 3
When it comes to tracking and hunting monsters in the woods, Wednesday has exceptional instincts in addition to her strange vision abilities. Viewers see her locate the footsteps of a creature terrorizing the surroundings of Nevermore Academy, just like Geralt does in The Witcher 3 when tracking and fighting beasts like the Griffin.
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Wednesday might also enjoy role-playing as a monster-hunting outcast because of the quips players can unleash when selecting Geralt’s dialogue options when interacting with NPCs. Wednesday also knows how to use a crossbow and can handle herself when things escalate into a fight, like when she fights 3 Pilgrims in one of the Weathervane Café scenes. She also outwardly expresses her secret enjoyment of being disliked.
5 The Sims 4
The Sims 4 might seem a strange video game for someone like Wednesday, who generally avoids engaging in social interaction and avoids social conventions. However, the game allows for many different play styles, including becoming a supervillain and causing havoc, leading one to imagine how far Wednesday might push social boundaries and cause havoc if she played the game.
Would Wednesday use a voodoo doll with the mischief skill to control Sims she grew to despise? Would she set a magical wedding on fire and poison all the guests? Or would she surprise everyone and secretly enjoy joining in the fun, creating the perfect family? The possibilities for exploration or evil puppetry in The Sims are near endless.
4 Dead By Daylight
Although Netflix’s Wednesday is no killer, playing the role of the monster, in this case, a sadistic, torturing, serial killer in Dead by Daylight, would probably suit her more than playing the passive victim, especially if gaming against any enemies or rivals at Nevermore Academy. In Wednesday, audiences learn that Enid defends Wednesday when others think she seems like a serial killer, and in the season finale, she even starts to engage in what she calls light torture.
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Additionally, in episode 2, ‘Woe is the Loneliest Number’, Wednesday says she has no interest in being the pawn in someone else’s game. That said, even if playing as the victim in Dead by Daylight, she could have a lot of fun finding ways to outsmart the killer.
3 Maneater
In the opening episode of Wednesday, audiences see Wednesday get revenge on Pugsley’s bullies by throwing a bag of piranhas into an indoor pool where they’re swimming. There’s a slow, satisfied, and almost terrifying expression on Wednesday’s face as the piranhas meet their target, leading one to imagine that Maneater could be the perfect game for her, as players get to be the shark and chop down their prey.
The piranhas are an extreme form of revenge in the series with severe consequences for Wednesday and the victims. Therefore, Maneater might be a virtual way of satisfying Wednesday’s need for punishment by causing amusing and satisfying chaos in the waters.
2 Hollow Knight
The silent, blank-faced hero in Hollow Knight might appeal to Wednesday’s preference for stone-faced expressions, combined with the game’s quiet background sounds and moody atmosphere.
Wednesday may also enjoy the ability to steal soul power from her enemies to regenerate the character’s lifespan as an admirer of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein novel in the Netflix series. She would also likely excel at exploring the winding caverns and solving their mysteries, using her sharp mind to overcome its puzzles and obstacles. The game also uses a lot of muted colors which Wednesday is likely to appreciate.
1 Bendy And The Ink Machine
A wildcard game that Wednesday would likely enjoy is Bendy and the Ink Machine for its creepy take on cartoons, where everything is not as it seems. Although Wednesday is unlikely to be scared by the creepy cardboard cutouts or ink monsters, she may likely delight in exploring the world and uncovering its mysteries in the horror, puzzle-based video game, given her skills at solving Edgar Allan Poe’s riddle in episode 2.
It’s certainly a unique kind of game that may appeal to Wednesday’s unique worldview and a strong sense of self, with its muted, sepia visuals perhaps appealing to her universal love for monochrome.
Wednesday is available to watch on Netflix.
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