Saccharine

Saccharine is a violent, over-the-top holiday game starring Sanya K. Vaffelzscki, a former police officer and private detective. She travels west to spend Christmas with her comrades, but a cult led by God's Greatest Gift has taken over the frozen northern reaches of the Republic of Aysburg. The cult hijacks TV, cellular and parts of the internet to spread its idea of holiday cheer. Sanya is proficient with firearms and determined to eat turkey with her friends at Christmastime, or die trying.

Fight through the north

You fight your way northwest through six sizeable levels, starting at an abandoned truck stop and continuing through city streets, malls and the snowy tundras of the true north. Enemies include shotgun-wielding living teddy bears, brainwashed elves with candy cane guns, glowing possessed reindeer, demonic wreaths and the cheese police.

Weapons and style

The game includes eight weapons, from a candy cane shiv and 9mm pistol to a four-gauge shotgun, a “less lethal” foam dart gun, explosive Christmas crackers, missile-toe launchers and BB guns. Hand-drawn Flash sprites and pixelated textures give it an aesthetic reminiscent of Flash animations from the 1990s and 2000s. Funny gags and references are hidden throughout.