Meanings
- uncountablevideo gamesunenjoyable or otherwise poorly-made video game.First known use Since 2010
"kusoge fighters usually have the most broken characters in fg history"
2012 September 23, a beast who cant see beyond his own fist, Tumblr3 more examples
""Kusoge" doesn't refer to a popular title that fails to live up to your high standard of quality."
2010 February 24, @variasuite, Twitter"Almost no one takes kusoge titles seriously because they are from an era before there was a standard for “polished” and “balanced” fighting games."
2021 February 9, De'Angelo Epps, “Fighting Game Players Should Have Side Games Like Kusoge”, in compete.playstation.com"For example, the most common kind of kusoge is just a genuinely absolutely terrible game."
2023 July 10, “Obscure Pixels - Kusoge”, in goto.game
Origin
- Japaneseクソゲー
- Englishkusoge
From romanisation of Japanese クソゲー kusogē.
More words from Japanese
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese 糞作 /粪作
- 糞作 /粪作 (fènzuò)unenjoyable or poorly-made video game
Japanese クソゲー
- クソゲーunenjoyable or poorly-made video game
Cite this entry
kusoge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kusoge
“kusoge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kusoge. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kusoge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kusoge.
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