January 9th - 18th 2026

Last year, over 120 streamers participated in the first JANKUARY we organized.  A festival on Twitch celebrating the jankiest, worst-designed, strangest, and downright terrible retro video games they could find across a variety of genres, eras, and platforms for an entire week.

It was an amazing event that exceeded our expectations. In the thick of Jankuary, some found that there were awful games that might not deserve their reputation. Others found that some bad games were somehow even worse than we knew.  In the end, one thing was clear: there is a bonding experience that none of us expected that can occur when collectively being exposed to some of the worst games ever created.

Throughout 2025 we've been asked countless times, "When is the next Jankuary? I hope you do it again!" 

Well, the wait is over. We are doing it again, and we want you to be a part of it. 

Jankuary 2 is spearheaded by Retro Twitch streamers Zophar1, CobraCommanda, and Neon_Arcade, and we welcome all streamers who wish to participate!