Play Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas : The Pumpkin King Online

If you love The Nightmare Before Christmas, this GBA game is a surprisingly solid action-adventure that feels like a lost chapter from the movie. You play as Jack Skellington, wandering Halloween Town in classic Metroidvania style—except instead of whips and holy water, you’re tossing exploding pumpkins and firing a weirdly satisfying frog gun (trust me, it works).

The whole place is crawling with Oogie Boogie’s bugs, and you’ll slowly unlock new areas by finding upgrades like the bat boomerang or teaming up with Zero, your floating ghost dog who sniffs out secrets. The atmosphere nails Burton’s gothic charm, with spooky-but-cute visuals and music that’ll have you humming along.

There’s even some goofy multiplayer mini-games if you’ve got friends around—smashing skeletons in "Bone Breaker" gets chaotic fast. It’s not the deepest game, but for fans, it’s a great excuse to spend more time in that world. Just watch out for those rat swarms in the alleyways.