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* ''VideoGame/{{Mushihimesama}} Futari''[='=]s Xbox 360 port awards an achievement for losing your last life with the Stage 5 [[OneUp 1-Ups]] visible on the screen.
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* ''VideoGame/WanganMidnightMaximumTune'':
** If you somehow [[TimedMission time out]] the first stage of Story Mode (the timer is quite lenient and is only there as an anti-idling measure) rather than losing by way of having the opponent cross the finish line, you get the "Fight" title unlocked.
** From Stage 41 of Story Mode until the end of the current loop, losing a stage, if you have not done so yet, not only deprives you of "undefeated" rewards, but also unlocks the "First Black Mark" title.
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** If you somehow [[TimedMission time out]] the first stage of Story Mode (the timer is quite lenient and is only there as an anti-idling measure) rather than losing by way of having the opponent cross the finish line, you get the "Fight" title unlocked.
** From Stage 41 of Story Mode until the end of the current loop, losing a stage, if you have not done so yet, not only deprives you of "undefeated" rewards, but also unlocks the "First Black Mark" title.
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* ''VideoGame/BlueRevolver'':
** If you restart Stage 1 three times in a row, you get the "ThePerfectionist" achievement. Just to rub it in further, the icon is of the pause menu with the "Restart" command highlighted.
** If you [[VideoGamePerversityPotential put in a swear word as your initials]], the game will forcibly change your initials to "B★R" and give you the "How Dare You" hidden achievement.
** Crashing into an item ship gets you the "Supplies Delivered" hidden achievement:
---> "Collide with a resupply ship. [[EpicFail How?]]"
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* ''VideoGame/BlueRevolver'':
** If you restart Stage 1 three times in a row, you get the "ThePerfectionist" achievement. Just to rub it in further, the icon is of the pause menu with the "Restart" command highlighted.
** If you [[VideoGamePerversityPotential put in a swear word as your initials]], the game will forcibly change your initials to "B★R" and give you the "How Dare You" hidden achievement.
** Crashing into an item ship gets you the "Supplies Delivered" hidden achievement:
---> "Collide with a resupply ship. [[EpicFail How?]]"
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* ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'' has an achievement for attempting to jump, titled "You Can't Jump".
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** There's an achievement for attempting to jump, titled "You Can'tJump".Jump".
** There's also "Click On Door 430 Five Times", which is meant to parody meaningless achievements. If you try to do exactly what the achievement says, the Narrator will express his disbelief about you being awarded an achievement for something so simple, and thus he'll send you all over the place doing all sorts of odd tasks in order to have you "work" for your achievement.
** There's an achievement for attempting to jump, titled "You Can't
** There's also "Click On Door 430 Five Times", which is meant to parody meaningless achievements. If you try to do exactly what the achievement says, the Narrator will express his disbelief about you being awarded an achievement for something so simple, and thus he'll send you all over the place doing all sorts of odd tasks in order to have you "work" for your achievement.
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* The HD remaster of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' has "Don't Shoot The Water" for provoking Del Lago into swallowing Leon whole by shooting into the lake.
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* The HD remaster of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' has "Don't Shoot The Water" Water", awarded for provoking Del Lago into swallowing Leon whole whole, which is done by shooting into the lake.
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* ''VideoGame/DeadRising2 OffTheRecord'' has an achievement for receiving your first medal (out of many you can earn in sandbox mode) - the flavor text reads: "It says 'Participant' in tiny letters on the bottom..."
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* ''VideoGame/DeadRising2 OffTheRecord'' ''[[VideoGame/DeadRising2 Dead Rising 2: Off The Record]]'' has an achievement for receiving your first medal (out of many you can earn in sandbox mode) - the mode). The flavor text reads: "It says 'Participant' in tiny letters on the bottom..."
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* ''VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon'' has some skull-and-crossbones awards for the "theme park with the lowest value", the "dirtiest theme park", "most dangerous theme park" (if you have too many roller coaster accidents). In fact, for all positive awards, a negative one exists.
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** "Trim Your Moustache" requires you to get sucked into the riding mower; normally, the lawn mower section occurs immediately after you attach the fallen birdhouse onto its hook, after which your arm gets glued to it and you can't let go, but if you ''throw'' the birdhouse onto the hook, then you can enjoy getting yourself a NonStandardGameOver.
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** "Trim Your Moustache" requires you to get sucked into the riding mower; normally, mower. Normally, the lawn mower section occurs immediately after you attach the fallen birdhouse onto its hook, after which your arm gets glued to it and you can't let go, but go. But if you ''throw'' the birdhouse onto the hook, then you can enjoy getting yourself a NonStandardGameOver.
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* ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' has the "Golden Sun" medal, awarded for surviving the destruction of one's ship (by ejecting during battle). Each pilot is awarded it only once, and when you get it the first time your commander gives you a mild chewing out. After all, you generally get the medal after you ''failed'' at your primary objective.
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* In ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'', if the player has any citations (from letting people through when their paperwork isn't right, denying them access when it is, or other mistakes) on day 10 and day 20, the Inspector's supervisor Dimitri will "reward" him with a Recognition for Sufficience plaque. If they ''really'' screwed up and got more than 20 citations, he gives them a Recognition for ''Presence'' plaque instead: "Do not embarrass me further." People passing through the checkpoint will notice it hanging on the wall and make fun of the Inspector.
-->'''Entrant:''' What is this plaque on the wall? You are recognized for presence? [[SarcasmMode Way to go.]]
-->'''Entrant:''' What is this plaque on the wall? You are recognized for presence? [[SarcasmMode Way to go.]]
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* Some achievements in ''VideoGame/TheSimsMedieval'' aren't ones that are very good. A noteworthy one is "Have 25 people die in your Kingdom," which since the maximum population of hero Sims is only 12, 25 deaths have to come from either questing so badly you have to remake your heroes multiple times, or killing off a majority of your original NPC population, which weakens your kingdom.
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* You get an achievement for dying in ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight'' in the tutorial mission. Since tutorial enemies can't damage your shields, this requires venting your entire ship of oxygen or turning your shields off manually - two actions that are completely unnecessary to completing the tutorial, and thus amount to killing yourself on purpose.
->''"Somehow you've died during the introduction training exercise. Feel free to try again but this doesn't bode well for your mission."''
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* In UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 version of ''VideoGame/{{Warhawk}}'', several of the bronze trophies are awarded for such dubious feats as stepping on 5 land mines, or flying into your own aerial mine.
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* The Badge of Shame from ''VideoGame/ExitFate''. Rewarded by earning the lowest score possible in a war battle, the badge's description reads "a constant reminder of past failures" and cannot be sold, dropped, equipped or exchanged.
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* In ''VideoGames/DarkSouls'', the achievement is one nobody wants, but it's the first achievement on ''every'' player's list. It's the "This is Dark Souls" achievement you get for dying the first time. (There is ''no'' known player who did ''not'' gain this one first.)
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* ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' (NES) is one of the earliest examples in video game history for the fact that if you beat the game in a minimalist speed-run instead of making an honest time-consuming grind, Palutena "promotes" you to serve as some kind of Janitor because she believes that you are a lucky fraud for saving Angel Land from Medusa.
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* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', after players started jumping into a sarlacc on Tatooine to quicktravel to the nearest regen point, the devs added the "Worm Food" title for doing so.
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** The badge descriptions can turn to mockery even if the badge doesn't exactly deserve it; for instance, the Lambda Looter badge, for gathering all the temp powers but using none of them, reminds the player that the temp powers can be used to make the fight against Marauder easier.
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** There's another badge, Virtual Victim, for dying in an Architect mission in test mode.
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Achievement Mockery is when you are awarded for either doing something really, really stupid, or for playing the game poorly - whether it be dying a certain amount of times, finding a specific NonStandardGameOver, or just doing something the developers decided to have the game mock you for. As a kind of TakeThat towards the audience, these achievements are ones that, more often than not, players either don't want to get, or only go for because of trying to achieve a OneHundredPercentCompletion.
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Achievement Mockery is when you are awarded for either doing something really, really stupid, or for playing the game poorly - poorly; whether it be dying a certain amount of times, finding a specific NonStandardGameOver, or just doing something the developers decided to have the game mock you for. As a kind of TakeThat towards the audience, these achievements are ones that, more often than not, players either don't want to get, or only go for because of trying to achieve a OneHundredPercentCompletion.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{BlastCorps}}'', the highest rank can only be achieved by getting a platinum medal on every stage in the game. Said rank is called "You can stop now".
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* Earlier installments of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' deduct points from your score for things such as dropping items, blowing yourself up with bombs or capsules, taking cheap shots, and making no attempt to recover after being knocked off the stage.
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* Earlier installments of of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' deduct points from your score for things such as dropping items, blowing yourself up with bombs or capsules, taking cheap shots, and making no attempt to recover after being knocked off the stage.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' series has the Purple Heart, achieved from a certain kill/death ratio depending on game (1:5 for ''1942'', 1:4 for ''2'', and 1:2 for ''2142'').
* In VideoGame/{{Mabinogi}}, there are several titles for embarrassing failures, most notably getting defeated by a fox. Since the removal of the life cost is associated with the windmill skill, this now takes a considerable amount of patience since you gain health passively very slowly, but still almost as fast as a fox can damage you.
* In ''VideoGame/LaraCroftAndTheTempleOfOsiris'', if you end a multiplayer game with the most deaths, you receive an achievement/trophy titled "At Least You're the Best at Something".
* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', the achievement "Touchdown!" is earned by being killed by [[ActionBomb a Super Mutant Suicider]].
* ''VideoGame/TacticsOgreTheKnightOfLodis'' has at least two unflattering medals with penalty effects: ''Bogus Hero'', if you gain 20 or more levels while sparring your own units and ''Don Quixote'' if you attack someone and the counterattack damage deals 2/3 of your max health. Clerics and Priests can earn a third one, ''Gibe of the Fallen Angel'', by killing three enemies with physical attacks.
* The HD remaster of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' has "Don't Shoot The Water" for provoking Del Lago into swallowing Leon whole by shooting into the lake.
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* ''VideoGame/SpaceRangers'' has a few such medals, mostly given for cowardice or piracy.
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Video game achievements are awarded for all sorts of things. Sometimes they are awarded for [[ThatOneAchievement accomplishing something legitimately difficult]]. Sometimes they are awarded for [[EffortlessAchievement doing something that required no effort at all]]. And then there are these.
Achievement Mockery is when you are awarded for either doing something really, really stupid, or for playing the game poorly - whether it be dying a certain amount of times, finding a specific NonStandardGameOver, or just doing something the developers decided to have the game mock you for. As a kind of TakeThat towards the audience, these achievements are ones that, more often than not, players either don't want to get, or only go for because of trying to achieve a OneHundredPercentCompletion.
May be related to EasyModeMockery, but doesn't have to. Compare YetAnotherStupidDeath. See MedalOfDishonor for dishonorable rewards being awarded InUniverse.
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* The Flash game ''VideoGame/{{Amorphous}}''. You get awards for [[NintendoHard dying a number of times]], as well as [[TheManyDeathsOfYou dying in multiple ways]]. And it's needed for OneHundredPercentCompletion, as it's the only way to get more reward keys.
* In ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', the "View of the Valley" achievement is awarded for staring too long at a girl's bust.
* In ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'':
** The "I Swear! I Did It By Mistake!" achievement is awarded for looking up Juliet's skirt.
** The "Gunn Struck" trophy is awarded for being struck by lightning (or shocked by Vikke's electrical attacks) ten times.
* In ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheForgottenSands'' you can permanently lower your current difficulty anytime in the game. Doing this earns you the achievement "Our Little Secret".
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* In ''VideoGame/DontShitYourPants'', you receive an achievement if you type in "shit" and have your character [[EpicFail soil themselves before the game even begins]].
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* ''[[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Dead or Alive 4]]'' has the "20 Straight Losses in DOA Online" achievement. As you can guess, it requires you to lose 20 times in a row in online matches.
* Earlier installments of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' deduct points from your score for things such as dropping items, blowing yourself up with bombs or capsules, taking cheap shots, and making no attempt to recover after being knocked off the stage.
* The PSN/XBLA versions of ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' give you a trophy/achievement just for being SquashedFlat (well, squashed down to a short size, anyway).
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* ''VideoGame/BlackMesa'' has achievements for being killed by your own snarks, killed by [[TheGoomba a headcrab]], overcharging the Tau Cannon (which inflicts massive damage on the user), and even drowning in the Lambda Core's coolant.
* In ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'', tip a virtual stripper who takes her top off and you'll get the 10G achievement "Shake it Baby".
* ''Goldeneye: Source'' has a few, including "[[Film/{{Thunderball}} 004]]," which is awarded for blowing yourself up 25 times with your own mines, "Film/{{Octopussy}}" for excessive camping, and "[[Film/AustinPowers Who Throws A Shoe?]]" which is awarded to someone who plays as Oddjob (who is widely considered unfair to use due to being smaller and therefore harder to hit) for essentially being the worst player in the round. Then there's the Awards, which are given every match, that point out similar things, and they're similarly both doled out for genuine skill - or a lack thereof.
* ''VideoGame/FrontlinesFuelOfWar'' has a zero-point achievement named "{{Noob}}" for suiciding 10 times in a multiplayer game.
* A ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' player who fails to kill anyone in a multiplayer round, and dies at least ten times, gets an achievement.
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Postal}} Postal 2]]'' has the "It's sterile and I like the taste" achievement, which requires you to make your character pee onto their own face.
* In the UsefulNotes/XBox360 version of ''VideoGame/SecretService'', shooting the president earns you the zero-point achievement "The Exact Opposite of Your Job".
* ''VideoGame/StarTrekEliteForce'' games give the RedShirt award in a multiplayer game to those who [[MythologyGag manage to die first]].
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'''s Sniper vs. Spy update introduced the Sniper's "Consolation Prize" achievement for being {{Back Stab}}bed 50 times. This can be especially ironic if the achievement causes you to reach Sniper Milestone 3, that would reward you with the Razorback, a shield that keeps you from being backstabbed.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Tribes}}: Ascend'' one of the accolades that earn you points is "llama grab", gotten when you pick up a flag at a very low speed--which is likely to result in you dying before you get much anywhere with it, screwing up a faster moving teammate's grab attempt, and dropping the flag somewhere that's harder for you to pick up until the flag automatically goes back to the stand. While it still gives you points, it's less than even a standard flag grab and the description even says "not for use in any highlight reels".
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* ''VideoGame/{{Awakening}} 7: The Golden Age'' has the "Murderer" achievement for trying to use a razor on some sleeping gnolls.
* ''VideoGame/PuppetShow 6: Lightning Strikes'' has the "Reckless Detective" and "Pushy" achievements for using investigation cards wrongly and using an incorrect item five times in a row on the same hot spot, respectively.
* ''VideoGame/PuppetShow 8: The Face of Humanity'' has the "Are You Really a Detective?" achievement for trying to use a knife on the gendarme who demands authorization at the start of the game.
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* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'':
** The game awards [[CosmeticAward badges]] for some rather dubious "achievements", including sustaining high amounts of damage, paying off debt (which is accrued each time you are "killed"), and time spent held in status effects. At least most of the badges for such effects have cool names; taking a lot of damage gets you the Tough, Indestructible and Unstoppable badges, which are at least okay. The final "Death" badge is ''Exalted''.
** The cool titles alone (which could be worn and showed up under the player character's name) were reason enough for many players to work towards them. Also for melee characters like Tanks and Brutes the "damage taken" badges were of course treated as badges of honor.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing''
** The game has a number of these for the masochistic to collect and proudly display, such as '[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Brave Sir Robin]]', for fleeing from 100 battles, and 'The Ghoul Cup' for eating [[ArcNumber 11]] nasty undead dishes that permanently reduce your stats.
** There is even one that you need to acquire by buying it: the "Mr. Exploiter" accessory, which can only be bought [[NoFairCheating for a practically impossible amount of money.]]
* ''VideoGame/PlanetSide 2'''s Dasanfall leaderboards track every kill from every weapon from every player. Most players get around 1000 kills on a weapon before moving on. The "Industrial Agriculture" achievement is granted for getting ''a hundred thousand kills'' on one weapon, with the quip:
-->"Congratulations to [=GylleBMF=] from Cobalt [[EvenNerdsHaveStandards for putting our own lives into perspective]] with his feat."
* In ''VideoGame/{{RIFT}}'', killing innocent animals occasionally drops their tears as artifacts, with flavor text such as "So sad." and "You murderer." Not only is there a full set of these such artifacts, there is even an achievement for collecting 20 of a certain type.
* ''VideoGame/WarhammerOnline'' has a series of titles unlocked by failure, including dying via mobs up to a million times ("The Tragic"), being killed up to 100,000 times by enemy players ("The Feckless") or falling to your death up to 5000 times ("The Pancake"). In addition to this there are specific titles for being killed by each enemy class, drowning in lava and several other dubious rewards that people nonetheless wear with pride.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
** An achievement "Stood in the Fire"[[note]] the name of which is in and of itself, a reference to TooDumbToLive behavior in boss encounters[[/note]] required players to get killed by Deathwing when he strafed zones. It was actually harder than it sounds, given how random Deathwing's attacks were. Played even straighter after Deathwing became killable when the achievement was modified to include dying during either the Spine of Deathwing or Madness of Deathwing raid encounters. Not only does it retain its dubious value, but it now also signifies that it is likely the recipient's first time fighting Deathwing on that character.
** "It's A Trap" is an achievement given to players who walk across the obvious traps in a scenario.
** Some dubious achievements are gained on holidays. The "Disturbing the Peace" achievement is gained during [[{{Oktoberfest}} Brewfest]] by getting completely drunk and dancing in the middle of Dalaran. During Children's Week, you get the "Home Alone" for using your Hearthstone while with your charge, and the "Bad Example" by scarfing down candy in front of him. "Out With It" is gained by eating candy during [[{{Halloween}} All Hallows Eve]] until you puke.
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* ''VideoGame/AchievementUnlocked'' is based all around this concept. The goal is to obtain all "achievements", which requires doing all kinds of strange actions.
* ''VideoGame/AritanaAndTheHarpysFeather'' has not one but six different achievements for getting hit or dying in different ways.
* ''VideoGame/BattleblockTheater'' has the "Consolation Prize" achievement, which is awarded for dying enough times.
* ''VideoGame/CaveStory[=+=]'' for Steam has an achievement for being killed by Toroko. As in, the harmless little [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Mimiga]] who "attacks" by running back and forth waving a stick, which only does 1 damage per hit, and you have to deliberately stand still and wait to die, if you have more than 1 HP. Even the achievement name ("Toroko Wins!") sounds surprised that it ever happened.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' (NES) is one of the earliest examples in video game history for the fact that if you beat the game in a minimalist speed-run instead of making an honest time-consuming grind, Palutena "promotes" you to serve as some kind of Janitor because she believes that you are a lucky fraud for saving Angel Land from Medusa.
* In ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 2'', there's a trophy called "1,440 Minutes of Create," which is earned by spending a total of 24 hours in Create Mode. The [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita Vita]] version changes this to "Get a Life". In both of those games, there's also trophies for dying 20 times in one story level, and pins (in-game achievements) for things like dying a certain number of times, coming in last place in races, drowning, killing multiple [[{{NPC}} Sackbots]] in the story levels, slapping other players to their deaths, or popping yourself to retry. "It's really not too bad..."
* ''VideoGame/{{Nihilumbra}}'': There's an achievement for dying ten times in a row in any void mode level. [[NintendoHard You will probably earn this in level 1-1]].
* ''[[SeumSpeedrunnersFromHell SEUM: Speedrunners From Hell]]'':
** "RIP" achievement requires you to die 666 times.
** "100 ways to die" requires you to get killed by every type of trap in the game.
* ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsGame'' has a zero-point Achievement earned by dying ten or more times during the game.
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[[folder:PuzzleGames]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' gives an achievement for falling for [=GLaDOS's=] trap... and another for falling for [[spoiler:Wheatley]]'s.
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[[folder:RacingGames]]
* In ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeed Need For Speed: Carbon]]'', to unlock one of the parts you have to earn the consolation award. You get that for losing. Another one of the parts requires an award where the player has to be arrested in career mode.
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[[folder:RhythmGames]]
* ''VideoGame/GuitarHero 3'' had ones for failing a song multiple times in a row, and failing at the 95% mark in a song.
** The [=X360=] version of ''Guitar Hero 2'' gives you an achievement for ''your first failed song''.
** Likewise, the US [=PS2=] version of ''DanceDanceRevolution: DDRMAX'' unlocks the song "Celebrate" when you fail for the first time, and "Gentle Stress" when you fail an Oni course.
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[[folder:RolePlayingGames]]
* In ''VideoGames/DarkSouls'', the achievement is one nobody wants, but it's the first achievement on ''every'' player's list. It's the "This is Dark Souls" achievement you get for dying the first time. (There is ''no'' known player who did ''not'' gain this one first.)
* The Badge of Shame from ''VideoGame/ExitFate''. Rewarded by earning the lowest score possible in a war battle, the badge's description reads "a constant reminder of past failures" and cannot be sold, dropped, equipped or exchanged.
* ''VideoGame/EYEDivineCybermancy'' has several achievements of dishonor; "Nuclear Man" for gibbing yourself with the [[{{BFG}} Excidium cannon]], "Low Tech Dummy" for being hacked by a ''door'', "Doctor Hyde" for "accidentally" teamkilling an ally through medkit overdose, plus a variety of achievements for [[SanityMeter going insane]].
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', there is a Steam achievement for losing a rare card in Triple Triad. Then again, [[ViolationOfCommonSense you have to lose specific rare cards to the Queen of Cards to advance her sidequest]], so completionists will have to get this sooner or later.
* ''VideoGame/{{Vindictus}}'' has several titles, such as having one's [[BreakableWeapons equipment destroyed]] a certain number of times, and titles for [[GoldFever picking up enough gold]] dropped from [[RewardingVandalism destroyed scenery]]. "Enabler" is acquired by completing a side-quest that involves bringing large amounts of booze to the [[TheAlcoholic town blacksmith]], and the reward for spending several real-time hours fishing on Valentine's Day is "[[{{Pun}} Master Baiter]]". Some of these require a huge number of occurrences to achieve the "highest" level of the title.
* ''VideoGame/Wasteland2'' has the "What Does This Button Do?" achievement, which is awarded for accidentally setting off the dormant nuke in the Ranger headquarters and getting a NonStandardGameOver.
* ''VideoGame/WinterVoices'' has the "Like A Hen On A Wire" Steam achievement. To get it you have to "Obtain the worst score in every major quest of the boat."
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[[folder:SimulationGames]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Delicious}} 2 Deluxe'' has the "You Should Be Ashamed" achievement for letting 100 angry customers walk out the door.
* ''VideoGame/FreeSpace2'' has "Congratulations, you have attained the rank of Admiral. ''Now go read a book.''" This is because attaining Admiral requires completing the single-player campaign roughly a hundred times. (The previous game in the series outright accuses you of cheating and urges you to stop.)
* You get an achievement for dying in ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight'' in the tutorial mission. Since tutorial enemies can't damage your shields, this requires venting your entire ship of oxygen or turning your shields off manually - two actions that are completely unnecessary to completing the tutorial, and thus amount to killing yourself on purpose.
->''"Somehow you've died during the introduction training exercise. Feel free to try again but this doesn't bode well for your mission."''
* ''VideoGame/HunieCamStudio'' awards the player an achievement for contracting all six [=STDs=] on a single save file. While this is technically a matter of luck, [=STDs=] can be prevented with the correct items, meaning that catching so many of them would be the result of extremely poor decision-making.
* In ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'', if the player has any citations (from letting people through when their paperwork isn't right, denying them access when it is, or other mistakes) on day 10 and day 20, the Inspector's supervisor Dimitri will "reward" him with a Recognition for Sufficience plaque. If they ''really'' screwed up and got more than 20 citations, he gives them a Recognition for ''Presence'' plaque instead: "Do not embarrass me further." People passing through the checkpoint will notice it hanging on the wall and make fun of the Inspector.
-->'''Entrant:''' What is this plaque on the wall? You are recognized for presence? [[SarcasmMode Way to go.]]
* Some achievements in ''VideoGame/TheSimsMedieval'' aren't ones that are very good. A noteworthy one is "Have 25 people die in your Kingdom," which since the maximum population of hero Sims is only 12, 25 deaths have to come from either questing so badly you have to remake your heroes multiple times, or killing off a majority of your original NPC population, which weakens your kingdom.
* ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013'':
** "What Have I Done??" requires you to lose your patient within 15 seconds.
** "Hammer Time" requires you to lose a total of 50,000ml of blood using the hammer.
** "It's In! It's In I Tell You!" requires you to lose the patient even though the replacement organ lands safely in its intended spot.
** "Enter The Code" is awarded for successfully typing in a code during the space surgery that opens up the door to outside, leading to NonStandardGameOver.
** "I Have No Idea What I'm Doing" requires you to quickly smash up all the canisters containing the replacement organs during the [[spoiler:alien]] surgery.
* ''VideoGame/VisceraCleanupDetail'' has an achievement awarded for getting fired, which requires you to leave the area you were supposed to clean up with an even ''worse'' mess.
* In UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 version of ''VideoGame/{{Warhawk}}'', several of the bronze trophies are awarded for such dubious feats as stepping on 5 land mines, or flying into your own aerial mine.
* ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' has the "Golden Sun" medal, awarded for surviving the destruction of one's ship (by ejecting during battle). Each pilot is awarded it only once, and when you get it the first time your commander gives you a mild chewing out. After all, you generally get the medal after you ''failed'' at your primary objective.
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[[folder:StealthBasedGames]]
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'', the Snake Beater achievement is a 10G achievement for Snake getting caught, uhm, [[ADateWithRosiePalms stimulating himself]], and let's leave it at that.
* ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}'':
** "Trim Your Moustache" requires you to get sucked into the riding mower; normally, the lawn mower section occurs immediately after you attach the fallen birdhouse onto its hook, after which your arm gets glued to it and you can't let go, but if you ''throw'' the birdhouse onto the hook, then you can enjoy getting yourself a NonStandardGameOver.
** "Number 100 Dad" requires you to die more than 100 times in a playthrough.
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[[folder:StrategyGames]]
* Some of ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} V'''s achievements are less than complimentary, including "He threw a car at my head!" for having to buy back one of your cities from barbarian conquerors, and "Seriously?!?" for repeatedly failing to construct Wonders.
* ''VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon'' has some skull-and-crossbones awards for the "theme park with the lowest value", the "dirtiest theme park", "most dangerous theme park" (if you have too many roller coaster accidents). In fact, for all positive awards, a negative one exists.
* ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'':
** "Joker", which means that you cheated with the race that earned it, and you cannot get more Achievements with it (thus it overlaps with NoFairCheating) and "Pathological Cheater", for gaining 50 Joker badges.
** "Dance With The Devil", which means you allied with [[AlwaysChaoticEvil the Grox]] and are thus a colossal JerkAss.
** "Can't Win for Losing", awarded for dying in every stage of the game.
** "General Custer", awarded for getting 30 followers killed and generally being TheNeidermeyer.
** The "Bad Baby" was awarded for getting a creation banned from the online Sporepedia. It was quickly removed because players would deliberately create offensive items in order to get it.
* ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration 2nd Original Generations]]'' has a trophy titled "King of Being Shot Down" (roughly translated from Japanese) if you lose five of your mechs in a single stage.
* ''VideoGame/TotalWarShogun2'' includes an achievement for sinking or capturing a particularly powerful ship. Possibly due to a programming oversight, you still get this achievement if it's you that loses the ship in question.
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[[folder:SurvivalHorror]]
* ''VideoGame/DeadRising2 OffTheRecord'' has an achievement for receiving your first medal (out of many you can earn in sandbox mode) - the flavor text reads: "It says 'Participant' in tiny letters on the bottom..."
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[[folder:ThirdPersonShooter]]
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' will reward you with achievements for:
** Being turned into an eggplant
** Being turned into a tempura, and then being turned into a tempura five times by enemies that go out of their way to humiliate the player
** Being "finished" (the game's equivalent of a Game Over) a certain amount of times.
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[[folder:WideOpenSandboxGames]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' has an achievement for riding a pig off of a cliff.
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' has a scene where Zinyak asks you to surrender and be executed, and promises if you do so he'll restore the Earth. Doing so will get you a NonStandardGameOver and the "You Chose... Poorly" achievement.
* ''VideoGame/SpaceRangers'' has a few such medals, mostly given for cowardice or piracy.
* ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable has an achievement for attempting to jump, titled "You Can't Jump".
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'' awards the player an achievement for :
** Having a Heart-to-Heart go as badly as possible.
** Suffering a TotalPartyKill for the first time.
** Suffering a TotalPartyKill fifty times.
** Dying of fall damage.
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[[folder:Other]]
* Many games, particularly {{Shoot Em Up}}s, will award the player exactly 1 point for using a continue (sometimes also zeroing out the upper digits) up to a maximum of 9 times, while everything else is scored in multiples of 10. This makes the last digit of the player's score reveal how many times they continued.
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Achievement Mockery is when you are awarded for either doing something really, really stupid, or for playing the game poorly - whether it be dying a certain amount of times, finding a specific NonStandardGameOver, or just doing something the developers decided to have the game mock you for. As a kind of TakeThat towards the audience, these achievements are ones that, more often than not, players either don't want to get, or only go for because of trying to achieve a OneHundredPercentCompletion.
May be related to EasyModeMockery, but doesn't have to. Compare YetAnotherStupidDeath. See MedalOfDishonor for dishonorable rewards being awarded InUniverse.
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[[folder:ActionGames]]
* The Flash game ''VideoGame/{{Amorphous}}''. You get awards for [[NintendoHard dying a number of times]], as well as [[TheManyDeathsOfYou dying in multiple ways]]. And it's needed for OneHundredPercentCompletion, as it's the only way to get more reward keys.
* In ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', the "View of the Valley" achievement is awarded for staring too long at a girl's bust.
* In ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'':
** The "I Swear! I Did It By Mistake!" achievement is awarded for looking up Juliet's skirt.
** The "Gunn Struck" trophy is awarded for being struck by lightning (or shocked by Vikke's electrical attacks) ten times.
* In ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheForgottenSands'' you can permanently lower your current difficulty anytime in the game. Doing this earns you the achievement "Our Little Secret".
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[[folder:AdventureGames]]
* In ''VideoGame/DontShitYourPants'', you receive an achievement if you type in "shit" and have your character [[EpicFail soil themselves before the game even begins]].
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[[folder:FightingGames]]
* ''[[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Dead or Alive 4]]'' has the "20 Straight Losses in DOA Online" achievement. As you can guess, it requires you to lose 20 times in a row in online matches.
* Earlier installments of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' deduct points from your score for things such as dropping items, blowing yourself up with bombs or capsules, taking cheap shots, and making no attempt to recover after being knocked off the stage.
* The PSN/XBLA versions of ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' give you a trophy/achievement just for being SquashedFlat (well, squashed down to a short size, anyway).
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[[folder:FirstPersonShooters]]
* ''VideoGame/BlackMesa'' has achievements for being killed by your own snarks, killed by [[TheGoomba a headcrab]], overcharging the Tau Cannon (which inflicts massive damage on the user), and even drowning in the Lambda Core's coolant.
* In ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'', tip a virtual stripper who takes her top off and you'll get the 10G achievement "Shake it Baby".
* ''Goldeneye: Source'' has a few, including "[[Film/{{Thunderball}} 004]]," which is awarded for blowing yourself up 25 times with your own mines, "Film/{{Octopussy}}" for excessive camping, and "[[Film/AustinPowers Who Throws A Shoe?]]" which is awarded to someone who plays as Oddjob (who is widely considered unfair to use due to being smaller and therefore harder to hit) for essentially being the worst player in the round. Then there's the Awards, which are given every match, that point out similar things, and they're similarly both doled out for genuine skill - or a lack thereof.
* ''VideoGame/FrontlinesFuelOfWar'' has a zero-point achievement named "{{Noob}}" for suiciding 10 times in a multiplayer game.
* A ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' player who fails to kill anyone in a multiplayer round, and dies at least ten times, gets an achievement.
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Postal}} Postal 2]]'' has the "It's sterile and I like the taste" achievement, which requires you to make your character pee onto their own face.
* In the UsefulNotes/XBox360 version of ''VideoGame/SecretService'', shooting the president earns you the zero-point achievement "The Exact Opposite of Your Job".
* ''VideoGame/StarTrekEliteForce'' games give the RedShirt award in a multiplayer game to those who [[MythologyGag manage to die first]].
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'''s Sniper vs. Spy update introduced the Sniper's "Consolation Prize" achievement for being {{Back Stab}}bed 50 times. This can be especially ironic if the achievement causes you to reach Sniper Milestone 3, that would reward you with the Razorback, a shield that keeps you from being backstabbed.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Tribes}}: Ascend'' one of the accolades that earn you points is "llama grab", gotten when you pick up a flag at a very low speed--which is likely to result in you dying before you get much anywhere with it, screwing up a faster moving teammate's grab attempt, and dropping the flag somewhere that's harder for you to pick up until the flag automatically goes back to the stand. While it still gives you points, it's less than even a standard flag grab and the description even says "not for use in any highlight reels".
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[[folder:HiddenObjectGames]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Awakening}} 7: The Golden Age'' has the "Murderer" achievement for trying to use a razor on some sleeping gnolls.
* ''VideoGame/PuppetShow 6: Lightning Strikes'' has the "Reckless Detective" and "Pushy" achievements for using investigation cards wrongly and using an incorrect item five times in a row on the same hot spot, respectively.
* ''VideoGame/PuppetShow 8: The Face of Humanity'' has the "Are You Really a Detective?" achievement for trying to use a knife on the gendarme who demands authorization at the start of the game.
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[[folder:MMO Games]]
* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'':
** The game awards [[CosmeticAward badges]] for some rather dubious "achievements", including sustaining high amounts of damage, paying off debt (which is accrued each time you are "killed"), and time spent held in status effects. At least most of the badges for such effects have cool names; taking a lot of damage gets you the Tough, Indestructible and Unstoppable badges, which are at least okay. The final "Death" badge is ''Exalted''.
** The cool titles alone (which could be worn and showed up under the player character's name) were reason enough for many players to work towards them. Also for melee characters like Tanks and Brutes the "damage taken" badges were of course treated as badges of honor.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing''
** The game has a number of these for the masochistic to collect and proudly display, such as '[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Brave Sir Robin]]', for fleeing from 100 battles, and 'The Ghoul Cup' for eating [[ArcNumber 11]] nasty undead dishes that permanently reduce your stats.
** There is even one that you need to acquire by buying it: the "Mr. Exploiter" accessory, which can only be bought [[NoFairCheating for a practically impossible amount of money.]]
* ''VideoGame/PlanetSide 2'''s Dasanfall leaderboards track every kill from every weapon from every player. Most players get around 1000 kills on a weapon before moving on. The "Industrial Agriculture" achievement is granted for getting ''a hundred thousand kills'' on one weapon, with the quip:
-->"Congratulations to [=GylleBMF=] from Cobalt [[EvenNerdsHaveStandards for putting our own lives into perspective]] with his feat."
* In ''VideoGame/{{RIFT}}'', killing innocent animals occasionally drops their tears as artifacts, with flavor text such as "So sad." and "You murderer." Not only is there a full set of these such artifacts, there is even an achievement for collecting 20 of a certain type.
* ''VideoGame/WarhammerOnline'' has a series of titles unlocked by failure, including dying via mobs up to a million times ("The Tragic"), being killed up to 100,000 times by enemy players ("The Feckless") or falling to your death up to 5000 times ("The Pancake"). In addition to this there are specific titles for being killed by each enemy class, drowning in lava and several other dubious rewards that people nonetheless wear with pride.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
** An achievement "Stood in the Fire"[[note]] the name of which is in and of itself, a reference to TooDumbToLive behavior in boss encounters[[/note]] required players to get killed by Deathwing when he strafed zones. It was actually harder than it sounds, given how random Deathwing's attacks were. Played even straighter after Deathwing became killable when the achievement was modified to include dying during either the Spine of Deathwing or Madness of Deathwing raid encounters. Not only does it retain its dubious value, but it now also signifies that it is likely the recipient's first time fighting Deathwing on that character.
** "It's A Trap" is an achievement given to players who walk across the obvious traps in a scenario.
** Some dubious achievements are gained on holidays. The "Disturbing the Peace" achievement is gained during [[{{Oktoberfest}} Brewfest]] by getting completely drunk and dancing in the middle of Dalaran. During Children's Week, you get the "Home Alone" for using your Hearthstone while with your charge, and the "Bad Example" by scarfing down candy in front of him. "Out With It" is gained by eating candy during [[{{Halloween}} All Hallows Eve]] until you puke.
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[[folder:PlatformerGames]]
* ''VideoGame/AchievementUnlocked'' is based all around this concept. The goal is to obtain all "achievements", which requires doing all kinds of strange actions.
* ''VideoGame/AritanaAndTheHarpysFeather'' has not one but six different achievements for getting hit or dying in different ways.
* ''VideoGame/BattleblockTheater'' has the "Consolation Prize" achievement, which is awarded for dying enough times.
* ''VideoGame/CaveStory[=+=]'' for Steam has an achievement for being killed by Toroko. As in, the harmless little [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Mimiga]] who "attacks" by running back and forth waving a stick, which only does 1 damage per hit, and you have to deliberately stand still and wait to die, if you have more than 1 HP. Even the achievement name ("Toroko Wins!") sounds surprised that it ever happened.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' (NES) is one of the earliest examples in video game history for the fact that if you beat the game in a minimalist speed-run instead of making an honest time-consuming grind, Palutena "promotes" you to serve as some kind of Janitor because she believes that you are a lucky fraud for saving Angel Land from Medusa.
* In ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 2'', there's a trophy called "1,440 Minutes of Create," which is earned by spending a total of 24 hours in Create Mode. The [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita Vita]] version changes this to "Get a Life". In both of those games, there's also trophies for dying 20 times in one story level, and pins (in-game achievements) for things like dying a certain number of times, coming in last place in races, drowning, killing multiple [[{{NPC}} Sackbots]] in the story levels, slapping other players to their deaths, or popping yourself to retry. "It's really not too bad..."
* ''VideoGame/{{Nihilumbra}}'': There's an achievement for dying ten times in a row in any void mode level. [[NintendoHard You will probably earn this in level 1-1]].
* ''[[SeumSpeedrunnersFromHell SEUM: Speedrunners From Hell]]'':
** "RIP" achievement requires you to die 666 times.
** "100 ways to die" requires you to get killed by every type of trap in the game.
* ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsGame'' has a zero-point Achievement earned by dying ten or more times during the game.
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[[folder:PuzzleGames]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' gives an achievement for falling for [=GLaDOS's=] trap... and another for falling for [[spoiler:Wheatley]]'s.
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[[folder:RacingGames]]
* In ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeed Need For Speed: Carbon]]'', to unlock one of the parts you have to earn the consolation award. You get that for losing. Another one of the parts requires an award where the player has to be arrested in career mode.
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[[folder:RhythmGames]]
* ''VideoGame/GuitarHero 3'' had ones for failing a song multiple times in a row, and failing at the 95% mark in a song.
** The [=X360=] version of ''Guitar Hero 2'' gives you an achievement for ''your first failed song''.
** Likewise, the US [=PS2=] version of ''DanceDanceRevolution: DDRMAX'' unlocks the song "Celebrate" when you fail for the first time, and "Gentle Stress" when you fail an Oni course.
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[[folder:RolePlayingGames]]
* In ''VideoGames/DarkSouls'', the achievement is one nobody wants, but it's the first achievement on ''every'' player's list. It's the "This is Dark Souls" achievement you get for dying the first time. (There is ''no'' known player who did ''not'' gain this one first.)
* The Badge of Shame from ''VideoGame/ExitFate''. Rewarded by earning the lowest score possible in a war battle, the badge's description reads "a constant reminder of past failures" and cannot be sold, dropped, equipped or exchanged.
* ''VideoGame/EYEDivineCybermancy'' has several achievements of dishonor; "Nuclear Man" for gibbing yourself with the [[{{BFG}} Excidium cannon]], "Low Tech Dummy" for being hacked by a ''door'', "Doctor Hyde" for "accidentally" teamkilling an ally through medkit overdose, plus a variety of achievements for [[SanityMeter going insane]].
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', there is a Steam achievement for losing a rare card in Triple Triad. Then again, [[ViolationOfCommonSense you have to lose specific rare cards to the Queen of Cards to advance her sidequest]], so completionists will have to get this sooner or later.
* ''VideoGame/{{Vindictus}}'' has several titles, such as having one's [[BreakableWeapons equipment destroyed]] a certain number of times, and titles for [[GoldFever picking up enough gold]] dropped from [[RewardingVandalism destroyed scenery]]. "Enabler" is acquired by completing a side-quest that involves bringing large amounts of booze to the [[TheAlcoholic town blacksmith]], and the reward for spending several real-time hours fishing on Valentine's Day is "[[{{Pun}} Master Baiter]]". Some of these require a huge number of occurrences to achieve the "highest" level of the title.
* ''VideoGame/Wasteland2'' has the "What Does This Button Do?" achievement, which is awarded for accidentally setting off the dormant nuke in the Ranger headquarters and getting a NonStandardGameOver.
* ''VideoGame/WinterVoices'' has the "Like A Hen On A Wire" Steam achievement. To get it you have to "Obtain the worst score in every major quest of the boat."
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[[folder:SimulationGames]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Delicious}} 2 Deluxe'' has the "You Should Be Ashamed" achievement for letting 100 angry customers walk out the door.
* ''VideoGame/FreeSpace2'' has "Congratulations, you have attained the rank of Admiral. ''Now go read a book.''" This is because attaining Admiral requires completing the single-player campaign roughly a hundred times. (The previous game in the series outright accuses you of cheating and urges you to stop.)
* You get an achievement for dying in ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight'' in the tutorial mission. Since tutorial enemies can't damage your shields, this requires venting your entire ship of oxygen or turning your shields off manually - two actions that are completely unnecessary to completing the tutorial, and thus amount to killing yourself on purpose.
->''"Somehow you've died during the introduction training exercise. Feel free to try again but this doesn't bode well for your mission."''
* ''VideoGame/HunieCamStudio'' awards the player an achievement for contracting all six [=STDs=] on a single save file. While this is technically a matter of luck, [=STDs=] can be prevented with the correct items, meaning that catching so many of them would be the result of extremely poor decision-making.
* In ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'', if the player has any citations (from letting people through when their paperwork isn't right, denying them access when it is, or other mistakes) on day 10 and day 20, the Inspector's supervisor Dimitri will "reward" him with a Recognition for Sufficience plaque. If they ''really'' screwed up and got more than 20 citations, he gives them a Recognition for ''Presence'' plaque instead: "Do not embarrass me further." People passing through the checkpoint will notice it hanging on the wall and make fun of the Inspector.
-->'''Entrant:''' What is this plaque on the wall? You are recognized for presence? [[SarcasmMode Way to go.]]
* Some achievements in ''VideoGame/TheSimsMedieval'' aren't ones that are very good. A noteworthy one is "Have 25 people die in your Kingdom," which since the maximum population of hero Sims is only 12, 25 deaths have to come from either questing so badly you have to remake your heroes multiple times, or killing off a majority of your original NPC population, which weakens your kingdom.
* ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013'':
** "What Have I Done??" requires you to lose your patient within 15 seconds.
** "Hammer Time" requires you to lose a total of 50,000ml of blood using the hammer.
** "It's In! It's In I Tell You!" requires you to lose the patient even though the replacement organ lands safely in its intended spot.
** "Enter The Code" is awarded for successfully typing in a code during the space surgery that opens up the door to outside, leading to NonStandardGameOver.
** "I Have No Idea What I'm Doing" requires you to quickly smash up all the canisters containing the replacement organs during the [[spoiler:alien]] surgery.
* ''VideoGame/VisceraCleanupDetail'' has an achievement awarded for getting fired, which requires you to leave the area you were supposed to clean up with an even ''worse'' mess.
* In UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 version of ''VideoGame/{{Warhawk}}'', several of the bronze trophies are awarded for such dubious feats as stepping on 5 land mines, or flying into your own aerial mine.
* ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' has the "Golden Sun" medal, awarded for surviving the destruction of one's ship (by ejecting during battle). Each pilot is awarded it only once, and when you get it the first time your commander gives you a mild chewing out. After all, you generally get the medal after you ''failed'' at your primary objective.
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[[folder:StealthBasedGames]]
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'', the Snake Beater achievement is a 10G achievement for Snake getting caught, uhm, [[ADateWithRosiePalms stimulating himself]], and let's leave it at that.
* ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}'':
** "Trim Your Moustache" requires you to get sucked into the riding mower; normally, the lawn mower section occurs immediately after you attach the fallen birdhouse onto its hook, after which your arm gets glued to it and you can't let go, but if you ''throw'' the birdhouse onto the hook, then you can enjoy getting yourself a NonStandardGameOver.
** "Number 100 Dad" requires you to die more than 100 times in a playthrough.
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[[folder:StrategyGames]]
* Some of ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} V'''s achievements are less than complimentary, including "He threw a car at my head!" for having to buy back one of your cities from barbarian conquerors, and "Seriously?!?" for repeatedly failing to construct Wonders.
* ''VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon'' has some skull-and-crossbones awards for the "theme park with the lowest value", the "dirtiest theme park", "most dangerous theme park" (if you have too many roller coaster accidents). In fact, for all positive awards, a negative one exists.
* ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'':
** "Joker", which means that you cheated with the race that earned it, and you cannot get more Achievements with it (thus it overlaps with NoFairCheating) and "Pathological Cheater", for gaining 50 Joker badges.
** "Dance With The Devil", which means you allied with [[AlwaysChaoticEvil the Grox]] and are thus a colossal JerkAss.
** "Can't Win for Losing", awarded for dying in every stage of the game.
** "General Custer", awarded for getting 30 followers killed and generally being TheNeidermeyer.
** The "Bad Baby" was awarded for getting a creation banned from the online Sporepedia. It was quickly removed because players would deliberately create offensive items in order to get it.
* ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration 2nd Original Generations]]'' has a trophy titled "King of Being Shot Down" (roughly translated from Japanese) if you lose five of your mechs in a single stage.
* ''VideoGame/TotalWarShogun2'' includes an achievement for sinking or capturing a particularly powerful ship. Possibly due to a programming oversight, you still get this achievement if it's you that loses the ship in question.
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* ''VideoGame/DeadRising2 OffTheRecord'' has an achievement for receiving your first medal (out of many you can earn in sandbox mode) - the flavor text reads: "It says 'Participant' in tiny letters on the bottom..."
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* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' will reward you with achievements for:
** Being turned into an eggplant
** Being turned into a tempura, and then being turned into a tempura five times by enemies that go out of their way to humiliate the player
** Being "finished" (the game's equivalent of a Game Over) a certain amount of times.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' has an achievement for riding a pig off of a cliff.
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' has a scene where Zinyak asks you to surrender and be executed, and promises if you do so he'll restore the Earth. Doing so will get you a NonStandardGameOver and the "You Chose... Poorly" achievement.
* ''VideoGame/SpaceRangers'' has a few such medals, mostly given for cowardice or piracy.
* ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable has an achievement for attempting to jump, titled "You Can't Jump".
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'' awards the player an achievement for :
** Having a Heart-to-Heart go as badly as possible.
** Suffering a TotalPartyKill for the first time.
** Suffering a TotalPartyKill fifty times.
** Dying of fall damage.
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* Many games, particularly {{Shoot Em Up}}s, will award the player exactly 1 point for using a continue (sometimes also zeroing out the upper digits) up to a maximum of 9 times, while everything else is scored in multiples of 10. This makes the last digit of the player's score reveal how many times they continued.
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