The two types of indie games meme

Satire of arbitrary, overly simplistic two-category classification systems applied to all indie video games, even when the classifications are logically inconsistent.

This is a 4-panel edited Calvin and Hobbes comic meme satirizing overly simplistic, arbitrary two-category classification systems common on the internet. In the first panel, Calvin's dad approaches Calvin who is sitting with a radio, saying he will show him something interesting about indie games. In the second panel, the dad asserts that all indie games fit exactly two categories: Slay the Spire and Slay the Princess, assigning Hades to the Slay the Spire bucket and Outer Wilds to Slay the Princess, which Calvin initially agrees with. In the third panel, the dad continues to incorrectly assign completely unrelated indie games to the two arbitrary categories: Minecraft is labeled Slay the Spire, Celeste is labeled Slay the Princess, and even Inscryption, a roguelike card game that shares no premise with Slay the Princess, is assigned to that category. The fourth panel uses the iconic Calvin bed freakout reaction panel, showing Calvin horrified by the absurd, nonsensical categorization.

This meme is a remixed edit of the classic Bill Watterson newspaper comic Calvin and Hobbes. It was created by user @imGhostKitty, as indicated by the watermark in the bottom right corner, and was shared as a meme on Reddit, as noted in the provided source information. The meme references popular indie video games released between 2011 (Minecraft) and 2023 (Slay the Princess), and plays on the common internet trend of forcing all media or concepts into overly broad, often illogical two-category classification systems for comedic effect.