The game industry is in crisis and is unwelcome to game makers. The DIY punk ethos (a set of principles rooted in do-it-yourself, anti-establishment, counterculture and direct action to create local scenes) provides a sustainable framework for art practicing and community making. What if we could apply the DIY punk ethos to the game industry? Would we be able to formulate strategies to address the crisis and make the game industry more welcome to game makers? Punk Games is a research project that examines the DIY punk ethos and applies it to game making to provide sustainable alternatives for action to game makers. By using the DIY punk ethos, building upon similar game making movements like art games, queer games, and personal games, a framework to make punk games is created, separated in three stages: ethos, action and scene. This project uses a research-for-creation methodology to create a punk games framework that is tested through the creation of two punk game sketches and a zine that exemplifies punk games in their conception, making and engagement with the community.