I am here to recommend some friendslop games. In case you’re wondering what friendslop is, it’s a type of video game usually made by independent developers (usually just one person) that are silly and full of multiplayer chaos. If you’d like to know my credentials, I personally love video games and am an avid watcher of the popular Canadian streamer Northernlion (known for being bad at video games, constantly spouting intellectual-pilled banter, and being bald). He has been playing lots of friendslop games with his friends lately, and I have developed opinions on his various undertakings.
All in all, my hope is to put some games on your radar that hopefully you haven’t heard of!
Super Battle Golf ($12.99)
This is definitely my strongest recommendation. It’s basically regular golf! Except you can shoot, run over, stomp on, shoot, freeze, vaporize, distract, give a good swing at, shoot, send an orbital blast at, summon a thunderstorm over, or hit a landmine at your friends (I probably forgot a few options here). It’s a miracle anyone ever sinks the ball in high-player-count lobbies, and that’s what makes the game so wonderful. Tee up alongside up to 7 friends and try to hit the shot of your lifetime while being shot. If you can learn to masterfully navigate the indubitable chaos this game will plunge you into, you’ll probably achieve inner peace. Good luck!
Shift at Midnight ($9.99, currently $8.99)
Have you ever wanted to take care of a gas convenience store (think 7/11) with your friends by keeping the shelves stocked, cleaning up your customers’ messes in (and out) of the bathroom, and blast (pew pew) doppelgangers who aren’t who they say they are? Shift at Midnight offers all of this for just $10. It mixes Papers, Please’s attention to detail with the chaos of Overcooked and a bit of horror (but it’s not really that scary, moreso comedic) into a truly entertaining experience worth some of your time this spooky season. Did I mention the machine where you can gamble for silly hats in the back while your friends are getting chased by the entity? Just make sure you save some money for the weapon arsenal in the garage, and also for your cats’ medicine. Play this game (ideally unspoiled) and you and up to two friends can have one of the midnights of all time :)
Lego Party ($39.99)
Lego Party is like Mario Party, but rebranded and with new minigames that I can say are innovative, exciting, and indubitably lego-esque. It is cheaper than Mario Party (albeit somewhat smaller and with less mini games), but rounds go faster, randomness is reduced to allow for a bit more skill expression while maintaining the chaos in minigames, and you can vote for what the bonus star (brick) category is at the end instead of them being randomly assigned. Will one of your three friends inevitably fall behind because you’re stealing their bricks over and over? Yes. Will they get upset? That might depend on how close you are. Regardless, get ready to battle for those bricks against up to three friends while the announcers crack jokes about anything and everything that happens.
Big Walk ($19.99)
Big Walk is a curious one. You explore a large world as a style of bird people with in game proximity chat. There is almost no story. Instead, the world is full of puzzles that get increasingly more difficult and creative as you work through them. Get a bunch of friends (and I mean it, like around 8-10 is probably best even though it suits 2-12) and enjoy a very well crafted environment and even better puzzles. Oh, and definitely don’t spoil yourself on what you’re supposed to do, because then you ruin the escape room vibes of the game. Happy walkin’!
Okay, that’s all from me! Knowing that you’ve read all the way through, I’m filled with determination and I hope you are as well. Do let me know if you enjoyed this style of article and whether or not you’d like to hear some more about video games :)
Cheers,
ELDN
