Summer movie season may be in full swing, but you don’t have to drop $15 whenever you and your friends want a few hours of entertainment. So-called “Friendslop” games, low-budget multiplayer games that tend to be very easy to pick up, are an excellent way to burn an afternoon. Similarly, many amazing stories, puzzles, and designs are hidden just behind $6 price tags on Steam.
We’ve put together a list of multiplayer games you can play with your friends anywhere in the world (including one that doesn’t require an internet connection at all!), all under the price of a standard movie ticket.
1
An Eggstremely Hard Game
Where to play: Windows PC
If you ever had to carry around an egg for a whole week, pretending it was a baby for extra credit in health class, you’ve basically played the tutorial for An Eggstremely Hard Game. Released just last week, An Eggstremely Hard Game has players take on the roles of “highly qualified goose parents,” who are trying to bring their egg home. Dropping the egg or bumping into obstacles cracks it, making it even harder to control. Those get increasingly perilous, going from a rock you have to walk around to a series of swinging wrecking balls you and your partner must fly through. If you and your friend don’t work completely in sync, the game’s purposefully clumsy controls and unpredictable physics may leave your precious cargo sunny-side-up on the sidewalk. An Eggstremely Hard Game is only $5, and supports either two or four players.
2
Lethal Company
Where to play: Windows PC
After entering early access in October 2023, Lethal Company took the internet by storm with its combination of irreverent humor and survival horror gameplay. You and your friends work for “The Company,” which sends you to abandoned moons to collect scrap. You and up to three friends can bond over your shared fear of Snare Fleas — giant, fleshy centipedes that dive at you from the ceiling — as you explore procedurally generated rooms. True to the game’s title, “The Company” has little regard for your life: it’ll leave you behind if you fail to make it to your ship on time, and straight-up eject you into space if you don’t meet your scrap quotas. Lethal Company is $9.99, and supports up to four players.
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