These Cheap Co-Op Games Are Ruining AAA Multiplayer (Friendslop)

The internet has affectionately dubbed this brand of janky, low budget co-op multiplayer "Friendslop," and honestly, these games have no business being this good. Most of them are held together by duct tape and dreams, and they're aggressively stupid, but somehow they’re the only thing making multiplayer gaming feel like an actual hobby again. Whether it’s the pure trauma of Lethal Company and Content Warning, or the BS physics in PEAK or REPO, this genre is quietly carrying multipayer on its back.