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The Latest Breaking News from Friendslop

Big Walk ignores 'friendslop' trends, and is better for it

A co-op game for friends with attention spans.

PC Gamer · Aug 3

Peak boss doesn't mind us calling it friendslop: 'Why not make a game where the point is to hang out with your friends?'

"What's more beautiful than that?"

PC Gamer · May 24

Friendslop and Attack on Titan intersect in this upcoming co-op indie

Attacking titans.

Destructoid · Apr 10

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Steam's new "golden age" is special because so many genres are popping off at once, indie expert says: "It's almost like the player base was drinking and their inhibitions lowered"

Friendslop is just the tip of the iceberg, and also a chunk of the iceberg

GamesRadar · Mar 26

The Outlast Trials just got a huge update, reminding us that multiplayer horror need not be friendslop

A great time to switch things up and jump the indie horror ship.

Destructoid · Mar 26

"Complicated feelings on our end": Indie devs behind new Peak-like co-op understand you think it's friendslop, but "it's a slight bummer that the other half of the term is the 'slop'"

The term has negative and positive connotations

GamesRadar · Mar 9

"It's honestly been surreal": Yapyap dev sells 500,000 copies in a week through the power of friendslop and Steam, this time with wizards and 6-player co-op

"Way more of you showed up than we ever expected"

GamesRadar · Feb 11

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What is 'friendslop' and why is it taking over gaming in 2026?

Like it or loathe it, the genre is here to stay.

Creative Bloq · Feb 3

'Friendslop' dominated 2025 by proving time and time again that graphics are overrated

The best games of the year probably ran great on whatever PC you have lying around, and that's fantastic.

PC Gamer · Dec 30, 2025

Peak put friendslop on the map in 2025, but neither of its 2 studios expected it to blow up: "We were ready to hit the launch button and go into vacation mode"

Year in Review 2025 | "We didn't launch with so so much of what we thought was required to make a hit"

GamesRadar · Dec 23, 2025

Friendslop Is The Biggest Gaming Trend in 2025 — And It’s Just Getting Started

2025 is the year gaming embraced friendslop. From new games like R.E.P.O and Peak to the friendslop-ification of Fortnite & GTA, it's just getting started.

Inverse · Nov 23, 2025

"We proudly wear the friendslop badge": Peak studio unpacks one of the biggest trends on Steam and beyond after studying games like REPO to find out what makes them fun

Aggro Crab's new game Crashout Crew continues the friendslop tradition

GamesRadar · Nov 1, 2025

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