Gang Beasts

Nobody wins Gang Beasts. They survive it. Four floppy characters on one shared screen punch, grab, and throw each other off rooftops and conveyor belts, and the clumsy controls are the joke. I have not seen a group go two minutes without laughing, including people who normally watch games from the sofa. Rounds are short, so it works as a warm-up before longer sessions. The depth is thin. Once the novelty fades you have seen the stages, and the laughs come from the people, not the game. Pick it for the first hour of a party, not the fourth.

Gang Beasts was the original floppy-physics couch brawler and it still works. Wobbling around trying to throw your friend off a conveyor belt over a meat grinder is funny regardless of what year it is. The honest reason it missed the top ten is Party Animals. On PS5 in 2026, the newer game offers cleaner presentation, a more current platform release, and a less janky frame of reference for new players. Gang Beasts is still worth picking up if you find it cheap, and some groups swear by the original, but it is no longer the first recommendation in this category.