Games like Among Us, RV There Yet, Peak, Lethal Company, etc. I don't mind them so long as there's no woke elements to them, though I've never actually played any of them myself. I have two groups of streamers that I like (Fooster/Fisk/Olafpawbelt and Splitsie/Capac/TFE/Shack) that play them from time to time and it's pretty enjoyable watching them. These sorts of games strike me as games that are more meant to be watched than played yourself. I doubt many of them sell that many units, and they typically are only popular for a couple of weeks before being replaced by the next one.
I bet a lot of copies sold are people who think 'oh man, this looked like fun when I saw $streamer play it, I can't wait to play it with my friends' and then they never do. They seem to be pretty cheap, so if an indie dev can provide a few weeks of enjoyment for $9.99, honestly there are worse ripoffs in the gaming world.
Is the word slop as a catchall for “thing I don’t like” gonna be on its way out soon? Please?
I think it's come to mean 'mass produced copies of something chasing a trend'. XYZ proved popular, so here's ten more quickly thrown together versions of it from people hoping to make a buck before the popularity dies.
OP may be using it too generically. It's supposed to refer to games made with low-effort, knowing that by forcing you to play with friends, you'll likely still have a positive experience and project it onto the game.
I wouldn't call something like Overcooked friendslop. It leans on friends and the interactions but has polish and deliberate design. "Quirky-task-UE-one-afternoon-effort-physics-set-to-11-lol-so-randum-xD-simulator," would be friendslop.
Yeah, that’s what it was supposed to mean, basically just a faster way to say shovelware.