The outrageously fun Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout could be gaming’s next megahit

I dig PUBG. My kids are into Roblox and Minecraft. We’re all wildly in love with Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout after playing a closed technical beta one past weekend. Turns out that a cute, colorful battle royale party game was exactly the game I need in the dark summer months of 2020. This could very well be gaming’s next big hit (which has launched on Steam and PlayStation since this writing). It’s just $20, but the game will also be free for PlayStation Plus subscribers—a recipe for success that helped Rocket League blow up back in the day.

But more importantly, it’s an absolute blast to play.

channels the feel of game show, if up to 60 contestants plowed through ’s zany courses simultaneously. It even refers to each multiplayer run as a “show,” split up into several short, randomized stages that last roughly one to four minutes a pop. Each stage counts as a round, with the goal of outperforming the other players to qualify for the next one. Between each stage, the cuddly avatars of the losers plummet from a -esque game board, until a small handful of players reach the final level, where they race through an obstacle course to touch a (literal) crown first and become the champion.