> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.superjumpmagazine.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Games to Play With Your Friends When You Don't Want to Think - URL: https://www.superjumpmagazine.com/games-to-play-with-your-friends-when-you-dont-want-to-think/ - Published: 2023-03-02T14:00:38.000Z - Updated: 2023-03-02T14:00:38.000Z - Description: Go-to games with low barriers to entry - Author: Cat Webling - Tags: Opinion, Never Split the Party, Oh, Sir! Insult Simulator, Stick Fight, Indie Games **My** ****friends and I have a Discord server that we use to play D&D, watch movies, listen to music, post memes, and, more often than not, play video games. During the pandemic, that’s become more common than ever.** ![](https://miro.medium.com/max/700/1*3yCfIPzO4kL8LRMggSpm2Q.jpeg) Source: [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/674940/Stick%5FFight%5FThe%5FGame/). Do I need to mention that the last few years have been tough? I think everyone knows that by now. I don’t think I need to explain why you'd want to play silly, low-stakes games with your friends. But I do know that sometimes, you don’t know where to start. **What do you want to play?* I figured that there are probably quite a few people out there who are getting a little sick of Minecraft, and who don’t necessarily want to pay $60 to play Mario Kart with their buddies. So, I’ve put together a list of my favorite indie games to play with your friends when the world is too overwhelming to do anything else. ![](https://miro.medium.com/max/700/1*ZEUR4N4T863m4AyoT2Cksg.jpeg) The number of times I’ve yelled at my friend with the map ability to come back only to get hopelessly lost is astounding. Source: [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/711810/Never%5FSplit%5Fthe%5FParty/). ## Never Split the Party If you’re a fan of rogue-like combat and yelling at your friends for abandoning you, [Never Split the Party](https://store.steampowered.com/app/711810/Never%5FSplit%5Fthe%5FParty/) is the game for you. Released in 2018 by Legend Studio, **NSTP* is a social dungeon crawler. You play in parties of four or fewer, with each member gaining a different class and special ability. You gather coins, keys, potions, and other items while avoiding animate tornadoes, ice monsters, and goblin-like creatures that can chuck you rooms away. Your goal? Get to the bottom of the dungeon and defeat the boss! ## Don’t Starve Together I can’t think of anything more delightfully infuriating than playing Don’t Starve Together with my friends. [Don’t Starve Together](https://store.steampowered.com/app/322330/Dont%5FStarve%5FTogether/), released in 2016, is the multiplayer follow-up to Klei Entertainment’s Don’t Starve. You’ve got all the fun of a farming and exploration sim with the added joy of the constant threat of insanity and destruction. Never have I been more terrified to explore my surroundings at night than when my friends yell in terror, **“WHAT IS THAT?!*” from the safety of the camp I just left. DST has clockwork monsters, a playable spider, randy bison with valuable poop (yes, you read that correctly), and a gorgeous Tim Burton-esque landscape full of creepy lore for you to enjoy. ![](https://miro.medium.com/max/700/1*145yQQ4a0qKxz_NByK9b4A.jpeg) The insults frequently come out completely incomprehensible and I love it. Source: [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/512250/OhSir%5FThe%5FInsult%5FSimulator/). ## Oh, Sir! Insult Simulator I grew up on the dry humor of Monty Python, so when I first saw this game, I knew immediately I was going to love it. [Oh, Sir! The Insult Simulator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/512250/OhSir%5FThe%5FInsult%5FSimulator/) was released in 2016 by Good Shepherd Entertainment. It is, affectionately, the most ridiculous game I’ve ever seen. You play as one of a variety of strange, quirky, occasionally pop-culture referential characters ranging from a classic Englishman named Shufflebottom to literally H. P. Lovecraft. Square up against one of your friends and chuck insults at each other, with extra points for rudeness! ![](https://miro.medium.com/max/700/1*ZH0ke3ckW2C8X3OedJwGfw.png) It looks incredibly epic until you’re being rocketed off the stage by a snake with wings. Source: [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/674940/Stick%5FFight%5FThe%5FGame/). ## Stick Fight Have you ever watched those[ Animation vs. Animator videos](https://www.youtube.com/c/noogai89/featured) on YouTube? Have you ever wanted to do that, but look significantly less epic and definitely goofier? [Stick Fight](https://store.steampowered.com/app/674940/Stick%5FFight%5FThe%5FGame/) is what you’re looking for, friend! From Landfall in 2017, this glitchy endless battle royale game is exactly what it says on the tin. You’re a stick figure fighting against other stick figures in complex, physics-based arenas that cycle between rounds. You’re armed with knives, swords, guns, and, occasionally, flying snakes, as well as a few other surprises that can sometimes break the entire game. I have no way of telling you how absolutely hectic and thrilling this game is, as well as how undeniably hilarious. Trust me when I say it’s well worth the money. ## Let Your Brains Take a Break Sometimes you want to play something challenging and rewarding. You want to devise a complicated strategy or deceive. Or maybe you want to engage with your friends in a game that covers a serious topic or requires a high level of skill. Other times it’s just fun to have a simple task to do that you and your friends can joke about. Maybe you just want to throw a stick figure around a screen, hurl nonsensical insults, set an entire forest on fire, or fight your way through a dungeon. That’s perfectly fine! Get out there and beat up your friends…**virtually*, of course.