Although many individuals consciously avoid stressful circumstances in real life, such as working in a crowded kitchen or emptying an overcrowded moving truck, these normally onerous duties have become great fodder for the popular co-op simulation genre of games. These oddball party games provide a perfect reason to gather friends and family for some frantic couch co-op in an age when multiplayer games are increasingly being played online. And, while the goal is to complete in-game tasks quickly and efficiently, whether that’s accurately assembling orders in Overcooked games or fumbling with furniture in titles like SMG and Team17’s Moving Out 2, a large part of the genre’s appeal is laughing at the chaos that ensues when players get out of sync.
