King of Meat is a fun fusion of Fall Guys and Meet Your Maker

It’s getting to a point where I’m getting a little tired of the “this video game you play is actually an in-universe TV show” shtick, so I admit that I wasn’t overly enthusiastic about marching over to the Amazon Games booth at Gamescom 2024 to play King of Meat, which had been revealed just the other night at Opening Night Live. Confronted with the sheer silliness and plain fun of Glowmade’s title, though, my sour skepticism didn’t manage to stick around for too long – King of Meat has its charms. King of Meat is essentially a 3D dungeon crawler with some simplistic combat, platforming, and puzzle-solving mechanics, which allow you and up to three friends to tackle deadly dungeons. Working together, you’ll need to fend off enemies and advance through the map, collecting as much loot as you can to get a good rating – and thus better rewards.  That’s the core gameplay loop, anyway. Simple, right? While there are fewer players – especially players out to kill you – than in your typical match of Fall Guys, the