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Gamble With Your Friends

Gamble With Your Friends

TEAM GWYF · released Apr 30, 2026

AdventureIndieSimulationPC

An online 1-6 player co-op "casino crawler" where you and your friends share one bank account and one massive debt. Gamble, buy sketchy items, make terrible decisions, and climb an ominous casino tower to hit your loan shark’s daily quota in 5 minutes - or face the consequences.

84
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “V1.0.30 MAJOR UPDATE NOTES” (1mo ago)

83%
At launch
90%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
55%
Player sentiment
90%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews90%841000
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)90%842857
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jul 24, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 2857 total reviews in window · weighted 142.5 up / 11.6 down · computed 10h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (2)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 78
    trust 65May 13, 2026

    Gamble With Your Friends is exactly what the title describes and what it sounds like. While it can be brutal in its progression, its charming visuals, variety of mini-games, and immersive gameplay elements make it one of the more enjoyable multiplayer games for short play sessions with friends to laugh and occasionally crash out about. It’s a game that lets you enjoy the thrill of gambling without the real-world consequences, unless you don’t meet the quota and have to lose a body part or two.

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  • 50
    trust 61May 18, 2026

    In the end, if you are looking for a new game to play with friends, this can be an option. It’s priced reasonably and won’t break the bank, but there is only so much to see here. If you want a game you can return to time and time again, it may be best to look elsewhere. However, for a quick few hours of fun that will get your gambling fix in? This may do.

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Patch history

  1. V1.0.30 MAJOR UPDATE NOTES
    Jul 24, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. V1.0.11 PATCH NOTES
    May 11, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. V1.0.10 PATCH NOTES
    May 8, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. V1.0.7 PATCH NOTES
    May 4, 2026significant · resets scoring window