The vast majority of casual party games in today's indie game market—like Fall Guys, Party Animals, etc.—are actually very well-suited as vehicles for a new style of PVP gambling:
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Actually Fun and easy to pick up: compare to traditional PVP gambling like dice or poker, it's much more attractive to play even without placing bets
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60% skill, 40% chaos and luck: pros can gain an edge through extended play, but newcomers still have a chance to pull off upsets
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Demonstrable fairness mechanisms: especially when all participating players share the same game scene (cheating is a separate consideration below)
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Great for streaming and easy to promote-
Potential monetization through skins, loot systems, battle passes, etc.Of course, there are some potential issues to address:
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Cheating? (Obviously a concern)
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Small potential core audience? (Overlap group size between gamblers and video game players?)
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Low payout ceiling? (I mentioned it before in one of my previous post, this seems to be an unsolvable inherent problem with all PVP gambling)
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Latency: Another hard-to-solve problem that traditional gambling don't have
Given that retrofitting these types of games into gambling games isn't technically difficult, I'm puzzled that no "major gambling companies" have pursued this since 2020.
I spent several days searching for similar games—the closest thing I found was Web3 blockchain games, but those don't directly involve gambling mechanics. Even when they do, it's limited to NFT items.
I'm curious what you guys think
—would you try games like this if they existed?
