While a lot of games have come out recently that have taken the spotlight, such as Hollow Knight: Silksong and Borderlands 4, there is one indie title that slipped by without too many people noticing. That game is none other than Eat the Rich. This is a game that I have had my eyes on since it was announced due to the zany art style and ridiculous-looking party games, all of which this game is and more. The question is, how does this party game stack up amongst the others, and how easy is it to pick up? Let’s find out.

For those who don’t know, Eat The Rich is a party game for up to 10 players. Developed by Maccima Games and published by Monstronauts, this game takes place in the near future, where the rich have been overthrown and now must compete in party games in order to amuse the public and live to see tomorrow. Paraded around by the whims of the people and a sadistic game show host, players must survive games and each other to become the richest of the rich. Whoever is the richest by the end of the competition is the winner. The best way to describe it to someone is to imagine if someone took the art style of Castle Crashers, the social deduction aspects of Among Us, and the comeback aspects of some Jackbox Party Games to create something brand new!

With this game being in Early Access, it is obviously not a fully polished game, although it is very hard to tell that it isn’t complete. The only significant error that my friends and I ran into while playing the game was trying to get our custom names into the lobby. Sadly, we were confined to the names of various billionaires such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg. The only one who we could get to keep their custom name was the host, so we had a very strange starting game with Larry Ellison, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, two Elon Musks, and one Pingu. Noot noot!

Another bug that plagued us was the fact that the AI in the game is absolutely stupid. We only had five people in our first game, so a bot was spawned in order to even the teams up in the beginning. This bot did absolutely nothing to assist the team it was on. Once we realized this, we made it a point to eliminate the bot first thing until we could get a sixth player. 

The other thing that proved to be initially difficult was how some of the minigames played. From time to time, the instructions were a bit too minimal for us to properly decipher what we were supposed to do until it was almost too late. In the first round, I was eliminated and instantly given an opportunity to make a comeback via backroom deals that I could send to my fellow competitors. At first, I didn’t quite understand how all of the various deals worked or how quickly you could send one to an opponent. Once I got the hang of it, though, it proved to be quite enjoyable. These backroom deals can turn the tide in many ways, and I actually came very close to winning the first match despite being eliminated in the first round.

The variety of minigames is quite nice, as you will very rarely play them in the same order every time and may get some new ones from time to time. The eliminated don’t have too much to do during these minigames, which is a bit dull, but hearing the absolute panic in my friends’ voices as they fight each other for money is quite amusing when one is peacefully punching boxes on another part of the map. The one minigame that proved to be my favorite was a cooking game that seemed to be ripped entirely from Overcooked. It was especially chaotic during the first round, as not everyone knew who was who due to the generic names of the rich people and the natural upheaval that comes with any cooperative/competitive cooking game. The punching also caused a bit of damage.

Overall, Eat the Rich is a game that shows a lot of promise! I do not know what the developers have in mind for the full release, but I look forward to seeing what they have cooking. In the meantime, I can’t wait to spend more time tormenting my friends as we all attempt to Eat the Rich! Thank you so much for taking the time to read this review! If you are interested in other party games, consider checking out Mike Reitemeier’s review of Killing Floor 3 right here. I hope that you all have a wonderful day and we will see you in the next article!

A PC Review Copy of Eat the Rich was provided by Maccima Games for this review.

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