Mediatonic’s physics-drunk party royale looked like a TV obstacle course stuffed into a gumball machine, then set loose online. Importantly, it framed battle royale not as a last-man-standing gunfight but as a TV game show party. Not only could Fall Guys keep you entertained, it could commission you to entertain everyone else. It helped popularize the “party royale” lane: short-form, stream-legible, drop-in social games built on failure being funny and success being shareable. In an era when the biggest games are ecosystems, Fall Guys carved out a bouncy castle and invited everyone in.