Long Live Santa! Twenty Santas, one cloak

Every match throws you into the wilderness with up to 19 other Santas and one goal: be the last one breathing when the snow settles. Weapons are scarce but powerful, and they arrive by air. A gift box drops from the sky, and what is inside decides your next few seconds. It might be a Candy Crossbow, a Santa Sword, or the sobering realization that you came unarmed and your fists will have to do. Once the round starts, all bets are off: seek out weapons, hunt your fellow contenders, or cower in a corner and hope the others finish each other off.

Fights here are fast and frantic, built on reflexes rather than long plans. You can create or join a server and be in a match within moments, which makes it easy to fall into the one more round loop. The combat is vicious for something this cheerful: gore and dismemberment are part of the deal, and losing often happens suddenly. Then there is the Killer Reindeer, a mount you can ride to run your enemies down. It is exactly as ridiculous as it sounds, and exactly as effective. The pixel look keeps everything readable at speed, which matters when nineteen bearded men are converging on your position.