Tower Unite A whole resort of games in one place

The Plaza is the hub: a bright, colorful theme park where the attractions are full games. Walk past the casino, the bowling alley, the arcade, the nightclub and the theater, all in one place, all multiplayer. You can bowl while a video plays on the big screen, answer trivia questions written by the community, blast ghouls on a spooky dark ride, or type as fast as you can in a typing race. There are over 30 arcade games with tickets and prizes, carnival games on the boardwalk, bumper cars, a ferris wheel, and fishing with more than 100 species to reel in. You decide what a visit means: one round of something or an entire evening wandering.

The minigolf is the classic here, descended from a 2009 mode that inspired a whole genre. Up to 16 players putt simultaneously, so nobody waits while someone lines up a shot for a minute. The controls are pure skill, 234 holes across 13 courses take you through dinosaur land, candy land, pirate ships, snowy mountains and space, and a hole in one sets off fireworks. You can dress your ball in tiny hats and glasses, which is exactly as serious as it sounds. There is a single player mode too, and you can host your own server if you want a private tournament.

Beyond the resort, there are proper games with proper stakes. Accelerate is a kart racer for up to 10 players with 8 scenic tracks and 14 items to ruin friendships with. Ball Race has up to 16 of you rolling giant balls through 12 worlds of tricky obstacles. There is an arena FPS with 30+ weapons and modes like CTF and Instagib, a fast zombie FPS with 10 sci-fi weapons, and Virus, a 1 versus all mode where one player becomes a dragon and everyone else tries to stop being eaten. Zombie Massacre is the co-op pick: 6 classes, 32 overpowered weapons, boss battles, waves of the undead. All support player hosted servers and Workshop characters.

Everything here is multiplayer by default, and joining a lobby takes seconds. Grab friends for a round of minigolf, pile into bumper cars, split into teams for laser tag, or squad up in Zombie Massacre and argue about who wasted the rocket launcher. When the games wind down, the night continues: watch synchronized YouTube videos in the theater or the nightclub, play billiards, order virtual drinks, or invite everyone back to a condo for pizza and mini-games. Sessions are casual and social, easy to hop into for one round and just as easy to lose an evening to.