King of Meat
Released: 10/7/2025
Score Breakdown
71.2
Critic Average
15 reviews
75
Steam User Score
348 reviews
N/A
Metacritic User Score
Disparity Breakdown
71 vs 75
Average of both sources
Review Disparities
Each point represents a critic review. Hover for details. Positive = critic higher than users. Negative = critic lower.
11/15/2025
Launch Window“King of Meat is a cooperative party platformer featuring TV satire and one of the most accessible and robust level editors. The fun factor is elevated when playing with friends, transforming dungeons into pure chaos. Still, the platforming mechanics and combat are quite simple, and the solo experience feels notably flat. Its longevity will ultimately depend on the creativity and adoption of the community.”
86
86/100
10/14/2025
Launch Window“With its barmy riff on a medieval dungeoneering game show, there's something very likeable about the odd world of King of Meat. The platforming, puzzling and combat is a bit too woolly for my tastes, lacking a bit of staying power, but with UGC gaming more relevant than ever, King of Meat provides a great onramp for players to explore their creativity in a constrained setting.”
70
70/100
10/11/2025
Launch Window“King of Meat serves up a colorful and chaotic dose of fun, especially with friends at the table. But beneath its cheerful façade lies shallow gameplay and repetitive dungeons, making the flavor fade all too quickly.”
60
60/100
10/9/2025
Launch Window“King of Meat does a lot of things right, with its fun gameplay and co-op action that provides short, sharp hits of chaotic fun. It's a game that makes you want to keep coming back.”
80
80/100
70
70/100
10/5/2025
Early Review“King of Meat offers cooperative fun in dungeons that mix platforming, action, and puzzles in a very unique way. However, its progression and continuity depend entirely on how the community chooses to use the title itself and its level editor.”
60
60/100
10/3/2025
Early Review“Glowmade's King of Meat is a multiplayer-centric title with an interesting premise that ultimately wears out its welcome just a little too soon.”
50
50/100
10/2/2025
Early Review“Glowmade has nailed the essentials: a fun, addictive co-op with a solid foundation to grow. The audiovisual presentation is superb, with animations that rival Adult Swim quality and outstanding voice acting work. Combat is accessible yet satisfying, and the dungeon creator has the potential to turn this into a phenomenon if the community responds. It's not perfect. Progression can get somewhat tedious at specific points, the base scenario variety might fall short in the long run, and the camera has its occasional issues. But these are minor gripes in an experience that, as a whole, works wonderfully.”
80
80/100
10/2/2025
Early Review“King of Meat is a fun cooperative experience with the potential to become even better, provided it receives the necessary support from the developer to improve the progression system and has an active community to keep the game updated with new scenarios.”
70
70/100
10/2/2025
Early Review“King of Meat is a serviceable co-op dungeon crawler that's best played with friends. Combined with a generous monetization model and plenty of replay value for $29.99, it shows a lot of potential for growth. However, entering a saturated multiplayer market, the game's greatest risk is failing to attract a consistent player base. Its unique aesthetic and player-made dungeons are its best hope for avoiding the worst-case scenario of being quickly abandoned.”
80
80/100
10/2/2025
Early Review“The game doesn't have that lightning-in-a-bottle feel, and there's a genuine concern this game could be dead on arrival."”
70
70/100
10/2/2025
Early Review“A multiplayer driven dungeon crawler with flashes of comical entertainment, but which neither excels as a party game or as a captivating solo grind.”
60
60/100
10/2/2025
Early Review“King of Meat is the name given to a brutal game show, in which contestants gear up to hack hordes of hapless skeletons and other monsters to bits. Int...”
82
82/100
10/2/2025
Early Review“King of Meat thankfully doesn't take itself seriously and provides good fun for friends that want to cooperate (or compete) in stages together.”
80
80/100
10/2/2025
Early Review“King of Meat is a game that fulfills a specific niche genre, aiming to provide a solid and entertaining party game experience for folks looking to play games with their friends. There's matchmaking and the potential to play solo, but the game at its core is much better with 1–3 others to play with.”
70
70/100
