The friendslop genre has become increasingly busy since the Overcooked era. Nowadays, there are no shortage of humorous co-op games to enjoy with one’s friend group. Steam has a near-endless array of funny horror extraction shooters, party games, and viral hits. And while the talk of the town right now may be Meccha Chameleon, for a long time, gamers couldn’t go anywhere without seeing or hearing about Peak. This game stands out not just due to its potential for tragic falls and betrayals, but also a charming art style that adds humor to the chaos. That latter trait is one that Steam’s Very Safe Dino Park is poised to borrow, as its cute art will pair nicely with players screaming as a T. Rex chases them across their friend’s screen.
A Very Safe Dino Park currently lacks a relase date on its Steam page.
Very Safe Dino Park Features at a Glance
- PLAY co-op with up to three other friends or take on the duties of running a dino park solo.
- FEED dinos, clean up mountains of excrement, and tranquilize unhappy exhibit occupants.
- MANAGE guests, needing to keep an eye on ticket prices, vending machines, and litter.
- FIX unexpected problems, from bloodstains and ‘’mystery puddles” to devastating power outrages.
- CUSTOMIZE the park with new decorations, dinosaurs, and enclosures.
- TROLL one’s friends by throwing poop, mishandling tranq guns, and locking them in enclosures.
A chaotic 1 to 4 player dinosaur park sim where feeding the dinos, cleaning the mess, and surviving the chaos are all part of the job.
A Very Safe Dino Park Offers Plenty of Activities and Progression
A Very Safe Dino Park puts players in direct control of the Jurassic Park staff, highlighting just how difficult of a job the park rangers would have had. Players’ duties will be twofold; managing the moody dinosaurs meant to serve as park attractions, and keeping the park in tip-top shape to keep guests satisfied and willing to spend money on “overpriced merch.” If players have a party of four, splitting duties may be best. It could be useful to have one person in charge of feeding dinosaurs and cleaning their poop (or tranquilizing them if they get out of hand) while another handles ticket sales and merchandising.
The list of tasks is plentiful, as players will also have to deal with cleaning up blood stains and puddles, removing litter, catching and punishing bad actors — punishment options do include an extra meal for the dinosaurs — and so on. As gamers progress, they’ll unlock not only new dinosaurs for their exhibits, but more vending machine types, decorations, and so on. Since individual exhibits can be built from scratch and decor can be placed freely, players should be able to make their park truly feel more like their own design the longer they play.
Like All The Best Friendslop, A Very Safe Dino Park Encourages Fooling Around
However, while players can certainly assign roles and do their best to run a fully operational park, even unlocking automation for simple tasks if they do well enough, that’s only one way to play. Part of the appeal of friendslop games is emergent gameplay where things can accidentally, or deliberately, fall apart. After all, one of the best things about games like Overcooked and Peak is how they can provoke banter and lighthearted arguments among friends, and A Very Safe Dino Park will be no different in this regard. Players can misuse their tranquilizer guns to knock each other out, fling piles of dino poop back and forth, and trap each other inside exhibits with massive, deadly creatures.
Additionally, the most important task players have is maintaining their park’s power, as if there is an outage, the gate doors to the exhibits will unlock and the dinosaurs will be able to tear apart everyone visiting the park. Obviously, letting one’s park get destroyed is something to avoid, especially if they succeed at running it for long periods of time. Still, the fact that this can even happen is hilarious, and it practically guarantees a viral moment for YouTube and Twitch streamers goofing off with their friends. Clearly, a lot of gamers see the potential in this title being the next big friendslop release, as it is on over 100,000 Steam wishlists at the time of writing.
