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Peak boss doesn't mind us calling it friendslop: 'Why not make a game where the point is to hang out with your friends?'

"What's more beautiful than that?"

PC Gamer · May 24

"Make friendslop games before the fad dies": Peak co-creator encourages indie games to free themselves from traditional dev practices

It's an easy way to make at least eight bucks

GamesRadar · Mar 18

Peak co-creator loves the term friendslop, because "what's so bad about hanging out with your friends and playing games like this?"

"I think there's a lot of beauty to them," Nick Kaman says

GamesRadar · Mar 12

Peak's success was a surprise because the co-op romp didn't launch with "much of what we thought was required to make a hit," but lead wants to keep its game "jam-like spirit" for future updates

"We just wanted to get it out there"

GamesRadar · Jan 13

Peak dev solves game pricing and possibly all economics: '4 bucks is also kind of 5 bucks, 3 bucks is 2 bucks. And 2 bucks is basically free'

Oh, to be seen.

PC Gamer · Jan 12

'Don’t toil away on the things that don’t really matter': Peak creator says its rapid development cycle has 'proved that there are definitely different, but maybe better ways to make games'

Peak started as a game jam, but became a smash hit.

PC Gamer · Jan 11

'Every year they got f***ing chocolates that we didn't': Valve gives a box of sweets to Steam's biggest breadwinners every year, and Peak's devs finally got one after years of jealously watching their Slay the Spire office mates enjoy GabeN confections

It's okay, they finally got it.

PC Gamer · Jan 10

Peak is $8 because the devs wanted you to see a $5 price tag and, hey, "eight bucks is still five bucks"

Well they say all five bucks are created equal, but if you look at $5 and $8, you can see that statement is not true

GamesRadar · Jan 8

Peak is "not going to be a forever game," but the viral co-op climbing game's devs don't want to "leave anything on the table" either

Peak's studio head knows they could "milk" the game forever, but they have restraint

GamesRadar · Dec 27, 2025

Peak devs were ready to go 'into vacation mode' after releasing it, but then it sold 1M copies in the first week: 'That quickly became a pipe dream'

2025 was the year of Peak.

PC Gamer · Dec 26, 2025