Trombone Champ
This pick is all about silliness. You might have seen clips of Trombone Champ cracking people up across the internet when it was released in 2022. That’s because the simple premise of a rhythm game in which you play trombone is really just a vessel for hilarious footage of people playing lots of famous songs very very badly.
The mii-like player avatars, constant hot-dog jokes, and the sight of the word NASTY flooding the screen when you fail to play a note properly feels like chaos, but it’s actually a carefully orchestrated recipe for endless good times and laughter. The real secret of Trombone Champ, though, is that the game is still actually fun. What might at first seem like a shallow premise designed just to spark some laughs is still the foundation for a well-designed rhythm game that can be mastered with skill and patience. It doesn’t hurt that you’ll have a lot of laughs on the way to success, though.
