Santa is dead, and the job is open
Santa is dead, and the remaining bearded men of the Norwegian wilderness are fighting over the seasonal job. Long Live Santa! is an online PvP third-person fighter from Doborog Games. The round is Last Santa Standing, a battle-royale-style last-man-standing mode where weapons are scarce but powerful. You start with your bare-knuckle fists, hunt for weapons, and try to be the last one standing. Gift Boxes drop from the sky with festive weapons inside: shoot other Santa contenders with a Candy Crossbow, slice them with a Santa Sword, or just punch them. There is also a Killer Reindeer you can mount to run enemies down. Once the round starts, all bets are off.
How your group plays it
Create or join a server to instantly start a match. Each battle holds up to 20 players, so your group can fill a lobby or drop in alongside strangers on the internet. Everyone is competing for the same prize: the tattered cloak of Santa Claus. There is no team mode listed, so expect to fight each other as well as anyone else in the lobby. The combat is fast and furious, and the mode rewards aggression, scavenging, and knowing when to cower in the corner.
Before you start
The game is tagged with horror, psychological horror, gore, and violent content, so it is not a cozy holiday romp. It also carries meme and funny tags, which matches the premise of bearded men brawling over a dead Santa's job. The Steam features list Online PvP, so you need to be online to play. Controller support is listed among the tags. The game is Free To Play and sits in the Action, Indie, and Free To Play genres.