Instant photo messaging app Snapchat’s parent company Snap Inc. is launching its own gaming platform called Snap Games. The company just made it official at its first-ever Snap Partner Summit in Los Angeles.
It will work similar to the Instant Games found within Facebook’s Messenger. Snap Games is debuting with six games in total, all meant to be played with friends:
- Bitmoji Party: The first original game for Snap Games is Bitmoji Party, developed by Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride designer Luke Muscat. Similar to Mario Party, Bitmoji Party is a mini-game compilation designed to be played by small groups of players. Each player will create their own Bitmoji avatar and use them to battle their friends in said mini-games. Bitmoji Party mini-games include avoiding being kicked into a goal by a giant boot, staying afloat on a pool toy, and attempting to infect fellow players with a zombie plague.
- Tiny Royale: A “bite-sized Battle Royale” game from Words With Friends and Farmville creators Zynga.
- Snake Squad: A co-operative multiplayer game developed by Game Closure
- C.A.T.S. Drift Race: A competitive drift racing title from Cut the Rope developer ZeptoLab.
- Zombie Rescue Squad: A PikPok game in which you and friends rescue survivors from zombies.
- Alphabear Hustle: A co-operative Alphabear spin-off from Spry Fox in which players collaborate to form words.
The games are all free to play but it will include unskippable ads which will be the source of profit for Snap Chat. Snap Inc. says Snap Games will launch with “video advertising featuring Snap’s non-skippable, six-second Commercials ad format”.