There is a very specific sub-genre of indie games that exists purely to generate chaotic, screaming fits of laughter between a group of friends over Discord. Games like Lethal Company, Phasmophobia, and Content Warning have all mastered the art of balancing genuine tension with absolute comedic absurdity.
Now, developer FuzzyBot has entered the ring with We Gotta Go. Released just a few days ago by publisher Mad Mushroom, this online co-op game takes the haunted mansion survival formula and injects it with an unrelenting, deeply juvenile sense of bathroom humor.
The premise is as simple as it is ridiculous: you and up to three friends are trapped in a massive, procedurally generated haunted mansion. You all ate some highly questionable burritos at a gas station, and you desperately, urgently need to find a toilet before your bowels completely betray you.
It is gross, loud, and easily one of the most fun co-op experiences of the year.
The Gas Station Pre-Game
Before you even step foot into the haunted mansion, We Gotta Go proves it knows exactly how to handle multiplayer lobbies.
The game begins at a dingy gas station that serves as your hub world and store. While you can use your gathered coins to hit the slot machines for bad burritos, buy “poop knives,” or purchase highly questionable suppositories, the gas station also features a fully functional basketball hoop.
As any gamer knows, if you put a physics-based basketball in a multiplayer lobby, nothing else matters. You can physically launch your friends into the air for alley-oops, try to block each other’s shots, and execute fully animated dunks. It is the ultimate “Dude Perfect” simulator, and our team legitimately spent 45 minutes just messing around in the lobby before we even started the first level.
The Mansion: Stress, Scares, and Soil
Once you finally pile into the car and arrive at the mansion, the real game begins.
The core gameplay loop is a delicate balancing act. You are exploring the dark, haunted halls searching for the key to the bathroom. However, as you explore, fear, stress, and those bad gas station burritos are actively filling up your “Poop Meter.” If the meter fills completely, you soil your pants, forcing you to waddle slowly through the mansion while losing your dignity (and often your actual pants, leaving your character entirely naked).
To relieve the pressure, you have to actively fart. The mechanic is hilarious, featuring a dedicated button that lets out varying degrees of flatulence. However, farting angers the haunted house.
If you make the house too “perturbed,” it will unleash a host of horrors. You will be hunted by TP Mummies, terrifying “turd mobs,” and angry ghosts. The house itself is also procedurally generated, meaning passages are constantly blocked, locked, or shifting around you.
Combat and Chaos
When the house inevitably gets angry, you have to defend yourself. We Gotta Go features a surprisingly robust, if incredibly wonky, combat system.
You can scavenge the mansion for weapons ranging from baseball bats and plunger blasters to the legendary “BBL” (Big Butt Launcher). You can fling furniture at enemies, kick ghosts in the face, or just throw actual feces at your friends if the mood strikes you.
If you do happen to die to the ghostly horde, the game doesn’t just kick you to a spectator screen. In true chaotic fashion, you respawn as a playable, floating piece of poop. As a turd, you can still roll around the map, annoy your friends, and try to find a specific corpse to revive yourself.
The Puzzles and The Porcelain Promise Land
To actually escape the mansion, your team has to solve a series of otherworldly puzzles to unlock the bathroom. These range from frantic memory-matching games (where you throw items at specific symbols on the wall) to massive, Fall Guys-style parkour obstacle courses.
Because the game requires communication, the proximity voice chat is where the magic happens. Hearing your friend screaming down the hallway because a TP Mummy stole his pants, or listening to someone desperately begging for a “Tums” before they soil themselves, is peak multiplayer comedy.
When you finally unlock the final door and your entire team scrambles to sit on the glowing, golden toilets, the sigh of relief is genuinely palpable.
The Good, The Bad, & The Smelly
| The Good | The Bad | The Ugly |
| The Comedy: The proximity voice chat combined with the ridiculous premise creates non-stop, laugh-out-loud moments. | The Clutter: When the house gets angry, the sheer volume of enemies and visual effects can make the screen a confusing mess. | Bathroom Humor: If you have an aversion to gross-out toilet humor, this game will absolutely disgust you. |
| The Lobby: The interactive gas station hub, complete with a functional basketball hoop, is the best multiplayer lobby of the year. | Puzzle Clarity: Some of the mid-level puzzles do a very poor job of explaining what the players are actually supposed to do. | |
| The Mechanics: Balancing your “Poop Meter” by strategically farting while trying not to anger the ghosts is a genuinely clever loop. | ||
| The Value: At $9.99 (or less on sale), the game provides incredible bang for your buck for a 4-player co-op title. |
Should You Buy It?
Yes, if: You have a dedicated group of friends to play with, you love chaotic co-op games (like Lethal Company), and you appreciate unapologetic, gross-out bathroom comedy.
No, if: You plan on playing solo, you hate toilet humor, or you are looking for a genuinely terrifying, serious horror experience.
Recommended for fans of: Lethal Company, Content Warning, Phasmophobia, South Park, Fall Guys, Garry’s Mod.
We Gotta Go: We Gotta Go is not going to win any awards for deep, emotional storytelling or hyper-realistic graphics. But it doesn't want to. FuzzyBot has created a game that knows exactly what it is: a loud, gross, incredibly funny sandbox designed to be played late at night with your loudest friends. The procedural generation keeps the mansions fresh, the proximity chat fuels the comedy, and the sheer absurdity of managing your bowels while fighting ghosts never gets old. For under $10, it is an absolute steal. Just make sure you bring some toilet paper. – Obsidian
