Worst Class Ever takes asymmetrical multiplayer back to school, with a teacher player trying to spot the naughty children among the NPCs

Master the sinful art of eating sweets behind your textbook

What's the best prank you ever pulled on a teacher in school, assuming you went to school? By which I mean, a genuinely funny prank that didn't cause any injuries, break any of the more important laws (legal or ethical), or leave anybody with years of mental distress.

I'll start: I once had to write a four-page punishment essay with the topic "silence is golden", after being caught talking in class. I took the essay very seriously for the first three pages, only to end it with the phrase "...but not as golden as my arse." The teacher who set me the essay smugly tore it up without reading it - as I knew he would. Checkmate, Mr Thompson. Decades later, the last laugh remains mine.

Worst Class Ever is a new don't-call-it-friendslop asymmetrical multiplayer game dedicated to such larks. One player is a teacher, and seven others are naughty delinquent children, hiding in amongst some well-brought-up and obedient NPCs. As the wayward tykes, your goal is to do mischievous things like eating at your desk, passing notes, dropping banana skins, and playing on your phone, without being spotted by Teach.

All of this takes place in a breezy modern Japanese high school, the kind familiar from a million animes. Bagsy the Protagonist Desk by the window at the back of the class! The maplist spans the curriculum, from computer labs to gym tracks to stepped lecture theatres. I don't think there are any covert edu-tainment mechanics, but if you're playing Teacher, I guess there's nothing to stop you actually explaining the periodic table while trying to work out who keeps throwing chalk at your head.

What a wholesome and whimsical place! Such happy memories! Oh crikey, the male teacher is terrifying – why can't he stop grinning? And why do I have a smoke grenade? Why is this lesson taking place in the dark? Why are the teachers permitted to punch the students and tie them to wooden posts? Worst Class Ever definitely isn't a horror game, but I'm not sure I'd send my kids to this particular institution. I feel like we're one texture pack away from playing a more sociable version of Little Nightmares. Read more on Steam.