Worst Class Ever Guide: Teacher and Student Tips, Price

Worst Class Ever is a Windows-only asymmetric party game from Funcore Games in which one player is the teacher and everyone else is a student hiding among NPC classmates. Steam lists it for up to 8 players at $4.54 (35% off the $6.99 list price) during a launch discount that the developer says runs for the first 14 days. This guide covers how a match works, what the teacher and the students can each do, the host settings and the PC requirements, using the Steam store page and the developer’s own Steam announcements.

Quick answer: Worst Class Ever at a glance

• Roles: by default one player is the teacher and the rest are students. The host can change the number of teachers.
• Students win by causing mischief (snacking, checking phones, passing notes) without being spotted. The teacher wins by catching them.
• Players: up to 8 online. The demo capped matches at 6.
• Price: $4.54 on Steam (US) for the first 14 days, then $6.99.
• Platform: Windows PC only. There is no Mac, Linux or console version on the Steam page.
• Demo: the developer scheduled its removal for Nov 3, so the full game is the way in.

A student's desk drawer stocked with snacks, one of the named pranks. Image: Funcore Games / 2P Games

How Worst Class Ever works

Steam describes it as an asymmetric party game set in a chaotic classroom. The students “blend in among dozens of NPC classmates” and secretly pull off pranks such as eating snacks, passing notes and playing on their phones. The teacher has to watch for slips such as forced movements and panicked glances, identify the troublemakers and shut down their pranks.

The developer’s launch post adds the structure around that: in the default mode one player is the teacher and everyone else is a student, students complete tasks whenever the teacher turns away, and the teacher’s main attack is a chalk throw. Demo patch notes mention a “Mischief Points” total that students need to win and an effect where a balloon hitting the teacher raises the mischief value, so the match is a race between the students’ score and the teacher’s catch rate. The demo notes also say captured students can be rescued by teammates.

Release date, price and platforms

PC requirements

The requirements are low, so most gaming laptops from the last several years should clear them.

Teacher guide: how to catch students

The Steam page gives the teacher “detection mode” and exclusive items to lock onto hiding students and see through disguises. The patch notes show where the game leans on the teacher’s side of the balance:

• Catching refuels you. A demo update added extra stamina for each captured student, and a later demo build lets the teacher recover some stamina after a catch when there are more students. Landing accurate chalk throws keeps you mobile.
• Watch the NPCs, not the players. A demo update tweaked NPC behavior “to make them more deceptive,” and a later one expanded what NPCs do after leaving their seats. A student who moves differently from the crowd is the tell.
• Cover the doors. All classroom back doors can be opened, and students can crawl between desks, so scanning only the front of the room leaves gaps.
• Check the office. The teacher’s lunch is hidden in the office. The update post calls it either a gift or “a trap set by the teacher,” so treat it as a lure that students may try to reach.
• Use the full-release teacher. The full version adds a female homeroom teacher. Patch 1.0.1 (Nov 10) adjusted the strength of her skills, so expect her numbers to move again.

Hideouts go beyond the classroom, as this restroom stall from the Steam gallery shows. Image: Funcore Games / 2P Games

Student guide: how to cause mischief without getting caught

Students win by finishing prank tasks, and the store page says each map has “exclusive prank tasks” and unique hideouts. The documented tools and tricks are:

• Blend in. Steam says students hide among dozens of NPC classmates. Copying the seated NPCs’ behavior is the core skill.
• Do tasks while the teacher is turned. Snacks, phones and notes are the named pranks.
• Move low and take side exits. Students can crawl forward between desks and slip out through back doors. Since the demo, they can also leave their seats while holding items.
• Use items. Steam lists smoke bombs, tranquilizer guns and drones among the student tools, used to set traps and block the teacher’s view. A banana peel slip has its own sound effect, so floor traps exist.
• Help captured teammates. The demo notes say rescue time is longer when more students are in the match, which makes protecting a teammate before they are caught worth more than reviving them.

Treat the item list as an overview rather than a full tier list. Funcore has said item spawn rates were increased in 1.0.1 and the full version has more items than the demo, and no complete item guide exists yet.

Maps and match settings

The full version has 10 themed classrooms, according to the launch post. Steam’s screenshots and the demo update posts show the range: bright daytime classrooms, late-night study halls, and a fourth-floor computer lab added to the demo on its 10th day, where students sneak games.

The host can adjust around 20 settings, including the number of players, the number of teachers and item spawn probabilities. Those are the levers for tuning a lobby: item spawn rates change how much the students can rely on tools, and the teacher count changes how much of the room is watched at once.

The computer lab, where the developer says students sneak games. Image: Funcore Games / 2P Games

How to play with friends, on LAN and with Workshop content

• Invite through Steam. The demo added the ability to invite Steam friends through the in-game phone, and new players can join after each round ends.
• LAN play. The full release adds LAN multiplayer, so you can create a room and play over a local network.
• Workshop. Steam Workshop support lets players share their own creations. Only install content you trust, and stay within the game’s rules.
• Languages. The full version supports 15 additional languages, with full audio support listed for Simplified Chinese.

Is it worth buying?

For a group that already plays social-deduction or party games, the sub-$5 launch price and the 8-player cap make it an easy add. It is built around a full lobby, so you need friends or a working public room list. The demo patch notes were mostly about room loading, disconnects and server capacity, and Funcore says it expanded capacity. Steam lists only multiplayer categories (online co-op, online PvP and LAN), so there is no single-player mode to fall back on. The developer says the demo passed 1 million downloads after Steam Next Fest in October, and that it ranked first for player count in the event. For other recent PC picks, see our Steam Next Fest October 2026 demo list, the weekly free Steam games roundup, our Scam With Your Friends co-op tips and the Steam Auto Battler RPG Fest dates.

Prices, review score and patch notes checked Nov 11, 2026 (UTC). No hands-on testing: this guide summarizes Steam’s store page and the developer’s announcements. Sources: Steam store page; Steam news and patch notes for Worst Class Ever (launch post, Version 1.0.1, demo updates).

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