Gamble With Your Friends launched on Steam in May 2026 and immediately stood out among co-op adventure games for one reason: the item shop can make or break your entire run. Spend your Tickets on the wrong things and you'll watch your quota slip away. Spend them right and your group will be printing money. All 15 items are ranked below, from the ones you should buy on sight to the ones that exist mostly for laughs.
Holy Statue in the item shop
Item tier list overview
The table below covers every item in the game, sorted by tier. S-tier items have guaranteed effects with no RNG. A-tier items boost your earnings or soften losses. B-tier items are situationally useful. C-tier items are mostly novelty purchases.
S-tier items are worth buying immediately when they appear in the store. Their value comes from removing RNG entirely, which is the single biggest advantage you can have in any casino game.
What makes S-tier items so good?
The answer is simple: none of them rely on luck. Every other item in the game has some degree of variance attached to it. These three do not.
Holy Statue is the best item in the game. While a player holds and activates it, all nearby losses are prevented. That means you can place bets you would never normally risk, and the worst outcome is simply nothing happening. The catch is that it has a limited number of activations, so save it for moments when you're genuinely about to lose a large bet. Games like Duck Race or Roulette, where the result plays out slowly and you can see the outcome coming, are the ideal use cases.
Time Machine covers a different scenario. If a loss slips through before you can use the Holy Statue, the Time Machine rewinds your most recent bet result entirely. Think of it as a second safety net.
Golden Chip is more offensive. It guarantees your next all-in costs nothing, effectively giving you a free high-stakes bet. Since it's a one-time item, hold it until the moment makes sense rather than burning it early.
How do A-tier items boost your winnings?
None of these items change whether you win or lose. What they do is change how much winning actually pays out, or how little losing costs you.
Drink and Gambler's Confidence both increase your money earned per win. The key difference is duration: Drink wears off after a short time, while Gambler's Confidence lasts the full day. Stack both together for a large profit multiplier, but time your Drink carefully. Activating it right before your first bet result resolves will squeeze the most out of its limited window.
Taser raises the maximum bet you can place at any table or machine. On its own it's fine, but paired with Drink and Gambler's Confidence, a single winning bet can cover a significant chunk of your quota.
Insurance works in the opposite direction. It reduces how much you lose on a failed bet. This won't accelerate your quota progress, but it extends your runway when luck turns against you.
Stack Drink and Gambler's Confidence together, then add Taser to raise your bet ceiling. If the cards fall your way, one win can do serious work toward your daily quota.
Which B-tier items are worth buying?
B-tier items are situational. None of them are bad, but each one only shines under specific conditions.
Quota Gun is the strongest pick here. Shoot a teammate with it and they contribute 33% of the day's money goal directly. Any body parts lost in the process can be recovered at the shredder machine, so the downside is manageable. If your group is running behind on quota with time running out, this is your panic button.
Stake Holder amplifies the effectiveness of every other item you're carrying. Alone it does nothing, but if you're already running a Gambler's Confidence and Drink combo, Stake Holder can push those bonuses further.
Angel's Reel gives you a chance to recover money lost on a previous bet. The word "chance" is doing a lot of work there. It won't always trigger, which is exactly why it sits below the guaranteed-effect items above it.
Bonus Draw awards extra Tickets when you win. The value here is debatable since exceeding your quota already generates bonus Tickets naturally. That said, if you're planning an item-heavy strategy across multiple days, building a Ticket surplus early has real compounding value.
Don't buy Bonus Draw if your group is already struggling to hit quota. The Ticket income it generates is only useful when you can afford to think beyond the current day.
Are C-tier items ever worth buying?
Honestly, rarely. These items exist more for entertainment than efficiency.
Camera and Microphone both generate extra cash when used correctly during a win. Camera requires snapping a photo of a winning bet; Microphone requires singing as you win. The payoff is similar to what Drink or Gambler's Confidence provides, just with more friction. If you're not using in-game voice chat, the source material actually recommends selling your mouth at the shredder machine rather than buying Microphone. The Tickets you recover are worth more than what the item would realistically earn you.
Devil's Reel is pure gambling on top of gambling. It either triples your last win or wipes it to zero. There's no skill involved, just variance.
Mystery Box costs 4 Tickets and gives you a random item. The only scenario where this makes sense is if you have exactly 4 Tickets left and no better options. Even then, the outcome is unpredictable by definition.
Devil's Reel: all or nothing
Best item combinations to run
Knowing individual item rankings matters less than knowing how they work together. Here are the combinations worth building around, based on the source material:
- Holy Statue + Time Machine: Double safety net. Use Holy Statue proactively when you see a loss coming, and keep Time Machine as a backup for anything that slips through.
- Drink + Gambler's Confidence + Taser: Maximum payout combo. Raise your bet ceiling with Taser, multiply your winnings with both buff items, then time your Drink to land right before a result resolves.
- Gambler's Confidence + Stake Holder: If you can't afford Taser, Stake Holder amplifies Gambler's Confidence and anything else you're carrying.
- Quota Gun (solo use): When the group is behind and the clock is running, one well-timed Quota Gun shot covers 33% of the goal outright.
For more strategies and builds across every run type, the Gamble With Your Friends strategy guides cover additional tips worth reading before your next session.