The Best Couch Co-Op Games To Play With Your Friends
In recent years, people have turned toward online co-op games as a way to come together with a few friends. While there is something fun about playing with people around the globe, you just can't beat playing with your best friends on the couch. There are numerous coop games where you can get a group together to take on a horde of zombies or find the treasure. Your team can gather around a few racing games to see who comes in first, trash-talking all the way through.Â
You want a few split-screen games on deck because you and your buddies may get tired of playing the same thing all the time. It can be overwhelming trying to determine what the best multiplayer games are when you're at GameStop or Best Buy. The market is saturated with titles. Some come from well-known franchises you definitely want to have in your collection. But there are also some incredible multiplayer video games you may have never heard of before.
Luckily for you, we've gathered dozens of titles into one list, so you know which games to check out. Vote up all the best co-op games you would highly recommend, and vote down titles you have tried and weren't impressed with to help other gamers to decide what to play next.
- Platform, roguelikeSpelunky 2 is a 2020 platform video game developed by Mossmouth and BlitWorks. Like its predecessor, Spelunky 2 is a 2D platform game. In the game, the player assumes control of Ana, the daughter of ...more
- Racing video game
Number of Players: 2-4
Mario Kart 8 is a kart racing video game and the eighth major installment in the Mario Kart series, developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U video game console. First announced at E3 2013, ...more - Action-adventure game, Puzzle game, Platform game
Number of Players: 2
Portal 2 is a 2011 first-person puzzle-platform video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It is the sequel to Portal and was released on April 19, 2011, for Microsoft Windows, OS X, ...more - Platformer
Number of Players: 2-4
Super Mario 3D World is a platform game in the Super Mario series developed by Nintendo EAD Tokyo and published by Nintendo for the Wii U video game console. Released in November 2013, it is the ...more - 5
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- Platform-puzzle
Number of Players: 2
Human: Fall Flat is a platform-puzzle video game developed by No Brakes Games and published by Curve Digital. It was released for Microsoft Windows in July 2016, with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One ...more - Action-adventure game, Action game, AdventureCastle Crashers is a 2D beat 'em up video game independently developed by The Behemoth and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It features music created by members of Newgrounds. The Xbox 360 ...more
- Cooking Simulation
Number of Players: 4
Overcooked 2 is a cooperative cooking simulation video game developed by Ghost Town Games and published by Team17. The sequel to Overcooked, it was released for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, ...more - Sports
Number of Players: 4
Rocket League is a vehicular soccer video game developed and published by Psyonix. The game was first released for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 in July 2015, with ports for Xbox One, OS X, ...more - Action-adventure
Number of Players: 2
A Way Out is an action-adventure game developed by Hazelight Studios and published by Electronic Arts under their EA Originals program. It is the second video game to be directed by Josef Fares after ...more - Turn-based, tactical role-playing
Number of Players: 2
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is a 2017 turn-based tactical role-playing video game developed and published by Ubisoft for the Nintendo Switch. The game's story sees players controlling Mario, his ...more - Fighting
Number of Players: 2-8
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a fighting video game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Sora Ltd. and published by Nintendo. It is the fifth installment in the Super Smash Bros. series, succeeding ...more - SimulationOvercooked is a cooking simulation game developed by Ghost Town Games and published by Team17. In a local cooperative experience, players control a number of chefs in kitchens filled with various ...more
- Platformer
Number of Players: 2
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, known in Japan as Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze is an upcoming side-scrolling platform game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. ...more Number of Players: 4
- Open world, Action game, Sandbox
Number of Players: 4
Minecraft is a sandbox independent video game originally created by Swedish programmer Markus "Notch" Persson and later developed and published by the Swedish company Mojang. The creative and ...more - Platform
Number of Players: 2-4
Rayman Legends is a 2013 platform game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and published by Ubisoft. It is the fifth main title in the Rayman series and the direct sequel to the 2011 game Rayman ...more - Third-person shooter
Number of Players: 2
Gears of War 4 is a third-person shooter video game developed by The Coalition and published by Microsoft Studios for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One. It is the fourth main installment in the Gears of ...more - Adventure
Number of Players: 2
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is a downloadable story-driven puzzle-platformer adventure video game developed by Starbreeze Studios and published by 505 Games released on 7 August 2013 for the Xbox ...more - Run and Gun
Number of Players: 2
Cuphead is a run and gun video game developed and published by StudioMDHR. Announced in 2013, the game was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One in September 2017, for macOS in October 2018, ...more - Rhythm game
Number of Players: 2-4
Rock Band 4 is a 2015 music video game developed and published by Harmonix. Rock Band 4 allows players to simulate the playing of music across many different decades and genres using instrument ...more - Dungeon crawlerMinecraft Dungeons has no crafting, building, or the ability to destroy blocks. Instead it focuses on being a dungeon crawler game, where the player explores randomly-generated dungeons filled with ...more
- Party
Number of Players: 2-4
Super Mario Party is a party video game developed by NDcube and published by Nintendo. An entry in the Mario Party series, it was released for Nintendo Switch on October 5, 2018. The traditional ...more - Action, platform
Number of Players: 2-4
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a space shooter video game developed by Asteroid Base for Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, Linux, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. The project is part of the ...more - Puzzle game, Platform game, Action game
Number of Players: 2-3
Trine is a side-scrolling action platform and puzzle video game, developed by Frozenbyte, originally released in 2009, and is now available for Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and PlayStation ...more