What are the best co-op games you enjoy? Anything from the modern games, to the old games.
For me, I’m aiming for PC games, or a game that can be easily emulated like PS2 games or GameBoy Advance.
Main focus, is that you are supposed to play 2 players or more (and are actually fun to play) with little to no internet. (Trying to prepare in advance)
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons - pretty cool as you can play on 1 controller.
Star Wars Battlefront 2 (OG) - have awesome memories with it.
Earth Defence Force 4 or 5 - over the top bug extermination and built in split screen even on PC.
Last thing I can recommend is Saints Row 2, 3 and 4 (especially 3) - but you need something like Nucleus to play on the same device.Crawl - technically pvp, arcade game Overcooked - try to manage a kitchen together Duck Game - completely pvp, ducks with guns, very fun
I always bring up Crawl in these threads because it’s so good, and I rarely ever see anyone talking about it! The way that players are always ‘switching teams’ is so fun!
In contrast to the party games everyone else is listing, I’m gonna say Divinity: Original Sin 1 and 2. They’re more long haul affairs, but still make for great lan gaming.
Couch Coop?
- Smash bros
- Castle crashers
- mario Kart 64 versus mode
- frantics
- rabbits party of legends (only good the first time, so make it count!)
- mario kart double dash
- bud Spencer & Terrence hill slaps and beans
- a Pokémon nutzlocke soullock challange
- playing any game where one has the right and the other one the left joy con (fun if 5 people and 2 are gaming pros and they are forced to share one controller)
- screen cheat
- lovers in a dangerous space time
- bayblade V-Force
- digimon rumble arena 2
- digimon world 4
Coop
mario Kart 64 versus mode
lol
Anyway, here’s a second for Soullock challenge. Can be very hilarious. Have to add Lego Star Wars: Skywalker Saga and Lego Harry Potter, awesome couch co-op.
Couch co-op:
- Castle Crushers
- Trine games
- Lego games
Online co-op:
- Warframe
- Sniper Elite games (always a good thing to prepare yourself to kill nazis)
- Vermintide / Darktide
- Helldivers 2
- zombie bashing games (Left4dead, Killing Floor, World War Z, …)
- Strange Brigade (action and puzzles)
- Torchlight 2 has a co-op mod if you like Diablo
- a bunch of shooters with campaign co-op (Borderlands, Gears Of War, …)
Contra (NES)
The Neo Geo Metal Slug games were extremely fun to play side by side with a friend. Just note Metal Slug 2 has lag problems due to the engine used, but it was later ported to MS3’s engine as Metal Slug X.
Also, most versions of the games on PC come with the ROMs, if you’d rather use your own emulator.
Another set of games we also enjoyed a lot were the River City Girls games. Just had to use health cheats on the SNES game repurposed because it was getting too hard for the time we had. "<.<
Castle Crashers It Takes Two Contra Gears of War Halo Untitled Goose Game
If you are going to emulate then go for the Sega Dreamcast!
Virtua Tennis Power Stone 1&2 Toy Commander Quake Gauntlet Legends San Francisco Rush 2049 ChuChu Rocket Soul Calibur
Goose Game
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This is an older pull, but the Army of Two series was a ton of fun. Coop third person shooters with no more plot than your average action movie. It’s great, lol
Reminds me of playing Doom 2 co-op with my brother. I wanted to just play the game but he’d end up shooting me instead until I cried.
Good times.
Borderlands 2 is great for co-op, but I’m not sure if you can do local splitscreen if that’s what you’re looking for.
I’ve only played Borderlands 2 in local split screen co-op.
Vampire Survivors couch co-op (2-4 players) is insanely fun. What’s even crazier is that they will soon come with an update for online co-op
Some of my favourites…
- TimeSplitters: Future Perfect - PS2
- Sunset Riders - Arcade
- Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - Arcade
Man I loved sunset riders and area 51 on the arcade.
A lot of good stuff in the comments but one gem that kept our entire family giggling for a long time is No heroes here. Stressful co-op in the style of overcooked but platforming and about cannons. I noticed there’s a sequel but I’m worried any the 3D implementation.
Looks very promising. Sadly can’t afford to buy it. But will add it to wishlist once that time comes around <3
Look up tiny best set go on archive org. Lots of games in that one
