I have very fond memories of the first Halo on the OG Xbox. It was very cool to be able to do the campaign together with a friend.
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On the rare moments that my friends come to my house we play some couch coop, most of the time is brawlhalla, but sometimes we play other games like hot shot racing, horizon chase, trick towers, etc.
My sibling plays Ultimate Chicken Horse way too much for their health. I’m a fan of Duck Game, Castle Crashers, and Enter the Gungeon. I’ve also licked up Heave Ho and Pico Park, however those are more for party games for like 4 people or more.
I am currently playing “It takes two” together with my wife. It looks cute, has a story that is funny and really sad at the same time and the mechanics of the game change frequently. The occasional (optional) Minigames are really fun too!
Totally agree. Just finished it. My SO and I had a blast playing it - highly recommended!
A bit of an acquired taste, but the entire Earth Defence Force series can be played split screen (2P only). The best entry point into the series is EDF 5 (story reboot, QoL tweaks) which is often deeply discounted. Plus its direct sequel EDF 6 just released in the west last month
EDF!! This is one of my favorite series and one I’m very hyped for again due to the new sequel. Definitely recommend it as a fun coop experience with friends, blowing up hordes of giant alien insects, robots, flying saucers and legally-distinct Kaijus.
Yes, my wife and I play Diablo 4 together. During covid we played Mario Party on the switch with a couple of friends who we knew were also taking isolation seriously.
Fred & Bread looks amazing though I have not played it. Two penguins who are tied together with a rope have to climb a mountain together using nothing but each other and momentum
They have a demo. Played it with my youngling. It was too much for him.
The game is great - if you like suffering.
The Steam reviews are hilarious.
Overcooked, any version.
XCOM 1 and 2 are significantly more fun when you have two players controlling the team
Torchlight
Torchlight 2
Plateup
Orcs must die
How to survive
A FANTASTIC underground couch co-op game is “Super Space _____” (read: Super Space Blank).
Imagine Asteroids, but everyone is controlling a cannon on the same ship, and the only means of propelling the ship is Newton’s third law. When your cannon hits an asteroid, it turns your color and when the asteroid leaves the game space the points for that asteroid go to the person whose color the asteroid is. If the ship leaves the game area, the game is over. It’s the best example of co-ompetitive I’ve ever seen.
It’s only available on Digipen’s website (link) since it was a student project but it’s magnificent for up to 4 players
Some splitscreen multiplayer games I’ve played and enjoyed:
- It Takes Two - 2 player couch. Amazing game
- Octodad - 4p. Every player controls one or two limbs of an octopus, who needs to pretend to be a normal father
- Nom Nom Galaxy - 2 player couch, 4 player online. Land on an alien planet and build a soup factory. Collect ingredients and fight against another corporation.
- Crawl - 4p. One player is a hero running through a dungeon, the other players control monsters trying to kill them. Whoever kills the hero then becomes the hero. Whoever kills the boss first, wins. Great soundtrack and art.
- Stick Fight - 4p. Competitive yet silly ragdoll combat game
- Magicka 1 and 2 - 4p. Wizard game, create spells by mixing elements and blow up a bunch of goblins.
- Stikbold! - 4p. Dodgeball game, a decent bit of skill involved. Can fight each other or against AI.
- Tooth and Tail - 4p. An RTS game that works well on controllers, you control an army of woodland creatures and have to kill / eat the others. Great soundtrack and art. Can play PvP or against AI.
- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime - 4p. Work together to pilot a spaceship and kill monsters and save people.
- Guns, Gore & Cannoli - 4p. Arcadey shoot lots of zombies side scroller.
- Treadnauts - 4p. Fight each other by driving tanks on walls
- Ultimate Chicken Horse - 4p. Design a shared platforming level with traps, so that you’re able to get to the end but the other players can’t.
- All the Lego games - 2p.
- Stardew Valley - 4p. Grow a farm and befriend villagers
- Speedrunners - 4p. Just run and do parkour faster than the other players
- the Trine games - 3p. Cooperative adventure / puzzle game.
- Wizard of Legend - 2p. Wizard roguelike
- Boomerang Fu - 4p. Fight each other by throwing boomerangs
- Kingdom Two Crowns - 2p. Side scroller town builder, protect your town against the evils outside
- Spelunky - 4p. Roguelike, delve into a cave searching for gold and riches
Me and a friend 100%ed crawl together and it was a really good time. Took us a while to beat all the monsters challenges.
Lol my friends refuse to play Crawl with me
Baldurs Gate 3 couch co op works incredibly well.
Broforce is too much fun with friends.
Hammerwatch is a pretty fun top-down pixel dungeon crawler. There are other Hammerwatch games and it’s also on consoles.
The “Lara Croft and the ________” games are a bit older but are fun puzzler dungeon co-op’s. I really liked Temple of Osiris. I think these are also on consoles, but may be older consoles.
Stick Fight is a silly brawler. Also on consoles.
Party Golf is a fun and varied party game. Also on consoles.
It’s older and I may be misremembering, but I think Hoard is co-op. It’s on Steam still and you play as Dragons in a top-down gold hoarding thing. May be on consoles, but older ones. Pretty sure PS Plus Premium streaming has this under PS3 classics.
Hunted The Demons Forge is NOT local co-op on Steam but it is on PS3 and you can do it via PS Plus Premium streaming without a PS3.
Thanks!
Diablo III was fun for my family, as was Minecraft Dungeons even though it’s stagnant and abandoned now.
