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Can anyone suggest some good co-op games for two people?

Hello all! My buddy and I finally finished up Baldur’s Gate 3 this week and we are not left with a giant co-op game shaped whole in our hearts. It was such an incredible experience and it was truly even more fun running through it together. We are excited to hop into another game, but we have no idea what to play. We’ve played a lot, and some games we’ve finished or tried recently included:

  • Borderlands 1, 2, and 3
  • Minecraft, Terraria, Vintage Story
  • Raft, 7 Days to Die
  • A Way Out, It Takes Two

I’m posting here today to ask if any of you have some suggestions for co-op games we could check out! I’ve Googled for suggestions to no end and 90% of what’s there is games we’ve already played. If anyone has any recommendations for us they would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

~ Hyrulian

SplashJackson ,

Super Mario 3 is pretty sweet

tgxn ,
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Can’t believe I hadn’t seen anyone mention “it takes two” great game, was free on Gamepass when I last played it.

capt_wolf ,
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Abiotic Factor has been really fun for my buddy and me. Especially with the new update that came out last week. It’s a Half Life themed survival game.

Others that get my vote:

Valheim - Norse mythology themed survival game with Playstationesque graphics

Phasmophobia - THE ghost hunting game(see also Ghost Exile, Ghost Exorcism Inc., Forewarned)

Left 4 Dead - the original Zombie FPS series (see also Back 4 Blood, it’s kinda alright) PILLS HERE!

Risk of Rain - Pretty tough shooter series

Stardew Valley - A modern Harvest Moon, farming/life sim

Don’t Starve Together - If you played Stardew valley in hell, but everyone’s name started with a W

Factorio/Satisfactory - Resource harvesting and logistics sims. One’s isometric, ones first person, one has zerg rushes

Grounded - Honey I Shrunk The Kids: the survival game

Deep Rock Galactic - Left 4 Dead for Dwarves. ROCK AND STONE!!!

Overcooked - cooking and serving game, lots of communication required

Portal 2 - First person puzzle game, also lots of communication required

Barotrauma - Submarine sim on Europa, requires marriage levels of communication

Binding of Isaac - Roguelike shooter that’s sort of Zelda inspired, multiplayer was a little janky last time I tried it, but that was a while ago

The Forest - Excellent horror survival series

Starbound - Terraria in space

Trine series - A modern Lost Vikings, side scrolling puzzles and platforming

Subnautica 2 - A beautiful and terrifying diving/exploration game, original game has a coop mod 8 years in development, but it’s been very buggy

Diablo - First and second games are still very solid experiences and there are some excellent mods out for both

Escape Simulator - Literally an escape room simulator. Has workshop support on steam for even more puzzles.

Green Hell - The Forest, but in the jungle, much more focus on the reality of being stranded in a place where just about everything is likely to kill you.

No Man’s Sky - Space/planetary exploration sim

Dead Island - another zombie FPS

Dying Light - a zombie game with parkour

20XX/30XX - Megaman X styled platformers with roguelite elements

GTFO - Extremely hard, stealth based, alien FPS

Most “Souls” games - Very fun coop summoning, if you don’t mind the sometimes extreme difficulty

Goat Simulator series - Goofy exploration games

Magicka series - Isometric action adventure games where you combine different elements to cast spells

Barony - a true roguelike FPS RPG, voxel based, very hard

Void Crew - Space sim, mission based, sort of Egyptian mythos themed, meant for up to 4 players but definitely possible with just 2

Human Fall Flat - Puzzle/exploration game

Half Dead series - Cube: the game

Orcs Must Die series - Tower defense

Dungeon Defenders series - also tower defense, but with class based

Secret of Mana - One of the first action JRPGS, the remake has drop in coop just like the original, but I believe it’s couch coop, so if you’re not right next to each other, you’ll need something like Parsec to play it

Have a ton more, but those are the ones I can recall having the most fun. Others have probably listed a bunch of them and I probably missed a few good ones, but hopefully a few of them are new.

You could always tinker with some emulators for some retro coop games!

AttackMuffin ,

Great write up man, thanks :)

meathorse ,

Serious Sam - almost any version!

a_wild_mimic_appears ,

i’ll just add a few i haven’t seen yet:

  • Chained Together - running gauntlets while … chained together
  • Children of Morta - adorable graphics meet solid gameplay and vivid storytelling
  • Core Keeper - top-down Terraria with great pixel art, full release in a week!
  • Cosmoteer: Build your 2d-Spaceship and do what you want! Full workshop support with tons of available mods.
  • (hmm so much stuff starting with c, gotta change my game)
  • Element TD 2 - classic tower defense experience
  • Heavenly Bodies - Adventure game with physics!
  • Kingdom: Two Crowns - the right thing for chilling :-)
  • Necesse: even more Terraria, but with a huge world and settlements to build and manage. Still in EA, and needs polish, but great game even now!
  • Neon Chrome: Cyberpunk twin-stick shooter
  • Operation Tango: Asymmetric Coop, one is a hacker, the other is the agent on the ground
  • Streets of Rogue: “immersive sim”-top down twin stick action roguelite - i cant even describe it well, but it is heaps of fun and chaos can pop up around every corner!
  • Synthetic: twin-stick shooter with tons of guns and a hefty difficulty later on
  • Grim Dawn: ARPG, and one of the best in its class. Dated, but still updated (and gets a new expansion soon-ish!). community is running seasons which add new areas, items and whatnot! i’ve sunk 1500 hours into that one, so i am probably biased when i say give it a whirl.
thermal_shock ,

loved grim dawn, great diablo style and awesome characters.

JovialMicrobial ,

Ark survival evolved is something my husband and I enjoy playing together that’s quite fun. The base building and dino taming together is very enjoyable if you’re on a private server.

If you give this one a try, make sure whoever is hosting sets their server to private and invites the other person via steam. Otherwise you might get randos.

reliv3 ,

Project Zomboid. Feels like a Sims game with zombie and great survival elements. Arguably, the best zombie survival game to hit the market. Supports split screen couch co-op.

limitedduck ,

Elden Ring with the Seamless Co-op mod. It’s not difficult or complicated to set up and it works extremely well

villainy ,

Second this. A friend and I just finished up a full co-op main game + DLC run and it was a blast!

AryaRaiin ,

Try out the Divinity Original Sin series, also produced by Larian. Different system and setting but it’s wonderful.

ChairmanMeow ,
@ChairmanMeow@programming.dev avatar

Seconded, Divinity is great!

Jonnynny ,

I didn’t see this mentioned but it’s a great couch co-op indie game. Has a 93% rating on steam. …steampowered.com/…/Lovers_in_a_Dangerous_Spaceti…

wide_eyed_stupid ,
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Maybe Valheim?

Solitaire20X6 ,

Here’s a co-op indie game I made for Windows PCs. $1.

www.cheerandtrack.com

_Lory98_ ,

A few I’ve played with a friend of mine: the We Were Here series, Portal 2, Monster Hunter World, Factorio and Deep Rock Galactic (which we both didn’t like, but it’s pretty popular)

cordlesslamp ,

Cat quest 2 if you like cat puns and something casual. (Cat quest 1 is single player and doesn’t (really) connect to the storyline of the sequel)

einlander ,

Left 4 Dead 2

andrew_bidlaw ,
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In the same vein but very different: Warhammer: Vermintide 2 and Darktide. No local co-op and cross-play for them though.

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