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sugar_in_your_tea ,

Some I didn’t see mentioned:

  • Death Squared
  • Rocket League
  • various Switch games - Super Mario 3D World, Kirby (2P), etc
sj_zero ,

I find a lot of AAA games don't really do couch coop these days which is disappointing.

One game I always come back to (and it's ancient and Free to Play) is Awesomenauts. It's a cartoon sidescrolling hero shooter type thing, but it's a lot of fun.

PiJiNWiNg ,

Borderlands 3! Admittedly its not the best of the series, but the couch co-op experience was great. I tried BL2 in couch co-op, but I found the compacted menus unbearable.

Mango ,

Nobody mentioned Guacamelee?

steeznson ,

The new Pocky and Rocky game on switch is the last couch co-op game I played. Co-op is buried away slightly though - you either need to finish the game on single player or enter a cheat code to unlock it. I love all that old school stuff though!

The game itself is arcade perfection with beautiful pixel art.

Kolanaki ,
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Overcooked (1 and 2) and Moving Out (also has 2 games). I have like all the “game show” games, too. Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Family Feud, etc.

I also really like “Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes” but it’s VR specific. Or at least, is way better with VR where the dude defusing the bomb can’t see anything but the bomb and the room the bomb is in. I wish I had a physical manual for the other player, though…

Kbobabob ,

I wish I had a physical manual for the other player, though…

Print one out!

Elevator7009 ,

A lot of what I wanted to post already got put here, but Bunhouse isn't here yet.

Rai ,

Escape Academy is GREAT and ONLY GOOD with a partner. My partner and I played through most of it in a day and it’s been EXCELLENT so far. I’m not good at puzzles—they are. I still am having a blast.

kratoz29 ,
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Not a couch game, but I enjoyed Farenheit, Heavy Rain and Beyond Two Souls with my gf (we took turns).

As for couch games Kill Zone 3, Borderlands 1, 2 and TPS have been excellent!

I also made her play the Narnia game for PS2… Never again, I hope she agrees to play the Titan Titan game :(

EDIT: well, I somehow forgot about Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros Ultimate… I was thinking of a more cooperative play style I think.

candle_lighter ,
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I actually have a Steam collection for this. It’s mostly games I play when I have a handful of friends over. My favorites in the collection are:

  • Boomerang Fu
  • Duck Game
  • Heave Ho
  • Human Fall Flat
  • Jackbox Mega Picker
  • Keep Talking and and Nobody explodes
  • Party Animals
  • Pummel Party
  • Overcooked 2
  • Screen Cheat
Jakeroxs ,

I didn’t see Plateup! mentioned, similar to Overcooked but rogue lite with more emphasis on RNG and customization of the restaurant (through where you place the tables/utilities)

Klaymore , (edited )
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Along with what others have said:

  • Speedrunners
    • Just run and do parkour faster than the other players
  • Nom Nom Galaxy
    • Land on an alien planet and build a soup factory. Collect ingredients and fight against another corporation.
  • Crawl
    • 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.
  • Ultimate Chicken Horse
    • Design a shared platforming level with traps, so that you’re able to get to the end but the other players can’t.
  • Magicka 1 and 2
    • Wizard game, create spells by mixing elements and blow up a bunch of goblins.
  • Stikbold!
    • Dodgeball game, a decent bit of skill involved. Can fight each other or against AI.
  • Tooth and Tail
    • 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 versus or against AI.
  • Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
    • Work together to pilot a spaceship and kill monsters and save people.
  • All the Lego games
  • Wizard of Legend
    • Wizard roguelike
  • Boomerang Fu
    • Fight each other by throwing boomerangs
  • Treadnauts
    • Fight each other by driving tanks on walls
  • Unrailed
    • Try to keep a train going by building the tracks as it’s moving.
  • the Trine games
    • Cooperative adventure / puzzle game.
  • Guns, Gore & Cannoli
    • Arcadey shoot lots of zombies game.
  • Kingdom Two Crowns
    • Build a town to protect against the evils outside
  • Spelunky
    • Roguelike, delve into a cave searching for gold and riches
Dindonmasker ,
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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.

Jakeroxs ,

Lol my friends refuse to play Crawl with me

kugmo , (edited )
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Duck Game, Trine, Little Big Planet are all fun.

Edit: Also, Hidden in Plain Sight is a Xbox 360 classic, it has a PC port now.

ASK_ME_ABOUT_LOOM ,

I don’t know if “coop” is the right term, but Duck Game is awesome on the couch with two (or more!) people.

eco_game ,

Yes definitely, here’s my Steam ‘Local Multiplayer’ collection:

Nintendo also has some great couch co-op games,for example:

  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • Nintendo Switch Sports
  • Super Mario Party

I also very much agree with the other commenter here, it’s such a shame that couch co-op is dying. The only ones still believing in it seem to be Nintendo.

Another game that’s fun to play is Unravel 2, but for me the Steam version had all sorts of problems so I ultimately ended up refunding it again.

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