Hello! I’ve come here to ask you lovely people from Lemmy if you guys know of some fun local coop games for at least 2 player.
I have a friend that usually comes over on the weekends and we like to play some coop games, unfortunately we mostly play Single player games, so we don’t really know many coop games.
We’ve had a blast playing through Cuphead, It Takes Two and Portal 2 so far! So any recommendations are welcome.
Thanks in advance for any replies, have a nice day :D
You guys will have a blast playing ninja turtles together.
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Dead Island 2 if you want something new, OP.
Here’s my goto search engine for coop games: https://www.co-optimus.com/games.php
Just heads up the ‘review score’ is trash. Not enough users review, so it’s easy for people to review bomb because they personally have a grudge or something.
If you liked “It takes two”, you should absolutely play “A way out”!
It’s from the same developer and has a similar emphasis on co-op.
I honestly preferred A Way Out. Way more jank and less polished, but just the perfect mix of humor, drama, sillyness and emotions. And so many epic and memorable scenes.
How has this thread been up for half a damn day and no one has mentioned the Borderlands series (Smoogy@kbin.social at least mentioned Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep, but that was just a Borderlands 2 DLC which got re-released as a standalone.)
My wife and I put tons of hours into most of the the Borderlands series. I recommend playing them in release order.
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Borderlands is a fun shoot n’loot that’s got a loose plot, but it’s not terribly deep. It’s like a sci-fi road warrior feel. It’s a fun co-op game with plenty of DLC and replay value. My personal favorite.
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Borderlands 2 is all the fun of the first but they went all in on the writing and voice acting as well. It’s tons of fun. Arguably the best of the series in every aspect. It’s also tons of fun in couch co-op.
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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is the third game but canonically it’s the second. It’s the same concept but with new anti-gravity mechanics and lasers. It’s like Mad Max on the moon. I believe this started life as a DLC for BL2 before Gearbox decided to turn it into a fully fledged standalone game.
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Borderlands 3: It was a fun game with some really great level design, but the writing seemed forced. Worth a playthrough to see where they take the storyline.
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Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands - Borderlands meets DnD. A spin-off of the aforementioned Assault on Dragon Keep DLC. The game itself is a lot of fun, but it’s a miserable split screen co-op experience thanks to the terrible menu and inventory management system.
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Vampire survivors just came out on switch and is a lot of fun in co-op (they also added local co-op to the PC version)
I hear Baldur’s Gate 3 has local co-op.
I think they had to drop split screen from the Series S, at least for now.
It’s not out on Xbox yet anyway. But it might be an idea for OP to say what platform(s) they play on.
You may like BroForce, a run-and-gun game where you unlock different characters as you go. I had a really good time with coop!
Unravel 2 is awesome
I had a lot of fun playing A Way Out, you can play with two controllers or keyboard and controller
Diablo 3 has great couch co-op. D4 has it too, but that game sucks. D3 is better, especially if it’s still new to you.
On consoles I believe? Can’t remember if PC had thisor even gamepad support.
I highly recommend Mercenary Kings. It’s like Mega Man combined with Contra combined with Monster Hunter. There’s a really satisfying loop of fun missions where you get upgrade materials so that you can upgrade, strategize, and equip for more fun missions.
For roguelikes, I’d highly recommend Streets of Rogue and Vagante. The former is wackier and a more open sandbox; the latter is a better challenge and perhaps a bit more satisfying to beat, but both are phenomenal. Streets of Rogue is sort of a twin stick shooter with tons of classes that play very differently, often compared to Deus Ex; and Vagante is like Spelunky crossed with Dark Souls.
Other than that, those Quake remasters have split-screen for co-op and versus multiplayer. A friend and I just started Quake 1 recently.
As a bonus, all of the above are also online multiplayer.
Might want to check out beat 'em up categories as well. I really enjoy River City Girls 1 and 2 (2 having more QoL improvements), but it might not be for everyone.
Similar to what was said about overcooked/CSD, there’s also Plate Up! which I enjoy but am not sure myself how local co-op isThe post needs more info.
What are you playing on? I have a good list of PC games.
Do you mean “Couch Co-op”? Or LAN, like many comments here seem to assume you do?
Heavenltly Bodies is an astronaut simulator. You just have to pull levers and connect things, but with really cluncky and funny phisics which will make you LOL when someone pushes someone else the wrong way and they float into outer space and die.
There’s also a level with a mini spaceship that only has two seats. This level is great with at least 3 people. “Better hold on tight, buddy!”.
