Co-op / PvE
Co-op Games to Play Together
Games where the group works together, with player counts, online and local setup details made clear.
Recommended games.
Chosen for this specific way to play.
01A light-hearted physics puzzle-platformer where players wobble through open-ended levels, manipulating objects and solving traversal problems.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
02PC / xbox one / Xbox Series
Party Animals
A physics-based multiplayer party brawler where players fight, cooperate and compete in chaotic objective-driven arenas.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
03PC / ps4 / PS5 / xbox one / Xbox Series / switch
Rocket League
A competitive vehicle-soccer game where teams use boost, aerial control and positioning to score goals in short matches.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
04PC / ps4 / PS5 / xbox one / Xbox Series / switch
Moving Out 2
A chaotic cooperative moving game about carrying furniture through obstacle-filled levels, now with local and cross-play online co-op.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
05A free-to-play tactical FPS combining large-scale warfare with an extraction mode built around squads, loot and objectives.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
06PC
PlateUp!
A restaurant management roguelite with local and online cooperative cooking.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
07PC
Terraria
A 2D sandbox adventure focused on exploration, combat, crafting and building.
- Build shared projects in an open-ended world.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
08PC / mac / linux / ps4 / xbox one / switch / switch 2
Stardew Valley
A farming and life simulation RPG with optional multiplayer, persistent shared farms and platform-specific player limits.
- Build and improve a shared farm at your own pace.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
09PC / Xbox Series / PS5
Sea of Thieves
An online pirate adventure built around sailing, exploration, treasure hunting, PvE and PvP.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
010PC / Xbox Series / PS5 / switch 2
Valheim
A cooperative Viking survival game centered on exploration, building, crafting and bosses.
- Build shared projects in an open-ended world.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
011PC
Cuphead
A hand-drawn run-and-gun game built around precise platforming, pattern-heavy boss fights and two-player local co-op.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
012A slapstick physics brawler where gelatinous fighters grapple, punch and throw each other from hazardous arenas.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
013One player defuses a procedural bomb while teammates use a separate manual and communicate what to do.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
014A cooperative wave-survival shooter about class synergy, weapon upgrades and fighting increasingly dangerous mutant hordes.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
015PC / ps4 / xbox one / switch
Overcooked! 2
A chaotic cooking game supporting local and online cooperative play for up to four players.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
016PC
PAYDAY 2
A four-player cooperative heist shooter with stealth and loud approaches, varied objectives and extensive build customization.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
017A gentle puzzle platformer about two connected yarn characters navigating environments through movement and cooperation.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
018A minimalist roguelite about surviving escalating enemy swarms while combining automatic weapons into overwhelming builds.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
019PC
Warframe
A free cooperative online action game built around fluid movement, shooting, melee combat and deep equipment builds.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
020A four-player cooperative action game blending brutal melee combat and gunplay against overwhelming science-fiction hordes.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
021A four-player cooperative action game focused on visceral first-person melee combat against dense enemy hordes.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
022A cooperative third-person zombie shooter built around enormous swarms, class roles and globe-spanning campaign episodes.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
023A hardcore PvPvE extraction shooter about hunting monsters and rival players, claiming a bounty, and escaping alive with what you earned.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
024PC / xbox one / Xbox Series / ps4 / PS5
Deep Rock Galactic
A 1–4 player cooperative FPS about dwarven miners completing missions in procedurally generated destructible caves.
- Distinct classes reward teammates who combine their strengths.
- Work through clear mission objectives as a team.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
025PC / mac / PS5 / Xbox Series
Baldur's Gate 3
A story-driven party RPG with online multiplayer, split-screen co-op and full cross-play.
- Make dialogue and story choices together.
- Turn-based party tactics leave room to plan each move together.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
026An open-world crime management simulation with optional online co-op.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
027PC / mac / linux / Xbox Series / PS5 / switch / mobile
Minecraft
A sandbox building and survival game whose multiplayer behavior differs materially between Java and Bedrock editions.
- Build shared projects in an open-ended world.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingExpect a little setup before everyone is playing.
028PC / PS5 / Xbox Series
Phasmophobia
A four-player online cooperative psychological horror game about identifying ghosts using investigation equipment and teamwork.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
029A cooperative survival crafting game set in a research facility overrun by paranormal threats and hostile forces.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingThe controls ask more from new players.
030A definitive edition of the classic historical real-time strategy game with extensive campaigns and competitive multiplayer.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
031A historical real-time strategy game about growing settlements, advancing through ages and commanding armies.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
032A dinosaur survival sandbox about taming creatures, building fortified bases and progressing through dangerous worlds.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
033A cooperative looter shooter combining character skill trees, a long campaign and an enormous stream of randomized weapons.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
034A cooperative looter shooter with fluid gunplay, distinct character builds and a campaign spanning several planets.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
035A mining sandbox adventure where players build an underground base, farm, craft, explore and defeat bosses.
- Build and improve a shared farm at your own pace.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
036A character-driven grand strategy game about guiding a medieval dynasty through politics, relationships, intrigue and war.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingThe controls ask more from new players.
037A first-person zombie action RPG with detailed melee combat, character builds and three-player online cooperative play.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
038An online action RPG about building a character, clearing dungeons and collecting increasingly powerful equipment in a dark open world.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
039A party-based fantasy RPG with systemic exploration, consequential choices and tactical turn-based combat for up to four players.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingThe controls ask more from new players.
040A cooperative wilderness survival sandbox about gathering resources, crafting, fighting and surviving seasonal threats.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
041An open-world zombie action game combining first-person parkour, survival combat, crafting and a cooperative campaign.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
042An open-world zombie action RPG centered on parkour, melee combat, exploration and cooperative story play.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
043An open-world action RPG built around exploration, demanding combat, flexible character builds and imposing boss fights.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
044A cooperative survival action RPG about exploring a ruined fantasy world, crafting equipment and building elaborate bases.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
045PC
Factorio
A deep automation game about designing factories, managing logistics and scaling production from raw ore to rockets.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
046An accessible open-world racing game set in Britain with dynamic seasons, hundreds of cars and seamless social events.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
047An accessible open-world racing game with hundreds of cars, varied events and seamless social play.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
048PC
Grounded
A backyard survival adventure about crafting gear, building bases and battling insects at miniature scale.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
049PC
GTFO
A demanding four-player cooperative horror shooter where stealth, scarce resources and precise coordination are essential.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
050A collection of classic science-fiction shooters offering multiple campaigns, cooperative play and competitive multiplayer.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
051A detailed World War II grand strategy game about national planning, production, logistics, diplomacy and military operations.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
052A four-player cooperative zombie FPS built around dynamic hordes, tightly paced campaigns and complementary teamwork.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
053A cooperative zombie FPS built around four-survivor campaigns, dynamic hordes and complementary teamwork.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
054A hunting action RPG about tracking large monsters, mastering distinct weapons and crafting equipment from their parts.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
055A demanding action RPG with stance-based combat, deep character builds, abundant loot and online cooperative expeditions.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
056A vast procedural space sandbox about exploring planets, upgrading equipment, building bases and travelling together.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
057PC
Palworld
An open-world survival game combining creature collection, combat, crafting, base building and production work.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
058A free online action RPG known for intricate character builds, a vast passive tree, item crafting and extensive endgame systems.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
059An online action RPG with deliberate combat, flexible character builds, item-driven progression and a demanding endgame.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
060A relaxing first-person simulation about methodically cleaning detailed environments alone or with online friends.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
061A detailed isometric zombie survival sandbox focused on scavenging, long-term preparation and inevitable risk.
- Scavenging gives the group a risky objective on every run.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
062PC
Raft
An ocean survival adventure where players scavenge debris, expand a raft and explore story islands together.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
063A methodical tactical FPS about planning and executing high-risk police operations with careful team coordination.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
064A cinematic western action adventure with a richly simulated open world, a long story campaign and a separate online mode.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
065A challenging cooperative action RPG combining third-person gunplay, character builds and procedurally assembled worlds.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
066A challenging cooperative action RPG combining third-person gunplay, boss fights and procedurally assembled worlds.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
067A two-character action-horror campaign built around cooperative combat, shared resources and weapon upgrades.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
068A fast cooperative roguelike shooter where escalating enemy pressure meets powerful randomized item combinations.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
069A first-person factory-building game about automating production chains across a large alien world.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingThe controls ask more from new players.
070A turn-based 4X strategy game about building a civilization through exploration, research, diplomacy and war.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingThe controls ask more from new players.
071A first-person survival horror game about building shelter, exploring caves and surviving a hostile island.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
072A science-fiction grand strategy game about exploring a procedural galaxy, developing an empire and meeting alien civilizations.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingThe controls ask more from new players.
073A first-person survival horror game about building shelter, exploring a hostile peninsula and uncovering what happened there.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
074An open-world tactical shooter about dismantling a cartel through reconnaissance, stealth and coordinated combat.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
075A fantasy strategy game combining turn-based empire management with massive real-time tactical battles.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
076A colorful fantasy puzzle platformer where up to four players combine distinct character abilities to cross inventive levels.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
077PC
V Rising
A vampire survival action RPG about gathering resources, building a castle and defeating bosses to unlock new powers.
- Gathering and crafting create practical jobs to share.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
078A two-player online puzzle adventure where separated partners must communicate incomplete information to escape a mysterious castle.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingThe controls ask more from new players.
079PC / PS5 / Xbox Series
Helldivers 2
An online squad shooter for up to four players focused on cooperative missions, friendly fire and a shared galactic war.
- Work through clear mission objectives as a team.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
080PC / mac / linux
Portal 2
A first-person puzzle game with a separate two-player cooperative campaign built around coordinated portal mechanics.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
081A co-op horror game about scavenging dangerous abandoned moons to meet a company quota.
- Scavenging gives the group a risky objective on every run.
- Each run turns a shared quota into a clear group goal.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
082PC
R.E.P.O.
An online co-op horror game about extracting physics-based valuables while avoiding monsters.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
083PC
PEAK
A cooperative climbing adventure about surviving a dangerous ascent on a mysterious island.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
084PC / ps4 / PS5 / xbox one / Xbox Series / switch
It Takes Two
A co-op-only action-adventure built around two players solving varied platforming, puzzle and action challenges together.
- Cooperative puzzles make both players part of each solution.
- Different abilities give each player a distinct role.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
085PC / PS5 / Xbox Series / switch 2
Split Fiction
A co-op-only action-adventure for two players that alternates between sci-fi and fantasy worlds.
- Different abilities give each player a distinct role.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
086PC / ps4 / xbox one
A Way Out
A co-op-only cinematic action-adventure about two prisoners whose stories and gameplay are designed around two players.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
087A hardcore extraction FPS where players raid, fight, loot and attempt to extract with their gear.
- Supports playing cooperatively with your group.
Worth knowingCan get intense when the group is under pressure.
How we choose
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- Verified cooperative support
- Clear group-size suitability
- Useful online or local setup facts
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