Local co-op games

Game lists

Some lists from 2022:

• The Co-op Company: Ririe and Carlee (YouTube) (podcast)
  • While they focus on local co-op games, they also cover local multiplayer games more broadly, especially ones that are good for couples/friends.
  • YouTube playlist: Best Games for Couples
  • YouTube playlist: New Games in 2021
• Steam games tagged "local co-op"
• gg.deals, "22 best couch / local co-op games for PC to play in 2022"
• wired.com, "25 Amazingly Addictive Couch Co-Op Games", published May 2022

Game queue

Games that we intend to play at some point:

• It Takes Two, action-adventure platformer [Steam, PS4, 2021] (co-op review) — two-player only, no single-player, and it won many awards
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, action puzzler [Switch, 2014] (co-op gameplay)
  • The camera really sucks! But we already purchased it...

Specific games

Specific games that we might be interested in:

• The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, an indie roguelike [Switch, Steam, 2014 to 2021] (co-op gameplay)
• Death Squared, puzzle game [Switch, Steam, 2017] (co-op gameplay)
• Unravel Two, puzzle-platformer [Switch, Steam, 2018] (trailer)
• Rayman Legends, platformer [Switch, Steam, 2013] (co-op gameplay)
• Trine 2, side-scrolling puzzle-platformer [Switch, Steam, 2011] (co-op gameplay)
• Castle Crashers, indie-style hack-and-slash [Switch, Steam, 2008] (co-op review)
• Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, space shooter [Switch, Steam, 2015] (trailer)
• any of the Lego games, but especially DC Super-Villains, action-adventure platformer [Switch, Steam, 2018] (co-op gameplay) — it was nominated for several awards related to local co-op play