Title. I’d like to play more with friends and family, and I’d like to do that IRL. It’s gotta be available on PC, though, I don’t own a console.
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- Ibb & Obb
- DYO
- Wild Woods
- unrailed 2
- Lovers in a dangerous spacetime
- picopark
Overcooked 1 and 2
Cooking game they even most inept video gamers can enjoy.
If they are good enough, try Plate Up for a more difficult similar game.
The absolute top 3 I can think of right now:
- Broforce
- Heave Ho
- Hidden in Plain Sight (not co-op, but it’s hilarious to play with others and doesn’t take much skill so it doesn’t feel unbalanced if some of the players have played it for much longer than others)
All 3 are 2D, funny, and great fun to play in a group.
Boomerang Fu
Free Shooter game with weapon upgrades, great fun with a group, once you get used to it.
Like Quake merged with DukeNukem
Blazing Beaks is a fun little twin stick shooter rogue like that my kid & I had a blast with.
There’s a fun risk/reward mechanic that lets you temporarily make things harder so you can be more powerful later.
Another vote for Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime.
If you like electronic dance music, Just Shapes and Beats.
If you liked Eye of the Beholder and wish there were a co-op Minecraft-visuals version, it’s Barony.
My boys and I played DuckGame an entire 3day weekend once. I set up 2 TVs so we could team up in Fortnite with a PS4 and a Switch, but honestly we played DuckGame more. I spent this summer with my 16yo playing Divinity Original Sin 2 coop split screen. It was fun until Act 3. Can’t recommend it, but ymmv.
Oh, when my kids were little we put a lot of time in Amazing Frog. And Minecraft, obv.
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes? I love that game.
We played the crap.put of that game back when I had an Oculus rift. I assume there is a non-VR version (?), but having the defuser working in VR was a riot!
Good party games:
- Ultimate Chicken Horse
- Gang Beasts
- Unspottable
More intense coop:
- Gauntlet
- Cuphead
- Spelunky
I’ve heard good things about DuneCrawl, but I’ve never played it.
If you are looking for a horror movie type experience, Until Dawn and The Quarry are great. You pass the controller when the character changes, but they’re designed to be enjoyed by a group.
Gauntlet is great!
It takes two is amazing, but AFAIK only allows for two players.
And Split Fiction
Yes, only two players (hence the name), but a helluva game
Magicka and Magicka 2 are magic casting games that are absolutely hilarious and will have you freezing, soaking, burning, crushing and electrocuting your team mates all as you frantically try to combat enemies.
Casual Games
- Untitled Goose Game: silly, funny, and easy for anyone to pick up
- Overcooked Series: work together in a kitchen, may test your friendships haha
- Human Fall Flat: frustrating but funny platformer
- Any Lego Game: great to play with kids
- Minecraft: the most popular game for a reason
- Minecraft Dungeons: fun rpg based on Minecraft
- Terraria: 2D Minecraft but with easier crafting and more to do
- Pico Park: puzzle platformer, good for large groups
More Difficult Games
- Stardew Valley: adventure farming simulator (not very difficult but more involved than casual games)
- Portal 2: FPS puzzle game
- Cuphead: very difficult side scrolling shooter
- Borderlands series: FPS looter shooter
- Castle Crashers: side scrolling hack and slash rpg
- Left 4 Dead (1+2): FPS zombie shooter, playing with mods is hilarious
Non-Cooperative Couch Games
- Jackbox series: assorted party games, good for lots of people
- Super Bunny Man: silly fighting game with wonky physics
- Fall Guys: battle royal platformer
- Lego Party: looks like the Lego version of Mario Party though I’ve not played it
Terraria. Seriously. Do a blind play through without a wiki. Super duper fun. It can be short or hundreds of hours, depending on your style. Great for groups as well, as it requires a surprising amount of team work.
Wobbly Life is decent especially if you have younger people playing.
