I am having many friends over and we wish to play games on PC, there will be just one PC available but 8 controllers connected to it. Looking for recommendations!
I created this set up specifically to play killer queen black, but if there are other arcade style games that are fun and can accommodate the player count I would love to know about them!
https://skribbl.io/ if you are willing to give up the controller for a phone screen
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Golf with Friends, maybe?
also Screencheat
Can you even connect that many controllers to one computer without a bunch of dongles?
Duck Game has 8 player support on PC and is a great party game.
Duck Game
Quack
Duck game is one of our favorites! Didn’t realize you could have 8 players though, awesome!
Unrailed 2, I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that it supports 8 player local coop, but might be worth double checking before buying
Tabletop Simulator is always my go to for big group local co-op (I believe it supports up to 10 players.) Pico Park 2 might be more akin to what you’re looking for.
You can also check co-op.gg and filter by storefront, #of players, local, online, etc to see what results they give you! Just double check the game’s individual chart to make sure the local co-op limit.
That website is nice, much cleaner interface than cooptimus
That would be hotseat multiplayer right? Or can you do splitscreen with tabletop sim?
Jackbox games of course. There’s also Genital Jousting.
Rag Doll Kung Fu
It definitely supports up to 8 players but I think it requires 8 mice, not controllers.
We had a lot of fun with this back in high school.
Pico Park is fun. https://www.co-optimus.com/game/7748/pc/pico-park.html
Define fun…
Screencheat has up to 8 player support and is exactly its name.
I’m pretty sure there’s a specific Bomberman console release you can emulate with 8 players.
You could also emulate Smash Bros Ultimate, as it has 8 player support. Might be boring to just play a Switch game many people have though. Maybe look into mods for it?
And you can always use co-optimus to search for stuff. Just set At least 8 players, couch co-op in the filters: https://www.co-optimus.com/system/4/pc.html
Saturn Bomberman supports up to 12 players I believe.
Saturn bomberman goes up to 10!
Pretty sure Clusterpuck '99 on Steam supports up to 8
- Towerfall 8-player
- Raining Blobs
- Some versions of Bomberman go up to 8 players
Came in here to recommend Towerfall. Played it with 6 people once - it’s a blast and scales well enough with high player counts.
As a fallback, you could also have some hotseat games. Was recently thinking of HedgeWars again, which is basically open-source Worms Armageddon.
