The Local Co-Op Zone

Cooperative games played together on the same machine or local setup.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

Gears of War: E-Day - Players say: Join Marcus and Dom as the Locust erupt on Emergence Day, fighting through a cover-shooter campaign and team modes. Players like: Cover-Based Combat · Visuals and Atmosphere · Movement and Controls ·
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Experience Emergence Day – the brutal origin story of one of gaming’s most acclaimed third-person shooter franchises.

Soul Chained - Bound by the Soul Chain, fight through purgatory as chained rival warlords using chain magic, teamwork, and terrible decision-making. Trip enemies, accidentally drag your partner to their death, and survive brutal bosses armed with suspicious amounts of jiggle physics.
WheelMates - Players say: Two players pilot tiny RC cars through a professor’s oversized home, teaming up to solve puzzles and explore his lab. Players like: Co-op Teamwork · Puzzle Exploration · Friend's Pass ·
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Dive into a 2-player co-op driving adventure with RC cars. Explore the professor’s home laboratory, solve puzzles, find hidden paths, and uncover what happened inside. With Friend’s Pass, your friend joins for free.

I'm No Demonlord - "I'm No Demonlord" is a Roguelike shooter bullet hell game. High freedom in mechanics leads to unique playthroughs. As a demon-possessed hero, battle enemies, grow, and unveil dark schemes. Can he accept his new role? Save "kinds" or destroy "outsiders"? Good or evil? The choice is yours.
An Eggstremely Hard Game - As highly qualified goose parents, work together to bring your little egg home safely. Every crack makes it harder to control, every mistake more hilarious. A co-op physics game for 2 or 4 players about teamwork, clumsiness and honking. HONK!
Taival - Play together on the couch or online - or both at once. Taival is a cozy co-op adventure where you and up to 3 friends explore a handcrafted world alongside your shapeshifting companion. Discover new forms, progress through narrative quests, and make the journey your own.
Disc Golf Masters - The disc golf game built for people who actually play disc golf. Throw real licensed discs, pick your angles, play online, and chase the leaderboards. Made by disc golfers. Updated constantly.
Mesozoic Dawn - Mesozoic Dawn is a multiplayer online dinosaur survival game. Starting as a vulnerable juvenile dinosaur, you must navigate the perils of the prehistoric wilderness, utilizing the core "Growth + Nesting = Evolution" system to achieve leapfrog species iteration and evolution.

On Sale Now

Discounted 25% or more right now, limited to well-reviewed games, steepest cuts first.

Outward Definitive Edition - Players say: Play an ordinary adventurer in Aurai, planning survival-focused expeditions, fighting creatures, and exploring alone or in co-op. Players like: Immersive Exploration · Co-op Adventures · Preparation Pays Off ·
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No remarkable journey is achieved without great effort. In Outward, the cold of the night or an infected wound can be as dangerous as a predator lurking in the dark. Explore the vast world of Aurai solo or in Co-op. The Definitive Edition features both DLCs and quality of life improvements.

Escape Academy - Players say: Train at a school for escape artists by solving themed, timed puzzle rooms alone or in two-player co-op. Players like: Co-op Puzzle Solving · Varied Room Puzzles · Fair, Accessible Difficulty ·
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Welcome to Escape Academy. Train to become the ultimate Escapist. Solve Puzzles. Hack Servers. Meet the Faculty. Brew the perfect cup of tea. Escape Rooms in single player or co-op with a friend - local or online!

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Jul 13, 2022
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PlateUp! - Players say: Build a restaurant, cook to order, and manage customers solo or with up to three friends as menus and upgrades reshape each run. Players like: Co-op Teamwork · Replayable Runs · Kitchen Automation ·
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Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!

Totally Reliable Delivery Service - Players say: Play a floppy courier delivering packages across a physics-driven world, using vehicles and gadgets alone or with friends. Players like: Funny Friend Sessions · Free-Play Antics · Vehicle Shenanigans ·
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Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.

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Apr 1, 2021
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Sparklite - Players say: As mechanic Ada, explore shifting top-down biomes, fight the Baron’s machines, and upgrade between runs to protect Geodia. Players like: Pixel-Art Style · Fun Exploration Loop · Pleasant Soundtrack ·
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Sparklite is an action-adventure set in a whimsical & ever-changing land. Battle foes using an arsenal of gadgets, guns, & gear. Gear up for adventure in the dangerous corners of the procedurally generated world, take down titans of the mining industry, & harness the power of Sparklite!

Fury Unleashed - Players say: Shoot through shifting comic-book pages, chain kills, gather upgrades, and battle through roguelite runs solo or in co-op. Players like: Co-op Fun · Fast Combat Flow · Comic-Book Art ·
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Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.

Ultra Street Fighter® IV - Players say: Pick a fighter from a huge roster and battle in technical 2D matches built around combos, Focus Attacks, and Ultra Combos. Players like: Large Character Roster · Technical Combat · Skill-Based Matches ·
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The world’s greatest fighting game evolves to a whole new level with Ultra Street Fighter IV.

Road Redemption - Players say: Lead a biker gang across a post-apocalyptic country, racing rival riders, fighting with weapons, and pursuing a bounty. Players like: Road Rash Nostalgia · Motorcycle Combat · Local Split-Screen ·
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Road Redemption lets you lead a biker gang on an epic journey across the country in this driving combat road rage adventure. Huge campaign, dozens of weapons, full 4-player co-op splitscreen.

The Adventure Pals - Players say: A young adventurer teams up with a pet rock and tongue-powered giraffe to platform, fight, and rescue his kidnapped father. Players like: Absurd Humor · Colorful Character Art · Accessible Platforming ·
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The Adventure Pals is an epic adventure platformer fueled by imagination, friendship, and the dark side of hot dogs. Your dad has been dadnapped and you, your pet rock, and a tongue-helicoptering giraffe must fight your way through levels filled with platforming, bizarre enemies, and big bosses to save the world!

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Apr 3, 2018
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Hot Brass - Players say: Lead a SWAT unit through top-down missions, balancing stealth, arrests, equipment and force alone or with up to three partners. Players like: Co-op Teamwork · Tactical Mission Variety · Alternate Entry Routes ·
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As an elite SWAT operator, think fast and put your tactics to the test to master a series of missions and save lives. Summon your team of up to four players in online and local co-op, or hone your skills solo. Don’t just be the best—be the best of the best.

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Feb 26, 2021
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The Escapists 2 - Players say: Live by prison schedules, craft tools from scavenged goods, and plan solo or co-op escapes across distinct prisons. Players like: Co-op With Friends · Creative Escape Plans · Distinct Prison Maps ·
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Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?

Risk of Rain (2013) - Players say: Stranded on a hostile planet, fight through randomized 2D stages, gather items, and race rising difficulty to find a way home. Players like: Item Build Variety · Escalating Runs · Distinct Survivors ·
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Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.

Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

Hidden in Plain Sight - Players say: Blend into a crowd of identical AI characters, complete mode-specific goals, and outwit friends trying to identify and eliminate you. Players like: Easy to Learn · Group Laughs · Deceptive Mind Games ·
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Hidden in Plain Sight is a local-multiplayer stealth party game. Blend into the crowd of AI characters and eliminate the other players before they eliminate you!

Platypus Reclayed - Players say: Pilot the F-27 Platypus in a clay-animated side-scrolling shooter, dodging enemy fire and cycling through oddball weapons. Players like: Handmade Clay Art · Nostalgic Remake · Quirky Weapon Variety ·
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22 years after its first appearance, the iconic Platypus is coming back, featuring updated gameplay, new weapons and additional content. Get ready to dive into the heart-pounding action of this fast, frantic, and incredibly fun arcade-style shoot-em-up!

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Sep 17, 2025
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CATO: Buttered Cat - Players say: Guide a cat and buttered toast through puzzle-platforming levels, using their separate moves and paradox-powered flight to reach exits. Players like: Cute Cat-and-Toast · Creative Puzzle Mechanics · Varied World Levels ·
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Puzzle platformer where you control both the cat and the toast, based on the famous "Buttered Cat Paradox". The game features 200+ levels, 70+ skins, plus boss fights and mini-games!

Unless - Challenge yourself and master 4 Distinct worlds with 66 finely tuned level screens and climb to the top of the Steam Leaderboards in this retro pixel art speedrunning platformer!
Garbanzo Quest - Players say: Guide Garbanzo through a branching 2D platforming world, spitting at foes, dodging hazards, and uncovering hidden routes. Players like: Creative Level Design · Rewarding Hidden Routes · Charming Characters ·
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GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!

Quest Master - Quest Master is a dungeon maker inspired by the classics that first made us love dungeon crawling. Unleash your imagination, alone or in local co-op, to make dungeons full of puzzles, traps and monsters. Upload them for others to explore and challenge yourself with other players’ creations.
Sheepherds! - Sheepherds! is a cozy co-op party game for 1–4 players, where you and your sheepdog buddies guide colorful flocks through beautiful landscapes to collect their wool. There’s no time limit. Bark, run, and play together, or take on challenges to win even more rewards!
Henry Halfhead - Meet Henry, merely half a head, yet with the peculiar ability to become any object within their reach! Discover every object’s unique abilities and cleverly combine them to take Henry through their not-so-ordinary everyday life.
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Sep 16, 2025
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Brave Escape - Embark on a thrilling co-op adventure in 'Brave Escape,' a challenging platformer demanding teamwork to conquer perilous traps and treacherous terrain.
Zombie Estate 2 - Players say: Pick an oddball survivor, fight randomized zombie waves, and buy weapons between rounds in solo or co-op survival. Players like: Fun With Friends · Character And Weapon Variety · Build Experimentation ·
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One of the highest rated Xbox Indie Games is now available for PC! How long can you survive in this online co-op wave based shooter? Featuring 35 characters, over 100 weapons, 30 stat-boosting hats, and 6 levels, Zombie Estate 2 is a frantically fun experience to share with friends!

Bullet Heaven 2 - Players say: Pilot one of eight characters through bullet-filled shoot-'em-up stages, firing at monsters, dodging patterns, and taking on bosses. Players like: Bullet-Hell Action · Energetic Soundtrack · Hand-Drawn Artwork ·
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Bullet Heaven 2 is a bullet-hell shoot-em-up inspired by games like Touhou and Jamestown. It's all about shooting every cute thing that moves, while dodging hundreds of shiny bullets per second!

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Dec 7, 2015
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Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Rhythm Doctor - Players say: As a hospital intern, press one button on the seventh beat to treat patients through rhythm puzzles that grow more complex. Players like: Creative One-Button Rhythm · Memorable Soundtrack · Character-Focused Story ·
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Save patients with your rhythm mastery! Rhythm Doctor is a rhythm game where you heal patients by defibrillating in time to their heartbeats. Learn each patient's unique heartbeat and defeat boss viruses trying to sabotage your rhythm, all set to heart-pumping, soul-soothing music.

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Dec 6, 2025
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The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth - Players say: Fleeing his mother’s demand for sacrifice, Isaac enters a shifting basement to fight monsters with tears and collect strange items. Players like: Huge Item Variety · Unexpected Item Combos · Different Every Run ·
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The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.

Split Fiction - Players say: Two writers trapped in their own sci-fi and fantasy stories must cooperate through shifting platforming, puzzles, and combat to escape. Players like: Fresh Level Mechanics · Creative World Variety · Cooperative Challenges ·
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Embrace mind-blowing moments as you’re pulled deep into the many worlds of Split Fiction, a boundary-pushing co-op adventure.

BattleBlock Theater® - Players say: A shipwrecked performer jumps, fights and solves trap-filled stages in a cat-run theater to free friends and save Hatty. Players like: Chaotic Co-op · Funny Narration · Creative Levels ·
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Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.

Broforce - Players say: Rescue captives as ever-changing action heroes, blasting through destructible side-scrolling levels solo or with up to four players. Players like: Co-op Chaos · Destructible Levels · Character Variety ·
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Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.

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Oct 15, 2015
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Bopl Battle - Players say: Battle as a slime in multiplayer arena rounds, combining strange powers to outlast friends or rival players. Players like: Fun With Friends · Ability Combos · Easy to Learn ·
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A couch/online game where you battle your friends with unique and wild abilities. There are many choices such as a shrink ray, creating black holes, stopping time and attaching a rocket engine to the stage to send it flying. Choose a combination that synergizes well to win the round!

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Nov 16, 2023
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LEGO® Star Wars™ - The Complete Saga - Players say: Play through all six Star Wars films as LEGO heroes, fighting, solving build-and-Force puzzles, and collecting studs solo or in co-op. Players like: Childhood Nostalgia · LEGO Humor · Couch Co-op ·
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Kick Some Brick in I through VI! Play through all six Star Wars movies in one videogame! Adding new characters, new levels, new features and for the first time ever, the chance to build and battle your way through a fun Star Wars galaxy on your PC!

The Expendabros - Players say: In a pixel-art run-and-gun, rescue soldiers and blast through ten Eastern European missions solo or in four-player local co-op. Players like: Explosive Destruction · Four-Player Local Co-op · Distinct Character Weapons ·
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The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes - Players say: One player sees a timed bomb while teammates read its manual, then they must communicate to solve modules before it explodes. Players like: Communication Teamwork · Chaotic Group Laughs · Fresh Bomb Layouts ·
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Find yourself trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb. Your friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can't see the bomb, so you're going to have to talk it out – fast!

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Oct 8, 2015
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Voidigo - Players say: Hunt Void-corrupted bosses in a top-down roguelite, dodging with jumps and stomps while building each run around strange weapons and power-ups. Players like: Creative Weapon Variety · Fluid Movement · Vivid Animations ·
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A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.

Chicory: A Colorful Tale - Players say: Take up a missing artist’s magical brush, color a blank animal world, and solve puzzles as you explore and help its residents. Players like: Emotional Story · Creative World Painting · Memorable Soundtrack ·
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A top-down adventure game in a coloring book world full of vibrant characters. Use painting powers to explore, solve puzzles, make friends, and draw on anything! From creators on Wandersong + Celeste.

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Jun 10, 2021
97% 👍
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Boomerang Fu - Players say: In food-themed arenas, players throw and deflect boomerangs, combine power-ups, and battle in quick local multiplayer matches. Players like: Easy to Pick Up · Local Party Play · Quick Chaotic Rounds ·
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Slice and dice your friends with boomerangs in this frantic physics party game. Join a crew of your favorite foods as you grill, chill and spill your enemies. Discover ridiculous power-ups and stack them together in deadly combinations.