Do you love playing video games with your friends? But it's even better when cooperation is essential to overcome obstacles and face the boss! In this article, we invite you to discover what are the best PC co-op games?. We've compiled a short list of :
- 🌍 Best Adventure Games
- 🧙 Best RPG games
- ⚔️ Best Strategy/Simulation games
- 💥 Best FPS and Action games
- 🧩 Best Platform & Puzzle games
📌 This ranking is based on players' ratings and appreciations on Metacritic.
The best co-op adventure games
1. Minecraft
Minecraft is an adventure game where you can create whatever you wantand everything in between! Your imagination is your only limit in a 3D world where everything is made up of blocks. Armed with the right tools, you can break and harvest these blocksand then use them as resources and building materials.
Minecraft offers several modes, including Multiplayer mode on line which lets you cooperate in real time with players from all over the world. You can work together to build grandiose structures, battle fearsome monsters and explore a shared universe.
2. Spiritfarer
Spiritfarer combines adventure, management and exploration in a fantasy world where you play as Stella, a soul ferryman. Known as the "Spiritfarer," Stella's mission is to grant the last wishes of the deceased and then guide them to the afterlife. Through the character, you will have to build and improve a boat, explore the world, and complete various fun tasks to ensure comfort and survival.
Spiritfarer offers a local cooperative mode which is played by two players: the second playable character is Daffodil, Stella's adorable cat, who can jump, run, use tools, and even complete quests! This allows you to playing as a duo on the same computer for adventures full of magic and emotion.
3. Don't Starve Together
Don't Starve Together is an adventure game where you must survive in a world that is strange, wild, and hostile. Fortunately, you won't be alone, as the game is based on multiplayer cooperation : you will be able play online or locally with your friends. Together, you'll explore, fight, build and manage resources, all to try and survive as long as possible!
Don’t Starve Together can accommodate up to 4 players maximum online. You can choose your avatar from over twenty characters, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Take the time to choose carefully, as each character's abilities influence the collective survival strategy.
4. The Forest
Also for thrill-seekers, The Forest is a adventure and survival game set on an island inhabited by mutant cannibals. The game has been hailed for its realistic approach survival and psychological horror.
the cooperative mode allows you to collaborate with other players to search for food, collect wood for fire, build shelters, and craft weapons. Thanks to a good collective strategy, you will have a better chance of surviving the deadly dangers of the island and its forest.
The best co-op RPG games
1. Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur's Gate 3 is a role-playing game (RPG) set in a fantasy realm inspired by Dungeons & Dragons. The game is renowned for its rich and vibrant world where you can create your own character, but also embark on whatever adventures you want! Your choices influence the course of the story, with tens of thousands of different endings possible.
Baldur's Gate 3's co-op mode allows you to play games online or local with 4 players maximum. Local cooperation can be achieved by split screen if two controllers are connected to your PC. So you can share epic, immersive adventures with your friends!
2. Divinity: Original Sin II
Divinity: Original Sin II is a tactical RPG that also features a great freedom of action to players: you can create and develop your character as you see fit. The game also features flexible quests where your choices influence the evolution of the world and the plot. The gameplay is rich in strategy and combat, and it's even better when you play with your friends!
Divinity: Original Sin II features a multiplayer mode where 2 to 4 players must cooperate to explore the game world, complete quests and fight formidable enemies. The cooperative mode offers an immersive experience, with the possibility of play online or locally with your loved ones.
3. Monster Hunter World
A spin-off of the popular Monster Hunter franchise, Monster Hunter World is a RPG-Action which offers you hunting monsters in a "New World". You can explore vast, rich environments populated by deadly, gigantic creatures. At the same time, you'll need to investigating a mysterious phenomenon related to the appearance of monsters in this new world.
And for even more fun, you can hunt monsters together in co-op mode. Monster Hunter World lets you 4 players maximum to join the same online game. The program includes free and secondary quests where you can engage in epic, immersive group battles.
The best Simulation / Strategy co-op games
1. Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley is a immersive life simulator where your character inherits an old farm in Stardew Valley. The game invites you to restoring and developing the farm through farming, livestock breeding, fishing, etc.
You can also interact with NPCs and even start a family if you feel like it! Everything has been thought out to offer you a rich gaming experience full of surprises. Cooperative mode lets you manage your farm with 7 other players. The adventure will be all the richer and more immersive!
2. Overcooked ! All You Can Eat
This is a remastered version the first two installments of Overcooked! The concept is the same: you and your friends play as chefs, and you must prepare dishes in completely chaotic environments. On the menu: over 200 levels where the cuisine is as original as it is perilous (rails, freeways, rocking boats...).
Players must work in perfect coordination to collect ingredients, prepare them, cook and prepare dishes, but also to clean the kitchen. Parties can assemble up to 4 playersregardless of the console or platform used.
3. Moving Out
Moving Out is a cooperative game in which you play as a group of experienced movers. The aim is to move furniture and appliances from the house to the removal van. On the face of it, there's nothing complicated about it, except that time is limited and the road to the truck strewn with pitfalls!
Gameplay is based on the total cooperation between 4 players. You will need to coordinate well with your friends to transport the items to be moved, but also to find the least dangerous route. Moving Out also offers secondary objectives if you ever feel like spicing things up!
The best FPS and Action co-op games
1. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
This stealth game (third opus in the Splinter Cell franchise) invites you to play spy and thwart dark plots. The cooperative mode lets you form a agent tandem beginners with a friend.
You will need to work together to untangle the threads of a global crisis. On the agenda: complex and perilous missions that won't leave you a moment's peace! The game has been praised for its rich, tactical gameplay and its dark, immersive universe.
2. Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 3: ODST
This collection brings together HD remastered versions iconic games in the franchise, including Halo 3 ODST. Halo: The Master Chief Collection features all single-player and multiplayer campaigns, plus all 99 maps across all titles. The compilation allows you to experience the entire saga on your PC: you can co-op with 3 friends maximum.
As for Halo 3 ODST, the co-op mode allows 4 players to play online. 2-player local split-screen. Each player embodies an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper (ODST) soldier, and together you must face waves of formidable enemies. You'll need to stick together and work in complete cooperation to survive!
3. Borderlands 2
Borderlands 2 is a game that combines FPS and RPG in a dynamic, colorful, and humorous universe. The game transports you to the planet Pandora, home to many treasures and artifacts powerful. You play the role of a Ark hunter whose mission is not only to recover these treasures and artifacts, but also to fight Beau Jacka tyrannical and corrupt leader.
Cooperative mode lets you share the main campaign or side quests with other players. You will need to work and collaborate to win battles, and the loot is then shared between each player. The synchronized progression allows you to gain experience and level up together. Borderlands 2's cooperative mode allows you to games with 2 to 4 players.
4. Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2 is a Cooperative survival FPS where 4 players are left to fend for themselves in a zombie-infested world. Each player controls a survivor, and you'll have to work hand-in-hand to manage resources and fight hordes of monsters.
Gameplay is based on the full cooperation between players: good coordination is essential to move forward together and survive attacks. Co-op mode lets you play online with your friends and other players from around the world!
5. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a rogue-like action-adventure game which follows the misadventures of Isaac, a boy who flees to the basement of his house to escape his mother's murderous rampage. The game takes place in dungeons consisting of several rooms where Isaac fights monsters with his tears.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth features two cooperative modes: local with 2 players and online with 4 players maximum. The other players embody baby companions with their own characteristics. Babies can fly, but cannot collect items on the ground. However, they also benefit from upgrades when Isaac uses items. This makes the adventure even more fun and dynamic!
6. Deep Rock Galactic
Deep Rock Galactic is a Cooperative sci-fi FPS where 4 players each control a space dwarf. The quartet is sent on a mission to a hostile planet where they must explore caves, extract precious minerals, collect alien eggs, and recover lost equipment. Together, the players will also have to fight hordes of spider monsters particularly aggressive.
Deep Rock Galactic offers wide variety of dangerous environments (galactic salt mines, radioactive tunnels, etc.) and 100 destructible %. Each player embodies a character from a specific class. (Engineer, Scout, Driller and Soldier), each with their own role, abilities, and weaknesses. The four must cooperate fully to succeed in missions and defeat enemies. Your adventures will be all the more dynamic!
7. Cult of the Lamb
Cult of the Lamb is a diabolical blend of action rogue lite and community managementThe game follows the story of a lamb who founds and leads a cult dedicated to a mysterious entity that saved him from death. The cooperative mode is done in pairs and locally On the same screen: the other player plays a sneaky goat who teams up with the demonic lamb to spread the cult and fight false prophets. On the agenda: cult management, combat, exploration, mini-games... you won't have time to get bored!
8. Far Cry 5
Far Cry 5 takes place in a fictional region of Montana (USA) controlled by the powerful guru Joseph Seed. You play the role of a deputy sheriff sent in to stop the guru and his disciplesHowever, the latter are armed to the teeth and will not hesitate to kill and torture their enemies! The game offers a great freedom to explore with several choices of weapons and vehicles.
The cooperative mode allows 2 players to play the entire main campaign and its missions together: you'll be able to develop duo strategies to fight Joseph Seed and his men. Co-op mode online A host player invites another player to join his game. The guest player can take part in all missions, use all weapons and drive all vehicles!
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops
The seventh installment in the Call of Duty series, Call of Duty: Black Ops immerses you in the world ofspying through the character of Alex Mason, a CIA agentHowever, co-op mode allows you to play together on the same campaign with missions involving infiltration, sabotage, target elimination, and more.
Call of Duty: Black Ops also features a Zombies mode with the option of play with up to 4 players. Players must work together to repel a wave of the undead. The aim is to survive as long as possible against the zombies, while exploring a map to find weapons and ammunition.
The best co-op puzzle and platform games
1. Portal 2
Portal 2 is a puzzle and thinking game which can be played by two players: you and your friend each play as a robot equipped with a portal gun. You will need to work together to solve puzzles designed specifically for cooperative play. To do this, you can synchronize your actions and open complementary portals. Portal 2's co-op mode can be played online or on a split screenWhatever you want!
2. Split Fiction
Split Fiction is a adventure and platform game playing out exclusively for two. Players take on the role of Mio and Zoé, two rival authors who are trapped in a simulation of their own book: an SF world for Mio and a fantasy universe for Zoé. Both will have to coordinate their actions in real time to face the dangers and discover how to escape the simulation. You can play the game online or localthe second player can be invited for free thanks to the Friend's Pass system.
3. It Takes Two
It Takes Two is a Platform and adventure game played only in two-way cooperationWe follow the story of Cody and May, a couple. transformed into miniature dolls by their daughter Rose, who doesn't want them to divorce. The two find themselves in a fantasy world where they must overcome a series of challenges. Puzzles, combat, platformers or mini-games, solving the challenges requires total collaboration between the duo. May and Cody will therefore have to work together if they want to break the spell and find Rose!
4. Rayman Legends
In this fun and colorful platform gameRayman, players take on the role of Rayman and his friends as they battle the Dream Bubbler and his monsters. Co-op mode allows players to play locally or online with 4 players maximum. Together, you'll explore the game's different worlds, fend off nightmares and create a new world. and collect lums (small luminous creatures).
The game offers more than one hundred levels, each with its own theme, music and graphic style. Get ready for fun, immersive gameplay!
5. Cuphead
Cuphead is a 2D action game type run and gun that you can local co-op With a friend: you play as Cuphead and Mugman, two brothers who must recover the soul contracts of the inhabitants of the Inkwell Islands. You will then have to work together to defeat formidable bosses (one per challenge).
Cuphead is characterized by a demanding gameplay with enemies getting stronger and stronger with each new level. It's your turn to fun, dynamic games that leave no room for boredom! The game is also highly appreciated for its retro atmosphere with a graphic style inspired by 1930s cartoons.
6. Trine 2
Trine 2 is a platform and puzzle game set in a world overrun by chaos and black magic. Co-op mode allows 3 players to play together, each embodying one of the game's three heroes: Amadeus the wizard, Pontius the knight, and Zoya the thief. The three are linked by a powerful artifact called the Trine. You must working together to face dangers, solve puzzles and fight fearsome enemies. Co-op mode lets you play with friends locally or online.
7. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a space action game where cooperation is essential to succeed! 4 players and local playThe game lets you control a huge spaceship: together with your friends, you'll have to maneuver the ship together, but above all defend it against enemy attacks. To do this, each of you must occupy a specific position: turrets, lasers, shields, engines... The gameplay is dynamic, for intense, frenetic games in a a deliriously colorful universe !
Bonus : A Way Out
Developed by the same studio behind It Takes Two and Split Fiction, A Way Out is a benchmark in co-op games! This action-adventure game is based on a structure 100 % cooperative : two players each play the role of a prisoner (Leo Caruso and Vincent Moretti) and must work together to escape from prison.
Each one has essential skills for advancing in the game, so you won't be able to do anything without the other! You will be able to play online or locally and games are played in split-screen mode.
Which of these video games appeals to you the most? And if you know of any other great ones, PC co-op games, feel free to tell us about it in the comments!
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