What are the best co-op games on Steam?

There is a modified co-op campaign that requires players to coordinate their actions to succeed. This makes it a fun couch co-op game due to the importance of communication (as well as how fun it is to grief your teammate in person). See More

BattleBlock Theater

Top Pro

Co-op adds a completely new element of coordination to the gameplay

Top Con

Competitive play feels lackluster

Competitive play is not as enjoyable as the co-op modes due to stiff combat. The mechanics of this wear out pretty quickly. See More

EncouragingMastoratia's Experience

Best game ever See More

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Co-Op:2 Player Online / 4 Player Couch

Genre:Platformer / Indie

There's really little payoff for being able to build really long chains of automation, it usually results in being able to open a new tech tree which allows the player to continue the process of building automation chains ad infinitum, which, admittedly can become rather boring after a while. See More

Top Pro

Addictive and challenging game play

Top Con

Can become rather repetitive

Chris McGee's Experience

One of the best Games i have played in my ~ 22 years of gaming experience!!! See More

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Genre:Realtime Strategy (RTS)

Top Pro

Intuitive and fluid parkour movement gives a sense of power and control

The main protagonist is capable of scaling buildings, jumping over obstacles, and vaulting over zombies. This makes traversing the open-world city a lot of fun, as it is intuitively controlled as well as gives a sense of power to the player that they can artfully traverse the world with ease. See More

Top Con

Extremely low ammo count once you get guns

You may have to use melee weapons always See More

EmpatheticAltjira's Experience

i want dyling light 2 fast oh plzzz See More

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Co-Op:4 Player Online / 4 PLayer LAN

Random quips from characters, silly info text, and things like the existence of werepigs reflect the dark sense of humor that pervades the game. See More

Top Pro

Pleasantly twisted sense of humor

Top Con

Constant restarts can be drawn out and boring

The game is a roguelike, so permanent death is something that will be encountered often. The beginning of a playthrough starts out pretty slowly, which is exacerbated by the fact that the player will need to restart so many times. See More

TranquilZirnitra's Experience

its fun See More

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Co-Op:2-4 Player Local

Genre:Roguelike, Survival, Horror

Top Pro

Chaotic gameplay that results in amusing friendly fire

Since the main gameplay mechanic of casting spells is skill based on how quickly you execute a certain key combination, there's a high chance of misclicking or mistargeting and accidentally attacking your ally. There’s nothing quite like thunderbolting or summoning death on your friends. See More

Top Con

A bit of a learning curve

With the number of spells you have at your command comes the challenge of discovering and remembering them all. But once you know them, you'll be able to counter anything that's thrown at you. See More

Boris Yakubchik's Experience

Great fun -- just watch a YouTube video of people playing it with their friends :) See More

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Steam Rating:Mixed

Co-Op:4 Player Online / 4 Player Couch / 4 Player LAN

Genre:Action RPG

Magicka has a unique spell-casting system based on adding elements such as fire, water, and stone to an action queue. There are eight basic elements (each assigned to a key), of which up to five can be queued at a time. Some elements can be combined in the queuing process (such as fire and water to create steam). The effect of the spell changes to match the elements you add to the queue. Additionally, there are four casting methods: beam (right-click), area (shift+right-click), self-cast (middle-click), and imbue weapon (shift+click). See More

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Top Pro

The spell system is pretty unique

Top Con

Memorizing spells is extremely difficult

The vast combination of elements make it all but impossible to blindly figure out what spell combos the game has and even the wiki page has no usefulness in finding spells for your play style. See More

Top Pro

Two different gameplay modes

Other than the standard campaign mode there's also a survival mode that's your standard affair with increasingly difficult waves of enemies. There's also an online leader board for survival mode. See More

Top Con

Optimization could be better

At certain times during competitive play, the game can lag or slow down (not rare for an online game), which may mess up the timing of skill shots in the game. Being that timing is highly important to the gameplay, having a poor netcode that fluctuates during play can be upsetting, especially if it results in a loss. See More

Broforce features 4-player local and online co-op modes. The gameplay is pretty much built around this type of play, much as it was in arcades, so having the ability to team up locally or online makes for a versatile multiplayer mode. Each additional player will increase the hilariously frantic nature of the game by a significant margin. See More

Broforce

Top Pro

Being designed around co-op play makes for crazier and crazier gameplay, the more people join in

Top Con

Poor character balancing

Some characters are obviously better than the others, or are highly situational. See More

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Four players can join a single game both locally and online. It just feels really awesome spreading mayhem and destruction with three of your friends as blood, guts, and explosions surround you from all sides. See More

Top Pro

Collectible cards

Each level has hidden cards to power you up. Trying to find them is great fun and very cool. Some are tricky! See More

There is a lot of task handoff and delegation so it's not just multiple players doing the same thing, but requires actual strategizing, communication, and cooperation. Working together and communicating with your friends through couch co-op or online play is a constant stream of laughter and excited shouting as you mess up, learn, and hopefully get things done. See More

Overcooked

Top Pro

Requires close cooperation

Top Con

No online multiplayer

Local multiplayer only. Can't play with friends online. See More

Pancakes4ever's Experience

Very chaotic and tense, good if you want to test someone :) See More

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Top Pro

Lends itself well to quick play sessions

At its heart, Spelunky is a roguelike. This means each game session tends to be short, as the player will die quite often. As a result, Spelunky can be played in quick bursts throughout the day. The convenient save system facilitates this play style by making it easy to pick up where you left off. See More

Top Con

Difficult to the point of frustration

Spelunky is pretty difficult and some could say abusive, but with practice and a desire for masochism the game can be mastered. See More

Specs

Genre:Platformer / Indie / Roguelike

Co-Op:4 Player Couch

Divinity: Original Sin has a high level of interactivity within the games environment. This ranges from NPC interactions, elemental spells that can douse fires, to a cornucopia of in-world items that can be stolen. Most actions in the game have consequences as well; for example, you will lose reputation in a town, when caught stealing. There is often a price to pay for behaving badly and getting caught, but a great thrill when getting away with nefarious deeds. See More

Top Pro

Highly interactive environments that contain rewards and consequences to ones actions

Top Con

Mechanics take a lot of trial and error

There is a basic tutorial, but it is very limited and does not explain some of the finer aspects of the game. Much of the title relies on using spells, both in and out of combat. Outside of combat, magic can be used to burn down doors or summon rain to put out fires. While this may seem like an intuitive mechanic, it does take some getting used to and isn’t explained anywhere in the game. See More

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Co-Op:2 Player Local / Online

Genre:Dungeon Crawler RPG

Rayman Legends

Top Pro

There is no need to earn your skills with drawn out gameplay, all skills are unlocked from the beginning

Unlike Rayman Origins, Legends has all of Rayman's powers unlocked from the beginning. Players are able to jump float, wall run, and attack starting at the first level. This way the gameplay is not drawn out with trying to earn these skills. See More

Top Con

No online multiplayer

These days it’s disappointing to see a multiplayer game released that does not support online multiplayer. A company with the size and scope of Ubisoft should have no problem incorporating this feature. See More

FearlessCizin's Experience

The game is way too easy and uninteresting. I've played my fair share of it in my friend's house that was far ahead in the campaign, I had a great time and I felt challenged. However if reaching those good levels means wasting my 4 hours on the first couple of stages, no thank you. There's no way to skip the easier levels and get me to the ones I actually want to play. See More

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Co-Op:Local Wireless

Genre:Platformer

Torchlight 2 has all the typical RPG mechanics such as classes, loot, skill trees etc. However all the little touches and details come together to make playing the game really fun and a great balance between depth/complexity and being able to get started killing hordes of monsters. Killing monsters is very satisfying and the loot system keeps things very interesting without feeling like you're just grinding for better items. See More

Top Pro

Well implemented and fun action-RPG combat

Top Con

Limited respec system

Much like an old school dungeon crawler, there is little to no useful respec system here. You can respec the last three skill points used on a character, but that is it. This tends to lead towards plenty of skills in the skilltree that ended up going nowhere, which are just wasted points. Unless you know specifically where you will be putting each and every skill point for your build beforehand, no respec may have an impact on making a perfect build. See More

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Genre:Dungeon Crawler RPG

Top Pro

Replay value

Over the course of the game, different monsters are unlocked and the dungeons change. Also, each playthrough has different bosses. This makes the game remain interesting as time goes on. Available items change each playthrough as well, so players will have to modify their play style to match the tools they have available. See More

Top Con

No online multiplayer

While the game is designed around multiplayer play, there is sadly no online multiplayer support to date. See More

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Genre:Dungeon Crawler / Action / RPG / Indie

Co-Op:4 Player Couch

Both the story and art style are beautiful and playful, keeping things lighthearted even in difficult or complicated scenarios. The soundtrack carries you along with a light but fast-paced beat that reflects the balance between fun and focus. See More

Top Pro

Adorable aesthetic

Top Con

Co-op is local only

Unfortunately, online co-op is not an option. However, forcing players to be side-by-side aids in coordination and makes for a more personal experience. See More

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Genre:Shooter, Platformer

Co-Op:4 Player Local

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Top Pro

Teamwork is demanded

As offense, movement, and defense are entirely separate stations, you simply can’t beat the game alone in co-op mode no matter how good you are. This holds true especially in harder difficulties, where constant communication and coordination are critical. See More

Top Pro

Players must rely on their teammates

Much like a good marriage, the game focuses on having each player rely on the other in times of need. When executed properly, this shows how much of a team two people can be. See More

Top Pro

Catchy techno soundtrack

Lovers has a very interesting and catchy soundtrack that goes great with its retro, neon-based aesthetic. See More

Top Pro

Gameplay focuses on relying on the other player

Much like a good marriage the game focuses on having each player rely on the other in ties of need. This makes for an experience that when executed properly shows how much of a team two people can be. See More