Local Cooperative PC Games
| Juego | Steam | GoG | Epic |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Hat in Time | Steam | GoG | Epic |
| A Way Out | Steam | Epic | |
| Basketball Classics | Steam | ||
| Battleblock Theater | Steam | ||
| Beyond Two Souls | Steam | Epic | |
| Castle Crashers | Steam | GoG | |
| Cuphead | Steam | GoG | |
| Dariusburst Chronicle Saviors | Steam | ||
| Guacamelee | Steam | GoG | |
| Helldivers | Steam | GoG | |
| Heavenly Bodies | Steam | ||
| Ibb & Obb | Steam | ||
| It takes two | Steam | Epic | |
| Katanari Damacy Reroll | Steam | ||
| Lego Games (Marvel, LOTR, Indiana Jones, Star Wars) | Steam | ||
| Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime | Steam | GoG | |
| Magicka | Steam | GoG | |
| Moving Out | Steam | Epic | |
| Overcooked | Steam | GoG | |
| Pinball FX3 | Steam | ||
| PlateUp | Steam | ||
| Portal 2 | Steam | GoG | |
| Project Zomboid | Steam | GoG | |
| Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos | Steam | ||
| Rocket League | Epic | ||
| Roots of Patcha | Steam | ||
| Skullgirls | Steam | ||
| Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed | Steam | ||
| Spiritfarer | Steam | GoG | |
| Stardew Valley | Steam | GoG | |
| Strikey Sisters | Steam | ||
| Sun Haven | Steam | ||
| Trine | Steam | GoG | |
| Trine 2 | Steam | GoG | |
| Unrailed | Steam | Epic | |
| Unravel | Steam | ||
| Unravel Two | Steam | Epic | |
| Wingspan | Steam | GoG |
Edit
I love this community, got so many recomendations I decided to update the first post! Sorry if I couldn’t reply to everyone, Jerboa almost exploded, haha. But I’ll upvote all your contributions now that I’m on PC.
Original post
I like to play on the same computer with my bf, and recently we’ve started to get tired of MAME since we’ve been playing our faves on repeat for so long.
The other game we play is Spelunky, since is the only local co-op game I have on Steam. I ask because Steam summer sales are close and I can give him a surprise :D
Thanks!
Wow!!! I had completely forgotten about this site. What a fantastic resource. Does anyone remember, was this page started by the Penny Arcade guys or did they just plug it in the beginning?
omg i love you haha. thank you for that website!
Make sure to check the Nucleus Coop App if you haven’t already!
https://nucleus-coop.github.io/
It turns games that don’t have a native local coop mode into local coop by simulating a LAN and running two instances of the game communicating exclusively with each other. It works really well, especially if you have a multi-monitor setup.
I have played multiple games in local coop with my brother with this, including Elden Ring. It’s been a blast.
Holy shit does that thing have functionality. Elden Ring split screen with only one copy? Deep Rock Galactic split screen? Dark Souls 1 and 3? Sign me the fuck up!
One more tool to my belt, thanks !
Oh shit, that’s cool as hell! Thank you for sharing this! How fun!!
Nucleus coop is one of the best things to happen to the PC space in recent years, I’m happy to spread the word!
I just wish more games were supported.
Oooh, this looks cool!
Could we play Elden Ring coop if only him has a copy?
Yes, you only need one copy of the game for most of the games supported by Nucleus Coop. It creates its own simulated Steam users/accounts for the game in the background.
It takes two is probably one of the best split screen local co-op imo.
If you don’t mind something more casual and relaxing, Spiritfarer is good too. Wife and I played it in about a week. Very touching story at parts too.
Hey there!
Some games that we played:
- Overcooked 1 & 2, save the world by cooking in absurd environments. Shouting inclusive. (It’s really fun, I promise!)
- Ibb & Obb - a fun little puzzle game
- Guacamelee was fun too, but we never finished it.
- Battleblock Theater is nice too! But I’m not sure if it’s possible to play on one machine. So if you both have computers this is definitely possible.
- Unravel Two - it’s fun! We haven’t finished it yet, but it’s a cute (and a bit sad sometimes) jump & run / puzzle platformer
- A Way Out was great too, really great story, but it’s not cozy.
- … and I noticed a lot of people gave you already some good games, while I was searching my library. xD
What I haven’t tried yet but want to in the future:
- Moving Out - it looks similar to Overcooked, so I hope it will be fun
- Spiritfarer
Moving out is great! Less stressful than overcooked but equally chaotic.
Overcooked and Moving Out are my go-to couch games. Bomb Squad from one of the Jackbox Party Packs (I forget which one) is really fun too!
Guacamelee is Free on Epic until Thursday this week for anyone that wants it.
Moving out is hilarious and fun but it does take quite a bit of teamwork to get the gold medals.
It Takes Two is a good one to play with a significant other.
Yes, I recently started playin it with a friend on mine, just alone the details that game has is insane.
Splitscreen is supported, so give it a GOIt Takes Two is absolutely awesome if you don’t mind platforming. The game director made a boast/bet that if anyone found the game boring he’d pay $1000. I’m not getting that $1000.
It’s one of the few games I bought within a year after launch in the past decade and I have to say I didn’t regret spending the money.
Not real co-op, but my wife and I have played hundreds of hours of Wildermyth. Its an rpg with generative elements. We love reading out the lines of the characters in terrible accents. The battlr system is turn based so you’ve plenty of time to discuss what to do next.
My list of split screen or couch co op PC games:
Basketball classics
Castle crashers
Cuphead
A Hat in Time
Katanari damacy reroll
Lego games (marvel, LOTR, Indiana Jones, star wars are my top 4)
Overcooked
Portal 2
Rocket League
Sonic All Star Racing Transformed
Spiritfarer
Strikey Sisters
Trine 2
Wingspan
And emulator roms for 2 players:
Secret of Mana
Zombies Ate my Neighbors
Game show games (family feud, wheel of fortune, you don’t know jack)
Spirit farer is a lovely game to play together.
What a big list, thanks, I’ll edit the main post to add all of your recs!
Halo MCC
Halo MCC unfortunately doesn’t have splitscreen support on PC unless you use a mod to run the game twice and connect the two instances via online (maybe also LAN) co-op.
I was a bit confused when you said local co-op. It implies 2 computers on the same local network(connected to the same router, no internet connection required). I think the term you’re looking for is split screen gaming.
When I looked at pictures of Spelunky games like Clonk and Liero popped into mind, I think there are options for split screen multiplayer in those games, they’re old school PvP games.
I was a bit confused when you said local co-op. It implies 2 computers on the same local network
My friends call that LAN play or LAN co-op. To me, local co-op has always been a more general phrase, covering all of the above.
Could be same view same computer, like BroForce. I think these are just called “local coop” or “couch coop”
Local co-op is same machine, shared screen. Aka couch co-op
You’re talking about LAN.
At least thats how it would be referred to around here
lan, local area network. I guess people see it differently.
Yeah thats what you described, no?
It implies 2 computers on the same local network(connected to the same router, no internet connection required).
Dariusburst Chronicle Saviors is one of my favorites. It’s a horizontally scrolling shmup with massive bosses and multiple routes. It has ultrawide support too.
The DLC is single-player only, so if you just want co-op, just get the base gameIt Takes Two is brilliant!
I can recommend Lego Lord of the Rings. Me and my gf had a lot of fun, and it is the only Lego game I played with her that didn’t bore me to death.
We tried Lego Harry Potter, and while she loves it (she loves the Lego games), I just found it boring as hell, so it depends on the person
Haha, we might try this! Maybe Lego Star Wars too, since we both like it (he’s a LOTR guy and I’m a HP girl too!).
I’d recommend LEGO City Undercover as well. Imagine LEGO GTA and you’ve pretty much got the gist. Very fun playing with my wife on the Switch, but I’m sure it’s got a much better framerate on PC.
Btw, Lego Harry Potter is divided in 2 games, but you can get them pretty cheap in a Steam sale (the summer sale stars on the 29th)
Can’t wait for the sales, I’m getting a fair amount of cool games recommended 👀
Nice!
You also have Cat Quest 2, which is cute and fun game.
Portal 2 also has a co-op mode and is pretty cheap on sale.
The local co-op version of Untitled Goose Game is hillarious, highly recommended
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