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Hi guys!

Soon I'll be traveling and visiting family. I'd like to be able to hook my Steam Deck to their TV and let their kids have a rip at couch multiplayer games allowing up to 4 simultaneous players. The good ole classic WiiU Mario Kart is there and been played until exhaustion by now, so I'd be happy if I had more titles (either SD-compatible or just plain emulated) at the ready if they wanted to try.

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I always search steam sales for local multiplayer games. I have not tested all of these yet, so I'm going to categorize them here.

Games I already played with someone (e.g. "tested")

  • Boomerang Fu
  • Brawlhalla
  • Castle Crashers
  • Gang Beasts
  • Guacamelee - Super Turbo Championship Edition
  • Helldivers
  • Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
  • Regular Human Basketball
  • Just Shapes and Beats
  • Lethal League Blaze
  • MageQuit
  • Magicka / Magicka 2
  • Make Way
  • Overcooked
  • Road Redemption
  • Speedrunners
  • Towerfall Ascension
  • Tricky Towers
  • Ultimate Chicken Horse
  • Wobbly Life

Games for future play sessions (not yet tested)

  • Barony
  • Beat Me
  • Chained Together
  • Fling to the finish
  • Geometry Wars 3
  • Goat Simulator
  • Party Club
  • Pummel Party
  • Screencheat
  • Sonic Segal All Stars Racing
  • Stick Fight the Game
  • Treadnauts
  • Unrailed

Have fun :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

avoid Magicka 1 for multiplayer if you can. The final update they pushed before abandoning it turned multiplayer into a buggy, crashy mess

Edit: it might be fine for local couch multiplayer actually

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I don't plan on playing any of these games over any kind of network anyway. I'm all for couch coop / pvp, it just hits differently :)

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