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My SO and I have been having a lot of fun playing co-op games on the Steam Deck connected to the TV. We recently finished Split Fiction and I'm looking for the next cool experience to try out. We enjoy casual co-op games, nothing too hard or violent. EDIT: pixel art is apparently a big turnoff for her so that's out as well.

Games We Enjoyed:

  • Split Fiction
  • It takes two
  • Untitled Goose Game

Games that flopped:

  • Stardew Valley - She is open to "farming" games but doesn't enjoy the energy management aspect of the game. It also gave her motion sickness, somehow
  • Overcooked / Moving out - We enjoy these games but as they start to get more chaotic and hard, the enjoyment goes way down
  • Ibb & Obb - A bit dull and samey
  • Portal - Gives me serious motion sickness, completely unplayable
  • Lego Lord of the Rings - I'm a lord of the rings fan but I hated the gameplay for this game, I found it to be so boring. We quit after an hour or so.
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Would be great if you updated this post with new games you enjoyed 😊

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

One of my favorite games to play with my SO is Out of Space the vibe is very similar to Overcooked but it's procedurally generated and a lot more chilled out, i.e. less chaos.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

If you enjoy escape rooms try out Escape Academy, haven't seen anyone mention it but it's really a blast!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1812090/Escape_Academy/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unravel 2 :) It's a beautiful little co-op game with lots of puzzle-y problems to solve and some dynamic ones as well

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It went on sale yesterday so I ended up buying it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The cult of the lamb

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Lovers in a Dangerous Space Time

Manage your malfunctioning space ship together while fending off waves of enemies.

Very fun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Degrees of Seperation - 2D puzzler with wonderful scenes and visuals

Heavenly Bodies - 2D puzzler about astronauts and 0 gravity environments

Unrailed - isometric 3D. A train starts driving and you need to gather resources and build tracks etc.

Wobbly Life - 3D fun game, no real objective, just many quests and activities throughout the world

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My gf is pretty new to video games but these are a few she enjoyed

Trine 2/3

Snippets

Castle crashers

Unravelled

Diablo 3

Children of morta - my gf also doesn’t really like pixel art but this turned out to be one of her favourite games

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We just started the spiritfarer. Absolutely worth it

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

I already played and loved SpiritFarer, it was an amazing journey. I don't want to say too much but I just can't repeat it any time soon.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Spelunky 1 & 2

Monster Prom, Monster Camp, Monster Roadtrip

Also seconding Kingdom: Two Crowns

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

OP asks for "nothing too hard" and you recommend spelunky, you absolute monster.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Fortunately I already made that mistake once, a friend recommended me Spelunky 2 as a casual mining game...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A few options me and my partner have enjoyed:

Bunhouse - a non-management-heavy farming simulator but you are bunnies growing plants. Cute as hell. There is a sequel where you run a bakery too but we haven't got round to that just yet.

Unrailed - might fall into the overcooked catagory, but when it gets hard and goes wrong it tends to be a looming inevitablity, not a frantic panic

Nidhogg - a 1v1 fighter, but is quick fire frantic sword fights you can button bash through which is wildly entertaining in 5 min bursts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The Cinnabunny sequel looks so adorable. Lots of animal crossing vibes. Definitely wishlisting that!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not even a huge platformer guy, but Rayman Legends is absolute peak and a fantastic, chill co-op game. The music levels in particular - where the already great soundtrack is synced in time to your jumps and hits - are incredibly satisfying and so well made.

I'd also be remiss if I didn't suggest Blue Prince. It's not co-op per se as it'd only be one person at a time "driving", but the game is about puzzle solving so who holds the controller doesn't really matter. It's a fantastic game if you enjoy puzzles and escape rooms. My sister isn't even a gamer at all but I recommended it to her fiancΓ© and they've been playing together and even she's been enjoying it a lot. From my own experience playing it on my own I also think it would be much more fun if playing alongside someone else. I've often missed having someone to bounce ideas off when stuck.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

On the notion of "one person at a time driving," I played Outer Wilds with my partner. 10/10. Just make sure that when there is text, both people can read it before you move on.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Broaden your horizons, start using emulators.

Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Super Mario Wonder

Any of the Warriors games (just don't buy it, don't reward them for releasing the same damn game 20+ times)

Legend of Mana (highly recommended, please don't sleep on this)

Destroy All Humans 2

Ratchet: Deadlocked

Divinity: Original Sin

Resident Evil 6

Halo: Master Chief Collection

Lego Star Wars

The Tales games are long and go up to 4 players. I'd recommend them if you have more people to join.

Be prepared for a few roadbumps while you acclimate yourself to using emulators. It won't be smooth at first, but it gets easier the more familiar you become with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Broaden your horizons, start using emulators.

I get what you're saying. I do have RetroDeck fully set up but I only use for old games that I do physically own. Most of them haven't aged very well and aren't of any interest to my SO.

I have enough disposable money that I'd rather support "new" games/developers rather than emulating titles for other consoles.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Death Squared. Puzzle solving, each player controls two blocks on the map used to solve the puzzle.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Keep talking and nobody explodes could be a fun one, only needs 1 device and the other player needs the manual which can be on a phone or printed out. You could even play it over a phone call.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

You know I have like 4 manuals printed and only played it once? Gotta give it a try some time!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As I recall, the 'campaign' gets impossible to do with two players because of the inability to look up enough stuff in parallel. There are mods and custom bombs though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Might do but you can always go until you find it too hard and then go back to one that you like, or use custom to set a difficulty that you like.

Also tried playing it with extra people before, so far just 3, 1 with the bomb and 2 with manuals. But playing with a few more could also be fun, maybe even set them up with a phone each and stick each team in a different room.

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