Abiotic Factor. It's basically a co-op Half-life.
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Nine Parchments - Top down Magic slinging romp. Similar to the Majica series, but with less knowing how to do certain key-press combos.
Orcs Must Die 2 - 3rd person tower defense where you place traps and use spells and weapons to take down foes. Continues the story of the first game, which did not have multiplayer, unfortunately.
Children of Morta - Top down dungeon crawler. Take on the roles of a family trying to hunt down an ancient evil. Like the Belmont's of Castlevania fame.
Full Metal Furies - Top down action fighter. Fight the Titans as some of the last remaining survivors of Ragnarok. Fun dialing with a good-sized world map to explore.
Astroneer - 3rd person survival crafting on a randomized planet. Cute component designs and a unique air management system. Plays best with a mouse & keyboard.
Deep Rock Galactic - Space Dwarves Corporate mining simulator. You and up to 4 friends drive do into infested planetoids in order to make some Gold. Destructible terrain and shenanigans.
Is there any reason you recommend two specifically over three? I know there is a third Orcs Must Die game but I have no idea if the community considers it "good" or not.
I haven't played the third one co-op yet, unfortunately so I can only assume that it holds up like the second one does.
There's a game on Kickstarter called Outbound. It's in alpha access right now.
The game looks like it's literally Raft in a camper van. Haven't tried it yet but I plan to.
Core Keeper comes out of Early Access soon I think and should be up your alley
Gauntlet
GREAT SUGGESTION
Yellow Wizard Needs Food Badly!
Divinity original sin 1 and 2.
The first one is harder. 2nd one if better to start with. Good fun if you like strategy and storytelling.
portal 2
Definitely this, and make sure you also play the community modules when you've finished the campaign.
I'd highly recommend Stolen Realms. Pretty cheap too
It's a hex grid turn based game. You can have up to 6 characters (difficulty scales per character) and can each control as many in the party as you want. Turns are taken as enemy, and players with the players able to act at the same time so you aren't waiting too long if you are communicating about what you want to do.
It has multiple "classes" with skill tiers that require you to take a few from that "class" but you can spec however you want.
The roguelike mode is very fun for quick sessions and will reward you with a choice of random skills and armors after every fight, but it also saves if you need to go and play later.
BattleZone (the one from like 2016) is surprisingly fun and has optional VR support
As of last week, Cult of the Lamb
I play a lot of couch coop with my kid but adults would enjoy all these too. Most can be found under $20 on Steam and a lot are fairly lightweight games but have good coop mechanics and can be a lot of fun to sit down for an hour or two with.
- Overcooked 1 + 2 (but 2 really is better) you will love or hate it depending on your personalities, nothing in between. We loved it
- Ship of Fools
- Enter the Gungeon
- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
- Moving Out
On Switch
- Cadence of Hyrule
- Don't starve together (only split screen on console not PC... Wtf)
- Pikmin
You should try a wholesome cute game called Bread and Fred!!! It's got penguins!
V Rising - 49.2 Hours
- Online Co-op
- Isometric perspective
- Vampire survival/crafting
- Be a vampire lord with a keep, thralls, blood banks, cast magic, wild shape to a wolf, decorate a castle, posess a horse, make your Castlevania/vampire fantasy come true!
Enshrouded - 123.3 Hours
- Online co-op, 3rd person perspective
- Absolutely beautiful and haunting exploration/survival/crafting/action rpg.
- Early access and already has had large updates
- Wonderful and detailed building system. Will post pics if I remember when I'm at my PC.
Remnant II - 22.5 Hours
- Online co-op, 1st/3rd person
- Soulslike shooter
- Has been quite challenging playing it single player but co-op seems like it could be good with easier progression
Stardew Valley - 252.2 Hours
- 2d Pixel graphics
- Online co-op
- Huge game that has had many updates
- Has been $14.99 since 2016 and will always be $14.99 per the one man developer. All DLC is free and included.
Edit to add: 9 Monkeys of Shaolin - 7.0 Hours
- 2.5D Kung Fu ARPG Brawler
- Open skill system is fun
- It's kung fu. I am not familiar enough with Shaolin staff styles to say if the moves are authentic or not.
Stardew valley has split screen support on PC!
Did not realize that! I can't wait to play with my daughter!
Yep that's perfect. They get to be the "farm hand" and get their own little cottge and everything! You can buy more cottages at the carpenter if you are more than two people.
Remnant 2 is sweet!
Outriders. And a bit more tame but Unravel 2 for in-person.
Og halo was so much fun!
I've used split screen Halo to learn some completely unaware buddies about simple military strategy, such as "QUIT STANDING IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I'M HURLING GRENADES!!1!"
Grab a PS2 emulator and give Kuri Kuri Mix a go.
It's by FromSoft of all people and it seems hardly anyone has heard of it.
Prodeus is still EA, but it has a solid first episode with good Co-op gameplay if you're into retro style shooters.
If you really want to go old school, OG Doom from 1993 and Bungie's Marathon Trilogy(1994-96) support co-op. I haven't tried Doom yet, but you do need to be technical to figure out Marathon co-op.
Halo
You should give Journey to the Savage Planet a try. It's a 2 player 3D platformer metroidvania type game with upgrades and good humor.
Seconded.
The sequel is on the way as well, with local co-op.
Has nobody mentioned Barotrauma? Had a few hundred hours of fun with this, my buddy and I. Especially if you don't mind shit being not very shiny. It is unique, and it keeps on giving.
I couldn't find it mentioned already, but I really loved Vagante. https://store.steampowered.com/app/323220/Vagante/
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