Co-op games for different skill levels: 25 of the 48 games in our role notes give the newer player real help. Who should take which seat, and why.
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Co-op finder for every platform
Two on the couch tonight? Find a game you can both play.
270 games with players per console, split-screen, online and Remote Play, read from the Xbox, Nintendo, PlayStation and Steam stores. The same game can take four players on one console and two on another, and every page shows which.
Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment via PlayStation Store · Image: Electronic Arts via Microsoft Store
Pick your console
Games where a store lists play on one console. Store data checked Oct 18, 2026.
- PS561games with local play
- Xbox Series X|S124games with local play
- Switch 237games with local play
- Switch153games with local play
- PC (Steam)136games with local play
120 games list four or more players on at least one console. Our data
Tonight on Switch 2
Two or more on one Switch 2, per Nintendo.com.
Image: Electronic Arts via Microsoft StoreLocal2It Takes TwoIn our guide
Image: Team17 Digital Ltd via Microsoft StoreLocal4Overcooked! 2In our guide
Image: Electronic Arts via Microsoft StoreLocal2Split FictionIn our guide
Image: Nintendo via NintendoLocal4Super Mario Bros. WonderIn our guide
Image: Nintendo via NintendoLocal2Donkey Kong BananzaIn our guide
Image: Nintendo via NintendoLocal2Hyrule Warriors: Age of ImprisonmentIn our guide
Image: Indoor Astronaut via NintendoLocal8Unrailed 2: Back on TrackIn our guide
Image: Dotemu via Microsoft StoreLocal4Marvel Cosmic InvasionIn our guide
Image: Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. via Microsoft StoreLocal6DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
Image: Nintendo via NintendoLocal4Animal Crossing: New Horizons
With a kid
Co-op with an ESRB E or E10+ rating.
Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment via PlayStation StoreLocal4Sackboy: A Big AdventureIn our guideImage: Team17 via Microsoft StoreLocal4Moving Out 2In our guide
Image: Nintendo via NintendoLocal8Luigi's Mansion 3In our guide
Image: Nintendo via NintendoLocal4Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's FuryIn our guide
Image: Nintendo via NintendoLocal4SnipperclipsIn our guide
Just the two of you
Co-op that stops at two players on one console.
Image: Nintendo via NintendoLocal2Donkey Kong Country: Tropical FreezeIn our guide
Image: Nintendo via NintendoLocal2Pikmin 3 DeluxeIn our guide
Image: Studio MDHR via Microsoft StoreLocal2CupheadIn our guide
Image: META Publishing via Microsoft StoreLocal2Biped
Image: Atari, Infogrames via Microsoft StoreLocal2Bread & Fred
Image: Nintendo via NintendoLocal2Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Four on the sofa
Four or more on one console.
- Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment via PlayStation StoreLocal4Sackboy: A Big AdventureIn our guide
Image: KONAMI via Microsoft StoreLocal4Contra: Operation GalugaIn our guide
Image: 505 Games via Microsoft StoreLocal8TerrariaIn our guide
Couch co-op from two homes
Steam Remote Play Together: one copy, a friend joins online.
Image: The Game Bakers via Microsoft StoreLocal2HavenIn our guide
Image: Valve via SteamLocal✓Portal 2In our guide
Guides
Play Together
Co-Op Games to Play With Kids: 120 Rated E or E10+
Co-op games to play with kids: 120 games with local co-op where every store rating is E or E10+. 73 of them seat four or more players on one console.
12 min read
Couch co-op games for couples: 49 games whose same-console count stops at two, rated T or lower. Only 8 of them say split-screen in a store's own text.
11 min read
Switch 2 local co-op games: 37 of the 42 Switch 2 listings we track show two or more players on one console. Stardew Valley, oddly, lists just one.
11 min read
Co-op Explained
Steam Remote Play Together Explained: One Copy, 127 Games
Image: Valve via SteamSteam Remote Play Together: one player owns and runs the game, friends join online. 127 games in our data carry it, and 47 list no other Steam online play.
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Co-op Explained
Split Screen vs Shared Screen: 2 Stores, One Label for Both
Split screen vs shared screen: Xbox and Steam print one label for both, and Nintendo and PlayStation print neither. Only 24 of 270 games name split.
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Co-op games coming soon
- SwitchClimber Buddies Crazy Animals2 on one console, per the store
- Switch 2Beyond the Dark: Nightwatch2 on one console, per the store
- Switch 2Beyond the Dark: Nightwatch Friend's Pass2 on one console, per the store
- SwitchCalcium Chaos4 on one console, per the store
- Switch 2FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves - STANDARD Edition2 on one console, per the store
- Switch 2FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves - STARTER Edition2 on one console, per the store
- Switch 2Nintendo Switch Sports Resort™4 on one console, per the store
- SwitchSolo Shift! Karaoke2 on one console, per the store