The dynamic between this pairing works well in co-op; one providing the muscle, and Moira her puzzle solving abilities. Nuclear Throne takes frantic bullet hell gameplay and marries it to rougelike game design. In doing so, the game should appeal both to players who love fast paced gunplay and those who favor a more measured, tactical approach. The campaign, which can be played with one friend cooperatively, is brought to life with a host of whimsical characters, each of which can be leveled with new skills as you progress.
Overcooked is frantic. Overcooked is mad. Quite simply, the Overcooked series has some of the most entertaining couch co-op games ever made. Overcooked 2 adds even more insane stages and new recipes for you and your friends to learn. When it comes to pure gameplay, developer Housemarque is a master class in the art. There are few who boast such an accomplished resume, and Alienation is its latest triumph.
Never once, though, does Alienation feel out of control thanks to delicate controls and responsive gameplay. Before Alienation came around, we had Dead Nation, another Housemarque special.
Dead Nation is a twin-stick shooter that boasts the same accomplished design, pretty graphics, and engaging gameplay Housemarque fans have come to expect.
It offers cooperative play through its entire eerie campaign, as well as complete multiplayer specific content. Like the awesome Dead Nation and Alienation before it, Nex Machina is an adrenaline pumping twin-stick shooter that is an absolute joy to play.
Each level is a dazzling 60fps neon light show amid frantic explosions that erupt in glorious detail. Best of all, the entire campaign is playable in coop. Not many people know Child of Light has a cooperative mode, but it is possible to play it through with one a friend taking control of Igniculus, the firefly. EA has been tweaking the FIFA formula for decades, but the game still features couch cooperative gameplay for up to four players.
The sports title that started it all is still producing top-notch football simulations. Ah, the joys of co-operative gaming.
Minecraft provides endless hours of fun and creativity for you and your family and friends who have time to sit down for a quick game. Build a farm together, go spelunking, or defend your homestead from the evil zombies and creepers.
ARK: Survival Evolved pits players against dinosaurs in a prehistoric world that has proven a winning formula among its substantial player base. The entire game can be played as a split screen co-operative experience, and offers a massive world to explore with a buddy. You can spend dozens of hours getting lost in this enormous world, crafting and foraging for supplies to build your base.
The devilishly popular Diablo III made its way to PS4 in , and aside from stunning us with its awesome campaign and online modes, it also features a sweet two-player local cooperative mode. But it gets even better: both of you can simultaneously join an online session from the same console.
Diablo is always a good time. A Way Out is a narrative-driven game with mandatory co-op. You and another friend can play either locally or online to plan a prison break and solve puzzles together in split-screen.
This near-perfect game has to be among the best PS4 couch co-op games. Salt and Sanctuary is a beautifully animated 2D Souls-like. Its gameplay is brutally challenging, but not unfairly so, and the game is tied together by a haunting atmosphere. Best of all, you can enjoy the entirety of its or-so hour campaign cooperatively with a buddy. Similarly to those titles, Resogun draws heavily from arcade classics such as Defender, modernizing and iterating on the same addictive gameplay loop.
Players battle enemies and rescue trapped humans in a cylindrical world. The aesthetic is vibrant and colorful, running at a buttery smooth 60fps. The frantic gameplay can be enjoyed cooperatively to the beat of its rocking score, and chaos is the name of the game.
Enter the Gungeon is a mashup of roguelike level design, twin stick shooting, and mad bullet hell dodging. There are four playable characters that each start with a different weapon setup, and progression is all about collecting an arsenal of over different weapons.
High-paced action and fun always has a place among the best couch co-op games on PS4 to play with friends. Stikbold tasks you with evading incoming dodgeballs thrown by opponents, and returning fire and knocking them out of the game. Get your friend by your side and prepare to take on your arch nemeses also known as your other friends. However, your character can only be seen when they step into the light.
Spots of light are few and far between in the arenas, and this makes for tons of sneaking and tactical eliminations on your friends. Team up with a friend and take on whoever dares challenge you. Secret of Mana is a straight-up story-driven experience that you and your friends can take on together. This PS4 remake of the SNES classic gives the visuals a much-needed work-over, adds in some Quality of Life improvements to how the game handles, and even given the soundtrack a bit of work.
A JRPG that you can play with others is always a good time. The pixelated indie action RPG was a massive hit when it launched, marrying an iconic bit style with modern mechanics. Instead, upgrades, new weapons, and abilities are determined by the progress made by the first player. While that is somewhat frustrating, the competence of its gameplay and the sleekness of its design still make for a great couch co-op experience. The game features local co-op, allowing you to traverse its gorgeous 2D landscapes with a friend, fighting fantastical bosses and solving environmental puzzles along the way.
Never Alone is an adorable puzzle platformer about an Alaskan girl and her pet fox. However, you can team up with a friend via couch co-op, and gather materials together to build a home in a dangerous land to survive. While single player follows the story of an AI tester progressing through the ranks of a corporate robotic company, coop abandons this story for 40 purpose-built local multiplayer levels. Things start easy, but quickly get tricky, employing some very clever level design to keep you on your toes.
Once things begin to click, though, the head scratching gives way to high-fiving, and Death Squared is an absolute blast. Announced as a surprise release during E3 , Unravel Two brings Yarny back with a blue friend who can be controlled by a player next to you.
One player is the pilot, one controls the shields, and the other two control the four guns. The only way to survive is through intense coordination. Thankfully, since it's a couch co-op experience, shouting orders back and forth with your crew is an intergalactic piece of cake.
If you've ever enjoyed producing crafts with construction paper, then this unexpectedly fun, family-friendly shape-making game is for you. Snipperclips Plus is all about cutting and trimming objects to make particular shapes that'll allow you to complete a wide variety of objectives, like popping balloons and rotating gears. The game's core levels are built for one to two players, though there are four-player multiplayer modes that allow a quartet of friends to get crafty.
There are a lot of indie games that play like the Metroid and Castlevania series, but Guacamelee! It's a luchador-themed platformer-brawler with verve, which is evident in its wild animations and zany art direction.
Add Guacamelee! Harkening back to the ye olde days of film-grain-riddled Mickey Mouse cartoons, the s-inspired Cuphead is a visual treat as well as a genuinely exciting game. Beyond its sumptuous visuals, Cuphead delivers a tough and immensely satisfying gameplay experience via a uniquely punishing brand of bullet hell mayhem. Playing co-op doubles the challenge by giving bosses more health, so for masochists who want to brave this beast of a game together, know that no title on this list might test a friendship as much as this one.
This Mario Bros. It's familiar and incredibly fun. Nintendo has perfected the art of creating safe, enjoyable products the whole family can get behind, and New Super Mario Bros. If you have a group of four in need of a Nintendo Switch game that's easy to pick up and play, look no further. In many ways, Resident Evil 6 is the pinnacle of cinematic action-adventure horror games.
It blends its genres with skill and, at times, even manages to sell the idea that you're trapped in a wildly fun B-movie. That fun is doubled when you bring a friend along for the ride, since the game offers a two-player co-op for all four of its lengthy campaigns. Few cinematic gaming experiences offer the bang for the buck that RE6 provides, and even fewer can do it all in a co-op like this one. Photograph: Hazelight. Photograph: SMG Studio. Photograph: Curve Digital.
Photograph: Team Photograph: Hypersect. Photograph: Contingent99 Humble Bundle. There are loads of great multiplayer games on PS4, so you have plenty of options when you want to kick back with your friends or family. Here are 10 top PS4 couch co-op games chosen from a range of genres, so no matter what you're into, there'll be something here for you. We've also included a top tip for some of the games, so you can help each other complete your goals, or, in FIFA's case, score some goals.
Read Story. Gang Beasts. Gang Beasts is a physics-based beat 'em up that pits four players against each other in a bunch of multiplayer stages.
To win, you need to punch, kick and throw your opponents off platforms, with the last player standing declared the winner. You can play 2 Vs 2 football matches and four players can even team up to battle thugs. The physics and character animations are what make Gang Beasts so magnificent to play. They're hilarious and often result in incredibly tense moments, as you try to cling on and stay in the game. It's an essential purchase for anyone with a PS4 and a couple of friends willing to throw down.
Top tip: One great move that every player should know is the backflip kick. Press X on your controller to jump and, as quickly as you can, follow it up by pressing Square to kick.
This will unleash a devastating backflip kick that will knock your opponent out cold. It's one of the most effective moves in the game, so make sure you know how to use it in a scrap. Rayman Legends. The critically-acclaimed Rayman Legends is as fun as it is challenging.
Rayman Legends is a 2D side-scroller that allows up to four players to work together, or against each other. The main goal is to reach the end of each stage, but along the way you can also hit your partner and impede their progress to try to get a higher score than them.
It's colourful, challenging and lots of fun. Top tip: The best way to get ahead in the game is to always stay close together.
That's because you'll constantly need to pop your friend to revive them and you can also punch them in the air to gather the collectibles that are harder to reach. In other words, don't go bounding off ahead unless you want a much harder time completing each stage. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. Playstation VR adds an extra dynamic to this thrilling game.
To play, one player needs to wear the PSVR headset and relay information about the bomb to the others in the room. This information is then used to find the relevant sections in the bomb disposal guide, which gives instructions on how to deactivate it. It's extremely challenging and perhaps the most cerebral game on this list. Co-op, the number of players is only limited by how many people can see the manual. This ingenious ''asymmetrical' PS VR multiplayer game has one player using the headset to tackle a ticking bomb, while the others desperately use the supplied manual to search for clues on how to defuse it.
Tense, original, and a perfect night in with friends. Grab ropes, bombs, eggplants and whatever else you need to make a perfect run through the caverns of Spelunky 2 with a fellow adventurer. Best played with: Someone who doesn't mind sharing their stash of bombs and isn't going to upset the shopkeeper. Join the newest bloom in the age-old battle between plants and zombies with 20 fully customizable classes at launch, including a Team Play class for each faction.
Bring the unique abilities of each character class to six PvP modes, including the new Battle Arena with two-player split screen across all game modes. It's a big game to explore but players can drop-in and drop-out as desired. The sequel to 's brilliant luchador-themed combat platformer lets you bring a chum along for the ride. Unlock abilities, grapple all manner of monsters and restore order to your homeland.
Capcom's illustrious fighting franchise is at the top of its game with the feature and character-filled Arcade version. There's a fighter and style to fit everyone's taste, while the game's colourful visuals will entertain curious onlookers. As long as you'd like - Outward is a vast adventure, but co-op play is drop-in, drop-out. Set out into an immense, sprawling wilderness and battle raiders, monsters, brutal weather conditions and even hunger and disease as you carve your own legend in the land of Aurai.
Friends can drop in at any time with their own character to help conquer dungeons, haul back loot or simply wander the world. Each match is five minutes of mayhem. Best played with: Your most reliable teammates and your greatest rivals. Play for free. Sessions should be no more than a few minutes.
Best played with: someone who can sing along with the iconic soundtrack. Buy now. An average level is about 20 minutes The Knitted Knight returns to take on the dastardly machinations of Vex and his warped aspirations for Craftworld. Best played with: A few family and friends. Best played with: The trigger-happy tactician who's always got your back. Put aside at least an hour.
Best played with: Someone who gets you. Best played with: People who prefer a relaxing game session. Best played with: People you can trust! A single match should take no more than five minutes. Best played with: Your most competitive friends. Around three minutes per race. Best played with: Friends who love their kart racing fast, fun and colourful. Stay sharp and you could be battling for over an hour.
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