40 Amazingly Addictive Couch Co-Op Games

Set against the bittersweet backdrop of a couple going through a divorce, this innovative love letter to co-op gaming is bursting at the seams with ideas. May and Cody find themselves transformed into dolls and must race to reach their daughter Rose. Every level features a new set of co-op mechanics and inventive puzzles to overcome. Designed as a two-player game (there’s no single-player), It Takes Two is a comical roller coaster ride that embraces cooperative gameplay like no other.

2 players can take a journey together at home or online.

Waddling around honking, stealing objects, and tormenting the inhabitants of a sleepy rural village sounds like a strange premise for a game, and it is. But role-playing as an annoying goose turns out to be incredibly fun. Winding people up with your antics to complete challenges proves surprisingly satisfying, and adding a partner in crime allows you to ramp up the mayhem and work together to really bug folks.  

2 players can honk and annoy at home.

Imagine if Portal was isometric, starred adorable cubes, and lacked the titular portals and you have Death Squared. Seriously, the game even has a snarky narrator who endearingly gives you guff as you fail and succeed in levels. It's a charming puzzle game that's not afraid to make tickling your brain a cute, funny endeavor.

2 to 4 people can team up to solve puzzles.

This is the perfect game for cooperative duos in need of a complex puzzler. Its bizarrely entertaining physics force you and a friend to wage war on your controllers to get your blobby avatars up and moving. The physics ensures that navigating simple stages is never as straightforward as it seems. If you play on PC, you can build your own levels and play other players' creations too.

2 players can team up at home (8 can team up online).

Calling all chefs for some culinary co-op chaos! This release includes the original game and Overcooked 2, fully remastered and bundled with fresh content to serve you more than 200 challenging levels. Work together in wacky, themed kitchens to feed hordes of hungry customers before time runs out. Frenetic and often hilarious, you must resist the urge to shout at your teammates and find a way to coordinate smoothly if you want to succeed.

2 to 4 players can cook together at home or online.

Indie games don't get much more frenetic and fun than this one. Your job is to try and take control of a checkerboard by playing as a moving tile that shoots other tiles. It's super simple, but the skill ceiling is really high. You can play with up to four people locally and fight each other in two-person teams, or cooperatively tackle the game's insane arcade mode (two players only). It supports all of these co-op modes online too.

2 to 4 players can team up or battle each other in 2-person teams.

Expect laughs aplenty as teams of heavily armed invertebrates battle to the death in this long-running series. Selecting correctly from a vast arsenal and aiming carefully as the seconds tick away is key to emerging victorious from the destructible 2D maps. Easy to grasp, with a quirky sense of humor, the near misses, accidental discharges, and friendly fire make Worms W.M.D. a hilarious couch competition. Of the recent releases, this comes closest to the series’ high point, Worms Armageddon.

2 to 6 players can throw down at home or online.

This dungeon crawler sets itself apart with its emphasis on magic and speed. Pixels fly and tensions run high, which may not be a fun thing for all players, but fans of craziness will love it. It's a difficult game, so be sure whichever friend you play with is ready to cooperatively overcome frustration.

2 players can dungeon-crawl together.

Unravel Two is a side-scrolling platformer starring two tiny sentient yarn creatures who must traverse the large, scary world we humans live in. The two yarnies, as they're called, depend on each other's stringy bodies to perform various acrobatic feats and avoid obstacles, such as animals and other natural hazards. While it sometimes struggles to make its puzzles and challenges intuitive, the game's gorgeous graphics and heartfelt two-player design make up for any shortcomings.

2 players can platform together.

Can you slice and dice your friends with a boomerang before they end you? Find out in this frenetic physics-based party game that pits avocado against bacon (and a bunch of other foodstuffs) for messy combat in a series of hazardous arenas. Lightning reflexes, a killer instinct, and luck with power-ups are essential to emerge victorious. Versatile setup makes this customizable action game endless fun.

2 to 4 people can pulverize their pals.

Who can resist a frantic couch co-op brawler starring spiders with laser swords? This dazzling physics-based platform battle to the death feels like a fast-paced Worms. Spiders can crawl, web sling, and wear cute hats. There is plenty of deadly weaponry to find. Working together to defeat waves of bizarre enemies is addictive fun, but the tweakable versus mode is also great.

2 to 4 players can team up or face off at home or online. 

If you've played a Mario Kart game, you'll instantly get this cooperative kart racing game. It has team play, letting players divide into groups of two or three in order to outrace foes as a pack. It also encourages trading items mid-race with allies and using their speed to increase your own, meaning an eagerness to help squadmates is mandatory to score first place. It's an exciting, innovative co-op racer built for gamers who know that teamwork makes the dream work.

Up to 4 players can race together.