TOP-100: Best Co-op Games in 2025

Overcooked 2 turns gamers into chefs who must quickly prepare extraordinary orders from visitors and thereby... save the world. It would seem that cutting cabbage, frying meat and washing dishes are not the most fun activities, but Team17 makes even them exciting.

If the game starts with the simplest tasks, which even a single player can handle, then with each new level the dishes become more and more elaborate, and cooking requires coordinated work. The locations also present surprises: you will have to cook between two constantly moving trucks, then on a slippery ice floe, then on board a ship rocking on the waves. All this made Overcooked 2 a hit that sold millions of copies.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is a first-person cooperative action game where you can only survive thanks to close-knit teamwork. In the game, gamers will plunge into an endless slaughter with hordes of evil spirits, in which you need to skillfully swing your weapon and insure your partners.

To ensure that the endless battle does not tire gamers, the developers actively support the game by adding new professions, climate conditions and cosmetic items — and the seasons change periodically, throwing new challenges to the fighters.

A Way Out is the second project by Josef Fares in the collection after It Takes Two. The game, released in 2018, impressed many players. Leo and Vincent had to endure all sorts of adversity: the partners escaped from prison, came under heavy fire, hid from persecution and never forgot about those they loved for a moment.

At the same time, gamers often had to argue and make choices, as well as participate in fun mini-games. The advantages include a gripping story, which, although not quite the star, still shocks with a touching ending. A Way Out is an absolute must have for fans of cooperative games.

Far Cry 5 has everything that gamers loved the series for: a huge sandbox with many outposts, crazy characters with crazy tasks and hundreds of ways to entertain yourself. Playing the game alone is fun, but cooperative play will give you much more pleasant emotions.

At the same time, buying Far Cry 5 is a good investment, because the main story alone takes about 17 hours, and you can explore the entire world endlessly.

The Crew 2 is a fun racing game in which gamers will compete on the road, water surface and sky expanses. The project also has a large seamless world open for exploration. You can drive around the map and participate in races alone or in a company of up to four people. The Crew 2 is full of advantages: the game is praised for its excellent graphics, realistic physics and a huge number of activities.

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State of Decay 2 is a survival game that doesn’t focus on specifics of the genre. To survive, you will have to collect supplies, build a community, find allies, develop a base and, of course, fight zombies. However, the scariest thing in the game is people: both other communities and comrades who share your shelter can cause trouble.

State of Decay 2 constantly keeps players on edge: it is impossible to completely secure the camp, the resources running out in the area force you to go further and further, and the dangers do not become less. Fortunately, you can survive adversity in the company of reliable friends.

Monster Hunter: World is the best-selling game in Capcom history, selling over 14 million copies. But the Japanese corporation's portfolio includes such titles as Resident Evil and Street Fighter. The creation about monster hunters has many advantages: take at least an impressive bestiary, verified gameplay, cute cat cooks and a well-developed lore. And you can also play Monster Hunter: World with friends.

Of course, at first you need to get used to the Japanese project, but do not doubt: soon the game will draw you in completely, and after a hundred hours your hand will automatically reach for the large-scale DLC Iceborn.

Frantics is a PlayStation exclusive that must be played on mobile phones, and not gamepads. The game has many exciting mini-games, which can be won not only by skill, but also by cunning. No one forbids you to set up a friend at the last moment and snatch the desired victory. There are many activities in Frantics, the game does not require special preparation and is great as entertainment for a company. The main thing is that everyone knows how to lose and maintains a sense of humor.

Raft is still in early access, but has already earned the status of a phenomenon game. According to the plot, the heroes come to their senses on a raft in the middle of the ocean: it would seem that there is no hope of salvation,but savvy gamers will probably not only manage to survive, but also settle down well, while fighting off the bloodthirsty fauna.

Raft is considered one of the best games in the survival genre, which combines the spirit of adventure and many deep mechanics: from construction and crafting to underwater hunting. The developers regularly add something new to the game, and gamers have already forgotten that there was no full release.

Divinity: Original Sin 2 — one of the best isometric RPGs in history. Among the game's advantages are excellent graphics, a deep combat system, sophisticated leveling and a dramatic story. The quests are also well-designed: anyone who completes the task of Louse's partner will be tormented by moral dilemmas for a long time.

Larian managed to create a masterpiece, the passage of which will take about 100 hours. And if you want more, you can also appreciate the first part — it is also very good. It seems that only the upcoming Baldur's Gate 3 can outshine the dilogy.

Released in 2017, Super Mario Odyssey sold over ten million copies in a year and became one of Nintendo's main exclusives. In the game, gamers will challenge the insidious villain Bowser: to win, they will have to solve puzzles, defeat thousands of enemies, and collect hundreds of Moons. A second player can help in this difficult journey, who will become... a cap. Don't worry, the gameplay for it is fun.

Dedicated Mario fans will especially enjoy the levels inspired by previous games in the series. If you have a Nintendo Switch, then purchasing Super Mario Odyssey is a must.

Sniper Elite 4 is the perfect game about a sniper, which combines both meditative tactical gameplay and dynamic battles. In order to liberate the countries captured by the Nazis, the hero will have to explore the terrain, mark targets and systematically eliminate them with a sniper rifle, masking the shots behind the noise of explosions or flying planes. However, some tasks require infiltrating the enemy's rear and, for example, mining something right under his nose or clearing out an outpost with a machine gun in hand.

An elite fighter can cope with any task alone, but the help of a loyal comrade will not be superfluous. Just be prepared that the enemies will give a particularly serious rebuff to a pair of snipers.

Could Hidetaka Miyazaki (Hidetaka Miyazaki) to think that the experimental Demon's Souls will create a new popular genre that will immerse millions of gamers in a world of beautiful suffering. Many fans consider Dark Souls 3 to be the master's pinnacle of creativity, which combines a well-developed lore, magnificent locations, a wide variety of enemies and high difficulty. Although if some boss seems insurmountable to you, you can call a friend for help and together with him give the evil spirits a kick in the pants.

You can go to meet the dangers in a company of up to four people, although calling them into your world is not so easy: first you need to get to the Temple and buy White Chalk there.

When released, No Man's Sky shocked gamers with its terrible state: the gameplay was tiring, eighteen quintillion planets were terribly monotonous, and the list of unfulfilled promises was outrageous in size. Fortunately, the developers did not despair, but took up fixing the errors — and they succeeded. No Man's Sky may not have become a masterpiece, but it is definitely not embarrassing to play.

The game has a huge amount of content, so if you like the space setting, the spirit of exploration, resource collection and constant development, you should definitely take a closer look at it.

Sid Meier's Civilization 6 can captivate you for a long time both in confrontation with AI and in competition with real players. Gathering friends on a single server, choosing your favorite faction and trying to be the first to achieve triumph is an exciting undertaking.

When setting up a joint campaign, you can choose scenarios that will significantly diversify the process. And the developers have also significantly improved the technical component: now the host's crash will not have catastrophic consequences.

If you prefer uncompromising action to intellectual battles, then take a closer look at Killing Floor 2. In the cooperative shooter, you can rush through various locations and tear into pieces countless enemies: from ordinary zombies to huge powerful creatures.

The gameplay of Killing Floor 2 is highly dynamic: opponents do not leave the fighters alone for a minute, and the challenges only become more serious. You can hold back the advancing hordes of monsters in a company of up to six people.

Don't Starve Together is a stylish game with unusual graphics. Gamers will have to fight strange enemies, explore a procedurally generated world, extract resources, craft powerful equipment and, of course, provide the heroes with food, taking care of their own farm. The longer you survive in an inhospitable world, the more it will want to finish you off.

The brainchild of Klei Entertainment has become an incredible hit, which has about 170 thousand reviews, 96 percent of which are positive. Take a closer look at Don't Starve Together: the game is a real emerald among cooperative entertainment.

Stardew Valley is a farming simulator that has been enjoyed by over 10 million people. Perhaps you should also check out this unusual project. According to the plot, a group of friends inherits one of five farms and must turn a withering, weed-filled area into a thriving area.

To achieve the goal, gamers will have to communicate with NPCs, start a family and children, fish, cook, do crafts, and even explore huge mines. Only in words does the game seem simple — in fact, each mechanic is deep and well-developed.

Dying Light maintains a brisk pace throughout the entire story campaign. Perhaps the game lacks a clear story, but this shortcoming is compensated by a variety of cool mechanics. If you like Techland's brainchild, then pay attention to the add-ons: the developers did a great job with them.

Rocket League is a competitive game that offers to plunge into the most unusual football match in your life. Instead of traditional athletes, cars drive onto the field, which must roll a huge ball into the opponent's goal. You can win and suffer the bitterness of defeat both with random players and with friends. Last year, the project became free. Are there any reasons left to ignore Rocket League?

The world of Magicka 2 may be colorful, but it has plenty of villainy and horror. Insidious wizards have destroyed a great city, and hostile creatures are trampling the land — only four brave magicians with an impressive number of spells in their arsenal can fix the situation. Just don't forget, when you turn another location into a scorched field, that "friendly fire" works in Magicka 2, which means that both enemies and allies can fall victim to your magic.

Divinity: Original Sin is an old-school RPG, which means it will feature tactical turn-based combat, exploration of a huge open world, and the ability to interact with any objects and characters. In some ways, the game can be called an attempt to “digitize” the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.

The main character is a seeker of the Source, ancient and forbidden magic. Someone committed a murder with its help, and the investigation of this case will lead us to the most unexpected places. There are no restrictions — go anywhere, communicate with any characters and solve problems in the most unusual ways.

Valuable loot, spell and skill combinations, countless ways to interact with the game world — there's even a video online of players killing one of the bosses by smashing paintings into him using telekinesis.

So if you're looking for a project that allows you to show your ingenuity and out-of-the-box thinking, Divinity: Original Sin and its sequel are what you need. The game can be played both online and in local co-op.