TOP-100: Best Co-op Games in 2025

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is a spin-off of the legendary Borderlands series. However, this time the heroes do notyou will have to search for Vaults and fight with maniacs like Handsome Jack. According to the plot, they were locked in the lair of the crazy Tiny Tina, who offers to play a local version of Dungeon and Dragons. At the same time, the lady herself will take on the role of the master.

Even though the setting has changed, Wonderlands retains the series' features. The heroes are divided into several unique classes, evil spirits like banshees and skeletons run around the fanciful locations, and you can exterminate monsters with the help of thousands of original guns. Don't be surprised if you find yourself holding a machine gun that flies out a pistol on wings when reloading.

At the same time, the fairy-tale setting untied the developers' hands and allowed them to fill the game with many memorable moments. Gamers will have to be sad after the unexpected deaths of key characters and laugh a lot at jokes like showdowns with the ocean. And the villain turned out to be interesting: he understands that he is inside a board game, and desperately tries to go beyond the assigned role.

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is fun to play even alone, but the game really comes into its own in co-op. There is nothing more fun than getting together a group of four friends and going into the world of Tiny Tina.

LEGO games are considered children's entertainment in vain. In fact, projects about people made of blocks can greatly entertain even an adult gamer, and Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga proves it. This is not surprising, because the game includes all nine episodes of the cult saga, and you can take control of all the famous characters — from Anakin, Luke and Darth Vader to the Mandalorian.

At first glance, the gameplay is simple. The heroes run around recognizable locations like Tatooine and Coruscant, beat up enemies, look for blue blocks, turn mountains of cubes into ornate buildings, and so on. However, in reality, the process is extremely addictive — you can chop up stormtroopers with a lightsaber and mock them with the Force endlessly. In addition, the environment breaks down into parts so beautifully that it is simply impossible to stop breaking everything.

In the end, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga looks great. It would seem that the world is built from cubes, but the artists did such a cool job that during the game you want to stop every now and then and stare at the water surface of Naboo.

Serious Sam: Tormental is an interesting roguelike that can be played with a friend. According to the plot, Sam was looking for Mental's weaknesses, but ended up in the enemy's mind. To get out of the alien invader's mind and figure out how to defeat him, the hero will have to run through many levels and destroy an unprecedented number of creatures.

Serious Sam: Tormental is not an outstanding roguelike, but it is fun to play in a group. Along the way, you will encounter recognizable enemies, you can deal with them with signature weapons like cannons with cannonballs, and you will be able to take control of more than just Sam. Netrix, Bad Bulb, and a couple of other characters are also available. In general, if you like roguelikes, co-op, and cool Sam, you will not find better games.

If you prefer first-person shooters, check out another spin-off about Sam. In Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem the hero will find himself in the Siberian wilderness: snow-covered trees everywhere, crumbling huts with carpets on the walls and majestic churches — the idyll is spoiled only by an army of alien monsters. However, Sam now has a Kalashnikov and a Perun sniper crossbow, so the problem is solvable.

Siberian Mayhem was developed by Russian developers who used to make mods. Surprisingly, the newcomers managed to create an excellent game that is more fun than the fourth part. The Siberian spin-off surpasses Serious Sam 4 in many ways: in the picturesqueness of locations, the staging of battles, the epicness of episodes like the battle on a mech, and so on.

In the end, the game even has a cool boss fight with a multi-phase boss. But the fourth part ended with a mediocre battle with an ordinary enemy, albeit a strengthened one.

It's cool that you can complete Siberian Mayhem in a company. In battles with paired bosses, this will make life much easier, because each player will be able to take on one creature.

In the fall of 2022, Grounded left early access and gave players another high-quality "survivalist" that can captivate them for several dozen hours. The main characters wake up in a strange place and find themselves in a "reduced" form. The lawn has become a real forest for them, the spiders have grown and grown to the size of a bus, and a small pond in the backyard of the house has become a deep and dangerous lake.

We have to find out the reason for the reduction, survive in the world of insects, build a base, create equipment and, finally, return to the previous size. You can do this alone, but in the company of three friends, the game is much more fun. There was room for bosses, skill upgrades, and collectibles.

In general, Grounded tries to be a standard "survival" in an interesting setting, with a lot of content and unique mechanics. And it does it very well.

V Rising is a great mix of RPG, slasher and survival, seasoned with an interesting setting. Add to this a great start in early access, interesting mechanics, as well as flexible server settings and you get one of the most addictive projects of 2022. With an adjustment for early access, of course.

We play as an awakened vampire. But the local inhabitants are not happy about this. You have to get resources, build a vampire castle and drink all the rebellious ones — from ordinary opponents to bosses who will share their special abilities with the blood. You will have to fight with peasants, vampire hunters, and opponents in the form of black magicians and necromancers.

The blood system deserves special attention. This liquid is vital for vampires. It is used to restore health and to obtain powerful buffs. Each enemy in the game has its own type and quality of blood — from zero to one hundred percent. And players will have to hunt for opponents with the purest and most powerful blood to obtain the best buffs. However, no one is stopping you from catching a deer, just to satisfy your hunger.

More pros: a large and detailed world, an interesting crafting and equipment system based on the "Power Level" of equipment, a dynamic combat system and the ability to go on a journey with friends or confront other vampires. The game cannot boast of a plot, but it perfectly maintains the gothic atmosphere of vampire realities. And flexible server settings will allow you to avoid problems with grinding or long crafting.

SpiderHeck is based on several simple, but extremely addictive mechanics: physicsmain characters and weapons, a roguelike system of bonuses and boosters between rounds, as well as a variety of arsenal, maps and opponents. And the ability to cling to walls and shoot webs — we are spiders after all!

First of all, this is a game about confrontation between players: appear on the map, grab a weapon and destroy the opponents first. The main thing is not to hurt yourself with an awkward throw of a lightsaber or a grenade hit.

An equally interesting cooperative mode, in which players join forces against waves of monsters. Between waves, you can choose a power-up, such as more frequent weapon spawns, powerful jumps, or slowing down time after killing mobs. Fast rounds, chaos on the screen, and cries of "hey, who threw a sword at me?!" are guaranteed.

Many games allow you to furnish your home, but in Hell is Others — this is one of the main mechanics, revealed from an unusual side. The main character, Adam Smithson, lives in an apartment high above the Century. His faithful companion, the bonsai, like everything else in this city, feeds on blood. Therefore, we will have to descend into the dark streets again and again, replenishing supplies.

Together with other players, we will explore the city, fight and get supplies to furnish the apartment and plant new plants. The latter, in exchange for generous watering with blood, will bear fruit with various ammunition, for example, ricochet or silent. Other interior items also give Adam new features and advantages.

Each descent into the city is a big risk. Various monsters can appear from any corner, and other players will not miss the opportunity to profit from your loot. You can't linger in the city for too long, otherwise you risk getting stuck there, not having time to find the elevator and return home.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge diligently plays on nostalgia and strives to give exactly those feelings that we got from games from the nineties and noughties. The developers describe their project as "a tribute to classic games about turtles, such as Turtles in Time".

The gameplay is based on classic combat mechanics and has been brought to perfection by the efforts of the developers. We fight our way to victory through tons of enemies, using combo attacks, special skills and the fighting style of each character.

The plot is classic — Bebop and Rocksteady decided to attack Channel Six and steal nightmarish devices to bring to life the insidious plans of Krang and Shredder. You will have to fight in many familiar locations, meet enemies known from cartoons and early projects, and also enjoy pixel graphics and the atmosphere of the original ninja turtles in the company of up to 4 players.

Dying Light 2 Stay Human is a direct continuation of Dying Light, which has already appeared in our selection. 20 years have passed since the events of the first part, almost the entire world has been destroyed by a virus, and the remnants of humanity are huddled in dilapidated cities, fighting for life with zombies every day.

The main character is a Pilgrim named Aiden. People like him move between cities, delivering supplies and messages, risking their lives, making their way through hordes of infected. The brave man arrives in the last major city of Villedor, whose fate the player will have to decide, determine its appearance and find answers to many questions.

The developers tried to take into account the flaws of the first part, remove unclear elements and pump up the mechanics that the players liked. Parkour has become more interesting and varied, the new system of zombie damage will appeal to everyone who loves "meat", the world has become larger, and the vertical gameplay can really be called verticalm.

I would like to separately note the ability to "pump up" the city: by capturing various objects, we can give them to one of the groups, and this will affect which objects appear on the map and what bonuses the player will receive.

The Wild West, Tesla punk and vampires — this is how you can describe the setting of Evil West. In this shooter, we will defend the United States and, using revolvers, Tesla gauntlets and other gadgets, we will go shoot evil spirits all over America. You will have to explore various locations, improve weapons and equipment, discover new abilities and destroy the plans of bloodsuckers.

Evil West is a project that understands its role perfectly well and does not try to jump above its head. There is only you, various weapons and crowds of vampires. And this approach works — at the beginning of the tenth decade, this game could well have become a contender for the game of the year.

Decent graphics, dynamic "meat grinder" gameplay and co-op for two. The game can be completed in a few evenings: it knows exactly when to end so as not to get bored and give a high-quality and rich gameplay.

In Ready or Not, gamers will have to become special forces who go out on the most dangerous calls. If a bomb is planted somewhere or hostages are taken, we will have to solve the issue. At the same time, don’t even hope to fly into the room and shoot everyone in the spirit of Call of Duty. We are talking about a realistic game, where one terrorist can finish off the entire squad.

To complete the mission, the fighters must act extremely carefully: control the space, watch the rear, and attack the terrorists suddenly. Tactical dexterity is the only thing that will lead to victory.

See a lot of doors? Block a couple so that no one comes from the rear. Is there a room with enemies ahead? Throw a smoke grenade there. Got into a shootout? Hide behind a shield. However, it is almost impossible to take everything into account, so rest assured: the special forces will die a heroic death more than once.

In addition, Ready or Not often throws up surprises. The squad can open a door and blow itself up — it turns out that it was mined. Or run into a criminal who makes it clear with his whole appearance that he surrenders, and then suddenly pulls out a gun and starts shooting. Or go to a locked door and catch an olive from a terrorist standing on the other side who heard a suspicious noise.

In Thunder Tier One, gamers will once again become special forces. However, this time the camera has risen closer to the sky, and the events unfold in a fictional post-Soviet country where terrorists feel like masters of the world. Four brave soldiers will have to figure out their plans, deal with the leaders and save the world from disaster. This is not easy.

Thunder Tier One can be played in the spirit of Rambo: immediately start a shootout, do not hide from anyone and open doors with grenades. However, if this approach is viable in the starting missions, then by the middle of the game it will cause death.

It is wiser to act quietly. Go around crowds, synchronously shoot villains with guns with silencers, study the terrain with drones, look into openings with cameras, and so on. Tactics will often help you get out of the water dry.

The authors should be praised separately for the development of the environment. Despite the view from above, the locations are arranged as if we are talking about a military designer simulator. There are even documents lying around on the tables that can be read in replay mode.

The events of The Ascent unfold in the distant future. Humanity has long been furrowing different planets and living side by side with aliens, and power has flowed out of the hands of states and passed to corporations. For example, the Ascent company is so influential that it controls entire planets. But one day it suddenly falls apart, leading society into chaos. What happened, and how to live now? The hero is destined to answer these questions!

As a result, the team of gamers will rush around the planet Veles, shoot crowds of villains and carry out difficult tasks. Mighty aliens, huge robots and deadly corporations will try to stop them — all of them deserve a burst from a machine gun, a couple of shots from a rocket launcher or a hydraulic shock that turns flesh into dust. In general, there are many weapons and abilities in The Ascent, so everyone will have a build to their liking.

The developers managed to create a fun combat system that holds attention until the final credits. Plus, they drew an unrealistically beautiful and detailed world that perfectly matches the cyberpunk slogan "high tech — low life". The result is an excellent project that is worth paying attention to for all fans of co-op.

It Takes Two is an exemplary co-op game that will impress even the most demanding gamer. The project is praised for its excellent graphics, touching story, good humor and many interesting mechanics: here you can do platforming, shoot at enemies and bosses, solve puzzles, fly a plane, participate in mini-games and even become a hero of a real fighting game — and this is only in the first chapters. It is unlikely that there will be a game that can compete with the brainchild of Hazelight Studios in the variety of activities.

It was not for nothing that Josef Fares promised a thousand dollars to anyone who gets tired of It Takes Two — it’s simply impossible to get tired of the gameplay. At the same time, the game manages to maintain a brisk pace for 15 hours.

Outriders became one of the main surprises of this spring, gathering over 100 thousand gamers at the same time on release — and this is only on Steam. The reason for the success was not only the shortage of new games and the solid portfolio of People Can Fly, the authors of Painkiller and Bulletstorm, but also the quality of the project itself. Outriders has an interesting story of pioneers who landed on a new planet, a variety of classes and abilities, crowds of enemies and dynamic gameplay. You can enjoy this in the company of up to three friends.

At the start, the game was more like a server connection simulator than a great action game, but today all the problems are behind us.

Have many heard of Valheim before its release? Unlikely. This did not prevent the game from being put to the test immediately after its release.Steam charts and make millions of gamers fall in love with it. Now everyone is talking about Iron Gate's brainchild — and its popularity is absolutely deserved. In survival, a gamer finds himself in a world full of dangers, where he needs to build a house, arrange his life, craft cool equipment and challenge powerful bosses — it is most interesting to do this in good company.

It is worth noting that the world of Valheim is huge, the visuals are pleasant, and the combat system is quite interesting — it is not surprising that so many gamers were captivated by the game for hundreds of hours.

Returnal can be called the only AAA roguelike. In the third-person shooter, we will play as Selena, a girl who crashed on an ever-changing planet. Each death throws the heroine back to the beginning, and the planet around her changes. The player will have to help Selena recover her memories and find answers.

There is much more shooter in Returnal than roguelike. Various opponents, various weapons, the need to constantly dodge projectiles flying at you — all this is somewhat reminiscent of Doom or Metroid Prime. All the "roguelike" is concentrated around the bosses — they drop rare items needed to advance through the story, as well as around the procedural generation of the map and bonuses for the main character.

The PC edition includes all the content released on PlayStation 5 — add-ons, various graphic fixes and additional game modes (like the Tower of Sisyphus). Co-op is also in place — you can arrange runs with a friend or a random player. Cross-play, unfortunately, is not available.

In Travellers Rest the gamer will become an innkeeper from a fantasy world. He starts his journey in a decrepit building, where even rats are afraid to enter — but soon patience and work will turn the eatery into a wonderful place.

Alas, the manager has a lot of worries. He must grow ingredients in the fields, keep the tavern clean, prevent visitors from arguing about politics, hire bartenders and cleaners. It will be easier to keep track of everything if you fly into the game in co-op and delegate some of the responsibilities to a friend.

Travelers Rest will especially appeal to gamers with old computers. Even if you and your friend have ancient laptops with 500 MB of RAM and at least some kind of video card with shader support, the game will launch.

When the pandemic forced gamers to stay home, Animal Crossing: New Horizons became a real salvation. The Nintendo exclusive sent players to warm islands, motivated them to grow turnips and do other cute things. In other games, you can find more dynamic gameplay and picturesque locations, but Animal Crossing does much more: it offers a world where you can comfortably hide from any worries with your friends. New Horizons has become almost the main time-killer of recent years: perhaps it will drag your friendly company along.

No one expected that Square Enix would be unable to cope with such a powerful money-making machine as The Avengers. Marvel's Avengers turned out controversial action with many strange decisions, but still provided an excellent opportunity to play for your favorite superheroes. No matter how much they scold the project, becoming the Hulk or Thor and beating up a crowd of enemies is not the worst idea.

And you can go out onto the battlefield not alone, but with friends: although the story campaign does not support co-op, the Avengers Initiative mode allows you to team up and challenge evil together. In addition, the developers do not abandon Marvel's Avengers, but diligently fill it with new heroes and content.

Streets of Rage 4 will please gamers who longingly remember the gaming industry of days gone by — beat 'em up will certainly squeeze a stingy tear out of such an audience. Some will find the gameplay too simple, and the visuals — old-fashioned, but this is not so. The combat system in Streets of Rage 4 is well-developed, and the picture is drawn with soul. Turning on beat 'em up after a hard day, choosing your favorite fighter and going to clean the streets of all scum is a great idea.

GTA has many clones, and the Saints Row series is considered one of the most original imitators. While some projects are talentlessly parasitizing on the similarity with the Rockstar Games title, Saints Row brings something new to the genre: for example, a high degree of madness, for which millions of gamers fell in love with the franchise. Many consider the third part to be the best — it is not for nothing that the developers released its remaster in 2020.

The cooperative mode brings even more madness to Saints Row: The Third Remastered: together with a friend, you can go through both the story campaign and just walk around the city, arranging a local apocalypse. After all, the "Saints" know how to have fun.

Zombie Army 4: Dead War is one of those games that do not pretend to be highly artistic value, and were created with a simple goal — to properly entertain a group of gamers. Rebellion's brainchild copes with this with flying colors: gather a group of four people and carry out genocide of Nazi zombies, shooting a mutant Hitler in the finale — an interesting experience. The variety of guns and skills, bloody X-Ray finishing moves and references to classic horrors help to make Zombie Army 4: Dead War fun — it's no wonder that players have favorably received Zombie Army 4: Dead War.

The concept of Police Stories is somewhat reminiscent of Ready or Not — only the camera here is isometric, and there are only two cops on the team. The partners arrive on missions where the villains have planted a bomb or taken hostages, and must deal with the problem.

You shouldn't kick down the door and run into the room where the bandits are hanging out — it's better to throw a flash drive there first. If there are civilians in the room, you need to plan your actions so that innocent people don't get hurt. And you don't need to shoot every criminal, some may surrender. In general, the cops have a lot of work to do, but they can't relax.

DeveloperThe guys managed to create an excellent cooperative game that, despite the retro graphics, quickly draws you in and impresses with its tactical mechanics.

The Borderlands series has always been famous for its crazy characters, countless weapons and action-packed gameplay — all of this has been preserved in Borderlands 3. Each of the four heroes has their own style, enemies attack in crowds, and quests are full of madness; only the villains are inferior in charisma to Handsome Jack, but the strong points of the project compensate for this shortcoming.

You can complete the game alone, but the most vivid experience will be received by gamers who gather in a company of four brave Vault hunters — in this case, the confrontation with evil twin streamers can captivate for hundreds of hours.

Gears 5 is a big-budget, colorful and exciting game that continues the glorious traditions series and brings innovations to it. This time, The Coaltion added a semi-open world with side missions and a cooperative of up to three people to the project. However, some of the gamers will have to become a drone.

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince is a very interesting co-op game. Most often, the colorful platformer is praised for its talented puzzles, each of which can be solved only by using the strengths of the heroes. The gameplay is diversified by battles with enemies, some of which will be truly huge. In some battles, you cannot survive without mutual assistance: for example, a wizard can set fire to an archer's arrow and help make a deadly shot.

Trine 4 will captivate a company of four people for dozens of hours and will charm you with its ease and extraordinary riddles. If you like the game, you can also pay attention to the previous parts.

On release Ghost Recon Breakpoint deservedly pelted with rotten tomatoes: there was no end to technical problems, the in-game store seemed too intrusive, and the developers completely forgot about many promises. Fortunately, Ubisoft did not abandon the project, but brought it into order. Today, Breakpoint is a fun cooperative shooter that gives pleasant emotions.

The game is interesting to shoot, cut through the roads in transport and carry out assignments. And to pounce on Jon Bernthal, known for his role as the Punisher in Netflix series, is an incomparable pleasure. Of course, the brainchild of Ubisoft is still not perfect, but it has enough advantages.

Even corporations like Sony are paying attention to the rougelike genre, but there are still not many decent roguelikes, let alone there are practically no cooperative ones at all. Risk of Rain 2 is just one of them.

The game has a large variety ofa diverse world, an interesting combat system, and many unpleasant enemies — it's no surprise that the project sold a million copies in the first month of early access. The full version of Risk of Rain 2 was released a year ago and earned "extremely positive" reviews on Steam. If you missed the release, then gather your company and hit the road. But know that it won't be easy.

Luigi's Mansion 3 continues the story of the humble brother Mario, who unlucky to find himself in a huge mansion with ghosts. Unfortunately, all of Luigi's friends were trapped in paintings, and he can only rely on courage, ingenuity and... a twin made of liquid. Well, no matter what kind of partner you have, fighting ghosts together is not so scary.

Luigi's Mansion 3 pleases gamers with solid graphics, excellent puzzles and meticulous attention to detail. For such an exclusive, it is really worth buying a Nintendo Switch.