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The best co-op games of 2026 on PC, PS5, Xbox and Switch: shooters, survival games, horror, RPGs and two-player co-op over the network and on one screen. 280+ games to play with friends. In short, the best co-op games right now are It Takes Two, Minecraft, Helldivers 2, Baldur's Gate 3, GTA Online and Stardew Valley. The full list is broken down by genre — shooters, survival, horror, RPGs, two-player games and more — below.

The top 30 PS4 and PS5 games with local co-op on a single console: split-screen, two gamepads, no internet required. Play together on the couch. One TV, two gamepads—no internet required. We've compiled this list specifically for this format: games with full local co-op on PS4 and PS5 that you can jump right in and play together. It's not just "there's multiplayer"—every game in this selection supports split-screen or shared screen play directly on a single console. Many also feature online play, but that's not the focus here. The key is couch co-op, live communication, and a shared screen that makes every victory and every failure truly shared. The list is divided by genre—use the table of contents to jump to the section you need. Where the console version has exclusive features compared to the PC version, we'll detail those separately.

Many gamers value long games the most — the kind packed with dozens, if not hundreds, of hours of content. That’s a perfectly reasonable preference. Still, it’s worth giving credit to short games you can finish in just a couple of evenings, or even in a single sitting: such titles make a great alternative to watching a movie or series. In this list, we’ve collected the best games that, on average, can be completed in 2–9 hours.