Cooperative (co-op) 2021 for Linux — top best games in the Cooperative (co-op) genre

Valheim - a game in the Cooperative (co-op) genre

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting, Online

Early Access: Linux → 2 February 2021; Game released: Linux → 9 September 2026

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 90/100

A fantasy sandbox with survival elements. You can play alone or with others, exploring the world and gathering resources, finding and raiding tombs, building bases...

Hobo: Tough Life

Role-playing game, Simulation, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Online

Game released: Linux → 13 April 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 79/100

A survival simulator where you can experience the essence of the life of a homeless person and try on this difficult role. The events of the game take place in the...

Death Trash

Role-playing game, Horror, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Early Access: Linux → 5 August 2021; Game in development: Linux → 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Death Trash is a post-apocalyptic isometric role-playing game with horror elements in a futuristic setting. You'll be sent into a world filled with large creatures...

Escape Simulator

Logic, Puzzle, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure, Online

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Escape Simulator is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view. Alone or together with a friend, you can go explore mysterious rooms in which many riddles...

PULSAR: Lost Colony

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Virtual Reality (VR), Open world, Simulation

Early Access: Linux → 15 September 2015; Game released: Linux → 22 June 2021

Steam: 89/100

PULSAR: Lost Colony is a unique co-op spaceship management simulator inspired by FTL and Space Station 13. You will explore a vast galaxy that is randomly...

Mighty Goose

Action, Shooter, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2021

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mighty Goose is an old-school arcade action game. In this 2D shooter, you take on the role of a bounty hunter named Goose. And it's actually a goose, only armed and...

Sword of the Necromancer

Indie, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Top-down view, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2021

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Sword of the Necromancer is an action RPG with roguelike elements where you can revive dead enemies to fight on your side. The main character acquired this ability...

The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Online, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Sandbox

Early Access: Linux → 2 July 2021

Steam: 90/100

The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time is an action-adventure sandbox with a third-person view, co-op and stealth. In the game you will control a squad of fighting...

Book of Travels

Role-playing game, MMO, Indie, Side view, Walking Simulator, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 11 October 2021; Game in development: Linux → 2026

Steam: 73/100

Book of Travels is a unique side-scrolling multiplayer RPG. Inspired by classics of the genre, this serene adventure will transport you to a fairytale world. In the...

SCP: Escape Together

Adventure, Action, Horror, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, First-person view, Online, Free game

Early Access: Linux → 7 January 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 63/100

SCP: Escape Together is an action-horror adventure with a first-person view and co-op based on the 2012 horror film SCP: Containment Breach. You'll team up or...

Black Widow: Recharged

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Shooter, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 28 October 2021

Steam: 76/100

Black Widow: Recharged is a re-release of the cult classic twin-stick shooter starring Spider. In the game you have to defend your web from the onslaught of...

Rogue Star Rescue

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Top-down view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy

Game released: Linux → 4 February 2021

Steam: 91/100

Rogue Star Rescue is a fast-paced, cooperative top-down roguelike shooter with tower defense elements set in a sci-fi setting. A massive Rogue Star formed from...

Danger Scavenger

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 70/100

Danger Scavenger is a dynamic arcade shooter with an isometric camera view in a cyberpunk setting. Deadly effective, highly skilled, invisible to indifferent...

Scrapvival

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 22 November 2021

Steam: 55/100

Scrapvival is an atmospheric multiplayer shooter with survival elements and a first-person view. The game will take you to a landfill where the main threat is...

Centipede: Recharged

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: Linux → 29 September 2021

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Centipede: Recharged is a re-release of the classic arcade game with a top-down view and local co-op. The game features vibrant graphics for modern 16:9 screens, as...

Pretend

Free game, Arcade, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Tactics, Casual game, Strategy, Survival

Game released: Linux → 6 January 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 56/100

Pretend is a casual multiplayer online game about social deduction. The game is very similar to Among Us, but instead of a space base, the action takes place in...

Untrusted

Online, Adventure, Text quest, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op), Educational game (Education), Cyberpunk

Game released: Linux → 9 May 2021

Steam: 44/100

Untrusted is an adventure text quest with puzzle and co-op elements. In this game, hackers from the fictional group NETSEC are tasked with hacking a specific server...

Meow Pow

Sports game, Action, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade, Football, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2021

Steam: 85/100

Meow Pow is an arcade soccer game with action elements and co-op. This is an energetic, fast game. With intuitive controls and fluid physics-based movement, players...

Moto Bike Extra

Motorcycle racing, Third-person view, Stunts, Cooperative (co-op), Open world

Game released: Linux → 15 December 2021

Moto Bike Extra is a dynamic racing arcade game with a third-person view, where you have to control motorcycles. There are 17 bikes available in total. Multiplayer...

Tomb Rumble

Free game, Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Action, MMO, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2021

Steam: 73/100

Tomb Rumble is a free-to-play side-scrolling pixel platformer with an MMO component in which players compete to find treasure. The game features hundreds of levels...

Can't Drive This

Arcade, Online, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 18 March 2021

Steam: 81/100

Can't Drive This is a top-down, third-person cooperative arcade action racing game. The essence of the game is that while you are participating in the race, someone...

Cooperative (co-op)

Best Games in the Cooperative (co-op) genre of 2021 for Linux