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

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

Online, Business / Management, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2023

Players: 8.8/10

A game about a submarine, which features procedural generation of tasks, a character editor and an online mode for 16 players. The gamer will be able to visit a...

Sid Meier's Civilization 7

Strategy, Online, Historical, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op), Grand strategy

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2025

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Continuation of the legendary series of turn-based strategies. Players rule as one of the many legendary leaders in world history. At the beginning, the player also...

Don't Starve Together

Action, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op), Survival

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2016

Players: 8.5/10

A standalone multiplayer version of the famous survival simulator Don't Starve, where exploration, building, and the fight for survival become even more interesting...

KLETKA

Action, Horror, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2026

Players: 8.4/10

Cooperative action-horror from the creators of Kuzhlevka. Players try to survive in the Gigakhryushchevka, riding a living and voracious elevator...

Core Keeper

Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

An arcade sandbox that you can play with friends in co-op for up to eight people. The main character is an explorer who wakes up in an ancient dungeon filled with...

A Game About Chopping Trees

Simulation, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2026

VGTimes: 5.7/10

Players: 5.5/10

A meditative simulator of a lumberjack, dedicated to peaceful walks through the endless forest and leisurely wood harvesting. There are no timers, tense challenges...

Stranded Deep

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Survival, Open world, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2022

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Stranded Deep is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and survival elements. The plot centers on the main character, who, after a plane crash, is...

Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a top-down indie RPG. You will play as the boy Isaac, hiding in the basement from his mother, whom God ordered to sacrifice him. To...

We Were Here Together

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2019

Players: 7.7/10

A story about two companions trapped within the icy walls of an ancient citadel, where every room oozes mystery and the joker's laughter echoes through the gloomy...

Total War: Warhammer 3

Strategy, Online, In real time, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Grand strategy

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2022

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Total War: Warhammer 3 is a continuation of the fantasy strategy with turn-based movements on a global map and real-time battles. Far from the familiar world with...

Spiritfarer

Simulation, Business / Management, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 18 August 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Spiritfarer is a fun management simulator with a side view that tells the story of death. You take on the role of a ferryman for the dead and build your own ship to...

X-Plane 12

Simulation, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Cooperative (co-op), Open world

Game released: Linux → 17 December 2022

A flight simulator focused on realistic flight physics and accurate aircraft behavior. Lift is calculated based on the real geometry of the wing, which gives...

For the King

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 19 April 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

For the King is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view and random level generation. You have to travel through an endless fantasy world. You can play...

BattleBlock Theater

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

BattleBlock Theater is a side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer. There are a total of eight different modes available in the game. In Soul, the player will...

Machine Party

Action, Horror, Logic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2026

Cooperative game for 2–4 players, inspired by the tense atmosphere of Buckshot Roulette. Participants must go through a series of brutal mini-games, where any...

Magicka 2

Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Magicka 2 is an isometric action game with a mixture of fantasy, tactical, adventure and co-op games from the developers of Pieces Interactive AB. The main...

Roots of Pacha

Top-down view, Action, Role-playing game, Simulation, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Sandbox with elements of a farmer simulator. The player is building a settlement in the Stone Age. You can grow plants to harvest crops, tame animals, and explore...

Scott Pilgrim EX

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: Linux → 3 March 2026

Metacritic: 75/100

An action adventure based on the comic book series of the same name and made in the format of a pixel beat-em-up. Players have to save Toronto from chaos caused by...

Overcooked 2

Action, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 7 August 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Overcooked 2 is a continuation of the cooperative management strategy with an isometric camera view. You still have to prepare dishes in extreme conditions, when...

Huntdown

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

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Huntdown is an arcade side-scrolling pixel shooter with platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You will go to a dark world of the future, where the police have...

Escape Simulator

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

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2021

Players: 10/10

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...

Necesse

Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2025

Players: 6.8/10

A colorful action sandbox that combines exploration, crafting, settlement building, and cooperative play. The procedurally generated world is filled with various...

Cassette Beasts

Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Tactics, Open world, Side view

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2023

Metacritic: 83/100

The action of the game unfolds on an island inhabited by different creatures. The detachment of the protagonist arrives in this mysterious place to find the best...

9 Monkeys of Shaolin

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Historical, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 16 October 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

9 Monkeys of Shaolin is a side-scrolling co-op arcade action game from the creators of Redeemer. Expect thrilling gameplay based on the techniques of the ancient...

Mindustry

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Mindustry is a fun real-time strategy game with elements of the tower defense genre and a top-down view. In the game, you have to create complex conveyor chains to...

Planet Explorers

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2016

Players: 5.2/10

Planet Explorers is a free-to-play action role-playing game with a third-person view and survival elements in a sci-fi setting. The plot tells about the distant...

Quest Hunter

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2019

Players: 10/10

Quest Hunter is an action-adventure action RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the Dark World, where fire and a shovel...

Anima Flux

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Metroidvania

Game released: Linux → 7 October 2024

Players: 8.9/10

A cooperative game that pits two genetically modified soldiers against mutants in a deserted space city. Each character has their own characteristics and skills...

OMON Simulator

Role-playing game, Online, Simulation, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2019

Players: 6.7/10

OMON Simulator is an unusual simulator with a first-person view, which will offer you to take on the role of an officer of a special squad, ensuring the safety of...

Roombattle

Action, Online, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2026

VGTimes: 5.2/10

Players: 10/10

The game turns ordinary cleaning into a crazy party, where vacuums clash in chaotic battles. The main task is simple — pop the opponents' balloons and be the last...

Golf With Your Friends

Arcade, Golf, Sports game, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2020

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Golf With Your Friends is a fun sports arcade game dedicated to golf. Exciting matches await you, designed for cooperative play by up to 12 people. You will find 7...

Super Bunny Man

Online, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2023

Players: 8.2/10

Chaotic puzzle platformer with co-op for up to four people. The game tells the story of funny guys in bunny costumes who go on a difficult journey through time and...

Trailblazers

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 8 May 2018

Metacritic: 65/100

Trailblazers is an arcade co-op racer with a third-person view, in which the tracks are created completely randomly. The game features mechanics reminiscent of...

Quiplash

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 30 June 2015

Quiplash is a fun quiz for a group of 3 to 8 people, in which participants must give the funniest answer to a given question. The player who scores the most points...

Slaps And Beans

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: Linux → 15 December 2017

Metacritic: 63/100

Slaps And Beans is a retro-style game about Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, Italian actors who together made many action-packed comedies and spaghetti westerns...

Barony

Role-playing game, Roguelike, First-person view, Indie, Action, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 23 June 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Barony is a cooperative action-adventure game with a first-person view and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. You have to explore dangerous dungeons full of...

Cobalt

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2016

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Cobalt is a side-scrolling co-op action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. You will take on the role of robot agent Cobalt, who discovers the lost colonization...

Danger Gazers

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 2 January 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Danger Gazers is a cooperative dynamic top-down scrolling shooter with roguelike elements in a post-apocalyptic setting. In the game you will have to use a vast...

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!

Business / Management, In real time, Strategy, Simulation, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 14 September 2017

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! is an arcade restaurant management simulator that will give you complete control over absolutely everything. You can go the hard way...

Athena Crisis

Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2024

A retro game in which the gamer commands various units, including infantry, tanks and air force. There are more than five locations with unique features. You can go...

Cooperative (co-op)

Best Games in the Cooperative (co-op) genre for Linux (Game released)