The 11 best co-op games to play now

By Joe Julians

Published: Tuesday, 20 December 2022 at 12:00 am

While it’s true that we think many of our favourite gaming moments have come through solo play, and long may solo campaigns continue, we would be lying if we said that co-op wasn’t the source of many a great gaming session.

With the Battle Royale craze seemingly only getting stronger, we are spoilt for choice at the moment – but what games offer the best multiplayer experience when it comes to working in co-op as a team?

Here are 11 choices that we think are some of the best of the bunch, including some older titles that we’ll always look back fondly on.

The best co-op games

Overcooked: All You Can Eat

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Team 17/Ghost Town Games

Available on: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Stadia

Experience the chaos of the kitchen with Overcooked, a game where you control a bunch of chefs all doing their best to get a ton of orders out within tight timeframes. Teamwork makes the dream work, except when you try out the competitive multiplayer mode which is just as fun, but quite tense! There have been two Overcooked games to date and an on-going buffet of DLC content, all of which is compiled in the All You Can Eat bundle.

It Takes Two

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EA Originals/Hazelight

Available on: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

Online or local split-screen cooperative multiplayer between two players is what you will be dealing with in It Takes Two, and there is a lot of fun to be found in this action-adventure game. You play as Cody and May, two humans turned into dolls by a magic spell and you have to escape the fantasy world you have ended up in. (Read our full It Takes Two review if you’re not convinced yet!)

Rayman Legends

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Available on: PC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Wii U, Stadia, PS Vita, Nintendo 3DS

Rayman Legends is a platform video game that is a heck of a lot of fun to play on your own, but bringing in somebody to control side character Murfy ups the fun levels even more. Rayman Legends received universal critical acclaim upon release and it won’t take long for you to see why. This game dates all the way back to the PS3/Xbox 360 era but is still well worth playing, and it runs really well on the newer consoles.

Gears of War

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Available on: PC, Xbox

A bit of a cheat here as we are talking about a franchise on the whole, but Gears has always been a brilliant co-op experience and that has remained consistent throughout the series. Grabbing a friend or three and taking on the locust hoards remains just as fun now as it was in 2006 when the first game came out. Excuse us, we’re off to replay the lot.