15 BEST Couch Co-Op Games of ALL TIME [2024 Edition]

Once a staple of video games back in the halcyon days of 1990s gaming, couch co-op - or local multiplayer - has been steadily declining. Perhaps due to the negative effects on performance with numerous players splitting the screen, or maybe the preference for online multi-player, whatever the reason couch co-op is seen as a bonus rather than the norm.
There’s something special in playing alongside your friends, relatives, whoever, so gracefully we are seeing somewhat of a rejuvenation in couch co-op either via the mode being added after release via updates or DLC, or games being designed specifically with teamwork and communication at the heart of its gameplay. This is the second such feature we’ve ran on couch co-op, and some of the best of all time have released in the time since.
Part 1: • 15 BEST Couch Co-Op Ga...

[@stephen5187]

0:35 - It Takes Two 1:17 - Stardew Valley 1:46 - The Rabbit and the Owl 2:16 - WWE 2k24 2:57 - Castle Crashers 3:37 - Towerfall Ascension 4:09 - Cuphead DLC 4:53 - Nex Machina 5:29 - Timesplitters 2 6:02 - Streets of Rage 4 6:36 - Hyper light drifter 7:10 - Wipeout Omega Collection 7:51 - Sackboy: A Big Adventure 8:30 - Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince 9:02 - Unravel Two

[@pieceofshirt1]

I hope your pillow always stays cold my friend

[@AcidumAscorbinicum]

What nonsense, your editor couldn't find footage of co-op play for a video about co-op play. This is a failure bro.

[@cletusvandamme9338]

TIMESTAMPS FFS

[@davidm2168]

Entitled much?!

[@moonkey537]

​@@davidm2168some of us value our time 😁

[@iBMcFly]

@@davidm2168TS’s aren’t an entitlement, it’s a courtesy, cope harder scrub.

[@w1-em4nq]

it's only 10 minutes.....

[@vintageoriginallegit]

Just watch the video ffs

[@dewaalvandercolff251]

I just need Hazelights next game to be announced

[@ayushrock4745]

Me too

[@archangel2015]

Another s**ty video by gamingbolt designed to fill that promise of video everyday.

[@Cautious_Gamer]

I just want an M rated, open world, split screen tactical FPS with tons of gun and gear customization, a deep upgrades system and drivable vehicles that have unlimited replay ability. That was a sad list. I wish there was a place where you could make call out to FPS game devs to make a tactical couch co-op FPS shooter.

[@albres4478]

I think you would like police stories

[@dford192]

"What other game can you slap an enemy in the face with a fish?" Yakuza?

[@serenity3157]

Also Monster hunfer swordfish greatsword

[@ThePyroRob]

Uncharted 3

[@chisaten]

9:21 Is this a clip of the AURORA song "Queendom"?

[@falksi3182]

Great list. Streets of Rage 4 and Cuphead are probably my fave co-op games ever, alongside Star Control.

[@jacasch3164]

I made a Kart racing game "Ultimate Godspeed". Everybody keeps modify the race track by placing shortcuts and traps. Its basically a mashup of "Ultimate Chicken Horse" and "Mario Kart".

[@Johny40Se7en]

Honourable mentions have to go to TimeSplitters Future Perfect, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, and 007 Everything or Nothing.

[@ibrahimzengin3508]

What about A Way out and Resident Evil 5, Mario Kart, Mario Party, Luigis Mansion 3 ? You guys have no idea.

[@Nimrod336]

I adopted my autistic nephew..hes tired of fortnight, and we bond over video games. I wish more games where co op online we play rocketleage and this new game called diesel legends or legacy I forget. But it's a really good time for us and I can carry him and get him some wins. I pray 2xko will have 2 player online

[@trapez77]

It takes two is the best one followed by a way out

[@David-tr9xk]

how do sports games not make your list, they are perfect for couch co-op

[@MeoithTheSecond]

Yikes 'Lovers in a Dangerous Space Time' never got a mention 😞, its a brilliant couch co op game for the family.

[@WolfmenLP]

THIS!! better co-op game than most games on the list.

[@mr.c6674]

For sure! It takes TEAM work, which means co-op

[@guillermoalbertopiedra1779]

This ranking is lacking… Where are Resident evil and A Way out??

[@David-ny8zt]

Exactly these are baby games or android level games

[@Eokenvale]

I grew up on Time Splitters 2. What a throw back

[@ScarecrowShoots]

Saw alien hominid clips during the castle crashers clip

[@dariusrosinsky1429]

For me is the best couch coop game Diablo 3

[@epicqasoom]

This map looks familiar to another map in It Takes Two

[@amirkhajeh1]

where is the a way out?

[@David-ny8zt]

Imagine buying a console or pc to play android games 😒

[@7raulito10]

Army of two

[@adamthompson2098]

i wish so badly for a new entry or remaster but NOT following the 3rd installment's gameplay mechanics.

[@7raulito10]

@@adamthompson2098 yea one and two were great. Im kinda surprised at how little they’re mentioned

[@likebubba]

Gamespot I love you guys but Timestamps are good. also where is that new weekly series of news?

[@TechyCatz]

Resident evil 5 is amazing once you get used to the controls

[@DraculasCorner]

Dynasty Warriors

[@dantethewishgranter]

No "Earth Defense Force" ? 🤨

[@RazielBG]

Half of these are NOT couch coop

[@memisthebest]

Broooo time splitters 2 is great but future perfect is better by a large margin

[@Sunny15511]

Take two was so fun

[@sakistheater]

Another video that doesn't live up to its title, and with many best games absent such as Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons, A Way Out...

[@richak1850]

Cat quest 2 is the best!

[@ClaudeProbus-d1p]

Mayert Walks

[@BLY-1994]

Boomerang Fu very nice Multiplayer on switch upto 6 players single screen

[@hardkoregaming2119]

No Donkey Kong Country games?

[@retrorabbit1832]

lmao throw this list in the trash. wwe, timesplitters? questionable. but throwing sackboy out after telling me about a racing game was my limit. i will see myself out with a hearty laugh

[@ThePrinceAbud]

Useless video, all the old games.

[@vegeta5082]

I have to much of a potato pc to play most of those 🥲

[@oubregang2x926]

The only good games you picked were wwe2k24 and Sackboy

[@Melono0000]

It takes two is so fun. And i have heard cuphead is great aswell.

[@sujashaguptavaka9630]

Are these really the best co op options they can offer us? What happened to the franchies we all grew up with? Stop dumping gameplay options for the sake of graphics already. For example, the new trailer they showed just isnt Perfect Dark. Most of us that played Perfect Dark/Goldeneye spent 90% of the time playing exclusively splitscreen local co op multiplayer with friends at sleep overs, or with our gfs/bfs, and at parties and in college dorms Thats the same issue with the new Halos. Most of us grew up playing Halo local split screen multiplayer in dorms or with gfs/bfs and at parties. A Perfect Dark and Halo without local splitscreen multiplayer and bot support just simply isnt those games. No one gives a cr*p if the graphics dont look next gen in splitscreen. F the graphics, give us back the local multiplayer we grew up with MS. While you're at it, give us back split screen multiplayer for the next Forza. Games like local co op multiplayer Burnout Revenge, Virtua Tennis, Mario Kart and Twisted Metal defined many childhoods. Dropping split screen support just as all off us 90s/00 kids now want to share local co op gaming with our kids, grandkids, college friends and families is the dumbest corporate decision possible.

[@MariselaCrelia-t1e]

Brayan Freeway

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Jaren Rest

[@tommylovejoy8730]

Baldurs gate 3

[@ilkinqafarov87]

cant go wrong with that

[@hyperx-pc9766]

bunch of crap

[@cartvader-g8v]

please stop adding shitty 2d games to these lists

[@zar0_69]

It takes 2 was very boring

[@PointMinner]

Ur crazy bro

[@vtvvghvfzvjjj6472]

Yeah, played it with my wife and it was literal hell for me My wife loved it but for me it was almost unbearable boredom

[@zar0_69]

​@@vtvvghvfzvjjj6472it felt too casual. Me and bro are both gamers so it felt so slow to go through and predictable, we played 15 minutes if even that much and then hopped on multiversus