My younger cousin comes over today (like every few months) and we will be playing some couch coop games over the weekend.

So far we tried a lot of games and found some great ones along the way. Sidescrollers work sometimes, but third person and isometric is better. And I won’t touch another twin stick shooter haha. Do y’all have any suggestions, it’s always so much work to find a good new game (as opposed to just going after steam review, buying, and returning within 30min of playtime because it sucked).

Honorable mentions:

  • Swords of Ditto (literally no one plays this, but it’s a pretty neat co-op zelda-like
  • Darksiders Genesis (hack n slash)
  • It takes Two (co-op puzzle)
  • Children of Morta (great roguelite)

I also bought Secret of Mana, maybe we’ll play this.

      • BossDj@lemm.ee
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        1 month ago

        I don’t know how young the cousin is, but I played Castle Crashers with my kids. It is incredibly fun. Still our favorite co-op of all time.

    • Dave@lemmy.nz
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      1 month ago

      It sure does. It’s quite different to other games suggested in this thread, but if it’s the kind of game OP is wanting to try then it’s very good as a couch coop game (on PC, not sure if supported on other platforms). Though I get the feeling OP is looking for action or round based, rather than a quiet tending of a farm and exploring the local area.

  • makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Some retro suggestions:

    • Super Mario Galaxy 1/2 - it sounds like your cousin is probably too old for this but this has one of the best “younger sibling” modes. They help collect and shoot bits. Which ultimately doesn’t matter much
    • The Legend of Zelda 4 Swords Adventure - It’s basically multi-player Link to the Past! Bonus points if you dig up a GameCube, link cables, and GBAs
    • Kirby Super Star - a mix of competitive and coop games
    • Super Mario World (any) - you take turns but if you don’t go 6 levels without dying to his one it can be fun
    • Halo 1-3 + ODST - Great classic shooters, the campaigns are customizable for difficulty, and a little kid probably loves alien shooters
    • Borderlands 1/2 - Looter shooters with a sense of irreverance
    • Dead Rising 2/Off the Record and 3 - Zombie hoard murdering with combo weapons
    • The Simpsons '91, Battletoads, TMNT, Streets of Rage, etc - Beat Em Ups are great for multi-player
  • ptc075@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 month ago

    9 Parchments - Surprising gem with some depth and a lot of replay value. Reminds me a lot of the Harry Potter universe. We fire this up almost every weekend. I recommend setting friendly fire to ‘self’ instead, as it encourages actual cooperative play.

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Shredder’s Revenge - this is just a hack n slash quarter eater, but it’s mindless fun.

  • DaniloT@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Most of my suggestions that I’ve been playing with my brother are already posted, so I’ll just add 3 more I haven’t seen yet:

    • Human Fall Flat
    • Enter the gungeon
    • Vampire survivors
    • philmiworld@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      If you like Enter The Gungeon, definitely try AK-xolotl. Same type of game, but more linear in a way. Rather than a single dungeon with multiple rooms to explore around, you go into a room, clear it, then choose 1 of 2 doors. Each door has a symbol to tell you which reward you will get after clearing it. Modding your weapons is much easier too.

      • DaniloT@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        Oh, it didn’t have co-op when I saw it before, but it has now, wishlisted, thanks, but I’m playing through baldurs gate 3 and that is gonna take over 200h before I move on :p

    • Grimy@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I’m going to second human fall flat, it’s a lot of fun. I’ll also add any of the Lego games to the list but the star wars one are definitely the best.

  • Deconceptualist@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    A friend and I had a little fun with Ultimate Chicken Horse. It’s a goofy little Mario Maker type of game where you create levels and challenge each other to complete them but I think you can also run through them cooperatively.

    • tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 month ago

      We played Ship of Fools the last time, was pretty fun

      Didn’t know Cult of the Lamb had couch co-op

      Edit: Seems like it was added recently with a DLC. That game hits our taste so we probably will play it.

    • CanaanP@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I’ll second Ship of Fools, me and my wife have been playing it the past couple weeks. It’s a ton of fun and deserves more recognition.

  • ImpulseDrive42@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    My list of coop games

    • Baldur’s Gate 3
    • Broforce
    • Castle Crashers
    • Children of Morta
    • Divinity Original Sin 2
    • For the King
    • “FORCED: Slightly Better Edition”
    • Helldivers 1
    • Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
    • Rocket League

    ^ All of these are on Steam.