The best co-op games on PC in 2026
Games for two, for four and for the whole group. We sorted the best co-op games by how many of you there are and what kind of night you want.
The best co-op game is the one that fits your group. Two people who want a story to share need something very different from four who want to shoot aliens or six who want to build a Viking fort. These are our favourites, sorted by how many of you there are.
For two players
Hazelight makes games that can only be played by two, and it shows. In It Takes Two you play a couple on the edge of divorce who have been shrunk into dolls, and every chapter hands you new abilities that only work together. Split Fiction builds on the same idea: two writers are trapped inside their own stories, and the game keeps switching between science fiction and fantasy. We Were Here Tomorrow is a puzzle game where you are on separate sides and can only solve anything by describing to each other what you see.
For four friends
Four is the magic number for co-op. Deep Rock Galactic sends you into caves that are new every time, as dwarves with their own classes, and digging tunnels matters as much as fighting. Helldivers 2 is chaotic squad shooting with friendly fire on, so bad coordination is punished instantly. If you would rather laugh than win, PEAK and Content Warning are good picks: in one you climb a mountain together, in the other you film scary things to go viral. Phasmophobia is for groups who like being scared together.
Survival and building together
Some of the best co-op nights last for weeks. In Valheim you build a Viking base in a Norse afterlife and sail out to take down the bosses one by one. Enshrouded is built around the same loop, with freer building and a world full of poisonous fog. Raft starts on a tiny raft in the middle of the ocean, and Palworld lets you catch creatures that work your base while you explore. Don't Starve Together and Grounded are harder and stranger, and reward groups that like to plan.
When you just want to have fun
Some games are made for chaos. Overcooked! 2 turns cooking into an exercise in shouting at each other, and Human Fall Flat and Gang Beasts are about wobbly characters that never quite do what you want. Party Animals lets you brawl as puppies and kittens, and Golf With Your Friends is exactly what the name promises. All of them work for friends who do not play much otherwise.
