Games for two: the best games for couples and friends
Games made for exactly two: stories for couples, chaos on one sofa and building together online. With what each of you needs to play.
Some games are fun with lots of people, but the best games for two are made for exactly two. These are our favourites, split by whether you share a sofa or play apart online, with the most important thing to know: whether you need one copy or two.
Made for two: stories to share
Hazelight makes games that can only be played by two. In It Takes Two you're a couple on the brink of divorce shrunk into dolls, and every chapter gives you abilities that only work together. Split Fiction is about two writers trapped in their own stories, and A Way Out is a prison-break drama told from both sides. All three have the Friend's Pass, so only one of you needs to own the game. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake is shorter and quieter, and can be played by two on one screen.
On the same sofa
With two controllers and one screen, Overcooked! 2 and Moving Out are two of the funniest games around, as long as you can handle some shouting. Cuphead is beautiful and hard, and gets easier with two. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga takes you through all nine films in split screen, and Borderlands 3 can be played by two on one screen on Xbox.
Apart, online
In We Were Here Tomorrow you're on opposite sides of a puzzle and can only talk by walkie-talkie, so communication is the whole game. If you'd rather build something over weeks, Terraria, Don't Starve Together, Valheim and Grounded are made for exactly that. Grounded has you survive as shrunken teenagers in a back garden, and Valheim sends you to a Norse afterlife.
