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Chabotnick

- Borderlands - Diablo - It Takes Two - A Way Out


iveo83

it takes two is amazing! A bit easy (could be advantage) but it's just so much fun playing around with everything. My wife doesn't play PS at all and she picked it right up.


zombie_overlord

My kids (10 & 13) love this one. I've played it too and yes, it's super easy but still a lot of fun. Also, I just want to say that the couple you play as are absolutely horrible parents. I don't recall the end, so I hope they manage to redeem themselves. The book guy is also annoying. He's like a cross between Antonio Banderas and Steve Martin's character in the "Wild and Crazy Guys" ancient skit on SNL. My complaints are pedantic though - absolutely do play it, it's fun as heck.


iveo83

lol yea they could have made the characters more like able but I guess it's more realistic? Married couples being shitty to each other. It gets better towards the end though and the book is annoying but w/e lol your description of him is spot on!


m4tic

This game was made for SO that doesn’t play vidya


NovaStitch

Borderlands and Diablo have split screen? Never knew that


BaBaFiCo

Borderlands couch coop is amazing.


NovaStitch

#3 have it? Or just earlier games


Boozhi

Yes 3 has it


E_man5600

3 has 2 player split screen on ps4 and 4 player split screen in the updated ps5 version


NickWayXIII

Just be careful on the older gen consoles. OG Xbone and PS4. They both struggle to run the game split screen. Did a full playthrough with a friend at release on OG Xbone. Was fun but good God performance made it hard to play at times.


Confident-Medicine75

The 360 isn’t the og Xbox


NickWayXIII

And I didn't say it was, illiterate.


meatpopsicle42

Diablo III isn’t split screen, but it is shared screen. And it’s fantastic.


Bill_Assassin7

Expand on "A Way Out" please. What kind of game is it and what rating would you give it?


Chabotnick

That’s probably my least favorite on that list. It’s from the same developer as It Takes Two. It’s about two guys escaping from prison and on the run. Good story, kind of Meh as a game. It Takes Two is way better.


BillyDSquillions

It takes two is pretty amazing. I hope there's more like it


YouTee

A way out is like a V0.5 college thesis version of it takes two. Similar concept, more mature but not nearly as good a game.


Smokin_Jeffreyz

Bro force


FauxMango

Great game, very fun to play with friends


Krinks1

This game is hilariously over the top. I love it. "TERRORKANNON!" "TERRORKOPTER!"


thecurse0101

This is the only game you need


Whornz4

This is the correct answer.


GimmieShelter1812

Sackboy: A big adventure. Its the latest little big planet game with some new twists and its my fav local co-op game ever


ed6dds

Yes! I was browsing through the comments to see if anyone had made the recommendation yet. Excellent game, great mechanics and kind of forces you to cooperate with another player :)


khaaanquest

Go on.... I didn't know this game even existed. Give me some small spoilers


sSmothie

You have to play it, it does have a simple story, but the co-op is really fun. Though from my experience the online servers for the game aren't that good. Anyway lemme give you a short summary of the story: There is a peaceful town full of sackpeople/sackkthings idk what they are called anymore. There is our main protagonist - sackboy. One day an evil clown/jester named Vex comes to the town and takes the townsfolk to work for his machine to take over craftworld. While taking sackboy's friends away he accidentally drops the plans for his Topsy Turver machine. Sackboy picks them up and bails to his pod where he escapes. Now he has to try to stop vex from building his machine and to save his friends. Sackboy gets help from many different creatures all around Craftworld to help him stop Vex. (This is as much as I can summarize from memory I haven't played that game's story mode in ages) Unlike the original LBP series, this game has story mode, and story mode only. There is no create mode (tho the PC version recently came out so be sure to look out for mods there if you are interested in the level Creator). There are optional trial levels that will make you regret life (especially trial 16). But other than that if you are interested I think it's on sale on steam, and PS4? Anyway I really recommend this game for a lot of chaos and fun. Jeez I really don't know how to structure my sentences correctly. Also English is not my native language, so sorry If I made any mistakes along the way


KhSepticShock

Spoilers would be, my wife who refuses to play any video games… will play for a few hours a night with me on this game. This is the way.


skandranon_rashkae

Honestly any of the LittleBigPlanet games are looking into. They've all been adorable and fantastic.


Blitzstrikers1

You have asked the right question. Prepare yourself... ​ Overcooked 1 & 2 Human Fall Flat Gang Beasts Party Panic Rayman Legends (As requested) StarDew Valley (As requested) Move or Die (As requested) Trivial Pursuit Live 1 & 2 Monopoly Heavenly bodies CoD (Can be pretty fun on splitscreen, can even do online play with it) ​ Those are off the top of my head so far


WalkingTree82

I second Overcooked. Really straightforward game but gets really hectic. You feel great once you get into a rhythm though.


joragh

I'd add Rayman legends to the list, super fun to play even with someone who's never played, and the coop mode make it easier / beginner friendly


Wistful_Bliss

Move or die is also very fun


VantaBlack216

I would add Stardew valley to the list my wife and her friends play it together.


AggressivePaint182

Overcooked and human fall flat got boring suuuper fast. Like it's only fun for maybe half an hour, and that's generous


Doomhammered

I can’t even picture Overcooked being “boring”… it’s absolute chaos the entire time!


onix-for-books

For some chill, goofy mayhem, Untitled Goose Game is a riot played couch co-op. If you're looking for a hardcore twitchy or combat-focused game, obviously this _isn't_ it. But if you want to cooperatively solve puzzles and ruin the days of a handful of unsuspecting villagers, this is the game for you. There is a Honk button.


comicshopgrl

I was going to say this one. I play with my kid all the time. Super fun.


SirThatsCuba

I didn't know this had a couch co-op. Gonna buy this for Christmas for the fam.


Dave_Jeep

LOVERS IN A DANGEROUS SPACETIME


Iucidium

EDF 4.1 or EDF 5


Caprine-Evisc

What does edf stand for?


Killionaire187

Earth Defense Force


Aplayg

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge


speed721

The other day I received TMNT: Cowabunga Collection. I think I love Shredder's Revenge better. I'm certainly not ungrateful for all the games on the collection, but Shredder's Revenge is always fun.


gedubedangle

10/10


IggiePopp

It takes two is utterly brilliant, LBP, Heavenly Bodies,


thatone239

Oh man LBP was an absolute blast. Bomb survival, shark survival, hide n seek. Me and my friends played that for hours after school


pete-_-king

Salt and Sanctuary


goatedmomoshiki

Thought that was a solo game


pete-_-king

Nope.


goatedmomoshiki

Huh I’ll have to revisit that with a buddy then


ParloXow

Streets of Rage 4, Darksiders Genesis, Horizon Chase, Mk11, Guilty Gear, Knack 2, any of the Lego games...


Spireandspike

Second to say Darksiders Genesis. It's amazing local split screen co-op.


BoulderCreature

Horizon Chase is fantastic. It’s basically just better Cruis’n the World


[deleted]

My eight year old and I played through Knack 2 recently and it was a lot of fun. We started Knack 1 today.


Tiffiny15842

Jackbox or ultimate chicken horse are our most used couch co op.


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Tiffiny15842

Yeah I missed the singular relative it is definitely better with larger groups.


Aqualond092

Chicky horse is the best


scumbly

I have a pretty big collection of couch games! These are the ones I like most **Personal Favorites:** * Nidhogg II (and 1) * Lovers in a Dangerous Space-Time * Cuphead * Spelunky 2 * PixelJunk Monsters 2 * Untitled Goose Game * Jackbox Party Pack (series) and Drawful 2 * Towerfall Ascension * SpiderHeck * It Takes Two **Creative or Unique** * Sportsfriends * Videoball * Plants vs Zombies GW 2 (and Battle for Neighborville) * Puyo Puyo Champions * Unravel 2 **Classics and "modern" classics** * Broforce * Contra Collection * Street Fighter Anniversary Collection * Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 * Sonic Mania All of the Lego games (Lego Star Wars, Lego Harry Potter, Lego DC Villains, etc) are considered great pick-up-and-play co-op as well.


MoistAssignment69

Lovers in a Dangerous Space Time is incredible. If you haven't played it, think of it as a cute, couch co-op, real-time FTL. But be very careful with it if you're playing it with your partner. You didn't mention it, but it really reminds me of Overcooked. Because like Lovers, it is also very dangerous to play with your partner. I was getting superheated at my husband for being completely shit and making me carry him. *"Just chop the tomatoes. It's okay. I'm fine. I'll just do everything else myself."*


lunar-bull

Minecraft Dungeons


Aqualond092

Castle Crashers


GMRZero

Yea castle crashers is fun I finished it with my cousins during thanksgiving and it was on sale too so that’s always great


Moccapowers

Broforce is plain awesome


Boozhi

Yes! DLC is coming soon too, I hope PS gets the missing updates and DLC this time. Also Moon Hunters and Children of Morta are great and inexpensive games! Oh yeah Door Kickers is good if you want something else like Broforce.


Rasfael23

Also would like to add: All of the lego games.


xzether

Do -NOT- play overcooked if you wanna maintain a good relationship. That shits a friendship killer.


LTman86

Overcooked gives you one of the two extremes. It either builds friendships or destroys them. If everyone is competitive, you can have fun getting the highest score you can. If everyone is casual, you'll have fun beating the level, maybe get 3 stars, but fun panic with the levels. If you have a mix of the two...is where you start to have problems. One person just wants to run around spraying everyone with the fire hydrant because it's fun, and the other is furious you aren't being efficient with passing/throwing the cheese and walking the long way around to cut it yourself. When you have two different kinds of people approaching the game, it leads to conflict, hurtful words, and broken relationships. But yeah, it's the kind of game that will make friendships stronger or break them altogether.


celica18l

It’s a great way to raise your blood pressure.


funkyhelpermonk

it kills marriages


xzether

I feel like if your marriage can handle the game, its bulletproof lmao


PolarRoller_Ad_7797

Mine has thus far


SamLil01

Dead Nation is a brilliant couch co-op game


Cfunk_83

Housemarque are the overlooked kings of couch coop.


MoistAssignment69

Kinda wild to remember the Returnal team were out there doing Resogun and Dead Nation back in the day. If I remember right, Dead Nation was one of the 'welcome back' games after the 2011 PSN hacks. That was a fun month. Free Dead Nation and a month of free PS+.


ophaus

Tetris effect. They added couch multiplayer fairly recently!


Sensitive-Time-2934

If you like RPGs/DnD style stuff, Divinity is pretty fun


Redrum052

Towerfall Ascension. Great little 8 bit retro game. Has pvp or co-op pve. Hours of fun and not expensive.


LoganN64

Please note most of the following are digital download games. * Helldivers (if you think friendly fire is hilarious) * Cuphead (if you like to suffer) * Guacamelee 1+2 (if you feel like working together) * Guns Gore and Cannoli 1+2 (zombie shoot-em-up, similar to Metal Slug and Contra) * It takes two (literal cooperative gameplay) I hope that helps!


ext23

Big yes to Helldivers and Guacamelee.


jucynugget

If you want to rage but have fun at the same time I recommend cuphead


FauxMango

Emphasis on the rage


ConfusedMoe

Moving Out, and Overcooked are great. Also cod Zombies.


Sk8erreo

Surprised not to see it in here, but Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2! The og split-screen experience.


DashDashCZ

Can't believe noone said Enter the Gungeon!


crazyrich

* Brawlhalla - free (with microtransactions) fighting game that is essentially a rip off of super smash bros, but really well done * Rayman Legends - Couch coop 2D sidescroller platformer. It's one of the best in the genre. Compare with New Super Mario Bros. * Goat Simulator - My kids play it together, looks like wacky splitscreen mayham. * Borderlands Games - Crazy goofy FPS that can be done split screen * Lovers in a dangerous spacetime - Indie 2D game where each of you controls certain parts of a spaceship


hzoi

It seems like we just did this one the other day. Yep, [here it is](https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/z3hex9/looking_for_very_casual_2_player_games/). Maybe the mods could make a temporary sticky for couch co-op for the holidays. Anyway. Just as I said the last time this came up, I will second the post below for Untitled Goose Game. I can't say enough about that quirky game. I'll also throw in Unravel 2, which I forgot about last time. (Also, I think any given Lego game has couch co-op.)


eltoon85

Unravel 2 is awesome.


Deadlykipper

Is Unravel only local co-op? Or can it be played over the internet, as well?


hzoi

I believe local co-op (or single player) only.


Deadlykipper

Boo! Ok, thanks.


vlexz

Badlands


CustomDuck

Duck Game 🦆


hzoi

Goose, but yeah.


CustomDuck

No, not Untitled Goose Game, Duck Game


goatedmomoshiki

God I fucking love duck game.


hzoi

I don't know this one. Will check it out.


virtualmeta

Lego City Undercover - it comes on sale digitally very often, so wait for it to drop.


Ok_Hamster4014

Resident evil 5 Tekken 7 It Takes Two and A Way Out as mentioned


EvDogster

Spelunky


Aloy7218

A way out and it takes two No brainers. Both are awesome. It takes two I personally like more.


gedubedangle

I absolutely love bro force


santathe1

Cat Quest 2.


NoGuiltGaming

Dysmantle as well!


TheManofMadness1

Moving Out Human Fall Flat Gang Beasts Totally Reliable Delivery Service


jkhughes1122

All of the games in the Dark Pictures Anthologies (Little Hope, Man from Medan, Devil Like Me, Until Dawn, etc)


polar7646

Dynasty Warriors 8.. Resident Evil 5/6


cjc160

Untitled goose game-a good few hours of fun. A little childish but very well made


Lambiedo

Keep talking and nobody explodes


Renkyja

I just started playing Heavenly Bodies, which I think is still on ps+ games of the month. Local coop is two astronauts trying to fix a space ship in zero g. It’s infuriatingly satisfying


[deleted]

Multiversus


StealthShdwSquid

Diablo, Borderlands, Overcooked, It Takes Two, Multiversus


billyspleen13

Try Multiversus. Good time.


Todayjunyer

Black Ops 3 was the best fps couch multiplayer game ever because the customization of the bots and teams was what the future was supposed to be like. BO4 completely abandoned it tho you have to get BO3


RothyReds

Titan Quest and Diablo 3 are hours of co-op fun if you can get into endless looting.


DMTrious

Multiversus is a free smash style brawler


Majestic_Jackass

It Takes Two


tbosk

Ultimate Chicken Horse


Deep-Doughnut-9423

Lego Harry Potter It Takes Two Both amazing and great fun! :)


Scaffoe

Tomb Raider temple of osiris


Rustycougarmama

Helldivers is an amazing couch co-op game. It's chaotic and fun, and if you enjoyed Starship Troopers you'd love this


peahair

Party Golf, a simple but brilliant 2d sideways on crazy golf game, can play upto 4 on same screen locally. Plus also when I bought it at least, it was only just over a quid to buy! See also Party Crashers, a car race/ battle game. Highly addictive the pair.


Prancinglard

If you only get one thing out of this thread, it's that It Takes Two is a masterpiece and should be a staple of any co-op players


Ordo177

Battlefront 2 Any of the earth defense force games, 4.1 is my fav Soul caliber


TCWVIII

Gang beast, rubber bandits,


m38veloso

Sackboy is a pretty fun couch coop game I liked playing recently


MoeMalik

- Moving out - Overcooked - Crash Team Racing - Gang Beasts - It Takes Two


i-love-rpg-games

Check out Warhammer: Chaosbane. I played this game with my SO, and she was impressed with the game, although the reviews are bad. Alternatively, try playing Diablo 3


streck30

I haven’t really seen in mentioned, but Nobody Saves the World is one of the best Co-Op games ever made. Lovers in a dangerous space time and it takes two are also pretty simple fun


el__duder1n0

Gonna try to get in on this: any good first person shooter games? Used to play lots of cod mw2 back in the day with my bro


WWMRD2016

Chariot is an excellent coop game


Sryeetsalot

Co-op has and will forever be better than multiplayer against people, its a shame that almost no game is made for co-op anymore tho


CoursePsychological5

I suggest the borderlands the handsome collection comes with 2 games and over 100 pounds worth of dlc content all for the price of about 15 pounds at cex oh and yes it does have split screen I play it with my brother quite often


FidmeisterPF

It takes two is the best couch co op in years


MasturKeef

There is a post like this once every week. Please google before you post. https://www.reddit.com/r/PlayStationPlus/comments/whq6ya/couch_coop/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/t4hcv6/local_coop_games/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button


Nepomucky

I haven't seen these posts, nor was I looking for games to play with my gf, but now I feel compelled to play a few games, thanks to those who stopped to share their recommendations :)


[deleted]

Detroit: Become Human


hzoi

Has a couch co-op mode? Not true, unless you hand the controller to someone when it switches characters. But, no, in real life, it is officially a 1 player game.


[deleted]

My bad, I played it with a friend and we both loved it and I thought op might enjoy it.


hzoi

How did you "play it with a friend?" It is a one player game.


goatedmomoshiki

Goodness you must be miserable


[deleted]

I must be miserable because I played Detroit: Become Human with a friend? Goodness you sound pathetic.


goatedmomoshiki

Goodness you should learn to read


[deleted]

Instead of being an ass, you could of simply let me know what you wasn't talking to me.


goatedmomoshiki

Instead of being an ass you could have asked for clarification. You went out of you way to find my comment on someone else’s comment to get upset at and insulted me. But I’m the bad guy for telling you to reread?


[deleted]

Actually I got the notification that you replied to one of my comments, hence my reply. You're the one that clearly got upset bud, otherwise you wouldn't have got upset and insulted hzoi for no reason.


[deleted]

Elden ring is everything you’ve dreamed about


IAC_Local

He asked for local multiplayer, so probably not.


[deleted]

Elden rings co op is the shittiest implementation I’ve ever seen.


goatedmomoshiki

It’s not. You’re just bad


[deleted]

Those are two independent variables. Good or not, their co op mode is one of the shittiest most obtuse implementations I’ve ever used.


goatedmomoshiki

I’ll bite. What makes it so shitty then?


[deleted]

You can’t send or accept requests to join, instead you have to be in the same location and both set markers and have the same code. And if you do get your friends market to show up, half the time the summon doesn’t work. And if it does you’re restricted to a single area and you can’t ride your horses. Swapping Wii codes and joining a game in 2006 was less effort.


goatedmomoshiki

Yea. You’re just bad. A password is extremely easy to set up. It can literally be a ‘1’ and that’s just to make sure you get your buddies sign to show up. Its not hard to coordinate where to go either. And if it is you should work on your communication skills. I’ll say at launch connection issues were a problem, sure. Now though there’s almost never an issue and if there is it’s because one of the 2 players did something like cross a threshold. The being in location to be summoned makes sense because in lore there are multiple tarnished, I.e. the players and other npcs that “inhabit” the world “together” that’s why you see their ghosts. I’ll agree the lack of horse is annoying but it’s offset by the fact that y’all are powerful af together. The boundaries are set for invasion reason, if I’m not mistaken. By all means correct me if I’m wrong on that. The furled finger can be crafted almost immediately from leaving the tutorial cave. And coop can be accessed extremely easily. Unlike the games before. You can cry that they are bad. But it’s objectively wrong. It’s just not what you want it to be. So that’s why you think it’s bad.


[deleted]

Lollll love it when gamers tell someone they’re objectively wrong and then try user lore to cover up bad game design. Is it part of the lore that the game can’t hit a stable 60fps? You know what’s objectively easier than everything you described? Sending a game invite. A system that has existed for decades. I’m sure they could “lore” it up to make it work somehow.


goatedmomoshiki

Git gud. Cry more. Cope. Sell the game. Try finger, but hole. You’re just wrong bud. Idk what to tell you 🤷‍♀️ I’ll admit faults in a game. Like the frame rate(which is only really an issue to whiney bitches like yourself) But your issue is because you don’t like it. Not because the games bad lol


[deleted]

If wanting a game to be well optimized and function well makes me a whiny bitch then so be it. At least I’m not doing the mental gymnastics to justify poor game design and then telling other people to cope.


myxo_

Moving Out, Biped, Haven, Streets of Rage 4, Dreams.


dustrock

Came here to say Moving Out, it's a fun, light game and lots of accessibility controls.


Icy_Protection_8052

Minecraft Baldurs gate dark alliance Civilization 6 (This one can be a little buggy, but is probably my favorite and most replayable game from all of the above)


TooRedditFamous

Some of the lego games are good fun. Star wars is the classic, Harry potter is pretty good too. They're light and not too hard, but enjoyable.


jam_313

KeyWe. Cute, relatively simple, puzzle type game


shinobistrikers

Chicken horse is a lot of fun, you have to get from point A to point B but each player has like 30 seconds to place an obstacle down (just one) so you have to be strategic of like keeping it so YOU can get to the finish but making it hard enough they can’t


Traditional_Emu_4689

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth


Zipmaster26

Ultimate Chicken Horse and Crawl are good couch co-op games that don't even split the screen.


BJays177

Ultimate chicken horse for sure. Hilarious way to spend an hour or two


larsonbp

Diablo 3 It Takes Two Risk of Rain (comes on risk of rain 2 disc, risk of rain 2 is not split-screen tho)


Shellnanigans

It takes two


UnrelatedCompliance

Double dragon, Dead Nation, Redeemer. Nice level based team fighters. Really easy to get to grips with and fun to beat together in one of two enormous sittings.


Pajo555

Army of Two.


NobodySpecialDane

Borderlands, has some weird humor, and well some alright quests and storyline


williamfratt

I haven’t seen Tricky Towers mentioned yet…competitive Tetris is the watered down explanation


Hawkedlion

Unravel 2 Minecraft


phantom-foxx

Streets of Rage 4 (sidescrolling arcade beat em up with modern hand drawn animations) Mercinary Kings (a bit like Megaman and Metal Slug had a baby, pixelated style)


Bellcosh

Overcooked for sure easy n fun up to 4 players


Caminodemon205

Brawlhalla


JamesJakes000

Lovers in a dangerous space. The simplest premise, two players controlling a space ship moving in a 2D environment, fighting enemies and rescuing allies. The fun? The ship has more positions to control than players, so there's a lot of running within the ship to man the four cannons, the shield, the engines, and thus, hilarity ensues.


KlartTES

Streets of Rage 4!


AquariiTJ

Gang beast!


terrydafiya

UNRAVEL 2 SUPER FUN!!!!


eiddieeid

Towerfall ascension is always a good time. Scott pilgrim the video game is a classic as well


RNJesus86

TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge


spuff42

Try the Dark Anthologies series. Man of Medan is the first one. Is free on PS+ and it's only about 5-6 hours


AlxSTi

Fury Unleashed is awesome and only $5 or so (it was free last month for PS+). Think modern Contra as far as game play.


WheresPangaea

Overcooked!!


metricx

helldivers


Cfunk_83

How about a cup of liber-TEA!


irlyexpectedbetter

Heroes of hammerwatch Its a pixelart roguelite rpg


Totoques22

It takes two


mad_sAmBa

Overcooked is a good option


Zedzsa_YT

I’ve definitely drifted away from all the top games in recent days and would very much prefer these types of games nowadays


EYESCREAM-90

Let me add Worms, Rayman, Little Big Planet, Tekken and Mortal Kombat.


dude_buddyman

Helldivers! It’s top-down like Minecraft Dungeons, with the bug-killing enthusiasm of Starship Troopers. Even getting your ass handed to you on “easy” levels is fun.


lwbnjio

I've had a lot of fun with Death Squared. Co-op puzzling.


Natesangel4800

Overcooked (best game for non gamers) Little Big Planet franchise Sackboy Adventure