List of Co-Op games
| Game/Franchise | Genre | Platforms | Split-screen | Players |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borderlands | Looter Shooter | PC, PlayStation, Switch, PC | ⚠️ | 2-4 |
| Death Squared | Puzzle | PC, PlayStation, Switch, Xbox | ✅ | 2, 4 |
| Gears of War | Third Person Shooter | PC, Xbox | ⚠️ | 2-3 |
| Halo | First Person shooter | PC, Xbox | ⚠️ | 2-4 |
| Hazelight Games | 3D Platformer | PC, PlayStation, Switch, Xbox | ✅ | 2 |
| Portal 2 | First Person Puzzle | Linux, Mac, PC, PS3, Switch, Xbox | ✅ | 2 |
| Urban Flow | Strategy Puzzle | PC, PlayStation, Switch, Xbox | ✅ | 2-4 |
| Unravel Two | Platformer Puzzle | PC, PlayStation, Switch, Xbox | ✅ | 2 |
Borderlands
A series of looter shooters with fairly open world and lots of side quests. Cooperation is class/role based, and in earler games of the series loot drops are shared, so players must choose who takes each item.
Split-screen is officially only available on Consoles. PC games have fan-made split-screen mods, but older games of the series run on any potato PC so i suggest network play on multiple machines.
- 2022 Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
- 2019 Borderlands 3 (PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
- 2014 Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (PC, PS3, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
- 2012 Borderlands 2 (PC, PS3, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
- 2009 Borderlands (PC, PS3, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
Gears of War
A series of third person shooters with cinematic cooperative campaigns. Besides usual for the genre class/role cooperation, campaigns include simple puzzle sections. Gears 5 has 3-player co-op, other games are 2-player co-op.
Some games of the series only have split-screen on Xbox.
A big guide for the series is on a separate page.
Halo
A series of first person shooters with cinematic cooperative campaigns. Cooperation is limited to driver/gunner vehicle sections.
Halo CE and Halo 2 are limited to 2-player co-op, later games have up to 4-player co-op.
Split-screen is only available in earlier games of the series, and only on Xbox.
A big guide for the series is on a separate page.
Hazelight Games
A series of cooperative 3D puzzle platformers by Hazelight Studios. Every game has a different plot/setting, so they can be played in any sequence.
- 2025 Split Fiction (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
- 2021 It Takes Two (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Switch, Xbox Series)
- 2018 A Way Out (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
- 2013 Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (PC, PS3, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series)
- Cooperative mode is only available on Nintendo Switch
Games can be played on LAN or over internet, but will always be split-screen as it's developer's artistic choice. Unless both players insist on using keyboard and mouse, playing on a single big screen is most enjoyable. On PC, one player can use keyboard and mouse while other player is using a controller. Which input controls which character can be set when starting a campaign.
Portal 2
Valve's first person puzzle has a separate campaign to be played in 2-person cooperative mode. Puzzles are much harder than singleplayer campaign and require knowledge of base game mechanics, but is very enjoyable for players who beat singleplayer campaign.
The game is available for any potato PC, as well as Linux, Mac, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series.
Split-screen on PC has technical challenges, but there's a guide with workarounds.