Your backup has a blast radius.
A teammate’s name on the death screen. Powerful support becomes another thing the squad has to live near.
THE DISCOVERY LIST / 16 PLACES TO BEGINFIND YOUR KIND
FIND YOUR KIND
OF TROUBLE.
A last stand, a terrible delivery, a long walk into the dark. Choose the evening your group wants to have.
PICK THE FEELING. FIND THE GAME.
TWO WAYS INTO TROUBLE.
Follow the kind of night your friends want to share.
Phasmophobia4 DIFFERENT STARTING POINTS
Co-op horror
Start with what you want to do together. The monster is only part of the decision.
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Killing Floor 35 DIFFERENT STARTING POINTS
Horde shooters
Five starting points for a busy night. Choose the shared job that makes the next crowd worth facing.
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Down to two? Compare them ↗Start with a mood or group size. Each pick explains the kind of evening it could give you.
Games in the collection
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Compare with Space Marine 2 Your friends enjoy busy firefights, visible acts of support and recovering together when a good intention goes badly.
Before you choose
Always-on friendly fire needs to be part of the appeal. Our showcase predates release.
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Your friend is a dot on a screen.
A flashlight shows part of a room. A monitor shows another view of the job. Somebody has to make the directions useful.
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Compare with R.E.P.O. Your friends enjoy exploring, sharing partial information and deciding together when the crew should head back.
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Four-player standard limit. Early Access; larger modded lobbies are outside this guide.
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The truck stops. The horde doesn’t.
A winch gets you through the road. Keeping the truck alive is a different kind of problem.
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Compare with Left 4 Dead 2 Your friends enjoy a clear shared objective, crowded firefights and a recovery with seconds left on the clock.
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Fire and effects can make individual threats difficult to pick out.
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Your loot has to survive, too.
Monsters are one problem. Getting an expensive, very fragile haul through a doorway is another.
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Compare with Phasmophobia Friends who enjoy physical comedy, awkward coordination and a horror story that can go wrong in small ways.
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A mishap can cost the cargo you spent time collecting. Still in Early Access.
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The way home is still locked.
You can build a staircase out of a cave. First, you have to make the cave let you leave.
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Compare with GTFO A group drawn to exploration, useful tools and a hectic escape at the end of a shared job.
Before you choose
The sample mission is solo with Bosco. Check the store version before buying with friends.
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Would you stay for the photo?
A camera, a dark corner, and a reason to wait for the thing you want to escape.
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Compare with R.E.P.O. Friends who enjoy waiting, listening and comparing clues more than constant shooting.
Before you choose
Our solo challenge is an extreme example, not a typical first contract.
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Then the whole world changes.
Four prisoners descend into the dark. One moment makes the next doorway feel even less certain.
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Compare with Deep Rock Galactic A group looking for deliberate movement, scarce resources and pressure that can erupt into a firefight.
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Best considered when your group wants to concentrate and coordinate.
Check platform compatibility ↗One jump. Somebody else has to save you.
A Jockey takes away your aim. A Boomer takes away your view. Your team becomes the way forward.
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Compare with Toxic Commando A group that wants fast changes of responsibility: shoot, rescue, cover, move.
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A grab can interrupt your control. Check that your friends enjoy needing a rescue.
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A big hotel. Very little room to run.
A corridor frames the next wave. Then Moorcroft makes the same building feel smaller.
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Compare with Darktide Your friends want crowded gunfights, large monsters and room for up to six in the squad.
Before you choose
The featured footage uses Hell on Earth difficulty. Visual effects and gore can make the fight very busy.
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A huge room. A shield-sized view.
A raised shield changes the picture. A doorway opens it again. Follow the squad through Tertium.
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Compare with Killing Floor 3 Four friends drawn to imposing interiors, ranged and melee combat, and danger at arm’s length.
Before you choose
The Arbites equipment and cyber-mastiff in our example belong to a paid class add-on.
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The lab is ruined. Someone adopted the alien.
A glowing pet and a chemistry bench turn a containment breach into a very unusual shared workplace.
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Compare with R.E.P.O. Friends who enjoy exploring, making equipment and turning a strange place into a shared project.
Before you choose
Crafting and maintaining a shared project need to appeal to the group as much as combat does.
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Watch the floor. The boss is overhead.
A floating boss and a travelling wave pull attention in different directions. Then the campaign changes its enemy.
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Compare with Darktide Up to three friends who want a story-led campaign, imposing battles and a visible armoured protagonist.
Before you choose
The campaign accommodates three, not four. Our archived footage includes enemy and boss spoilers.
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Your tiny dragon becomes the way forward.
A shoulder-sized companion grows into a ride. Two views keep both partners present as the adventure changes around them.
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Compare with It Takes Two A pair who want a shared story, changing abilities and a clear view of each other’s progress.
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Exactly two players. Consider whether both partners enjoy adapting to new activities.
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Your partner has turned into a cactus.
Different tools make the same problem interesting. A garden fight shows why watching the other screen matters.
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Compare with Split Fiction Two people who want a shared adventure with changing abilities and enjoy finding a use for what their partner can do.
Before you choose
Both partners need to enjoy adapting to new abilities. The separating-couple premise is worth discussing before choosing the game.
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The horde is building its own staircase.
A rising pile makes the ledge feel temporary. Later, the roof becomes another entrance into the fight.
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Compare with Toxic Commando Friends drawn to visible, developing swarm threats and a defence that changes where they need to look.
Before you choose
Aftermath is required for the first-person option shown here. ReShade and reduced HUD change the presentation of this particular recording.
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Somebody watch the door.
A dark road, a crowded room and a box of wires that takes over the whole view.
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Compare with Left 4 Dead 2 Your group wants an uneasy zombie expedition with jobs to finish along the way, and room for up to eight friends.
Before you choose
Our 2024 scene predates the 2026 full release. Difficulty and scenario change death rules and starting arrangements.
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Try a different kind of trouble.
Our collection is deliberately small. Broaden the platform, mood or group size to see the games we have covered.
Player counts are capacity, not a promise that every smaller group will have the same experience. Platform filters show the editions covered here; check exact consoles, store versions and cross-play before buying. Group-fit and mood labels are our editorial judgements, drawn from the credited scenes on each game page.
THE PEOPLE MAKE THE PLAN
Or try the game finder ↗START WITH YOUR GROUP.
JUST THE TWO OF YOU
Make it your adventure.
A dedicated duo, a cave expedition or a ghost investigation. Find your shared activity.
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YOUR REGULAR TRIO
Three different evenings.
A campaign squad, a cave crew or a terrible delivery. Find the one your three friends want.
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FOUR FRIENDS
What kind of night?
Rescue, build, investigate or prepare. Choose the job you want to share.
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ROOM FOR SIX
Keep everyone together.
Fragile cargo, another wave or a shared survival project. Three ways to gather six.
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