Steam has so many great couch co-op games, and here are the best ones to play right now in 2026.

Dalton Cooper is the Managing Editor of GameRant. Dalton has been writing about video games professionally since 2011. Having written thousands of game reviews and articles over the course of his ...

There’s something special about sharing a multiplayer game in the same room as a group of mates. Whether it’s duffing up bad guys in classics like Streets of Rage II, racing in four-player Mario Kart ...

Mark Sammut serves as the lead editor of the Evergreen gaming list department for GameRant, along with contributing to other department like anime lists and resources. In a previous life, he also ...

Why it’s great: Easy to pick up, impossible to put down. The chaos of shells, bananas, and last‑second blue shell strikes makes it perfect for mixed‑skill groups. Who it’s for: Families, casual ...

Some say that couch multiplayer is dead thanks to the omnipresence of online gaming. We would like to say that, while couch multiplayer may not be as common as it once was, it is far from dead. There ...

If RPGs with friends are your thing, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time has got your back, since it features both local (couch co-op) and online multiplayer options to allow you to party up with ...

Super Mario is the most iconic video game character in history but he also kind of hogs the whole conversation when it comes to multiplayer games on Nintendo systems. Look, I get it! Mario is awesome!