I am a very big fan computer games, and most of all I prefer co-op games. What could be better than playing a good game in a great company of friends? Stock up on couch provisions - bring a big cup of coffee, make a huge sandwich, open it with a package of chips, and sit down for a couple or three hours of passing a good co-op with an interesting plot. But even if everything is more or less ready, one of the most important questions remains - what to play? I think many people had this question, and here is a complete "paragraph". In this post, I want to figure out which co-op games can be called the best today, and which are 100% worth paying attention to.

First of all, the main choice for you and your friends will be the genre of the game. In my case, every time I argue with my friends, what are we going to play? Someone wants a shooter, or a light slasher, just to relax. I prefer more interesting and exciting games, where the main task of the hero is not only to smear all his enemies on the walls, but also to have a storyline, pumping and character development. Where you not only need to shoot and swing your sword, but also think logically. Some people love simulations. Racing, fighting games, or growing cabbages. In general, how many people have so many opinions. But how do you choose a game that everyone will like?

And here is a list of those games that my friends and I sit down to play:

Torchlight 2 - The world of Torchlight is at the epicenter of places for adventure, mystical discovery, and many worlds. All this is randomly generated. It's hard not to compare this game with Diablo 3, the setting is very similar. The game has a different graphic styling, and a feature is a pet that helps you in the game. Part 2 can be played with up to six players. The gameplay is very interesting and enjoyable. This game is worth playing with friends.

Don "t Starve Together - a unique atmosphere of the survival genre, where a sense of loneliness and independent exploration haunts you even in co-op mode. The game is famous for its attention to detail and the balance of emerging items and character skills.

Tom Clancy's The Division is a cooperative shooter with a clearly defined ultimate goal. Long quests for leveling up your character and equipment are not suitable for everyone, but if you and your friends love pumping shooters, then you should definitely pay attention to the game. Regular missions, additional tasks, and the combat system of the game, will help each player to reveal their potential, because the completion of the task depends on the actions of each of the players.

Forza Horizon 3 - a co-op mode has been added to the game. Each race can be completed together. So if you're somewhere behind everyone else and your friend is ahead, you'll both get medals for first place. If you did not complete the trick on the assignment, but your friend did it, then you will also be credited with it. At any time, you can compete with each other. This is one of the most friendly racing simulators, and you need to sit down for it with your friends.

Killing Floor 2 is a shooter where you and 5 other players must survive a series of attacks. During the defense, you have to shoot and beat very restless enemies. Gather together with your friends, choose your class, grab a stronger weapon, and forward to fight off the crowds of monsters attacking you. And don't forget that teamwork is vital.

Diablo 3 is co-op for 2-4 players. One casts useful spells, the other takes on crowds of enemies, the third helps from afar. The characters also have active and passive skills, some of which apply to the entire squad. As you increase the difficulty level, you get more experience, gold, and a chance to get rare or legendary items of equipment. But for this you will have to sweat in the battle with the next boss, using various tactics.

GTA Online - 4 players team up to go through a series of story missions in which each hero plays his role, participating in a big robbery. Missions will competently let each player feel that the outcome of the event depends on him.

Borderlands 2 is a crazy action shooter with interesting and addictive gameplay. You get a lot of joy in exploring the planet Pandora, improving your hero and constantly experimenting with your combat classes and various types weapons. A lot depends on playing together. After all, the cooperative mode is the heart of the game.

Far Cry 4 - alas, the main company will not work together. But there are several separate missions that you can complete with a friend. Together you capture the bases of terrorists, interacting with the whole world around you. You can split up, where one will be at the very epicenter of hostilities, and the second will cover it from the hills, reporting where the opponents are.

Payday 2 - in co-op mode, you can play with four people, performing various robberies, where there are more than 30 missions. In part 2 of the game, a dynamic scenario mode appeared, where if you failed the task, then the next time the plot will be different. Everyone can follow their own branch of development. You can create a unique team from the different skills of the players. In the game, you can change the style of the character, improve weapons and special equipment.

Portal 2 - the sequel turned out to be very successful, and the co-op mode added even more colors to the game. Huge locations, excellent graphics, gameplay based on the creation of 2 portals. To complete the levels, you and your friend need to solve a series of puzzles by helping each other.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon - the game was originally conceived as a cooperative game. In the co-op mode, the game becomes much more interesting than a single company. In the story, you are a special forces group chasing the leader of the drug cartel, gradually destroying his camps and crowds of heavily armed enemies.

Gears of War 4 is a game about strong male friendships, where beefy fighters fight their way back to back through the horrors of a dying world. In online mode, a game is available for up to 5 people, where you now and then destroy endless waves of monsters. The co-op mode of this game is a dynamic shooter, close teamwork, and maximum drive.

Of course, I can not list all the games, but I tried to talk about interesting and more popular ones. Also, I specifically did not assign this or that place to games. I think that every game deserves attention. Well, as they say - "Felt-tip pens are different in taste and color", so it's up to you to decide which game is best for you. Write in the comments what games you play.

Tramps, hello! Below is a selection of the best cooperative games for both two and several players. If you have suggestions for other games, write in the comments.

Diablo Series

Release date: 1996-2012

A trilogy of action/RPG games made in the style of dark fantasy and telling about the confrontation of people (descendants of the Nephalem) with the embodiments of evil, the main of which is the Lord of Terror - Diablo. The series is distinguished by the presence of several characters with their own unique abilities, a huge number of monsters that respawn every time you start the game, as well as randomly generated locations. The possibility of cooperative passage should also be added to the advantages of these games. The game on our site is included in the tops:,

The series is currently Blizzard Entertainment's most successful franchise campaign. The release of each part was a real event for the gaming community. The series consists of three main games: Diablo (1996), Diablo II (2000) and Diablo III (2012). Each of the games was also supplied with an add-on that added additional levels and features to the game. In the third part there is a cooperative passage and multiplayer, which allows you to play the game together.

Half Life 1 and 2

Release date: the first - 1998, the second - 2004

A series of sci-fi first-person shooters that tell us the story of theoretical physicist Gordon Freeman, and part-time the only one who can save the Earth from aliens. The games in the series are almost an icon of the genre, largely due to the exciting gameplay, thoughtful level design and unusual plot presentation. In addition, the engine of the second part of the game Source (of course, significantly improved) even today is actively used by game developers to create their projects.

Despite the fact that every game in the Half-Life series is a single player game, since a certain time, Valve has been giving out a modification for cooperative play absolutely free of charge. In fact, the game becomes refocused on two players, gets new puzzles and a number of cooperative features.

Serious Sam Series

Release date: 2001-2011

Genre: First person shooter

A series of first-person shooters that stand out from many similar games with hurricane gameplay, when the player needs to shoot back from a huge number of opponents using an equally huge arsenal of weapons. The total number of enemies per game can reach several thousand! Battles are cleverly diluted with simple puzzles and searching for keys, as well as jumping on platforms, dodging spikes, etc.

Another feature of this series is the possibility of cooperative passage of levels. The players liked the opportunity, together with a partner, to smash various monsters to shreds. It's also worth adding a bit of absurd humor and original storytelling style here, and it becomes immediately clear why Serious Sam is very popular among players even today.

Garry's Mod

Release date: 2004

Genre: first person shooter,

A kind of physical "sandbox" that allows you to manipulate various objects on your own or together with friends and arrange experiments with the physics of the Source game engine. With this modification, you can, for example, connect, copy, resize or texture, and perform other kinds of actions with a variety of game objects based on the Source engine. In addition, in addition to the sandbox mode, there are several fun online game modes in the modification.

It is worth noting that for the modification to work, players will need any game on the Source engine. In this case, the objects and characters of Half-Life 2 will immediately become available to the player, because. they are included in the main distribution of the engine. Other games will allow you to use your content in the sandbox.

Samurai Warriors 2

Release date: 2006

Genre: third person action,

The second part of the famous hack'n'slash series, which has added several new characters, as well as a number of new features. The game begins with a choice of sides fighting for control of Japan. After choosing from the sides, the player is invited to choose a character (initially 26 pieces are available, the rest open as you progress), each of which has its own characteristics of combat. In addition to the standard campaign, the game has a survival mode, as well as the ability to play together.

The lion's share of the time we will rush to different ends of the map, destroying ordinary opponents and officers in batches. For defeating enemies, we get gold and experience. The first is used to buy equipment and some abilities, the second is used to improve their characteristics. Upgraded characters make more powerful combos and can use super attacks more often.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Release date: 2007

Genre: first person shooter,

A first-person shooter dedicated, as you might guess, to modern warfare. The game is distinguished by high-quality, verified gameplay, excellent plot and its competent presentation. The first game in the Modern Warfare sub-series in which the developers decided to move away from World War II for the first time. The project was highly appreciated by both critics and players. An excellent multiplayer mode played an important role in this.

In multiplayer, players have several modes available, in particular: Free play (every man for himself), Team battle, Championship (capture flags), Headquarters (capture and hold headquarters), Sabotage (planting a bomb and protecting your base from it), Find and destroy (the same, only one team must plant the bomb, the second must prevent this). In subsequent parts of the sub-series, modes for cooperative play were also implemented.

Gears of War series

Release date: 2006-2016

A series of third-person shooters in which the main game feature is the use of cover by the player, as well as the competent combination of tactical movement through the level with shooting. An impressive arsenal of weapons is available to players, including a standard assault rifle with a built-in chainsaw for close-range attacks. The gameplay is very dynamic, in addition, the games in the series have the possibility of cooperative passage of the story campaign. In addition to co-op, the games offer a number of competitive multiplayer modes.

The games in the series have received a number of awards, including the best game projects of the year, as well as for its graphic performance. Players appreciate the franchise for its hardcore, action, and the ability to play together with friends. The first part sold over three million copies in ten weeks and became the fastest selling game of 2006 and the second most played on Xbox Live during 2007.

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men

Release date: 2007

Genre: third person shooter,

Action from a third person, which is based on the interaction of two completely different characters. The game is focused primarily on cooperative play, and when playing solo, your partner will be controlled by artificial intelligence. The game focuses heavily on story and gunplay, in which the player can take cover behind various objects and shoot blindly. The levels are quite linear, but it is not uncommon to find the possibility of a tactical bypass.

The features of the game also include the ability to exchange weapons with allies, as well as the fact that the player almost never has to look for ammunition, since a partner can always give out a small portion of the necessary ammunition. In addition, in addition to the story campaign, the game also has an online mode where players need to steal as much money from the bank as possible.

left for dead

Release date: the first - 2008, the second - 2009

Genre: First-person shooter, survival horror

A cooperative first-person shooter with elements of survival horror in which the player, in the company of three more of his friends, has to go through various levels filled with a huge amount of all kinds of "dead things". If the player runs alone, then AI will play for the rest of the characters. The main feature of the game is the presence of the so-called "director", which adjusts the gameplay depending on the actions of the players, so that each passage will be unique.

The project has received many positive reviews, as well as a number of significant awards, largely due to its unique gameplay, with an emphasis on team action, as well as a dark atmosphere of horror and despair. On November 17, 2009, the second part was released, to which the maps and campaigns of the first part were subsequently added. It is worth noting that a lot of people still play the game.

Resident Evil 5 and 6

Release date: 1996-2017

Genre: third person shooter, zombies,

Two parts of the famous game series, made in the genre of third-person shooters, in which the player in the company of a partner (controlled by a second player or artificial intelligence) goes through all sorts of missions filled with various mutants and zombies. The games are broken up into small chapters, often with a mandatory boss at the end. Between chapters, the player can purchase equipment or improve existing ones.

The main difference between the sixth part and the fifth part is the presence of as many as four story campaigns, the events of which take place in parallel with each other and often intersect at key points. Moreover, each of the campaigns is slightly different in terms of gameplay. So, the campaign for Leon and Helena is more like the classic Resident Evil, and the campaign for Chris and Pierce is reminiscent of the fifth part of the franchise.

Kiling Floor 1 and 2

Release date: P first - 2005, second - 2015

Genre: First person shooter zombie

A dilogy of games in the genre of a cooperative first-person shooter with elements of survival horror, in which six people on one of the maps must destroy many mutants, and then defeat a powerful boss at the end. Depending on the game settings, the boss appears after the 4th, 7th, or 10th wave of monsters. Between waves, players can purchase weapons and equipment from the shop (money is earned by killing mutants). There is also a small RPG element here. In particular, for the experience gained in battles, you can improve the character's perks.

Both parts of the game were warmly received by the gaming community. Many noted the similarity of this project with the Left 4 Dead game, but at the same time they focused on the fact that the Killing Floor franchise is not without its own uniqueness and is definitely capable of leaving positive impressions.

Trine 1-3

Release date: 2009-2015

A trilogy that combines genres such as 2D fantasy platformer, RPG and puzzle. The main feature of the games in the series is the ability to pass levels immediately for three different characters, switching between them at the right time. Each of the characters has their own unique skills that the player will need at different stages of the levels.

Locations are built in such a way that sooner or later the player has to take control of one or another character. So, for example, a knight can fight opponents and use a shield to protect the team from enemy projectiles. The thief uses a bow and arrows, as well as a grappling hook. The magician has the ability to create objects and move them in space. Also, the games of the series include co-op for 3 people and special levels for co-op.

Borderlands 1 and 2

Release date: the first - 2009, the second - 2012

Two parts of a cooperative first-person shooter with RPG elements, in which 1 or 2 players go through the story campaign, completing the main and secondary tasks of the NPC. The game has several playable characters with their own unique skills, a lot of quests (which is more typical for MMORPGs) and a lot of all kinds of loot (weapons, upgrade modules, etc.).

Implemented in the game interesting feature- procedurally generated weapons and items that can receive improved firepower or, for example, effects such as setting an enemy on fire. The same system is used when creating special enemies that players encounter along the way. It is also worth noting the unique hand-drawn style, which has become a kind of hallmark of the series.

Lost Planet 2 and 3

Release date: 2006-2013

Genre: Third person shooter about aliens

Two parts of the famous third-person shooter, which partly copy the gameplay of the first game in the series. In particular, we have mechanized armor, extreme terrain and huge boss fights. There is also an RPG element here. The main difference between the second and third parts of the series is the presence of a cooperative, thanks to which players up to four people can go through the story campaign.

In addition to the story campaign and co-op, the games in the series have several multiplayer modes, in which there is also a deeper character customization, including a wide selection of face models, legs, torso, etc. In general, the projects received mostly positive reviews, in which players noted excellent multiplayer content and original monster designs.

Magicka 1 and 2

Release date: the first - 2011, the second - 2015

Genre: Arcade, fantasy, magic

Fun action-adventures focused on co-op. In both parts of the series, the player in the role of one of the wizards in the company of his friends (up to 4 players) must go through all kinds of levels in order to stop the "Dark Evil". The series impresses with a huge number of all kinds of magical combinations, as well as absurd situations that arise as it progresses. The degree of absurdity is also increased by the fact that friendly fire is always on here and with some especially massive spell you can accidentally fry your comrades. Such errors will often occur to you, moreover, the game expects and requires them from you!

In general, the whole point of the series is in a fun cooperative, which is equipped with a huge amount of humor. The games also have references to everything you can think of, various secrets and artifacts, as well as a flexible spell system based on combining various elements (which often gives unpredictable, and sometimes even funny results).

Terraria

Release date: 2011

Genre: Arcade, Adventure, RPG, Sandbox,

Adventure indie sandbox where the player can explore the world, extract resources, create various objects and structures, fight monsters, all in a huge randomly generated 2D location. At the same time, the location has a clear zoning, and some types of monsters or resources can only be found in a certain zone. The variety of items, equipment and enemies in the game is very large, in particular, the number of items alone here exceeds 2000!

With one of the patches, co-op was added to the game, as well as "expert mode". In the cooperative mode, several people can now explore the world at once, and the "expert mode" greatly complicates the game, in particular, the mobs become stronger, and the drop-down loot is much less than in normal modes.

Portal 2

Release date: 2011

Genre: First person puzzle

The second part of the famous "portal" puzzle with a first-person view, which develops and improves the gameplay of the first part. The gameplay here is also built around a special device that allows you to create portals in space and instantly move to the right place. In addition to moving the player directly, the portal gun also helps move various objects (for example, companion cubes or turrets). The game is included in the top games with

Among the many gameplay innovations in Portal 2, it is worth noting the presence of a cooperative mode that allows you to complete levels in the company of another player. In this case, each of the players can use both their own portals and the portals of a partner (although there is no connection between all four portals in the game). Most co-op puzzles also rely on players interacting with different elements (often via portals), but co-op is much more complex than solo.

Lord of the Rings: War in the North

Release date: 2011

Genre: RPG, third-person action

An action role-playing game with up to three-player co-op inspired by the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, in which players take on the role of one of several heroes and travel to various locations in the world of Middle-earth. The project does not repeat the hackneyed plots of the original trilogy, but covers events that unfold parallel to the main plot of the books, thereby expanding the LotR universe.

There are three characters in the game, each of which has its own abilities and will be much better than the others in some ways (for example, the elf specializes in healing the team and raising morale, and the dwarf is good for frontal attacks and withstanding a lot of damage). On their way, the heroes will meet many different monsters, and at the end of each level they will have a boss battle, after which they can get useful loot and upgrade their character.

Dead Island and Dead Island Riptide

Release date: the first - 2011, the second - 2013

Genre: First person shooter with RPG elements, zombies, open world

A first-person survival horror action game with role-playing elements, a huge open world and an emphasis on a cooperative storyline campaign. The heroes of the game are tourists who, by chance, found themselves right in the center of a local zombie apocalypse. Now the player in the role of one of the characters, having gathered a company of up to three of his friends, will have to find out the cause of the pandemic, and then escape from one, and then from another infected island.

The basis of the gameplay here is the exploration of the island, the battle with the infected, as well as the completion of main and secondary quests. In the process of passing, players gain experience that can be spent on pumping their character, and also find supplies and weapons. The latter breaks as you use it, so you will have to constantly look for the best weapon (or repair and / or improve the existing one).

Overcooked 1 and 2

Release date: the first - 2012, the second - 2018

Genre: indie

A cooperative arcade game designed for passing levels in a company of up to four people behind one screen, in which the best chefs from all over the world must save the world from the ever-hungry monster (in the first part of the game) and the Walking Bread (in the second). The project features funny cartoon graphics and original gameplay.

Each level here is a unique location (a cafe, a pirate ship, an active volcano, ice blocks, etc.), where players create culinary masterpieces and feed visitors for a while. At the same time, something at the level constantly interferes with the fulfillment of tasks. So, for example, because of the pitching on the ship, players will constantly have to chase the plates going back and forth, and on ice blocks it is very difficult to stand on your own feet.

Torchlight II

Release date: 2012

Genre: 3rd person RPG, indie,

Action-RPG in the world of steampunk, where the player in the face of one of the four characters must go through levels, fight monsters, collect loot and upgrade your character. In some ways, the game resembles the famous Diablo, however, with its own unique features. So, in particular, there are familiars in the game, there is the possibility of catching fish, and in general there are some gameplay "chips" that are more suitable for the MMORPG genre.

There is also the possibility of cooperative passage (for the lack of which many scolded the first part of the game). The cooperative supports the game for up to six people, while the number of opponents thrown against them directly depends on the number of players. The multiplayer game itself remains the same as the single-player game without any special innovations.

Dead Space 3

Release date: 2013

Genre: third person shooter, survival horror,

A third-person sci-fi survival horror that is the final game in the Dead Space trilogy. Compared to the previous parts of the franchise, the gameplay has undergone significant changes. So, for example, our character can squat and hide behind shelters, and not only necromorphs, but also fanatical soldiers act as opponents, and therefore fights can take place on three sides at once. Another feature of the gameplay is the possibility of a cooperative passage of the game for two people.

Interestingly, the cooperative version of the game has some differences from the single player. For example, some side quests can only be obtained in co-op. In addition, each of the players can from time to time experience hallucinations that are invisible to their partner, and begin to react to them (for example, shoot at different sides into non-existent enemies, hitting your friend).

Don't Starve

Release date: 2013

Genre: Indie, survival horror, sandbox, roguelike

An exciting action-adventure sandbox with elements of the roguelike and survival genres, the world of which is randomly generated with each new game. Before the start new game the player can choose a character for himself, as well as change a number of settings, after which he appears in a random place and begins to survive, trying to figure out what is happening along the way. One of the features of the game is that there is no training here - take it and master everything yourself.

In April 2016, a multiplayer version of the game was released, in which all previously released content was sewn in, as well as a number of innovations were added. So, for example, now the character does not die, but becomes a ghost with its own abilities and skills. In addition, in survival mode, it is possible to resurrect each other. In addition, the multiplayer game can take place both cooperatively and with the possibility of PVP.

Payday 2

Release date: 2013

Genre: First person shooter, bandits

Co-op bank robbery simulator, made in the genre of first-person shooter. At the beginning of the battle, the owner of the game room chooses a contract and its difficulty, after which a team of four goes on missions. The tasks in the game are very diverse - it can be a robbery of a bank or a jewelry store, or maybe the protection of a drug laboratory. In addition to the main tasks in the game, there are random events that greatly diversify the gameplay.

The game is focused exclusively on team actions. This is especially well revealed in the division of characters into classes, each of which will be very useful during the passage. In general, competent pumping plays a very important role here. And it is much more interesting to play with a pumped and well-played team than with random players who sometimes may not behave too adequately.

Saints Row IV

Release date: 2013

Genre: third person shooter, mafia,

A third-person action-adventure open-world game in which the player controls the leader of the Third Street Saints gang and becomes the President of the United States in the process! The game is an example of a purely entertainment product that does not claim to be realism or a well-thought-out plot, but claims to have the most diverse, fun and sometimes even absurd gameplay. On our site, the game is included in the top games with.

The game is distinguished by an abundance of humor, hurricane gameplay (most of which is made possible thanks to the superpowers of the protagonist), as well as the incredible convenience of all game mechanics. Of the pluses, it is also worth noting the presence of a co-op, which was added to Saints Row 4 with one of the add-ons. In it, the protagonist's associates from the main story are sent to hell to free their boss from a forced marriage to Satan's daughter.

Arma 3

Release date: 2013

Genre: First person shooter, open world

Tactical first-person shooter with RPG elements. In essence, this is a hardcore military simulator, where parameters such as gravity or wind will affect your shots, and the position of the body or the fatigue of the character will positively or negatively affect the accuracy of shooting. For the first time in the series, the ability to dive under water, secretly infiltrating enemy bases or destroying surface ships by planting a mine, appeared. Another innovation is the presence of drones, drones, allowing you to discreetly find out the location of the enemy.

The network game and co-op are implemented in the game, however, not all missions are available for the co-op, which, however, is solved with the help of the steam workshop, where a fruitful fan community has released a huge number of modifications, including those for the co-op. For cooperative passage, you can unite both together and in small groups.

Lego Marvel Super Heroes

Release date: 2013

Genre: Third person action, RPG

One of the many games in the Lego series, made in the action-adventure genre and tells about the adventures of the superheroes of the Marvel universe. The game is a prequel to Lego Marvel's Avengers, but has an original plot in which Nick Fury convenes a team of superhumans. In general, the gameplay is not very different from other games under the logo of the famous designer. We alone or in the company of a partner run through the levels, fight enemies and solve simple puzzles, collecting Lego pieces along the way, falling out of almost any object.

Unlike other Lego games, the gameplay has become more dynamic, and we have a whole Manhattan open for exploration, in which we can steal cars (like in some GTA), help NPCs and destroy almost everything around. Naturally, doing this in the company of your friend is much more interesting and fun.

Insurgency

Release date: 2014

Genre: first person shooter,

Realistic multiplayer tactical first-person shooter with an emphasis on team action, dedicated to the Iraq War. At the center of events are US private military companies and Iraqi rebels, between whom hostilities take place. The teams in the game are divided into combat squads, where each of the players has his own clearly delineated specialization and, accordingly, the game task. For the sake of realism, there are no interface elements on the screen, and the death of the player occurs after 1-2 hits.

The game literally forces allies to work together, because otherwise you will simply be destroyed by a more competent and tactically savvy enemy. When you enter this game after some CS or Battlefield, you literally understand that you are just a burden and have never played real shooters. The game will require you to have direct hands, a good reaction and the ability to work well in a team.

Divinity: Original Sin

Release date: 2014

Genre: third person RPG,

Turn-based RPG based on the game mechanics of classic RPGs. So, for example, we have two characters, which, as we progress, other game characters will join, who also build certain relationships among themselves: they can have sympathy, antipathy, love, etc. There are action points in battles, and interaction bonuses between characters, backstabs, etc. have a significant impact on combat. There is also a cooperative mode here, in which 2 players can play the storyline (and 4 players can play in multiplayer).

The game has a deep interaction with the world. So, for example, almost all items can be transferred here or try to combine with each other. In addition, various elements can interact with each other here, for example, a wet enemy will receive less damage from fire). In general, the project turned out to be very deep and will certainly appeal to all fans of the genre.

Destiny

Release date: 2014

Genre: First person shooter, RPG

A futuristic online first-person shooter that also includes MMO elements. The story campaign in the game is a kind of preparation for the player to high-level multiplayer content, in which Destiny is revealed in all its glory. And even the joint passage of the initial stages is tied to the level of the players, i.e. you will not be able to get into a team with players much stronger or weaker than you.

The game has three classes of characters, and each of the characters also has a special ghost robot that constantly accompanies us and helps in every possible way. Gameplay focused on joint game, because, as in many MMOs, independent play here is uninteresting and ineffective. In multiplayer, there are several modes, as well as random events periodically appear on the maps, in which we, with due luck, can participate.

Dungeon of the Endless

Release date: 2014

Genre: rpg, indie, tower defense

An exciting roguelike game with elements from genres such as tactics, strategy, RPG and tower defense. The plot of the game is simple, we crash over the planet on a prison ship, which now needs to be explored, choosing a couple of characters for ourselves and using them to make our way up from the dungeon into which the spaceship landed. The locations here are divided into rooms in which both monsters and something valuable can appear. Moreover, monsters are guaranteed to appear in the rooms already passed, which will go to the crystal sticking out of the wreckage of the ship (its destruction entails a loss), so the player will have to worry about defense.

The game also has a great co-op, in which you already have to not only micromanage, but also coordinate with a partner (or partners up to 4 players). Those. in battles, you have to agree on who is responsible for what, divide resources in half and decide who and what will build now.

Miscreated

Release date: 2014

Genre: MMO, first and third person shooter, survival, zombies

First/third-person action with sandbox elements and survival horror, positioning itself as a global rethinking of DayZ with its own unique features. In general, everything is pretty standard for the genre - we have a huge location in which we appear with almost no means of subsistence. Around the despondency and devastation caused by the apocalypse, but we must simply survive by getting food, drink, uniforms, weapons, etc.

The game has the possibility of co-op. Surviving with a friend is much more interesting, given that the game world is extremely aggressive. Zombies can appear quite unexpectedly, and aggressive other players cause a lot of trouble. The game is in the open test stage, but it's good that the developers are constantly improving the game and adding a lot of new content to it.

Depth

Release date: 2014

Genre: First person shooter

A multiplayer action game in which the player can take control of a huge shark or diver. Obviously, in both cases, the gameplay will be different. So, for example, a shark relies on its own strength and stealth (there is even the possibility of improving skills), and a diver, whose task is to extract treasure from the depths, can acquire weapons and equipment in order to better resist a predator.

There can be up to four divers and two sharks in one round. In the arsenal of scuba divers, there are all kinds of mines, grenades, underwater pistols, a knife, harpoons, tracking systems, turrets, etc. It would seem that with such an arsenal, sharks are in a deliberately losing situation. But no matter how! The game developers have done a good job on the balance of the parties, so each fight between humans and a predator will be unique and unpredictable.

HELLDIVERS

Release date: 2015

Genre: Top-down shooter

An arcade isometric shooter with a focus on co-op, in which four brave Space Marines must save the planet from hordes of alien bugs. Teamwork is the key to success in this game, which is hinted at by the dynamism of the battle and the firepower of the opponents. You can win here only with a full-fledged team and competently using the skills of your characters. In addition, it is in the co-op that the real fun begins.

In general, everything here is done on high level. Driving an armored vehicle into the midst of enemies and making a mess there is an incomparable pleasure. The game has a lot of bugs and robots, a competent mixture of dynamics and stealth, as well as excellent humor and high-quality graphics.

Grand Theft Auto V and online

Release date: 2015

Genre: third person shooter, open world,

Mega-popular third-person action game with sandbox elements, three playable characters and huge gameplay possibilities. The biggest and most ambitious project of Rockstar, which everyone unanimously dubbed a hit of all time! The game world is simply huge, the possibilities available to the player are even more, an excellent storyline and many missions (including side missions) are just a small fraction of everything that the project has to offer.

Even more opportunities can be offered to players in the GTA Online multiplayer mode, in which you can explore the world alone or with friends, complete special cooperative missions (including bank robbery), take part in all sorts of competitions and third-party entertainment, or simply repair total chaos . The main goal of the online mode is to earn money, which can be immediately spent on the purchase of movable and immovable property.

Portal Knights

Release date: 2016

Genre: Third Person Action, Open World, Sandbox, RPG

A 3D RPG with an endless procedurally generated world, three character classes, crafting, lots of enemies and the ability to build your own fortresses. Each of the worlds that we can enter through portals has its own unique landscape, as well as creatures and crafting materials. There are also caves and dungeons available for exploration in the game.

Fights take place in the third person. Here the player can use both weapons and powerful spells. There are fights with epic bosses, and random events, and much more. The pluses of the project should also include the presence of a cooperative of up to four people, which allows you to explore dungeons, build buildings and fight opponents together.

Tom Clancy's The Division

Release date: 2016

Genre: Third person shooter, post-apocalyptic

A third-person co-op action game set in the near future in New York City. The player finds himself in the center of a viral epidemic, while the elimination of its consequences will directly depend on the actions of all participants in the game. The project is built in such a way that your team will be matched with the most suitable teammates according to the style of your game, and the total group size can be up to four people.

As you progress through the game, the player will find himself in the so-called "dark zone", which, in fact, is a PVP and PVE zone. In it, players can either fight against each other or try to stick together, fighting with stronger and more resilient NPCs. Here, players must find various in-game items, and then evacuate them using a helicopter.

Dead by Daylight

Release date: 2016

Genre: third person action, horror,

A first/third-person cooperative survival horror in which a group of up to four survivors must escape a maniac-killer by completing various tasks on the map (turning on and repairing generators, etc.). All characters here are controlled by real players, while both survivors and killers have their own unique gameplay and play style.

During the game, all characters can be upgraded. In addition, between game sessions, you can purchase various items that can help in survival (or vice versa in killing survivors). In general, the game offers a fairly diverse gameplay, and if for the killer the variability of passing is limited only by the skills of one or another character, then for the survivors, players can choose whether to act together or try to survive on their own.

Battlefield 1

Release date: 2016

Genre: first person shooter,

Online first-person shooter based on the events of the First World War. And although the game has a single player campaign, the main emphasis here is still placed on multiplayer. The player can choose from four classes, each with its own set of skills, abilities and weapons. Map battles can include up to 64 players. The game has various locations and a variety of equipment that you can use.

In general, the gameplay is largely traditional for the series, but the developers tried to make everything much more interesting, bigger, cooler, which, by the way, they did. The game captivates from the first minutes, largely due to the gameplay perfected to the smallest detail and incredibly beautiful graphics, for which the project received a number of prestigious awards. I am also glad that the developers with an enviable frequency release large-scale DLC.

TheHunter: Call of the Wild

Release date: 2017

Genre: First Person Shooter, Hunting Simulator, Adventure

A hunting simulator with a first-person view, in which literally everything is wonderful: a huge open world, a wide variety of all kinds of game, colorful graphics and even a cooperative mode for hunting together. Of the minuses, it is worth noting the not very high-quality optimization of the game, which the developers, hopefully, will fix in subsequent patches.

The first thing I want to note here is the locations that amaze with their beauties. And although this project is about hunting, there is something to do in the game besides killing animals. So, for example, here you can collect horns, find notes, take pictures of local beauties, etc. The game is leisurely and meditative, so the project is very amateurish, but this is more likely not a minus, but its feature. Playing with a partner is a little more fun, so co-op is highly recommended, especially if you are taking on this genre for the first time.

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

Release date: 2017

Genre: Third person shooter, adventure

A multiplayer survival simulator in which the player and 99 other people land at various points on a large island and begin to survive, finding supplies and weapons along the way, and destroying other players. The essence of the game is to be the last survivor on the island. You can play as a solo, duo, or in a squad of up to 3-4 people.

The game as a whole is very dynamic, besides, at a certain moment it spurs the players to action by the appearance of the so-called white, blue and red zones. The white zone is safe, in the blue zone - players gradually lose health, and the red zone is subjected to massive shelling. White and blue circles across certain time decrease, forcing the players to move towards the center while fighting each other.

Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop

Release date: 2017

Genre: third person shooter, arcade,

An arcade co-op shooter in an isometric view, in which there is both the original game and a custom modification with a bunch of changes. The plot is simple - to save the planet, a detachment of elite fighters is going, the character of which we control. In the original game, the squad consisted of four people, in turn, the modification expanded it to eight. It is worth noting that this add-on is no longer focused on the story campaign, which is perfectly played by four, but on additional modes that are somewhat reminiscent of “mutations” from the Left 4 Dead game.

The essence of the main game still lies in the extermination of hordes of aliens in the spirit of the good old Alien Shooter, but again, in the company of your friends, which adds more dynamics to the game and a number of unique cooperative features.

Nine Parches

Release date: 2017

Genre: Arcade

A co-op arcade game set in the Trine universe about half-educated runaway magicians who want to find nine lost manuscripts. The game is based on the study, creation and combination of various spells with incredible and sometimes very unexpected effects. As a result - a lot of accidents on the way of the fugitives.

The gameplay of the project combines elements of action and RPG - mages fight with staves and spells, collect magic trophies and upgrade in one of several development paths of the player's choice. Each enemy is painted in a certain color, which reflects his vulnerability to one of the elements (fire, ice, etc.). Also in the game there are bosses to which you need to select your tactics, distributing certain roles between the players.

Monster Hunter World

Release date: 2018

Genre: RPG, third-person action

The fifth part of the famous series of games Monster Hunter, made in the Action / RPG genre from a third person and tailored for co-op up to four people. The task of the players is to hunt down monsters in their habitat, destroy them, create more powerful items and hunt more serious monsters as hunters. The game has fourteen types of original weapons with their own unique attacks and properties, many monsters, pet helpers and much more.

As in previous games in the series, the player takes on the role of the Hunter, but now players need to act as a team. The characters have no skills, they are determined depending on the equipment. In particular, the weapon in the game determines the style of combat and the role of the player in the team, and the armor gives various skills that you can and should also select according to your style of play. All this (as well as various drinks, traps, etc.) players need to craft from resources obtained from monsters and found at the location.

Deep Rock Galactic

Release date: 2018

Genre: First person shooter

Co-op sci-fi first-person shooter about cool space gnomes. The game features a procedurally generated environment and hordes of alien creatures that the player will have to fight in the company of three more friends in order to extract various minerals.

The essence of the game comes down to the following: the four gnomes take an order from an intergalactic mining company and go to the right asteroid in order to extract minerals. Dwarves have a division into specializations with their own unique role in the squad and their own leveling tree: scout, shooter, engineer and driller. Each mission is unique in its own way. randomly generated, including monsters, their numbers and any "accidents" on the map in the form of earthquakes, cracking floors, etc.

️ Foreword

Don't Starve Together (2-6 players)

Gang Beasts (2-4 players) 🍺

Human: Fall Flat (2-8 players)

Magicka 1, 2 (2-4 players) 🍺

Helldivers (2-4 players)

Castle Crashers (2-4 players) 🍺

BattleBlock Theater (2-4 players)

Pit People (2 players)

Foul Play (2 players)

Broforce (2-4 players)

Rampage Knights (2 players)

Project Zomboid (2-20+ players)

ShellShock Live (2-8 players)

Worms W.M.D (2-6 players)

Mount Your Friends (2-4 players) 🍺

Move or Die (2-4 players) 🍺

Stick Fight: The Game (2-4 players) 🍺

Portal 2 (2 players)

Left 4 Dead 2 (2-4 players)

Zombie Army Trilogy (2-4 players)

Sanctum 1, 2 (2-4 players)

GrimDawn (2-4 players)

The Forest (2-8 players)

Dying Light (2-4 players)

Witch It (2-16 players)

Garry's Mod (Many players)

Grand Theft Auto V (4 players)

Far Cry 4 (2 players)

Wreckfest (2-24 players)

Saints Row Series (2 players)

Borderlands Series (2-4 players)

Resident Evil 5 (2 players)

Resident Evil 6 (2 players)

The Darkness II (2-4 players)

Factorio (too many players)

Divinity: Original Sin (2 players)

Divinity: Original Sin 2 (2-4 players)

Tabletop Simulator (2-10 players)

F.E.A.R. 3 (2 players)

Stardew Valley (from 2 players)

Killing Floor 2 (2-6 players)

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare (20+ players)

Hammerwatch (2-4 players)

Terraria (Too many players)

Starbound (too many players)

Trine Series (2-3 players)

Streets of Rogue (2-4 players)

Lord of the Rings: War in the North (2-3 players)

Meltdown (2-4 players)

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (2-4 players)

Painkiller Hell & Damnation (2 players)

Gas Guzzlers Extreme (2-8 players)

Genital Jousting (2-8 players)

Cuphead (2 players)

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine (2-4 players)

Torchlight II (2-6 players)

Crimsonland (2-4 players)🍺

Mortal Kombat Series (2 players)🍺

Skullgirls (2 players)🍺

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (2 players)

Portal Knights (2-3 players)

Creativerse (many players)

Hero Siege (2-4 players)

Shadow Warrior 2 (2-4 players)

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (2 players)🍺

Prison Architect (2-8 players)

Door Kickers Series (2 players)🍺

18.11.2018 Pavel Makarov

The first game that supported the multiplayer mode - a cooperative mode in which several players could play at the same time local network was Doom, developed by id Software back in 1993. Increasing internet connection speeds have fueled a boom in the development of cooperative games. Now it was possible to play both against real people and play the game together with a friend. For example, this mode of passage was popular in Diablo 2.

In this article, we have selected the most Interesting games from co-op on PC, which can be played online.

Release date: year 2000
Genre: multiplayer first-person shooter about special forces
Developer: Valve
Publisher: Sierra Entertainment

Counter Strike is a first-person shooter that has become popular for quite a long time. Even in gaming clubs, the youth of that time gathered to fight on the online battlefield. Dust, Mirage, Nuke - all these cards remain in the heart of every player for a long time, leaving pleasant memories.

You have to make a choice between a team of terrorists or special forces. The task of the first is to plant a bomb and protect it until the explosion. The special forces must neutralize it or not allow it to be placed at all. Also in the game there are other modes, including: meat grinder, classic battle (without a bomb) and so on. It would seem that everything is as simple as shelling pears, but the game mechanics are sharpened for the constant improvement of both shooting and strategy. Join your allies and fight back against any enemy!

Release date: 2016
Genre: cooperative maniac and victim simulator with survival horror elements
Developer: Behavior Digital Inc.
Publisher: Behavior Digital Inc.

Maniac and four victims must meet face to face. The former is understandably stronger and more dangerous than the survivors, but teamwork can give them a chance to survive. You will have to choose who to become for the duration of this battle!

As a maniac, your task will be to kill the victims who fled at the most inopportune moment. Tons of traps, the use of special abilities (each maniac has its own) and dozens of bloody methods of killing await you when playing for this class. Believe me, it will be meat!

Being a victim is harder, but no less interesting. You will have to cooperate with three other survivors in the fight for survival. Be smarter and faster than the maniac and you will be able to escape!

Release date: year 2013
Genre: cooperative first-person shooter about robbing banks
Developer: OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio
Publisher: Starbreeze Publishing AB

We have all imagined ourselves as bank robbers at least once. Howling sirens from police cars, shooting, explosions, giving way to heavenly life for stolen money. Yes, the path of the robber is difficult, dangerous and illegal, but the game Payday 2 gives you a feel for this role.

Together with 3 allies, you will take part in the robbery of a variety of banks and vaults, from rural to global. How to proceed is up to you. Disguise yourself as ordinary customers and quietly take away the money, or break in with a machine gun at the ready and rudely take away the loot. The game leaves this choice to the player. Dare and find your way to a rich life!

Release date: 2018
Genre: first-person co-op shooter set in The Walking Dead universe
Developer: OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.
Publisher: Starbreeze Publishing AB

Zombie games are becoming more and more popular, constantly gaining more and more new audience. Overkill's The Walking Dead continues the tradition of the notorious Left 4 Dead. The game itself is a first-person shooter. The entire gameplay takes place in Washington, covered by a zombie apocalypse. The main characters - Aidan, Grant, Heather and Maya have to show real resilience and fight for their lives. Medicines, weapons, cartridges and so on will be the goal of your forays into a dangerous world.

The game has a system of skills and their pumping. That is, you can choose a character for yourself according to useful (in your opinion) characteristics and improve it. Overkill's The Walking Dead relies on the teamwork of all members of the squad. Everyone must contribute to the victory and try to survive.

Release date: year 2009
Genre: Zombie first-person co-op shooter
Developer: Valve
Publisher: Valve

Team up with three allies in the fight for survival! You have to fight off the hordes of zombies that have filled the whole world. Levels will share a safe room (safe room), in which these monsters are not terrible, but this will only be a temporary respite before a new fight.

Trainer, Nick, Rochelle and Ellis under your leadership must make their way further and further in order to find a safe place. However, the game says again and again: "There is no way out." This atmosphere haunts the player to the very end, throwing another challenge. Can you prove that you can achieve a better life? Try it!

Release date: 2018
Genre: cooperative shooter with horror elements about zombies and mutants
Developer: Crytek
Publisher: Crytek

Terrifying monsters filled the swamps of Louisiana. You, as a brave and professional hunter, must get rid of this threat. For trophies that can be obtained from monsters, you get money that you can use to improve equipment and go hunting again. However, other players are also on the alert - they will try to get it earlier or take it away without worrying about your life at all. Fight both monsters and people who, with their greed, are no less suitable for monsters.

It is quite possible to create a detachment that will keep the entire district in fear. After a successful hunt, upgrade your character's skills to make him more useful in battle. Rid Louisiana of this nightmare and show everyone who the real sniper is!

Release date: 2015
Genre: turn-based fantasy RPG with co-op mode
Developer: Larian Studios
Publisher: Larian Studios

Divinity: Original Sin Walkthrough role-playing game, which includes both single-player and multiplayer game modes. The player will control two characters that are members of the "Source Hunters" group. Source - a particularly dangerous type of magic, supported by adepts. The characters will have to stop using this form of sorcery.

In single player, both characters are under your leadership, and when playing on a local network, there is only one. The main characters can build various relationships with each other: from worst enemies to passionate lovers. The world is fully interactive, and its further fate depends entirely on you!.

Release date: 2011
Genre: pixel adventure sandbox
Developer: Gearbox Software
Publisher: 2K

Borderlands is a first-person shooter that includes RPG elements: inventory, the ability to upgrade skills and complete quests. Non-standard humor gives Borderlands a certain "charm" that will enthrall any player for a long time.

The story takes place in the year 5252 on the planet Pandora. The colonists tried to find gold and minerals here, but their hopes did not justify themselves, and the planet plunged into complete chaos. Slums and poverty - that's what happened to the once developing planet. However, the discovery of the Vault changes everything, only it is closed and kills everyone who tries to open it. You have to do it!

The unique character leveling system will make you go through all the side quests! Experience the cruel reality of Pandora!

Release date: 2016
Genre: co-op meaty first-person shooter with waves of zombies
Developer: tripwire interactive
Publisher: tripwire interactive

Killing Floor 2 is a first person shooter where the goal is to survive 4 to 10 waves of zombies. You can play from 1 to 6 players at the same time. Between waves, a shop is available where you can buy weapons for the number of kills in a round. Interestingly, the developer divided all players into classes: shooter, marksman, and so on. Everyone has their own role and task performed in the process of survival. The tank holds back damage, the shooter eliminates the strongest zombies, and the grenadier puts down the weak in droves.

The plot of this game can not please us. The scientist has learned how to clone and control mutants who want to destroy you.

However, the team-based gameplay is really impressive. Coherence and only coherence will help you survive real hell. Unite or count the last seconds of life!

Release date: 2016
Genre: cooperative first-person shooter about survival on an island with zombies
Developer: Techland
Publisher: deep silver

Dead Island is a first-person shooter from the Polish developers Techland in the survival horror genre. The action itself takes place in New Guinea. The main characters of the game are ordinary tourists who find themselves on a tropical island belonging to The Royal Palms Resort during a zombie apocalypse. Literally snatching their lives from the hands of monsters, they will have to learn all the secrets of this paradise and escape with minimal losses.

Everything can become a weapon: from a torch, a spear, a bat and ending with a chair leg. The maximum amount of blood and danger surrounding from all sides gives a certain drive to the gameplay, makes it alive and vigorous. Can you survive in a heavenly place during a real hell?

Release date: 2016
Genre: historical strategy with multiplayer
Developer: GSC Game World
Publisher: GSC Game World

Strategies have always attracted players with a huge creative potential. Building a castle? Please! Mining gold? Hold on! Cossacks 3 is the successor of these traditions.

You have to become a wise ruler and lead the empire of the XVII-XVIII centuries. A grand strategy about the great battles of the 18th century is the most accurate description of this game. A huge number of nations, types of units, techniques and strategies truly inspire respect for this creation. The battlefield can hold up to 32,000 units!

It is important that not only military strategy decides the outcome of the confrontation: you will have to manage the empire and actively develop it. Become a Great leader or go down in history as the next ruler - it all depends on you!

Release date: 2011
Genre: first-person action game with parkour and co-op mode
Developer: Techland
Publisher: Techland Publishing

Parkour, zombies, action and all this from the first person! There is no other way to describe Dying Light! The open world, fully accessible to the player, is simply huge. You can play both alone and with a company on a local network.

The action itself takes place in the fictional Middle Eastern metropolis of Harran, hit by a zombie apocalypse. Scientist Kadir Suleiman threatens to create a new biological weapon, but you, operative Kyle Crane, must prevent this. You crash in an infested settlement. It remains to fight for the salvation of the world, because who, if not you?

The living dead no longer fit into the canon of slow and stupid creatures - they are fast, cunning and unpredictable! If you are ready to compete with them, then boldly go to Harran!

Release date: 2016
Genre: isomeric action RPG based on myths Ancient Greece with cooperative mode
Developer: Iron Lore Entertainment, THQ Nordic
Publisher: THQ Nordic

What will happen if all the Gods and Titans rise up and go to war against each other? Titan Quest: Anniversary Edition will happen! The action of this game takes place in Ancient Egypt, Greece and the East. The Titans have escaped their captivity and are wreaking havoc across the Earth. They destroy cities and destroy families. The world needs a savior, a hero who is not afraid to challenge the Titans and turn the tide of confrontation. And that savior will be you.

The RPG component of this game is well supported epic battles with famous Gods and Titans. Cerberus, Hercules and many, many more will be on your way. You will have to be smarter, faster and stronger to win. Save the world and resolve this conflict!

Release date: year 2014
Genre: offroad driving simulator with co-op mode
Developer: Oovee® Game Studios
Publisher: Oovee® Game Studios, IMGN.PRO

If you love heavy equipment trying to conquer the off-road, then Spintires is the right decision. At the moment, this game is recognized as one of the most realistic simulators of this genre. The game takes into account absolutely everything: the weight of the transport, its workload, weather conditions and broken roads! You will have to think twice before entering the next difficult section. The Havoc engine allows you to leave a track after your previous run, which will make it harder to advance next time. Maximum immersion guaranteed!

You will have to deliver goods to the most inaccessible places in the world. A downpour, a hurricane and puddles in which you can drown will not become an obstacle in front of you. We'll have to fight with nature and prove to ourselves that everything is possible!

Release date: year 2012
Genre: first person team shooter
Developer: Crytek
Publisher: Mail.Ru Group

Warface is a tactical first-person shooter developed by Crytek. The plot of the universe is that the private military corporation "Blackwood" is trying to gain control over all the resources of the Earth. Bribing the authorities, murders and financial fraud, she clearly goes to her goal. However, in contrast to it, there is the organization "Warface". You have to choose a side and fight for the company's goals at the cost of your life.

There are 4 classes in the game: attack aircraft, sniper, engineer and medic. Everyone has their own role in a cohesive team. Only by uniting will they be able to resist the enemy. There are a lot of game modes, which does not let you get bored even for a minute!

Release date: 1998
Genre: real-time space strategy game with multiplayer
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment

The theme of space has always attracted gamers around the world. Its infinity and unexploredness makes goosebumps run down the backs of the players. Starcraft 2 fully justifies its setting and genre - strategy.

Three independent races with their own unique technique, four different modes and endless space - that's what you should expect from multiplayer. Being one of best strategies in real time, Starcraft is very popular with fans of the genre. If you are one of them, then you will definitely like it. Let's see if you can become the best commander in the galaxy?

In addition to our list of the best LAN co-op games on PC, we invite you to watch this video about other representatives of this genre.

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So it's time to draw a line under the next material from the TOP-10: Your Choice series, the theme of which was games with the best cooperative. If anyone missed the beginning, then we recall that the choice of dozens was made exclusively by our users, who first offered their options on the forum, and then voted the best of them. Our task now is to talk about the results in this material and, in fact, show them in the video attached to the article. What will we do.
So, we meet - a dozen games with the best co-op according to our users!

Cheerful slogan "play, create, share"(play, create, share) originated in the minds of the founding fathers Media Molecule more than five years ago and did not change until the launch of the pioneer of the design genre - LittleBigPlanet. Natives of Lionhead Studios from the very beginning we wanted to create a large playground for people of all ages and views, where they could create their own "small" worlds, open to all adventurers. Worlds that bring the gaming community together and encourage people to create truly monumental things.

First LittleBigPlanet made a splash in the industry. Who would have thought that such an unusual project could not only crush the press, which squealed with joy and set stable 10/10 points, but also become a great commercial success. Yes, such that the number of levels created by ordinary people will very quickly overcome the mark of one million pieces. This is something on the verge of fantasy, no less.

An important element of this success and a breakthrough in stereotyped thinking is the ability not only to share the cards carved with love, but also to go through them with friends. Both offline and online. Jumping on platforms, using a grappling hook and helping each other crack puzzles, enjoying the pleasure of walking together through cardboard worlds in the form of small plush dolls ...

What can you add here? Little Big Planet 2 did not lose face and only increased the degree of pleasure from joint trips along the levels created by the townsfolk. Media Molecule deserves applause and obligatory mention in the top.

Croteam began her long and thorny path to fame as a tiny "garage" development team, consisting of only six people and a dog. The Croats had no luxury cars, no pitchforks on the islands. There was only enthusiasm and a desire to make an old school shooter, without pretentious gloss and dust flying towards the eyes, but with an insane amount of enemies on the screen and giant guns that turn monsters into meat flying to pieces.

The sudden love of the public Serious Sam and sprinkled on the heads of a modest Croteam The awards turned out to be, to put it mildly, unexpected things. And after all Serious Sam took for the soul not only adrenaline battles "one against fifty" in the spacious Egyptian halls. The game also stood out due to the “cooperative” that was rare for those times.

It's now a chance to run a single player campaign with a couple of friends is taken for granted, but ten years ago Serious Sam was a representative of a very rare gaming tribe that allowed several players to jointly wipe out tens of thousands of subordinates from the face of the Earth Mentala. It should be noted that this largely determined the bright future of the game - to this day there are people who are not averse to picking up a shotgun, inviting a friend to an online feast and going to shoot headless kamikaze.

Therefore, one should not be surprised that Serious Sam survived many franchises and this year will once again occupy the minds of true fans of the "old school". Get ready, feast of the name Serious Sam 3: BFE starts this summer!

"Rainbow" guys in costumes of special forces from couturier Tom Clancy from infancy are used to working in a team. In the Universe Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six there is no such physical unit as "I" - there is only a native detachment, coherently fulfilling the task of staff generals and systematically cleaning room after room, freeing the hostages and eliminating the damned terrorists.

With every new part Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six deepened and immersed in details, trying to bring to the ideal the cooperative cleansing of the world from radical citizens. Each fighter could always rely on friends during very difficult operations and trust them with his back.

Vegas 2 well shook up all the ideas of the early games from the series Rainbow Six and decided to focus on the combat adventures of only two players, thus trying to achieve cinematic heights and a denser team game. To be honest, it didn’t turn out so bad - even if it’s not a race with eight warriors in the detachment, but the charm and charm Vegas 2 nevertheless outweighed the sour face on the faces of a devoted fan club.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow: Six Vegas 2- one of the best tactical shooters, what can I say. It will be interesting to see what Ubisoft will do with the series Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six in future.

epic games aimed at a tit, but hit a crane. Gears of War in the blink of an eye became almost the personification of the Xbox 360 brand on a par with titanium like Halo. The people applauded, seeing on the screen the carcasses of the Locusts cut in half and using the perfected game mechanics with shelters for tactical shooting of foreigners. dark universe Gears of War conquered millions of players, and Cliff Bleszinski recorded another hit on an intergalactic scale.

Break down into component parts Gears of War 2 will not work - the game is great only when it is a single whole. With an explosive story campaign, sophisticated multiplayer and, of course, co-op for two brothers in arms - Marcus and Dominica. Don't say to Gears of War 2 loved in many respects for the regime of joint destruction of locusts, but still there is a certain amount of truth in this statement. Going through the campaign of the game with a friend is much more exciting, interesting and sometimes more difficult due to the artificial intelligence that adapts to two fighters. Words cannot express the pleasure that you get from the races on the Nexus.

Gears of War 3, in turn, will continue to expand cooperative boundaries - in the final part of the trilogy, the people will finally be able to go through the game from beginning to end in the company of three friends. Already now there is no doubt that the third part will put an epic end to the long history of the Delta squad and Marcus Fenix.

Analysts predicted borderlands quick death. Like, another game Gearbox Software turn out to be such a commercial failure that mom don't cry. About three months after release borderlands wise analysts had to take back their words.

borderlands turned out to be a large-caliber game, which not only did not give in to venerable competitors, but even robbed them of a part of their potential revenue. The desert planet Pandora quickly became home to two million bounty hunters. Checking the formula for success - obligatory loot, gazillions of weapons with different performance characteristics and range of use, a large open world and side quests. That's right, all the elements of success are in place. But there is another, more important detail.

Cooperative. No one argues that you can enjoy a walk through the wastelands full of gangs, beasts and treasures for connoisseurs alone, slowly turning circles around rare islands of civilization. Yes, real potential. borderlands opens only in co-op - when four warriors get into a battered buggy and set off to travel around the neighborhood, jointly completing tasks, collecting goods that fell out of the pockets of defeated enemies and ... skills specific to each of the four classes.

On a cooperative needle borderlands a lot of people sat down. Even now, after a year and a half, it will not be difficult to find a trio of partners and hit the Pandora off-road with a rally. And there, perhaps a sequel will come to pamper weary travelers ...

Fourth part RE deservedly considered one of the best games of the decade - Shinji Mikami created a game that influenced the further development of the third-person shooter genre, and at the same time survival horror. An unexpected mixture of different ideas stolen from adventure and TPS, a camera suspended over the hero’s shoulder, unhurried shooting of zombies and a rather interesting use of QTE mechanics - all this instantly raised Resident Evil 4 into an undeniable classic.

Resident Evil 5 to such heights with all the desire of the fans will not be able to reach. Sunny Africa, the change of a gloomy European village to bright and completely harmless shacks and a slight shift in priorities towards a system of shelters that are neither in the village nor in the city ... Controversial decisions by employees capcom There were so many, you can't list them all. And today there are people who are ready to talk about how, after all, the Japanese miscalculated with RE5.

Perhaps only one element of the game brightened up the general disappointment. Against the backdrop of fat minuses, the cooperative at least looked like a small and stunted plus. Complete the story campaign RE5 playing alone or playing Mercenary mode with the support of a friend turned out to be quite fun. Yes, the light genre touch of survival horror in the co-op completely disappeared, but, in the end, it was completely uncritical. Everyone has long ceased to be afraid of creeping creatures with tentacles in the daytime.

Outcome - Resident Evil 5 turned into a more lightweight shooter. From relying on the atmosphere, slow and viscous "horror" is gone. Is it bad? Someone nods in the affirmative. And someone will go through the game in a cooperative, not much caring about what three and a half veterans of the squad think STARS. Everyone wins.

Do not envy fate Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction. The game was announced in 2007, underwent a mountain of plastic surgeries, a complete change in sexual concepts, and, ultimately, appeared before the public in a completely different guise, markedly different from what Ubisoft showed four years ago. shaved Sam Fisher, no "social" stealth and a black and white palette of "invisibility" with brutal interrogations, knocked out teeth and shooting on the heads - the surgeons did their best.

Of course, you can always look for flaws and find them everywhere and everywhere. Splinter Cell: Conviction very much moved away in terms of mechanics from the first games about the secret agent of the Third Echelon. You can't argue here. Someone liked the changes, and someone defiantly spat at their feet and pointedly said: "It's no longer Splinter Cell!» . Opinions are divided, but on one point, the supporters of the two camps still agree - the multiplayer part Splinter Cell: Conviction succeeded. And it's not just about the cooperative, for which Ubisoft concocted a separate storyline in order to play the game together with a friend became more interesting. The game deserves good words for the diversity in multiplayer modes, where several special agents need to get behind the backs of enemies, monitor patrols wandering the halls, work together in the shadows and in no case expose their partner to attack. The perfect combination for those who understand.

Uncle Tom Clancy enjoys clear authority among fans of cooperative fun - two games in this top with his holy prefix. Ubisoft can be proud of herself - she got very close to the top three.

See the brainchild in the prize place Blizzard Entertainment- this is already a tradition of our tops. And who's to blame "Metelitsa"- one of the few studios whose games feel great and do not complain about the lack of attention from the fans, even after eleven years.

Diablo 2 is a good example of this. Despite the passing decade, she still has a lot of fans around the world. Tens of thousands of people give the old woman at least a couple of hours a week, wandering through the dungeons and killing mystical living creatures. Ask the inhabitants of our servers - they will not let you lie! At Blizzard Entertainment it turned out not only to create a luxurious fantasy universe, equipped with an efficient role-playing system and an indispensable loot hunt, but also to rally the gaming community around Diablo 2, which with its enthusiasm keeps such an "ancient" game afloat.

However, change is on the way! Soon the second part will be able to finally retire, and a new star will sparkle in the sky under the name Diablo 3. Maybe Blizzard Entertainment and takes a long time to harness, but definitely goes very fast - the wait is always worth it. With the release Diablo 3 this postulate is unlikely to change.

Already someone who Left 4 Dead 2 gets his silver deservedly and without any questions. In fact, this is the only game in the top, which from the very first days of its life was created around the cooperative mode and the ability to shoot zombies as part of a squad of four survivors. And if in other games co-op is a great and pleasant addition that allows you to brighten up evenings playing with friends, then in Left 4 Dead it is an unbreakable foundation.

To the success of the first part Left 4 Dead few believed. On paper, the game looked just great, but still a shadow of doubt fell on a solid part of it. The cooperative, the artificial intelligence taking the place of the “director” and managing the crowd of zombies, the unique “infected” ... All this sounded very sweet, but because Valve Software I couldn't resist and was the first to jump on this cake. The seers bought with giblets Turtle Rock Studios, gave her money, provided the game with great marketing support and began to watch how the first shoots of a future hit made their way from the fertile soil before their eyes.

Left 4 Dead did not let us down and became the favorite of millions of players who daily spend time shooting the dead and paving the way to the saving point of evacuation. Just like in any Hollywood zombie movie!

Left 4 Dead 2 many at first took hostility, convicting Valve Software in deceit. After all, the company promised to supply L4D new content, and here it is! True, over time, resentment was replaced by sincere love - the "crane operators" gave out all the promised content and now actively support the life of the community Left 4 Dead 2. On the horizon - not a single cloud, only mountains of new campaigns for the four survivors, ready to solve a hundred or two zombies.

The situation is approximately the same as with the creations Blizzard Entertainment. The game Infinity Ward regularly visits Topa's bedchamber. And it's hard to argue with the fact that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2- a high-flying bird that deserves special attention.

Frankly, only she managed to perfectly cross Hollywood action films with a hail of special effects from Michael Bay and standard game mechanics, which made it possible to bring games as part of the media space to absolutely new level. launch Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was in no way inferior in scale to the premiere in cinemas of some November blockbuster. And it's all thanks to magic Infinity Ward who knows how to create excellent and very cinematic projects.

Against the general background and under the main musical theme from Hans Zimmer cooperative missions in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 not that they stand out much. They only complement the already epic canvas. Teaming up with a friend to do missions dragged from the single-player campaign may sound uninteresting, but snowmobile chases and the opportunity to bombard an enemy base with large-caliber AC-130 guns - all these memorable moments perfectly compensate for the weak preamble.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 once again awarded the honorary gold medal. Infinity Ward has written its name in the history of the gaming industry many times. And, most likely, it will enter it several more times in the foreseeable future. Our congratulations!

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