Best co-op games on Switch and Switch 2

A roguelite hockey game where friends on one device build a team and play through a run together.

• 6 on one screen

A Minecraft action RPG where up to four heroes roam a connected world, fight illagers and collect gear.

• 4 online
• 4 shared-screen
• Crossplay, platforms unclear

Two friends share a football team against AI opponents in Squad Battles, earning rewards for their clubs.

• 2 online
• 4 on one screen

A fantasy survival game where you and your friends build a base, level skills and hunt dragons.

• 6 online
• Crossplay, platforms unclear

A Norse survival game for up to ten, where you build a base together and push out into harder lands.

• 10 online
• Crossplay

A Middle-earth hack and slash for up to three players online or two on one split screen.

• 3 online
• 2 split-screen

An online puzzle adventure for two to twelve, where finding your way means finding new ways to communicate.

• 12 online
• Crossplay

A co-op town builder where you run shops, arrange deliveries and turn an empty town into a working community.

• 4 online
• 4 split-screen

A cooperative railway game where you gather materials and lay tracks ahead of a train that keeps moving.

• 8 online
• 8 on one screen
• Crossplay

A calm survival game where up to four friends build a home and fly airships between floating islands.

• 4 online

A LEGO Gotham adventure where two players share a split screen, one as Batman and one as an ally.

• 2 split-screen

A quiet exploration and building game where up to four friends turn a camper van into a travelling home.

• 4 online

Fight corrupted beasts with up to three friends, then use your haul to improve your hunter’s gear.

• 4 online
• 4 on one screen

A co-op horror game where up to six prisoners scavenge dangerous floors to keep a hungry lift alive.

• 6 online
• Crossplay

A horror adventure for two, where a brother and sister sneak past monsters and solve puzzles together.

• 2 online
• 2 shared-screen
• Crossplay
• Only one needs to buy

A dark action RPG where up to eight players clear demon-filled lands and hunt for better gear.

• 8 online

A side-scrolling Marvel brawler for up to four players, where everyone fields two heroes and can tag between them.

• 4 online
• 4 on one screen
• Crossplay, platforms unclear

A silly first-person online co-op game for up to four, where you hunt hidden spiders and wreck rooms doing it.

• 4 online
• Crossplay

You solve escape puzzles with up to three friends while creatures hunt through strange, empty places.

• 4 online
• Crossplay

A relaxed cleaning game where friends wash filthy buildings and vehicles, share progress and decorate a home base.

• 4 online
• 2 split-screen
• Crossplay

Two small friends use a bow and wrench to escape monsters in an online horror platformer.

• 2 online
• Only one needs to buy

Two rebels fight through a fantasy kingdom in repeated brawling runs, combining magic and close combat.

• 2 online
• 2 on one screen
• Crossplay

A football game where two friends can share a team against computer-controlled squads.

• 2 online
• On one screen
• Crossplay

A physics sandbox where up to four friends earn money, explore an island and turn ordinary jobs into clumsy mishaps.

• 4 online
• 4 split-screen
• Crossplay

Two small bricks build paths, cross obstacles and help each other reach an abandoned spaceship.

• 2 online
• 2 shared-screen
• Crossplay
• Only one needs to buy

Up to four combine changing abilities and character builds in repeated battles through dream worlds.

• 4 online
• Crossplay

A roguelite shooter where up to three friends fight through a space station full of hostile machines.

• 3 online
• Crossplay

A climbing game for up to four friends, where scouts help each other up a mountain that changes every day.

• 4 online
• Crossplay

A relaxed farming game where friends plant crops, expand fields and decorate a farm that keeps growing between visits.

• 16 online
• 4 split-screen
• Crossplay

Two stranded explorers solve puzzles on separate screens while keeping their personal goals secret.

• 2 online
• Crossplay

A shared island life simulation where you farm, fish and build a town in the Australian bush.

• 6 online

A turn-based fantasy tactics game for up to four, where everyone plays their cards from their own phone.

• 4 online
• 4 shared-screen
• Only one needs to buy

A fast running game where up to four friends dash through crumbling worlds together online.

• 4 online
• Crossplay

A two-player adventure where two writers are trapped inside their own science fiction and fantasy stories and escape together.

• 2 online
• 2 split-screen
• Crossplay
• Only one needs to buy

A retro run-and-gun shooter for one or two players, with nine levels of mutated monsters and big bosses.

• 2 on one screen

Up to four folklore heroes build their abilities during timed runs through a world invaded by nightmares.

• 4 online
• Crossplay

A co-op puzzle platformer for two to eight players, where the whole group has to reach the door together.

• 8 online
• 8 on one screen
• Crossplay

Build an underground home with friends, mine new paths and prepare for giant cave monsters.

• 8 online

A light pirate action RPG for one or two players on one screen, with a ship to sail between islands.

• 2 shared-screen

You and three friends film dangerous creatures, then watch your own mistakes while trying to earn enough views.

• 4 online
• Crossplay

Survive with friends as tiny forest people, tame insects and build a settlement among enormous trees.

• 10 online
• Crossplay

A fantasy action RPG where up to four friends take on bosses online in quests after a solo story.

• 4 online
• Crossplay

A renovation simulator where up to four players clean, remodel and design homes together.

• 4 online
• Crossplay

A physics co-op game where four clumsy emergency workers tackle rescue jobs and get tangled up in their own plans.

• 4 online
• 4 split-screen
• Crossplay

A side scrolling roguelike where your squad gathers items while enemies grow stronger with each passing minute.

• 32 online
• 4 on one screen

A separate online sandbox mode for up to four, where you build a shared workshop and town together.

• 4 online
• Crossplay

A short arcade game where you and a friend play a possum and a raccoon stealing food past dog guards.

• 2 split-screen

A wizard, thief and knight combine their tools to solve physics puzzles and stop a clockwork army.

• 4 online
• 4 shared-screen
• Crossplay