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Best split screen games

Best split screen games

Co-op games where each player gets a separate view on one device. Split-screen support can vary by platform, so check the game's local-play notes.

82 games
8 coming soon
Newest first

Out now

Gears of War: E-Day
A dark squad shooter with a four-player online campaign and a twelve-player Horde mode.
- 12 online
- 2 split-screen
- Crossplay
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition
A Middle-earth hack and slash for up to three players online or two on one split screen.
- 3 online
- 2 split-screen
Go-Go Town!
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
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
A LEGO Gotham adventure where two players share a split screen, one as Batman and one as an ally.
- 2 split-screen
Together: Moon Escape
A puzzle adventure for exactly two players, set on the Moon, where you each see and control different things.
- Exactly 2 online
- 2 split-screen
- Crossplay
Chained Wheels
A driving adventure for two where a chain links your cars and turns every obstacle into a shared problem.
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen
PowerWash Simulator 2
A relaxed cleaning game where friends wash filthy buildings and vehicles, share progress and decorate a home base.
- 4 online
- 2 split-screen
- Crossplay
Wobbly Life
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
Borderlands 4
A co-op loot shooter where Vault Hunters fight a planetary dictatorship and build their powers around changing weapons.
- 4 online
- 2 split-screen
- Crossplay
Farm Together 2
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
Revenge of the Savage Planet
A funny sci-fi exploration game for one or two players, online or on split screen.
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen
- Crossplay, platforms unclear
Mother Machine
Explore alien caves as gremlins who climb, mutate and help friends through short co-op expeditions.
- 4 online
- 2 split-screen
Split Fiction
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
Chained Together
Up to four friends climb out of Hell while a chain makes every mistimed jump a shared problem.
- 4 online
- 4 split-screen
SOS OPS!
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
Pizza Possum
A short arcade game where you and a friend play a possum and a raccoon stealing food past dog guards.
- 2 split-screen
Baldur's Gate 3
A turn-based fantasy role-playing game built on Dungeons and Dragons rules, where up to four friends share one story.
- 4 online
- 2 split-screen
- Crossplay
Goat Simulator 3
A cooperative sandbox adventure where goats headbutt people, discover strange quests and send objects flying.
- 4 online
- 4 split-screen
- Crossplay
Dome Keeper
A mining and defense roguelike where up to eight players dig for resources and hold off monster waves.
- 8 online
- 4 split-screen
- Crossplay, platforms unclear
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6
A silly shooter where friends hold off giant bugs and robots, online for four or on split screen for two.
- 4 online
- 2 split-screen
Stranded Deep
A survival game about living off Pacific islands after a plane crash, alone or with one friend.
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen
Escape Academy
A puzzle adventure for two where school lessons become escape rooms full of clues, codes and ticking clocks.
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen
- Crossplay
Outward Definitive Edition
A survival role-playing game where you prepare supplies and explore a dangerous fantasy world alone or with a friend.
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
A split-screen LEGO game where you and a friend play all nine Star Wars films, swapping characters to solve puzzles.
- 2 split-screen
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
A fantasy looter shooter where up to four friends fight through a campaign narrated by Tiny Tina.
- 4 online
- 4 split-screen
- Crossplay
It Takes Two
A two-player story game where a couple on the edge of divorce is turned into dolls and must work together.
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen
- Crossplay
- Only one needs to buy
Risk of Rain 2
A third-person roguelike shooter for up to four, where items stack until you feel unstoppable, and then something kills you.
- 4 online
- Split-screen
Early access
Travellers Rest
Early access
A cozy tavern game where up to four friends brew, cook, farm and decorate a fantasy inn together.
- 4 online
- 2 split-screen
Hydroneer
A mining sandbox where up to four people share a split screen and dig for gold with water-powered machines.
- 4 split-screen
Totally Reliable Delivery Service
A co-op delivery game where clumsy couriers move parcels with vehicles, loose grips and repeated crashes.
- 5 online
- 4 split-screen
- Crossplay, platforms unclear
Darksiders Genesis
Fight demons as War and Strife, combining sword attacks, gunfire and character abilities through a two-player campaign.
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen
Borderlands 3
A four-player looter shooter where Vault Hunters blast through several planets and keep swapping guns with odd effects.
- 4 online
- 4 split-screen
- Crossplay
Gears 5
A squad shooter with a three-player story campaign, five-player Horde battles and three-player escapes.
- 5 online
- 3 split-screen
- Crossplay
Streets of Rogue
A cooperative roguelite where different characters use tricks, weapons and city systems to finish missions.
- 4 online
- 4 split-screen
Team Sonic Racing
A kart racer where three teammates share items and boosts to win races and a local campaign together.
- 3 online
- 3 split-screen
Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced
A first-person shooter with role-playing skills where up to four friends loot guns across a desert planet.
- 4 online
- 4 split-screen
Kingdom Two Crowns
Build and defend an island kingdom with a second monarch, sharing coins, discoveries and responsibility for both borders.
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen
LEGO DC Super-Villains
A LEGO adventure where two players on one split screen play DC villains, solve puzzles and roam a big map.
- 2 split-screen
Farm Together
A relaxed farming game where friends tend one growing farm together, online or in split screen.
- 16 online
- 4 split-screen
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
A fantasy role-playing campaign where your party shares decisions, builds characters and plans elemental battles.
- 4 online
- 2 split-screen
- Crossplay
A Way Out
A two-player crime story where two prisoners break out of jail together and then set out for revenge.
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen
- Only one needs to buy
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5
A campy shooter where up to four soldiers fight giant insects and aliens online, or two on split screen.
- 4 online
- 2 split-screen
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2
A two-player split screen Marvel adventure where you smash scenery, collect bricks and play as dozens of LEGO heroes.
- 2 split-screen
Road Redemption
A motorcycle combat racer where up to four friends share a split screen and fight across the country.
- 4 split-screen
ARK: Survival Evolved
Build a shared settlement, tame dinosaurs and explore an island where hunger and predators threaten your tribe.
- 70 online
- 2 split-screen
- Crossplay
The Escapists 2
A prison escape game where up to four inmates craft tools, follow the routine and plan a break together.
- 4 online
- 4 split-screen
Free co-op
Unturned
A blocky zombie survival sandbox where friends scavenge, build a base and play together on a shared server.
- 24 online
- 2 split-screen
Free co-op
Survival on a friends server. PC, Mac, Linux. Online. Group sizes not confirmed.
The page says truly free to play, with only cosmetic items for sale. This covers the PC game. The console editions are separate paid products.
Feel and other extras describe the whole game. Store buttons can include paid editions.
Free co-op
Dungeon Defenders II
Build defenses and fight beside friends in an action RPG about protecting crystals from waves of monsters.
- 4 online
- 2 split-screen
Free co-op
Base defense missions. PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series. Online for 2 to 4 players.
Base split-screen defense. PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series. One device for 2 players.
Free console local play supports two. PC local support is not confirmed. PS5 runs the compatible PS4 product with Sony's feature warning. The PlayStation product requires connectivity. PS Plus and Xbox Gold are not required for these free multiplayer editions. Town population is not a mission count.
Feel and other extras describe the whole game. Store buttons can include paid editions.

Coming soon

Not out yet. Features and feel describe announced design and may change. Soonest first.

5 November 2026
Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School
Coming 5 November 2026
A puzzle adventure where you and a friend explore a school campus of escape rooms, online or on split screen.
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen
1 December 2026
Hela: of Mice & Magic
Coming 1 December 2026
A gentle open-world adventure where up to four mice swing, glide and solve puzzles to help a sick witch.
- 4 online
- 2 split-screen
2026
IKUMA - The Frozen Compass
Coming 2026
A story adventure in the Arctic for one or two players, as a stranded boy and his husky.
- 2 split-screen
21 January 2027
Arizona Sunshine
Coming 21 January 2027
Fight zombies in third person with a partner online or on a split screen, including a playable dog.
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen
8 February 2027
Outward 2
Coming 8 February 2027
A hard survival role-playing game for one or two players, where you are an ordinary person in a fantasy land.
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen
2027
Stage Fright
Coming 2027
Solve escape rooms with a friend while guiding three children through a town full of strange creatures.
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen
2027
The Escapists 3
Coming 2027
A 3D prison escape sandbox where you and up to three friends craft tools and slip past the guards.
- 4 online
- 2 split-screen
- Crossplay, platforms unclear
2027
Whisk
Coming 2027
A two-player first-person platformer about running short stages together and tossing cats to safety, in split screen or online.
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen