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Co-op games for short sessions
Games built around short rounds or self-contained attempts, rather than one long sitting. You can return for another round. This describes the session structure, not a guaranteed minute limit or a short complete campaign.
- 29 games
- 3 coming soon
- Newest first
Out now
A bullet-hell dodging game timed to music, with local co-op for up to four players.
- 4 on one screen
Two friends share a football team against AI opponents in Squad Battles, earning rewards for their clubs.
- 2 online
- 4 on one screen
A three-player bomb defusal game where monkey teammates must pass instructions despite different limits on seeing, hearing and speaking.
- Exactly 3 online
A one-button rhythm game about healing patients in time to their heartbeats, with a two-player mode on one device.
- 2 on one screen
A football game where two friends can share a team against computer-controlled squads.
- 2 online
- On one screen
- 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
A relaxed cooking game where up to eight friends run one space burger shop for aliens and cats.
- 8 online
Up to four movers haul, throw and break furniture together through homes full of strange obstacles.
- 4 online
- 4 on one screen
- Crossplay
Up to four spaceship engineers share repairs, fuel runs and frantic rescues while a giant octopus closes in.
- 4 online
- 4 shared-screen
A two-player postal puzzle game where kiwi birds sort letters, type messages and handle seasonal hazards.
- 2 online
- 2 shared-screen
A music-driven falling-block puzzle game with a co-op mode where three players join their boards against a computer boss.
- 3 online
- 3 on one screen
- Crossplay
A local co-op game where up to four players carry, throw and smash furniture into a van against the clock.
- 4 shared-screen
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
A local party game where up to four legless blobs grab each other and swing across deadly gaps.
- 4 shared-screen
Two to eight players stack, jump and solve short puzzles where everyone has to reach the same door.
- 8 online
- 8 shared-screen
A kart racer where three teammates share items and boosts to win races and a local campaign together.
- 3 online
- 3 split-screen
Two SWAT players clear buildings room by room, free hostages and defuse bombs, on one screen or online.
- 2 online
- 2 shared-screen
A cooking game for up to four chefs, where orders pile up and the kitchen keeps changing under your feet.
- 4 online
- 4 shared-screen
You cook and serve with up to four local players, then spend each shift’s earnings on your restaurant.
- 4 on one screen
A dodging game for up to four players, local or online, where the hazards move to the music.
- 4 online
- 4 shared-screen
You share kitchen jobs with up to four local cooks while moving counters and burning food upset your plans.
- 4 shared-screen
Action movie parodies blast through destructible levels together, often destroying the ground their friends need to stand on.
- 4 online
- 4 shared-screen
A same-room party game where one player describes a bomb and the others read the manual to defuse it.
- On one screen
A precision ninja platformer with thousands of one-screen levels, played alone or with up to four players.
- 4 shared-screen
Free co-opA short, free side-scrolling shooter where up to four friends on one device blow up levels as action movie heroes.
- 4 on one screen
Free co-opExpendabros missions. PC, Mac. One device. Group sizes not confirmed.
The purchase box offers Play The Expendabros for free with a Play Game button. The only buy button on the page is for Broforce, a separate game. The 2014 launch coverage said the free offer would end on 2014-12-31, but Steam still lists the game as free in 2026.
Feel and other extras describe the whole game. Store buttons can include paid editions.
Free co-opA free top-down zombie shooter where you and up to three friends build a base and defend it at night.
- 4 online
- On one screen
Free co-opOnline base defense. PC. Online. Group sizes not confirmed.
Local base defense. PC. One device. Group sizes not confirmed.
The page shows Play Game with the word Free where a price would be, and lists no DLC. The paid HD remake is a separate product.
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.
12 November 2026SONIC PICO PARK
Coming 12 November 2026
A 2D Sonic puzzle game for two to eight players, where nobody wins until everyone reaches the goal.
- 8 online
- 8 shared-screen
- Crossplay, platforms unclear
2027We Are So Cooked
Coming 2027
A co-op physics stealth game where up to four friends drag a dead body past guards and cameras.
- 4 online
2027Whisk
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
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