Popular story-driven co-op games

These popular story-driven co-op games put you inside plots you work through together, where conversations and shared decisions move things forward. In Split Fiction you trade abilities while jumping between two writers' worlds, in Directive 8020 you argue with friends over who to trust aboard a damaged ship, and Guild Wars Reforged lets you build a small party for story missions and hard fights.

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1. ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE

   

   Team up in the skies in the series' biggest online mode yet. Meet co-op friends in a shared air-base lobby, then sortie together across co-op missions or settle it in PvP. Arcade handling, heavy weapons, and a full story campaign on the side.

   85%85% of 19,501 Steam reviews are positive3.2KPlayers online now: 3,153$69.99

2. Shift At Midnight

   

   Work the midnight shift at a 1990s gas station with up to two co-op friends: stock shelves, take deliveries, keep the store clean and hit quota, while checking every customer for doppelgangers. Miss one and it comes back as a monster.

   88%88% of 11,909 Steam reviews are positive2.2KPlayers online now: 2,201$9.99

3. Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia)

   

   A musical bullet-hell where up to 4 players dodge shapes, pulses and blocks timed to the music. Grab some co-op friends on the same couch, steer little nanobots through 20+ story levels, then raid 2,000+ community levels when you want more.

   95%95% of 2,541 Steam reviews are positive35Players online now: 35$14.99

4. LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight

   

   Team up in Gotham as Batman and allies like Robin, Batgirl, and Catwoman, with fluid combos, stealth, and detective work against Joker, Penguin, Mr. Freeze, and more. An open-world, family-friendly action-adventure that keeps co-op friends laughing, smashing bricks, and solving crimes together.

   95%95% of 9,269 Steam reviews are positive524Players online now: 524$69.99

5. Scam With Your Friends

   

   Run a scam call center with co-op friends, talk fast-talking AI callers out of their savings, hack their computers for leverage, and hit the daily quota before your rageaholic boss loses it. Ridiculous, chaotic shifts built for laughing together.

   76%76% of 5,056 Steam reviews are positive3.9KPlayers online now: 3,862$9.99

6. DragonSword : Awakening

   

   A bright anime open world with fast tag-team combat, plus limited co-op for co-op friends who want to team up for dungeons, bosses, and raids. You build a three-hero squad, stack status ailments, and call allies in for stylish finishers across the Continent of Orbis.

   88%88% of 11,519 Steam reviews are positive329Players online now: 329$29.99

7. The Lantern of the Laughless Saint

   

   A strange open-world RPG you can play start to finish with co-op friends. You wake on a lonely island under a silent Tower, follow rumors and burned scraps of history, fight odd horrors, and make choices that fill the seats of a waiting theater. Good for shared exploring and arguing over mercy or mischief.

   90%90% of 1,739 Steam reviews are positive64Players online now: 64$15.99

8. NTE: Neverness to Everness

   

   NTE is a supernatural urban open-world RPG set in Hethereau, where you work as an unlicensed Anomaly Hunter out of a rundown antique shop. You team up with story companions with unique abilities, take anomaly commissions, and roam neon streets, shops, homes, and cars.

   82%82% of 8,101 Steam reviews are positive2.1KPlayers online now: 2,138Free

9. Aniimo

   

   Catch Aniimo with well-timed Aniipods, become them through Twining, and team up for battles, races, and Egg Heist runs in the Lost Isles.

   72%72% of 29,807 Steam reviews are positive22.4KPlayers online now: 22,406Free

10. Space Defender: Frontier Squadron

    

    A top-down space shooter with a full four-act story you can fly with a friend.

    96%96% of 177 Steam reviews are positive28Players online now: 28$13.99

11. Disney•Pixar Toy Story 3 Complete Edition

    

    Saddle up with a co-op friend as Woody, Buzz or Jessie for movie missions and a wild west sandbox. Story Mode lets two of you swap characters and combine abilities, while Toy Box Mode lets you take on town quests, earn gold and reshape the place together.

    83%83% of 513 Steam reviews are positive99Players online now: 99$24.99

12. Olympius

    

    Join the resistance against a rogue AI and fight combat drones across 30 story missions. Bring one co-op friend in split-screen or over a simple network connection, share the shooting and looting, then tinker with upgrades and your island base together.

    87%87% of 254 Steam reviews are positive38Players online now: 38$17.99

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