Top rated brutal co-op games
Gory team play runs through these top rated brutal co-op games, where you and friends hold positions together while limbs and blood fly. Left 4 Dead 2 and Broforce throw you into crowded fights that demand revives, shared ammo and constant movement, while The Forest mixes base building and night defense with close combat. Expect messy rounds built around coordination and jumping back in together.
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Vampire Survivors
Survive the night side by side in local co-op for up to 4 players. You steer through monster hordes while your weapons fire on their own, grab gems and gold, stack upgrades, and turn into the bullet hell. Simple to start, chaotic to finish, made for co-op friends on one couch.
98% of 252,902 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,564$4.99Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative horror shooter set in the zombie apocalypse, taking you and three co-op friends from Savannah to New Orleans through cities, swamps and cemeteries. Four survivors, hordes of infected, melee weapons from axe to frying pan, and five campaigns that change every run. Straightforward to join, chaotic to survive, built for laughing together while everything goes wrong.
97% of 825,861 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21,782$9.99The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
A randomly generated action shooter where you and a friend clear basement rooms together in 2-player local co-op. You grab bizarre treasures, mutate into strange new forms, and fight droves of creatures and bosses. Chaotic, darkly funny, and different every run, it is made for co-op friends sharing one screen.
96% of 425,949 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37,507$14.99Lethal Company
You and your co-op friends land on abandoned moons, grab scrap from their rusting ruins, and sell it to the Company before you miss quota. Days start silly and end scary, and someone always gets left behind.
96% of 412,249 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4,014$9.99Cuphead
Cuphead is a run-and-gun boss-battler drawn like a 1930s cartoon, playable solo or in local co-op as Cuphead and Mugman. You and your co-op friends work through strange worlds, unlock weapons and super moves, and learn each boss the hard way. Hard, funny, and great to share.
96% of 201,152 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,346$19.99Crab Champions
Crab Champions is a fast-paced third-person roguelike shooter where you and co-op friends scuttle across exotic islands, blast hordes of enemies, and stack loot into broken builds. Runs last 20-40 minutes, stay balanced for your party size, and can loop endlessly if the squad wants more.
97% of 26,897 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 488$9.99Devil May Cry 5
It carries a Multiplayer tag, but the heart of it is solo stylish combat, killer soundtrack included. Worth playing for the combos and bosses, not as a night out with co-op friends.
96% of 120,493 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,416$29.99The Expendabros
Run through forests and lumber mills with up to three co-op friends, blowing apart soldiers, artillery and most of the scenery on the way to Conrad Stonebanks. Seven bros, ten missions, constant explosions: short, loud and built for shared chaos.
97% of 18,264 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9FreeMADNESS: Project Nexus
A third-person run-and-gun beat-em-up where you and your co-op friends carve through Nevada’s goons together. The story campaign supports up to four players locally, with guns, blades, fists, and a lot of cartoon blood on the walls.
97% of 16,103 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 179$24.99Left 4 Dead
Four survivors, a city full of infected, and no way through alone. Left 4 Dead is a co-op action horror shooter where you and up to three co-op friends fight through zombie hordes and mutant monsters to reach rescue, and every run plays out a little differently.
96% of 58,797 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 626$9.99Broforce
Broforce is a side-scrolling run-and-gun for up to four co-op friends, where you blast through terrorist bases as parodies of 80s and 90s action heroes. Everything breaks, everything chains into bigger blasts, and rescuing prisoners hands you a new random bro. Loud, fast, and funniest with company.
96% of 49,642 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 174$14.99The Forest
After your plane goes down, you wake in a forest that wants to eat you. Chop trees, build forts, hold the walls at night with co-op friends beside you. Funny together, frightening alone, and always busy.
95% of 585,687 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8,315$19.99
