The Best Co-op Games Like It Takes Two
It Takes Two proved something every group chat already suspected: a co-op game built entirely around two people bickering through obstacle courses is funnier than almost anything else on Steam. No matchmaking, no third wheel โ just you, one other person, and a story that keeps inventing new ways to make you yell at each other.
This list is ranked best-first, starting with the games that hit the same beats โ a real story, tight two-player design, puzzles built for exactly one extra brain โ before easing into looser chaos picks that scale past a duo once you've cleared the main event. Want the Hazelight formula almost exactly? Start at the top. Just want something to break out with a bigger group? Skip toward the bottom.
Grab whoever normally complains about video games. These are built to convert them.
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