While there's a huge variety of gaming experiences available on Switch, there's a good chance that couch co-op games were a big part of the reason you bought Nintendo's hybrid console. After all, the Switch is tailor-made for those experiences thanks to its Joy-Con controllers, which double up as two separate pads when you've got a friend nearby, even when you're out and about.

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But what are the best couch co-op games on Nintendo Switch? That's what we're here to find out in this selection of cooperative local multiplayer titles. We're going with the definition that co-op games allow players to work together as teammates, as opposed to competing against each other. We're also only including games with local multiplayer on a single device, which rules out games like Splatoon 3, for example.

Minecraft was at one point the biggest game on the planet before Fortnite arrived to steal all of the limelight. Even so, its influence is far-reaching and explains the sheer number of copycat survival games and blocky builders. The original and best is available on Switch though, of course, and provides you with countless hours of co-op fun as you pretty much do anything you want from building stuff to crafting weapons and beating up enemies.

Eh, SnipperClips was only good at launch, even with the "Plus" content. Ever since more and more games came out, SnipperClips became a dust collector, up to the point that I deleted the game altogether.

I'm guessing another 'unspoken' rule is that these have to be new games rather than 'virtual console' style games. Otherwise some of the shmups or something like Sengoku 3 would surely deserve to be top 30.

Man I wish the Switch had released during the years I was in college! So many great co-op games that I could have forced my roommates to play with me! Now we're all adults and live quite literally all over the world. So couch co-op is something I rarely if ever have the opportunity for these days...

Crawl, Lovers in a dangerous space time (prob my #1) and overcooked def top 5 but can't believe Wizard Legend didn't make this list. That game is quickly rising to be my one of my fave local couch co-op games. So damn good.

Snipperclips is a good call. Beyond that, in terms of family play, Kirby, Minecraft, Mario Odyssey, Sonic Mania, Skylanders Imaginators, and the Lego games rank much higher in my personal co-op list. And we haven't tried Pode yet, but it seems promising.

@TidusUK This list is focused on couch co-op, not PvP. Lots of other games would likely be included with PvP. And you misrepresented his point about M+R. "There is an option for two player local co-op, but it's sadly limited to a select few challenges in which each player controls two characters. This would definitely rank higher if the option was more involved." He didn't say it would rank higher if there were other modes. He said it would rank higher in terms of couch co-op if there was more content available in that mode.

Hmm none of these games really interest me, how about Zelda Four Swords, or a bit of Double Dragon... Bubble Bobble... Pang... Gauntlet (actually Hammerwatch looks good)... SmashTV. Where are the co-op coin-ops. Oops showing my age!

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A bunch of the ACA Neo Geo games! Metal Slug and Shock Troopers are a blast co-op. Ikaruga, Sky Force Reloaded, and other 2 player shooters have the co-op "coin-op" feel.

Enter The Gungeon is a damn fine replacement for Smash TV. There's some indie beat-em'-ups too, but I haven't tried any yet.

Kirby games don't play like Smash Brothers. Smash Brothers plays like Kirby games LOL. KSS existed before the smash series and is a big influence on the smash series. Also considering it was Sakurai and Hal Labs that were tasked to work on it. Of course they worked off the foundation of their existing project/Kirby.

I kind of wish there was a way to sort the list to show games that support single Joy Con multiplayer (eg: I know Minecraft has couch multiplayer, but everyone needs either another set of Joy Cons or a Pro Controller). I want to see the multiplayer games I could play without having to buy extra equipment.

I know 1 2 Switch gets a bad rap, but I'm surprised it's not in the top 20 above some these games that are mainly single player with tacked on 2 player modes. I mean it's not an amazing game, but I've had some fun times with it, especially with my kids.

I'd argue that "Pokemon Let's Go" is barely co-op, The second player can control attacks, and throw pokeballs, but that's it.

They can't interact with anything, Nor can they even have their own items or pokemon, they just tag along and share your stuff.

Sure, it's great for getting Younger gamers into pokemon, but it's FAR more limited in terms of co-op content than anything else on this list.

(I'm not saying it's bad, just not one of the best games for co-op)

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Xbox Game Pass has plenty of couch co-op and local multiplayer options for subscribers to try, but the section advertising these games lists many titles that do not actually offer the feature. Xbox Game Pass has well over 100 games readily available to subscribers with new titles added and removed all the time. Considering the sheer volume of games available on Xbox Game Pass, it can sometimes be difficult for gamers to find the specific thing they want to play.

To make it easier for Xbox Game Pass subscribers to find games they want to play, titles are categorized in different sections. These sections aren't consistent. Sometimes players will click on the Xbox Game Pass app and have different categories to browse. Other times, these sections are brought to the home page of the Xbox dashboard for easy access and lead players to a list of games that supposedly fit that category. This is a great idea in practice, but the couch co-op section is incorrect in more ways than one.

At least one version of the Xbox Game Pass couch co-op list has multiple games listed that do not actually have couch co-op. There are other versions of it that do contain a list of games that have couch co-op, or at least some kind of local multiplayer, but that's not always the case. The issue seems to be that clicking on the couch co-op button actually takes players to a list of general multiplayer and co-op games, disregarding whether they actually offer couch co-op or not. Among the games listed in this section are Back 4 Blood, Dead by Daylight, Fallout 76, Sea of Thieves, Deathloop, and many other titles that do not support couch co-op. Confused gamers may be looking for a legitimate list of Xbox Game Pass games with couch co-op, and so here are some of the best to try.

This is not a comprehensive list of every single couch co-op game on Xbox Game Pass, but it is the heavy hitters. The couch co-op games listed here should keep subscribers busy for a significant amount of time, especially if they have an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription handy.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gives Xbox gamers access to everything that comes with vanilla Game Pass on top of all the games that have been added to EA Play. This gives subscribers the chance to play critically-acclaimed co-op games like A Way Out, It Takes Two, and Unravel Two, so it's definitely worth the price of admission.

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