Best Video Games for co-op experience

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Best for co-op experience

Split Fiction

4.8 feature score

Highest scored product for this feature based on supporting review evidence.

Safest pick

Lego Voyagers

4.4 feature score

Balances feature score, supporting reviews, and overall product strength.

Most evidence

Elden Ring Nightreign

19 supporting reviews

Has the broadest review evidence for this feature.

Best overall product

Donkey Kong Bananza

4.4 overall score

Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this feature.

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#1 Split Fiction
4.8
16 reviews

Co-op experience was the strongest consensus point, repeatedly described as excellent, accessible, communicative, and central to the fun.

Pros: puzzle design, level design

Cons: exploration quality, side character depth

#2 Arc Raiders
4.7
6 reviews

Co-op was repeatedly praised as a major strength, especially with friends or impromptu allies, though team play also makes raids more aggressive.

Pros: frame rate stability, platform-specific feature support

Cons: voice acting, writing quality

#3 Capcom Fighting Collection 2
4.5
2 reviews

Co-op earns positive notes from Power Stone 2’s cooperative arcade mode and boss fights.

Pros: emotional impact, sound design

Cons: cross-play support, boss design

#4 Directive 8020
4.5
2 reviews

Co-op was praised as a fun group experience, both for command-shouting play and improved Movie Night support.

Pros: user interface design, graphics quality

Cons: combat system, animation quality

#5 Donkey Kong Bananza
4.5
1 review

Co-op experience was framed as a light helper-style mode, strongest for a parent and child rather than equal adult play.

Pros: gameplay mechanics, world interactivity

Cons: economy and resource balance, enemy variety

#6 Lego Voyagers
4.4
27 reviews

Co-op was the central strength overall, with reviewers praising teamwork, shared problem-solving, Friend Pass access, and two-player bonding.

Pros: writing quality, checkpoint system

Cons: menu usability, user interface design

#7 Absolum
4.4
10 reviews

Co-op was usually praised as fun and easy to access, though reviewers wanted more than two players and noted balance limits.

Pros: mission design, world interactivity

Cons: quest design, endgame content

#8 Elden Ring Nightreign
4.3
19 reviews

Co-op experience was the clearest strength when played with friends, but reviewers repeatedly warned that it declines with randoms or solo play.

Pros: emotional impact, visual effects quality

Cons: crash stability, cross-play support

#9 Diablo IV
4.3
4 reviews

Co-op evidence was positive, with reviewers praising group formation, level scaling, and the extra fun of playing with others.

Pros: lore depth, art direction

Cons: mission variety, protagonist appeal

#10 Forza Horizon 5
4.2
3 reviews

Co-op experience is mostly positive through Horizon Arcade and Tours, though one reviewer found longer co-op events can become a slog.

Pros: controls responsiveness, movement feel

Cons: tutorial quality, animation quality

#11 Monster Hunter Wilds
3.8
4 reviews

Co-op was enjoyable overall, but reviewers noted story restrictions, unclear early setup, and uneven friction around playing together.

Pros: art direction, cross-play support

Cons: dialogue quality, monetization fairness

#12 Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
3.0
2 reviews

Co-op has mixed evidence: local co-op is treated as fun, but the absence of online co-op stings for modern play.

Pros: pacing, core gameplay loop

Cons: companion AI, map and navigation design