My friends and I have been exhausting our current library of games and are looking for suggestions. It tends to be pretty hard for us to all meet at the same time. Usually we prefer to do stuff that we can finish in one session on the weekends because one person might have to leave as another person joins. Don’t mind if its new or old, but id prefer it not to be $60 if its going to be a 2hr stint
Games on our current rotation:
- Civ VI
- Deep rock galactic
- CS:GO
- War thunder
Don’t really play anymore
- Apex
- L4D2
- Payday 2
- Gmod
- Day of infamy
- Insurgency
- Project Zomboid
- Foxhole
- Risk of rain 2
- Don’t starve together
- Verdun
- Killing floor
- Minecraft
- Terraria
Valheim is good even if you can’t be on at the same time. Just slowly build out a world as you would in Minecraft and save the biome raids for when you can get the party together. It’s flexible.
Have to host/rent a server though, unless the host is always on. Love Valheim, but we had a few server issues that forced us to move on
Valid. We usually set schedules like a D&D session though. Just need the host to be a good DM. Works better for us as opposed to a live server, in my case anyway.
They said they don’t really play Minecraft anymore ;p
Yes, I know. The structure of Valheim is similar to Minecraft, in a way that would not be hard to pick up and play if you were already familiar with it. Plus, it’s a great game. So I gave my recommendation :p
Try Factorio!! It’s got a demo you can try to get a taste as well. I spent ~20 hours in the demo itself before I bought the game. Looooved it.
Try Overcooked, cheap and fun, also might get mad at each other
Me and my wife have been really enjoying Bread and Fred. Your two oenguins tied together who have to use your momentum to climb a mountain. It’s in the genre of “getting over it” where you can fall at any time and lose all progress. Two player only, it’s more a couple game.
I don’t see overwatch 2 on the list. I think the game gets an unfair amount of hate, it’s one of my favourite games. One of the few games that is competitive but not Grey army colours. Community is toxic, and it takes a long time to learn though. It can be an exceeding satisfying game, but unfortunately I think it only really gets fun at Plat and higher elos (similar to csgo in that regard)
Stardew valley is a great vibe game that I don’t see listed. One if the best games for casual chat and play imo.
+1 for SD Valley, easy to pick up and play and great on handhelds like SteamDeck.
Active modding community too
Starship Troopers: Extermination is PvE wave/extraction shooter, from the company that developed Squad. Looks pretty fun but if you are not into that universe nor have enough friends you’d need to rely on other players as well.( basically max 12 players in 3 teams atm.) Warning: early access so if you are not tolerant to EA type of development/update cycle just avoid.
There is a couple other PvE wave/extraction shooter as well, so give them a try.( Just google that term, usually around $30 and could go on sale.)
Rocket League, this one I played since launch and really good game to start before your group all come online and then move on to other games.(since it supports up to 4v4, but usually people only queue 2v2 or 3v3 matches.)
I think Starship Troopers is 16 max currently, based on a few extractions that showed that number.
Just hit early access so it’s only got the one map with day/night variation, but man I’ve been having fun with it. Good lobbies almost feel like MAG games where squads are working independently on different objectives while still coordinating as a larger group. Always fun to be locked down at ore extraction and hearing the base squad losing their shit because some Tigers show up. Also sending out a squad to exterminate a plasma bug that’s shelling your base from a distance. The game has a lot of potential, just hoping the developers can show up.
Only thing it desperately needs right now (that I haven’t seen mentioned as a planned feature) staged reloads. Gunner class gets slaughtered during long ass reloads that have to start completely over when interrupted.
Either way, solid start to game. Hope it turns out as well as it seems it can.
overcooked, though its only got the one campaign and little replay ability
phasmophobia is extremely fun, though getting into it brand new can probably be a bit overwhelming
fall guys is a pretty fun party style game, pretty casual and all
skribbl.io is a little browser charades with drawing type deal if youre just feeling like doing something easy and low effort
valheim i definitely recommend if youre into terraria dst and minecraft together, same with the forest
I would recommend Vermintide, its like left 4 dead but you’re bashing rats
On that note I’d recommend Darktide. Why? I dunno, I just like it better than Vermintide.
Really? I love the setting of darktide but couldn’t commit to it like Vermintide. Has there been a fair amount of improvements since launch (I haven’t looked)?
Far too casual of a player to bother tracking a change log for this sort of game. The best I can do is direct you to my other comment in this thread.
Haha all good, was just curious if anything major stood out since launch. Partially looking for a reason to give it another go if I’m being honest.
Have they fixed all the issues with Darktide? It was really rough on launch.
I am far too casual to care to keep a running list of issues and their status. What I can say is:
- The population has stabilized in what I consider a good place
- I haven’t had a crash in a couple of months
- Performance is fine even on high settings
- They’ve changed up how the shops and crafting are organized and it makes way more sense than it initially did
- Crafting feels way more useful and accessible than it initially did
That’s awesome! I’m gonna have to revisit that then. I’ve always liked the 40k setting more than fantasy, so this will be perfect. Thanks for the info.
Monster Hunter World and/or Rise.
We had a lot of fun with V Rising. It’s a bit like Diablo I’d say, but with base building and crafting and the level is based entirely on gear, so if someone misses a few sessions you can just craft one extra set of the latest armor you unlocked and they are on your level instantly.
V Rising was such an amazing co-op play through. My friend and I expect to do it again soon since the new content dropped.
I’ll second vrising. It’s a lot of fun. Also if you play on a public server you or your friends can hop on whenever and don’t need someone hosting it. They have PvE and PvP server options.
I don’t think Barotrauma has been mentioned yet? Survival in a submarine, as far as I know. Haven’t played it, but it reviews well.
Ark and other survival/crafting games like 7days to die and Raft are great fun. Persistent worlds for collective fun.
There’s a new Straship Troopers co-op shopter out with 16 simulataneus players kilming bugs.
And Legion Td2 for a co-op campaign/bots experience.
This is an odd one, but Powerwash Simulator has been an blast for me and my wife. We used to play a lot of Overwatch, but didn’t like the new direction with 2. It somehow manages to scratch some of the shooter itch while being really chill.
My husband and I have easily gotten hundreds, maybe thousands of hours out of each of the Gears of War games. I would recommend the first three absolutely.
While I find the campaign OK, I love the Horde mode in the games.
Ready or Not is fantastic in co-op
It’s a blast but prepare yourself for the learning curve.
I would like to add Sanctum 2 as a fun game. Also
- Grounded
- Raft
Outlast Trials is the big coop fun surprise of the year for me. You can also still buy it 25% off on epic for like 20€ until today.
People should not ignore this game cause it is from the outlast series. This game has way less jumpscares and its more about the tension of being chased all the time. Also way less scary in coop than in solo. It’s more like Deadbydaylight meets L4D2 mobs. Level and Character Design reminds me off Bioshock. The coop fun is comparable to Phasmophobia, just less scary but more tense
