Best Local Co-op & Splitscreen Games on Steam

Online co-op is convenient, but there is still nothing quite like two controllers on the same couch, one screen, and someone to blame in real time. These games are built specifically around being in the same room: shared-screen physics chaos, tightly synced puzzle platforming, or forced-cooperation stories that simply do not work solo. Most of them have short, generous achievement lists built for finishing together in a single sitting rather than a long grind.

1

Cuphead

A run-and-gun boss rush with full local co-op, so a second player can jump in as Mugman for every fight. Gorgeous 1930s cartoon art hides a genuinely brutal difficulty curve. 42 achievements, and it has a SteamVault walkthrough.

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2

Moving Out

Couch-chaos furniture removal where the fastest route between two points is rarely a straight line. Simple to teach, extremely funny to watch fall apart. 38 achievements.

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3

Unravel Two

Two yarn creatures tied together, solving physics puzzles that need both players' weight and momentum at once. Shorter and gentler than most co-op platformers, with real emotional weight. 28 achievements.

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4

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

Two players crew a single round ship, sprinting between stations to man guns, shields and engines against space pirates. Chaotic in the best way once a fight gets going. 28 achievements.

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5

Castle Crashers

A beat-em-up classic that holds up: four-player local brawling through a colorful kingdom with dozens of weapons and playable characters to unlock. 12 achievements.

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6

Broforce

An explosive, fully destructible run-and-gun parody of every 80s action hero at once, with drop-in local co-op for up to four. Levels do not survive contact with the squad. 17 achievements.

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7

TowerFall Ascension

A precise, one-hit-kill archery arena fighter built for the same couch, with a surprisingly deep cooperative Quest mode alongside the versus mode it is known for. 30 achievements.

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8

Gang Beasts

Floppy, physics-driven gelatin people wrestling each other off industrial platforms. Nothing about the combat is precise, which is exactly the point with friends in the room. 19 achievements.

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9

A Way Out

A prison-break story that can only be played in two-player co-op, splitscreen even online, with constantly shifting genres and setpieces built around both players acting together. 14 achievements.

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10

Human Fall Flat

Floppy-physics puzzle platforming through dreamlike levels, with drop-in local co-op for chaotic joint problem-solving. A huge, relaxed achievement list at 155, mostly earned just by playing.

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Updated 2026-09-25. Every game links to its full SteamVault page with achievement stats, rarity and community completion times.