The Best New Co-Op Games From The Last 6 Months

The best new co-op games are those that do something a bit different, offering more than a single-player experience with another player thoughtlessly tacked on. These multiplayer games account for groups of friends all wanting their own role, with a shared goal in sight and plenty of chaos on the path to getting there. Whether you prefer a chilled out co-op experience or something a bit more frenzied, the last six months have been rich with new co-op titles for you and your pals to gather around.
This list looks at the full spectrum of new co-op games, from drop-in party games to detailed story-based adventures requiring two players. These games all require a joint investment from at least two people to really get the most out of them, making them the perfect games to show to friends, partners, kids, and family. If you’re looking for a couples night in, try one of our best two-player co-op games, and if you’re wanting to play side-by side, we’ve got you covered with our best couch co-op games list, too.

Slay The Spire 2

Release date: 5 March, 2026

Arguably one of the biggest changes introduced in the much anticipated Slay The Spire 2 is the ability to play co-op. Multiplayer functionality has revolutionized the game, it works beautifully against all odds, and is now one of the key selling points of the sequel. Enemies harm you all equally in battle, and their health scales appropriately to the number of players, so there’s no fear of the game going easier on you for having back up. If you can’t agree on a decision, you’ll rock-paper-scissors it out, and hopefully strengthen your friendship in the meantime.

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Burglin’ Gnomes

Release Date: June 10, 2026

If you and up to five friends have ever wondered what it would be like to be gnomes invading strangers’ houses–and let’s be honest, who hasn’t–now is your chance to live that dream. That’s the whole premise of the aptly titled Burglin’ Gnomes, a game where you get to be tiny and stealthy: stealing, crafting, completing tasks, and looking out for one another. There’s plenty of replayability as you can come up with your own solutions to ridiculous puzzles, and the more chaos you cause, the better your experience will be.

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Fears To Fathom: Scratch Creek

Release date: June 10, 2026

The latest in the Fears To Fathom anthology series, Scratch Creek is an online two-player co-op horror that plays out like a walking simulator with all the bells and whistles. Proximity chat means you and your partner can negotiate your choices, and you can text back and forth when you’re apart. If you can’t find someone you know to play with, the game will match you up with someone else online, as you need two people to stand a chance of surviving in Scratch Creek.

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Subnautica 2

Release date: May 14, 2026 (Early Access)

While Subnautica 2 is still in Steam Early Access, you’ll want to grab it ASAP if you like exploring alien worlds with your pals. The sequel to 2018’s Subnautica supports up to 4-player co-op, meaning you can combine skills and wits to build a sturdy base and survive in a challenging underwater environment. Everything here is new, so scanning and learning to understand the local lifeforms is a big part of your job, and could make all the difference to your survival chances.
Early Access means a few features, such as character customization, are not yet present, but if you’re already playing you’ll be the first to know when it drops. We’re staying ahead of the curve with our list of the best Subnautica 2 mods to download, so keep an eye on that for more custom options.

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Swapmeat

Release date: June 17, 2026

Swapmeat is a fairly grotesque premise, but nevertheless makes for an excellent, fast-paced, drop-in co-op for up to 4 players. Combat is about grabbing body parts and making the most of them, hitting people with their own hands, outmaneuvering them on their own legs, and stealing their head to power yourself up.
Pretty much everything the enemy might turn against you can be stolen and used against them, and these parts are combined at random, meaning no two runs will ever be quite the same. Difficulty scales when new players join,s o the more you have, the more of a challenge enemies will present, whereas tackling it alone might be a little easier. Within that you have four difficulty levels, though, so if the extremely quick-on-the-draw combat takes some time to adjust to, you can always dial things down a notch.

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33 Immortals

Release date: 10 June, 2026

When we say co-op or multiplayer we don’t usually mean 33 players at once. That’s the premise of 33 Immortals though, a co-op action roguelike for 33 players that lets you swarm enemies and try to overpower them in both skill and sheer numbers.
You and your fellow Immortals are damned souls, going up against God and starting a rebellion, so the stakes couldn’t really be higher. There are no lobbies for online co-op, you’ll just be dropped straight into the action, or you can play with up to 4 of your pals in a more streamlined version of the game (or even alone, but that seems like a challenge).

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Meccha Chameleon

Release date: 10 June, 2026

You might have seen this one being streamed already, as Meccha Chameleon quickly became in turn viral, and then a meme in its own right within just a few days. It’s a chaotic hide-and-seek variant where plain white-bodied mannequins look to hide from the Seekers by painting their bodies to match with their surroundings. Hiders can pose and hide all they like, but without a bit of artistic flair their bright white bodies might be spotted against the colourful backgrounds of the game. It’s recommended to play the game with up to 10 players, but adding more is possible depending on your network capabilities.

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Forza Horizon 6

Release date: 15 May, 2026

It seems like just about everyone is going to Japan this year, and the world of gaming is no different. Forza Horizon 6 is set on the sleek streets of Japan, one of the most requested locations from fans worldwide.
The world-crafting doesn’t disappoint, with gorgeous Fuji-adjacent high‑speed highway stretches, tight mountain roads, and festival‑style events that capture the region’s cultural and automotive diversity. With all the attention to detail, enhanced features, and smooth driving simulation, Forza Horizon 6 signals a new peak for open world driving games. You can read our review here.

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Gamble With Your Friends

Release date: 1 May, 2026

Gamble With Your Friends is a 1-6 player “casino-crawler” where you and your pals are let loose in a casino with a shared bank account. You’re all working together to make terrible life choices and try to pay off your massive debt through gambling, upgrading your items, and climbing higher into the tower as your lone shark looms. The game combines 17 games of chance and 4 casino floors with an intense need for co-ordination between you all, as one risky all-in could spell disaster for you all.

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Hold Your King

Release date: 30 June, 2026

We love a physics-based platformer, especially one you and your less-coordinated pals can grapple with together, and Hold Your King is a hilarious royal challenge that’ll cause chaos in the friend group. In the game, you and a friend team up to carry a demanding King on a stretcher, while navigating challenging medieval courses packed with deadly obstacles. You’ll need to keep momentum, speed, and balance in check, so communication will be key in keeping the stubborn king from rolling down a hill or into a river. It’s a great addition to your library if you’re always on the look out for great two-player co-op games.

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Far Far West

Release date: 28 April, 2026

Far Far West plays like Helldivers at 2X speed, with teams of up to four players battling the rootin’ tootin’ wild west with everything they’ve got. As a team of robot bounty hunters, you’ll have to fight Wild West-themed enemies like bulls, vultures, and even six-shooting reanimated skeletons. If you can hold onto your hat while changing up weapons, upgrading equipment, and shooting fast with both hands, you’ll enjoy the chaotic challenge offered by Far Far West. You can even customize your horse.

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Reanimal

Release date: 13 February, 2026

Reanimal is already one of the best co-op adventure games to play in 2026, especially if you like your games packed full of creepy symbolism and tense, jump-inducing moments. It’s a compact experience for fans of Little Nightmares–playing on the same style as two tiny protagonists try to escape impossible horrors with very little in the way of weapons or strength. Instead, you’ll have to use your shared wits (and a claustrophobic shared camera) to stay safe and sane despite literally everything.

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YAPYAP

Release date: 3 February, 2026

If we’re honest, we all love a bit of Friendslop, and YAPYAP is an excellent example of the slightly amorphous genre encompassing something a bit different from the endless cooking, moving house, or driving games. Instead, YAPYAP’s sweet whimsical outer layer pretty quickly gives way to a horror game–still absurd and slightly weirdly cute, yes–but a horror game nonetheless. Strange and twisted creatures will attack as you try and break through the wizard’s defences to access the tower, and once you’re in, all you have to do is cause as much chaos as possible without getting caught. Block his toilet, smash his precious tools, anything you can do to make his life a bit worse with your voice-chat-controlled spells.

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