Sunday, February 05, 2023

2023 PC Coop Games

Welcome the definitive listing of all the cooperative oriented PC video games for 2023!

This list will be continuously updated throughout the year.

Coop list for a different year 

The games on this list, must meet the following criteria:
  • PvE - Player vs Environment
  • Online, split screens limited
  • Available/announced for PC
  • Involve 2 or more human players
  • Players must work along a progressive storyline, campaign, or various goals
  • Generic RTS Skirmishes and Team based game types like CTF and Deathmatch are not included
  • No MMOs (game must have a conclusion or set goal)
  • Greenlight & Early Access games are generally not listed unless intent for release is stated
  • I'll be subjective with Survival/Horde modes as the genera has matured a bit. However, most are slapped-on after thoughts and not list worthy.
Shooter

Aliens: Dark Descent - 4 player
real-time squad action
 
Second Extinction - 3 player
Shooting dinosaurs are back in style.  This game seems to fill the Turok itch.
 
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League - 4 player -
 
Redfall - 4 player
techy paranormal investigator, a telekinetic witch, a magical loner sniper and a combat engineer with pet robots Vs Vampires.  Made by the creators of Dishonored. L4D with vampires.
 
Proteus - 2 player
Old school, fast pace shooter, of classic Doom.
 
Outpost: Infinity Siege
Combo of combat/shooting and base-building, collect resources scattered around the map to invest in building structures and characters back at your home base.  Fight against waves of enemies.
 
Arc Raiders
F2P, 3rd person shooter.  Shoot at robots. Made from original DICE developers, but future mass coop
 
Payday 3 - 4 player
Break into banks, its the only thing this developers know how to do.
 
Dead Island 2 - April
Zombies leave the island for sunny California.
Classes: hunter, berserker, speeder and bishop

Anacrusis - 4 player
L4D clone from an original writer of the game.  This one takes you into space with a 1960s spy theme.  What if NOLF was multiplayer?
 
Transformers: Reactivate - 4 player

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 - 3 player
Follow up to the hit sleeper shooter in the world of Warhammer 40,000
 
Wizard With A Gun - 5 player - survival
crafting survival game with the artwork of Don't Starve   
 
Remnant 2 - 3 player
shoot a souls like looking creatures.  Shooter looter, like Borderlands but with standard art direction.

Fortnite: Lego - survival
Lego based characters in a survival game mode, built on top of the Fortnite game.
 
RPG

Baldur's Gate 3 - August - 4 player
The classic coop D&D RPG returns, from the makers of Divinity series.  

 Aska - 4 player
Viking Survivor game with NPC you can boss around. 
 
Atlas Fallen - 2 player
aRPG.  Dev by plague's Tale and Shipbreakers, they go with the monster hunter type game. 

Diablo 4
Last one fell short, Blizzards a even bigger mess then before.  we'll see if #4 learned anything. 
 
Superfuse
Diablo clone Arpg.  The Boyz meets Diablo.
 
Strategy

Inkbound - 2 player
Turn based strategy. roguelike . From the makers of Monster Train.

Minecraft Legends 
Action strategy game in the Minecraft Universe

Trine 5
The same characters are back.  The formula works well, it shall stay the same.
 
Action

Barotrauma - 16 players
Sub sim where everyone gets a specific position in attempts to survive in the depths or Europa.  Coop available in sandbox, campaign, mission modes.
 
Rotwood - 4 player
beat em up action from Don't Starve art & Dev team.
 
Endless Dungeon
turret defense, wealth management and hero-shooter  
 
Flock
A Sim of birds flying in groups.
 
Rain World: Downpour - 4 player
DLC add copy t this platformer.
 
Steam World Head Hunter
 
Vampire Survivors - 4 player
local coop added
 
KarmaZoo - 10 players
Platformer with strangers
 
DIG - Deep In Galaxies 
Platforming twitching non stop button mashing.  
 
Glitch Busters: Stuck on You - 4 player
Cartoon action shooter to eraticate computer bugs.

Call Of The Wild: The Angler - 2 player
Fish with friends.

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