One of the strongest attributes of the Switch is its emphasis on enjoyable, easy-to-grasp local co-op games. Not only are there quite a few multiplayer experiences to enjoy with a number of friends, family, or strangers online, but there are plenty of titles that thrive on just 2 players teaming up. Indeed, Switch makes for a particula🌞rly appealing console fo꧑r gamers with spouses wanting to join forces and get in on the virtual fun.
From short gaming romps that allow you and your partnဣer to kick back and have a few laughs, to more serious, epic 2 player adventures, there is no shortage of options.
With the massive amount of software now being cranked out for Nintendo's console, it can be tough to sift through it all and pinpoint some of the most fun and effective games to enjoy with your significant other. That's where we come in. We'll seek to cover what we feel are the strongest examples of enjoyable, well-crafted games that revolve around - or are enhanced by - 2 player co-op and teamwork.
Updated 2nd March, 2020 By Helen Ashcroft: As the Switch grows in popularity its games catalog is also increasing in size. Co-op games just keep coming and are proving to be some of the console's biggest hits. With the release of the Switch lite, co-op lovers also have more options than ever before when it comes to playing together.
Regardless of if you are playing locally with joy-cons or linking together consoles, we've added some more games onto this list, both new and old so you can enjoy even more gaming action, together.
15 Wargroove
This turn-based tactical game was recently released for the Switch and sees players take control of one of 15 commanders. Each choice comes with a unique set of campaigns and objectives. The game was very well received and has been likened to old school classic Nintendo Wars.
The co-op mode can pit players against each other in a versus mode or allow them to work♛ together in campaigns. There are even campaign editing tools so you can truly personalize your experience.
14 Rayman Legends ✨ 🤡
Rayman Legends is one of the strongest titles in the franchise. It has a huge amount of content, great visuals, impressive level design, and is enjoyable to play. In terms 🔯of co-op play, the greatest thing is that extra players can dip in and out easily. This means that a partner who only wants to briefly join in can simply dip out when th✃ey want, without the other player needing to quit.
As well as playing co-op th🍰rough the main game, there's also a local multiplayer football game called Kung Foot which pits you against each other.
13 🐲 Death Squared ܫ
Death Squared is a fiendishly difficult puzzle game that sees players working together to guide robots towards their goals. While it can be played solo, the ga🃏m🥂e is best enjoyed in cooperative mode.
There is a story mode, a 4 player battle mode and also a vault mode. The vault mode is not for the fainthearted and is sure to test your puzzle-solving🐓 skills and your relationship.
12 Enter The Gungeon 🍒
💞This roguelike bullet hell has procedurally generated levels and is a fast-paced experience, sure to bring both chaos and adventure to your life. Adding a second player will bring your total party to 5, ensuring lots of guns and lots of Gungeon fun.
For those who enjoy the title, keep an eye out for the spin-off Exit The Gungeon, which is set to come to consꦉoles in the Spring of 2020 and has similar mechanics. The ma🐲in difference is that it takes a platform approach, rather than being a top-down dungeon crawler.
11 Towerfall
Towerfall combines archery combat games Ascension and Dark World and adds in some Switch exclusives. The title is inspired by past couch co-op titles and as such its party mode is 🍸incredibly enjoyable to play.
This is a perfect example of simple to play, difficult to master meaning your co-operative games can get very competitive as you fight off monsters and master th🃏e different gameplay types.
10 ꦡ 39 Days To Mars 🧜
One of the most innovative and charming co-op games to ever fall under the radar, 39 Days to Mars almost feels like a virtu🉐al trial in communic💎ation and synchronization more than a game.
This cute, quirky little puzzler requires you and a partner to take control of a set of hands as the two of you work through a myriad of brain-busters during a 2-3 hours campaign. These puzzlers are super creative and often wacky - ranging from guiding electrical currents by flipping switches to tinkering with locks, to maneuvering keys through obstacles. 39 Days to Mars really brings new meaning to "cooperative" gameplay, as its multitasking almost requires it.
9 Cuphead
When it comes to sidescrolling shooters, it's tough to find a game as simultaneously fun and frustratingly hard as 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Cuphead. This is all the more reason for you and your partner to join forces and po🦄wer your way through the arr🔴ay of insane cartoony foes and bosses together.
The simultaneous co-op is really well executed here, assuming you can hang with the added chaos packed onto the somewhat small space on-screen. Still, the added firepower you'll receive, along with the handy teammate revives make up for this, and help make Cuphead an endlessly fun, solid co-op shooter.
8 ꦯ 🍸 Snipperclips: Cut It Out, Together!
If you and your spouse want a game that stresses cooperation and communication but perhaps seek something more easy-going than the tricky grind of 39 Days to Mars, Snipperclips might be for you.
The game is a heap of fun and a barrel of laughs, with its goofy, simplistic concept revolving around random shapes and objects which can be drawn, cut, and/or manipulated on-screen. While it's a physics-based puzzler at its core, Snipperclips is unique in that it's quite versatile/flexible with i🍰ts objectives. The result is an innovative puzzle game that reliඣes more on creativity than technicality.
7 ඣ Su🎉per Mario Maker 2
You may point to NSMB U Deluxe as a contender for a solid local co-op adventure. While this may be true, the endlessly enjoyable Super Mario Maker 2 offers this same familiar, delightful 2D platforming while providing an endless stream of creative cont🎶ent with♊ its user-made levels.
With this juiced-up sequel, players can now have a partner jump into the fray and experience the plethora of colorful and often crazy stages with you. Additionally, the two of you can show off and trade your own stages, offering challenges for t🧔hem to overcome - and perhaps ♊trolling them in the process with some insanely tough levels.
6 Cadence Of Hyrule - Crypt𒁏 Of The NecroDancer 🃏
Sure, we may not be getting a means of playing simultaneous co-op in a true game, bu💦t this unique twist o♉n the classic fantasy series is an amusing substitute - especially if rhythmic games are your jam.
This musical adventure allows you and a partner to team up as either Link, Princess Zelda, or Cadence, and take out the smattering of monsters to the on-screen rhythmic queues. The added firepower, strategy, and chaos of a second player really adds a new dimension of fun to this already enjoyable journey. After all, dancing is typically more fun with at least two people, is it not?