We’ve been gaming together since a long time. Most of us have recently become parents, so gaming together became a bit more difficult.
We stopped competitive gaming, since sometimes someone needs to suddenly leave (bcs kids).
So we currently enjoy some short, fun, entertaining, non-competitive multiplayer games. Here is a list of some:
- Deep Rock Galactic
- Valheim
- Raft
- Rust
- Human fall flat
- Minecraft
- Unrailed
- Overcooked
- Tribes of Midgard
- Among us
- Pummel Party
- Don’t starve together
- Fall Guys
- Golf with your friends
- Orcs must die 3
- Tabletop Simulator
Any recommendations we could also try out?
I recommend
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- a co-op action puzzle game
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a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.
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really cool games. thanks! i always wanted to play some jackbox games. any idea on which one to get started? there are literally 46 verisons on steam
These aren’t exactly short, but are great in co-op and can mostly be played with no hurry at all
Satisfactory
Civilization games
Barotrauma
Borderlands series
Phasmophobia
Battlefield 4
Left 4 Dead 2
Rocket League
Golf it! (IMO better than Golf with your friends)
Payday 2
Worms Armageddon
Magicka
Trailmakers
Thanks for this. will check them out. what we already played here: rocketleague (a lot), civ, battlefield, golf it and gwyf (i think gwyf is the one that is still developed), worms
- You Suck at Parking
- Minecraft: Dungeons
- Minecraft: Legends
- PSO2: New Genesis
Hammerwatch is a fun pixely co-op roguelite hack’n’slash. Up to 4 players.
20XX is a cool mega-man like roguelite too, but the co-op is two players only.
Mindustry is a kind of base-building/tower-defense mix and it surely is an unusual co-op experience. We loved it. Up to 16 players!
My favorite game to play with my friend who has a kid is rounds. 1v1 2d “shooter” where you get a power up every time you die. First to die 5 times looses. Short games, easy to pause in the middle, and scratches that competitive itch. Probably like $2 on steam
@martinjuhasz There are a lot of single player games that I could suggest, but the best one in my list is Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
as the title mentioned, we are interested in playing games together.
Maybe try minetest it is FOSS, potato friendly (it runs on phones) and you can make your own server. It is something like Minecraft if Minecraft was playable only with mods. So it is voxel engine you get mods on. There are games and mods accessible through launcher.
Grounded for sure. Seems like it might be perfect for what you’re looking for.
Starbound, Terraria and Planet Centauri follow the vein of Minecraft.
All Neo Geo games from the Metal Slug franchise can be finished in one sitting in any of their PC releases (Amazon Prime, GOG, Steam, etc.).
All 3 River City Girls games have pretty generous saving systems.
The Ultimate Ninja and Ultimate Ninja Storm games from the Naruto franchise, while technically being competitive games in multiplayer, all have overall pretty quick matches. Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, Dragon Ball: Budokai Tenkaichi 2, Knight Club, Knight Club+ and One Strike also share this aspect.
Micro Mages, although potentially pretty long due to its arcade nature, can be played in short sessions due to being sold as a NES ROM, which lets players run it on emulators with save state features.
ENDLESS Space 2 might be interesting too, since it’s turn-based and it automatically saves every turn, as well as having manual saves.