If we’ve stayed indoors for the past few years, something has reminded us that couch co-op gaming is an experience unlike any other. The Xbox Series X game library has a myriad of genres to choose from, and some of the best couch co-op experiences are conveniently available for free on Xbox Gamepass Ultimate.
Whether you prefer to challenge your family and friends in a competitive first-person shooter or solve cooperative puzzles as a relationship-stricken ragdoll couple, this list has everything you need to discover the 10 best Xbox Series X co-op co-op games. games that will make your couch as complete as The Simpsons.
10/10 Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled closes the list at number ten and promises to be a crowd favorite as Mario Kart veterans will find this racing game familiar, but unique in its own right. Crash Team Racing’s dizzying list of 44 tracks between all modes ensures that your couch will never be cold when this game is on TV.
The sense of speed that developer Deenox delivers is what sets Crash Team Racing apart from the other kart racers. Memorable tracks, fastest-feeling kart racing and buttery smooth 60fps can have your friends knocking on your door to challenge you for a quick lap around Tiger Temple.
9/10 Overcooked: All you can eat
Ghost Town Games 2016 Co-Op sensation Overcooked! is back with challenging relationships on Xbox Series X as Overcooked: All You Can Eat Edition. The frenetic and fast-paced gameplay remains relatively untouched, as do all of Overcooked’s levels, DLC, and modes! 1 and 2 are all nicely packed together.
Up to four players must work together to cook, clean, serve and coordinate to put out the obligatory kitchen fire in over 200 levels. The simple controls and easy-to-understand objectives make Overcooked! number 9 on this list. Overcooked! also makes number 9 on this list because of the inevitable verbal fights you may or may not experience while playing this game. Keep cool on the couch, my friends.
8/10 It takes two
The recipient of more than 20 accolades, including both The Game Awards and The Game Developers Choice Game of the Year for 2021, Hazelight Games’ It Takes Two is a monumental achievement in video game design. You and a friend take charge of Cody and May and embark on an adventure that can only be described as Honey I Shrunk The Kids meets Toy Story.
With a solid number 8, It Takes Two is a game for you and someone you want to bond with and have an invigorating enjoyable experience. The beautiful story, the never boring gameplay and the breathtaking moments will undoubtedly leave a mark on the joyful core memories.
7/10 Gears 5
The Lancer spins, Gears 5 plants its blood and gut-ridden boots in the number seven spot. You and 2 other Gears wreak havoc on thousands of swarming enemies in this entrenched third-person over-the-shoulder action cover shooter. Perfect for bite-sized playthroughs, get ready to bring this fan favorite to the table at your next game night.
Available on Gamepass, you and your friends can play the co-op campaign, test your powers in Gears 5 Horde mode, or use your Gnasher skills for online competitive play.
6/10 Tetris Effect: Connected
Just celebrating his 38e anniversary, Tetris continues to remind the industry why it remains one of the few legacy video games still relevant today. The addictive puzzle game has a few new tricks, including a 1-3p vs. CPU boss style where you have to compete against Tetris itself.
Players can compete against each other in classic competitive modes, or play cooperatively against the CPU. But the real magic is the synesthesia-esque music and mind-blowing level designs. Call up two friends, sit down, turn up the volume and clear your head.
5/10 Gang beasts
Suffocating its way up the list is Boneloaf studios widely popular dumb multiplayer party game, Gang Beasts. Gather three friends, choose your outfits and battle it out in royal rumble style in 15 unique stages from a Ferris wheel to the top of tractor-trailers driving at high speed on the highway.
The hilarious rag doll physics will have your friends and family crying and talking about it days later.
4/10 Cuphead Delicious last course
Cuphead’s beautiful artwork, difficult multi-stage bosses, brilliant animations and fun soundtrack set the stage for a hyper-challenging platform shoot-em-up that will test the skills of everyone who graces your couch. Studio MDHR’s dedication to the era-appropriate art style will have your friends asking if you’re playing a cartoon.
Once they get over how breathtakingly beautiful Cuphead is, the bullet-hell style gameplay will have you and your company for hours of intensely challenging fun.
3/10 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredders Revenge
The legendary Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade Game, Turtles in Time, has been lovingly reimagined in Tribute Games 2022 release Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge. This delightfully charming side-scrolling arcade-style beat-em-up breaks the #3 spot as it supports a whopping 6-player local and online co-op, and with this fun VHS guide, you and your half-peeled friends can come back for more pizza at the bank.
TMNT Shredder’s Revenge features additional playable characters such as Casey Jones, Master Splinter and April O’Neil, each with their own unique moves. The beat em up action is fast paced and frenetic with the occasional Foot Clan baddie being launched at the screen. Cowabunga, friends.
2/10 The ascent
The Ascent, the cyberpunk style action RPG twin stick shooter, is ranked #2 because it’s unlike any other game you or your couch warmers have ever played. Curve Games’ take on cyberpunk meets diablo-with-guns makes the grind so much fun with friends. The Ascent offers 15 hours or more of gameplay in a single play-through and is available on Xbox Gamepass.
Team up with three other Indents and blast your way through hordes of enemies and become the orchestrators of chaos. The Ascent offers you and your team dozens of different skills and power-ups that fill the screen with deliciously vicious neon light explosions and tasty particle effects.
Allocate skill points to customize your character to your playstyle. The Ascent plays like a modern twin stick shooter that no other game has achieved so masterfully, both in gameplay and visual style. Take on Indents, it’s going to be a wild ride.
1/10 Halo: The Master Chief Collection
With six games, 65 hours of Co-Op campaign gameplay for up to 4 players locally, 120 multiplayer maps, and 343 Industries’ own multiplayer map editor, Forge Mode, it’s easy to see why the Halo series continues to reign supreme as the best. co-op game on the Xbox Series X. The series that made the Xbox a viable gaming console in 2001 is a mainstay of couch co-op and the best bargain in terms of value.
Halo The Master Chief Collection ranks #1 on this list because of the sheer amount of options available to you and your banking co-op Spartans. With the addition of developer curated, community-driven custom maps and custom game mods like Zombies and Griffball, there’s always plenty of room on the couch for some Halo.
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