Why Two-Player Online Games? Well, in the world today, everything is going virtual, especially with this Pandemic that taught us to start looking for alternatives to still doing the things we like even from the comfort of our homes.
People now work from home, take Facebook and other Social Media, for example, people now date and even wed online, what about online church services, etc. With so many things going online, Gaming wasn’t left out. It joined the moving train.
Since games came to the online space, many users have joined either competing against others from all over the world, or teaming up with friends to battle others, or to prove that they are the best by ranking higher than others. Single-player games that were more rampant went online, and then slowly, Two-Player games (Co-op) joined.
Friends now wanted to battle more with their friends than strangers to prove a point. Some even go as far as recording your thrashing to troll you whenever your click of friends is around just for fun. But either way, it’s still great fun.
You must have tried to start playing two-player online games, or you’re already playing some and want some recommended games, well you’re in the right place. Some of these games are console exclusive (to be played on a particular device like PS4 or Xbox One), while some have variants, which means even if you don’t have an Xbox console, you can still play it on your PlayStation or Nintendo or even your Android phone.
PS – These games are arranged in no particular order
Best Two-Player Online Games
Here is our collection of games with at least two players at a time.
1. Wolfenstein Young Blood
This is a Nazi-slaying style game published Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wolfenstein II: The New Order. This game is a kind of spin-off from the original game. The game is the first-ever complete co-op in MachineGames’ beloved series.
It is among the best to visit the PS4 console, you and a friend get to play as BJ Blazkowicz’s daughters, Jess and Sophie, who got into alternate history version of 1980s Paris in searching for their missing father. The outcome is a first-person shooter (FPS) with your hand-glued to your gun, that is the getaway excuse to blast through Nazis.
2. LittleBigPlanet 3
This is a continuation of LittleBigPlanet 1 & 2, which means all your saved data if you played the first two can be transferred to this new one. It is a side-scrolling game in which puzzle-platformers simply don’t get more.
To further keep players excited and with new things to enjoy, they another three new cute characters in the mix. The three new characters OddSock, Swoop and Toggle all dissimilar jumping, swimming, swinging, grabbing skills, going through an infinite collection of player-created levels. LittleBigPlanet 3 is one of the two-player online games around.
3. Journey To The Savage Planet
This game sounds more like the popular movie franchise Journey 2 The Mysterious Island (LOL). This is one of the most colorful, fun, and exciting silly 2 player PS4 games you’ll find.
The game sends you and a friend to the hostile world of AR-Y 26, to observe the planet and determine whether it is inhabitable for humans. Your friend and yourself get to spend a lot of time knowing the new environment, acquiring useful upgrades that let you access areas that were restricted.
4. LEGO DC Super-Villains
If I had failed to add a LEGO game, LEGO fans would have stopped reading by now, exit, and probably sue me to court for violation of their happiness.
Featuring over 100 characters from the DC Comics rogues’ gallery to play as. Playing as the villain is something some gamers are dying to get their hands on, and this brick-based game quenches the thirst. It is much better when compared to Batman focused entries.
5. Monster World Hunter
This is one of Capcom’s best two-player online games. It is a giant-beast slaying game with incredible graphics, fun gameplay, and innumerable monsters to hunt down. Most missions are playable with up to four players, making Monster Hunter World one of the best Two-Player PS4 games.
6. Far Cry New Dawn.
The Far Cry series allows players to go on what can be described as a chaotic Holiday. From Far Cry 3, you get to take a buddy around hunting down a maniacal dictator that is holding a local community at ransom. Far Cry New Dawn took some steps differently to let you roam a glitzy take on the post-apocalypse.
7. Dying Light: The Following
From the game producers of the Dead Island games came Dying Light launched in 2015, allowing players to visit the South African environment, overrun by the undead. The good thing is that this zombie-ravaged world, is completely playable in two-player co-op, allowing you and a friend to complete side missions, and play through an engaging story. It is the survival of the fittest as you fight your way through loads of Zombies. If you’re a scaredy-cat, I wouldn’t advise you to try this at home or anywhere.
8. Darksiders: Genesis
This game allows players to fight across the realms of the underworld as a pair, while one plays as War and wrecking shop with his mighty chaos eater sword. The other plays the long game as a new horseman, Strife, who duel wields two powerful pistols.
9. Borderlands 3
This is one of the best looter-shooter games that have come to stay since its position is still intact players labeled it The Uncontested King. It is one of the Madcaps Borderlands franchise. The franchise went dark after 2014’s Pre-sequel on PS3 but resurfaced earlier this year – bringing with it more guns, four new vault hunter classes. It is a First Person Shooter (FPS) game. It has split-screen co-op play as well as the ability to do so online.
10. Gears 5
The game was resurrected, putting Kait at the heart of the story, and just like its previous installments, you can experience all the action of the entire campaign with your pals. In the main campaign, you can still play locally or online with up to three friends.
It also has an escape mode, which was recently installed. This mode allows you to infiltrate enemy territories with your friends and plant bombs while fighting your way through enemy lines to avoid being blasted alongside the bomb