Top 10 best co-op games of 2019

The solo campaign is one of the best experiences in the gaming world, but experiencing it with friends has its own satisfaction. Although the number of online co-op games as well as split screen is shrinking every year, we still have many good games.

Hits like A Way Out (2018) show that this market still exists if the formula for success is known. Here is a list of games in 2019 that have good co-op gameplay for you to enjoy the storyline with friends.

The list includes the biggest games of the year and some lesser-known blockbusters, arranged in alphabetical order instead of ranking. Some play co-op in the same room, while others go online, but each game offers impeccable quality.

BORDERLANDS 3

Borderlands 3 launches on September 13. The newest installment in the looter-shooter genre offers millions of weapons for you to collect along with a ton of action and comedy.

One of the best things about Borderlands 3 is the co-op gameplay. Since the beginning, these games have delivered a successful co-op formula. In Borderlands 3, friends can play in groups of up to four online and two on LAN to take on story or side quests together. You can complete the game with friends, or fight bosses together to plow loot.

CODE VEIN

Dark Souls created a new type of RPG with a Souls sound that was imitated by many games. Dark Souls also features a summoning co-op mode, allowing players to join other worlds to help each other through levels or defeat bosses together. Code Vein is a game very similar to Souls but mixed with cartoon style.

Thanks to that, the plot of Code Vein is easier to understand, but the fighting and exploration mechanism is the bright point of the game. Co-op is slightly different: players send out distress signals to others. Gamers can only join areas where the final boss has not been dealt with, and they will return to their own world once they are defeated. However, like the Dark Souls games, password matchmaking allows friends to continuously summon each other and experience the entire game together. Unfortunately, Code Vein’s co-op only supports up to two players and an accompanying AI, but it is still a good choice for those who love the vampire theme.

Gears of War games have a reputation for being great adventure co-op games. The early installments featured two-player campaigns that relied heavily on teamwork, while the latter were designed for up to four-player co-op. As for Gears 5, the game returns to two-player co-op. However, it allows you to focus more on the plot thanks to fewer main characters, and more careful level design.

While one player grabs the attention, the other player can step into the rearguard position, forcing you to learn the levels and explore them carefully rather than just “rambo” through each area. A third player can join as a support robot, but most ignore this feature. Co-op is available both locally and online, and horde mode is also a survival co-op option worth playing over and over again.

Released on October 31, Luigi’s Mansions 3 is dark but funny. The Nintendo Switch has always been one of the strongholds of co-op titles for room play, from platformers to puzzles. Luigi’s Mansion 3 is a continuation of that tradition.

The game can be played in full co-op as soon as the player unlocks Gooigi at the beginning of the game. From then on, it’s going to be an exciting treasure hunt, puzzle, and ghost catching.

The game does not have online co-op, so you need to use joy-con to play together.

If Luigi’s Mansion 3 wasn’t scary enough, Man of Medan will certainly make up for that shortfall. Although the game is quite short and has some confusing details, but Man of Medan is worth playing over and over again. Not to mention the game also has a rather strange co-op method.

The game can be played in online co-op, with the player controlling different characters that may meet along the way, but not necessarily in the same area. Each player’s choice, success or failure, affects the plot and the other player’s experience. The horror is raised to new heights by the presence of the other, and the story can be told with different (character) perspectives and different endings.

The game also features local co-op with players swapping controllers to experience the game together. These two co-op modes have their own highlights, but in general Man of Medan is best when played with a companion.

Remant is a 2019 “Souls” quality game, with unique features complemented by gun combat and level design.

The use of guns in Dark Souls-like combat is the game’s highlight, but Remnant ensures the game is worth playing over and over again thanks to its randomly generated world. It allows players to join a new world at any time while keeping the same character, certainly two players will not play the same campaign. This, plus the ability to participate in co-op like Souls, allows co-op teammates to support each other while you experience the new part of the game.

Risk of Rain 2 is an early access game but has been refined enough to provide hours of satisfying gameplay. A stealthy third-person game that requires you to dodge bullets. Risk of Rain 2 is now available on Switch, and can be played by up to four players. You will fight a series of enemies to unlock better items. With a third-person perspective, the game feels vast when you are overwhelmed by a large army of creatures. Part of the game’s challenge comes from tracking the action, and the refined leveling system is the gameplay’s addictive formula.

The Division 2 is a looter-shooter game that improves everything over its predecessor. This shooter loot game is a great way to relieve stress, especially when it’s a co-op game.

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Bringing the military style of Tom Clancy games, the leveling system with a seamless gameplay design makes the game a great time killer with friends. A co-op game for up to 8 players at once, The Division 2 is a great choice for large groups. Co-op also makes quests faster, helping you to complete the game and participate in new content.

Total War games offer a balance between real-time combat and tactical management, even for those who don’t play a lot of complicated RTS games or city building. Despite the lack of diversity in soldiers and special factions of Total War: Warhammer games, Three Kingdoms elaborates with a more useful diplomatic system than any Total War game.

The entire map can be annexed only through diplomacy, with allies, trade as well as betrayal. They are inspired by the novel of the same name. The Three Kingdoms setting combines elements of the strange and the supernatural while keeping the historical events and characters true. The campaign can be played in full co-op, and the diplomatic element also allows co-op allies to take advantage of each other for their own gain.

Left 4 Dead 2 is one of the best co-op games ever coming out. Over the past decade, many zombie games have not reached the level of zombie AI of zombies, not to mention challenging screen design and attractive combat system.

World War Z can be considered the closest successor to Left 4 Dead. The game’s zombie army mechanics have been improved since Left 4 Dead 2. It’s usually lame to compare the technology between a new game and a game ten years ago, but so far no one has done it.

In other words, World War Z’s mission-based gameplay resembles the Left 4 Dead design, but feels repetitive when compared to modern games. However, World War Z still has a challenging co-op campaign, forcing you to work together. And that’s what we need to have a good time gaming.

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