Best local co-op games

One person defuses the bomb while everyone else frantically reads the manual.

Only one copy needed: one player drives, the rest read the free printable/PDF Bomb Defusal Manual. Scales to a whole room.

Local or online physics brawling that gets sillier as people rotate in.

Head-to-head answer battles judged by the whole room, all played from phones.

Draw terrible prompts on your phone and bluff everyone else into guessing them.

Phone-controlled party games for mixed groups.

Free platform-fighter with deep local versus for a controller pile-up.

Free-to-play. 8 local is supported, though default PC controller drivers often work most reliably around 4.

Simple cooperative puzzles that get funnier as communication breaks down.

Lightning-fast 8-duck couch deathmatch where one shot ends a round.

Chill farming co-op that works for short visits or long campaigns.

Physics brawling made for casual group nights.

Five more phone-controlled party games for a full room or a Discord call.

A party game for funny people and the friends who can't draw, played on phones.

Free explosive mini-game brawler that scales to a full living room of players.

Free. Not on Steam — download from the official BombSquad site; phones can also join as gamepads.

Turn-based artillery warfare made for passing one controller around the couch.

Tug-of-war fencing duels with a built-in pass-the-controller tournament mode.