🛋️ The Best Couch Co-op Games 2026
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One screen, two controllers, zero excuses: these are the highest-rated split-screen games you can play together on one sofa right now. Every entry supports real local co-op or local versus — verified against the games database.
How selective is this list?
12 of 253 games meet the criteria
- Release span
- 1988–2025
- Median year
- 2008
- from 2015 or later
- 22%
- Median rating
- 77/100
Counted live in the IGDB games database on this page’s last build.
- 1
Baldur's Gate III2023
95 / 100Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)🛋️ Split-screen up to 2 - 2
Super Smash Bros. Melee2001
94 / 100FightingPlatform🛋️ Split-screen up to 4 - 3
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec2001
92 / 100RacingSimulator🛋️ Split-screen up to 6 - 4
Unreal Tournament1999
92 / 100Shooter🛋️ Split-screen up to 4 - 5
Portal 22011
92 / 100PlatformPuzzleAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 2 - 6
TimeSplitters 22002
91 / 100Shooter🛋️ Split-screen up to 4 - 7
Split Fiction2025
90 / 100PlatformPuzzleAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 2 - 8
Rock Band 22008
90 / 100Music🛋️ Split-screen up to 4 - 9
Divinity: Original Sin II2017
89 / 100Role-playing (RPG)StrategyAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 4 - 10
It Takes Two2021
89 / 100PlatformPuzzleAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 2 - 11
Gears of War 32011
89 / 100Shooter🛋️ Split-screen up to 2 - 12
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception2011
89 / 100ShooterPlatformAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 2