🎉 The Best Party Games for One Screen
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A party game has one job: someone who has never held a controller should be laughing within a minute. These are the highest-rated racing, sports and arcade games with split-screen — short rounds, obvious rules, and no tutorial anybody has to sit through.
How selective is this list?
15 of 170 games meet the criteria
- Release span
- 1977–2025
- Median year
- 2001
- from 2015 or later
- 16%
- Median rating
- 75/100
Counted live in the IGDB games database on this page’s last build.
- 1
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec2001
92 / 100RacingSimulator🛋️ Split-screen up to 6 - 2
Mario Kart 82014
89 / 100RacingArcade🛋️ Split-screen up to 5 - 3
Burnout 3: Takedown2004
88 / 100Racing🛋️ Split-screen up to 2 - 4
Spin Rhythm XD2023
88 / 100MusicIndieArcade🛋️ Split-screen up to 4 - 5
Fight Night Round 22005
87 / 100FightingSport🛋️ Split-screen up to 2 - 6
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!2003
87 / 100Arcade🛋️ Split-screen up to 2 - 7
Super Mario Kart1992
86 / 100RacingArcade🛋️ Split-screen up to 2 - 8
Panel de Pon1995
86 / 100PuzzleStrategyArcade🛋️ Split-screen up to 2 - 9
Top Gear1992
86 / 100Racing🛋️ Split-screen up to 2 - 10
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge2003
86 / 100SimulatorArcade🛋️ Split-screen up to 4 - 11
Punch-Out!!2009
86 / 100FightingSportAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 2 - 12
Twisted Metal: Black2001
86 / 100ShooterRacing🛋️ Split-screen up to 2 - 13
F-Zero GX2003
85 / 100Racing🛋️ Split-screen up to 4 - 14
Rocket League2015
85 / 100RacingSportIndie🛋️ Split-screen up to 8 - 15
Mobil 1 Rally Championship1999
85 / 100RacingSimulator🛋️ Split-screen up to 2