🎮 The Best Split-Screen Games on PS5

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Split-screen got rare on modern consoles — which makes the games that still offer it worth knowing by name. Every title here runs local multiplayer on a single PS5, verified against the games database rather than guessed from marketing copy. Grab a second controller and you are set.

How selective is this list?

12 of 33 games meet the criteria

Release span
2005–2025
Median year
2021
from 2015 or later
88%
Median rating
79/100

Counted live in the IGDB games database on this page’s last build.

  1. 1Cover of Baldur's Gate III

    Baldur's Gate III2023

    95 / 100Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
  2. 2Cover of Split Fiction

    Split Fiction2025

    90 / 100PlatformPuzzleAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
  3. 3Cover of It Takes Two

    It Takes Two2021

    89 / 100PlatformPuzzleAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
  4. 4Cover of Spin Rhythm XD

    Spin Rhythm XD2023

    88 / 100MusicIndieArcade🛋️ Split-screen up to 4
  5. 5Cover of Rocket League

    Rocket League2015

    85 / 100RacingSportIndie🛋️ Split-screen up to 8
  6. 6Cover of Cult of the Lamb

    Cult of the Lamb2022

    85 / 100Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorStrategy🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
  7. 7Cover of Gran Turismo 7

    Gran Turismo 72022

    84 / 100RacingSimulatorSport🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
  8. 8Cover of Star Wars: Republic Commando

    Star Wars: Republic Commando2005

    82 / 100ShooterTacticalAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 16
  9. 9Cover of The King of Fighters XV

    The King of Fighters XV2022

    81 / 100Fighting🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
  10. 10Cover of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

    LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga2022

    81 / 100PuzzleAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
  11. 11Cover of A Hat in Time

    A Hat in Time2017

    81 / 100PlatformAdventureIndie🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
  12. 12Cover of Call of Duty: Black Ops

    Call of Duty: Black Ops2010

    80 / 100Shooter🛋️ Split-screen up to 4

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