Summary
You have your single-player games where you can immerse yourself as a hero and co-op games where you can challenge your relationship with a person. What’s better than both? Video games where you can play with a group of friends. That’s when people’s true colors start showing.
There are different genres of multiplayer party games for a night with your friends, such as board game-style content or murder mysteries. This list contains some of the more highly-rated, popular games that support four or more players.
12Amazing Frog?
Amazing Frog? is a multiplayer Early Access indie game that was made to be goofy. There is no objective other than to explore, fart around, and explode things. It is an open-world experience where up to four friends are seemingly stuck in a weird town with many interactable items and funny physics.
Can you escape the town and find out what’s beyond the great walls? Amazing Frog? supports local co-op, split screen, andSteam Remote Play together. Steam Remote Play means that only one person actually has to buy the game and can host a multiplayer session with everyone else.
11Whispers In The West
Whispers in the West is a unique title worthy of mentioning because there aren’t many other games that are doing this. We all know and either love or just appreciate from afar, point-and-click mystery games. But what happens if the point-and-click game is multiplayer?
Only one player needs to purchase the game to host a server. Other players can join by using the Steam demo version. There are four stylized characters each player can use to walk around and interact with the world. New mystery cases can be purchased as DLC.
10Wobbly Life
Wobbly Life is almost like a cutesy GTA experience. This is a physics sandbox game that can hold up to four players either online or locally. Everyone is a cute little, yellow guy living in a big, bustling city.
The Wobbly Life city is full of secrets, side quests, and minigames. You can roleplay by purchasing a home, getting a job, and dressing up. Or, you can focus on messing around, completing quests, and blowing things up.
9Spelunky 1 And 2
Spelunkyhas been a classic roguelike mining game since 2013. Both the first and second game support four-player co-op. You and your friends must complete fast-paced, extremely dangerous levels that only get harder as you progress.
If you die, you start all over again. Spelunky is made to be challenging and experimental for players. The gameplay is chaotic. You can find and recruit NPCs into your base, find mounts, and acquire unique weapons.
8Overcooked 1 & 2
You don’t have to enjoy cooking to hop on Overcooked and get to chopping. Overcooked is a fast-paced time management game with increasing challenges and different game modes. The point of this game is to race time as you and your friends struggle to prepare each order that comes in.
If your friend group is competitive, this is the game for you guys. Who can finish orders the fastest, and who will slow the team down? Both the first and second game are available on most platforms and support four players.
7Pummel Party
If you and your gang do not have Nintendo systems available to play classic Mario Party, or are just looking for something a little different, look no further than Pummel Party. This game uses the same template. You and up to seven more players can find yourselves on a map with traps, treasures, and minigames.
Use a die roll to determine how many steps you can take and sabotage your friends when they get too close to the prize. To win, you must acquire the most amount of Trophies, which are hidden in locked boxes around the map. There are special items you can use to damage your opponent or give yourself a buff as well as tons of minigames.
6Gang Beasts
If you want a more goofy time and love ragdoll physics, you need to play Gang Beasts. Gang Beasts supports Steam Remote Play, meaning that only one person would have to purchase the game to host a multiplayer server.
This game is all about brawling. The controls are difficult on purpose, making things even more hilarious as you watch your friends struggle to throw a punch or grab someone’s head. The last man standing wins.
5Castle Crashers
Castle Crashers is a classic party game that most people have played at least once. If you haven’t yet, you definitely should. The game came out in 2012, but it still holds up today because of its simple and enjoyable gameplay.
Up to four friends, either online or locally, have to work together to save the princess by defeating any enemies in their way. There are tons of different skins, weapons, game modes, and stat upgrades to enjoy.
4Party Animals
Party Animals is like a board game party game if there was no board, and it was only minigames. The graphics style is unique and crispy, where everyone plays an absolutely adorable animal with ragdoll physics.
The game supports Steam Remote Play, so only one friend needs to purchase the game. Online and local four-person co-op is also available. There are tons of silly, interactive things to do during your minigames to sabotage your friends or work together.
3Jackbox Party Pack Series
Jackbox Party gamesare for more mature audiences since there are no goofy physics or sabotaging friends available.A Jackbox Party Pack gameincludes multiple trivia games for a night of drinking and laughing.
Think about those trivia card games you would find at a board game store, the ones you would play while drinking with friends. That is exactly what Jackbox Party is, just online so you may play anywhere at any time!
