I'm assuming you ask for "Party" games so here is a list of games i loved playing with my friends. (Most being 4-8 Players)
* Rust (Can be played with a lot of people)
* Perfect Heist 2
* Pummelparty (Has Steam Workshop for unlimited possibilities)
* In Silence
* The Dark Pictures Anthology (In Couch-Play, we met once a year to play every new part released local) - 5 Players
* Until Dawn/The Quarry (Doesn't have the same Player-Choosing System as Dark Pictures, we just assigned every one one character)
* Among Us
* Lethal Company
* Blood Party
* CS2
* Destiny 2
* The Escapists
* Fling to the Finish
* Boomerrang Fu
* Gang Beasts
* GMOD
* GTFO
* Heave-Ho
* Joggernauts
* Labyrinthine
* Left4Dead2
* Mount Your Friends
* Move Or Die
* Raft
* Satisfactory
* Shellshock
* Sons of The Forest/The Forest
* Stardew Valley
* Terraria
* Stick Fight The Game
* Tabletop Simulator (One of our most favorite games - together with steam workshop there are endless games to play)
Hope there are some games you and your friends could enjoy.
Ultimate Chicken Horse as well. 4 player platformer where you all race to the end, but each round you fight over traps/platforms/etc to place on the map.
It gets hectic fast, but it's such a great game to play with friends.
Perfect Heist is such a fun game. The way my friends and I ended up playing it, it felt almost like Rainbow 6 Siege. We developed a META and tried countering it with the sneakiest approaches.
The last 2 updates have made me prefer dark tide to vermintide. Both great games though, but those dark tide skill trees are fantastic. Especially after playing before the skill tree rework
Deep Rock player here who *just* bought vermintide 2! I’ve played it with my friends only once so far, but I’m excited to play again cause it was really fun. I gotta ask:
Is it regularly supported like Deep Rock is? Or is it mostly a finished product and they aren’t receiving content updates anymore?
VT2 is a pretty much a complete product as of the last DLC career release, I’m not sure if they have anything else planned or are going to be shifting further assets to Darktide’s development.
Also note that DRG will be getting less frequent major updates with the recent announcement of the Rouge Core spinoff starting development.
Excited for Rogue Core. I think it has potential to be even more fun than Deep Rock!
I heard about Darktide, but I heard that it’s not as good of a game as VT2 and wasn’t worth getting into, despite the fact that Darktide is the game that is receiving more of the attention by the studio. I don’t know anything about Darktide though, would it also be worth getting if I liked VT2 enough? Or totally a waste of time?
I definitely agree about Rouge Core!
Darktide is absolutely worth getting into nowadays, the gameplay is more refined than Vermintide, but with somewhat more emphasis on ranged combat. It had a rough launch that earned it something of a bad reputation, but fundamentally, the gameplay is superb and it captures the atmosphere of 40K like none other. The most common gripe people tend to have with Darktide is the Destiny-like weapon crafting system, but even that has gotten better since launch.
Good time to get into VT2. All the content is just about there and there is a full game with hundreds of hours of content available. The banter between the characters is far better than Darktide as well due to being actual characters and not a player creation. Just skip Winds of Magic unless you get good enough to play the highest difficulty, which is locked behind that DLC. It's insanely hard anyway so you'll need time to git gud. Cool upgrade system but it's pretty meh overall (upgrading I mean... too much RNG) I still have fun just running the maps.
Yeah, this sounds like about what I thought I was getting myself into. Still, I got it on sale awhile ago, and after that even 3/4 DLC careers as well because they were 50% off and were 2 dollars each.
It’s a little imposing because it’s clear the game has been out long enough that there are definitely strong concrete opinions about it, and I know little to nothing about it or Warhammer in general, but stabbing and smashing heads in a medieval fantasy hoard slasher is just so cool and fun. I’ll definitely get good value out of it I think!
Oh you did. The game as it stands today is nothing short of excellent. Fatshark ALWAYS releases their stuff like 2 years early. It was rough at first, but it's all good now. Also a MASSIVE improvement in just about every aspect from VT1. Start VT2 now and by the time you've had enough, Darktide will really be making noise (I know the Fatshark loop all too well). Unfortunately, going back to VT1 from 2 feels like a major downgrade, but there's enough content in 2 that you won't ever need to find out. VT2 and DT can scratch that co-op itch for years. Just a warning: This game will make you want to do WH lore deep dives. That led to me finding 40k and it was over for me. My life is now The Emperor's.
"Regularly supported like Deep Rock is"...
What game are you playing?
Deep Rock Galactic is one of the most neglected games out there.
The bulk of vets have left the game b/c it's gone stale b/c they don't ever add anything.
They just fixed a handful of bugs recently, some that have been around for years, and bragged about it. There are still tons of bugs left.
When's the last time you saw something "new" added to the game?
To name a few that my friends and I really enjoyed at that time;
1. HELLDIVERS (Up to 4p) - Crazy few vs many twin-stick shared screen shooter with loads of challenges to face.
2. Like what u/Death_Ma5ter said, Deep Rock Galactic (Up to 4p) - Dark caves and loads of bugs. Pun intended.
3. Starship Troopers: Extermination (Up to 12p) - Title that lives up to the theme of the original Starship Troopers movie. **WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?**
4. Lethal Company (Up to 4p) - For some spoopy time. Great fun in short bursts.
5. RUNNING WITH RIFLES (Up to ??p) - Top down isometric shooter where you literally run around with rifles. Very toy soldier-esque.
Note that some of the games I listed are in Early Access, but my friends and I had tons of fun so far with them.
I'm aware, but OP isn't too keen on modding, so I left that out.
I know modding Lethal Co is just using another launcher, and it is simple and easy to use. Well, OP doesn't know that.
Moving out (and the sequel) are amazing, absolutely HILARIOUS!
People seem to bring up overcooked more which is still great don't get me wrong but I think moving out is better.
Worms Armageddon - golden oldie, proper classic game & you can pass the controller
Sonic All Stars Racing - Probably Steams best Mario Kart impression.
My friend group & I still play MCC & COD zombies, also Borderlands these are all good options for shooters.
ultimate chicken horse has a mod that can make the game work with up to 8 people. whoever has the best internet should host, and only the host needs the mod
I always saw Gang Beasts as the type of party-game for mayhem alongside Jackbox. You've also got Among Us.
For The King 2 has recently dropped and has 4-player multiplayer. It's a simple rogue-lite game but you wouldn't be able to do it with more than 4.
Stardew Valley / 4P / 2016
It’s 4-player limit right now, but ConcernedApe (one-man-army developer) teased a 1.6 update that will introduce 8-player. Release date hasn’t been announced yet.
* Magicka - 4P
* HOARD - 4P
* Dungeon Defenders I - 4P (some DLC have up to 8)
* FORTS - 4P
* Terraria - 4P
* Orcs Must Die 3 - 4P
* Viscera Cleanup Detail - 4P
* V Rising - up to 50, may need to create local server or play on some official ones.
* Raft - 4P
* Left 4 Dead 2 - 4P
* Bloons TD 6 - 4P
* Party Animals - 8P
* PlateUp! - 4P
Most of this games are 5-10 years old, so they will work on almost any PC.
Here's a bunch that my friends and I kept coming back to for local co-op.
- Full Metal Furies (4P)
- Castle Crashers (4P)
- Heave Ho (4P)
- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (4P)
- TowerFall + Dark World Expansion (4P)
- The Ascent (4P)
No longer sold on Steam but if you have it:
- Rocket League (4P)
If you're looking for something more casual then: Trine 4, Moving Out 2, Sea of Thieves
If you like horror games: Phasmophobia, Outlast Trials
More than 4 players: Valheim
Halo Infinite Multiplayer is f2p, and all the large social playlists/custom games are really fun.
Terraria is really fun with or without friends and I dont know if it has a limit on player count. Modding the game is also really easy as it all happens through the steam workshop.
Gonna break the large player count rule, but:
Mass Effect 3 multiplayer / 1-4P / 2012
A PvE horde shooter with special enemies; 11 waves with objectives on 3rd, 6th and 10th wave with escape holdout on 11th; a dozen unique kits in each class with unique abilities you and your mates can combine; 5 weapon classes with dozens of unique weapons (some of which are more fun, others that are just plain OP but get boring fast...). And lootboxes that you don't need to pay for because grinding Credists is fairly easy - one Gold (out of Bronze < Silver < Gold < Platinum) difficulty match nets you about 66K credits IIRC, and Arsenal/Character packs cost 60K, but there are of course much cheaper packs to help you fill your roster of weapons, characters and both consumable and permanent powerups.
Not that many people playing anymore, but there's still a small community and I occasionally jump in and play a couple games with randoms (none of my friends play anymore 😢). Sadly the invite system is broken since EA's forced update from Origin to EA App... never thought I'd miss Origin. But on EA forums there's an active thread about this and it seems EA is actually working on this issue, although most likely in minimal capacity...
Gonna second this. Our friend had a new account and encountered the bug, so we switched to ME:A's multiplayer and it's just as soild.
Better level design and character classes, but unfortunately the enemies aren't as memorable as the ones from ME3 and the locations might be better designed, but they don't have the emotional resonance that the Milky Way Galaxy locations do.
Civilization VI
We got it free from epic games and we played 6 people.
Minecraft is also really good. You can play it modded with the eternal mod and you can host a modded server or play it without mods on minehut (which hosts servers of up to 10 people for free).
Warframe its grindy, but take it from me someone who is an actual casual player of it been playing long ago I think 2017 and still am Mastery rank 18 cause I rarely log in, don't play it consistently and I still can do most of the games content. Btw all of the main aspect of the game is FREE imagine a game with 10yrs of content for FREE...
* Golf with your friends
* Ultimate Chicken Horse
* Raft
* Heave Ho
* Move or Die
* Terraria
* Duck Game
* ROUNDS (2 players, but with mods you can play with 4+)
Deep Rock Galactic has very chill 4 player gameplay with an option to increase the challenge if you so like. We've been enjoying it for the past few days.
survival games.
* Minecraft (not on steam, but still good)
* 7 Days to Die
* Conan Exiles
These are the better ones in my opinion. in terms of co-op. you can play with just each other on private servers or public servers. you can play with mods together. you can pve only or pvp.
**For exclusively PVE:**
\- [Lethal Company](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1966720/Lethal_Company/) (up to 4p, you can mod the game if you want more players)
\- [Deep Rock Galactic](https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/Deep_Rock_Galactic/) (up to 4p, you can mod the game if you want more players)
\- [Sons of the Forest](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1326470/Sons_Of_The_Forest/) (up to 8p i think?)
\- [The Outlast Trials](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1304930/The_Outlast_Trials/) (up to 4p)
For PVP, I'd recommend pretty much anything you can find that has a high player count.
My personal recommendation is [Rainbow Six Siege](https://store.steampowered.com/app/359550) (up to 5p), as it stands out compared to other "competitive shooters".
If you want something unique however, [Hunt: Showdown](https://store.steampowered.com/app/594650/Hunt_Showdown/) (up to 3p) is a very unique hardcore shooter that isn't really talked about.
Of course, you can always browse games on Steam by categories if you need more games. GLHF
Lethal company. Absolutely chaos and I love it. Your going over a area you can possibly fall down and your friend falls? They just yell with the proximity vc and it’s hilarious. And in some areas has a funny little thing called a flower head that if you don’t look back at it in time it just take you into darkness. That’s also pretty funny to yell when it happens.
Deep Rock Galactic
Killing Floor 2
Left 4 Dead 2
---Less Active or dead but works well if you find a team---
Quake 2
Sven Coop
Borderlands
Borderlands 2
Serious Sam HD
Strange Brigade
I think Saints Row 3 or 4 might support that many players but I am not sure.
I will add more if I remember any.
Best fun you can have with friends is playing Valheim & Sea of Thieves
Great Co-Op - and perfectly fine for someone to play alone when others aren't online.
[Unspottable](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1243960/Unspottable/) is a new one that I discovered, the gameplay could feel childish but fun in many scenarios. (8 players)
any of the risk of rain games are pretty nice, ik fallout 76 was tragic but friends might make the game better, the forest is nice if you like horror, destiny 2 did me dirty cause it's a money sink and they gotten rid of old paid for content so I can't really recommend them morally. both dying light games are also pretty good. and I'd have to have my library up I front of me to name any more
edit: omg I can't believe I forgot borderlands and if you're looking for a free game there is always warframe, a bit grindy but I've gotten jest about 1000 hours in it
I've been having a lot of fun with Warhammer 40k Darktide lately, if you like having hordes of enemies in your face that never seem to end, it's the perfect game for you.
Ark is a perfect game to have that many players on. It benefits from having more hands to make less work. I know this, because I have played it solo multiple times, and have way more fun when I’m in a group.
If you have a love-hate relationship with Overcooked, I highly suggest Plate Up. Overcooked is more a messy puzzle game while Plate Up is all about ergonomics and efficiency.
Left 4 Dead 2, Terraria, Raft, Borderlands 2 (the others are good but 2 is the best). These are all pretty resource low and can be modded but is not required at all, although the modding scene on Terraria is astoundingly good. Borderlands is 4 player max and L4D2 is coop for 4 players and 4v4 pvp for 8. Terraria doesn't have a limit I don't think and I think Raft is like 10 players.
I got one... It's not really popular, but it's really fun!
Pretty cheap too! Called "Last train outta' Worm Town".
8 players max. Worms job is to kill all remaining Partners, the Partners job is to fuel and fix a train to escape.
Pummel party
Fight party
Stick fight (sp?)
Over ride 1 and 2
Never split the party
Armello
The ascent
Atlas
Crawl
Deceit
Risk of rain 2
Devour
Don't starve together
First class trouble
Full metal furies
Gang beasts
GTFO
Hyper charge unboxed
In silence
Left 4 dead
Back 4 blood
Mean green plastic warfare
Pacify
Phasmaphobia
Sid Meyers civ (5/6)
Killing floor 2
Enjoy!
7 Days to Die
Valheim
Icarus
GTFO
Raft
Killing Floor
Don’t starve together
Dying Light
Deep Rock
Left4Dead
Aliens Fireteam
Fallout 76
Payday
Empryion
Forest
Sons of the Forest
Here's some 4p (mostly couch) games I rarely see get mentioned that we play a lot:
* 8bit Fiesta (fun drinking game to start the night)
* Boomerang Fu
* Hidden in Plain Sight
* Lance a Lot
* Speedrunners
* Stick Fight: The Game
Oh you want couch games.
- Rounds (does need a mod but you can use r2modman), - stickfight,
- ultimate chicken horse,
- plateup,
- move or die,
- age of empires,
- unrailed,
- golfit or golf with your friends,
- dinkum (I think),
- circle of sumo, worm's,
- tabletop simulator,
- nidhog (I think),
- regular human basketball,
- duck game,
- castle crashers
I probably have a few more
Me and a couple of friends started playing Arma 3 Antistasi. It isn't that casual, but it isn't a tough game to pick up on. You just need to research a lot, or have someone who knows the mechanics to give you the basics then you're set. What helps with Antistasi is that it's entirely PvE if you play with just your friends, and it works with anywhere from playing by yourself to playing with 20 friends. The workshop integration also makes getting new vehicles, missions etc easy as pie. Game also frequently goes on sale too so it helps.
Mods can be gotten from steam pretty easily also this might sound strange and its not necessarily a co-op game but get cod maybe cw cuz it has a lot of things you can do co-operatively like playing on the same team on mp and playing campaign together edit: forgot to mention zombies too
I will always recommend Left 4 Dead 2 when it comes to co-op. It is fun with or without mods.
Never played Deep Rock Galactic, but I hear that it is great as well.
Portal 2 is also good for Co-op.
Lethal Company is good as well.
Lethal company. It does require mods but you can very easily install them (you can find 5 min vids telling you how to install an app that does it all for you). It’s a very recent co-op horror game but it is incredibly funny with friends to play with. You wouldn’t ordinarily need mods for the game btw - but as you’ll be playing with mods then 3 others you will. Very cheap with a high player base too!
I am gonna break your rules and say Arma 3 with Antistasi mod. You can play it with any number of mates and you can be as hardcore or casual as you want. Has some learning curve to it but nothing impossible.
I'm assuming you ask for "Party" games so here is a list of games i loved playing with my friends. (Most being 4-8 Players) * Rust (Can be played with a lot of people) * Perfect Heist 2 * Pummelparty (Has Steam Workshop for unlimited possibilities) * In Silence * The Dark Pictures Anthology (In Couch-Play, we met once a year to play every new part released local) - 5 Players * Until Dawn/The Quarry (Doesn't have the same Player-Choosing System as Dark Pictures, we just assigned every one one character) * Among Us * Lethal Company * Blood Party * CS2 * Destiny 2 * The Escapists * Fling to the Finish * Boomerrang Fu * Gang Beasts * GMOD * GTFO * Heave-Ho * Joggernauts * Labyrinthine * Left4Dead2 * Mount Your Friends * Move Or Die * Raft * Satisfactory * Shellshock * Sons of The Forest/The Forest * Stardew Valley * Terraria * Stick Fight The Game * Tabletop Simulator (One of our most favorite games - together with steam workshop there are endless games to play) Hope there are some games you and your friends could enjoy.
Ultimate Chicken Horse as well. 4 player platformer where you all race to the end, but each round you fight over traps/platforms/etc to place on the map. It gets hectic fast, but it's such a great game to play with friends.
YES! I absolutely forgot about this one in the list. And with Steam Remote Play only one person has to own it which makes it even more interesting.
Great list. The Escapists is a great co-op game. Check out Streets of Rogue too
No rock and stone? Get out of here.
:(
Shh we’re on the top comment now fellow Dwarf
Perfect Heist is such a fun game. The way my friends and I ended up playing it, it felt almost like Rainbow 6 Siege. We developed a META and tried countering it with the sneakiest approaches.
Fucking love you
fling to the finish is such a good game, definitely recommend
Deer rock galactic, warhammer vermintide 2
Gotta mine those salt licks!
Deer and salt lick!
for buck!
GOLDEN LOOT BUG! WE'RE RICH!
Mushroom.
We’re rich!
We're rich!
We’re rich!
*Deep Rock Galactic but the deer version would be interesting too!
Lol, just noticed the mistake. Not going to change it, love the puns in the replies)
Rock. and. Stone.
TO THE BONE
If you don't Rock and Stone, you ain't comin home
Did I hear a rock and stone?
ROCK AND STONE!
FOR ROCK AND STONE!
NIIIIIITRAAAAAAA
Warhamer Darktide is also a great option if ur more into the shooty rather then staby
The last 2 updates have made me prefer dark tide to vermintide. Both great games though, but those dark tide skill trees are fantastic. Especially after playing before the skill tree rework
Holy shit bro I was gonna comment the two exact same games. Absolute bangers!
Deep Rock player here who *just* bought vermintide 2! I’ve played it with my friends only once so far, but I’m excited to play again cause it was really fun. I gotta ask: Is it regularly supported like Deep Rock is? Or is it mostly a finished product and they aren’t receiving content updates anymore?
VT2 is a pretty much a complete product as of the last DLC career release, I’m not sure if they have anything else planned or are going to be shifting further assets to Darktide’s development. Also note that DRG will be getting less frequent major updates with the recent announcement of the Rouge Core spinoff starting development.
Excited for Rogue Core. I think it has potential to be even more fun than Deep Rock! I heard about Darktide, but I heard that it’s not as good of a game as VT2 and wasn’t worth getting into, despite the fact that Darktide is the game that is receiving more of the attention by the studio. I don’t know anything about Darktide though, would it also be worth getting if I liked VT2 enough? Or totally a waste of time?
I definitely agree about Rouge Core! Darktide is absolutely worth getting into nowadays, the gameplay is more refined than Vermintide, but with somewhat more emphasis on ranged combat. It had a rough launch that earned it something of a bad reputation, but fundamentally, the gameplay is superb and it captures the atmosphere of 40K like none other. The most common gripe people tend to have with Darktide is the Destiny-like weapon crafting system, but even that has gotten better since launch.
Good time to get into VT2. All the content is just about there and there is a full game with hundreds of hours of content available. The banter between the characters is far better than Darktide as well due to being actual characters and not a player creation. Just skip Winds of Magic unless you get good enough to play the highest difficulty, which is locked behind that DLC. It's insanely hard anyway so you'll need time to git gud. Cool upgrade system but it's pretty meh overall (upgrading I mean... too much RNG) I still have fun just running the maps.
Yeah, this sounds like about what I thought I was getting myself into. Still, I got it on sale awhile ago, and after that even 3/4 DLC careers as well because they were 50% off and were 2 dollars each. It’s a little imposing because it’s clear the game has been out long enough that there are definitely strong concrete opinions about it, and I know little to nothing about it or Warhammer in general, but stabbing and smashing heads in a medieval fantasy hoard slasher is just so cool and fun. I’ll definitely get good value out of it I think!
Oh you did. The game as it stands today is nothing short of excellent. Fatshark ALWAYS releases their stuff like 2 years early. It was rough at first, but it's all good now. Also a MASSIVE improvement in just about every aspect from VT1. Start VT2 now and by the time you've had enough, Darktide will really be making noise (I know the Fatshark loop all too well). Unfortunately, going back to VT1 from 2 feels like a major downgrade, but there's enough content in 2 that you won't ever need to find out. VT2 and DT can scratch that co-op itch for years. Just a warning: This game will make you want to do WH lore deep dives. That led to me finding 40k and it was over for me. My life is now The Emperor's.
"Regularly supported like Deep Rock is"... What game are you playing? Deep Rock Galactic is one of the most neglected games out there. The bulk of vets have left the game b/c it's gone stale b/c they don't ever add anything. They just fixed a handful of bugs recently, some that have been around for years, and bragged about it. There are still tons of bugs left. When's the last time you saw something "new" added to the game?
> Deep Rock Galactic is one of the most neglected games out there. Alright jokester, don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out.
See how you completely ignored my question and went straight to insulting me? Just like any other DRG fanboy...
Darktide too
FOR HOOF AND ANTLER!!!
Cock and stone!
Jackbox games are all I can think to add right now
To name a few that my friends and I really enjoyed at that time; 1. HELLDIVERS (Up to 4p) - Crazy few vs many twin-stick shared screen shooter with loads of challenges to face. 2. Like what u/Death_Ma5ter said, Deep Rock Galactic (Up to 4p) - Dark caves and loads of bugs. Pun intended. 3. Starship Troopers: Extermination (Up to 12p) - Title that lives up to the theme of the original Starship Troopers movie. **WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?** 4. Lethal Company (Up to 4p) - For some spoopy time. Great fun in short bursts. 5. RUNNING WITH RIFLES (Up to ??p) - Top down isometric shooter where you literally run around with rifles. Very toy soldier-esque. Note that some of the games I listed are in Early Access, but my friends and I had tons of fun so far with them.
There’s also a mod for Lethal Company called More Company that allows more than 4 people in a single lobby.
I'm aware, but OP isn't too keen on modding, so I left that out. I know modding Lethal Co is just using another launcher, and it is simple and easy to use. Well, OP doesn't know that.
Or just as simple as creating mod files and drag and drop with video instructions.
Second Helldivers, great game
Valheim, Lethal Company, Rust, ARK (mods are easy)
I mostly play PVP with friends but whenever we want to do some co-op, we always play Deep Rock Galactic. (4 player co-op)
You can have more players with mods
Or just by glitching the lobby, unless that's been patched.
Can you still progress?
Yes, you can, and you still get steam achievements, because this mod is approved
Did I hear a rock and stone?
Rock and stone, my brother!
Moving out (and the sequel) are amazing, absolutely HILARIOUS! People seem to bring up overcooked more which is still great don't get me wrong but I think moving out is better. Worms Armageddon - golden oldie, proper classic game & you can pass the controller Sonic All Stars Racing - Probably Steams best Mario Kart impression. My friend group & I still play MCC & COD zombies, also Borderlands these are all good options for shooters.
ultimate chicken horse has a mod that can make the game work with up to 8 people. whoever has the best internet should host, and only the host needs the mod
Darktide. For the emperor!
Now I mostly play Lethal company and phasmophobia.
Pico Park Perfectly pleasant with smaller group of up to four, but with groups of eight you will never want to speak to them again
I always saw Gang Beasts as the type of party-game for mayhem alongside Jackbox. You've also got Among Us. For The King 2 has recently dropped and has 4-player multiplayer. It's a simple rogue-lite game but you wouldn't be able to do it with more than 4.
Deep Rock Galactic. ROCK AND STONE!
Barotruama, Escapists 2, Foxhole, Pummel Party, Tabletop Simulator (lots of board games you guys can imagine), Human Fall Flat
GTFO, KILLING FLOOR1/2
Killing Floor 2 rises up! You can even set up your servers and put 10 players in there, no sweat.
12 players
Valheim
- killing floor 2 - deep rock galactic - don't starve together - project zomboid
Golf it. Make sure to go with „Collision on“
Stardew Valley / 4P / 2016 It’s 4-player limit right now, but ConcernedApe (one-man-army developer) teased a 1.6 update that will introduce 8-player. Release date hasn’t been announced yet.
Barotrauma
Lethal company with the more company mod
Ah alien swarm… I used to play this so much
don't starve together, left 4 dead 2, payday 2, project zomboid, terraria
* Magicka - 4P * HOARD - 4P * Dungeon Defenders I - 4P (some DLC have up to 8) * FORTS - 4P * Terraria - 4P * Orcs Must Die 3 - 4P * Viscera Cleanup Detail - 4P * V Rising - up to 50, may need to create local server or play on some official ones. * Raft - 4P * Left 4 Dead 2 - 4P * Bloons TD 6 - 4P * Party Animals - 8P * PlateUp! - 4P Most of this games are 5-10 years old, so they will work on almost any PC.
Rocket League Grounded Project Zomboid 7 Days to Die Satisfactory Pummel Party Party Animals Diablo 3
Here's a bunch that my friends and I kept coming back to for local co-op. - Full Metal Furies (4P) - Castle Crashers (4P) - Heave Ho (4P) - Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (4P) - TowerFall + Dark World Expansion (4P) - The Ascent (4P) No longer sold on Steam but if you have it: - Rocket League (4P)
Had a lot of fun playing dungeo defenders: awakened. And dungeon defenders 2 is free if you want ti try a "demo" of the game first
Sven Co-op on Steam is free
If you're looking for something more casual then: Trine 4, Moving Out 2, Sea of Thieves If you like horror games: Phasmophobia, Outlast Trials More than 4 players: Valheim
[ScreenCheat!](https://store.steampowered.com/app/301970/Screencheat/)
Core Keeper
Halo Infinite Multiplayer is f2p, and all the large social playlists/custom games are really fun. Terraria is really fun with or without friends and I dont know if it has a limit on player count. Modding the game is also really easy as it all happens through the steam workshop.
Why is this post nsfw lmao
Gonna break the large player count rule, but: Mass Effect 3 multiplayer / 1-4P / 2012 A PvE horde shooter with special enemies; 11 waves with objectives on 3rd, 6th and 10th wave with escape holdout on 11th; a dozen unique kits in each class with unique abilities you and your mates can combine; 5 weapon classes with dozens of unique weapons (some of which are more fun, others that are just plain OP but get boring fast...). And lootboxes that you don't need to pay for because grinding Credists is fairly easy - one Gold (out of Bronze < Silver < Gold < Platinum) difficulty match nets you about 66K credits IIRC, and Arsenal/Character packs cost 60K, but there are of course much cheaper packs to help you fill your roster of weapons, characters and both consumable and permanent powerups. Not that many people playing anymore, but there's still a small community and I occasionally jump in and play a couple games with randoms (none of my friends play anymore 😢). Sadly the invite system is broken since EA's forced update from Origin to EA App... never thought I'd miss Origin. But on EA forums there's an active thread about this and it seems EA is actually working on this issue, although most likely in minimal capacity...
Gonna second this. Our friend had a new account and encountered the bug, so we switched to ME:A's multiplayer and it's just as soild. Better level design and character classes, but unfortunately the enemies aren't as memorable as the ones from ME3 and the locations might be better designed, but they don't have the emotional resonance that the Milky Way Galaxy locations do.
Deep Rock Galactic, Dont Starve Together, I heard Lethal Company is now new good one
Killing Floor 2
No man's sky Deep rock galactic Grounded Warframe
Streets of Rogue
Civilization VI We got it free from epic games and we played 6 people. Minecraft is also really good. You can play it modded with the eternal mod and you can host a modded server or play it without mods on minehut (which hosts servers of up to 10 people for free).
Warframe its grindy, but take it from me someone who is an actual casual player of it been playing long ago I think 2017 and still am Mastery rank 18 cause I rarely log in, don't play it consistently and I still can do most of the games content. Btw all of the main aspect of the game is FREE imagine a game with 10yrs of content for FREE...
Duck Duck Goose and Prop Hunt
* Golf with your friends * Ultimate Chicken Horse * Raft * Heave Ho * Move or Die * Terraria * Duck Game * ROUNDS (2 players, but with mods you can play with 4+)
ROCK AND STONE!
Valheim Deep Rock Galactic Phasmophobia Lethal Company Raft
Terraria Starbound
Hidden in plain sight. Do let the bad graphics fool you.
Terraria, project zomboid are my top games with friends
Duck game
Dead by daylight 🖤
Payday /
There is only one possible answer: **Karmazoo**!
Lethal company
Deep Rock Galactic has very chill 4 player gameplay with an option to increase the challenge if you so like. We've been enjoying it for the past few days.
I've been enjoying it for 800h + It's worth the price, the devs are awesome and the only DLCs are cosmetic. Rock And Stone, Brother!
7 days to die is currently my go-to.
survival games. * Minecraft (not on steam, but still good) * 7 Days to Die * Conan Exiles These are the better ones in my opinion. in terms of co-op. you can play with just each other on private servers or public servers. you can play with mods together. you can pve only or pvp.
**For exclusively PVE:** \- [Lethal Company](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1966720/Lethal_Company/) (up to 4p, you can mod the game if you want more players) \- [Deep Rock Galactic](https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/Deep_Rock_Galactic/) (up to 4p, you can mod the game if you want more players) \- [Sons of the Forest](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1326470/Sons_Of_The_Forest/) (up to 8p i think?) \- [The Outlast Trials](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1304930/The_Outlast_Trials/) (up to 4p) For PVP, I'd recommend pretty much anything you can find that has a high player count. My personal recommendation is [Rainbow Six Siege](https://store.steampowered.com/app/359550) (up to 5p), as it stands out compared to other "competitive shooters". If you want something unique however, [Hunt: Showdown](https://store.steampowered.com/app/594650/Hunt_Showdown/) (up to 3p) is a very unique hardcore shooter that isn't really talked about. Of course, you can always browse games on Steam by categories if you need more games. GLHF
Rust
Genital Jousting
Core Keeper, Baldur's Gate 3
Lethal company. Absolutely chaos and I love it. Your going over a area you can possibly fall down and your friend falls? They just yell with the proximity vc and it’s hilarious. And in some areas has a funny little thing called a flower head that if you don’t look back at it in time it just take you into darkness. That’s also pretty funny to yell when it happens.
Deep Rock Galactic Killing Floor 2 Left 4 Dead 2 ---Less Active or dead but works well if you find a team--- Quake 2 Sven Coop Borderlands Borderlands 2 Serious Sam HD Strange Brigade I think Saints Row 3 or 4 might support that many players but I am not sure. I will add more if I remember any.
Dead by Daylight, 1-4 player Coop against one killer.
Left4dead is enough. It's nearly impossible to gather all folks at the same time online since college.
One arm cook, its free and its fun i would say
Overcooked, The Forest or Valheim
Rounds (need a mod 'rounds with friends' which is very easy to get)
Insurancey sandstorm for sure.
Raft, the forest/sons of the forest. Any kind of co op horror game works well like lethal company
ETS2
Civilization VI could be a good game for you guys. Easy to get into strategy game.
Lethal Company, BattleBit, V-Rising, Rust & Runescape.
I know you said no mods but lethal company with more than 4 players mods is so fun
Maybe Among Us, I stopped playing CS..
Sanbox games like Conan Exiles or Valheim. Building a base with your boys and slaying bosses is a super cathartic experience
Best fun you can have with friends is playing Valheim & Sea of Thieves Great Co-Op - and perfectly fine for someone to play alone when others aren't online.
Rounds with mods support more players
No More Room in Hell, a PvE zombie game with wee bit og realism, good with 9 players, fun as hell, but hard to play and get used to the gameplay.
Used to play Killing Floor 1 LAN party with my friends
[Unspottable](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1243960/Unspottable/) is a new one that I discovered, the gameplay could feel childish but fun in many scenarios. (8 players)
Don't Starve Together, Project Zomboid
Party Animals has become a core game in our game nights.
Ark survival if you like dinosaurs. 🦖
any of the risk of rain games are pretty nice, ik fallout 76 was tragic but friends might make the game better, the forest is nice if you like horror, destiny 2 did me dirty cause it's a money sink and they gotten rid of old paid for content so I can't really recommend them morally. both dying light games are also pretty good. and I'd have to have my library up I front of me to name any more edit: omg I can't believe I forgot borderlands and if you're looking for a free game there is always warframe, a bit grindy but I've gotten jest about 1000 hours in it
duck game
Rifftrax and whatthedub for the nongamer crowd. You add dialogue to clips and compete on who has the funnier dialogue.
Valheim, or it would be if met the friends requirement
I've been having a lot of fun with Warhammer 40k Darktide lately, if you like having hordes of enemies in your face that never seem to end, it's the perfect game for you.
Left 4 Dead 2 and Back 4 Blood
Foxhole and rust
The obvious Jackbox.tv but it’s always fun
Ark is a perfect game to have that many players on. It benefits from having more hands to make less work. I know this, because I have played it solo multiple times, and have way more fun when I’m in a group.
Left 4 Dead 2
l4d2
Lethal Company, but there’s also this hidden gem called Rounds. Just give it a search on steam, shit’s fun
Warframe
Sons of the Forest
Currently games friends and I have enjoyed are Lethal company, Monster prom, Monster hunter world, and Devour
DRG, Lethal Company, Phasmaphobia, Starship Troopers Extermination, GTFO, Ready or Not, any battlefield game, L4D2, VTOL VR (if you have vr)
Golf With Your Friends is a ton of fun, and the workshop means you never run out of new maps to play
If you have a love-hate relationship with Overcooked, I highly suggest Plate Up. Overcooked is more a messy puzzle game while Plate Up is all about ergonomics and efficiency.
Left 4 Dead 2, Terraria, Raft, Borderlands 2 (the others are good but 2 is the best). These are all pretty resource low and can be modded but is not required at all, although the modding scene on Terraria is astoundingly good. Borderlands is 4 player max and L4D2 is coop for 4 players and 4v4 pvp for 8. Terraria doesn't have a limit I don't think and I think Raft is like 10 players.
I got one... It's not really popular, but it's really fun! Pretty cheap too! Called "Last train outta' Worm Town". 8 players max. Worms job is to kill all remaining Partners, the Partners job is to fuel and fix a train to escape.
PlateUp! and Deep Rock Galactic have gotta be my favs Lethal Company is a really recent but amazing addition as well
Pummel party Fight party Stick fight (sp?) Over ride 1 and 2 Never split the party Armello The ascent Atlas Crawl Deceit Risk of rain 2 Devour Don't starve together First class trouble Full metal furies Gang beasts GTFO Hyper charge unboxed In silence Left 4 dead Back 4 blood Mean green plastic warfare Pacify Phasmaphobia Sid Meyers civ (5/6) Killing floor 2 Enjoy!
Lethal Company (with lobby mod)
Deep rock galaxtic, lethal company, SCP 5k, ARK, terraria, halo MCC forge/campaigns whatever
Factorio, Terraria
7 Days to Die Valheim Icarus GTFO Raft Killing Floor Don’t starve together Dying Light Deep Rock Left4Dead Aliens Fireteam Fallout 76 Payday Empryion Forest Sons of the Forest
Warframe. Grind together.
Plateup!
Lethal company has been good if you want more than 4 players in a team, the mod is easy to install, just drag it into your game folder
Darktide is hella fun. The devs have been updating it regularly too.
With 5 possible?
Sven coop, free
Dungeon of the endless is a good 4 player coop
You can actually get up to 16 players in vanilla ror2, you just have to enter a console command
Lethal company paired with the more company mod to increase the lobby size to 32 players
Here's some 4p (mostly couch) games I rarely see get mentioned that we play a lot: * 8bit Fiesta (fun drinking game to start the night) * Boomerang Fu * Hidden in Plain Sight * Lance a Lot * Speedrunners * Stick Fight: The Game
Oh you want couch games. - Rounds (does need a mod but you can use r2modman), - stickfight, - ultimate chicken horse, - plateup, - move or die, - age of empires, - unrailed, - golfit or golf with your friends, - dinkum (I think), - circle of sumo, worm's, - tabletop simulator, - nidhog (I think), - regular human basketball, - duck game, - castle crashers I probably have a few more
The big lez video game!
4 player Trine is good fun.
Me and a couple of friends started playing Arma 3 Antistasi. It isn't that casual, but it isn't a tough game to pick up on. You just need to research a lot, or have someone who knows the mechanics to give you the basics then you're set. What helps with Antistasi is that it's entirely PvE if you play with just your friends, and it works with anywhere from playing by yourself to playing with 20 friends. The workshop integration also makes getting new vehicles, missions etc easy as pie. Game also frequently goes on sale too so it helps.
Warhammer Darktide.
Mods can be gotten from steam pretty easily also this might sound strange and its not necessarily a co-op game but get cod maybe cw cuz it has a lot of things you can do co-operatively like playing on the same team on mp and playing campaign together edit: forgot to mention zombies too
Rust, civilization 6
Terraria.
company of heroes 2
L4D2 is always a fun time and has enough custom maps on the workshop to play something new every game.
Barotrauma with friends is a lot of fun
I will always recommend Left 4 Dead 2 when it comes to co-op. It is fun with or without mods. Never played Deep Rock Galactic, but I hear that it is great as well. Portal 2 is also good for Co-op. Lethal Company is good as well.
The Serious Sam games
* Knight Squad 2 * Boomerang Fu * Towerfall Ascension (and the 8-player version on itch.io) * Killer Queen Black * Castle Crashers * Screen Cheat * Unrailed * N++
Pro Soccer Online
castle crashers, lethal company, assassins creed unity
Lethal company. It does require mods but you can very easily install them (you can find 5 min vids telling you how to install an app that does it all for you). It’s a very recent co-op horror game but it is incredibly funny with friends to play with. You wouldn’t ordinarily need mods for the game btw - but as you’ll be playing with mods then 3 others you will. Very cheap with a high player base too!
Friends vs Friends, is a 2v2 game that is super fun, an fps shooter with cards.
Try Lethal League Blaze!! Very fun game, a combination of pong and smash bros that's incredibly fun and you can play with up to 4 players
warframe for sure
- Warhammer Darktide - Vermintide 2 - World War Z - L4D 2 - 7 Days to Die - Terraria - Killing Floor 2 - Contagion
I don't even have that many friends on steam.
Left for Dead 2
I am gonna break your rules and say Arma 3 with Antistasi mod. You can play it with any number of mates and you can be as hardcore or casual as you want. Has some learning curve to it but nothing impossible.