Cross-platform co-op that works when everyone owns something different.
The hard part of playing with friends is rarely the game — it is that one of you is on PC, one on PlayStation, and one only has an hour free.
Everything here is either cross-platform, cheap to get everyone into, or short enough to finish in a single evening call.
2020 · PC, PS5, Xbox
Four dwarves mining caves with class roles that genuinely need each other. Missions run twenty to forty minutes, so nobody has to commit to a whole night.
2024 · PC, PS5
Chaotic squad missions where friendly fire is always on and half the fun is the arguing afterwards.
2009 · PC, Xbox
Still the cleanest four-player co-op ever designed. Campaigns run about an hour and it runs on anything.
2018 · PC, PS5, Xbox
A shared pirate ship where the crew jobs are real jobs. Cross-play means it is easy to get everyone aboard.
2021 · PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch
Built exclusively for two, and one copy invites the other player free. Constantly changes its own genre so it never drags.
2023 · PC
Scavenging on hostile moons while your friends panic over the radio. Funniest with people you know well.
2011 · PC, Xbox, Switch
A whole separate campaign of two-player puzzles that only works if you can explain your thinking out loud.
2016 · PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch
A shared farm you both keep chipping at. Ideal for low-pressure calls where the game is background to the conversation.
2015 · PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch
Free, cross-platform and five minutes per match. The lowest-friction way to get a group into the same game.
2020 · PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch
Free party chaos that requires no skill overlap between players, which matters in mixed groups.
2020 · PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch
Kitchen panic in five-minute levels. Test your friendships responsibly.
2018 · PC, Switch, Mobile
Works with anyone who owns a phone, which is the entire argument for it.
Rocket League, Sea of Thieves, Fall Guys, Deep Rock Galactic and Fortnite all let PC, PlayStation, Xbox and in some cases Switch players share a lobby.
Deep Rock Galactic, Helldivers 2, Left 4 Dead 2 and Sea of Thieves are all designed around a squad of four rather than scaling up from two.
Usually, but It Takes Two includes a friend pass, and Rocket League, Fall Guys and Among Us are free or very cheap to get a whole group in.
Party games like Fall Guys and Overcooked, where chaos flattens the skill gap, or co-op games with role variety like Deep Rock Galactic.