I’m looking for some fun PC games I can play with my wife/nephews. I’m therefore looking for PC games that support split screen with controller support. Any genre, but preferably games that can be played by someone no older than 12. Will be playing them on a ROG Ally connected to a TV with xbox controllers. Interested in any genre.
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It Takes Two was an absolute blast with my wife
Anyone have any idea how well the game works on a Steam Deck? Would love to play it docked to my TV but I’ve heard EA’s launcher causes some problems on the SD.
We played it on Nintendo Switch, a far weaker device, at stable 30fps (slightly worse resolution than screen size but not too bad after you get used to it). Barring weird EA stuff should work great on steam deck
Yeah I figured that would be fine, just worried about the EA stuff.
That game is great fun. Also their other game, A Way Out, but that could be a bit mature at points for young children.
Lmao, I came to mention both of these games and you both, out of only 26 comments, addressed them exactly as I was going to. RIP, snoo; I’m home :)
Loved The Way Out as well as ait Takes Two.
- People have mentioned it yet, but I want to second It Takes Two, such a fantastic game! Story might not not appeal to everyone, because of relationship drama and a particular scene, but younger kids tend to ignore it and gameplay is a blast anyways! (Platinum’ed it with my then 8yo son.)
- Death Squared is a great cooperative puzzle game for 1, 2 or 4 players.
- The Overcooked! games are really nice coop games, albeit more and more chaotic the further you move on.
- Moving out is similar to Overcooked, but haven’t played it myself.
- ibb & obb is such a cool lo-fi coop platformer.
- Shift Happens is another cool coop platformer, and costs almost nothing.
- Unravel 2 is another gem in coop platformers, with quite a moving story.
- Pikuniku is very cool for younger kids, and a very funny game, too!
- Minecraft Dungeons is a nice Diablo clone, but not that dark and suitable for younger players.
- You can’t go wrong with Tetris. I personally like the Puyo Puyo Tetris variants and Tetris Effect.
Seconding Overcooked, with the caveat that you’d better have a strong relationship with whoever you’re playing with, because it will test it. It really is incredibly fun, though.
And having just looked at the trailer for Moving Out, I might have to try that with my partner if we ever exhaust Overcooked.
Not split screen but fun, I would recommend lovers in a dangerous spacetime. It a coop game you have to control a spaceship, collect things and survive.
I second lovers in a damgerous space time
Screencheat if you want a game to “pick up and play”. It’s a shooter with different modes where everyone is invisible and you must look at the other players split screen to deduce where they are and shoot them. It’s really fun to play!
That sounds like it would drive my wife crazy 🤣
My wife and son loved Wobbly Life. I’ve seen it described as GTA for people who aren’t old enough to play GTA. The couch co-op is solid and they only ever played with controllers.
I also would describe Lego City Undercover as GTA, but Lego, so compatible with a younger audience. It also has a very good co-op mode, you can play the whole game with two players with dynamic drop/join. Really had fun playing it with my girlfriend.
Wobbly Life looks great! Will definitely be checking out that one.
I really like PlateUp. It’s like a better overcooked where you get to design and upgrade your kitchen/restaurant as you go.
Ultimate Chicken Horse is a really fun party game!
I think Rocket League supports split screen. It’s really fun for all ages too.
Boomerangfu isn’t splitscreen, it’s one screen, but it’s still local multiplayer with controller support
Thought of that one immediately, it’s so much fun and really easy to pick up!
Yeah, specifying split screen was probably a mistake. I meant local multiplayer :).
Well, if simple multiplayer is fine, then also check out Grounded.
Same-screen, but: PlateUp!
It takes two and a way out are both great
My partner and I are huge fans of Boomerang Fu, and have enjoyed it with a couple of friends too - it’s not same-screen local co-op so hope that still works. Very easy to pick up, and lots of fun!
Quick List of worthwhile games in my library that seem child appropriate and have the local multiplayer tag
- n++
- Splunkey
- Towerfall *
- Rayman Origins
- Battleblock Theater
- Monaco
- What The Golf
- Jamestown
- nidhogg
- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
- The Trine Series
- Untitled Goose Game
- Tojam and Earl Back in the Groove **
*Haven’t played Towerfall before, but it had a lot of buzz going on about it when it came out.
**Not sure if Toejam and Earl is actually good, too much nostalgia clouding my judgment.
Party Animals “should” be finally coming out this September. Buddies and I had a blast when it was in open beta. Similar idea to Gang Beasts.
Another fun one is Human Fall Flat which has some quirky controls.
