History Main / CoOpMultiplayer

** ''VideoGame/MarioParty9'': Bowser Jr.'s minigames all involve him forcing two players to team up in order to defeat him. The participants will either gain or lose five Mini-Stars depending on whether they win.

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''

* The ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' series, excluding the last (Single-player focused) games.
** ''VideoGame/{{Heretic}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Hexen}}'' naturally follow along, using the same engines.

* ''TabletopGame/BurgleBros'' is a map exploration game where the players are members of a team trying to pull off a heist without getting caught. Together, they must explore the building (represented by a grid of initially face-down tiles for each floor), find and crack all the safes, and escape to the roof.

* ''Burgle Bros.'' is a map exploration game where the players are members of a team trying to pull off a heist without getting caught. Together, they must explore the building (represented by a grid of initially face-down tiles for each floor), find and crack all the safes, and escape to the roof.

* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey III: The Drowned City'' has {{Bonus Boss}}es that can be fought single-player, but can also be fought with up to four other players. Each player contributes one member of their guild to the party, and controls only that member. Like in single-player, each boss fight has variations where one to three [=NPCs=] accompany the party, but in multiplayer in particular these variations exist so that if there are less than five players, there won't be empty party slots.

* ''TabletopGame/ShadowsOverCamelot''. The players are [[Myth/KingArthur Knights of the Round Table]] defending Camelot from a number of enemies and going on quests, while the (optional) traitor works to undermine their efforts.

* ''Rastan Saga II'' (''[[MarketBasedTitle Nastar Warrior]]''), arcade version only

* ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}''
* ''VideoGame/LochNess'' allows up to four players to searh Loch Ness for any signs of Nessie... while trying not to be attacked by her.
* ''VideoGame/MarioBros''

* Nearly every VideoGame/LegoAdaptationGame.
* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''
* ''VideoGame/MonsterMadness''
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak'' (until its servers were shut down)

* ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsGame''
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfGoo''
* ''VideoGame/ToejamAndEarl''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' (UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame by Creator/DataEast)
* ''VideoGame/TheChaosEngine'' could either be played by two players or one player and an AI teammate.
* Creator/MidwayGames' ''Xenophobe'' handled three players on a split screen. Most ports supported two players only.
* ''VideoGame/MichaelJacksonsMoonwalker'': The arcade version allows up to three players; each one controls a version of Michael in a differently colored suits (white, red and black).
* The [[SimulationGame farming simulator]] ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' is designed to allow for co-op play with up to four players. (It also has exploration and combat modes in the vein of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' or ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}''.)

* ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'''s Salmon Run mode
* ''VideoGame/ZombieMadness'': A second player can play as the other parent in the game, so only the children need saving.

* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' lets another player join the game as a co-op baby at the cost of one heart container from the player. They're fairly basic and work like a controllable familiar, which can fire tears and fly, but there are some special co-op babies with unique effects. ''Repentance'' increases the player cap to 4 and adds adds a true co-op multiplayer mode to the game.