Hey Guys,

I recently started a steam curator page to collect the best games to play with your significant other who's less experienced in gaming. Its basically a guide on how accessible local multiplayer games are. I mainly focus on games that have split screen or are local multiplayer.

https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32660802-Intro-Gaming-Significant-Other/

I divided the games into 3 categories, casual games, games that take more time to enjoy, and games that have no co-op but are good for taking turns.

I play these games on my PC, directly connected to the TV, along with an Xbox dongle that connects up to 4 controllers wireless so that we can play on the couch comfortably. But most of them should be great with steam link.

Let me know what you think. :)

5 years ago

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"Brothers tale of two sons" is a must. My wife cried when the game ended. "Never alone (Kisima ingitchuna)" is a good option too.

5 years ago
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Really need to get my hands on a copy of brothers! Thanks for the suggestions!

5 years ago
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My wife and I have been playing the new Shoppe Keep 2 that came out, is pretty good.

Lot of 'non-gamer' and gamers alike seemed to enjoy Frog Climbers, Magicka, Crawl, Gauntlet, Knight Squad, Mother Russia Bleeds, Ultimate Chicken Horse, Stick Fight, and taking turns on Stanley Parable.

Borderlands, Dying Light, Baldur's Gate are good co-op as well, Dead by Daylight or Rocket League might be an option, depending on taste.

Have fun!

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How would you rate Shoppe Keep 2's accessibility? Is there a learning curve?

5 years ago
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We're still pretty new to it but we played the first one. Not a very steep learning curve at all I don't think.

5 years ago
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Nice thread... will be nice to separate the categories of "online gaming" and "casual couch"... let me add a few (my gf is not a gamer, we have only played the ones with (-)... the others with friends):

-Lego Marvel: avengers
-Phantom breaker: battle grounds
-Double dragon neon
-Kung fu strike
Dead Pixels
Mercenary kings
Battleblock theater
Castle crashers
Tekken7 / Guilty gear... (any fighter that u like)

*If she is into online gaming:
Borderlands (any), Dead Island, Kane & Lynch2, The darkness 2, Serious sam, Shadow warrior 2, Saints Row IV, How to survive, Trine2, Broforce, Painkiller hell & damnation, Outland, Dead Horde.

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Pretty much every Lego game is very friendly for non-gamers. I played several with my wife and she's not a gamer at all.

5 years ago
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I've played Overcooked and Screencheat with my sister and friends before. Pretty fun. :3 There's also a game called Corpse Box Racers, which was really funny to play, although it's not on Steam. It's free on Itch.io. :D

5 years ago
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Thanks for the suggestion!

5 years ago
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Move or die

My wife to be, never really played videogames, but we have a lot of fun with this game... of course, I can't play to win because I would always win XD but is still fun, for casual gameplay

5 years ago
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We know you have a curator page because you shared it with us. We may access it anytime by simply going to your Steam page. For that reason, there is no need to include a link to your curator page. Removing said link would also remove one more reason to consider this post a violation of the rule against advertising. As there is no apparent reason for this post other than drawing attention to your curator page, I am assuming that you are advertising it. Please remember that advertising and solicitation are only acceptable within giveaway descriptions. I am therefore closing this thread along with this reminder.

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Closed 5 years ago by Khalaq.