Most of the LEGO games, like Harry Potter, Star Wars, or The Lord of the Rings. They are great for co-op, and have lots of replayability if you like collecting and unlocking content.
Unrailed is also very fun. I believe it supports 2 simultaneous players on one PC using only the keyboard (eg. one person uses the numpad).
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Just use Steam's search.
This one offers all games with a rating of 85 or higher and shared/split screen: https://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Reviews_DESC&as-reviews-score=85-&category3=24
Add tags if you look for specific genres/tags. With Beat'em ups only: https://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Reviews_DESC&term=Beat%20%27Em%20Up&as-reviews-score=85-&category3=24
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didn't know you could share via split screen in the steam search thanks
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Mayhem Brawler
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1306720/Mayhem_Brawler/
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You can filter for games with local co-op in the steam store: https://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Reviews_DESC&category1=998&category2=39
Or on steamdb: https://steamdb.info/instantsearch/?refinementList%5Btags%5D%5B0%5D=Local%20Co-Op&refinementList%5BappType%5D%5B0%5D=Game
My personal recommendation is: https://store.steampowered.com/app/238460/BattleBlock_Theater/
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Kingdom Two Crowns (Management): https://store.steampowered.com/app/701160/Kingdom_Two_Crowns_Play_the_Norse_Lands_Demo/
Castle Crashers (Beat 'em up): https://store.steampowered.com/app/204360/Castle_Crashers/
Streets of Rage 4 (Beat' em up): https://store.steampowered.com/app/985890/Streets_of_Rage_4/
BattleBlock Theater (Puzzle): https://store.steampowered.com/app/238460/BattleBlock_Theater/
Tricky Towers (Puzzle): https://store.steampowered.com/app/437920/Tricky_Towers/
Crawl (Dungeon crawler): https://store.steampowered.com/app/293780/Crawl/
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Ibb & Obb: https://store.steampowered.com/app/95400/ibb__obb/
Fling to the Finish: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1054430/Fling_to_the_Finish/
BTW Fling to the Finish looks hilarious and reviews are good. I think you'd get a laugh out of it. I have it, but haven't had the chance to play it yet. There is a gameplay stream on the Steam store for it.
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Huntdown has a 2-player mode and it's really good, but it's a bit on the challenging side.
Untitled Goose Game is chaotic, silly fun and it's a good challenge, with subquests and secret objectives. You can play methodically trying to do every possible type of mischief or just run around making noise.
Children of Morta is a great dungeon crawler with co-op mode and good story.
If you guys are into puzzles, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is just great. You have to talk a lot and describe stuff, so it is kinda... educational? But fun.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/557040/99Vidas/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/238630/Fist_Puncher/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/369890/Riddled_Corpses/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/207930/Sacred_Citadel/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/732810/Slipstream/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/341550/Super_Cyborg/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/620/Portal_2/
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1054510/Survivalist_Invisible_Strain/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/228280/Baldurs_Gate_Enhanced_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/257350/Baldurs_Gate_II_Enhanced_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/104900/ORION_Prelude/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/55230/Saints_Row_The_Third/
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/448510/Overcooked/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/728880/Overcooked_2/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/996770/Moving_Out/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/327030/Worms_WMD/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/477160/Human_Fall_Flat/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/204360/Castle_Crashers/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/238460/BattleBlock_Theater/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/275390/Guacamelee_Super_Turbo_Championship_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/534550/Guacamelee_2/
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Title | Genre | Note |
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Grid 2 | Racing, split screen | ⠀ |
Overcooked | Top-down cooking hell | ⠀ |
Cook, Serve, Delicious! | 2D cooking hell WITH SPEED | 1 or 3, the sequel wasn't that good since it lacked progress/story |
Trine | Side-scroller platformer | Any, although 2 and 4 are arguably the best ones |
Muse Dash | Rhythm game | Okay, bear with me with this one. It's meant to be single-player, but it's a 2-buttons game. Each player controls one button, and slightly chaotic fun ensues. |
Stick Fight: The Game | Self-explanatory, stickman fighting game | ⠀ |
Viscera Cleanup Detail | Cleaning simulator | For when cleaning your room just ain't cutting it anymore. |
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed | Mario Kart but not | ⠀ |
Portal 2 | Everyone knows Portal 2 | ⠀ |
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You'd be surprised how well it plays - there's two "lanes" so each player only need to look at their respective lane, and hit the notes at the right time. The worse ones are the saws you need to dodge, since the player taking care of their lane needs to actually look at the other player's lane and dodge their saws, and vice-versa...
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I second Stick Fight: The Game. My brother and I play that, and it's really fun (even though I suck at it lol)
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If your son is in a younger age group, he might like Minecraft Dungeons.
If he's a little older, For The King might be a good choice. It's a rouge-like game based on table-top rpgs, which means there's some difficulty, but maybe you two will enjoy the challenge
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Here's my comment about remote play together games, but they are good for couch coop too: https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/wWgnU/games-to-play-in-couple#6BhOyGm
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You would be looking for games with 'local co-op' tags in Steam
-Racing games (F1 Race stars, Sonic. Horizon Chase Turbo, Hotshot Racing, Dirt Showdown)
-Shoot-em ups (Metal Slug Series, Assault Android Cactus, Mercenary kings, Rad Rodgers)
-Adventure (Never alone, Nine Parchments, LEGO City Undercover, LEGO Batman, Cat Quest II)
If I remember other kid friendly games I'll add them...cheers.
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To add to the other suggestions here, maybe this https://store.steampowered.com/app/1016920/Unrailed/
And this? https://store.steampowered.com/app/1085510/Garfield_Kart__Furious_Racing/
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Battleblock theater, It takes two, these two are mostly platformers. Maybe Cuphead if you would like something more challenging.
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i am in need of some two player game ideas to play with my son
i would like the games to be able to be played on one machine either as a game we play together or take turns
we like game types such as:
beat em ups
puzzle games
racing games
card games
and more....
we have played and liked the following:
uni
zombie bowl a rama
toybox turbo
toejam and earl
ticket to ride
etc....
If you could provide a store link that would help a lot....
thanks -- https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/lG8ZM/ascension-to-the-throne
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