9.2 out of 10, Ready for your groupCo-op ghost hunting
Phasmophobia
Four friends, a van full of equipment and a house that does not want you there. The best group game made in Britain.
- 1–4 players
- 15–30 min per contract
- £15.99
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9.0 out of 10, Ready for your groupCo-op shooter
Helldivers 2
Four soldiers, a planet full of bugs or robots, and orbital strikes that land on whoever is standing nearest. Chaos with a plan.
- 1–4 players
- 20–40 min per mission
- £34.99
8.9 out of 10, Ready for your groupSocial deduction
Among Us
Fix the ship, find the impostor, accuse your best friend. The game that made an entire group chat lie to each other.
- 4–15 players
- 5–10 min rounds
- £3.99
8.8 out of 10, Ready for your groupParty obstacle course
Fall Guys
Sixty beans, one obstacle course, no dignity. Made in London, free everywhere, and the surest way to make a mixed group laugh.
- 1–4 players
- 15–25 min per show
- Free
8.7 out of 10, Ready for your groupHero shooter
Overwatch
Nearly a decade on, still the most polished team shooter for a full five. Free, on everything, and forgiving of a plan that half works.
- 1–5 players
- 10–15 min matches
- Free
8.7 out of 10, Ready for your groupCalm shared world
Sky: Children of the Light
A gentle world you explore hand in hand. The one game here you can play with your mum, your partner and your friend in Australia on the same evening.
- 1–8 players
- 20–60 min
- Free
8.6 out of 10, Ready for your groupHero shooter
Marvel Rivals
Six friends as six Marvel heroes, with team-ups that only trigger when the right people play together. Free, loud and made for a full stack.
- 1–6 players
- 8–15 min matches
- Free
8.5 out of 10, Ready for your groupSurvival & building
Valheim
A Viking afterlife you settle together, one longhouse and one boss at a time. The best slow-burn shared world for a group with a month to spare.
- 1–10 players
- 1–2 hours, or a dedicated server that runs while you sleep
- £23.49
8.5 out of 10, Ready for your groupCo-op action
Warframe
Space ninjas, free, on absolutely everything. Bewildering for a week, then one of the most generous co-op games there is.
- 1–4 players
- 10–40 min missions
- Free
8.4 out of 10, Ready, with notesOnline role-playing
Final Fantasy XIV
The friendliest big online world, free to level 70 with no clock. Slow to start, and then a place your group can live for years.
- 1–8 players
- 20–30 min dungeons, longer raids
- Free to start
8.3 out of 10, Ready, with notesAsymmetric horror
Dead by Daylight
One of you is the killer, four of you are trying to fix generators and escape. A decade of licensed horror and the best private-match game for exactly five.
- 2–5 players
- 10–20 min matches
- £17.19
8.3 out of 10, Ready, with notesFarming & life
Stardew Valley
A farm your group runs together, one fourteen-minute day at a time. The calmest co-op there is, as long as you all own the same kind of machine.
- 1–4 players
- 30–90 min; an in-game day is fourteen minutes
- £10.99
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