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New Co-op Games to Play - Aug 4 - 10
Doomsday prepping, Cthulhu's minions, snowboarding penguins and more await you this week!
WELCOME TO
In this week’s edition:
Over 15 new co-op games are releasing this week
The Game of the Week has a gun obsession
Stay young at heart with our co-op recommendation
Take a look at what we missed last week
VIDEO LOVERS
Watch the Trailers
We’ve compiled the trailers of the upcoming co-op games below into one video, just for you.
OUR TOP PICK
Game of the Week
The co-op game that stood out the most to us in some way.
GUNTOUCHABLES
Aug 7 | Roguelite | Online | 1-4 | PC
Guntouchables is an online co-op doomsday roguelite for 1-4 players. You play as a gun-toting group of 'preppers' trying to reclaim the world from an ever-evolving horde of mutants, constantly working to develop new unique ways to kill you.
UPCOMING CO-OP GAMES
Releasing This Week
Click on the images to go to each game’s official store page.
💎= Potential Gem
Bee Simulator: The Hive
Aug 4 | Sim | Local | 1-4 | PC
Live the epic adventure of a tiny bee in a vast world! Collect pollen, race through jet streams, and protect your hive from wasps. Now even bigger with The Hive expansion - gather resources, build and customize your very own beehive!
Sporting Goods Shop
Aug 4 | Sim | Online | 1-4 | PC (EA)
Run your sporting goods shop. Sign contracts with leading brands, order products, hire workers, expand your store, and run little contests to entertain your customers. Play with friends or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your shop.
A Few Quick Matches
Aug 5 | Fighting | Local, Online | 1-2 | PC
A FEW QUICK MATCHES is a fast-paced, 1-4 player platform fighter that lets you bring old-school stick battles to life! Play with your friends locally, or challenge players online in this flash-inspired spectacle!
Cats on Duty
Aug 5 | Tower Defense | Local | 1-2 | NS
Cats on Duty is a purr-fect blend of RTS, tower defense, game genres. Manage two game fields, upgrade adorable cat towers, and watch your fluffy warriors bravely defend against foes.
Stormgate
Aug 5 | RTS | Online | 1-3 | PC (1.0)*
Stormgate is a free-to-play RTS in active development. Featuring competitive 1v1, 3P co-op missions, and an evolving campaign, Frost Giant aims to build the next great RTS, guided by player feedback. A 3v3 mode is also on the way, so join our development journey today!
Era One
Aug 6 | RTS | Online, LAN | 1-10 | PC (EA)
Era One is an innovative space game that combines elements of real-time strategy, base building, space survival, and tactical battles. Players can create and customize their bases from scratch, construct various types of structures and warships, manage fleets, and engage in tactical space battles.
Operation Night Strikers
Aug 6 | Arcade | Local | 1-2 | PC
Four milestones of the 80s arcade movement in one action-packed compilation! Relieve all the high-speed arcade thrills and explosive spills!
💎 Bang Bang Barrage
Aug 7 | Shooter | Local, Online | 1-4 | PC
Survive the treacherous sea in this quirky multiplayer shooter game! Play solo or team up and fight off Cthulhu's minions. Master a unique recoil-based mechanic to blast enemies and chart your course. Mix and match upgrades to craft the perfect sea-surviving strategy!
Damned 2
Aug 7 | Horror | Online | 1-4 | PC (EA)
Damned 2 is an asymmetrical multiplayer horror game where up to four survivors must work together to survive an unrelenting monster - either player or computer-controlled - while scavenging and solving puzzles in an attempt to escape.
GRADIUS ORIGINS
Aug 7 | Shoot ‘Em Up | Local | 1-2 | PS NS XB
This collection features 18 versions across all 7 arcade titles in the series, including the first-ever appearance of Gradius III AM Show Version on home consoles.
King’s Blade
Aug 7 | Beat ‘Em Up | Local | 1-4 | PC
A classic beat 'em up, inspired by the Conan the Barbarian universe and games like Golden Axe and Streets of Rage. Take on the role of a warrior of an elite royal squad and defeat the bloodthirsty Barganian Empire.
Radiant: Guardians of Light
Aug 7 | Beat ‘Em Up | Local | 1-2 | NS
Ready to smash, cast, and craft your way through a stunning fantasy world? Dive into Radiant: Guardians of Light—an action-packed RPG where you can play solo or team up with a friend. Explore Helia, face powerful enemies, and gear up for epic battles together!
💎 Slopecrashers
Aug 7 | Arcade | Local, Online | 1-8 | PS NS XB
Slopecrashers is an arcade snowboard racer starring a wild crew of animals on a globe-trotting quest to become champions — but someone’s out to ruin their plans! Race solo or with friends, pull off stylish tricks, and use wild power-ups to take down rivals in chaotic, fast-paced action.
THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2: Remake
Aug 7 | On-rails Shooter | Local | 1-2 | PC NS
A remake of the second entry in the well-known and popular rail-shooter series. Take on the lone role of a secret agent as James or Gary, or team up in co-op mode to neutralize the dangerous undead monsters standing in your way.
Yarn Guardians
Aug 8 | Action Adventure | Local | 1-2 | PC
A 2D Action-Adventure in which you play as cute flying cats that fight enemies with powerful Yarn Balls! Play the story campaign alone or with a friend. You can also challenge up to three friends in the versus mode.
BLAST FROM THE PAST
Co-op Recommendation
A co-op title you may have missed or overlooked.
Young Souls
2022 | Action RPG | Local | 1-2 | PC PS NS XB
A gorgeous 2D brawler meets story-rich action RPG. Fight hordes of belligerent goblins, level up with hundreds of weapons and accessories, explore, and journey between worlds, as rebellious twins battle their way to save their foster father.
THATS OUR BAD
What We Missed
Here are the co-op games from last week that slipped past us.
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
Jul 29 | Tower Defense | Online | 1-4 | PS
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap combines chaotic third-person combat with devious trap-laying strategy. Enjoy endless replayability as your War Mage grows stronger through roguelite progression. Repel relentless orc hordes solo or with up to 4 players.
Backroom Company
Jul 30 | Horror | Online, LAN | 1-4 | PC (1.0)
Backroom Company (aka Async Corporation) is a mysterious group exploring “Noclip.” No one knows who created it. Follow the missing explorers' traces and find strange items deep in the Backrooms.
Slime Heroes
Jul 31 | Action Adventure | Local, Online | 1-2 | NS
Play as the last slime tasked with saving their home in this cute 3D action-adventure slimes-like! Customize your slime, play alone or with a friend, collect weapons and gear, battle challenging enemies and bosses, gain skills, and combine them to create your own abilities to suit your playstyle!
SOS OPS!
Jul 31 | Sandbox | Local, Online | 1-4 | XB
SOS OPS! is more than a game. Your task is to save the city. You will find yourself in the epicenter of madness, where co-op missions with friends will raise the adrenaline to the limit!
Wires and Whiskers
Jul 31 | Action Puzzle | Local | 1-2 | PC
Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.
Did you find any new co-op games to check out this week?Let us know what you did and didn't like! |
*The co-op is part of their lab and while playable, isn’t fully released
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