I’m looking for something new to play with my 7yo son. Mario games are a great amount of fun, but I’m feeling pretty burnt out and am looking to expand things a little bit. We are looking for cooperative games like Pikmin 3, Cuphead, and Hyrule Warriors rather than competitive-only games like Super Smash Brothers and Mario Kart. We appreciate whatever help you all can offer, so thanks in advance!
- Super Mario 3D World
- TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
- Shovel Knight
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
- Minecraft
- Rayman Legends
- Pokemon: Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee
- Lego Star Wars
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land
All have local co-op and would be solid choices!
I second tmnt for some old school beat em up vibes and if that’s your jam you should also check out streets of rage
Stardew Valley!! The local co-op on the switch is my favorite way to play with my son. The game is so relaxing and once you get into it a bit it’s fun to see all of the ways we can divide up the chores and work together to make the farm better.
Ultimate Chicken Horse is easy and bloody fun. You have to get from point a to point b with your character multiple times and each time you either die or make it. Each turn you also place an obstacle each. Really fun. It’s a favourite in our household. Edit: sorry I didn’t read your whole post. While it is competitive it’s still fun… And different.
There’s a game on NES that I highly recommend called Trog.
I believe it’s actually an arcade game but you can still play 2 player on NES.
You play as dinosaurs collecting eggs ala packman while avoiding cavemen. There’s a power up bonus that turns you into a T-Rex so you can smash them.
It’s a ton of fun.
@SkepticElliptic This is the first time I’ve heard literally anyone else mention Trog. That game was so great!
Good Job was a lot of fun. I played it with my daughter when she was about that age.
Unrailed is a cute, arcade-like, cooperative railroad track-builder.
Death Road to Canada is a hilarious parody of Oregon Trail set in the thick of a modern-day zombie apocalypse, and would help with his vocabulary-building. It’s clean and has no profanity (and the zombies have black blood).
Overcooked 2 is a blast, but it can be really difficult too.
I’m gonna vote for the Kirby’s Return to Dreamland remake. It’s playable in single player, but it was built with one-screen co-op in mind.
“Box Boy and Box Girl” was a pretty fun coop experience. My wife usually likes watching me play single player games, but we had fun playing that one together.
Sonic Mania has co-op! either you can take the lead as Sonic with your son as Tails, or vise versa! it’s a great game, and a great introduction to the Sonic series
I haven’t played it yet, but keep hearing amazing things about the coop in it takes two.
Unravel 2 looks fun, and while I only played boxboy, which is a very fun simple puzzle platformer, there is boxboy and boxgirl with coop mode.
Oh “brothers a tale of two sons” was great too!
Untitled Goose Game actually has co-op in it. It’s not a super long game, but it is a fun game. I played through the whole game with my daughter and she loved it. You can cause a lot of funny interactions throughout the game.
Yoshi’s crafted world has a fun duo option that my daughter likes to help with.
Any of the Kirby games have co-op and most if not all of them have demos on the e-shop so you can try them out.
Cat quest 2 is a simple game that also has a demo you can try cauae i’m not sure if i’ll be too simple.
Moving out also has a demo to try and it has accessibility options to turn off stuff you don’t like about the game.
