The Steam Summer Sale is only a few days away. MeinMMO gives you some tips for co-op games that you can still get for little money and that are absolutely worth it.
What kind of games are those? We present various genre games that can all be played in co-op with at least one friend.
One of the best co-op games in the Steam Summer Sale has already been shown to you. The special thing about these is that you can get them for under €6, sometimes even significantly less.
The Steam Summer Sale has been running since June 23 and ends on July 7. So you only have a little time left to secure the games.
In the list are some of the highest-rated co-op games on Steam, but the author can personally recommend all of them. However, this is not a ranking, but an unordered list.
The Forest
Genre: Survival/Sandbox | Release: May 30, 2014 | Rating(Steam): 95 % – extremely positive | Players: 1-8 | Price: €4.19 (75 % discount) | Link: The Forest on Steam
The Forest is a classic survival game and one of the best survival games for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. Alone or with up to 7 players, you must fight through a dangerous world.
You start without tools after a plane crash on an island full of cannibals and strange mutants. In search of your son, you must uncover secrets and, above all, survive.
The game offers a gloomy atmosphere, crafting and building elements, and various endings in the story. It is played rather in longer but completed sessions than in a continuous game.
The offer of The Forest is ideal to prepare you for the release of the upcoming sequel. Read in our special everything about Sons of the Forest and see gameplay of the new part here:
Don’t Starve Together
Genre: Survival/Sandbox | Release: April 21, 2016 | Rating(Steam): 96 % – extremely positive | Players: 1-6 | Price: €5.09 (66 % discount) | Link: Don’t Starve Together on Steam
In the survival game Don’t Starve, you are transported to a strange world and must survive. As the name suggests, you mainly fight against hunger, but also against madness and countless monsters.
The world is procedurally generated and offers various biomes with materials for crafting and building your own base. Don’t Starve Together is the multiplayer offshoot of the popular survival game and receives constant new updates with content.
See the trailer for the latest update with pirate monkeys here:
Special features include the hand-drawn world and musical accompaniment. All characters are “spoken” by instruments, which gives the game a unique charm.
If the somewhat quirky visuals do not appeal to you, there is currently a strong alternative in the summer sale: Empyrion is 81 % positive on Steam and offers survival in space.
Portal 2
Genre: Puzzle-Platformer/Adventure | Release: April 19, 2011 | Rating(Steam): 98 % – extremely positive | Players: 1-2 | Price: €1.63 (80 % discount) | Link: Portal 2 on Steam
If the embedded review video does not play for you, you can find it here on YouTube:
Portal 2 is probably one of the most well-known co-op games. You play as one of two robots that must solve various puzzles and levels with their “Portal Guns”. This is seasoned with a good portion of dark humor and dystopian future visions.
In addition, you create portals in the world. The portals connect two places together, and you must use them to bring objects or yourself to otherwise unreachable parts of the levels or even to catapult yourself.
Physics is an important factor in the game, as sometimes you depend on falling into a portal with enough momentum to reach another place at the correct angle. Ideal if you like puzzle tasks.
Portal 2 is the successor to the physics-based puzzle game Portal, which even inspired the crazy shooter Splitgate. Portal is also responsible for some memes such as: “The cake is a lie”.
In the video, we explain some more terms from gamer jargon:
PayDay 2
Genre: Action/Heist | Release: August 13, 2013 | Rating(Steam): 89 % – very positive | Players: 1-4 | Price: €0.99 (90 % discount) | Link: PayDay 2 on Steam
If the heists in GTA Online are not enough for you, you should check out PayDay 2. Together with up to 3 other players, you need to plan a heist and rob a well-secured bank.
Coordination and timing are important here, as you obviously do not want the police to stop you. An escape vehicle and specialists to crack the locks are just as important as someone who can deactivate the alarm.
See here the test of PayDay 2 by the colleagues from GameStar:
PayDay 2 is considered a quite challenging co-op game. Expect to repeat the missions multiple times to win them. After all, a bank vault should not be a walk in the park.
If you are interested in the gameplay but looking for a different setting, then check out GTFO. Some former Payday developers are working on a crazy alien shooter here. GTFO is also on offer for €29.99 until July 7 (via Steam).
Terraria
Genre: Sandbox/Survival | Release: May 16, 2011 | Rating(Steam): 98 % – extremely positive | Players: 1-16 | Price: €4.99 (50 % discount) | Link: Terraria on Steam
Terraria can simply be described as 2D-Minecraft. In a huge world, you search for valuable materials, build your own home and equipment. You also have to defend your home against waves of enemies and even giant bosses.
See the trailer for Journey’s End, the penultimate update:
The survival sandbox game plays with your urge to explore and encourages you to delve deeper into the world and discover new areas. NPCs can also appear from time to time, who can sell you useful items if you host them.
Terraria offers not only a co-op mode but also PvP. If you want, you can fight with your friends for control of your world instead of exploring and building peacefully together.
Bonus: Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition
Genre: Tactical RPG | Release: September 14, 2017 | Rating(Steam): 95 % – extremely positive | Players: 1-4 | Price: €17.99 (60 % discount) | Link: Divinity: Original Sin 2 on Steam
Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a bit more expensive than the games presented here but still deserves a mention. After all, it is one of our top 25 co-op games. The story-driven RPG is heavily based on Dungeons & Dragons.
Your party consists of up to 4 characters with different classes. The special thing about the game is the turn-based combat system. You do not fight “live” against your opponents but plan your move. Movements, spells, and attacks are limited by points, and an initiative determines the order of the fighters. This creates a tactical factor.
These are the improvements of the Enhanced Edition:
Divinity: Original Sin 2, however, stands out primarily with its stories. Each companion has its own story and motivation. If you do not play in a full player group, the NPCs can even be won over as romance.
Interestingly, the developers are already working on the next title in a similar style: Baldur’s Gate 3, which even has an official D&D license:
