3 Player Games to Play with Friends

Top 50 3 player games

1. 1

   HELLDIVERS 2

   You play soldiers who drop onto planets to complete missions against giant bugs, robots and aliens, calling in airstrikes and weapons from orbit. Friendly fire is always on.

   2–4 onlineCrossplay

2. 2

   PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

   Up to a hundred players parachute onto an island, search buildings for weapons and gear, and fight as the safe zone shrinks until one team is left. Bullets drop over distance.

   2–4 onlineCrossplayFree

3. 3

   Apex Legends

   Squads drop onto a shrinking map, scavenge weapons and fight until one is left. Each character has unique abilities, and eliminated teammates can come back if someone carries their banner to a respawn beacon.

   2–3 onlineCrossplayFree

4. 4

   Baldur's Gate 3

   Under Dungeons & Dragons rules, you create characters and play through a campaign to remove a parasite implanted in your brains. Combat is turn-based, and many actions are decided by a dice roll.

   2–4 online · 2 on one screenCrossplay

5. 5

   ELDEN RING

   The goal is to collect the Great Runes by beating bosses across a dark fantasy open world. Guests are summoned into the host's world and return to their own once the area boss is beaten.

   2–3 online

6. 6

   Phasmophobia

   Paranormal investigators enter haunted locations with thermometers, cameras and other gear to collect evidence and identify the type of ghost. The ghost hears your microphone, responds to your voice and can hunt you.

   2–4 onlineCrossplay

7. 7

   Warframe

   You control warriors called warframes, each with its own abilities, in short missions against enemy factions across the solar system. The parts you earn are used to build new warframes and weapons.

   2–4 onlineCrossplayFree

8. 8

   Lethal Company

   A company sends you to abandoned moons to collect scrap and meet a quota before the deadline. The facilities have monsters, and voice only carries at close range or over walkie-talkies.

   2–4 online

9. 9

   Bloons TD 6

   The goal is to pop waves of balloons before they reach the end of a track, placing monkeys and other towers along it. Each tower has three upgrade paths, and cash is split between players.

   2–4 online · 4 on one screen

10. 10

    Schedule I

    Starting from nothing in a small city, you build a drug business by producing, selling to customers, buying properties and hiring staff while avoiding the police. Mixing ingredients creates strains with different effects and prices.

    2–4 online

11. 11

    ARC Raiders

    From an underground colony, you go up to scavenge the surface among hostile machines called ARC and other players. If you die before reaching an extraction point, you lose almost everything you were carrying.

    2–3 onlineCrossplay

12. 12

    PAYDAY 2

    Masked robbers hit banks, jewelry stores and vaults, haul out bags of loot and hold off waves of police until they escape. Many heists can also be completed in stealth without tripping the alarm.

    2–4 online

13. 13

    Deep Rock Galactic

    Dwarf miners drop into procedurally generated caves to extract minerals while swarms of alien bugs attack. All terrain can be dug through, and each class has its own tool for getting around the cave.

    2–4 onlineCrossplay

14. 14

    The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

    You descend through randomly generated basements, shooting tears at monsters room by room until the floor's boss. Items you pick up stack and change how your shots behave.

    2–4 online · 4 on one screen

15. 15

    Risk of Rain 2

    Each stage is cleared by shooting monsters, opening chests with the gold they drop and activating a teleporter that summons the boss. Items stack without limit, and difficulty rises with elapsed time.

    2–4 online

16. 16

    Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition

    Together you crew a pirate ship, raising sails, steering, firing cannons and patching the hull while hunting treasure to sell at outposts. Other crews share the sea and can sink you to steal your loot.

    2–4 onlineCrossplay

17. 17

    PEAK

    Scouts stranded on an island after a plane crash climb a mountain through several biomes to reach the summit. Hunger, injuries and weight shrink your stamina bar, and the map changes every day.

    2–4 online

18. 18

    Satisfactory

    On an alien planet, you build a factory: mining ore, processing it in machines linked by conveyor belts and producing parts for a space elevator. Factories are built vertically, with multiple floors, trains and pipes.

    2–4 onlineCrossplay

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    Vampire Survivors

    Characters attack on their own and you only move them to dodge thousands of monsters for 30 minutes. Each level-up lets you pick weapons and upgrades, and certain combinations evolve them.

    2–4 online · 4 on one screen

20. 20

    Borderlands 2

    On the planet Pandora, Vault Hunters shoot bandits, robots and creatures to stop Handsome Jack. Guns are randomly generated with different stats and effects.

    2–4 online

21. 21

    Monster Hunter: World

    You track and hunt huge monsters and use their parts to craft weapons and armor for tougher hunts. There are fourteen weapon types, and your character's strength comes entirely from gear.

    2–4 online

22. 22

    Super Mario Party Jamboree

    You roll dice to move around a board, collect coins to buy stars and play a minigame every turn. It has seven boards, over 110 minigames and Jamboree Buddies that double what their holder gets.

    2–4 online · 4 on one screen

23. 23

    Mario Party Superstars

    Players roll dice to move around a board, collect coins to buy stars and play a minigame every turn. It collects five Nintendo 64 boards and 100 minigames from across the series, all button-controlled.

    2–4 online · 4 on one screen

24. 24

    Super Mario Bros. Wonder

    You run and jump through Mario levels, dodging enemies until you reach the flagpole. Each level hides a Wonder Flower that changes the rules when touched, making pipes move or transforming your character.

    2–4 online · 4 on one screen

25. 25

    Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

    Mario, Luigi, Peach and Toad, each with different abilities, clear short 3D levels. The Super Bell turns you into a cat that climbs walls, and the game tracks who scored the most points.

    2–4 online · 4 on one screen

26. 26

    New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

    Together you clear Mario levels, jumping on enemies and collecting coins until you reach the flagpole. Everyone shares one screen and can bounce off or carry each other, and it includes New Super Luigi U.

    4 on one screen

27. 27

    Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

    As trainers, you explore the open world of Paldea, catching Pokémon and following three storylines in any order. In Union Circle you share one map, and Tera Raid Battles pit you against a Terastallized Pokémon.

    2–4 online

28. 28

    Pokémon Sword and Shield

    Trainers cross the Galar region, catching Pokémon and beating gym leaders to become Champion. With friends you join Max Raid Battles against a giant Pokémon, trade and battle.

    2–4 online

29. 29

    Super Mario Maker 2

    You build Mario levels with parts from five games in the series and upload them for others to play. With friends you play community-made levels, cooperating or racing to finish first.

    2–4 online · 4 on one screen

30. 30

    Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate

    Quests send hunters to bring down giant monsters and craft better weapons and armor from their parts. There are fourteen weapon types and six Hunting Styles that change your moves.

    2–4 online

31. 31

    Diablo III: Eternal Collection

    You pick a class, such as Barbarian or Necromancer, and clear dungeons killing demons by the hundreds to find better gear. Adventure Mode has you running randomly generated rifts on ever-higher difficulties.

    2–4 online · 4 on one screen

32. 32

    Fall Guys

    Dozens of players control little characters that run, jump and grab through rounds of obstacle races, survival and team games. Each round eliminates part of the field until someone wins the final.

    2–4 onlineCrossplayFree

33. 33

    Genshin Impact

    You explore Teyvat with a party of characters earned by playing or through random pulls, combining elements like fire and ice. With others you explore and fight bosses but can't advance the story.

    2–4 onlineCrossplayFree

34. 34

    EA Sports College Football 26

    College football is played with more than 130 real schools, their stadiums, bands and traditions. In Dynasty each of you runs a program, recruiting high schoolers and managing the team over multiple seasons.

    2–4 online · 4 on one screenCrossplay

35. 35

    Bloodborne

    Yharnam is a gothic city overrun by beasts, where hunters push through hard areas to beat their bosses. Health you just lost comes back if you strike back quickly, and weapons change form mid-fight.

    2–3 online

36. 36

    Demon's Souls

    You travel the kingdom of Boletaria, killing demons for souls you spend on leveling up and buying gear. When you die you drop the souls you carried and restart the area.

    2–3 online

37. 37

    DARK SOULS III

    Lothric is a dark fantasy kingdom of interconnected areas that you cross to defeat the Lords of Cinder. Guests join by being summoned, and other players can invade the host's world to kill them.

    2–3 online

38. 38

    Dying Light

    In the city of Harran, you get around by parkour over rooftops and walls and fight zombies with melee weapons you craft and upgrade. At night, much faster infected come out and chase players down.

    2–4 online

39. 39

    Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

    As Space Marines from Warhammer 40,000, you fight Tyranid swarms and Chaos Marines with bolters and chainswords. Operations mode has classes with their own weapons and abilities, in missions that run alongside the campaign.

    2–3 onlineCrossplay

40. 40

    Hunt: Showdown 1896

    In 1896, bounty hunters follow clues to a boss monster, kill it and escape with the bounty while other teams chase the same prize. A hunter who dies is lost with their gear.

    2–3 onlineCrossplay

41. 41

    Once Human

    In a post-apocalyptic world overrun by mutated creatures, you survive by shooting, gathering resources and building a base. You capture Deviations, creatures that fight alongside you or work at the base.

    2–4 onlineCrossplayFree

42. 42

    Monster Hunter Wilds

    You hunt huge monsters across open regions with shifting weather and craft weapons and armor from their parts. You ride a Seikret that carries a second weapon and target open wounds for extra damage.

    2–4 onlineCrossplay

43. 43

    Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

    The fantasy campaign has turn-based combat and dialogue choices, and you play it with characters you create who wield forbidden magic. Elements combine on the battlefield, such as electrifying water or igniting oil.

    2–4 online · 2 on one screen

44. 44

    ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN

    You drop onto a map that changes every run and gather weapons and levels as a ring of rain closes in. Each day ends with a boss, and the third with a Nightlord.

    2–3 online

45. 45

    Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

    Drafted by the Inquisition, you play convicts sent into a Warhammer 40,000 hive city on missions against hordes of heretics and mutants. You switch between melee and ranged weapons.

    2–4 onlineCrossplay

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    Subnautica 2

    You explore the ocean of an alien planet, crafting gear and a submersible, building underwater bases and managing oxygen, food and water. Biomods add abilities built from the DNA of the planet's species.

    2–4 onlineCrossplay

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    Slay the Spire 2

    Climbing the spire means choosing a route through turn-based card battles, shops and events and building a deck from the cards you win. Each player brings their own deck against the same enemies.

    2–4 online

48. 48

    Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

    You cross the city of Villedor by parkour, paraglider and grappling hook, fighting infected and bandits and deciding which faction controls each district. At night the infected fill the streets and leave the buildings emptier.

    2–4 online

49. 49

    Delta Force

    It has two modes: Warfare, large battles over sectors with tanks and helicopters, and Operations, where you enter a map to grab loot and must extract alive. Each operator has their own abilities and gadgets.

    2–4 onlineCrossplayFree

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    Borderlands 3

    Vault Hunters cross several planets, shooting bandits, robots and creatures to stop the Calypso Twins and their cult. Guns are randomly generated, and each hunter has their own skills.

    2–4 online · 2 on one screenCrossplay

There are 213 more in the catalog, and the poll counts them too when it filters by what your group can play.