3 Player Games on Switch

Top 50 3 player games on Switch

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   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

2. 2

   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

3. 3

   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

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   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

5. 5

   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

6. 6

   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

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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

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   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

9. 9

   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

10. 10

    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

15. 15

    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

16. 16

    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

17. 17

    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

18. 18

    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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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

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    ASTRONEER

    Astronauts explore several planets, dig and reshape the terrain with a tool to extract resources, and build bases with printers, vehicles and automated machines. Oxygen reaches you through tethers run from the base.

    2–4 onlineCrossplay

24. 24

    Stick Fight: The Game

    Stick figures fight with fists and weapons that drop from the sky on small stages full of traps. The last one standing wins the round, then the map changes.

    2–4 online · 4 on one screen

25. 25

    DARK SOULS: REMASTERED

    Lordran is a ruined kingdom where you fight undead and bosses in melee and every swing costs stamina. Dying sends you back to the last bonfire and drops the souls you level up with.

    2–4 online

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    Castle Crashers

    The goal is to rescue four princesses kidnapped by a wizard, fighting as knights with swords and magic through barbarians, thieves and bosses. You level up and unlock weapons and animal pets that give bonuses.

    2–4 online · 4 on one screen

27. 27

    Escape the Backrooms

    You explore levels of the Backrooms, the empty halls and rooms from the internet legend, looking for the exit while avoiding the entities that hunt you. Voice chat is proximity-based.

    2–4 onlineCrossplay

28. 28

    Grounded

    Shrunk to the size of an ant in a backyard, you play teenagers who build bases from grass and fight spiders and insects. Weapons and armor are crafted from parts of the bugs you kill.

    2–4 onlineCrossplay

29. 29

    Gunfire Reborn

    You pick an animal hero with their own skills and shoot through randomized levels, collecting guns and scrolls with effects until you reach each zone's boss. Permanent talents carry over after you die.

    2–4 onlineCrossplay

30. 30

    MONSTER HUNTER RISE

    Hunters track and kill giant monsters to craft weapons and armor from their parts. The Wirebug, a silk-spinning insect, lets you climb walls, launch through the air and ride monsters.

    2–4 online

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    Brotato

    Each of you controls a potato that carries up to six weapons at once and fires automatically at waves of aliens. Between waves you spend collected materials on weapons and items in the shop.

    4 on one screen

32. 32

    Green Hell

    In the Amazon rainforest, you survive by hunting, finding water, lighting fires and building shelters. You have to watch your sanity, balance proteins, fats and carbs, and inspect your body for wounds, parasites and leeches.

    2–4 online

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    Remnant: From the Ashes

    A ruined Earth and other worlds are overrun by the Root, and you cross them mixing guns and melee against creatures and bosses. Maps and bosses are randomly generated for each campaign.

    2–3 online

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    Broforce

    Parodies of action movie heroes shoot through levels where nearly all the terrain can be destroyed, killing terrorists and aliens. Every time you rescue a prisoner, you switch to a random character.

    2–4 online · 4 on one screen

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    SnowRunner

    You drive off-road trucks through mud, snow and rivers to deliver cargo and repair bridges on open maps. The ground deforms under your wheels, and you use the winch to pull out whoever gets stuck.

    2–4 onlineCrossplay

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    Ultimate Chicken Horse

    Before each round, everyone places a platform or trap in the level, then you all race to the goal. Reaching it scores points, but if everyone makes it nobody scores.

    2–4 online · 4 on one screenCrossplay

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    Overcooked! 2

    Chefs fill orders against the clock, chopping, cooking, serving and washing dishes in kitchens that move, split apart or catch fire. You can throw ingredients across the kitchen.

    2–4 online · 4 on one screenCrossplay

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    PlateUp!

    Together you run a restaurant: taking orders, cooking, serving and washing dishes. Between days you buy equipment and rearrange the kitchen, and if one customer runs out of patience you lose the restaurant.

    2–4 online · 4 on one screen

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    World War Z

    New York, Moscow, Jerusalem and Tokyo are the settings where survivors complete objectives while shooting through hordes of zombies. The zombies come by the hundreds and pile onto each other to climb walls.

    2–4 onlineCrossplay

40. 40

    ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4

    One Piece characters take down hundreds of enemies at a time on large battlefields, capturing territory and beating bosses. The story covers anime arcs from Alabasta to Wano.

    2–4 online · 2 on one screen

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    Zombie Army 4: Dead War

    In 1946, survivors cross Europe shooting through Hitler's zombie army, in chapter-based missions and a horde mode. Sniper shots are shown with an X-ray kill camera.

    2–4 online

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    Terraria

    In a world made of blocks, you dig for ore, craft weapons and armor and build houses for NPCs. Progress comes from beating bosses, and one switches the world to Hardmode with new enemies.

    2–8 online · 4 on one screen

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    Stardew Valley

    You inherit a run-down farm and get it going by planting crops, raising animals, fishing and mining. Everyone shares the same farm, and you choose whether money is pooled or separate.

    2–8 online · 4 on one screen

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    Dead by Daylight

    The killer chases survivors and hangs them on hooks while they repair generators to power the exit gates and escape. Several killers come from horror films like Alien and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

    2–5 onlineCrossplay

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    Valheim

    In a randomly generated purgatory, you play Vikings who build houses and ships, craft gear and defeat each biome's boss. Each boss you beat unlocks the materials needed for the next biome.

    2–10 onlineCrossplay

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    ARK: Survival Evolved

    You wake up on an island full of dinosaurs, gather resources, build bases and level up. Nearly every creature can be tamed to ride, fight alongside you or gather resources.

    2–10 online · 2 on one screenCrossplay

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    No Man's Sky

    You fly ships through a procedurally generated galaxy, landing on planets to mine resources, catalog wildlife and build bases. You can fly from space down to any planet's surface with no loading screens.

    2–32 onlineCrossplay

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    Brawlhalla

    Each of you picks a fighter and wins by knocking rivals off the screen, and they fly farther the more damage they've taken. Weapons drop onto the stage, and each character uses two weapon types.

    2–8 online · 4 on one screenCrossplayFree

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    Overwatch

    Two teams of heroes with unique abilities fight over objectives like escorting a payload, capturing points or pushing a robot. Heroes are split into tank, damage and support, and you can switch during the match.

    2–12 onlineCrossplayFree

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    Paladins

    Teams of fantasy champions fight to capture a point and then push a payload to the enemy base. Before the match you build a card loadout that modifies your champion's abilities.

    2–10 onlineCrossplayFree

There are 30 more in the catalog, and the poll counts them too when it filters by what your group can play.