For two, for four and by radio
Best Two Player and Co-op Puzzle Games
The top co-op puzzle games are Portal 2, It Takes Two and Split Fiction. Of the top 5, 1 is free and 3 have crossplay.
Top 5: Portal 2, It Takes Two, Split Fiction, We Were Here and Trine 2: Complete Story.
Co-op puzzle games for two
Puzzles and adventures built for exactly two, where each of you has a role the other lacks.
Start with: It Takes Two, Split Fiction, Unravel Two, Luigi's Mansion 3 and A Way Out.
It Takes Two
2 online2 on one screenCrossplay
Puzzles and platforming where each of you gets different abilities, so neither can finish a level alone.
Two players only. One copy covers both of you online with the Friend's Pass.
PC · PS5 · Xbox · Switch
It Takes Two: View game →Split Fiction
Our pick
2 online2 on one screenCrossplay
Levels alternate between science fiction and fantasy, and every puzzle needs the different ability each of you has.
Two players only. On Switch it needs a Switch 2.
PC · PS5 · Xbox · Switch 2
Split Fiction: View game →Unravel Two
2 on one screen
Two yarn dolls tied by one thread hold each other up, swing and build bridges so the other can cross.
Couch only, with no online play.
PC · PS4 · Xbox · Switch
Unravel Two: View game →Luigi's Mansion 3
2–8 online8 on one screen
Luigi vacuums ghosts and solves the puzzles of a haunted hotel, and the second player controls Gooigi, a goo double who slips through bars and spikes.
Switch only.
Switch
Luigi's Mansion 3: View game →A Way Out
2 online2 on one screen
Many scenes need each of you doing something different at once, like one distracting a guard while the other steals.
Two players only, always in split screen. No crossplay.
PC · PS4 · Xbox
A Way Out: View game →
Co-op puzzle games for 3 or 4
Physics and coordination puzzles where a third and fourth player change who has to stand where.
Start with: Trine 2: Complete Story, Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy, Human Fall Flat and PICO PARK.
Trine 2: Complete Story
2–3 online3 on one screen
Three heroes combine abilities to solve physics puzzles, and the solutions get absurd.
Up to three players, with no crossplay.
PC · PS4 · Xbox · Switch
Trine 2: Complete Story: View game →Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
2–4 online4 on one screenCrossplay
A wizard, a knight and a thief cross levels solved with physics: the wizard conjures objects and the thief swings on a rope.
Newer than Trine 2, with far fewer reviews so far.
PC · PS5 · Xbox · Switch
Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy: View game →Human Fall Flat
2–8 online2 on one screenCrossplay
Wobbly figures climb, carry objects and pull levers to solve physics puzzles, with up to eight online.
Each arm is controlled separately, which takes a few minutes to get used to.
PC · PS5 · Xbox · Switch
Human Fall Flat: View game →PICO PARK
2–8 online8 on one screen
Stand on top of each other and shout coordination so everyone reaches the door.
Up to eight, but only on PC and Switch.
PC · Switch
PICO PARK: View game →
Logic and communication puzzles
Puzzles where each of you holds part of the answer and has to say it out loud.
Start with: Portal 2, We Were Here, We Were Here Forever and Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes.
Portal 2
Our pick
2 online2 on one screen
Each of you has a portal gun, and the test chambers only open when all four portals work together.
Two players only, with no crossplay.
PC · Switch
Portal 2: View game →We Were Here
Free2 onlineCrossplay
Split up in a castle, one describes what they see over walkie-talkie while the other solves the puzzles.
Free, for two players online only.
PC · PS5 · Xbox · Switch
We Were Here: View game →We Were Here Forever
2 onlineCrossplay
Separated in a frozen realm, you describe what you see over walkie-talkie to solve puzzles together.
Paid, unlike the first We Were Here, and for two players online only.
PC · PS5 · Xbox
We Were Here Forever: View game →Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
4 on one screen
One sees the bomb but not the manual, and the others read the instructions and shout what to cut.
Everyone talks the whole time, so it needs a voice call if you play from home.
PC · PS4 · Xbox · Switch
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes: View game →
Co-op puzzles, by how you play
Two of you on one couch
It Takes Two and Split Fiction split the screen for two, and Unravel Two and A Way Out ask you to move together.
Each at home, on a call
We Were Here is free and splits the clue between you, and Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes works the same way for a bigger group.
Three or four of you
Trine 2 for three, PICO PARK and Human Fall Flat for four or more, all about who stands where.
Co-op adventures with puzzles on the side
Platformers, LEGO and open worlds where the puzzles are one part of the level: Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Sackboy for a couch, Sea of Thieves for a crew.