Games to Play with Friends Online

Top 50 games to play with friends

1. 1

   Team Fortress 2

   Two teams fight to capture control points, push a bomb cart or steal the other side's briefcase. There are nine classes with different weapons and jobs, and you can switch class mid-match.

   2–24 onlineFree

2. 2

   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

3. 3

   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

4. 4

   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

5. 5

   Destiny 2

   As Guardians with elemental powers, you shoot through alien factions in missions, dungeons and raids to earn better weapons and armor. Raids require the team to solve coordinated mechanics on top of the shooting.

   2–12 onlineCrossplayFree

6. 6

   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

7. 7

   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

8. 8

   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

9. 9

   Unturned

   Surviving the zombie outbreak means looting towns and military bases for food and weapons, crafting tools and building a base. You can face only zombies on your own server or join PvP servers.

   2–24 onlineFree

10. 10

    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

11. 11

    Portal 2

    Two robots, each with a gun that opens two linked portals, solve test chambers that need all four portals combined. The co-op campaign is separate from the single-player story.

    2–2 online · 2 on one screen

12. 12

    Halo: The Master Chief Collection

    It bundles six Halo games, from Reach to Halo 4, with their campaigns against the Covenant and the Flood plus multiplayer. It also includes wave-based Firefight and Forge, an editor for building maps and modes.

    2–16 online · 4 on one screenCrossplay

13. 13

    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

14. 14

    Path of Exile

    You kill hordes of monsters for gear through a ten-act campaign and then through increasingly difficult endgame maps. Skills are gems socketed into your gear, and the passive tree has over a thousand nodes.

    2–6 onlineFree

15. 15

    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

16. 16

    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

17. 17

    7 Days to Die

    You loot buildings, mine and craft weapons in a fully destructible block world full of zombies, building a base with traps. Every seventh night a horde comes straight for wherever the players are.

    2–8 onlineCrossplay

18. 18

    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

19. 19

    Call of Duty: Black Ops III

    It has competitive multiplayer with wall-running soldiers, a co-op campaign and Zombies mode. In Zombies you survive rounds of undead, spending points to open doors and buy weapons.

    2–18 online · 4 on one screen

20. 20

    Sons Of The Forest

    The search for a missing billionaire leads to an island where you log, hunt and build bases among cannibals and mutants. Each log is placed by hand, and an AI companion named Kelvin gathers resources.

    2–8 online

21. 21

    Factorio

    You crash on a planet and build an automated factory from mines, conveyor belts, robotic arms and trains to launch a rocket. The factory's pollution provokes attacks from the native bugs.

    2–64 onlineCrossplay

22. 22

    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

23. 23

    Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

    You race karts as Nintendo characters on tracks with anti-gravity, underwater and gliding sections, throwing items like shells and bananas at each other. There's also a battle mode about popping rivals' balloons.

    2–12 online · 4 on one screen

24. 24

    Mario Kart World

    Nintendo characters race karts in an open world where the tracks are linked by roads. Knockout Tour runs through several tracks without stopping and eliminates the last racers at each checkpoint.

    2–24 online · 4 on one screen

25. 25

    Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

    The fighters come from Nintendo and other series, like Mario, Link, Sonic and Cloud. Each hit raises the opponent's damage and sends them flying farther, and you win by knocking them off the screen.

    2–8 online · 8 on one screen

26. 26

    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

27. 27

    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

28. 28

    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

29. 29

    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

30. 30

    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

31. 31

    Luigi's Mansion 3

    Luigi works through the floors of a haunted hotel, vacuuming up ghosts and solving puzzles to rescue Mario and his friends. The second player controls Gooigi, a goo double who slips through bars and spikes.

    2–8 online · 8 on one screen

32. 32

    Pokémon Unite

    Each of you controls one Pokémon that evolves during the match, defeating wild Pokémon to collect energy and scoring it in the enemy goals. The team with more points when time runs out wins.

    2–10 onlineFree

33. 33

    Donkey Kong Bananza

    Donkey Kong digs down through underground layers, smashing almost all the terrain in search of Banandium Gems. The second player fires blasts of Pauline's voice to break terrain and hit enemies.

    2 on one screen

34. 34

    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

35. 35

    Super Mario Odyssey

    Mario travels through open 3D kingdoms collecting moons that fuel his ship. He throws his cap, Cappy, to take control of enemies and objects, and the second player controls Cappy.

    2 on one screen

36. 36

    Teamfight Tactics

    You buy champions from a shop each round and place them on a board, where they fight automatically against another player's team. Three copies merge into a stronger one, and the last player standing wins.

    2–8 onlineFree

37. 37

    Minecraft (Bedrock Edition)

    In a randomly generated world of blocks, you mine resources, craft tools, build anything you want and fend off monsters at night. Bedrock is the edition for consoles, phones and Windows, with a map store.

    2–10 online · 4 on one screenCrossplay

38. 38

    Hearthstone

    Duels are turn-based, fought with thirty-card decks featuring Warcraft characters, and you spend mana on minions and spells until the opponent's health runs out. In Battlegrounds you recruit minions that fight on their own.

    2–8 onlineFree

39. 39

    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

40. 40

    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

41. 41

    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

42. 42

    MLB The Show 25

    Baseball is played with the real teams and players of Major League Baseball, controlling every pitch, swing and fielding play. In Diamond Dynasty you build a team from cards of current players and legends.

    2–6 online · 2 on one screenCrossplay

43. 43

    NHL 26

    Ice hockey is played with the real teams and players of the NHL. In World of Chel each of you creates a skater or goalie and you play together on the same team.

    2–12 online · 4 on one screenCrossplay

44. 44

    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

45. 45

    Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

    Crash Bandicoot and other characters race karts, hitting each other with items like missiles and TNT crates. Each power slide gives up to three boosts if you time the button presses.

    2–8 online · 4 on one screen

46. 46

    Gears of War 4

    Soldiers fight the Swarm by shooting from cover. In Horde you defend a base against waves and use the Fabricator to build turrets and barriers with the energy enemies drop.

    2–10 online · 2 on one screenCrossplay

47. 47

    Gears of War 3

    The end of the trilogy has soldiers fighting the Locust and the Lambent from behind cover. It includes Horde, with defenses bought between waves, and Beast, where you play as the Locust.

    2–10 online · 2 on one screen

48. 48

    Gears of War 2

    The campaign has soldiers fighting the Locust from behind cover and goes down into their underground tunnels. It includes the series' first Horde mode, with fifty waves of enemies.

    2–10 online · 2 on one screen

49. 49

    Sid Meier’s Civilization VI

    Each player leads a civilization from ancient times to the space age in turns, founding cities and researching technology. You win through science, culture, religion or conquest, and cities spread across several tiles as districts.

    2–12 online · 12 on one screen

50. 50

    Muck

    On a randomly generated island, you gather wood and ore by day to craft tools and weapons, and face stronger enemies every night. Chests give stackable power-ups.

    2–8 onlineFree

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