Here are the 10 Best Co-op Games To Play With Family and Friends When You're Short on Time

Co-op games are some of the most popular types of video games, particularly among families or groups of friends.

These types of games usually have puzzle-solving and adventure mechanics as the core of the gameplay and have players work together to achieve their goals and complete objectives. However, some people nowadays have little free time to actually pour dozens of hours into games that take quite a while to complete.

This is where this list of short-session co-op video games comes in as we run down through titles that are fun to play with family or friends but can be put down after a while without breaking momentum within the game itself.

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Here are the 10 Best Co-op Games To Play With Family and Friends When You're Short on Time — This is a list of the 10 best co-op games that you can play with family and friends even when you're short on time on a daily basis.
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This game, which is a bundle of the two installments in the franchise, lets players work together to prepare and cook food to fulfill orders while also managing potential fire hazards and platform gimmicks. The more players that are involved, the more chaotic it can be but also the more enjoyable each session becomes, according to GameRant.

Untitled Goose Game

This title's co-op gameplay was not initially available when it first came out in 2019 but the developers have since added the feature as a new mode via updates. In the co-op game mode, players will take control of a pair of geese that wreak havoc around a neighborhood by completing a growing list of objectives.

It Takes Two

A more mature game in the co-op game genre, this entry in the list offers players a more puzzle-based adventure where they take control of a pair of parents who were magically transformed into dolls. They must venture throughout their home, solving puzzles and fighting enemies in search of a way to go back to their old selves while also trying to figure out what's wrong with their daughter.

Monster Hunter Rise

The Monster Hunter franchise is anything but lacking when it comes to player support and the latest entry in the franchise brings a whole new set of content and mechanics that have not been seen before. Players can band together and take on powerful and lethal monsters across a beautiful world filled with all sorts of creatures, said Rock Paper Shotgun.

Lethal Company

Lethal Company, while still in early access, has accrued a dedicated player base of people who love horror-type games. This title puts players into a world where they will have to collect scrap from abandoned haunted moons that are to become industrial centers. The twist is that there are monsters that are deadly as well as fatal traps that are relatively hard to find.

Lightyear Frontier

For those who are looking for a more relaxed co-op game that can be played in short bursts, Lightyear Frontier brings a cozy atmosphere that fans of Harvest Moon and the like will surely enjoy. This space farming game lets players manage their farms and use mechanized suits to gather resources and build structures, according to PCGamesN.

All of the games listed above require players to work together to achieve specific objectives while also allowing them to take breaks depending on what part of the game they have completed. This can be particularly helpful if you have a strict schedule and only fit games in between tasks.