Co-op shooters
Steam data, rebuilt 2026-07-28
Four players, one objective and more ammunition than sense. The oldest working formula in co-op and still the most reliable evening.
22 in the catalog · 4 free to play · 4 under $10 · median Steam score 82% · busiest right now — Warframe, 57 916
The list — 22
Warframe
Free, enormous, and best learned with someone who already plays.
Very Positive 88%
Free to play
Destiny 2
Free-to-play space shooting with the best raids in the genre.
Mostly Positive 78%
Free to play
ARC Raiders
Extraction against machines, where trusting strangers is a mechanic.
Very Positive 83%
$39.99
Delta Force
Free tactical shooter with a co-op operations mode.
Mixed 58%
Free to play
HELLDIVERS™ 2
Democracy delivered by orbital strike, mostly onto teammates.
Mostly Positive 75%
$39.99
PAYDAY 2
Heists that survive on improvisation after the alarm.
Very Positive 89%
$9.99
Left 4 Dead 2
The original four-player horde run. Still the benchmark.
Overwhelmingly Positive 98%
$9.99
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Three armoured tourists in a bug apocalypse.
Very Positive 84%
$59.99$17.99
Hunt: Showdown 1896
Bayou monster hunting where every sound is another team.
Mostly Positive 74%
$29.99$11.99
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
The same swarm, in a city that hates you.
Mostly Positive 72%
$39.99
Ready or Not
Tactical entry where talking is the whole mechanic.
Mostly Positive 78%
$49.99
Risk of Rain 2
Roguelike shooting that ends when the numbers get silly.
Very Positive 94%
$24.99
Deep Rock Galactic
Dwarves, caves and the most reliable four-player loop on Steam.
Overwhelmingly Positive 97%
$29.99$8.99
Killing Floor 2
Slow-motion gore against waves of everything.
Very Positive 88%
$29.99
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
Parkour zombies with a friend on the next roof.
Mostly Positive 79%
$59.99$11.99
The First Descendant
Free looter shooter built around four-player bosses.
Mixed 57%
Free to play
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Melee horde clearing with a very good sense of weight.
Very Positive 85%
$29.99
Borderlands 3
Loot shooter built entirely around a second player.
Very Positive 81%
$59.99$5.99
REMNANT II®
Souls-adjacent gunplay for a party of three.
Very Positive 82%
$49.99
Sniper Elite 5
Long shots, split screens and slow-motion bones.
Very Positive 84%
$49.99
PAYDAY 3
The same heists, louder and newer.
Mixed 45%
$29.99
Back 4 Blood
Left 4 Dead with a card deck bolted on.
Mixed 69%
$59.99
How this list is put together
Everything here comes from Steam on the last rebuild: co-op modes, prices, review scores and the number of people playing at that moment. Nothing is ranked by hand — the only hand-written part is the one line explaining what each game is.
