Best Offline 2-Player Shooter Games for Couch Co-op

Local Co-op Shooters (Split-Screen / Shared Screen)

Run & Gun / Arcade

• Brofist / Broforce: Chaotic, destructible, many characters.
• Contra (Anniversary Collection / Rogue Corps): Classic difficulty.
• Metal Slug Anthology: Pixel perfection, 1–2 player.
• Cuphead: Brutal boss rush, gorgeous animation.

Tactical / Strategy

• Worms W.M.D / Worms Armageddon: Turn-based artillery, absurd weapons.
• Risk of Rain 2: Roguelike, 2P local (PC/console), scaling chaos.
• Helldivers (1/2): Top-down, friendly fire, stratagems.

Hero Shooters / Unique

• Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime: Co-op spaceship stations – 1 pilots, 1 shields/guns/map.
• Guns of Icarus Online: Airship crew roles (local split-screen on PC).
• Earth Defense Force 4.1 / 5: Giant bugs, hundreds of weapons, split-screen.

Platform Exclusives

• Switch: Splatoon 2/3 (local wireless), Mario + Rabbids.
• PS4/5: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (challenge mode), Sackboy.
• Xbox: Halo MCC (split-screen campaign/MP), Gears 5 (split-screen).

Couch Classics (Retro)

• GoldenEye 007 (N64), Perfect Dark, TimeSplitters 2/3, Halo CE/2.

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