Games Like Yet Another Zombie Defense (2026)

Shared: Couch Co-op, Free-to-Play

Soccer with rocket-powered cars sounds gimmicky until your first aerial goal, and then you lose four hours without noticing. Free-to-play with a Metacritic 86, this one earns every minute of your time.

Shared: Free-to-Play

Free, cross-platform, and zero barrier to entry: Fall Guys is the rare party brawler that works equally well for a solo queue session and a chaotic friend group lobby.

Shared: Twin-Stick Shooter, Couch Co-op

A top-down bullet-hell roguelike that has eaten more hours than any shooter I've touched this year, and it controls like a twin-stick arcade cab running at a locked 60fps.

Shared: Couch Co-op

Wobbly physics puzzles that feel broken by design until you realize the chaos IS the puzzle. Solo it's a patience test; with friends, it's the funniest co-op session of the year.

Shared: Couch Co-op

Gorgeous on the outside, brutally unforgiving underneath, Cuphead is the boss-rush couch co-op that will bond you with a friend or destroy that friendship entirely, probably both in the same session.