Nothing's better for making you and your friends laugh than a good Co-Op adventure. As the years continue to pass, we see new takes on one of the most sought after Genre's and it's always a pleasure to see how each Game Developer puts their own unique spin on it. With hundreds of games coming out, here are a few of the best and brightest in the bunch from Steam Next Fest, 2023 in terms of all things Co-Op.
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These games are not ranked in any specific order. They're only numbered to stay organized.
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1. Cook Fest
🏷️ Genre: Cooking, Local Co-op
📅 Release Date: Unannounced
🗒️ Description: Create and design your own complex maze by strategizing your festival spaces! Cook and serve dishes to satisfy your customers. Level up to unlock to new ingredients and recipes. With unexpected roguelite elements and fast-paced gameplay, you can play solo or in chaotic co-op with your fellow chef!
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
2. Make Me Float
🏷️ Genre: Adventure, Physics, Casual, Local Co-Op, 3D
📅 Release Date: Unannounced
🗒️ Description: Can you overcome obstacles and challenges as balloons that are tied together? Push your skills in co-operation and coordination to it’s limit to beat finger twisting levels reminiscent of your favorite 3D platformers. Discover the true meaning of teamwork in this co-op adventure platformer game.
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
3. Bots & Belts
🏷️ Genre: Multiplayer, Action, Local Co-Op, Online Co-Op
📅 Release Date: 2023
🗒️ Description: Bots & Belts is a fun and hectic toy-building game! Use quick-thinking to keep the factory running efficiently. Play through 27 unique levels featuring different machines to utilize, toys to build, and belts to manage! Beat the game by yourself or join your friends online or couch co-op!
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
4. Born of Bread
🏷️ Genre: Adventure, Party-Based RPG, 2.5D
📅 Release Date: Unannounced
🗒️ Description: Play as a flour golem who possesses a never-ending childlike wonder and a set of odd abilities. Team-up with a colorful cast of characters, explore the different regions of a wonderful world ripe with mysteries and engage in a fun and quirky turn-based combat system.
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
5. Sugar Shack
🏷️ Genre: Online Co-Op, Indie, Cooking, Building
📅 Release Date: Unannounced
🗒️ Description: Sugar Shack is a maple syrup management game and world crafter set in a cozy, magical forest inspired by Quebec lore and art. Hungry villagers with endless sweet tooths make their way to this legendary shack. Grab some friends, fire up the boiler, and let the syrup flow!
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
6. How 2 Escape
🏷️ Genre: Puzzle, Co-op, Multiplayer, Escape Room
📅 Release Date: August 31st, 2023
🗒️ Description: How 2 Escape is an escape-simulation game where two players will need to cooperate on asymmetrical gameplay and devices. "Talk together. Help each other." will be your new motto to survive in How 2 Escape.
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
7. The Karters 2: Turbo Charged
🏷️ Genre: Racing, Action, Multiplayer, Co-op
📅 Release Date: 2023
🗒️ Description: Get ready for the ultimate kart racing experience on Steam & Steam Deck! Race to victory with the ultimate blend of Mario Kart and Crash Team Racing, plus all-new features for a thrilling online and local racing experience.
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
8. Pizza Possum
🏷️ Genre: Action, Controller, Arcade, Local Co-Op
📅 Release Date: Unannounced
🗒️ Description: Live your ultimate possum dreams in a snackable, chaotic arcade game focused on eating as much food as you can in single-player or local co-op - without getting caught.
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
9. Perfect Partner
🏷️ Genre: Casual, PvP, Team-Based, Cute, Sports, 3D,
📅 Release Date: Unannounced
🗒️ Description: Perfect Partner is a party game with 2 people work closely together to defeat other teams to win. The road to the championship is full of obstacles, your teammates may be your worst enemy! Have fun in this game or meet the soul mate you are most acquainted with here.
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
10. Sneak Out
🏷️ Genre: Co-op, Strategy, Casual, Indie, Action, PvP
📅 Release Date: Unannounced
🗒️ Description: Sneak Out is a crazy hide & seek game playable by up to 6 players in a huge magical castle with up to 5 hiders playing against one dangerous hunter. Maybe you will be sneaky enough to complete all the tasks and get out of the mysterious castle or enough determined to hunt everyone else down.
🎮 Discord
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
11. Jelly Express
🏷️ Genre: Casual, Difficult, Co-Op, Funny, Cute
📅 Release Date: Q3 2023
🗒️ Description: Welcome to Jelly Express - the physics-based co-op game that's as cute as it is fun! Transform into wibbly-wobbly jellies, tackle all obstacles to get those packages delivered! Do it alone, or have a partner to help you out! Stretch, jump and wiggle your way to victory.
🎮 Discord
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
12. Dungeon Golf
🏷️ Genre: Fantasy, Third Person, Cartoon, Co-Op
📅 Release Date: Unannounced
🗒️ Description: Pick your golfer from a roster of whacky fantasy favourites in this mini golf party game! Compete in online and local multiplayer or polish your putt in single player story mode. Whack balls, defeat monsters, and get the upper hand with unique abilities to stay one swing ahead of your opponents.
🎮 Discord
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
13. Mechanic Heroes
🏷️ Genre: Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op, Multiplayer, Driving
📅 Release Date: 2023
🗒️ Description: Build your team of mechanics and work together to repair and deliver as many cars as possible before the time runs out! Playable with up to 4 players, locally or online, Mechanic Heroes will make you love mechanics or simply hate your friends.
🎮 Discord
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
14. KallaX
🏷️ Genre: Casual, Online Co-Op, Team-Based, Puzzle
📅 Release Date: 2023
🗒️ Description: Kallax is a chaotic furniture-building 2 to 6 players co-op game in which only one player can read the instruction manual. Experience what should have been a one person's job and lose friendships forever.
🎮 Discord
📝 Reviewing?: Possibly
That's all folks!
That's it for the best Co-OP games of the Steam Next Fest 2023 event. Click HERE to be taken back to the Master List article... but before you go, make sure to drop a like below if you're a big fan of the genre, and leave a comment telling us what games you're looking forward to most!
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