5 Best Multiplayer & Co-Op Games of August 2018

Best Multiplayer and Co-Op Games of August 2018

Monster Hunter: World (PC)

Action-RPG Monster Hunter: World released for PS4 and Xbox One back in January, but this past month it finally arrived for PC users as well. You play as an elite hunter who must complete monster bounties in order to collect precious resources from their bodies to make new armor and weapons to progress through the story mode.

While you can fight monsters solo, the game is best enjoyed with you team up with other to hunt and trap various beasts. By going to the gathering hub you can make squads, post quests, and join others in their servers to fight monsters together, but the more people that are in a group, the stronger the monster will become.

The game allows up to 16 players at once per server, with quests allowing four to go together at a time. If two players go out together then their cat Palico buddies will come along to help, but if three or more hunters team up, it will just be them fighting the monsters. As an aside, if you’re not keen on replaying World on PC, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate also released for the Switch in August, which allows you to take your hunting on the go.

Monster Hunter: World released for PC on Aug. 9.

Best Multiplayer and Co-Op Games of August 2018

Overcooked 2

Sequel to the popular indie multiplayer title from Ghost Town Games, Overcooked 2 offers even more cutthroat culinary mayhem where you and your friend work as chefs in the kitchen to pump out as much food as possible, no matter the circumstances.

You can work together or against one another to compile ingredients, plate the food, cook everything without burning it, clean all the dirty plates, and more to make as many meals as possible for your hungry customers, but each level comes with its own challenges. You might find yourself hundreds of feet in the air with a kitchen that is split in half and drifts in the wind. Or in a kitchen set on top of various mine carts and move around the levels on tracks you have no control of.

Besides a ton of new, dynamic levels to play on, Overcooked 2 also comes with a throw button for the first time in the series, new recipes to cook like cake, sushi, and pancakes, and online so you and a friend can battle against other chefs from around the world.

Overcooked 2 released for Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC on Aug. 7.

Best Multiplayer and Co-Op Games of August 2018

Strange Brigade

This third-person adventure game is set in the 1930s after the Witch Queen Seteki has risen an army of mummified monster from the dead to fight you in waves. Working through the campaign solo or online, you solve puzzles to work your way through areas all while fighting tons of incoming mummies.

Each character has their own skills and weapons, with four of them in total. They also each have their own supernatural twist, with the ability to unlock super powerful prototype weapons to use on multiple enemies at once.

Two to four players can team up in online co-op to go through the campaign, and two more online modes are also available including Score Attack where you try and rack up the most points and Horde mode where you simply try and survive as long as possible.

Strange Brigade released for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on Aug. 28.

Best Multiplayer and Co-Op Games of August 2018

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (Switch and Xbox One)

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is the super fun co-op game where one person is looking at a crazy confusing bomb with tons of different panels to decipher and the rest of the group has to read through a physical manual to talk them through how to disarm it before times runs out. The person holding the bomb is never allowed to look at the manual, so communication is key to keep everyone from exploding.

This fun party game released originally on PC with VR functionality back in 2015, which transferred well with the “defuser” being the whoever was wearing the VR helmet. It then came to PS4 compatible with PSVR in October 2016, and finally has come to Xbox One and Nintendo Switch this past month as well.

It released for Nintendo Switch on Aug. 16, and on Xbox One a day later on Aug. 17.

Best Multiplayer and Co-Op Games of August 2018

Guacamelee! 2

Sequel to the extremely popular title that released originally for PS3 and PS Vita back in April 2013, Guacamelee! 2 takes you back to the Mexiverse in a platforming, Metroidvania-style adventure with the original luchador protagonist, Juan Aguacate.

You can play the entire game by yourself, but two to four player co-op is also available for the entire game. You can drop in and out at anytime, with only local co-op supported. There’s tons of new features to try out, from upgrade systems and worlds, to new fighting moves for Juan’s Super Chicken form. Yes that’s right, he can turn into a super fighting chicken.

For more co-op games to check out, here are our lists for the best multiplayer games in March, April, May, June, and July 2018.