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Best Co-op Puzzle Games
Puzzle games that reward a second brain, clear communication, and the occasional spectacular misunderstanding.
The best co-op puzzle games give players different information or different abilities. These picks make talking through the problem part of the solution.
Classic two-player design
1
Portal 2
A brilliant sequence of rooms about portals, momentum, and learning to trust someone else’s setup.
2
We Were Here
Two players separated in an icy castle must describe symbols and spaces accurately to escape together.
3
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Its asymmetric manual-and-bomb setup creates immediate communication puzzles with almost no onboarding.
Physical and playful
4
Ibb & Obb
A compact platform puzzle game based on gravity, bounce timing, and using each other as part of the level.
5
Human: Fall Flat
The puzzles are simple enough to understand, but the physics ensure that the route to the answer is never quite dignified.