psst, any suggestions for good 1 screen 4 player pc games?
Could Pico Park work? The Steam Deck is already in a protective case ;)
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Overcooked 1 -- incredible game if you want a real challenge as a team, but it may put your friendship to the test.
(Overcooked 2 is okay as a sequel but it's laggy, it's got long loading times, it has a confusing UX (good luck figuring out how to select your character), and is just overall less polished, so I wouldn't recommend it.)
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Magicka 1 or 2
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Rivals of Aether (original is good, i haven't played 2)
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If you allow for emulators, I can make this list even longer.
psst, any suggestions for good 1 screen 4 player pc games?
Double Dash too :P
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Thank you captain 🫡
Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime.
Lethal League.
You have 4 joycons therefore you're rich
now give me US$30
Crawl. Has to be one of my fav couch games.
Was this as simple as connecting over Bluetooth? I recently put a PC in my living room, but I’m currently using a PS controller. Would love to be able to lounge with split joy cons like I can on the switch.
Crawl.
I hate that I can never get 4 friends in a room together, then even rarer to pay attention to this game long enough. The game is so fucking hype, as is the launch trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_3xrqjTyes
AND BY MY HAND HE FELL!
Humanity poured from his corpse
and filled me to the brim and
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I used to collect tons of local multiplayer couch co-op games back in college when I had 3 other gamer housemates. Lots of junk but some gems. My favorite has to be gang beasts and Blur (you'll have to pirate that one these days - think Mario kart if it was made in the style of need for speed). Also golf with your friends has good local multiplayer support as well as olliolli2 if you're into side scrolling skateboarding. Then there's chaotic cooperative games like overcooked, moving out, and out of space, as well as Magicka 2. For a Mario party type game there's pummel party, and a good twin stick shooter is assault android cactus.
Magicka and Magicka 2 were so much fun when I had roommates. It's not nearly as fun when the other players are not sitting on the couch next to you. Plus, my friends these days don't enjoy randomly blowing up from a spell gone awry, which, you know, is the funniest part.
Yeah those spell mishaps really add a lot of fun! I remember we were always accidentally blowing ourselves up with the wrong combinations or doing electrical spells when wet. Then there's the exit to desktop spell that exits the game lmao.
is pummel party good? i grew up on Mario Party 3. also, would it be joycon friendly, or should I get out the full-size controllers?
Pummel party is a lot of fun. Not all of the mini games are great (read: functional) especially if you add workshop games, but the core mechanics and the official minigames are a blast (pun intended, there are items like rockets and shotguns rather than your normal shells)
I unfortunately can't really say since I've only played an hour with a friend who is really into it, and I never grew up playing any of the Mario party games. But I know a few people who really like it so it can't be that bad I guess haha. I also can't speak to joycons because we use Xbox controllers, I think there are some mini games that rely on Xbox layout / colors so that might be rough
Stick Fight is very fun and simple
Gauntlet tends to be my go-to for these situations.
There's versions on Steam real cheap that run great on the deck. Not that emulation is hard but it can occasionally be a little janky so it's nice to not have to worry about it. Tends not to be super sensitive to lag. It's easy to pick up and learn. It's fun to play as a one-off, but also fun for a regularly recurring experience too. You don't need a full controller either- I often use my RetroBit Genesis controllers, but I'm sure a joycon would be fine.
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Just exercising my legal rights to tinker with my own hardware, Mr. Ninja! Nothing else...
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- Overcooked 2
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- Toasterball
- Speedrunners
- Ultimate Chicken Horse
- Shoot Shoot Mega Pack
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My kids have been playing Bopl Battle a lot, might be fun if you like battle platformers with absurd weapons.
Bopl Battle fucking rules. Also check out SpiderHeck.
Oh SpiderHeck looks wild. I’m gonna give that a try.
are you looking for party games or adventure games? Could try Rivals of Aether 1 or 2, each has their virtues