Whether you’re joining your friends online or playing on the same couch, co-op games reward you like no other genre.
The best co-op games are the ones that let you explore new worlds with a buddy by your side, triumph over evil as a team, or simply beat each other over the head with an array of weaponry for kicks.
Co-op titles ultimately pull friends together and offer the best group-based thrills.
We’ve highlighted our picks for the top five upcoming co-op games of 2022, and the list is detailed below.
Evil Dead: The Game
Release date: 13 May 2022
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch
Fans of the Evil Dead movies will be happy to learn that the franchise is finally getting a video game adaption.
Players will have to work as a team of four survivors, who are tasked with finding key items to seal the breach between worlds in a game inspired by all three original Evil Dead films.
You’ll find yourself exploring, looting, and managing your fear whilst fighting off supernatural enemies in a game that is loaded with bloody combos, ridiculous finishers, and crazy weapons.
Redfall
Release date: September 2022
Platforms: PC and Xbox Series X|S
This four-player co-op game is an open-world FPS centered on a team of survivors battling supernatural forces created by a botched scientific experiment.
Players will be able to choose their hero from a diverse roster with unique abilities before setting off to liberate the small town of Redfall from a legion of vampires who have blocked out the sun and cut the island off from the outside world.
Gotham Knights
Release date: 25 October 2022
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
Gotham Knights is an open-world game set in the most dynamic and interactive Gotham City yet.
Although single-player mode is available, players will be able to bring together up to three friends in this action RPG.
With the Caped Crusader supposedly dead, Players will have to play as one of the members of the Batman family, which includes heroes such as Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood, and Robin.
You and your friends will be tasked with solving mysteries and defeating notorious villains in epic confrontations to protect Gotham and instill fear into its criminals.
Sons of the Forest
Release date: October 2022
Platforms: PC
Sons of the Forest is an upcoming horror survival game that is the sequel to The Forest by Endnight Games.
Although not much is known about the gameplay, the trailer suggests that the game will follow the mechanics of its predecessor by focusing on crafting and combat against surprisingly intelligent enemy AI.
Sons of the Forest will also feature new characters and storyline set around a mysterious island plagued by horrifying creatures.
In addition to having better graphics and more fluid combat, the game will be a more team-focused online multiplayer adventure.
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed
Release date: TBA
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed will be a 4v1 multiplayer game that gives you the opportunity to become a wannabe Ghostbuster – or even the ghost itself.
As a member of the new generation of Ghostbusters, you’ll be able to customize your character to suit your personality with a variety of body types, hairstyles, and jumpsuits.
You will prepare for each match in the iconic firehouse, where you’ll be able to upgrade abilities and equipment such as the Particle Thrower, the Ghost Trap, and the trusty PKE meter.
As the ghost, you’ll be haunting instead of hunting and will be able to choose from various different ghosts – each with unique abilities and attacks aimed at stopping the Ghostbusters.
Each Ghost’s abilities will also be upgradable as you haunt various locations such as the sewers, mansions, museums, and prisons.
The game will also support cross-play so you and your friends can experience this ghostbusting throwback together, no matter the platform you choose to play on.
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