Keep Talking and Nobody explodes is a local co-op game that requires friends to work together in order to defuse a bomb. Some of these local games you may have heard before and others will certainly be hidden gems you can share with your friends. We put together a list of our favorite 20 local co-op games we play. Many of the titles we're writing about work best with a controller, so prepare for that.
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As you can imagine, jamming four friends together on the same keyboard and mouse isn’t an ideal way to play. Most local co-op games need controllers to play. However, local co-op games with IRL ( in real life) friends, still brings a massive amount of fun that cannot be replaced with online games. Most games today don’t offer local co-op, opting for online gaming instead, with matches that hold anywhere from 1v1 duels, all the way to massive battle royal campaigns with up to 100 players.
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If you were lucky, or creative, you may have played local games with your friends across consoles, also known as a LAN party. Back in the day, gaming with your friends meant meeting up at one friend’s house, bringing a controller or two, and pulling an all-nighter while trying to beat an entire campaign at the highest difficulty setting.