The Best Local Games

Update, : Streets of Rogue 2 added at rank #4.
1

Terror of Hemasaurus (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

A retro city smash 'em up with satisfying destruction physics. Play as a Giant Monster unleashing terror upon mankind in this modern arcade experience with the action turned up to eleven.


  • local
  • dark
  • destruction
  • humor
  • dinosaurs
  • pixel
  • arcade
  • 4-player
  • cooperative
  • comedy
  • scroller
  • physics
  • retro
  • funny
  • sci-fi

2

Boomerang Fu (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Boomerang Fu is a fun and unique multiplayer game perfect for parties with up to 6 players. With explosive boomerangs, unique Kung Fu arenas, and customizable rules, you'll have a blast pulverizing your pals and forming outrageous power-up combinations. With cute characters, awesome soundtrack and solid couch-PVP, Boomerang Fu is a must-play game for any gamer.


Pros:
  • Fun gameplay that is easy to understand
  • Cute characters with bright colors
  • Fantastic and catchy soundtrack
  • Many characters to unlock
  • Solid Couch-PVP, easy enough for anyone to pick up
Cons:
  • No online multiplayer
  • Terrible character selection menu design
  • Need more DLC maps and updates

  • party
  • local
  • 4-player
  • arts
  • martial
  • pvp
  • family-friendly
  • competitive
  • cute
  • physics
  • cooperative
  • team
  • multiplayer
  • fight
  • top-down

3

Nidhogg 2 (2017)

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90
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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Mac OS

The rules are simple. Reach the other side and kill anyone that stands in your way. Deftly parry and rend their throats, riddle their bowels with arrows, or squish their brains between your toes. The wurm cares not for chivalry.


  • local
  • fight
  • multiplayer
  • online
  • competitive
  • arcade
  • battle
  • minimalist
  • couch
  • combat
  • war
  • single-player
  • swordplay
  • strategy
  • tug-of-war

4

Streets of Rogue 2 (2023)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Streets of Rogue goes open-world! Fight, sneak, hack, drive, build, farm, quest, craft, and just LIVE in this non-linear sandbox with a focus on fun. Unlimited adventures await!

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  • rogue-like
  • local
  • cooperative
  • procedural
  • open-world
  • top-down
  • crafting
  • survival
  • base-building
  • sandbox
  • zombies
  • stealth
  • rpg
  • 2d
  • baseball

5

Samurai Gunn 2 (2021)

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early access PC Windows

4 player insanity. 2 player duels. 1 player adventure. With just 3 bullets and a sword, fight to survive in this high-flying, one-hit-kill platform fighter.


  • local
  • cooperative
  • 2d
  • 4-player
  • fight
  • competitive
  • multiplayer
  • pixel
  • pvp
  • retro
  • fast-paced
  • controller-support

6

Killer Queen Black (2019)

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arcade Xbox One stadia Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Killer Queen is a real-time strategy platform video game for up to ten players, developed by Josh DeBonis and Nikita Mikros, the co-founders of BumbleBear Games. It premiered in 2013 at New York University's fourth annual "No Quarter" exhibition for indie arcade games.[1] A new game inspired by Killer Queen, called Killer Queen Black was released in 2019 on Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch, and will be released on February 22, 2021 for Xbox One.


  • multiplayer
  • team
  • competitive
  • local
  • arcade
  • online
  • strategy
  • platform
  • cooperative
  • 2d
  • cult
  • fast-paced
  • economy
  • fight
  • pixel

7

Move or Die (2016)

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PC Windows Android Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS

Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced, 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds. The very definition of a perfect friendship-ruining game.


  • multiplayer
  • 4-player
  • local
  • fast-paced
  • paced
  • quick
  • cooperative
  • funny
  • couch
  • online
  • action-
  • party
  • local-only
  • platform
  • blob

8

Nidhogg (2014)

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Mac OS Xbox One Playstation 4 vita PC Windows

Nidhogg is the epic award-winning fencing tug-of-war, full of graceful acrobatics and clumsy stabs. IRL yelling and excitement may occur, in this ultimate two-player showdown of fast-paced fencing and melee attacks. Beware, advantages in Nidhogg are often fleeting, as new opponents continually spawn in your way.


  • local
  • fight
  • multiplayer
  • competitive
  • online
  • single-player
  • swordplay
  • retro
  • arena
  • battle

9

BANG (2022)

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PC Windows

Be one step ahead of your competitors, finding shortcuts, repairing your car in the pit lane, and dominating your opponents from the top-down view.

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  • shooter
  • mech
  • racing
  • baseball
  • arcade
  • local
  • split-screen
  • puzzle
  • strategy
  • top-down
  • anime
  • hardcore
  • modem
  • hands-down
  • action

10

Hitman Party (2023)

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PC Windows

Get ready to join the ultimate hitman party - a fast-paced and hilarious local multiplayer game for up to 6 players. Can you blend in with the crowd, outsmart your friends, and be the first to hunt down the target? Experience the thrill of multiple game modes with your friends!

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  • local
  • 4-player
  • pvp
  • stealth
  • detective
  • multiplayer
  • isometric
  • relaxing
  • competitive
  • 3d
  • funny
  • colourful
  • attack
  • score
  • episodic

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