Animosa
Animosa is a fast paced, challenging metroidvania about friendship. Fight alongside the knight, give him courage by hitting enemies and gain trust by destroying your challengers. spend courage for special attacks and use your trust to upgrade, unlock new abilities.
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Dynamic, fast paced bosses.
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Heartfelt story about a knight that lost his courage
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RPG mechanics based on friendship
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Local Co-Op mode (May come as a free dlc after base game)
Read More: Best Co-op Action-Adventure Games.
Guacamelee! 2
I was first introduced to the series via Guacamelee: Super Turbo Championship Edition. I played that game with a friend, and I’m pretty sure we finished it in a couple of Saturday afternoons. This game I finished alone in about the same amount of time.
Pretty much everything from that game makes an appearance in the sequel, save for the ‘Intenso’ mechanic. That’s a good thing, because Intenso trivialized most of the combat. Removing that puts the focus back on the ‘combat puzzle’ again.
Combat in this game is as fun as the first. The simple beat’m’up combos are just varied enough to be interesting, without getting overwhelming. The excellent wrinkle this time is that you’re now just as capable in chicken form (perhaps more so) as you are in human form. This leads to more fun twists on fights, switching between the two forms as appropriate, watching that combo meter climb up. I feel like there are more boxed-in arenas in which the combat is used, too. That’s good and bad. More combat is fun, but it did start to feel like it was just padding out the game toward the end, with similar arenas popping up.
– Real player with 92.2 hrs in game
Read More: Best Co-op Local Multiplayer Games.
The Short and Sweet
Guacamelee! 2 is, obviously, the sequel to Guacamelee!, both of which are 2D beat-em-up platforming games with a heavy focus on combos. Unlike some other sequels that can stand on their own, Guacamelee! 2 is heavily attached to the previous game in its story, and it relies on that connection to avoid having to reestablish characters that played prominent roles in the last title. I would recommend any prospective players take a look at the original Guacamelee! before considering this sequel, or even this review.
– Real player with 27.7 hrs in game
Outland
👪Player Bases:
☐ Kids.
☑ Everyone.
☐ Mature.
☑ Casual Players.
☐ Pro players.
⛺Graphics:
👉 Amazing visuals and beautiful art style, similar to the game Badland . Even the blue/red orbs are spread in an aesthetic way
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=646900637
🎮Gameplay:
☐ Terrible.
☐ Bad.
☐ Average.
☑ Good.
👉 Outland is very well made mix of platformer and bullet hell. I also liked the unique concept of switching between blue and red to avoid getting hit by the orbs. (For example if the orbs are red, then by switching your character to red, the orbs won’t hurt you)
– Real player with 16.0 hrs in game
Read More: Best Co-op Bullet Hell Games.
(Got this game for FREE thanks to Steam and/or devs. Thanks, dudes!!!)
It’s like Castlevania, but with a polarity gimmick!
Welcome to Outland, a Metroidvania title about a warrior plagued with visions of deities threatening to break out of their prison. These deities are responsible for creating the world, but now threaten to destroy it. They’re sealed away by the hero and the hero becomes an amnesiac until they threaten to break out of their prison. Now playing as a re-awoken hero from 3000 years ago, you destroy several of the world’s creators in an effort to save the world. (Like Kratos from God of War, but…not that evil… shudder)
– Real player with 15.6 hrs in game
Blood Brothers
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– Real player with 2.7 hrs in game
A Fun short game. Original Ideas. My son and I enjoyed the team work aspect and the game over all. Our only complaint was that it was too short!
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
Eager For Den
Eager for then is the metroidvania cooperative survival game in which each character has his or her own pros and cons, try to choose your best team depending on the strengths or weaknesses and gameplay style.
At the moment you are trying to survive you should be preparing for the next catastrophic events, there is no time for rest, explore the world and find and craft the best tools to survive the next event, predict events its not possible, then you and your friends should be prepare for anything or maybe some magic can help with predictions.
TRISTOY
Very cool co-op game! I was lucky enough to win a beta-test version of this game in a giveaway and got to play it a bit ahead of launch here on steam. It was a real treat.
(TL;DR at the bottom.)
I’m a really big fan of co-op games, especially local co-op as I play them regularly with my wife, and have played most of what’s available on steam.
This one seems to have that special something that makes it feel like we are actually playing together, and not just going through a single-player game simultaneously.
– Real player with 7.9 hrs in game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVUBH7paT1w
TRISTOY is a story-driven 2D co-op platformer developed by Uniworlds Game Studios and published Headup Games.
The story focuses on two characters: the Prince Freedan and the Wizard Stayn. They are imprisoned on the fortress known as Tristoy. They must escape from the prison and explore the
dangerous dungeons of the fortress. During the game, the choices you make will shape how the story unfolds.
The game is exclusively made for either local or online co-op. If you don’t have a friend to play with, don’t buy the game.
– Real player with 7.3 hrs in game
Akita: King Pig Thinks Pink
Akita: King Pig Thinks Pink is a 2D adventure-platformer metroidvania with hand-drawn animations, for 1-2 player local co-op.
Explore a fantasy world full of secrets and enchanting creatures, fight monsters and solve puzzles. You will have the help of different allied characters with unique abilities, and you will also be able to equip yourself with items, powers and weapons.
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2D hand-drawn animation set in an enchanting fantasy universe.
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For 1 player or 2 player local co-op, you can enjoy it on your own or with the adventure partner you want.
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Metroidvania style exploration, while solving puzzles, discovering secret areas and objects, and facing multiple enemies.
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A story with surprises and touches of humor.
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Universal language, completely textless. The adventure is told through icons, vignettes and animations.
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Varied and charismatic enemies. You can find more than 50 different types of enemies.
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Skills System: based on allies with unique abilities.
Debugger 3.16 // Recoded // Despair of the Developer Edition
my play through with all achievements done (first two didn’t unlock from glitch though): https://youtu.be/U2Lj9B9pZbo
Really fun platformer with some cool mechanics on how you can manipulate the world definitely look foward to the full release all the mini games could be a ton of fun with friends. The first mini game both the achievements glitched for me though I beat it and did it without the developers cheat and didn’t get either of those achievements. I’ll definitely (try to donate since it’s in a foreign currency I’m gonna have to try and figure that out) to the kick starter and I hope others will as well for the full release!
– Real player with 1.7 hrs in game
he game is short but good, the creators recreated the old game with a bit of topron stuff, at the same time I can say that it is worth recommending metreoidvania, but it is a pity that it is short and you have a feeling that Spiderwork games has abandoned all work on this game, a bit simple story but a pretext for complete manipulation of objects, just a combination of useful and pleasant, this time without hindering things, making new in programming who do not understand everything too much can learn something, also a bit bothered me that only support for controllers and buttons for the keyboard were shown do not appear, I hope it will be thrown in the finished game, I wish the creators to finish the game from the kickstarter campaign as soon as possible and that the game will be very popular
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
Armageddon Onslaught
In 2060, when the seven seals will be broken and the Four Horsemen will be free to roam the world, the apocalypse will begin.
The prophet and his prostitute will corrupt the men, and the Antichrist will lead his black armies on the earth, bringing humanity to the brink of extinction.
But even in the blackest darkness, the light can shine. In the desperate struggle against the army of hell, some humans discover to be demi-angels gifted with unimaginable powers.
Armed with swords, big guns, and incredible celestial powers, capable of reducing enemies to salt and even slowing down the time, they will have to face horrors of all kinds and fulfill the darkest of the prophecies.
FEATURES:
◾ Run, shoot, dodge, and slice; an explosive mix that will chain you to the pad.
◾ Explore a vast, dark, interconnected world ravaged by the advent of the apocalypse.
◾ Upgrade your character, level up, buy weapons, armor, and terrifying celestial powers.
◾ Bullet Hell: Freeze incoming enemy bullets with your sword and then pass through them.
◾ Share the massacre: Yes, you know, with a friend! You can play single or local co-op.
◾ Each Demi-Angel is endowed with unique powers.
◾ Dynamic dismemberments: Blast your enemies in a shower of blood, incinerate them, strip them to the bone, or just cut them to pieces.
◾ Heavy Metal Soundtrack: Delight your ears with this divine metallic music.
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
The Short and Sweet
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition is a hybrid beat-em-up / Metroidvania game based on Mexican culture, with a large emphasis on combo-based combat, intelligent approach, and platforming. The story revolves around a farmer named Juan, who is killed by the main antagonist while attempting to save his friend, only to come back possessing the power of a magical mask, which turns him into a powerful Luchador intent on punching, suplexing and bodyslamming his way to victory.
– Real player with 56.4 hrs in game
A great mexican themed Metroidvania.
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition is a revised version of the original Guacamelee Gold Edition, featuring new content. the game is a Metroidvania where the main focus is platforming with enemies to take out all set in a Mexican styled world. For my very first Metroidvania it was a wonderful experience with good gameplay and solid combat mechanics and plenty of extras.
Gameplay, Guacamelee’s gameplay is simple but solid featuring basic platforming with a extensive move set that you use both for platforming and combat. It is very easy to get used to Juan’s (Main Character) jump arc and be able to land jumps. Plus along the way you moves will increase so you can pull off some awesome combos. Speaking of combos, Guacamelee’s combat is also a major portion of the game, encouraging you to build large combos with a variety of moves. as such with extensive combat, there are enemies galore with many different ways of combat and different ways to deal with them. Dodging from attacks is very crucial to survive.
– Real player with 33.9 hrs in game