These 5 Co-Op Games Are Dominating Steam Right Now (gamersplan.com)
from fifty1@rimworld.gallery to games@lemmy.world on 01 Aug 13:10
https://rimworld.gallery/m/games@lemmy.world/t/10470

2025 on Steam is turning into a pretty solid year for co-op games. Lots of big names, some smaller teams, and a few surprises making waves.

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edgemaster72@lemmy.world on 01 Aug 13:31 next collapse

  • Split Fiction
  • It Takes Two
  • R.E.P.O.
  • PEAK
  • Monster Hunter Wilds
cannedtuna@lemmy.world on 01 Aug 13:57 next collapse

Thanks

RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world on 01 Aug 19:09 collapse

Monster Hunter Wilds? Really? With negative reception due to awful performance and even with Capcom admitting its sales were weak?

My PC couldnt even run Wilds at a playable framerate. It still can’t. I dont exactly have a weak rig either. But the game has to run at settings so low that it looks like a Wii port, and with framegen disabled it gets 27 fps in windowed 720p.

Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 01 Aug 20:30 collapse

What’s in your rig? I’m on a 9900k, 3070ti, 32GB RAM, and a nice SSD and I get 50-80FPS on high…

RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world on 01 Aug 21:30 collapse

AMD 7800X3D, 32GB RAM, multiple 2TB SSDs two of which are NVMe, GTX1080Ti.

I know someone going to try to blame my performance on my 1080Ti, but Wilds is the only game that runs poorly. I play at 1080p only, and disable RayTracing because my GPU doesn’t do RTX well and I don’t need RTX on. Also I cannot afford to upgrade. Even still, Helldivers 2 gets more than 90fps at Ultra settings native 21:9 1080p, Starfield gets 70fps at High settings native (framegen off), Cyberpunk gets more than 90fps on High native. Even Black Myth Wukong and Star Citizen gets at least 60fps with High native settings.

Its literally only Monster Hunter Wilds that gets 27fps at 720p windowed and everything set to low or disabled.

Of note: my 1080Ti is overclocked, watercooled, and has its own dedicated 360mm radiator. Other 1080Tis may have more or less performance values.

Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 01 Aug 22:01 next collapse

Yeah that’s very strange. The 1080ti still holds up super well!

LorIps@lemmy.world on 02 Aug 11:57 collapse

Not really on more modern games. Pascal was for example completely broken for Alan Wake 2 because of mesh shaders. Pascal had a good run and was relevant for 8 years, which is pretty much unprecedented for GPUs, but one has to let go.

Sagan_Wept@lemmynsfw.com on 02 Aug 06:40 collapse

Reapply your themal paste on the GPU(?)

RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world on 02 Aug 06:45 collapse

My GPU is definitely not thermal throttling, it only gets to ~51°C under load at the hotspot. The thermal limit is 84°C.

Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world on 01 Aug 14:11 next collapse

Unrailed! Is also a great one. Excellent music and chill but still tense vibe.

SaneMartigan@aussie.zone on 01 Aug 20:54 collapse

Did you mean unravelled?

Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world on 01 Aug 21:43 collapse
Empricorn@feddit.nl on 01 Aug 14:32 next collapse

Split Fiction is fun! I’m playing through it online with my brother.

TheRealKuni@piefed.social on 01 Aug 20:05 collapse

I liked Split Fiction, but It Takes Two was better. I hope for more good things from the developer in the future!

flux@lemmy.world on 01 Aug 14:36 next collapse

Split Fiction is one of the best local co-op games ever created. Simply incredible.

TheRealKuni@piefed.social on 01 Aug 20:06 collapse

If you haven’t played It Takes Two (same developer) I highly recommend it. I liked it even more!

reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org on 01 Aug 15:20 next collapse

Peak is peak.

naticus@lemmy.world on 01 Aug 15:37 collapse

I want to agree but I suck at that game so damn much. It’s fun, but I struggle to find a good path every time.

reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org on 01 Aug 15:43 collapse

Oh I also die all the time, but the banter with friends as a ghost is well worth the time too.

Ciderpunk@lemmy.world on 01 Aug 15:52 next collapse

Split Fiction is great but I think It Takes Two was just a better game all around. Split Fiction was faster paced which was nice, but the little exploration areas in It Takes Two were just wonderful. Lots of little surprises and fun details to find that made it a joy to slow down and just explore and experience some nice environments. Split Fiction was really missing that and while it’s still great, I wish they’d done a bit of that too.

Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world on 02 Aug 10:45 collapse

I know in split fiction I saw at least one area with a bunch of things to interact with that were just there to explore. Before that there seemed to be just random things here and there.

runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 01 Aug 20:40 next collapse

This article feels very AI generated to me. Unless It Takes Two is part of the top 5, then it’s only 4 games listed, and the writing seems very stilted. Also talking about R.E.P.O. in 1 paragraph and then saying “Indies are holder their own, too” as it mentions Peak is just shitty formatting.

Wav_function@lemmy.world on 02 Aug 10:21 collapse

Thanks for your feedback — it’s appreciated. You’re right to call out the formatting and structure if it felt off to you. To clarify, It Takes Two was mentioned as a standout co-op title but wasn’t counted in the core list, which may have caused some confusion. As for the paragraph about R.E.P.O. leading into the mention of Peak, the intention was to highlight a trend in strong indie showings, but we agree that the transition could have been clearer.

We’ll keep your notes in mind for future edits and aim for smoother flow and better clarity. Thanks again for taking the time to point this out.

Would you like a more casual or more professional version of this?

RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 02 Aug 12:11 collapse

This is also AI, right? It screams AI to me.

Wav_function@lemmy.world on 02 Aug 13:11 collapse

Yeah I’m just messing with them

LordWiggle@lemmy.world on 02 Aug 10:59 collapse

Monster hunter wilds: overal mixed reviews, lately overwhelmingly negative reviews. Sure looks like a popular game…

Blaiz0r@lemmy.ml on 02 Aug 15:53 collapse

The game looks great, but the performance is poor and unoptimised.

Apparently there isn’t much of an end-game, but from what I understand this is typical of MH games until a DLC comes out