A Way Out is a unique and emotional ride of two men working together to escape a prison. It’s chaotic, memorable, and not afraid of mixing many gameplay segments to deliver an entire story arc.

The experience ends after about six hours, and you may be wanting more. Can we findgames like Way Outfor smooth and cinematic co-op titles?

We’re looking for the type of games that are better or only work in co-op. We’re keeping our eyes open for story-driven action adventures, platforming, puzzles, cover shooting, and dynamic mechanics.

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It Takes Two is the latest game by A Way Out creators. It’s a co-op-only experience where two players take the role of Cody and May, a couple on the verge of divorce.

The setting delivers an earnest,family-friendly story. Gameplay-wise, it’s adynamic platforming adventurewith evolving mechanics. You play across three levels and use an evolving set of mechanics and skills to bypass increasingly creative puzzles and enemies.

The fantasy setting sets husband and wife playing as rag-dolls. Only by working together can they go back to their bodies and possibly heal their relationship.

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Portal 2, part of the Half-Life universe, is one of thebest puzzle games in the industry. Moreover, it packs a single-player campaign and a separate co-op campaign with two different characters.

The co-op campaign sets you and a friend playing as robots. Both carry a portal gun, a weapon capable of creating a portal anywhere in the maze-like research lab. The goal is to utilize the gun to escape a massive underground laboratory together.

Both campaigns are thrilling and humorous. The game’s Source engine allows you to interact with anything in the environment with the weapon to add a “sandbox” feeling to the puzzle adventure. Even so, Portal is quite challenging.

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TRINE 4: The Nightmare Prince

TRINE 4, the fourth entry of the Trine series, is a 2.5D fantasy action RPG with physics puzzles. you may play its campaign with up to three players online working together to defeat foes and obstacles.

The story follows three playable protagonists, each with a set of unique powers, unlockable skills, and starting abilities. The idea is to mix and match different skills to solve the puzzles -for example, using shields to reflect light and burn three branches.

The co-op is not simultaneous, though. It means the camera is fixed at the center of all players, so all players must remain close. Additionally, the game ends when all players die, although it takes a few seconds to respawn.

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Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine

Welcome to a four-person criminal operation. It’s aco-op experiencewhere you and three other friends work together on a series of high-stakes heights.

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