Co-op gaming is better than ever, with new multiplayer experiences releasing each year that let you team up with friends for adventures both big and small. From shooters to puzzle games, there’s something for everyone. These are the most exciting upcoming co-op games releasing in 2024 that you’ll want to play with your closest gaming buddies.
Starfield
Starfield is the next big open world RPG from Bethesda Game Studios, the creators of Skyrim and Fallout. While details are still scarce, we know Starfield will feature expansive planets to explore and a fully playable co-op mode. Imagine journeying across space with your friends, discovering strange new worlds and getting into intergalactic dogfights. This sci-fi epic could redefine the co-op RPG when it launches late 2024.
Redfall
The studio behind Dishonored and Prey is working on Redfall, an open world co-op shooter set in a town overrun by vampires. Gear up with up to 3 friends and use unique abilities and an arsenal of weapons to take on the bloodsuckers threatening Redfall. With Arkane’s pedigree for immersive settings and reactive gameplay, Redfall should be a varied, systems-driven co-op experience when it comes out in the first half of 2024.
Minecraft Legends
A new spin on Minecraft, Minecraft Legends turns the blocky builder into a co-op action strategy game. Team up with friends to gather resources, craft gear, and command troops in real time battles against invading piglin armies. With familiar biomes but an emphasis on protecting the overworld through strategic decisions, Minecraft Legends puts a fun multiplayer twist on the beloved series when it launches in 2024.
Baldur’s Gate 3
The classic cRPG series returns with Baldur’s Gate 3, which includes full co-op for up to 4 players. Journey through the Forgotten Realms together as you battle mind flayers, make pivotal story choices, and develop your party. Larian Studios’ pedigree with Divinity: Original Sin ensures Baldur’s Gate 3 will be an authentic evolution of the series when it leaves early access in 2024.
Everspace 2
For co-op space dogfighting, keep an eye on Everspace 2. It builds on the robust flight mechanics of the original with an open world galaxy and support for up to 4 player co-op. Share your adventures with friends as you scavenge for loot, engage in thrilling ship battles, and hopefully don’t crash land on any hostile planets when it launches into 1.0 in 2024.
Phantom Abyss
Phantom Abyss infuses Indiana Jones style whip-swinging adventure with asynchronous multiplayer. When you die in a temple run, your ghost gets uploaded for friends to review and learn from. Players can also leave helpful warnings and tips for upcoming hazards. It’s a clever concept that makes failure as important as success. Look for Phantom Abyss to trap you and your friends in deadly procedurally generated temples when it fully releases in 2024.
After the Fall
From the makers of Arizona Sunshine comes After the Fall, a cooperative VR shooter set in an alternate 1980s overrun by monsters. Grab some friends, equip up to 32 real-world weapons and dive into this action-packed VR world. With intuitive cross-play and drop-in/drop-out co-op, After the Fall wants to be the definitive 4 player VR action experience when it launches in 2024.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only Warhammer 40k: Darktide – a new 4 player co-op FPS set in the endless war of the Warhammer 40k universe. Choose from several classes, exterminate twisted horrors with righteous fury, and stand against the encroaching darkness. This is a brutal, gun-and-chainsword Warhammer experience tailored specifically for co-op when it releases on PC and Xbox in 2024.
Fireteam
Fireteam focuses on skilled co-op action for up to 4 players. Set in war-torn near future London, your fireteam must scavenge for weapons and work tactically to take down enemy squads. With a focus on replayability through procedural generation, and capable FPS gunplay, Fireteam could become a compelling co-op shooter when it launches in 2024.
Conclusion
Co-op gaming continues to thrive and 2024 has some exciting multiplayer experiences on the horizon. Whether you want to cooperatively explore deep space, fight vicious vampires, or purge hoards of monsters in VR, there will be plenty of diverse adventures to share with your friends when these games launch throughout 2024 and beyond.
