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Great couch multiplayer PS4 games to enjoy with friends and family

Get your hands on a massive variety of cooperative or competitive games that don’t need an online connection to play.

Sports and racing games

Hit the pitch, the park or the track with a reliable teammate or a friendly rival.

EA Sports FC 24

2-4 players | Local competitive and co-op

With over 19,000 licensed players, 700 teams and 30 leagues, EA Sports FC delivers realistic soccer action to your PlayStation 4. Play as your favorite countries and clubs or create your own squad of superstars across a range of game modes.

  • HyperMotionV technology captures the game as it’s played, using volumetric data from real matches to create lifelike player movement, and the enhanced Frostbite Engine ensures the matchday experience is presented in incredible detail.
  • Assemble your dream XI in Ultimate Team, choosing from the largest roster of players seen in EA’s series to date. Find out more here.
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Rocket League

2-4 players | Local competitive and co-op

Compete in this high-octane mix of arcade-style football and vehicular mayhem. Go one-on-one, play in a duo or be one of three across a variety of game modes.

  • Enjoy easy-to-play, challenging-to-master gameplay where keeping all your wheels on the ground is a sure way to end up on the losing side. Use your boost, get airborne, and slam home a goal.
  • Join free tournaments and compete across seasons, scaling the ranks as you go and earning new rewards. Switch between game modes like Snow Day, Hoops and Rumble to keep the excitement fresh.
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2

2 players | Local competitive

Drop into the most iconic skateboarding (and sports) games of all time, remade with all the skaters, levels, tricks and tunes from the original PS1 releases.

  • These fully rebuilt versions of Pro Skater and Pro Skater 2 are combined in an awesome collection including all original game modes, head-to-head local multiplayer and competitive online options.
  • Expanded tricks improve your combo possibilities as you skate to classic tracks from the likes of Goldfinger and Rage Against the Machine. 
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Madden NFL 24

2-4 players | Local competitive and co-op

The long-running NFL series is overhauled for 2024 with enhanced gameplay that takes its realism to new heights.

  • Play against friends in Superstar Showdown mode, calling your real-time plays on the fly and customizing your avatar as you progress in the most lifelike Madden game yet.
  • FieldSENSE and SAPIEN Technology represents a leap forward in NFL player authenticity – athletes have accurate physiques, which translate to realistic on-field movements.
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Gran Turismo 7

2 players | Local competitive

The Real Driving Simulator has something for everyone, be they a committed and competitive racer or a casual driver looking for immediate thrills, and is playable in competitive split-screen.

  • Find your line with Gran Turismo 7’s incredible array of game modes, including Arcade, GT Campaign and Driving School. Simulation Mode allows you to tune every detail of your chosen car.
  • Collect, tune and race over 420 cars, from classic motors to cutting-edge supercars, each captured in unrivalled detail and possessing unique handling models.
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Family-friendly action games

Get together with kids, friends, partners and grandparents in exciting adventures suitable for all ages. 

It Takes Two

2 players | Local co-op

Invite a friend to embark on a genre-bending platform adventure created specifically for two players. You’ll need to work together closely in this surreal experience which finds humans Cody and May turned into dolls.

  • Solve puzzles and complete levels as a pair, piecing together the broken relationship between Cody and May as you go.
  • Every new stage presents new challenges and connected character abilities necessary to overcome them. You’ll never know what’s coming next in this offbeat but heartfelt platformer.
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Minecraft Dungeons

2-4 players | Local co-op

Fight your way through an action-adventure inspired by classic dungeon crawlers and set in the Minecraft universe.

  • Team up with up to three other players to battle together across incredibly varied environments full of enemies and treasure in a quest to defeat the evil Arch-Illager.
  • Personalize your character and take them into combat using melee and ranged attacks, wearing light armor to stay agile or going heavy to tank your way through swarms of mobs.
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Sackboy: A Big Adventure

2-4 players | Local co-op

PlayStation hero Sackboy takes center stage for this 3D platform adventure in which the land of Craftworld is threatened by the dastardly Vex, who aims to turn Sackboy’s home into a nightmarish eyesore.

  • Play with up to three other friends locally as Sackboy and his Knitted Knight allies in a frantic race against time.
  • Enjoy the whole adventure in local multiplayer, travelling across incredibly varied environments from snowy scenes to outer space, and take on dedicated co-op levels where only teamwork can win the day.
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Knights and Bikes

2 players | Local co-op

Play as Nessa and Demelza – the sole members of the Penfurzy Rebel Bicycle Club (alongside their pet goose, Captain Honkers) – in this charming Goonies-inspired adventure full of friendship, treasure and curses.

  • Set out for adventure on your trusty bikes with a random array of items to fend off danger, such as water balloons, game controllers and a particularly loud boom-box.
  • Explore a hand-painted world of country lanes, windswept beaches, deep forests and ancient ruins, and use whatever trinkets you discover to barter for bike upgrades.
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Sonic Superstars

2-4 players | Local competitive and co-op

The Blue Blur finds himself far away from Green Hill Zone as Sonic Superstars journeys to the mystical Northstar Islands for an all-new 2D platforming adventure best played at high speed.

  • Play the game’s entire campaign in co-op, with up to four players supported on split-screen. Choose from Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy, all of whom have new Emerald powers.
  • Take your friends into Battle Mode to play a selection of competitive minigames, ranging from a classic race to the shoot ‘em up-styled Zap Scrap and the last-player-standing Survival.
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Action and adventure games

Keep the team alive in high-intensity action packed adventures brimming with cinematic flare.

Borderlands 3

2 players | Local co-op

Gearbox Software’s raucous sci-fi looter shooter lets you team up with a friend for split-screen destruction across a variety of new planets. A cult known as The Children of the Vault has emerged – and it’s up to you to take them down.

  • Play as one of four all-new and customizable Vault Hunters, the ultimate treasure-seeking badasses of the Borderlands, selecting your arsenal from over a billion possible guns.
  • Play together in split-screen co-op regardless of the individual’s level or mission progress, taking on enemies and challenges together to earn that sweet loot.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

2 players | Local competitive and co-op

Call of Duty’s high-intensity first-person-shooter gameplay can be enjoyed by a pair of players in split screen, covering a range of game modes*. 

  • Multiplayer maps that launched in 2009’s Modern Warfare 2 are upgraded with new modes and innovative gameplay features, and several more have been added post-release.
  • Enjoy classic game modes including Kill Confirmed and Hardpoint, as well as the new Cutthroat where three teams of three go up against each other.
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* Please note that the campaign, Ground War and Zombies are amongst the modes not supported in offline multiplayer. Check the listing page for further details.

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Streets of Rage 4

2-4 players | Local competitive and co-op

Reconnect with one of gaming’s greatest side-scrolling beat ‘em up series, mixing classic arcade immediacy with deeper combat mechanics and modern quality of life options. Clean up crime-ridden streets as fan-favorite and new characters alike.

  • Timeless gameplay meets hand-drawn visuals and high-tempo music to deliver a satisfyingly crunchy and compelling experience which can support up to four players at a time.
  • Unlock old characters and music from previous Streets of Rage games to really connect this game with its roots and revel in the nostalgia of it all.
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition

2 players | Local co-op

Team up to explore an immense RPG world from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Share control of a party of up to four as you and a friend traverse towns and cities, plunder hidden caves and fight bandits, beast and sorcerers. Each player can customize their characters, choosing armor, weapons, abilities and more as they explore the land of Rivellon.

  • Whether you’re an Elf, Human, Dwarf, Lizard or Undead, the people of these lands will hear of your travels and react to your legend.
  • Combine the elements to rain destruction upon your foes and use your skills to subvert any obstacle in your way – but remember that only one player can truly become the new Divine.
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Diablo IV

2 players | Local co-op

The legendary RPG series returns with a spectacular and vast new world to explore, filled with the promise of adventure – as well as plenty of fiendish foes and legendary loot.

  • The land of Sanctuary has fallen into a new era of darkness as Lilith, the daughter of the Lord of Hatred Mephisto, exerts her influence. Take on the challenge of this corrupted place in two-player single-screen co-op.
  • Meet other pairs of players online and become a party of four to increase the odds in your favor as you take on non-linear quests and delve into demon-filled dungeons.
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Party games

Unleash chaos on the couch with a wild selection of party experiences that blur the line between cooperation and competition.

Overcooked! All You Can Eat

2-4 players | Local competitive and co-op

Gorge yourself on as much Overcooked! as you can cram in, in this feast that contains all levels from the first game, its sequel and downloadable content packs.

  • Work together to fulfil kitchen orders in environments where it’s not just your speed of service that will be challenged. Fires will break out, bits of your kitchen will come apart, and sometimes the floor will float away.
  • Drink in hundreds of levels of kitchen chaos unfolding across several game modes, making use of accessibility features to ensure everyone has a great time.
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Rayman Legends

2-4 players | Local competitive and co-op

The Glade of Dreams is in trouble, as nightmares have multiplied and spread, creating all manner of terrifying monsters. It’s up to Rayman and friends to smash these terrors and save the captured Teensies.

  • Play in co-op across over 120 colorful levels full of hidden challenges and secrets, including rhythm-action musical stages where keeping the beat means punching every baddie as you go.
  • When you want a break from the campaign, go head-to-head in the Kung Foot minigame, a single-screen soccer extravaganza that will test your reactions and lead to laughs aplenty.
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Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

2-4 players | Local competitive and co-op

Naughty Dog’s exciting Crash Team Racing kart racer of 1999 comes to PlayStation 4 with remastered visuals and additional vehicles and tracks. Mixing 1990s game feel with modern console presentation, Nitro-Fueled is the best way to revisit a high-speed classic.

  • Jump behind the wheel for chaotic races featuring a wide cast of characters from the Crash Bandicoot series. All original courses, drivers, power-ups and weapons are here, looking and playing better than ever.
  • Use retro-styled skins to turn Crash, Coco and Dr Neo Cortex into 1999 versions of themselves and powerslide around the circuits using retro-themed karts.
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The Jackbox Party Bundle

2-10 players | Local competitive and co-op

Two of the greatest party game compilations come together in this bigger, better bundle featuring no fewer than 10 unique and hilarious options to turn any get together into a riot of laughter.

  • Use any internet-connected device, such as tablets and smartphones, as a controller – meaning you can have up to 10 local players at once.
  • Enjoy Jackbox classics like Fibbage, Drawful, Earwax, Quiplash XL and Word Spud – with so many options, there’s a game to suit any occasion.
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Moving Out 2

2-4 players | Local co-op

This physics-based moving simulator sees you working with up to three friends as a new Furniture Arrangement Relocation Technician. That’s right, you play as a F.A.R.T.

  • Help the residents of Packmore and beyond to pack up and ship out, embracing the chaos across levels that span dimensions.
  • Use assist mode and other accessibility options to ensure a great experience whatever your level and mix up your character’s looks with finely tailored costumes.
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