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List of Switch local multiplayer games

jariw

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Here, I'll try to list the games currently available for the Switch that have local multiplayer support. To limit the scope a bit, I'm not including archives titles (such as NeoGeo and Arcade Archives titles).

Let me know if a game is missing from the list!


Added these eShop additions to the list:

Co-Op Games
Games with substantial co-op modes. Some of these games also contain single player content, but not all.

Bloody Zombies
Death Squared
Escapist 2 (also has vs. mode)
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle (unlocked by playing single player)
Nine Parchments
No Heroes Here
NoReload Heroes
Overcooked! Special Edition (also has vs. modes)
Pode
Putty Pals
Snipperclips/Snipperclips Plus
Super Beat Sports (also has vs. modes)
Super Chariot
Them Bombs!

Single or Co-Op Games
Games that can be played equally well as single player or optional co-op multiplayer.

20XX
A Robot Named Fight!
Aces of the Luftwaffe
Aegis Defenders
Animated Jigsaws: Beautiful Japanese Scenery
Aperion Cyberstorm (also has vs. mode)
Aqua Kitty UDX
Beekyr Reloaded
Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth +
Bit Dungeon+
Bleed
Bleed 2
Bouncy Bob
Brawlout
Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps and Beans
Burnstar
Cave Story+
Caveman Warriors
Code of Princess EX
Crimsonland
Crypt of the NecroDancer
Death Road to Canada
Die for Valhalla (also has vs. mode)
Dimension Drive
Discovery
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
DragoDino
Dragon Blaze
Enter the Gungeon
Fire Emblem Warriors
Flat Heroes
Fossil Hunters
GUNBIRD
Gekido Kintaro's Revenge
Grave Danger
Green
Gun, Gore and Cannoli 2
Guns, Gore and Cannoli
Hammerwatch
Human Fall Flat
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition
Ice Cream Surfer
Ikagura
Ink
Jumping Joe & Friends
Just Shapes & Beats
Kirby Star Allies
Kitten Squad
LEGO The Incredibles
Lego City Undercover
Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2
Lego Ninjago Movie Video Game
Lego Worlds
Lichtspeer
Little Triangle (also has vs. mode)
Lode Runner Legacy
Mecho Tales
Membrane
Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition
Milanoir
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
Moon Hunters
Mugsters
N++ (also has vs. mode)
Neon Chrome
Neurovoider
Octocopter: Double of Squids
Octodad: Deadliest Catch
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3
Operation Hardcore
Parallel
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Overdrive (also has vs. mode)
Pic-a-Pix Deluxe
Pixeljunk Monsters 2
Portal Knights
Quad Fighter K
Raging Justice
Rayman Legends
Rive: Ultimate Edition
Robonauts (also has vs. mode)
Rouge Trouper Deluxe
Sally's Law
Salt and Sanctuary
Shiftlings - Enhanced Edition
Shovel Knight
Skies of Fury DX (also has vs. mode)
Sky Force Reloaded
Sky Rogue
Songbringer
Space Dave
Steredenn: Binary Stars
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
Streets of Red - Devil's Dare Deluxe
Super One More Jump (also has vs. mode)
Super One More Jump (also has vs. mode)
Super Volley Blast
Tallowmere
Tesla vs Lovecraft
The Adventure Pals
Titan Quest
Turtle pop: Journey to Freedom (also has vs. mode)
Twin Robots: Ultimate Edition
UNO (no 1 vs. 1 with human players on the same Switch)
Ultra Hyperball
Uurnog Uurnlimited
VVVVVV
Void Space Racing
Whip! Whip!
Wild Guns Reloaded
Wizard of Legend
Word Search by POWGI
World of Goo
Wulverblade
Xenoraid
Yooka-Laylee
Zero Gunner 2

Player vs. Player Games
Games with substantial local vs. modes. Most of these games also contain single player content.

#Breakforcist Battle (also has co-op mode)
1-2-Switch
10 Second Run Returns
12 Orbits (also has co-op mode)
30-in-1 Game Collection vol. 1
3D MiniGolf
ARMS
Ace of Seafood
Air Hockey
Alchemic Jousts
All-Star Fruit Racing
Animal Rivals
Aqua Moto Racing Utopia
Astro Bears Party
Astro Duel Deluxe
Awkward
BAFL - Breaks are for Losers
Beach Buggy Racing
Billiard
Bingo for Nintendo Switch
Brawl
Cars 3: Driven to Win
Catch 'Em! Goldfish Scooping
Chess Ultra (only split Joy-Cons)
ClusterPuck 99
Coffin Dodgers
Conga Master Party!
Crawl
Darts Up
De Mambo
Disc Jam
Disco Dodgeball - REMIX
Dragonball Xenoverse 2
Epic Loon
Escapist 2 (also has co-op)
FIFA 18
Fast RMX
Flip Wars
Floor Kids
Gate of Doom
Gear.Club Unlimited
Go Vacation
Golf Story
Gotcha Racing 2nd
Grand Prix Rock 'N Racing
Guilt Battle Arena
Hello Kitty Cruisers
Infinite Minigolf
Inversus Deluxe
Invisiballs
Jackbox Party Pack 1
Jackbox Party Pack 2
Jackbox Party Pack 3
Jackbox Party Pack 4
Jolt Family Robot Racer
Just Dance 2017
Just Dance 2018
Legendary Eleven
Let's Sing 2018
Lets Sing 2018
Mad Carnage
Mantis Burn Racing
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (also has co-op mode)
Mario tennis Aces (also has co-op mode)
Monopoly for Nintendo Switch
Muddledash
Mushroom Wars 2
NBA 2K18
NBA Playgrounds
Never Stop
Ninja Shodown
Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast
Oh...Sir! The Insult Simulator
Party Golf
Party Trivia
Pinball FX3
Pocket Rumble
Pokken Tournament DX
Pool
Premium Pool Arena
Puyo Puyo Tetris
Puzzle Box Maker
Red Hot Ricochet
Rento Fortune Monolit
Riptide GP: Renegade
Rocket Fist
Rocket League
Rock'N Racing Off Road DX
Runbow (also has co-op mode)
Sausage Sports Club
Scalextric
Scriblenauts Showdown
Skee-Ball
Snow Moto Racing Freedom
Soccer Slammers
Spelunker Party!
SpiritSphere DX
Spot the Difference
Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure
Sumer
Super Bomberman R (also has co-op story mode)
Super Meat Boy
Super One More Jump (also has co-op mode)
Super Rocket Shootout
Super Sportmatchen
Super Toy Cars
Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido
Tachyon Project
Tactical Mind
Tales of the Tine Planet
The Next Penelope
The Pinball Arcade
Timberman VS
Tumblestone
Ultra Space Battle Brawl
Ultra Street fighter II (also has co-op mode)
Use Your Words
Vegas Party
Voxel Shot
WWE 2K18
Worms W.M.D.
Zaccaria Pinball

Single Player Games with Multiplayer Extra
Games where the multiplayer isn't the main attraction.

1917 - The Alien Invasion DX
Bayonetta 2
Blaster Master Zero
Blazblue Cross Tag Battle
Bloons TD 5
Bombslinger
Captain Toad Treasure Tracker
Crush Your Enemies!
De Blob
Disease -Hidden Object-
Fruit Fall Crush
Gem Smashers
Glaive: Brick Breaker
Gunbarish
Gunbird 2
Harvest Moon: Light of Hope
KORG Gadget for Nintendo Switch
Lumines Remastered
Mario Odyssey
Mega Man Collection 2
Moorhuhn Remake
Mutant Mudds Collection
Namco Museum
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3
One Strike
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2
Picross S
Picross S2
Pirates: All Aboard!
Pool Panic
R.B.I. Baseball 18
Resident Evil Revelations 2
Silver Star Chess
Sonic Mania
Strikers 1945
Strikers 1945 II
Super Destronaut DX
Super Ping Pong Trick Shot
Superola and the Lost Burgers
Tumbleseed
Urban Trial Playground

Local Wireless Games
Games with the additional feature to play locally with other Switches, without internet. Games listed here might be listed in the other categories above as well.

20XX
ARMS
Ace of Seafood
Attack on Titan 2
Bayonetta 2
Bloody Zombies
Brawlout
Disc Jam
FIFA 18
Fast RMX
Go Vacation
Just Shapes & Beats
KORG Gadget for Nintendo Switch
Mantis Burn Racing
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Mario Tennis Aces
Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
MotoGP 18
NBA 2K18
Namco Museum (free download to play multi in Pac-Man)
Nine Parchments
Payday 2
Poisoft Thud Card
Pokken Tournament DX
Portal Knights
Puyo Puyo Tetris
Resident Evil Revelations
Resident Evil Revelations 2
Rocket League
Splatoon 2
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
Super Beat Sports
Super Bomberman R
Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido
UNO
Word Search by POWGI
Worms W.M.D.
 
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jariw

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Recommendations...

Highly Recommended Co-Op Games
In alphabetical order.

Death Squared [Metacritic]
Lovers in a Dangerous Space Time [Metacritic]
Overcooked! [Metacritic]
Snipperclips [Metacritic]

Highly Recommended Local vs. Games

Work in progress...
 
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demu

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Good thread.

Do you guys think the Switch will get many party games? The Wii was great for playing with my family, the Wii U not so much. A new game like Sports Resort would be neat, but I would also like to see some good mini game collections.
 
HighFive

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Pardon my fast reading, just saw multiplayer and put that in. Its more an online game vs other, not local at home vs someone. You set set up local, but need a second Switch, no splitscreen.
 
Th0rnhead

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There's also Binding of Isaac.

Oh and Blaster Master 0. Other than that there isn't much more I can think of.
 
Phife Dawg

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Cool thread. Local multi as in single screen multi? Maybe add some sort of guidance with user feedback? Recommended, OK, not recommended, no feedback yet. I'd contribute. Missing a few games from a glance. Co-op: Wulverblade, Lego Worlds, Moon Hunters, Lichtspeer. PvP: Just Dance, Dragonball
 
Lylo

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Good idea! You should add Golf Story to the Play vs. Player Games category.
 
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jariw

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Thanks everyone! I've added the suggested games to the list, and also added the following categories:
Single or co-op Games - The single player games where you optionally can add extra co-op players, like Rayman Legends, Minecraft, etc.
Switch vs. Switch Games - The local vs. mode between two Switch consoles in Splatoon 2, for example.
 
Phife Dawg

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My recommendations for co-op:
1. Overcooked
1. Lovers in a Dangerous Space Time
3. Snipperclips

PvP:
1. MK8
2. Jackbox 3 (warning: high proficiency of EN language necessary)
3. Bomberman

These were all hits at get togethers.
 
Platy

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Awesome thread ! Love some couch coop!
Isn't Bomberman campaign available in coop ?
Also street 2 has a coop mode !
 
ara

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Great thread. Switch should be a pretty good multiplayer console for the rare times I happen to have friends over. Gonna check out those pvp games.
 
Goskarrr

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Nice thread, one of the switch's great hooks for me is the local portable mp, enjoyed Metal Slug X mp a lot. Coop is so fun even if we end up dying so many times, towards the later levels especially.
 
Primate Ryan

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Nice list.

I love practically all the games in the co-op section (haven't played Super Beat Sports yet). I don't really care co-op that just has you play through the sp content with someone else, it's never really exciting to me, but I absolutely love games that force you to work together and overcome obstacles together. So I hope that first list will grow substantially :D
 
BassForever

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I feel some of these categories are questionable like if Shovel Knight is single or coop then cave story + should be as well. Namco museum should be switch vs switch since the biggest selling point was pac man vs.

Overall I'm glad this list exists, but it needs a bit of clarity on what each game actually does for multiplayer.
 
Waluigilicious

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Hey guys I'll be bringing over my thread from the other place sometime today. Is imgur.com working properly now?

Edit: Wait, you NEED multiple copies to play Super Beat Sports multi?
 
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jariw

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Waluigilicious said:
Edit: Wait, you NEED multiple copies to play Super Beat Sports multi?
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AFAIK, if you want to play it on multiple Switches? I think only Capcom Museum has a free-to-download app for the Pac-man game. If you play Super Beat Sports on a single Switch, you just play with multiple controllers.

BassForever said:
I feel some of these categories are questionable like if Shovel Knight is single or coop then cave story + should be as well. Namco museum should be switch vs switch since the biggest selling point was pac man vs.

Overall I'm glad this list exists, but it needs a bit of clarity on what each game actually does for multiplayer.
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I'll move Cave Story+ to the same category as Shovel Knight.

Namco Museum already is in the Switch vs. Switch list. That specific list isn't exclusive.

Seems like the Switch vs. Switch category currently adds more confusion than it solves. Any tips on making that category a bit more clear?
 
Th0rnhead

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Dre Sage said:
blaster master is two player? how?
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A second player controls an aiming reticle on screen and they can help you take out enemies and drop health/energy/etc. I think it gives you the option when you load up a save. It only works with a single joycon per player, but they might've updated it to work with dual joycons.
 
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Tygamr said:
A second player controls an aiming reticle on screen and they can help you take out enemies and drop health/energy/etc. I think it gives you the option when you load up a save. It only works with a single joycon per player, but they might've updated it to work with dual joycons.
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thats kind of lame. would rather both have tanks and characters
 
blondkayvon

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Thank the lord for this thread. Not seeing anything missing at first glance! It's embarrassing how many of these games I own on Switch because I'm a local multiplayer fiend.
 
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jariw

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I just added the past week's additions to the OT:

Co-op
Renamed "Snipperclips" to "Snipperclips/Snipperclips Plus"

Single or Co-op
Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Tallowmere
UNO (it doesn't seem to support 1 vs. 1 with human players)

Player vs. Player
Rock'N Racing Off Road DX
Chess Ultra (only split Joy-Cons)

Local Wireless
UNO
 
Zephy

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Thanks for this thread. Can these games all be played with one joy-con for each player or do some require a proper second controller ?
 
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Zephyriel said:
Thanks for this thread. Can these games all be played with one joy-con for each player or do some require a proper second controller ?
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No, there's no consistency regarding how controllers are supported.

In general, the 3D games that need twin sticks (for example, one stick for movement and one for camera) will not work with a single joy-con. Mario+Rabbids co-op is one such an example.

And some game only support single joy-cons and not pro controller or dual joy-cons. Snipperclips was such an example, until the recent update. Chess Ultra is a current example.
 
tim1138

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I recommend Wulverblade for co-op. My wife and I have been having a blast playing through it.
 
Polioliolio

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That local wireless list is pretty pathetic. That's what I thought would be the most exciting feature of the switch.

Local multiplayer on the same machine is great.. Necessary even. It's just that the majority of those games indie games I've been playing on my laptop and PC for years now. Let them be on switch too, but I hope Nintendo covers their own bases in time, with lots of local play, and local wireless play games.
 
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jariw

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Polioliolio said:
That local wireless list is pretty pathetic. That's what I thought would be the most exciting feature of the switch.

Local multiplayer on the same machine is great.. Necessary even. It's just that the majority of those games indie games I've been playing on my laptop and PC for years now. Let them be on switch too, but I hope Nintendo covers their own bases in time, with lots of local play, and local wireless play games.
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Since I've never used Local Wireless myself, the current list is mainly based on what I've read. I checked the eShop for some of the other games now, and added these games as well to the list of games that support Local Wireless:

ARMS
Fast RMX
FIFA 18
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
NBA 2K18
Pokken Tournament DX
Puyo Puyo Tetris
 
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weekev

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It's almost out but can we just stick Rocket League on coop and player vs player and the super duper recommended list?
 
tsab

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How is the overcooked port? I read during launch it had framerate problems.
 
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Rouge Trooper made me laugh. =P
Pretty sure we can add Puyo Puyo Tetris to the highly recommended VS list. It's a blast. It also supports teams in the VS modes so can be coop too!

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blaster master is two player? how?
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On top of the "P2 is a reticle" mode there is also a 2P boss rush mode introduced with the 1.4 update with 2 actual characters on screen. That includes the DLC characters too.
Hopefully they update again to include 2P in the campaign too.

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It's almost out but can we just stick Rocket League on coop and player vs player and the super duper recommended list?
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Yeah was gonna say Rocket League can be added too. Looking forward to dig into this and improve tomorrow.
 
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tsab said:
How is the overcooked port? I read during launch it had framerate problems.
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I haven't noticed that but the menus suck.

Rezsolution said:
Oh my god yes. My mates and I had a lot of fun playing the PC version hooked up to a TV just this past weekend. It's great, way better with someone watching.
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Yes actually I have more fun just watching and participating than controlling the game. Is like watching LA Confidential
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Thanks
 
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