Players loot the Vault, a massive alien ruin littered with exotic weaponry and technology. And then mix that with the Tomb Raider element of exploring the ruins and looting of an advanced alien technology setting.Īll of this takes place on a planet called Pandora that has already been mostly picked clean by the evil Dahl Corporation but is now left to fortune-seekers and claim-stakers to raid. The future as imagined in the Borderlands 2 universe is a blender-mash of a Mad Max/Road Warrior-roving, survival-of-the-fittest dystopia, meeting the RoboCop/Blade Runner-style corporate-control-run-amok dystopia. The setting and story are in an all-encompassing dystopian far future, where all the dystopias combine into one mega dystopia. 1. Borderlands 2 by Gearbox Software, LLC, Aspyrīorderlands 2, the sequel to 2009’s hit first-person shooter (FPS) game Borderlands, is engineered to deliver the most fun as a co-op game.
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If you are looking for free co-op games from Steam, unfortunately, this list will require you to spend some money but we promise it’s worth it! Some of these experiences are within co-op modes of competition games or solo story games, and others are built from the ground up with cooperation in mind as part of the satisfaction the game delivers. We’ve assembled a list of 11 of the best multiplayer co-op games on Steam that you play with friends. What the best co-op games offer is camaraderie, teamwork, and sometimes, if you totally slip up, the comfort of your friends being on hand to save the day and do the hard work of winning for you. They’re things you can play with other people, not against other people. That’s where co-op games come in.Ĭo-ops are not competitions. Similarly, if you pull off a great move in a game or defeat a boss monster against all odds with only one sliver of health left for yourself, and nobody’s there to see it, does it even really count? Sometimes, you need a buddy (or five) to make a fun gaming session feel worthwhile. There’s that old question: “If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” It might, but without a listener, what good is a sound anyway? M-rated video games may contain content that is inappropriate for children and/or unlabeled content that exposes younger viewers to explicit messages and themes. Please use caution and check each game’s ESRB rating before allowing children to play it, especially those rated M for Mature. Warning: Some of the video games listed below are not suitable for younger viewers.