Summary
If you love a couch co-op night or getting wild withMario Kart, you probably know a few of these chaotic multiplayer games. Whether they involve working together with your friends to achieve a goal or playing against others, they involve some level of in-game chaos to spice things up a bit.
No matter what genre and level of gamer you are, there is sure to be something on this list to please you and your gaming group (unless you’re looking for something calm to play). Take a look at the chaotic side of gaming with these multiplayer games that will make game night a little more riotous.
11Moving Out
If you’re in the market for chaos, most games by Team 17 will do the trick. InMoving Out, up to four players race against time to pack up the contents of a building into a moving van. There are secret achievements and the levels get harder as the game goes on.
The chaotic part? Everything can (and does) break, and the characters are often chased by ghosts, turtles, and chickens around the property. Also, every one of the controllers can drive the moving van…at the same time. Good luck!
10Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime
Although the artwork is adorable and the movement is easy enough, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime can become pandemonium very quickly. You play as little astronauts trying to rescue space from the lack of love, by finding and saving space bunnies (or frogs).
The issue with this is that there is a maximum of four players and seven stations on the ship. No matter how many people are playing and how organized your chain of command is, everyone is running around, switching between battle stations, and hoping for the best. (If you play by yourself, the game gives you a sweet puppy to help!)
9Untitled Goose Game
If you love pranks and chaos, there is no better game thanUntitled Goose Game. You get to play as a goose, ruining people’s day with your mayhem. The whole point of the game is to cause problems, and a recent update allows a local co-op mode.
In co-op mode, two players are both geese, making the game that much more exciting (and hectic for the poor NPCs). Grab a friend and prepare to become nature’s most terrifying creature: a domestic goose.
8Risk Of Rain 2
InRisk of Rain 2, you play as a deserted astronaut, looting treasure chests and killing monsters to survive. The chaos comes with survival, which gets harder and harder as you go along.
More monsters (and scarier ones) spawn as you upgrade your weapons and armor, keeping the game interesting. While playing Risk of Rain, nothing remains the same, which makes it one of the more challenging, yet exciting, games on this list.
7Spiderheck
Spiderheck is spiders with lasers…if you need to know more to be convinced, it might not be the game for you. This co-op brawler game is an awesome pick for game nights and parties, and a lot of fun to play.
Essentially, players get to be spiders with lightsabers. you may fight each other to the spidery death, or face off against waves of enemies. Either way, what’s not to love?
6Crawl
Crawl is one of the smaller games on this list, but it has a unique premise and keeps you coming back for more rounds. In this dungeon-crawling game, one player is human, and the others are ghosts.
The goal is to make it out of the dungeon alive and as a human, but you must find the exit while all the other players try to kill you to regain their own humanity. It’s a combination of co-op and versus, withroguelikeand fantasy elements.
5Heave Ho
Many chaotic co-op games are brawlers, and Heave-Ho is no exception. However, it’s special, because in Heave Ho, the characters only have a head and two arms. With this body, you have to fight off the other players and make it to the finish line first.
There are competitive, co-op, and team modes, as well as mini-games and dozens of skins to unlock (the spaghetti head is a personal favorite). Heave Ho is great for a game night with beginning gamers or a more intense chaotic competition.
4Fall Guys
If you want a free online multiplayer game that’s full of chaos,Fall Guysis the way to go. Produced by Epic Games, Fall Guys provides a chill elimination race with teams of up to four players online.
You play as a weird little bean, attempting to finish a race with multiple obstacles and heightened physics. Only those who finish get to go on to the next round until one champion remains. Every round is different!
3Pico Park
Pico Park shouldn’t be a chaotic game, and it isn’t if you only play with a few people. However, the game allows up to eight players and all of those players must work together to achieve each level’s goal. If you have a chaotic friend group, this can become a little like herding cats.
Pico Park is a great choice if you have a big group over and need a game that everyone can play. Hand out controllers and hope that everyone can get along long enough to get the little cats (at least we think they’re cats) to the door successfully.
2Ship Of Fools
What’s harder than fighting off sea monsters? Fighting them off with only an oar and a cannon!Ship of Foolsis a two-player roguelike game that involves more monsters than there are weapons and a lot of player focus.
A newer release, this game uses a node map to show your progress and is a great way to work cooperatively with another gamer. However, be warned - it does get chaotic because you never have enough cannons for the enemies!
