There are plenty of great family co-op & party games you can play on your Xbox, and today I am here to share the best of the best. Knowing them is a must if you have young ones in your family or you host game events every now and then.
The idea to create this list came after I hosted a huge family gathering. My cousin insisted on a game that “everyone can win.” It was a tall order: keep my 11-year-old engaged, avoid boring my teenage nephew, and ensure my wife I wouldn’t throw the controller out of frustration.
Over the years, I’ve tested dozens of games on Xbox with friends and family, and I’ve learned which ones are the best for co-op play, genuine fun and bonding. Below, you’ll find my top picks for 2025, so let’s jump right into it!
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Overcooked! All You Can Eat
- Supports: Local/Online Co-op (up to 4 players)
- ESRB Rating: E for Everyone
- Recommended Age: 7+ (coordination and quick thinking needed)
If you’ve ever dreamed of coordinating a kitchen with your family while timers count down and chaos ramps up, Overcooked 2 is a must.
You take the roles of four chefs and have to organize a full kitchen. Collaborate to chop ingredients, cook meals, and serve them to customers to get paid and progress through the multiple levels in the game.
The All You Can Eat edition bundles together previous releases plus extra content, offering the biggest bang for the buck.
Golf with Your Friends
- Supports: Local/Online Multiplayer
- ESRB Rating: E for Everyone
- Recommended Age: 7+ (easy controls, family-friendly)
Golf with Your Friends is the perfect party game if you want to compete against your friends. In this game, you play mini-golf with various challenges, obstacles, and twists, such as low gravity, traps, and more.
These make the game extremely unpredictable, and the fun part is that anyone can win. I never thought mini-golf could be so chaotic and fun until I hopped into Golf with Your Friends – and I’ve been a fan ever since.
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Sea of Thieves
- Supports: Online Multiplayer (up to 4 players)
- ESRB Rating: T for Teen (fantasy violence, alcohol references)
- Recommended Age: 13+ (some combat and tricky teamwork)
If you want to team up with your friends or family against other groups of players, Sea of Thieves is a must-try. In this game, up to four people crew up to command a ship and sail the ocean in pursuit of treasure.
Other players will eventually contest you as you’re gathering treasure, and it’s the perfect opportunity to work with your friends and take them down if you’re up for the challenge.
Minecraft
- Supports: Local/Online Multiplayer
- ESRB Rating: E10+ (fantasy violence)
- Recommended Age: 8+ (creative and straightforward)
For a more free-for-all option with endless capabilities, Minecraft is a must-try and a game that probably needs no introduction. Build houses, explore caverns, fight off creatures, or just create pixel art – play it your way, alone or together with friends and family.
Add a few mods, set up some ground rules, and start building and exploring – or just go with the vanilla experience, as it’s big enough to keep you busy constantly.
It Takes Two
- Supports: Local/Online Co-op (2 players)
- ESRB Rating: T for Teen (fantasy violence, mild language)
- Recommended Age: 12+ (some story elements and themes)
This award-winning co-op adventure follows a couple going through a tricky phase who are suddenly turned into dolls. You’ll tackle puzzles, platforming sections, and mini-games, all nicely implemented as part of a heartfelt storyline.
If you’re still not convinced, remember that it won the award of the Game of the Year back in 2021 and is still really good.
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Gang Beasts
- Supports: Local/Online Multiplayer
- ESRB Rating: E10+ (cartoon violence)
- Recommended Age: 10+ (goofy but can get rowdy)
I can’t count how many times Gang Beasts made me, my son and my cousins roar with laughter. You control squishy fighters in chaotic environments, attempting to toss each other off ledges or into hazards.
The grappling physics are absurd, and that’s exactly the charm. It’s less about skill and more about hilarious mayhem.
Totally Reliable Delivery Service
- Supports: Local/Online Co-op
- ESRB Rating: E for Everyone
- Recommended Age: 8+ (simple controls, cartoon mischief)
This is a fun, cooperative sandbox game where players take on the roles of delivery workers in a world filled with physics-based obstacles.
The cargo never quite goes where you expect, and half the time I’m laughing so hard I drop the package before even reaching the truck. The other half I’m just frustrated, but it’s all part of the game.
Party Animals
- Supports: Local/Online Multiplayer
- ESRB Rating: E10+ (cartoon violence)
- Recommended Age: 10+
The game offers a similar brawling experience to “Gang Beasts,” with zany animal characters duking it out in various wacky arenas. The game combines melee combat with environmental hazards to create a fun and chaotic party game where often you will be your biggest enemy.
The charming characters and accessible gameplay make “Party Animals” a hit at family gatherings. Its emphasis on fun over competition ensures that everyone, regardless of skill level, can enjoy the game.
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Super Bomberman R
- Supports: Local/Online Multiplayer
- ESRB Rating: E10+ (fantasy violence)
- Recommended Age: 8+
The latest installment in the classic Bomberman series sees players navigate mazes, placing bombs to defeat opponents and clear obstacles. And it’s one of those games that can be an instant party hit or family gathering hit game.
I still remember playing the original Bomberman game back in the day, called Dyna Blaster here in Europe, if anybody still remembers that (yup, I’m that old!) and the fun never stopped.
But after various attempts to reinvent Bomberman, Super Bomberman R went back to the basics and, in return, offered that amazing experience everybody was looking for. Highly recommended!
Rubber Bandits
- Supports: Local/Online Multiplayer
- ESRB Rating: E10+ (cartoon violence, comic mischief)
- Recommended Age: 10+
“Rubber Bandits” is a party brawler where players assume the roles of mischievous thieves competing in various heist scenarios. The game features multiple modes, from brawls to item-based challenges, all wrapped in a humorous package.
The comedic angle means that even losing can be funny – you might slip on a banana peel while dashing for the getaway vehicle. Perfect choice for family-friendly fun, in between breaks from Overcooked, Gang Beasts and other similar games recommended here.
Moving Out
- Supports: Local/Online Co-op
- ESRB Rating: E for Everyone
- Recommended Age: 7+
This game is is a cooperative moving simulator that tasks players with relocating furniture and other household items under increasingly challenging conditions.
The game’s colorful visuals and quirky tasks are perfect for a fun night with the family, but without getting to hardcore in terms of the gameplay.
Its whimsical presentation and forgiving gameplay ensure that it’s fun and accessible, promoting laughter and camaraderie, making it a good choice for gamers of all ages.
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PlateUp!
- Supports: Local/Online Co-op
- ESRB Rating: E10+ (mild cartoon mischief)
- Recommended Age: 10+ (similar concept to Overcooked, but more management-based)
Up to four players build and run a restaurant from scratch, choosing dishes, buying and placing appliances – some of which can be daisy-chained together to create ambitious automatic kitchens – cooking food and serving customers.
Very similar in concept to Overcooked, and a great alternative to it, it’s a game you have to try if you think you have nerves of steel. Or even if you don’t!
Project Winter
- Supports: Online Multiplayer
- ESRB Rating: T for Teen (mild violence, online interactions)
- Recommended Age: 13+ (involves deception and survival elements)
We’re changing things around a bit with this multiplayer social deception game set in a snowy wilderness. Players must work together to survive, but some players are secretly traitors with their own agendas.
The game combines survival mechanics with elements of betrayal, and this unique blend of cooperation and deception make it relatively unique (not so much if you play Among Us a lot), but also really fun to play at large family gatherings.
Children of Morta
- Supports: Local Co-op
- ESRB Rating: T for Teen (fantasy violence)
- Recommended Age: 12+ (action RPG with narrative depth)
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG that follows the Bergson family as they fight against corruption spreading through their homeland.
The game features beautiful pixel art, engaging combat, and cooperative gameplay, being overall a more “serious” game than most of the others recommended here.
Grounded
- Supports: Online Co-op
- ESRB Rating: T for Teen (insects can be scary, mild violence)
- Recommended Age: 10+ or 12+ (depending on comfort with giant bugs)
Another more serious option, Grounded is a survival game where players are shrunk to the size of insects and must navigate and survive in a backyard. The game involves building shelters, crafting tools, and fending off various creatures, somewhat similar to Minecraft’s mechanics.
The game’s cooperative mode encourages teamwork and exploration, while its imaginative setting appeals to players of all ages, but I recommend it for older kids (at least 10 years old).
Unrailed!
- Supports: Local/Online Co-op
- ESRB Rating: E for Everyone
- Recommended Age: 7+
In Unrailed!, you and your team build train tracks across random landscapes without letting the train derail. It’s all about efficient communication. One person chops wood, another mines stone, and someone else lays track.
We’ve had frantic moments where the train was seconds away from crashing, and everyone panicked, screaming for extra resources. A good game overall that I always enjoy playing with my son.
Deep Rock Galactic
- Supports: Online Co-op (up to 4 players)
- ESRB Rating: T for Teen (fantasy violence, mild language)
- Recommended Age: 13+ (team-based action)
Dwarves in caves sounds like the premise for a crappy, low budget movie, but the game is actually really fun.
Strap on your mining gear and join a squad of gruff dwarves searching for precious materials in alien caves. Each dwarf has a distinct role, so teamwork is required. Caverns are procedurally-generated, so there’s a lot of replayabilty too.
All You Need is Help
- Supports: Local/Online Co-op (2 to 4 players)
- ESRB Rating: E (cartoon mischief)
- Recommended Age: 8+ (mild puzzle-solving, teamwork-focused)
In this lesser-known gem, players band together to solve puzzles in a whimsical world full of quirky characters.
The fun ensures from the fact that you can’t rotate your cubey characters, so others will have to twist you around while trying not to fall in the water or activate other obstacles. A bit frustrating, but always fun!
SpiderHeck
- Supports: Local/Online Multiplayer
- ESRB Rating: E10+ (fantasy violence)
- Recommended Age: 10+ (fast-paced combat, cartoonish visuals)
Last but not least, I have another hidden gem for you: SpiderHeck.
You’re a spider. You have lasers, swords, or other wild weapons. Now fling yourself around neon stages to outlast your opponents. It’s more fun and entertaining than it might sound.
And these are the best co-op, family games you can play on Xbox today. I am sure that there are other great options that could be added to this list – so if you have suggestions, let us all know by sharing them in the comments section below!
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