Best 4 Player Local games on Steam
Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated 4 player local games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played, top deals and best free 4 player local games are available at the bottom of the page.
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Flat Heroes
Dodge, jump, and dash your way through hundreds of terrifying geometric levels and epic bosses. Too tough? Bring your friends!
Mother Russia Bleeds
An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.
Unbox: Newbie's Adventure
Unbox: Newbie's Adventure is a 90s style 3D platformer about the ultimate postal service, self-delivering cardboard boxes! Unbox: Newbie's Adventure has giant worlds full of challenges, collectibles and boxy boss battles!
Lost Castle / 失落城堡
Lost Castle is an action RPG beat'em up with roguelike elements and randomized dungeons for up to four players online and local!
N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.
INVERSUS Deluxe
INVERSUS is is a competitive and cooperative arcade shooter for 1 to 4 players online or on the couch. Fight for territory in a dynamic negative-space map where open paths for your team are the walls of your opponent's team. Strategize and trap the enemy to win!
Overcooked
Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.
Tricky Towers
With your brilliant robe and magic powers, it’s time to build some Tricky Towers! Stack your bricks in this land of fable, whose marvelous tower will be the most stable? Battle your friends and rise to fame, in this frantic physics game.
Riptide GP: Renegade
Experience a future of illicit hydrojet racing, where armored riders kick out death-defying stunts over massive waterfalls, dodge cops, and boost across surging waves. Unlock new vehicles, characters, and customization features as you take down bosses and build your crew in Career mode.
Tumblestone
Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.
PAC-MAN 256
PAC-MAN 256 is the maze that never ends. But the Glitch is coming for you…
Zaccaria Pinball
Play free and try tables in trial mode with Zaccaria Pinball, featuring 140+ tables, including 40+ officially licensed from Zaccaria was founded by three brothers: Marino, Franco, & Natale. Zaccaria was the world’s 3rd largest pinball manufacturer, next to Bally & Williams. Relive the golden age.
SpeedRunners
Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.
Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure
Stikbold is a glorious and intense sport which will put your friendships to the test with fast-paced, hard-hitting and occasionally hilariously unfair action! Or play the co-op story mode to unlock the full roster of quirky sporting heroes and earn achievements.
1993 Space Machine
Space shooters never die. 1993 is a testament to that. 1993 is a classic shoot em up celebrating games like Gradius, R-Type and Life Force.
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.
Cobalt
Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.
Move or Die
Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.
River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Stars Special~
This is the River City sports challenge! The Rule is simple, be the # 1 in 4 events by all means. That's it! Hitting and kicking? Of course! Wooden swords dumbbells and even bombs are available to use. The great sports challenge where anything's possible has just begun!!!
Zombie Vikings
From the creators of indie smash hit Stick It to The Man! comes a new one to four-player co-op stab-you-in-the-gut-a-thon. Embark on a dead funny adventure with the Zombie Vikings. A putrid posse sent on a mission through the most epic of worlds to retrieve Odin’s lost eye.
HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition
HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.
Corgi Warlock
Corgi Warlock is a 1-4 player side-scrolling fantasy action game, where one brave Corgi will take on the Skeleton Bunny King's army! Against the power of Narwhals, Fencing Bears, and Crazed Unicorns, it takes more than your average Corgi to survive the King's onslaught... it takes a CORGI WARLOCK.Most played 4 player local games on Steam
Take a look at the top 4 player local games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of April 30th 2025.
1. Pummel Party
Pummel Party is a 4-8 player online and local-multiplayer party game. Pummel friends or AI using a wide array of absurd items in the board mode and compete to destroy friendships in the unique collection of minigames. Pummel Party is a multiplayer, funny and online co-op game developed and published by Rebuilt Games. Released on September 20th 2018 has received 53,536 reviews of which 47,563 were positive and 5,973 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played 4 player local game, thanks to its 802 peak concurrent players over the last day.
8.7
47,563
5,973
802
players
2. Bopl Battle
A couch/online game where you battle your friends with unique and wild abilities. There are many choices such as a shrink ray, creating black holes, stopping time and attaching a rocket engine to the stage to send it flying. Choose a combination that synergizes well to win the round! Bopl Battle is a multiplayer, 4 player local and 2d fighter game developed by Johan Grönvall and published by Zapray Games. Released on November 16th 2023 has received 18,316 reviews of which 17,821 were positive and 495 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. While seeing 372 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #2 among 4 player local games based on player count.
9.5
17,821
495
372
players
3. Amazing Frog?
Amazing Frog? is the original open world buffet of bonkers physics sandbox mayhem. For one to four players. Amazing Frog? is a early access, 4 player local and open world game developed and published by Fayju. Released on November 21st 2014 has received 10,760 reviews of which 10,118 were positive and 642 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. The game currently holds the #3 spot among the most played 4 player local games.
9.1
10,118
642
50
players
4. No Time to Relax
No Time to Relax is a life simulation game where up to 4 players online or locally compete against each other in the ultimate game of life. No Time to Relax is a multiplayer, 4 player local and board game game developed and published by Porcelain Fortress. Released on August 21st 2019 has received 2,332 reviews of which 2,149 were positive and 183 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. The game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played 4 player local games.
8.8
2,149
183
38
players
5. Boomerang Fu
Slice and dice your friends with boomerangs in this frantic physics party game. Join a crew of your favorite foods as you grill, chill and spill your enemies. Discover ridiculous power-ups and stack them together in deadly combinations. Boomerang Fu is a 4 player local, local multiplayer and party game game developed and published by Cranky Watermelon. Released on August 13th 2020 has received 2,530 reviews of which 2,437 were positive and 93 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played 4 player local games.
9.2
2,437
93
29
players
6. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a local co-op, 4 player local and co-op game developed and published by Asteroid Base. Released on September 09th 2015 has received 3,850 reviews of which 3,578 were positive and 272 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. The game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played 4 player local games.
8.9
3,578
272
17
players
7. Lost Castle / 失落城堡
Lost Castle is an action RPG beat'em up with roguelike elements and randomized dungeons for up to four players online and local! Lost Castle / 失落城堡 is a 4 player local, action roguelike and beat 'em up game developed by Hunter Studio and published by Neon Doctrine. Released on August 31st 2016 has received 23,491 reviews of which 20,423 were positive and 3,068 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. The game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played 4 player local games.
8.5
20,423
3,068
17
players
8. GigaBash
GigaBash is the ultimate Kaiju Fighting Game for 1-4 players, where you battle as film-inspired Kaijus and giant Heroes in fully destructible cityscapes. GigaBash is a superhero, action and fighting game developed and published by Passion Republic Games. Released on August 04th 2022 has received 1,560 reviews of which 1,463 were positive and 97 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. The game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played 4 player local games.
8.9
1,463
97
12
players
9. Crawl
Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through dungeons and power up your hero - if a friend kills you they take your place and it’s their turn to crawl. It's a race to gain enough XP and loot to take on the hulking final boss! Crawl is a pixel graphics, local multiplayer and dungeon crawler game developed and published by Powerhoof. Released on April 11th 2017 has received 7,019 reviews of which 6,650 were positive and 369 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played 4 player local games.
9.2
6,650
369
10
players
10. Nine Parchments
Nine Parchments is a co-operative blast'em up game of magic mayhem from Frozenbyte, creators of the Trine series! Nine Parchments is a action rpg, twin stick shooter and 4 player local game developed and published by Frozenbyte. Released on December 05th 2017 has received 4,386 reviews of which 3,400 were positive and 986 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. The game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played 4 player local games.
7.5
3,400
986
9
players
Best deals on 4 player local games on Steam
Discover fantastic savings with the best discounts on a variety of 4 player local games available on Steam right now, updated on April 30th 2025. Looking for even more deals? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of discounted 4 player local games.
1. Nine Parchments
Nine Parchments is a co-operative blast'em up game of magic mayhem from Frozenbyte, creators of the Trine series! Nine Parchments is a action rpg, twin stick shooter and 4 player local game developed and published by Frozenbyte. Released on December 05th 2017 has received 4,386 reviews of which 3,400 were positive and 986 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. Featuring a massive 89% discount, this game currently holds the #1 spot in the best deals for 4 player local category.
7.5
3,400
986
-89%
20.09€
2.21€
2. River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Stars Special~
This is the River City sports challenge! The Rule is simple, be the # 1 in 4 events by all means. That's it! Hitting and kicking? Of course! Wooden swords dumbbells and even bombs are available to use. The great sports challenge where anything's possible has just begun!!! River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Stars Special~ is a sports, action and retro game developed by Arc System Works and published by H2 Interactive Co. and Ltd.. Released on December 17th 2015 has received 856 reviews of which 579 were positive and 277 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.5 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 89% discount, this game is now the #2 best deal in 4 player local games.
6.5
579
277
-89%
20.09€
2.21€
3. Marooners
Play a wild mix of fun party games as the action regularly switches back and forth between games. Can you handle the switcheroo chaos? Join your friends both on the couch and online while sadistically laughing at their misfortune, or come back to haunt them if you die... Marooners is a party, 4 player local and local multiplayer game developed and published by M2H. Released on September 15th 2016 has received 677 reviews of which 434 were positive and 243 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.2 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 87% discount, this game is now the #3 best deal in 4 player local games.
6.2
434
243
-87%
9.62€
1.25€
4. Nippon Marathon
Crazy, physics-driven, four-player marathon across Japan. Combining classic racers like Micro Machines and the insanity of TV's Takeshi's Castle, smash through offices and shopping malls and hurl fruit at your opponents in a party game unlike anything you've played before! Nippon Marathon is a sports, indie and racing game developed by Onion Soup Interactive and published by PQube. Released on December 17th 2018 has received 334 reviews of which 303 were positive and 31 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 85% discount, this title has earned the #4 position in the best deals for 4 player local games.
8.4
303
31
-85%
15.20€
2.28€
5. Boomerang Fu
Slice and dice your friends with boomerangs in this frantic physics party game. Join a crew of your favorite foods as you grill, chill and spill your enemies. Discover ridiculous power-ups and stack them together in deadly combinations. Boomerang Fu is a 4 player local, local multiplayer and party game game developed and published by Cranky Watermelon. Released on August 13th 2020 has received 2,530 reviews of which 2,437 were positive and 93 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 81% discount, this title has earned the #5 position in the best deals for 4 player local games.
9.2
2,437
93
-81%
14.42€
2.74€
6. 99Vidas
"99Vidas" is a "beat 'em up" set in a contemporary world that pays tribute to both the new and the classic in gaming industry. Brought to you in all pixelated, 16 bit-esque glory, chockfull of references to not only gaming, but all 80's and 90's pop culture. 99Vidas is a indie, beat 'em up and action game developed and published by QUByte Interactive. Released on December 22nd 2016 has received 617 reviews of which 489 were positive and 128 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. Currently offered at a 22% discount, this title has earned the #6 position in the best deals for 4 player local games.
7.5
489
128
-22%
12.97€
10.12€
Free 4 player local games on Steam
Check out this fantastic list of free-to-play 4 player local games you can enjoy on Steam right now, updated on April 30th 2025. Looking for even more free titles? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of free to play 4 player local games.
1. Bomb Bots Arena
Send your Bomb Bots into online arenas or blast your friends off the couch locally in Bomb Bots Arena! Bomb Bots Arena is a pure multiplayer experience with every element of the game tailored to please competitive and casual gamers alike. Bomb Bots Arena is a pvp, multiplayer and local multiplayer game developed and published by Tiny Roar. Released on June 01st 2020 has received 647 reviews of which 546 were positive and 101 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. The game currently holds the #1 spot among the most played free 4 player local games on Steam.
8.0
546
101
2
players
2. 8Bit Fiesta - The Drinking Game
8Bit Fiesta brings everything you need to the table with its action packed local multiplayer mayhem including a built in drinking game! Choose between a ton of characters and challenge your friends and prove yourself worthy the title "King of the Fiesta". 8Bit Fiesta - The Drinking Game is a party game, 4 player local and split screen game developed by Linus Fredriksson and published by Frozen Dev. Released on September 30th 2016 has received 640 reviews of which 591 were positive and 49 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played free 4 player local games on Steam.
8.6
591
49
1
players
3. Fly Punch Boom: First Impact!
The DEMO for the WILDEST ANIME FIGHT, Fly Punch Boom! Fly super fast, smash your friends through skyscrapers and break the planet with one punch! Up to 4 players local & online. Now with workshop for INFINITE CHARACTERS! Fly Punch Boom: First Impact! is a free to play, action and indie game developed and published by Jollypunch Games. Released on April 15th 2020 has received 565 reviews of which 508 were positive and 57 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #3 spot among the most played free 4 player local games on Steam.
8.4
508
57