
Videoball Action Button Entertainment, LLC/Iron Galaxy Studios, LLC Although only two players are supported in this co-op roguelike, Enter the Gungeon was just as much fun for us to sit on the sidelines and watch people blast their way (and die repeatedly) through as it was to play it. That's what will bond you together, though you'll always remember who you made it through the most floors of the Gungeon with. Keep in mind that this two-player bullet hell shooter won't go easy on you and your pal. Good thing you have a friend with you as you traverse through a re-generating set of rooms, shooting through enemies on the way to the boss. Enter the Gungeon Dodge Roll/Devolver DigitalĮxpect to die in Enter the Gungeon. Overcooked provided some of our most memorable moments in 2016, as well as fueled some of our loudest screaming matches. It's stressful, it's infuriating, and it's amazingly fun. As a four-player kitchen frenzy, friends collaborate to make meals that become more complex under increasingly frantic conditions. Much like Mario Party, Overcooked takes close friendships way up to the edge, threatening to push them off with every dropped dish or ruined burger. Overcooked hews most closely to Mario Party, a game that seems charming and fun-filled on the surface - only to reveal its true intentions early on. Overcooked Image: Ghost Town Games/Team17 Digital Some may have flown under the radar this year, but they're 100 percent worth checking out.

We've compiled the eight best local multiplayer games of 2016 below, based on how much fun we had physically shoving and screaming at our friends.

Others are pure, hilarious joy, plain and simple. Some of these games do a very thorough job at testing your friendships - something you might’ve not experienced since the early Mario Party days. Better yet, many of them were among our favorite games of the whole year. What surprised us was that, with games and consoles increasingly internet-dependent these days, local multiplayer games continued to come out in droves. Sure, it may be easier to just wear a headset and play with friends online, but sharing a couch or a spot on the floor at a friend’s place is another bonding experience entirely. But this year's offline, local multiplayer games are the real unsung heroes. 2016 saw a slew of great online multiplayer games like Overwatch, Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1.
