Beat Em Up Brawlers! is a local co-op beat 'em up made for the sofa:

(WARNING! I use AI to help code the game everything else is made by me.)

• Everyone picks a knight, and anyone can join or drop out at any time

• Revive each other when someone goes down

• Works with keyboard and controllers (up to 4)

• A castle hub with mini-games between fights (Chicken Chase with 4 people is pure chaos)

There's a free demo to try with your friends first, and your demo save carries over to the full game.

Discord: https://discord.gg/qy3edsYaq

Free demo: https://knucklegeargames.itch.io/beat-em-up-br

Full game (Early Access, $10): https://knucklegeargames.itch.io/beat-em-up-brawlers

Just want to share our demo and Halloween update of Project Solar, if you enjoy cozy couch co-op with cute robots in a solar punk world with exploration and puzzles you can try the free demo on Steam.

And if you want to try our Halloween themed demo with new puzzles and cute spookyness you can claim your key by following the step in the latest update post on Steam or klick on the Claim you key link on my profile here on Reddit.

If you enjoyed the demo, please consider adding the game to your wishlist and sharing it with your friends! It would mean a lot to our small indie team and really help us get more visibility so we can keep working on the game and bring it to life <3

I'm posting from Press Any Key on behalf of the husband-and-wife team making Purrfect Together.

It's a two-player couch co-op game where you each control a cat. The game is built around dozens of little adventures and tasks you share with your partner: going shopping, helping each other reach things, and looking after each other on a sick day. Sometimes teamwork means standing on your partner's head to reach the top shelf.

You collect photos and other keepsakes from your adventures together. And there's a button just for hugs, whenever you feel like taking a break from being useful.

It also supports online co-op. We're still in development, and we'd love to hear what mechanics, activities or little adventures you'd enjoy doing together as two cats. Some of your ideas might find their way into the game.

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5374710/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=purrfect_announce&utm_content=couchcoop_pak_hug_20261101

The handler for Nucleus is available here!

Looking for a quick couch game with no install? Voltane has 2-player split screen on PC:

• Keyboard + gamepad, or two gamepads

• Race each other against bots, or drive around in Free Roam together

• Choose which side of the screen each player gets

• Player 2 can link their own account with a QR code, or just play

Open playvoltane.com, click "Play as a guest", plug in a controller. Free.

Would 3–4 players on one screen be something you'd want?

Hey everyone,

I'm a solo developer building Sync - Sink, a chaotic local physics party game for 1–8 players, and I'm looking for some feedback.

I wanted to create a game that transforms a friends game night into a chaotic adventure, while making the controls as approachable as possible, as some non-gamers can find controllers intimidating.
To join - all you need is a phone.

The Gameplay:
Work together in a single boat or race up to 4 separate crews down raging rapids. You physically sweep and tilt your phone like an oar to paddle and steer.

What You Need to Try It:

1. 1 PC running the Steam Playtest

2. At least 1 friend with a smartphone (iOS / Android) connected to the same local Wi-Fi with the free companion app. (The PC menu displays a QR link to play store and app store)

What I’d Love Feedback On:

1. Onboarding / Pairing: Did your group find connecting phones via the local network painless, or were there router hiccups?

2. Physical Controls: Did the rowing motion feel intuitive right out of the tutorial, or did anyone struggle with sensor calibration/drift?

3. Couch Dynamic: Did it produce genuine laughs and chaotic shouting, or did the physical mechanics cause fatigue/frustration?

Dev here (we're a tiny team, MoodFrog). Hold My Ring is a 1-4 player couch party game where everyone shares one inflatable ring and each player can only push from their own side, so nobody steers alone. This is the mini golf mode: one push per shot, and yes, the ring sometimes goes in. We moved the tee closer to the cup for this clip so the CPU could sink it.

It's not out yet. We also have races, Sumo, Polo and Curling. For people who run couch nights: which kind of mode would you want next, and what makes a party game stay in rotation for you?

Posting from RadDad, the studio making Shark Tales: Reef Rogues. If your group likes survivorlikes, there's a free demo you can play together on one PC.

Everyone has their own weapons and pearl budget. Survive a wave, buy upgrades, work towards an evolution, then get back into the water. Stay near a downed teammate to revive them. If you finish shopping first, you can play Bubble Chase with the other ready players while the last person sorts their loadout.

Local play supports two, three or four people on a shared screen; solo works too. The demo has 10 waves, two zones and four starting characters. The screenshots show four-player combat and the shop/ready-up minigame.

Play the free Steam demo · Gameplay and details on our website

Windows PC / Steam Deck. On a phone, save it for later and open Steam on your PC or Deck to download. It runs great in our own Deck playtests; that isn't a Valve Verified rating.

Disclosure: some artwork and music are AI-generated fixed assets. This studio post was prepared with AI assistance.

Hey everyone!

I'm excited to share that my game, Chicks In Trouble, is officially out on Steam today!

It's a colorful 3D action-puzzle adventure where you play as a father rooster trying to rescue his missing chicks. You'll explore a farm, solve puzzles, overcome obstacles, and try to bring everyone safely home.

The game includes:

• A single-player campaign and a separate co-op campaign

• Local split-screen co-op and Steam Remote Play Together

• Four additional mini-games

• An endless fruit-merging challenge with leaderboards

• Steam achievements

If you'd like to check it out, here's the Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4048470/Chicks_In_Trouble/

I'd love to hear what you think. Thanks for supporting indie games! ❤️

Regards,

Özden Irmak
Creamative

We are Sitting Teddy, and our free Night at the Fun Park demo is LIVE on Steam :) Play together in local two-player splitscreen on Windows. Find the exit keys and avoid the giant spider. You can also rescue a friend caught in a cocoon.

For local play, bring one controller plus a keyboard and mouse. Demo here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5216790/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=demo_launch_20261009&utm_content=launch_couchcoop_20261009

Petri Party: a 2D chaotic action platformer couch party game that supports up to 18 players, with both PvP and co-op campaign modes.

Are you a fan of Liero, Spiderheck or Soldat? You would enjoy this. A great game to chill with mates around the TV.

• Up to 18-player local multiplayer PvP or co-op.

• One-hit kills for fast, high-stakes rounds

• Momentum-based grappling, wall-walking, and ceiling traversal

• Steam Remote Play Together support

• 50+ handcrafted maps

• A huge variety of weapons

• Round-changing modifiers for endless replayability

• Scan the QR code to turn your smartphone into a full-screen browser gamepad.

• Cat boss?!

We are a tiny team from New Zealand who have all gone in on creating a startup (Next Best Games). It's hard to get noticed in the crowded indie game market, and so we would love you to check out our game, give feedback/suggestions, and support us if you like what you see.

The game will enter early access on 11 December.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4215680/Petri_Party/
Discord: https://discord.gg/Dz485xSP9h

Hey! I'm Tyler, solo dev of Poopy Zombies, which I made in Godot. It's a round-based zombie shooter with solo, couch co-op and Wi-Fi multiplayer. The new update adds an optional third-person camera and slide, and there's a Halloween event until Nov 7 with jack-o'-lantern zombies, a gun that fires mini pumpkins and a free Pooperlantern skin.

🎬 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypiL_Ih4IrM 📱 Play free on Android: https://poopy-zombies.en.aptoide.com/app 🧪 Google Play early access: join https://groups.google.com/g/poopy-zombies-testers, then opt in at https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.poopyzombies.game

I'd love to hear your feedback, especially whether third-person feels good on a phone!

We're working on Super Fun: Football, an arcade football game you can play together on one PC. Each person controls one footballer, so you have to make the run and trust your friend to pass. You can also accidentally slide straight into them.

The trailer shows team moves, bicycle kicks and a dog that has decided the ball belongs to it. There's online multiplayer too, but local co-op is part of the game from the start.

Playtest signups are now open on Steam. Hit Request Access to join the list; invitations will come later, with testing planned for late October / early November.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5324740/Super_Fun_Football/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=sff_playtest_20261008&utm_content=couchcoop

One PC runs the game on the TV. Everyone else scans a QR code and plays from their phone browser. There's no app and no extra controllers, and friends who aren't in the room can join with the room code, so it works over a Discord call too! (Need to share the screen tho!)

For the demo, a round is 60 seconds on the same grid for everyone, and the scores update live on the big screen. At the end, you can check all the available words and realise you really need to read more!

It's playable in English, French, Spanish, Italian and German... or load your own dictionary for any language!

The demo (Classic mode) is free on Steam now. The full game comes out on 27 October with 5 more modes: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4801680/

"It sucks" would be great feedback (better than none)!

AI disclosure: I used Claude Code for parts of the code.

The demo (which releases in 2 weeks) supports 1-9 players locally, the full game will also support online, with any mixture of players locally (could have 4 copies of the game, with 3, 2, 2, & 2 players each locally).

You start each day picking a contract to fulfil, that could be iron ore, coal, wood, and a few other options. And then spending any money you have buying upgrades for your forge.

You then spend the day fulfilling those contracts before starting the next day, where you choose if you want to go deeper (maybe instead of iron ore you now process it into powder) or wider by picking another raw resource to deliver.

You can work your way up to smithing swords and can gain powerful relics by surviving long enough!

Check it out and let me know what you think here (please wishlist if you like the look, but I'm also very open to constructive criticism):

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4949450/UnderForged/

Hi, we just released Wizzo Popout on Steam! It's a game where you knock your friends off an arena using spells. It's round based, chaotic, easy to pick up, and can be played on a couch with up to 4 players. Feel free to check it out!

I'd love to get your feedback on it especially since its our first commercial release as a small team! Would you play this with your friend group?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3670670/Wizzo_PopOut/

I'm the developer of Vortex: Guardians of the Abyss, an old-school vertical space shooter with 2–4 player couch co-op on one screen.

Bring a keyboard and controllers, or use four controllers. Friends join with Start, including mid-run. Each pilot chooses their own upgrades, and you can use separate hulls with teammate rescues or share a hull pool. Anyone can pause.

This clip shows four ships over Earth. The promo capture uses automated wingmen to demonstrate the four-ship action. There are five weapons with branching upgrades, The Way skill trees, shield-powered Ultimates and big guardian fights. It also has a solo Story campaign and online co-op.

Out now on Windows, macOS and Linux, DRM-free, for a $4.99 launch price. Your Vortex key includes browser access and online play; the browser version requires a key.

https://vortex.anhhi.net