How COOP games gain their popularity

GameX (GX)
3 min readJun 30, 2021

Recent years have changed our lives a lot, we have become more digital, and most of our communication with other people has begun to happen on the internet. Those people who haven’t been gaming fans, on their searches of a new way of communication during isolation, joined the new sphere — and they are staying in gaming community even after lockdown restrictions are getting over. Each new player has found the game fitting the best with all the advantages the new gamer has searched for.

Single-player games are fun and certainly have their place in many gamers’ hearts as perfect-fit for the majority of the community, as you can play anytime and anywhere as your own boss and hero of digital land. However, sometimes you want to get more entertaining and socializing gaming experience, so you grab some friends and play games together with them or play with strangers online to get a different kind of gaming experience. From time to time, active gamers like to have regular gaming sessions with close circle of friends as there are COOP games that based on gamers’ trust and work with each other. But from time to time gamers are aiming to get a bright experience of virtual communication with strangers around the world, sometimes it leads to the great friendship, but most of the time is more about sharing emotions and positive or negative energy between players.

The best COOP games come in many different forms, there is such a huge variety of great cooperative gaming universes from horror to shiny “kiddish” worlds. Some games, like GTA online, let you feel the “bad guy” way of life where you take up jobs, join crews, and commit crimes and other activity, while having fun in sometimes absurd, sometimes fun & entertaining communications with other players. The other kind of cooperative game experience you can get in Among Us that come with mafia-style gameplay with traitors that the good guys have to beat.

Image: It Takes Two game developed by Hazelight Studios. Released: March 26, 2021

Some games come in the form of totally cooperative gaming where you need to have great teamwork to achieve a goal. The great example of such a game is It Takes Two — an action adventure game with a strong narrative, tackling matters related to relationships and divorce. Like its name, It Takes Two highlights the need for teamwork of two players, where each doing an important role for team aims. Each level and each opponent requires you to work together with your partner to overcome the obstacles that stand before you. As you progress, your player characters will aim their final goal, while players get hours of amazing gameplay and joyful time.

For those people, who want just to relax and have fun in bright and colorful universe, there are many different options, like Overcooked, simulator game where you can get fun and stress relief after the hard day of work or after a bad day.

Gaming has no limits for your imagination, it brings you the possibility to explore unique worlds with the varieties of interactive options. Regardless of what type of person you are, the language you speak and other personal characteristics, there’s a coop game out there for you and your friends that can bring more colors and entertainment in your evening.

Hundreds of gaming worlds have place for each of you, use the digital era to enjoy your life with all the advantages of virtual world, while having great time with people around you.

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