The best local multiplayer games on PlayStation Plus Game Catalog

Playing together on the couch is the historical heart of multiplayer. We’ve made this list so you don’t get caught out scrolling for something to play when you’ve got company. Just be sure to call ‘dibs’ on your favorite controller.     

Mortal Kombat 1

Test your might in a new era of kombat. The realm’s fiercest warriors are back – but not as you remember them. Discover new twists on the Mortal Kombat lore in the cinematic story mode, where bitter rivalries become deadly alliances.

Master your best bone-crunching kombos, then tell your friends to GET OVER HERE for classic one-on-one showdowns.

Players: 1-2

Genre: Fighting

WWE 2K25

Lay the smackdown on your friends until they acknowledge you as the undisputed champ.

Create your own grappler, or choose your favourite from a roster of more than 300 current and classic WWE Superstars. Then take on all challengers in a huge range of match types, including the brutal Hell In A Cell, the chaotic TLC match, and the legendary Royal Rumble.

Players: 1-4

Genre: Fighting

Overcooked! All You Can Eat

Cook up a storm in the Onion Kingdom’s most chaotic kitchens, where volcanic explosions and cosmic wormholes are your standard occupational hazards. Race to get your meals out before your customers get bored, but make sure you don’t mess up any orders – a zombie invasion is no excuse.

Round up a few sous chefs for the co-op campaign, or heat things up in versus mode.

Players: 1-4

Genre: Family / Simulation

 Sackboy: A Big Adventure

Everyone’s favorite member of the sack-folk returns in a collision of colorful co-op platforming. Team up alongside your family in this fun-filled adventure as you work together to conquer a host of delightfully crafty levels and defeat the villainous Vex.

Players: 1-4

Genre: Action

Tetris Effect: Connected

Discover a rhythmic reinvention of the puzzle classic, brought to you by the creative minds behind Rez Infinite and Lumines.

Get into The Zone, as you move, drop and spin your Tetriminos in sync with an evolving soundtrack and dynamic backgrounds.

Play solo or check out a range of competitive and co-operative multiplayer modes.

Players: 1-4

Genre: Puzzle

Stick Fight: The Game

It’s every stick for themselves in this multi-colored, multiplayer, physics-based brawler.

Battle across 100 levels, each with their own interactive stage hazards and destructible environments. Use a huge range of deadly weapons to fight with honour, or just hide like a coward and try to survive the chaos – do whatever it takes to get the win!

Players: 1-4

Genre: Unique

Cat Quest II

Pounce into a tail of two kings in this 2D open-world action-RPG. Explore a fantasy realm of magic and monsters, and help prevent an escalating war between the Felingard cats and the dogs of the Lupus Empire.

Play as both heroic cat and noble dog in single-player, or pick your favourite and team up with a friend in local co-op.

Players: 1-2

Genre: Role Playing Games / Adventure / Action

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Featuring gameplay rooted in timeless classic arcade-style brawling mechanics, Shredder's Revenge lets you play as all four Turtles and their allies, facing off against Shredder and his faithful Foot Clan.

Invoking the Turtles’ legendary 1987 design, this game's beautiful pixel art graphics will give you a full dose of TMNT nostalgia.

Players: 1-4

Genre: Action

LEGO® Marvel's Avengers

Summon your most heroic co-op partner (if they be worthy) for an action-packed adventure through the Marvel Cinematic Universe – reimagined and rebuilt in LEGO®.

Choose from over 200 of Earth’s mightiest heroes and villains, and explore classic locations like Asgard, Sokovia and the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. Use each character’s unique superpowers to solve puzzles, battle enemies and save the day.

Players: 1-2

Genre: Action

LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham

Bust bricks in a DC style in this superhero adventure that takes the Caped Crusader and his allies into outer space. There, Batman and company must combat the evil Brainiac and prevent him from destroying not just Gotham, but the entire Earth.

Team up with a friend to control heroes and villains alike in this colorful and casual puzzle-platformer.

Players: 1-2

Genre: Action / Adventure

LEGO® Worlds

Let your imagination run wild in LEGO® Worlds. Jump into a brick-filled sandbox and bring it to life by filling it with characters, buildings and hazards. Use pre-built structures or make the world in your image, brick by brick.

And just like real life, you can invite a friend over and explore your blocky masterpiece together… or watch as they tear apart everything you’ve created.

Players: 1-4

Genre: Adventure / Family / Unique

Monopoly Plus

Bring the classic board game to life… only this time, you can’t flip the board if you’re losing.

Roll the dice and fight to become the top dog (or hat, or race car) in a full 3D city that evolves as you play.

Gather your friends and decide how you want to play. Will you go for the traditional ruleset, or cause controversy with your own customized win conditions?

Players: 1-6

Genre: Family

Untitled Goose Game

Honk your way around an otherwise calm and quiet little village in this hilarious game of curious puzzles and shameless thievery. Rob from residents, set up obstacles to impede them, and generally ruin everyone’s day except your own.

Double the fun by playing with a friend, planning pranks together as a pair of horrible geese.

Players: 1-2

Genre: Action / Puzzle / Family