What changed
Every game we added, played or corrected, by date. When we get something wrong, the fix is listed here too.
- Crossy Road Castle: tested by us, with review and our own screenshots. Fun score 8.5 of 10.
- The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth: tested by us, with review, how to start co-op and our own screenshots. Co-op works on iOS, player two joins as a weaker helper. Fun score 7.5 of 10.
- Cult of the Lamb: fun score lowered from 9 to 8.5 after more play. The dialogues are hard to get through.
- Vampire Survivors: fun score raised to 7.
- Crimsonland HD: tested by us, with review, how to start co-op and our own screenshots. Fun score 7 of 10.
- Maximus 2: two more screenshots from further into the game.
- Cult of the Lamb: fun score raised to 9.
- Kalimba: screenshots now show the full screen, turned the right way.
- Ranking: a game we played that has fewer than 20 App Store ratings now starts from a neutral 4.5 stars instead of its own few ratings. Our fun score moves it from there.
- Worms Across Worlds: setup steps, tips, screenshots and notes on how to play as one team.
- LEGO Brawls: setup steps, screenshots and a note on the shared camera.
- Cult of the Lamb: tested by us, with review, setup steps and screenshots.
- Great Minds: Think Alike: tested by us, with review, setup steps and screenshots.
- BROK the InvestiGator: tested by us, with review and screenshots.
- Kalimba: tested by us, with review, setup steps and screenshots.
- Kalimba: fun score corrected to 8.
- Divinity: Original Sin 2: review corrected. The screen is always split in local co-op, it does not only split when you move apart.
- Flying Tank played and reviewed by us, with our own screenshots and how to start co-op. Two controllers work, and so does one player on touch with one on a controller. Fun score 7 of 10.
- The Last Game played and reviewed by us with two controllers, with our own screenshots. Fun score 9 of 10.
- Maximus 2 played and reviewed by us with two controllers. Fun score 7.5 of 10.
- PKKP: CookDuo played and reviewed by us in split screen on one iPad, with our own screenshots and how to start co-op. Fun score 7 of 10.
- Our ranking changed: it now starts from the plain App Store average, and our fun score moves games more strongly at the top. Details on How we check.
- Death Squared fun score raised from 9 to 9.5 of 10.
- Fun scores now rate how much fun a game is in co-op, and we re-checked every score against its review. Changed: Divinity: Original Sin 2 from 10 to 9, Worms Across Worlds from 7.5 to 8, Crashlands from 8 to 7.5, Poor Bunny! from 7.5 to 7, Orbit Arcadia from 7.2 to 6.5.
- How to start co-op, from our own play: added to Fingle, Vampire Survivors, Kingdom Two Crowns, Dysmantle and Badland.
- Cat Quest II: our own screenshots added, plus how to start co-op with a picture of the menu.
- How to start co-op, from our own play: added to Age of Zombies, Blackmoor 2, Death Squared, Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon, Orbit Arcadia, Poor Bunny!, Slapstick Fighter and Twin Shooter - Invaders.
- Cat Quest III: our own screenshots added, plus how to start co-op with a picture of the menu.
- Divinity: Original Sin 2: how to start split screen co-op, our own split screen screenshots and a longer review.
- Crashlands: review rewritten after playing it again, with our own screenshots and how to start co-op. Fun score now 8 of 10.
- How to start co-op updated from our own play for Death Squared, Dysmantle, Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon, Orbit Arcadia, Poor Bunny!, Slapstick Fighter and Twin Shooter - Invaders. Death Squared now also lists one player on touch and one on a controller.
- Setup pictures added for Vampire Survivors and Dysmantle, and how to start co-op in Maximus 2, where player two joins at the character selection after the opening story.
- Vampire Survivors: how to start co-op now explains that player one confirms and presses Start before player two picks.
- Poor Bunny!: one controller works next to the touchscreen, a second controller did not connect for us. Review and how to start co-op updated.
- Kingdom Two Crowns: the more we play it, the more we like it. Fun score up from 8 to 8.5, so it moves up in our ranking.
- Death Squared played and reviewed by us with two controllers, with our own screenshots. Fun score 9 of 10.
- Orbit Arcadia played and reviewed by us on an iPad, passing the device, with our own screenshots. Fun score 7.2 of 10.
- Slapstick Fighter played and reviewed by us, with our own screenshots. Fun score 5 of 10.
- Blackmoor 2 played and reviewed by us with two controllers, with our own screenshots. Fun score 7 of 10.
- Poor Bunny! played and reviewed by us on the shared touchscreen, with our own screenshots. Fun score 7.5 of 10.
- Age of Zombies played and reviewed by us in split screen on an iPad, with our own screenshots. Fun score 5 of 10 for two players.
- Twin Shooter - Invaders played and reviewed by us, with our own screenshots. Fun score 7.5 of 10. Two controllers work too, so it now shows both ways to join.
- Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon played and reviewed by us with two controllers, with our own screenshots. Fun score 8 of 10.
- How player two joins is now filled in for eight games: Cat Quest II (two controllers, played by us), Age of Zombies, BROK the InvestiGator, Kalimba, Poor Bunny!, Slapstick Fighter, Space Cycler and Twin Shooter - Invaders. Each page names the source.
- Kingdom Two Crowns: two controllers work as well as two players on the touchscreen. Played by us.
- Correction: UFO99 plays over local wifi with a device each. It moved from the one screen list to the full list.
- The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth now carries a note that players could not find co-op in the iOS version in 2017, although the listing states it.
- New default order, "Our ranking": a game starts from its App Store rating, and our own fun score moves it up (8 or more) or down (under 6). A second sort, "App Store rating", shows the order with nothing of ours in it. Explained on How we check and in the terms.
- Fun score adjusted after more play: Worms Across Worlds 7.5 of 10.
- Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon: app icon fixed. Apple had changed the image address.
- Dysmantle played and reviewed by us, with our own screenshots. Fun score 7 of 10.
- Badland: our review now covers playing at the same pace, reviving each other and skipping hard parts, with our own screenshots. Fun score now 8 of 10.
- 25 games added to the one screen list, all from what their App Store listings say: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Maximus 2, Blackmoor 2, Watcher Chronicles, Tallowmere, Tallowmere 2, Tearscape, The Last Game, Rusty Sword: Vanguard Island, BROK the InvestiGator, Quest Hunter, Poor Bunny!, Slapstick Fighter, Flying Tank, Space Cycler, Kalimba, Orbit Arcadia, UFO99, Pathfinder Adventures, Crunchyroll: Pikuniku, Twin Shooter - Invaders, Pixel Cup Soccer - Ultimate, Age of Zombies, Brick Breaker Bunch and Blimps.
- Tallowmere 2 moved from the "does not work" list to the games list. Its listing states couch co-op on a shared screen with two gamepads.
- Game pages now show one screenshot from the game's App Store listing next to the title. It loads from Apple's servers and is credited to the game and its developer.
- Pages for games we have not played no longer carry an empty review section. Our reviews stay on the games we have played.
- Great Minds: Think Alike added to the one screen list, from what its App Store listing says.
- Ranking: a game with fewer than 20 App Store ratings is now listed after all the others, unless we have played it. A handful of votes says too little to rank on.
- New rule for who gets listed: a game needs at least 5 ratings in the US App Store, unless we have played it. Brick Breaker Bunch, Blimps and Spidersaurs are off the lists until they get there. The rule is explained on How we check and in the terms.
- The footer now links to every page. "What does not work" moved from the top menu to the footer.
- Vampire Survivors played and reviewed by us, with our own screenshots. Fun score 6.5 of 10.
- Kingdom Two Crowns played and reviewed by us in split screen on one iPad, with our own screenshots. Fun score 8 of 10.
- Divinity: Original Sin 2: our review now covers team building, conversations, replay value and how split screen feels on a tablet.
- Game pages can now show our own screenshots.
- Screenshots now sit in a slider, and screenshot and video captions name the developer and publisher.
- Fingle played and reviewed by us, with our first play test video. Fun score 8 of 10.
- Game pages can now show our own play test videos.
- The site is live on coopmobilegames.com with 88 co-op games.
- New front page: games two people can play on one screen.
- First 10 games played and reviewed by us: Badland, Cat Quest II, Cat Quest III, Crashlands, Diablo Immortal, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Genshin Impact, LEGO Brawls, Sky: Children of the Light and Worms Across Worlds.
- Added Crashlands. We played it on an iPad with two controllers.
- Kingdom Two Crowns corrected. Both players share the touchscreen. We found no source for two controllers, so that label is gone.
- Cat Quest II and Cult of the Lamb: removed the two controllers label until it is confirmed how player two joins.
- Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon and Divinity: Original Sin 2: added a source for the two controllers claim.
- Checked every App Store and Google Play link.
- Checked all 245 quotes against their sources. 19 reworded to the exact wording, 6 claims softened to what the source says.
Spotted a mistake? How we check explains where each claim comes from and how to reach us.