Co-op Mobile Games

Great Minds: Think Alike

Great Minds: Think Alike, screenshot from its App Store listing
Great Minds: Think Alike, Ewan Chelley. Image from the game's App Store listing.

Can two people play Great Minds: Think Alike on one screen?

Yes. Up to 6 players can play Great Minds: Think Alike co-op on one iPad: pass and play.

A ranking game for two to six. One player orders a list, everyone else predicts it. Pass and play on one device, co-op or competitive.

How you play together

  • Pass the device

Pass the device.

How to start co-op in Great Minds: Think Alike

  1. Start a game and pick one of the modes under Co-op, for example Classic Co-Op.
  2. Pass the device: one player ranks the list, the other guesses their order.
  • It is an iPhone app. On an iPad it runs in a phone-sized window, which works fine.
Great Minds mode selection with the Co-op section: Classic Co-Op, Bullseye Co-Op and Survival
Screenshot taken by us. Great Minds: Think Alike, developed and published by Ewan Chelley.

The details

Same screen, both at once
No
Split screen
Not confirmed
Pass the device, taking turns
Yes
Two controllers on one device
No
Same mode on Android
Not on Android
Online, a device each
Not confirmed
Players together
2 to 6
Controllers
Touch only

Worth knowing

Few ratings. An iPhone app: on iPad it runs in a phone-sized window, which works fine.

Our review

Great Minds is a really good concept, and we definitely had fun with it. We were laughing a lot. You really have to know the other person a bit to play it.

What holds it back is variety. You are basically ranking things you like or dislike, or how likely something is, from low to high, over and over. Some funny multiple choice questions, or anything a bit more creative, would easily lift it. Some questions also did not land for us, like which brand matters most to you. We just do not care about brands, so the more mainstream questions were not for us.

Still, we had fun, so 7.5 is fair. I would only come back if there were a few more game modes and different types of questions.

Joining in co-op is super simple: pick co-op from the start and pass the device. It is a phone app, so on the iPad it runs in a phone-sized window, but that worked fine.

Great concept, but it could use a little creativity.

Great Minds round 1: guessing how the other player ranked watch, phone, gym membership, holiday and coat
Round 2 reveal: shoe colours ranked, three guesses right and two swapped
The same round sorted by the other player's order, worth 15 points
1 / 3

Screenshots taken by us while playing. Great Minds: Think Alike, developed and published by Ewan Chelley.

Where this comes from

We played it ourselves.

  • Publisher stated
    Pass and play on one device
    Pass and play: Play on one device, no internet or extra phones required.apps.apple.com
  • Publisher stated
    Co-op or competitive
    CO-OP or COMPETITIVEapps.apple.com

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