Last Update: October 19, 2026 by Mark Sammut
PlayStation Plus Extra seeks to cover every need imaginable, and that naturally includes online co-op. Looking to play a PS Plus game with a friend? Well, you are relatively spoiled for choice, and you can pick from a myriad of genres and big names. I mean, one of the reasons we pay for PS Plus is to have access to online play, so you might as well make use of this feature if it’s something you enjoy.
Currently, Sony doesn’t make it very easy to find all the online co-op PS Plus games, as there isn’t a quick search option. Consequently, I’ve put together a list to get people started, and I’ve tried to cast a big net and cover a variety of styles rather than just sticking to one or two genres. Hopefully, your group finds their next game.
Games that only support online co-op will be prioritized since local co-op titles are highlighted in a separate article. That said, we’ll include a few exceptions that support both local and online co-op.
Also, while quality matters, games are ranked by other factors as well. For instance, games leaving PS Plus soon will be highlighted first.
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New Online Co-Op PS Plus Game For October: Mycopunk
Looter Shooter Online Co-Op Fun
Mycopunk is a pretty big new PS Plus online co-op game, even if it might not have the name recognition of something like RuneScape: Dragonwilds or Helldivers 2. While it spent some time in Steam Early Access, the full version is a Day One PS Plus release, something we don’t really get all that often. It’s also quite highly regarded and a good option for any group craving a looter shooter. Rather than following a story, Mycopunk is designed around completing missions, collecting resources, and then customizing your loadout.
Although not a live-service release since it comes as a fully formed experience, Mycopunk is designed to keep players coming back for the long term, with the loot loop and weeklies being the main hook. You have access to four employee classes that all play fairly differently, and you are encouraged to swap between them rather than stick to a single one. The game clearly favors co-op over solo play, but the latter is viable, at least on the lower difficulty levels; however, Mycopunk comes alive with a friend or two or three.
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RuneScape: Dragonwilds Brings Friends Together For A Glorious PS Plus Adventure
A Co-Op Open-World Survival Game With A RuneScape Twist
In honor of reaching version 1.0, RuneScape: Dragonwilds not only made its console debut, but also immediately joined both Sony and Microsoft’s subscription services. Naturally, the RPG supports crossplay, so PS Plus owners can play with their Game Pass friends. For those familiar only with the franchise’s MMO origins, Dragonwilds is a very different beast, shifting the focus to open-world survival and crafting.
Supporting up to four players, the game is designed strictly for cooperation, with no PvP. Squads work together on base-building endeavors, and Dragonwilds goes out of its way to foster a sense of community. There is also no local co-op, so teamwork is exclusive to online spaces.
OK, you might be wondering: how much RuneScape is in Dragonwilds? Well, the game incorporates enough elements to feel part of the franchise, even if it shares more in common with Valheim than the original RuneScape. Skill progression is a big part of the experience, and you level Woodcutting and Mining by performing those actions. The setting, Ashenfall, features plenty of familiar factions and enemies, and the quests also have more personality than other survival games.
Also, Dragonwilds inherited RuneScape‘s grind.
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Helldivers 2 Is The Ultimate PS5 Online Co-Op Game
Become a Hero. Become a Legend. Become a Helldiver.
Perhaps the biggest online co-op game added to PS Plus in 2026, Helldivers 2 is an absolutely massive name, and the only downside is that I imagine many subscribers already have the game. Still, if you have yet to enlist, now is the perfect time to jump into one of the most beloved multiplayer shooters of the decade. Yes, the community tends to run hot and cold depending on the latest update, but the core gameplay loop is reliably fantastic and can absolutely take over your entire life.
While solo runs are technically viable on lower levels, Helldivers 2 is very much designed with 4-player teams in mind, and the difficulty doesn’t scale to match the number of people participating in a mission. Basically, you will eventually need to jump online and join other SEAF soldiers. Mechanically, the game blends relatively accessible third-person shooting with build variety through Stratagems, and harder levels require optimized groups.
Famously, Helldivers 2 doesn’t have a traditional story; instead, the narrative emerges naturally, and each day brings orders for players to follow (so they aren’t just clearing missions in a void). Although a few years old by this point, the game remains widely popular, and crossplay ensures it stays that way for a long time.
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Vampire Survivors Is Co-Op Madness
Hunt Vamps Together
Although primarily known as a single-player game, Vampire Survivors eventually added co-op, and the online variant surpasses the local mode in both player count and unrestricted freedom. As with the best online co-op games, the mode brings something new to the table that can be fully experienced solo. In this case, build synergy becomes widely important, as players can hold fewer weapons and passives.
Vampire Survivors treats co-op as very much friend-driven, to the point of not including matchmaking. The mode works with room codes and friend invites, so you cannot play with random folks. While a limitation, the game knows what it wants to be and commits to it. I would recommend VS to pretty much anybody regardless of what they are looking for, and while it isn’t the first PS Plus game that comes to mind when thinking “online multiplayer,” it is certainly a valid shout.
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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Is Bloody, Intense Co-op Goodness
An Online Co-Op Game That Is Gloriously Awesome
The big new PS Plus Extra game of March 2026, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, is a huge addition in various ways, but it is a particularly exciting arrival for the online co-op scene. Putting aside the other modes for the moment, Saber’s gore-tastic third-person shooter features a campaign that allows for 3 players, although it only supports online co-op.
At roughly 10 hours, the story mode isn’t extremely long by any stretch of the imagination, but it is a reasonable length that can keep a group of players entertained for a couple of days. Epic in scale and vicious in combat, the campaign is (mostly) everything it needs to be, and the gameplay is fun enough to perhaps justify more than one playthrough. Space Marine 2‘s real longevity comes from its online options, including two modes that are largely designed around co-op: Operations and Siege.
These are both PvE and are designed for repeat playthroughs, with Operations coming with a progression system that allows you to develop your Marine. While Siege is a basic-ish horde mode that simply pushes the gameplay to the forefront (a wise decision), Operations is a touch more story-driven, although it still takes a combat-first approach. Heck, even the PvP Eternal War mode has an element of co-op, since teamwork is required, not just recommended.
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is a great co-op option if you prefer fantasy AND first-person action.
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Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria Makes You Survive Middle-earth
Up To 8 Dwarves Can Work Together
The Lord of the Rings is one of the most storied franchises of all time, and its gaming chapter is far from an exception. Over the last three decades, roughly a billion games have been set in Middle-earth, most of which fall under the action RPG or adventure genres. Return to Moria opts for a different angle, shifting towards survival and crafting. Considering the story revolves around dwarves, the gameplay style makes complete sense for the characters, and it is also interesting to visit this world after Sauron’s demise.
Return to Moria is somewhat forgotten nowadays, partly due to an uneven launch and an overabundance of survival games; however, if you are into LOTR and don’t mind the genre, this title is arguably one of the best of the last decade. The single-player is solid, but co-op is (unsurprisingly) more fun. Although the scaling of resources for multiplayer could be better optimized, co-op captures that “fellowship” element synonymous with LOTR, all the while making the grind a bit more manageable.
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Grand Theft Auto Online Is The Ultimate Sandbox
The Biggest Online Co-Op Game On PS Plus
Coming and going as it pleases, Grand Theft Auto 5 returned to PS Plus Extra just a few months after it was removed. On the one hand, this makes it slightly difficult to get into the game’s online portion, out of fear that it might leave quicker than other PS Plus games. Conversely, GTA is always a big deal, and repeat arrivals do not dull its appeal.
If you are solely into the single-player side of things, GTA Online might be, in your own opinion, the worst thing to happen to the franchise; however, if you are part of the ecosystem that makes up Rockstar’s eternal sandbox, then you have a game that has been going strong for more than a decade. Even with GTA 6 on the horizon, it does not seem like GTA Online will be going away anytime soon.
You can mostly play this mode in whatever way you prefer, and it is up to you whether you engage actively with other players. If you do go down that route, GTA Online has a plethora of co-op missions and heists that will keep you busy and make you rich in the process. It goes without saying, but GTA Online is more fun with a crew.
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Abiotic Factor Can Be Cozy Or Deadly
One Of The Best Co-Op PS Plus Games
PS Plus Extra has received a couple of great Day One games in 2025, including August’s fantastic Sword of the Sea. However, if we are talking exclusively about titles that support online co-op, Abiotic Factor is in a league of its own. After a spell in early access, Deep Field Games’ masterclass made its full debut on PC and consoles, and it is about as close to a perfect cooperative experience as PS Plus subscribers are likely to get. Set in an underground facility that is way weirder and bigger than it initially seems, Abiotic Factor is about surviving and thriving with your mates, exploring the ever-expanding universe while also creating a home that you call your own.
Played from a first-person perspective, you will spend your time preparing for expeditions/missions, investigating cool areas filled with alien monsters, satisfying basic needs like hunger and exhaustion, and just chilling with your mates. Abiotic Factor especially nails the latter, as the game does a stellar job of blending action with downtime where you can just exist as part of your group.
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Ghost Of Tsushima: Legends Is A Fully-Formed Mode
Mythological-Leaning Co-Op Spin-Off Game
Ghost of Tsushima is a fantastic action-adventure game with a robust single-player campaign. A few months following the base title’s debut, Sucker Punch dropped Legends, a co-op side experience deep enough to justify a standalone release. Along with common modes like Survival, Legends also comes with a Story that guides two players through roughly 6 hours of content.
Legends has four classes: Samurai, Ronin, Assassin, and Hunter. Each one fits an archetype and has a specific role they should be fulfilling in combat scenarios. While some options, like the Samurai, are viable for solo or two-player runs, classes like the Ronin are designed with support in mind. Legends might just be the best PS Plus online co-op game.
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As Dusk Falls Hits Hard
As Dusk Falls shines the brightest in local co-op, where players use their mobiles or tablets to vote on decisions. However, the game also supports online co-op, allowing up to 8 players to join in. Considering everyone needs to have a copy for this to work, As Dusk Falls being on PS Plus Extra makes it a far more realistic option for large groups, as it is hard to imagine that every person would be interested in purchasing a story-driven adventure game that is well-regarded but not out-of-this-world beloved.
Revolving around two families in Arizona, As Dusk Falls explores multi-generational trauma, all the while telling a story that leans into crime and melodrama. The storytelling is quite good and regularly intense, and the choices presented to players are plentiful and significant. The art style can be a bit of a sticking point at first, but it will probably grow on you as time passes. The co-op is implemented pretty well, and it is always interesting to see how your friend group votes. Admittedly, this is one of those games that requires everyone to really participate and not just pick the “wrong” answer for the fun of it.
