Popular Couples Video Games to Play on Valentine’s Day
Are you ready for love? Valentine’s Day is coming, so grab your significant other and plug in your controllers. Now that you have your PC or console ready, surrounded by flower petals and scented candles, it’s time to choose the game.
But what should you play with your special someone? Should you go with co-op for couples or a short, romantic video game? We asked actual gamers from All in! Games for their opinion (big shout out to our producer Michał Ostapowicz for his support!) to make sure we only gave you the best recommendations. Check out our list to help you decide what games to play on Valentine’s Day and ensure that cupid’s arrow hits its mark.
Co-op video games for couples
YYou’re alone with your loved one. Everyone else has perished in a zombie apocalypse or… whatever, it’s not important. What matters is that you’re alone with them. It’s the perfect time to enjoy some co-op games for couples and there’s nobody around to hear you scream if you lose.
It Takes Two
Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox
Created purely for co-op (and a unanimous winner of our company survey), It Takes Two follows a clashing couple that’s been turned into dolls. The new situation forces them to work together and save their relationship in the meantime. Every new level brings unexpected obstacles that can only be overcome if you’re in sync. Are you?
Tools Up!
Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch
Do you know how people say IKEA puts relationships to the test? Turns out you don’t need IKEA if you have Tools Up!. It’s a fun renovation couch co-op game for couples (or for up to four players, but let’s stick to romance). If you’re looking for date ideas, try Tools Up! and find out if your beloved is the one you’ll build your forever home with.
Unravel Two
Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch
Unravel Two is a colorful puzzle game with settings inspired by wonderfully mossy Scandinavian locations. Create your cute Yarny and build your relationship with your partner Yarny in local co-op or solo. This game is especially forgiving for couples that aren’t at an equal gaming level.
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch
Check if your devotion can conquer all and explore a neon galaxy to defeat the evil forces of Anti-Love. You’ll need to work together to navigate a spaceship and use your love to save the world. If this isn’t a perfectly themed Valentine’s Day video game, then what is?
Monster Prom
Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch
Have you ever wanted to date a monster? Find your supernatural love from a safe distance in Monster Prom, a funny dating sim for up to 4 players in which you seduce your monster schoolmates. Will you get a date or rejection from the prince of the 8th Circle of Hell? Will you make a gorgon care more about you than about money? Just be careful to not go for the same character as your real-life date!
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch
Battle royale may sound menacing as a genre, but this one is a colorful and wild dash through fun rounds until one victor remains. There can only be one victor in the series of ridiculous challenges. Will you leave your love behind and aim for glory? Either way, as the developers say: Leave your dignity at the door!
Untitled Goose Game
Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch
Team up with your date and destroy somebody’s morning in Untitled Goose Game. Become a horrible goose—or pair of horrible geese—and play pranks on innocent NPCs while honking to your heart’s content. Celebrate love by indulging your inner villains.
Lumberhill
Platforms: PC
The chaos of Lumberhill is sure to get your heart pumping and is a great co-op for couples. It’s a crazy multiplayer party game in which lumberjacks try to complete tasks with nature fighting them every step of the way, all while racing against the clock. Didn’t you always say your love looked great in flannel?
A Way Out
Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox
Nothing brings togetherness as much as prison and an exclusively co-op adventure. That is, the one in A Way Out. Each player controls one of two convicts who must cooperate to make the thrilling breakout a success. But either way, as long as you’re together forever, nothing else matters, right?
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch
Control two brothers on a journey through Scandinavian landscapes to find a cure for their father. While the game was designed for a solo co-op experience, meaning that one player controls both characters with different keys or buttons, it is entirely possible to play as two—just sit very close to each other. 😉
Romantic games for a romantic evening
Playing video games doesn’t mean your date can’t be romantic! And even if your significant other doesn’t like playing themself, there’s some fun and heartwarming games that are enjoyable to play with an audience of one. No matter the reason, here are some single player games that aren’t long, but hey, it’s not like you don’t have other things to do on Valentine’s Day–those chocolate-covered strawberries aren’t going to eat themselves!
Boyfriend Dungeon
Platforms: PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch
Who said Valentine’s Day video games have to be cheesy? Make your romance sharp as ever in Boyfriend Dungeon, a “shack-and-slash” dungeon crawling adventure. Enter the dungeon hand-in-hand with your favorite weapon-person and defeat fearsome creatures on your way to love. Best. Date. Ever.
The Sims 4
Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox
If love is hard, try out its softer version in The Sims 4 for a moment of relaxation. A successful romance? Check! The house of your dreams? Check! A cute pet? Check—as long as you have the right DLC. Starting a happy family has never been easier.
Florence
Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch
Florence is a cute game about a young girl who feels stuck in her daily routine. Her meeting with cello player Krish changes the way she sees the world. How will their story unfold? This game is a beautiful short experience about learning to love yourself.
Wide Ocean Big Jacket
Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch
Wide Ocean Big Jacket is a fun and heartwarming story about a family trip. An aunt and uncle take their middle school-aged niece and her boyfriend camping—the younger couple learns what it means to be in a relationship, while the older couple rediscovers their connection. This romantic video game has a bit of cupid’s magic for everyone.
Dream Daddy
Platforms: PC
Become a dad in Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator and…romance other dads! Maybe you’ll have more in common than just being a single parent. Brace yourself for a tsunami of dad puns and follow your heart.
Have you already decided which game you’re going to play together? Let us know on our Discord and if your favorite game for couples isn’t on the list, share it with us.
Spending Valentines with your family instead of a significant other? Check out our list of the best family co-op games that are kid-friendly.