10 Best Local Multiplayer Video Games Of The Decade

10. Left 4 Dead 2

Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 is just scraping into the bracket here, as it was released in November 2009, but we can’t very well have a discussion about the greatest local multiplayer games of recent times without acknowledging it.

Releasing just one year after the original Left 4 Dead, its sequel set the bar high for co-operative shooters, and still remains a hugely enjoyable experience to this day.

Up to four people can grab a controller and take on the role of a zombie-hunting survivor, coming up against waves and waves of the undead, as well as powerful Infected variants that are strong enough to tear your group apart.

This game is hard. It will require coordination and communication, and teamwork, but watching your friends’ backs and saving them from the jockey riding them, or the licker binding them, or the charger beating on them is endless fun.