Hazelight’s 2018 co-op adventure game, A Way Out is pretty unique in the type of co-op gameplay it offers. If you’re looking for a game that enables you to work more closely with your co-op friend than just mindlessly shooting bad guys, you’re in the right spot. Here are games like A Way Out, if you’re looking for something similar.
Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine
Games Like A Way Out
Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine, is surprisingly not the only neon-drenched, co-op fueled game on this list of games that match A Way Out. However, it is one of the most unique.
You and up to 3 other friends must work together in a variety of different missions to rob banks, museums, and police stations all in the name of money. While this all sounds very similar to Payday, its vibrant art style and top-down perspective make it stand out from the crowd.
Think the frantic action of Hotline Miami, mixed with the tactics heavy gameplay of The Escapists.
If you liked A Way Out’s focus on criminal activity and co-op focused gameplay then Monaco is the experience for you. Better yet, it’s incredibly easy to pick up and play, so within minutes you and all your friends will be pulling off heists like the pros.
This post was originally written by Dawson Roberts.
It Takes Two
When two parents are staring down the barrel of divorce, they suddenly find themselves transformed into dolls and must work together to overcome the many obstacles that have cause them problems over the years. That hoover that she broke and he could never fix, the pesky toolbox, you get the idea.
It Takes Two is from the same developer as A Way Out, albeit with a more care-free, comedic tone. Its vibrant colors make for a magical experience and the game constantly offers up new mechanics to keep the gameplay feeling fresh. This one’s well worth checking out if you were a fan of Hazelight Studios’ previous titles.
Overcooked
Games Like A Way Out
If you think that you’ve tested your friendship to the max by completing A Way Out together, then you would be sorely mistaken.
Overcooked is a true test of how strong your friendships really are. This is a game which prides itself on being an incredibly stressful and frantic experience and it’s all the better for it (some would probably go as far as saying it’s the Dark Souls of cooking games).
By working with up to 4 people you must try your best to complete various food orders and cook them to perfection. While that sounds relatively simple you’ll be faced be faced with a whole host of obstacles to stop you in your path, from sinking pirate ships to busy crossroads.
By the very end, you and all your friends will finally be able to relate to how stressed Gordon Ramsay gets in the kitchen. That is, if you have any friends left.
And if you do, you can get rid of the rest of them by making them play through Overcooked 2 with you!
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Games Like A Way Out
Imagine for a second that you’re the pilot in Galaga. You’re trying to simultaneously fly a ship, figure out who you’re going to shoot next, and avoid the enemy bullets coming your way, all while things go wrong left, right, and center. That is exactly the experience you’re in for when playing Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime.
By working with teammates, you must control every aspect of a ship as you fly through space trying to defeat enemies in your path.
It’s an experience that relies on working with your respective lover as each person mans a specific element of the ship, whether that be the ship’s flight path, a gun, or the force field.
It’s yet another game on this list that really emphasizes the fact that you need to work together to solve your problems, a message A Way Out heavily imposes on you. But its cutes-y, neon-filled art style is but a disguise for its rampant difficulty and within mere minutes you’ll wish you never left earth.
The Escapists
Games Like A Way Out
A Way Out tapped into what made shows like Prison Break great – the camaraderie, tactics and convoluted ways of escaping prisons – and if that’s exactly what you’re looking for in a game, then The Escapists should be your next venture.
You play as a simple prisoner who is desperate to escape his capture and must work your way through increasingly more complex prisons, trying to escape as quickly and elegantly as possible.
But in true Prison Break fashion, the ways in which you escape get more and more ridiculous as time goes on.
Each prison has its own obstacles to face whether that be electric fences or tighter security and you’ll be spending a lot of time figuring out exactly how you’ll execute the perfect escape. But by the end of the game, you’ll be able to escape anything that comes your way, you might even be able to give Houdini a run for his money.
Payday 2
Games Like A Way Out
If you’re looking to break into the prison instead of escape, then look no further than Payday 2.
You and a band of robbers must work together to rob jewelry stores, car dealerships and of course the odd bank, all while wave after wave of police officers try and hunt you down.
Each level plays out exactly like those cliché heists you see in movies like Heat, it’s very tactics-focused but in the blink of an eye you could be being swarmed by armed police.
If you’re looking to walk away with all the cash you can hold and a complete team, then you’ll have to work together to pull off the perfect heist.
Snipperclips
Games Like A Way Out
If you’ve come straight out of A Way Out looking for another great couch co-op experience, then Snipperclips may fill that gap you’ve just created.
Its imaginative take on the puzzle genre makes it one of the best multiplayer experiences available for the Switch.
In it, you play as up to four miscellaneous shapes (with each player controlling a shape) and your aim is cut each other into the exact right shape so to solve a puzzle at hand.
Each puzzle is remarkably different from the last and while one minute you’re playing a friendly game of basketball the next you’ll be shouting at each other as you carefully try and transport a very fragile egg to a goal.
Snipperclips is a game that requires some intense levels of communication and teamwork but the satisfaction of completing a particularly tough level is unrivaled.
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Games Like A Way Out
Both A Way Out and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons are created by eccentric developer Josef Fares and are both games in which you control two characters simultaneously.
However, while A Way Out sees a friend control one character, Brothers sees you solely control both characters at the same time.
By using each thumbstick, you must move the brothers through the fairy-tale environments at hand, solving increasingly difficult puzzles and performing some impressive finger gymnastics along the way.
Don’t be fooled by its cute exterior, though, Brothers is a game with some heavy themes behind it and it’s unlikely you’ll leave without shedding a tear or two.
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