PC
Xbox
PSN
Nintendo
10
GocdkeysLV 10Staff
10 PS5 games with local split screen for two or four players: Hot Wheels Unleashed is €4.49 (no fees) as a PSN Key, F1 25 on disc €39.99 (no fees).
Key facts
- Cheapest right now
- € Standard · Account · Global · Key4Games
- Live offers
- 4 offers · 4 stores
- Our pick
- Standard · PSN Key · Global · Playstation Store — €
One PS5, a second controller and a screen cut in half, or in quarters: that is all these ten games ask for. The cheapest is Hot Wheels Unleashed at €4.49 (no fees) on the PlayStation Store. The best reviewed is Split Fiction. And if four of you are sharing the sofa, the ones that take four players are Sonic Racing CrossWorlds, Top Racer Collection and Gigantosaurus Dino Sports.
We started from the 51 PS5 games in our catalogue whose PC version carries Steam's «Split Screen» tag and that had at least two offers in stock this morning. That tag is generous, so we kept only games with real local split screen. Shared-screen co-op such as Sackboy or Brothers is out (it has its own place in our local co-op games for PS5), and so are games whose multiplayer is online only. Review scores are from Steam users on the PC version, where Steam has one.
Two Hazelight games built for exactly two players
Split Fiction has the split screen in its title for a reason. Mio and Zoe, one a science fiction writer and the other a fantasy writer, get stuck inside a machine that steals their ideas, and the levels swing between spaceships and dragons without reusing a mechanic. It is two players only, and one copy covers both of you on the same console. 97% of its 79,741 Steam reviews are positive, the best score on this list. The PlayStation Store wants €49.99 (no fees); the disc is a little cheaper at Media Markt ES, €46.99 (no fees).
It Takes Two came first and plays by the same rule. Cody and May, a couple heading for divorce, wake up as dolls, and in every chapter each of them gets a different ability that only works together with the other's. We have no Steam score for it. The PSN Key is €39.99 (no fees) on the PlayStation Store.
F1 25 and RIDE 5 for head-to-head racing
F1 25 is the official Formula 1 season, with the real teams and circuits, and two of you can race on one console. On Steam, 87% of 26,833 reviews are positive. Here the format makes a real difference: the PSN Key costs €79.99 (no fees) on the PlayStation Store, while the disc at Media Markt ES is €39.99 (no fees), exactly half.
RIDE 5 is Milestone's motorbike game: more than 200 bikes, over 35 tracks, endurance races and weather that turns mid-race. Split screen is there for beating the person next to you. Steam reviews: 82% positive out of 3,440. The disc wins by a mile again, €18.70 (no fees) at PCcomponentes against €59.99 (no fees) for the PSN Key. Both also appear in our list of the best racing games on PS5.
Kart racers and toy cars for up to four
Sonic Racing CrossWorlds from Sonic Team is the one we would put on with four controllers. Travel rings drop you into a different world halfway through a race, and you can tune your vehicle to the way you drive. 92% of 11,949 Steam reviews are positive. The PSN Key is €39.99 (no fees), and Amazon FR has the disc at €37.00 (no fees).
Hot Wheels Unleashed is the no-brainer. Toy cars on orange track with loops, a track editor for building your own, and two-player split screen. No Steam score in our data, but the Hot Wheels Unleashed PS5 key is €4.49 (no fees) on the PlayStation Store, the lowest price we have seen for it.
Top Racer Collection bundles four 16-bit racers, more than 140 tracks and an old-TV filter if you want the full nostalgia. Up to four can play locally, and 88% of its 194 Steam reviews are positive. It is €19.99 (no fees) on the PlayStation Store today, but it was €9.99 (no fees) on 8 October, so a price alert for Top Racer Collection is the smarter move if you can wait.
Teeto and Outward, for longer sessions
Teeto is the newest game here and the gentlest. It is a 3D collect-a-thon platformer in the Spyro and Banjo-Kazooie mould: Teeto, a blob made in a lab, and Nory, the bunny who built him, go hunting for baby Michaels across colourful levels, alone or in two-player split screen. On Steam, 93% of reviews are positive, though there are only 100. The PlayStation Store has it discounted to €12.74 (no fees); on 30 September it was €16.99 (no fees) there.
Outward sits at the other end. It is a slow, demanding RPG where you eat, sleep, haul a backpack and plan every trip: a night in the cold or an infected wound can kill you as surely as a monster. With a second player in split screen it becomes far more forgiving. On Steam 72% of 24,970 reviews are positive, the lowest score of the ten. The PlayStation Store sells the Definitive Edition, which includes the expansions, for €39.99 (no fees).
Gigantosaurus Dino Sports, the one for kids
Gigantosaurus Dino Sports is the sports pick and it is aimed at children. Mazu, Rocky, Bill and Tiny from the TV series compete at hang gliding, bobsleigh and berry-blaster shooting, up to four at once in split screen. It has too few Steam reviews for a score. The disc is €39.90 (no fees) at Amazon ES and the PSN Key €39.99 (no fees). In August the key went down to €7.99 (no fees), so today's price is one we would skip.
Account, PSN Key or disc
On PS5, the cheapest thing key shops sell is nearly always an account. That means a login to someone else's PSN account that already owns the game: you download it to your console, but it never becomes yours, and if the owner takes the account back or Sony closes it, the game goes with it. A PSN Key from the PlayStation Store lands on your own account for good. A disc is yours as well, and you can lend it or sell it on, as long as your PS5 has a disc drive. Here is what each route costs this morning:
| Game | Players on one PS5 | Cheapest copy you keep | Cheapest account |
|---|---|---|---|
| Split Fiction | 2 | Media Markt ES (disc): €46.99 (no fees) | GamesPSN: €8.28 (no fees) |
| It Takes Two | 2 | PlayStation Store (PSN Key): €39.99 (no fees) | Key4Games: €8.08 with code GOCDKEYS16 (€8.64 with fees) |
| Teeto | 2 | PlayStation Store (PSN Key): €12.74 (no fees) | Key4Games: €8.95 with code GOCDKEYS16 (€9.54 with fees) |
| Outward | 2 | PlayStation Store (PSN Key, Definitive Edition): €39.99 (no fees) | Key4Games: €26.70 with code GOCDKEYS16 (€27.98 with fees) |
| F1 25 | 2 | Media Markt ES (disc): €39.99 (no fees) | GamesPSN: €13.17 (no fees) |
| RIDE 5 | 2 | PCcomponentes (disc): €18.70 (no fees) | Key4Games: €5.40 with code GOCDKEYS16 (€5.86 with fees) |
| Sonic Racing CrossWorlds | 4 | Amazon FR (disc): €37.00 (no fees) | Key4Games: €23.32 with code GOCDKEYS16 (€24.47 with fees) |
| Hot Wheels Unleashed | 2 | PlayStation Store (PSN Key): €4.49 (no fees) | Key4Games: €3.45 with code GOCDKEYS16 (€3.83 with fees) |
| Top Racer Collection | up to 4 | PlayStation Store (PSN Key): €19.99 (no fees) | Key4Games: €12.33 with code GOCDKEYS16 (€13.05 with fees) |
| Gigantosaurus Dino Sports | 4 | Amazon ES (disc): €39.90 (no fees) | Key4Games: €26.70 with code GOCDKEYS16 (€27.98 with fees) |
Key4Games account prices already include coupon GOCDKEYS16. Hot Wheels Unleashed is the only game where account and key are within a euro of each other. And since Split Fiction tops the list, here are its live offers:
Quick picks for tonight
On a tight budget, Hot Wheels Unleashed as a PSN Key plus RIDE 5 on disc come to €23.19 (no fees) together. For a story to finish as a pair, Split Fiction or It Takes Two. For four players, Sonic Racing CrossWorlds.
Prices checked on the morning of 13 November.
The best racing games on PS5: Gran Turismo 7, F1 25, Forza Horizon 5 and 12 more
Buying guidesThe best local co-op games on PS5, and what a copy you keep costs today
Buying guidesThe best split-screen games on Xbox: F1 25, Wobbly Life, Outward and 10 more
Buying guidesPrice of RIDE 6 for Xbox and available editions
What do you think? Share your take on this post below with other players.
Italiano
English
Español
Português
Deutsch
Français