The 8 Best Multiplayer PS4 Games

Hang out with friends and try these must-play titles

A son and a father playing video games

Caiaimage/Sam Edwards / Getty Images

Most Popular: Hasbro Family Fun Pack

The Hasbro Family Fun Pack is four games in one: Monopoly, Scrabble, Risk and Trivial Pursuit all in virtual form without the need for setup and cleanup. With up to four players, families can get together and pick one of the four classic titles that all come to life in a 1080p high definition display.

The family game night is alive, and the Hasbro Family Fun Pack makes it easy for anyone to pick up a PS4 controller and jump right into the action. Monopoly gives a beautiful visual presentation set in a 3D world where the board comes to life as you roll dice and narrowly avoid your sister’s hotel property on Boardwalk. Risk will turn your son into a young Napoleon as the family competes for fun-filled global domination. Trivial Pursuit will test the brains with general knowledge and pop culture questions, while Scrabble will unveil Mom’s wordsmith power. Hasbro Family Fun Pack brings kids and parents together by combining a video game with board games that’ll sure to entertain, form bonds and create grudges.

Best Multiplayer 2D Platforming: Rayman Legends

Rayman Legends is one of the best 2D platforming games around for PS4 and lets you and three other players jump into a cooperative quest together seamlessly. The game received critical acclaim upon release with praise towards its gorgeous visuals, level design, controls, soundtrack and gameplay.

Family-friendly and full of charming and quirky characters, Rayman Legends has you and your friends simultaneously traverse through over 120 levels full of various enemies, traps and puzzles that require collective teamwork. Unique to its play style, the game includes timed rhythm effects where players can interact with their environment (for example, jumping to the beat of a drum or zip-lining to a guitar riff). Rayman Legends is also one of the most easy-going PS4 gaming experiences with forgiving gameplay that grants players infinite lives and a design focused solely on enjoyment without too much struggle.

Best Fighting Game: Injustice 2

If you're playing Injustice 2, you'll be able to have Batman fight the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat battle against Hellboy. The best multiplayer fighting game for PS4 is loaded with DC superheroes and villains along with a ton of guest stars, customizations and jaw-dropping fights.

Injustice 2 is designed with beautiful graphics and incredible character animation sequences. As you progress in the game and win online matches, your chosen character levels up with increases in strength, ability, defense and health point attributes; you'll even be able to unlock different equipment that changes your appearance and skills. The game also provides an offline versus mode, so you and a friend can settle some scores with your favorite superheroes and villains.

Best Esport: Overwatch

Few modern shooters have immersed themselves in the world of esports as Blizzard’s multiplayer goliath, Overwatch. For what it’s worth, its design fits the machinations of esports like a glove. Entirely team-based, Overwatch requires a level of skill and strategy, making it as enjoyable to spectate as it is to play. Coordination is the name of the game, and to see it done impeccably by professional gamers is a constant delight. 

It helps that Blizzard has wholly embraced the esports handle designated to Overwatch by its community. In fact, Blizzard itself hosts its very own league aptly known as the Overwatch League. It’s a robust organization that functions similar to other major sports leagues like the NFL and MLB, with dozens of teams competing on a regular basis in pre-arranged, scheduled matches ultimately leading to a final playoff ... and a total prize pool of $3.5 million.

Best Horror: Dead by Daylight

Guaranteed to give you anxiety or bring out your inner masochist, Dead by Daylight takes four players as humans and sets them out to escape from another player who is out to kill them. Gameplay relies on a concoction of teamwork and being sneaky while rescuing other players, avoiding being killed and eventually escaping to freedom. You can be selfish if you want.

Sure, it’s a simple game, but Dead by Daylight does a perfect job of building tension and anxiety as you crouch in a field of corn, hear your heartbeat and see your “friend” in the distance — the monster — run around with a chainsaw chasing after your other “friend” — are you going to save them? Players are rewarded with points that can unlock perks and items by taking chances such as facing their fears, going unseen or fixing machinery correctly. Players playing as humans will get the tactical advantage of a third-person view, while players assuming the role of the killer will see in a first-person view with a terrifying aura ability that makes tracking easier.

Best Tactical Shooter: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Designed around multiplayer, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is a fun and addictive, first-person, tactical shooter that requires your utmost cooperation and communication. The team-based strategy game pits five against five where one group must infiltrate and the other must defend.

Sure, it’s difficult, but Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege can be rather rewarding when you pick it up since it challenges players to scout out areas, be familiar with their settings, pinpoint locations and set up strategies to overcome their opponents. Players will get the chance to select 38 different characters that fit their play style, each with their own unique abilities, custom load outs for weapons and utility equipment along with speed and armor ratings. Players will be matched head-to-head based on their skill level in online casual or competitive matches or take it easy by playing cooperatively in a terrorist hunt mode where they fight off enemy AI.

Best for Star Wars Fans: Star Wars Battlefront II

With 40 simultaneous players online, Star Wars Battlefront II offers the ultimate, large-scale, war-shooter-style game where players relive famous Star Wars battles from the eponymous films. The game gives players the chance to play their favorite Star Wars character, fly spacecraft and rush into battle side by side with Stormtroopers.

Star Wars Battlefront II includes five multiplayer game modes ranging from small to large where players assume the role of the Rebel Alliance or Galactic Empire. Level progression will give players more chances to customize and outfit their character's specific traits with different weapons and load outs, as well as being able to unlock bigger characters such as Darth Vader, Rey, Yoda, Kylo Ren and more that they’ll be able to play. Varied gameplay modes change up the dynamic; you'll be able to engage in full-scale wars, fight against famous heroes and villains and even pilot X-Wings and Tie Fighters in space battles.

Best Co-Op: Far Cry 5

The highly-talked-about, action-adventure, first-person shooter game is the best PS4 title you’ll find on the list where you and a partner can venture through the main story together. Far Cry 5 does an amazing job as a video game with highly detailed environments, a unique and crazy plot and nonstop action where you’ll be ambushed by everything, including cult members to wildlife.

Played cooperatively online, Far Cry 5 puts you and your friend together as U.S. Marshals set forth on investigating a mysterious cult in the middle of nowhere. The story-driven plot unfolds as you both remain stranded in a forest and have to work together using a variety of weapons to fight against enemies, complete objectives and avoid the wrath of the wild that will occasionally try to kill you. Far Cry 5 takes dedication and will take you and your friend about 25 more hours to complete, but you’ll enjoy every minute of it as you both drive away in your getaway car, sick your dog on enemy combatants, evade explosions and even get in fistfights with bobcats, bears and boars.

Test Results: Rayman Legends (Best 2D Platforming)

What We Like
  • Great value

  • Cool visuals

  • Co-op feature

What We Don't Like
  • Not much of a plot

  • Some levels too difficult

  • Sometimes hard to keep track of your character in multiplayer mode

Rayman Legends
Rayman Legends
Rayman Legends
Rayman Legends
Rayman Legends
Rayman Legends
Rayman Legends

“The game is 100% worth purchasing,” raved one of our testers. “With extra levels, a second game’s worth of content, and great replayability, you'll get your money's worth.” Its “unique and playful” visuals were another plus, according to one reviewer. It was also a fun game to play with multiple people: “Its co-op feature makes it an amazing game for partners or best friends to play together,” one tester said. In terms of negatives, one reviewer felt that it “doesn’t have much of a plot” and that “some levels are very hard—the average platform player will struggle to beat them.” One tester also thought that playing with more than one player can be a little confusing: “It can be hard to keep track of your character,” she said, “especially if you’re playing co-op with four players.”