Multiplayer

You can tell which kinds are my fave by all the green text :)

Competitive

Competitive with Co-op

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days	on: 360, PS3, Windows
Interesting take on co-op where you can kill each other to take all the winnings yourself.

Omegalodon	on: Windows
One team is a kaiju tasked with destroying things, the other team can control a bunch of different vehicles to try and stop them. Not the most interesting implementation of a neat idea though.

Rocket League	on: Switch, PS4, Windows, XBO


Umbrella Corps	on: Windows
Zippy third-person shooter with a real interesting mix of well thought-out mechanisms.

Videoball	on: PS4, Win
Sport. Play locally.

Local

BANG BANG BANG!	on: Linux, Mac, Win
Quick bursts of mind-games. Each stage is a grid, you pay by moving between points and being quickest on the draw. I guess this was renamed to Dangerous Duels.
BANG BANG BANG!

BOMB DOLLS	on: Mac, Win
Co-op driving, scavenging, adventure, makeout, game.
BOMB DOLLS

Videoball	on: PS4, Win
Brilliant team sport.

Hot-Seat

Capture the Flag	on: Win
Turn-based, squad-based, capture the flag game. Has hot-seat multiplayer too.

ダンジョンランド (Dungeon Land)	on GB

Asynchronous

Async, AKA play-by-email, etc. multiplayer games are ones where each player takes their turn in their own time. When they're done a notification of some kind is sent to the opponent, who can then take theirs. I like the pace of them, and the ability to have multiple games going at a time.

Capture the Flag	on: Win
Turn-based, squad-based, capture the flag game. Has hot-seat multiplayer too.

Civilization V	on: Linux, Mac, Win
Async multiplayer via Giant Multiplayer Robot, otherwise at least the host has to be online or you to take your turn.

civilization_vi	on: Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, PS4, Switch, Windows, XB1
An update added a 'cloud' multiplayer mode where people can finally play asynchronously.

Clairvoyance	on: Mac, Win
Clairvoyance is a turn-based, asynchronous multiplayer game where you control a group of four robots trying to destroy your opponent's. The fun is in trying to predict what they'll do, and how things go wrong and right because of that :) Never had any luck running it on Arch, but *buntus seem fine. Works perfect in Wine.

freeciv	on like everything


Frozen Synapse	on: Linux, Mac, Win


Wargroove	on: PS4, Switch, Win, XBO

Multiplayer Games I Would Like To Play With Others That I Never Get To

Bionic Commando	on: 360, PS3, Windows
Amazing, aerial, grappling hook-based combat.

Rampart
(note to self Famicom and GB (not colour) versions are ace too) Kajani Kombat Castle Combat

Umbrella Corps	on: Windows
Zippy third-person shooter with a real interesting mix of well thought-out mechanisms.

Co-operative

Low Action

Also good to play with people who aren't much into games.

Ico	on: PS2, PS3
Haven't actually tried it. Yorda being weaponless might be a bummer.

Minecraft	on: everything

High Action

EDF series	on: 360+, PS2+, Switch, Vita, Windows


Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days	on: 360, PS3, Windows


Lost Planet 2	on: 360, PS3, Windows


Sanctum 2	on: 360, PS3, Windows
FPS/tower defence game that's pretty fun, even though I'm not big on either genre.

Frantic Problem Solving

Cookie & Cream	on: PS2

Horror

Resident Evil Revelations 2	on: 3DS, Wii, Windows


Obscure series	on: PS2, Wii, Windows, XBox

recommendations, multiplayer, asynchronous, videogames, co-op

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