Ready to ditch the competitive vibe and work together towards a common goal? These 2024 cooperative board games are perfect for you and your crew.

Let’s get to the list! Below you’ll find some of the best cooperative real-time board games! 10. Unlock! Players: 1-6 | Ages: 10+. Unlock! is an escape room system with very straightforward rules, but each game in the series gives you a different theme and a wide variety of puzzles to try to solve.

These games are purely cooperative and have the players uniting to face a common threat, enemy or other challenge -- whether that's a time limit in Magic Maze or a dragon in Gloomhaven.

I generally prefer cooperative games that challenge just how well the team works together - the challenge is in the teamwork* and mind meld, so a lot of these are limited communication and/or real-time.

Cooperative games challenge players' teamwork and communication skills as they use individual action to achieve collective goals. The best games approach these concepts in fresh and intriguing ways that keep gamers coming back for more.

Board games are more fun when you play them with the fam. Check our list of the best cooperative board games for families and find the ones most suitable for your group!

The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine takes the top spot on the list of the best cooperative board games because in order to meet the varied challenges, communication is essential in the team, and far more difficult than expected in space.

Co-op exploration games, survival games, role-playing games, and quite a few other types of board games can all fall under the “adventure games” umbrella. Rather than just picking the best cooperative games that have some sort of adventure element to them, I chose games that consistently make my group feel like we’re going on adventures.

1. A Mystery Game For Young Kids. Gamewright: Outfoxed! $24. See on Amazon. Pros: Over 5,000 reviews and an overall 4.8-star rating. Great introduction to cooperative board games. Develops...