Cooperative
Best games: Cooperative
Everyone vs the game. Picks that build the table, not divide it.
Medium
Pandemic
Cooperative classic. Save the world together. The game that converts non-gamers.
Heavy
Spirit Island
Reverse-colonialism cooperative. The thinky version of Pandemic. Endless replayability.
Light
The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
Cooperative trick-taking. 96 missions of escalating difficulty. Plays anywhere.
Light
Hanabi
You see everyone's cards but yours. Pure cooperative reasoning. Tiny box.
Heavy
Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
The best campaign-game starter. Self-contained Gloomhaven with built-in tutorial.
Light
Just One
Cooperative party game. Give one-word clues. Sets up in 30 seconds.
Light
Sky Team
Two-player cooperative airplane-landing dice game. Tense, beautiful, 20 minutes.
Light
Forbidden Island
The cooperative gateway. Cheaper, simpler Pandemic. Plays with 8-year-olds.
Light
Horrified: Universal Monsters
Cooperative monster-hunting. Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy. Plays family-friendly.