Games Like Thronefall You Can Play Co-op With Friends

Thronefall's build by day, defend by night loop begs to be shared, but it has no official co-op. If you want games like Thronefall to play co-op, Hearthfall puts up to four friends in one village with that same rhythm, in the browser. Kingdom Two Crowns (two players) and The Riftbreaker (four) are the strongest picks from elsewhere.

You know the feeling: the last tower goes down just as the sun sets, you check the gates one more time, and the night rolls in. Now picture three friends on the wall beside you, one of them yelling that they forgot the archers. That's what this list is for. We make Hearthfall, so we'll be upfront: it's one entry here, not the whole list, and for some groups another game is the better pick. Facts about the other games are as of November 2026, from their store pages and publishers, and the full Hearthfall guide explains ours.

Does Thronefall have co-op?

Not officially. Thronefall is a single-player, minimalist kingdom defence game: you build by day, then fight beside your towers at night. Its developers called it content complete after the 2.11 update in February 2025, which added 12 mini modes, and now they ship only fixes and small quality-of-life patches.

There is a community mod. Thronefall Multiplayer (community-updated) on Thunderstore connects players through Steam. It works for plenty of groups, but everyone needs the mod installed and matching versions, and a game update can break it until the mod catches up. If your group doesn't mind tinkering, it's the most Thronefall co-op you'll get.

If not, here are games built for co-op from the start.

The quick comparison

Hearthfall: the same rhythm, for four

Hearthfall takes Thronefall's big idea, a short day to build and a night to survive, and makes it a team sport. Up to four of you share one village, and each has a job: the Steward keeps food and gold flowing, the Marshal trains the army, the Master Mason raises walls and towers, and the Warden explores and lays traps. The first day runs a little over three minutes, later days about two and a half, and a night lasts five minutes at most. That's just enough time to argue about where the wall should go.

Where Thronefall stays small and clean, Hearthfall goes deeper: 21 kinds of building to place around the Keep, nine kinds of soldier, research for every job, a reward to vote on every dawn and an omen most nights. It plays in the browser with nothing to install, which makes getting a group together easy. The night grows with your group too (about 1.5 times a lone player's wave for two, about 2.4 times for four), so more friends doesn't mean easier nights. It means louder ones.

The honest catch: it's an early-access beta for Pixaplay Pass members, not a free game, and it's still being built. Your first Pass starts with a free week. The Hearthfall beginner guide shows what a good first day looks like. Try Hearthfall here.

Kingdom Two Crowns: the gentle two-player pick

Kingdom Two Crowns is the game Thronefall is most often compared with, and it has real co-op: two players, online or split screen. You ride as monarchs, spend coins to recruit and build, and hold your walls against the Greed at night.

Pick it over Hearthfall if you're a pair on a sofa or want something calm with almost no interface. It's on every console too. Skip it if there are three or more of you, since co-op stops at two. Our games like Kingdom Two Crowns for more players page covers that.

The Riftbreaker: four players, more action

The Riftbreaker added online co-op for up to four players on PC in its free 2.0 update in August 2025, covering the campaign and Survival mode. The console versions got the update later, without online co-op. Each player pilots a mech, builds a base on an alien world and defends it from enormous waves.

Pick it over Hearthfall if your group wants 3D action, mech combat and a long sci-fi campaign on PC. Skip it if you want medieval walls, a split of jobs, or a game you can open in a browser tab.

Dome Keeper: couch co-op with a defend phase

Dome Keeper's free multiplayer update in April 2026 added co-op and versus, with split screen for up to four players in the same room and online play for up to eight. You dig for resources between waves, then rush back up to defend the dome. It isn't a kingdom builder, but that "get ready, then hold" tension is exactly what Thronefall fans chase.

Pick it if you want co-op on one screen, or have a big online group. Skip it if you want to build a town.

Age of Darkness: Final Stand: walls against a horde

Age of Darkness left early access with two-player co-op in its 1.0 release. It's a dark fantasy survival RTS where your walls face colossal night hordes. It's harder and grimmer than Thronefall, closer to They Are Billions.

Pick it if you're two players who want a tough, traditional RTS. For more in that direction, see our They Are Billions alternatives with co-op.

Which one should your group pick?

• Solo: play Thronefall. It's still the best of its kind alone.
• Two to four on a sofa: Kingdom Two Crowns (two) or Dome Keeper (up to four).
• Two online, wanting a challenge: Age of Darkness: Final Stand.
• Four online, wanting action: The Riftbreaker.
• Three or four, wanting a shared village with jobs to split, in the browser: Hearthfall.

If splitting the work sounds fun, our Hearthfall duties guide shows how the four jobs fit together, and the wider co-op RTS games list covers the classics. For co-op games that need no install at all, see Pixaplay's co-op browser games.

Want the Thronefall feeling with your whole group? Play Hearthfall.