As one of the biggest comic book publishers, DC have expanded their empire to put their iconic superheroes in TV shows, movies, and even video games. These games have performed very well over the years, with the Batman Arkham trilogy being a particular highlight among superhero fans. However, DC has also given their readers plenty of co-op video games over the years.

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It's always great when more than one player can jump online or on the same console to fight crime, and DC has some of the best co-op superhero video games out there.

6 Batman: Rise Of Sin Tzu

A PS2 Classic

• Number of Players: 2

Batman has always proved to be a popular character for DC Comics. That is why he is one of the heroes who have received the most video game adaptations, one of which was released on the PS2 in 2003, and features many of the character designs used in the animated series from the 1990s.

Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu is a co-op side scrolling action beat-em-up that lets two players choose to play as either Batman, Robin, Batgirl or Nightwing. The combat is fairly simple, but this game has a unique story featuring plenty of villains from Batman's rogues gallery. Overall, it is just fun to play this game set in the Batman universe alongside a friend and unlock new gadgets or abilities on the way.

5 DC Universe Online

The Company's Own MMO

• Number of Players: N/A

DC Universe Online is a massively multiplayer online game that has been running since 2011. The game is free to play, and it allows new players to create their own superhero in the DC universe, and interact with some well-known heroes and villains from the comics.

Players must choose if the character they have made is a hero or villain, and this impacts the story missions that unfold in the game. These missions usually involve some heavy action gameplay, and players can fight alongside or battle against friends and other random players, since DC Universe Online is an MMO with one large connected server.

4 Justice League Heroes

DC's Multiplayer Dungeon Crawler

• Number of Players: 2

Activision were having great success with their multiplayer dungeon crawler games based in the Marvel universe at the beginning of the 2000s. Both the X-Men Legends games and Marvel Ultimate Alliance games were selling well, and each of these co-op games allowed players to assemble a team of four superheroes to defeat waves of enemies. With the Justice League animated cartoon also doing well during this time, it only made sense for them to get a video game as well.

Justice League Heroes is another top-down dungeon crawler from this era that allows two players to control iconic DC heroes such as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, and Zatanna. However, instead of assembling a unique team of four heroes, this game has set levels in which players can only play as two of the characters at a time.

3 Lego Batman

DC's Iconic Vigilante Gets Made Into Blocks

• Number of Players: 2

With Traveler's Tales succeeding in turning major franchises from pop culture into LEGO games, it only seemed natural that one of the most iconic characters in history would receive his own LEGO video game. As a result, the first LEGO Batman game was released and allowed players to solve puzzles and play as a multitude of characters in levels set in Gotham City. LEGO Batman 2 expanded on the first game in a big way, though, as it introduced an open-world Gotham City to explore, and was the first LEGO game to introduce voice acting in the cut scenes.

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The second game in the series also featured Superman in amajor role during the story, which eventually led to all members of the Justice League making an appearance. These characters would all return in LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, which is a game set in space and includes a story more focused on all DC LEGO characters.

2 LEGO DC: Super-Villians

A Full LEGO Game Set In The DC Universe

• Number of Players: 2

While the LEGO Batman series slowly builds toward a game that includes everyone in the DC Universe, LEGO DC Super-Villains throws the player into a fully established version of the DC Universe from the beginning. The game does feature Gotham as an open-world location, but it also features Metropolis, Smallville, Apokalypse, and plenty of other locations from the comics to explore.

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LEGO DC: Super-Villains is very much like any other LEGO video game. Players must play through levels and solve puzzles to progress, while also unlocking collectibles in the open world. The main difference here is that the player does this by controlling iconic DC villains like the Joker, Harley Quinn, and Lex Luthor, in a story that sees these characters save the world from an evil Justice League.

1 Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League

A Live Service Game With Attitude

• Number of Players: 4

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a game set in the same universe as the single player Arkham games. The main story of this game is also a single player experience that pits four characters from this villainous team against Brainiac and his evil Justice League in a frantic action shooter. However, this game is also a live service game.

This means that a player can take one of the members of the Suicide Squad and jump into an online match with their friends. In these online lobbies, players work together to defeat enemies and level up their characters, while other players can drop in and out of a game at will. There is still more content to come from Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, but it is currently one of the best co-op games from DC.

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