Valentine's Day can be a hard day to make plans for. Whether that's trying to find last-minute bookings, learning how to cook homemade meals, or booking lavish trips to not-so-far-out places, it's a day that can end up being stressful to show love to another person.

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These games are perfect for bonding, without leaving the comfort of the couch. These are some of the very best co-op games native to the PlayStation 5 that'll have gamers pass the day away showing how much they care about each other.

7 Overcooked! All You Can Eat

Metascore: 84

Overcooked! All You Can Eat is the only Overcooked one ever need. The game includes both Overcooked 1 andOvercooked 2, alongside all of their respective DLC. On top of that, Team 17 has bundled in even more additional content, meaning the overall package includes over 200 levels and more than 80 chefs for gamers to get their cook on.

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Overcooked is all about cooperating and communicating with fellow gamers, as players cook away in increasingly inventive and stressful scenarios to serve their waiting guests. With easy-to-grasp gameplay, the game is open to gaming newcomers and veterans alike, as players can aim to complete the service or go for that 3-star completion. It's a fun experience to share, but be aware there will be kitchen flames and plenty of arguments about who hasn't washed the dishes, or why someone hasn't prepped the veggies. Ah, just like home.

6 The Quarry

Metascore: 79

Back in 2015, Supermassive Games released the smash-hit interactive survival horror game Until Dawn, which is soon to receive a native PS5 remaster of its own. Since then, the studio has gone on to make plenty more survival-horror games for players to experience, packed with a whole host of scary beasts to boot.

Supermassive Games understood that gamers might want to experience their horror games together, with The Quarry coming with a local co-op option that allows players to be assigned different members of the more counselors group, as players will try to see their characters (or themselves) survive the horror-filled ordeal. Better yet, the whole co-op experience only needs one controller, meaning the usual solo gamers out there won't need to head out to get an additional controller.

5 Tiny Tina's Wonderlands

Metascore: 78

The Borderlands series is best known for its hilarious characters, inventive weaponry, but most importantly, being a great looter-shooter that is best experienced with others. That same notion is true with Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, a fantasy spin on the typical Borderlands formula that delivers yet another great looter-shooter for gamers to enjoy.

The game embraces the absurdity of the premise and, with it, delivers plenty of comedy and one of the best villains in recent years in Will Arnett's Dragon Lord. Gamers can create their own characters, select their classes, and expect to enjoy plenty of hours together; shooting, looting, and laughing their way through this brilliantly absurd cooperative affair.

4 LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

Metascore: 82

The LEGO series has always been a great example of simple yet fun cooperative gameplay. It's accessible for kids and adults alike and the sheer array of franchises available means gamers are almost guaranteed there will be a franchise out there that's been LEGO-fied and available to play.

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LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is perhaps the most robust package of all. Taking gamers through all 9 films, with over 300 playable characters and 23 planets to explore, there's just so much to do. Players will be able to team up as they solve puzzles, smash bricks, and build their way through a fun-filled cooperative experience. Plus, if Star Wars isn't the franchise of choice, there's plenty more brick-built fish in the sea.

3 Diablo 4

Metascore: 86

Blizzard's Hack and Slash Looter is a perfect example of a fun and addictive game that is best enjoyed with others. So much so that the game introduced a scaling system that welcomes anyone, meaning a level 40 gamer can play alongside a lower leveled companion and have the combat scale to both, meaning the former will still receive useful gear items and the lower-level player won't feel useless in combat encounters.

The game features a great variety of classes to choose from, and extensive build options mean there will be a gameplay style to suit almost any gamer. On top of that, Diablo 4 also features one of the longest co-op campaigns out there, which means that players start together on Valentine's Day. They can look forward to carrying that great co-op experience together throughout the year.

2 Sackboy: A Big Adventure

Metascore: 79

Media Molecule's Little Big Planet is probably one of PlayStation's most beloved platformers. Thankfully, that great tradition is continued with Sumo Digital's Sackboy: A Big Adventure. Keeping the charm and creativity of the games before, Sackboy: A Big Adventure delivers an exceptional platforming experience.

With a whole host of customization options, gamers can adorn their Sackboy to look however they like, plus there's even free Valentine's DLC if players want to really get into the festive spirit. The real pull of the game is the sheer creativity of the level designs, with brilliant challenging levels and some toe-tapping musical levels. Sackboy: A Big Adventure is a charming experience to play alone, but it gets so much better when gamers play together.

1 It Takes Two

Metascore: 88

Hazelight Studios is a studio that just gets couch coop. They've proven it before with A Way Out, and they proved it again with the stellar It Takes Two. The game places players as a divorcing couple transformed into dolls who'll need to work together to somehow get back to their human selves.

Cooperation and communication are vital as It Takes Two can only be played by two players, as players will need to work together to beat the widely varied and brilliant levels the game has to offer. It Takes Two usually takes the top spot among co-op games, and with good reason. It really is one of, if not the best cooperative experience one can have on PlayStation 5 right now.

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