Best Multi-Player Games for the Nintendo Switch

Spend time playing video games with these multiplayer Nintendo Switch games. Multiplayer games are perfect to play together as a family. Several Nintendo Switch games allow people to play together or against each other.

Here are a few of the best multiplayer games for the Nintendo Switch:

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Number of Players: 8 Players

Gaming icons clash in the ultimate brawl you can play anytime, anywhere! Smash rivals off the stage as new characters Simon Belmont and King K. Rool join Inkling, Ridley, and every fighter in Super Smash Bros. history. Enjoy enhanced speed and combat at new stages based on the Castlevania series, Super Mario Odyssey, and more!

Super Mario Party

Number of Players: 4 Players

The original 4-player Mario Party series board game mode that fans love is back, and your friends and family are invited to the party! Freely walk the board: choose where to move, which Dice Block to roll, and how to win the most Stars in skill-based minigames. Wait till you see the 2 vs 2 modes with grid-based maps, the creative uses of the console, and the series’ first online minigame mode!

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Number of Players: 4 Players

Hit the road with the definitive version of Mario Kart 8 and play anytime, anywhere! Race your friends or battle them in a revised battle mode on new and returning battle courses. Play locally in up to 4-player multiplayer in 1080p while playing in TV Mode. Every track from the Wii U version, including DLC, makes a glorious return. Plus, the Inklings appear as all-new guest characters, along with returning favorites, such as King Boo, Dry Bones, and Bowser Jr.!

Overcooked! All You Can Eat

Number of Players: 4 Players

Overcooked! All You Can Eat is a co-op game where players must work together to serve the food before the time runs out. Players can join friends online with cross-platform multiplayer. The game also offers multiple modes and accessibility, allowing players that need more assistance, have dyslexia, or have color blindness to join the frenzy.

Super Mario U Deluxe

Number of Players: 4 Players

Join Mario, Luigi, and pals for single-player or multiplayer fun anytime, anywhere! Take on two family-friendly, side-scrolling adventures with up to three friends* as you try to save the Mushroom Kingdom. Includes the New Super Mario Bros. U and harder, faster New Super Luigi U games—both of which include Nabbit and Toadette as playable characters!

Super Mario Odyssey

Number of Players: 2 Players

Explore incredible places far from the Mushroom Kingdom as you join Mario and his ally Cappy on a massive, globe-trotting 3D adventure. Use amazing abilities like the power to capture and control objects, animals, and enemies to collect Power Moons so you can power up the Odyssey airship and save Princess Peach from Bowser’s wedding plans.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Number of Players: 2 Players Captain Toad stars in his puzzling quest on the Nintendo Switch system! Our stubby hero must dodge dangers and track treasures across many trap-filled courses. Survive smoldering volcanoes, hazardous steam engines, haunted houses, and even new courses based on the Super Mario Odyssey game! Luckily, a second player can join in by tossing turnips at enemies.