Valentine's day is almost here and you know what that means. It’s time to take the person you love most on an intimate adventure with you and woo them with your romantic and fun self. Lovers go to all the stops to make the night as intimate as possible to show their love and adoration for each other.
But you know what’s more intimate than the fancy dinners, extravagant gifts, and even some good old sexy time? Playing a fun game with your boo, of course! So, to help you lovers out there be as intimate as possible this Valentine’s Day, here’s a list of some awesome co-op games to get some sparks flying in each other’s hearts!
Mario Kart
Nothing brings people more together, (or in some cases further apart), than Mario Kart. If you’re planning on staying in this Valentine's Day, you can’t go wrong with this tried and true racing titan.
The tight turns. The throwing of shells and bananas. The last second push to win first place. Mario Kart has all the comical fun and intense exhilaration that makes it great to play with friends and partners alike. Whether you’re playing together against bots or noobs online or facing each other off in a 1 vs 1 race to the death, you’re guaranteed to have a fun time that will last for hours.
It’s that kind of game that everybody can pick up and enjoy, so if your partner isn’t a big gamer like you, don’t worry. You’ll still be able to have an amazing time this Valentine’s Day not only driving circles around the beautifully crafted tracks, but also around each other’s hearts. Just don’t go playing too hard or you might be sleeping on the couch instead of under the covers.
Overcooked
Get ready for a true test of love as you play the chaotic culinary adventure that is Overcooked.
Work together to create basic meals in complicated scenarios. Make soup on a rocking pirate ship that shifts the cooking stations back and forth amidst the open seas. Grill burgers across moving trucks on the highway. Craft fish and chips while sliding recklessly across ice glaciers.
With every new level comes new and insane challenges that you and your Valentine have to overcook to survive. Put your communication skills, and maybe even your love life, to the test with this fun, fast-paced game of food and adventure.
Want to try something different this year and have a double date with another couple? Overcooked supports 4 player couch co-op where you can prove that love truly does prevail.
After you’ve cooked your way throughout the world, overcoming one obstacle over the other, and growing ever more closer as a culinary duo, who knows? You might be feeling a little bit more adventurous and want to “cook” something up in the bedroom to finish off the perfect night. (*wink*) (*wink*).
Pokemon Go/Pokemon Let’s Go
Want to go out this Valentine’s Day, but don’t want to go with the old fancy schmancy, lovey dovey restaurant cliche and don’t have the money to go on a romantic getaway together? Well don’t worry! Pokemon Go is the game where you can go on an unique adventure with your boo without hurting your wallet.
Sure, the game might be a few years old and isn’t as popular as it was when it first launched, but this could be the opportunity for you to reignite old passions or try something different with your partner if this is your first time picking up the game.
Pokemon Go has proven to be an amazing game in not only getting people outside and active, but also building up strong community and relationships with other real-life Pokemon trainers. Plus, it’s Pokemon what’s not to love?
Imagine, a nice romantic evening in the moonlite park catching Pokemon and hatching eggs together until the sun comes up. The discovery of a new Pokemon. The challenge of a gym raid. The excitement and suspense of a Pokemon egg hatching out of its shell. This game has everything you need to have an exciting and romantic evening together.
After a pleasant hunt around town, bring the adventure back home and fire up Pokemon Let’s Go where you can see all the creatures you caught come to life on the screen. Relive the nostalgic Pokemon days by exploring the Kanto region and challenging Pokemon trainers together.
The combination of a real-life and virtual adventure with the person you treasure most. Ahhh, I can’t imagine a more perfect Valentine’s Day date than that!
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Do you have the kind of relationship that blows up every now and again? Do you want to recapture a spark with your significant other? Then look no further than Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes.
Work together to defuse a bomb in an undisclosed location before the timer goes out. One person disarms the bomb and the other relays instructions using the bomb defusal manual. Prove how well the communication is in your relationship by defusing bomb after bomb in this intense blowout of a game.
This is a game that will shake up your love life for the better as you and your partner feel the blood rush of trying to save each other from an untimely demise. If you want to get real close and personal on this day of love and romance, try it with a VR headset on. The VR will add the extra layer of intimacy that you and your schmuckums have been looking for.
This Valentine’s Day, keep the explosions down in the game and start some explosions in your hearts!
Apex Legends
Unfortunately, there are some couples out there who don’t have the luxury of spending Valentine’s day together in person. Long distance relationships are hard and while you guys would really love to spend the day together hundreds and thousands of miles of land and sea prevent you from having the perfect night together.
But, there’s still a way to for you have an intense night of passion even if you can’t be with each other in person. That’s right, you know what I’m getting at. Apex Legends, baby!
This online game based in the TitanFall universe has taken the battle royale genre by storm. Jump into World’s Edge as one of now 12 unique legends as you and 2 other players scourge the Outlands to become the one and true champion. Work in tandem as you use different abilities to give yourself the upper edge and get some sweet final kills that will make your relationship seem unbreakable.
Don’t want a third wheel troll ruining your online passion session? Then jump into the limited time Duos mode where it’s just you and the one you love most against a horde of loveless noobs.
Want to give your special one a gift as well? Well the online store has plenty of sweet lovey dovey cosmetics that you can buy for your boo including Valentine’s Day themed weapons skins and gun charms. This store is like the Jared for Apex Legends fans! She’ll love it and flaunt it off to all her friends in online forums and you’ll draw closer to the love of your life!
If you and your hubby/sweetheart enjoy a game with more challenge, more fight than the average game has to offer, then Apex Legends is your one stop to a dreamy, intense night of one and one time together no matter where you two are in the cosmos of love!
Will you try out some of these games this Valentine’s Day? What are your plans for you and your special someone? Comment below and I hope you couples out there have a night full of love and gamer fun. Until next time!
Dean Willms
~Gamer. Designer. Friend.
