Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy

Trine 5 is the closest thing on this list to a proper fantasy campaign, and given how much I gravitate toward fantasy settings elsewhere, this was always going to land well with me. Thief, wizard, and knight each solve the same room differently, and the best moments happen when someone realizes their class ability solves a puzzle nobody else considered. Visually it is one of the prettier picks here, painterly fantasy backdrops worth just standing still to look at. The catch is time. This is a multi-chapter campaign, not a drop-in session game, so it fits a small standing group better than a rotating LAN crowd. Four players is the cap. Good pick if your LAN is the same four or five people every time rather than a rotating cast.

Trine 5 leans hard into painterly fantasy visuals, and given how much I gravitate toward that genre anywhere else, it's a bit of a surprise it doesn't rank higher here. Three character classes with different abilities mean two players can mix and match roles instead of being locked into one job for the whole campaign. The puzzles ask for actual coordination, boosting a partner across a gap, timing a shield at the right moment, without ever punishing a wrong guess harshly. It's calmer than most action co-op and prettier than most puzzle games, a nice combination for an evening in. It just doesn't do anything Unravel Two or It Takes Two haven't already done better for two people specifically.