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8 games we’ve played together

Games for long-distance couples

When you can’t share a couch, a shared game world is the next best thing. It gives you something to do on a call, and something to talk about besides logistics.

Some of these suit long date nights. Others fit into the days when your schedules don’t line up.

  1. Our Flower Garden app icon: a smiling couple in straw hats holding flowers above a wooden sign with the game’s name.

    Great for long-distance couples

    iPhone · Android

    Our Flower Garden

    Grow a little garden together, complete orders and build a shared cozy world.

    • Cozy
    • Mobile
    • Long Distance
  2. Two Sky players in blue and green capes sharing a glowing umbrella in the rain, looking toward a rainbow in a misty forest.

    Free & cross-platform

    iPhone · Android · Switch +2

    Sky: Children of the Light

    Hold hands and fly through the clouds together, on almost any device.

    • Free
    • Mobile
    • Long Distance
  3. A Stardew Valley farm in summer: a wooden farmhouse with a red roof, a barn and coop, chickens and a cow in the yard, and neat rows of crops with scarecrows.

    A forever favorite

    PC · Mac · Switch +4

    Stardew Valley

    Run a shared farm, fall into each other’s routines and lose entire weekends to it.

    • Cozy
    • Farming
    • Co-op
  4. Cody and May, the two playable characters in It Takes Two, each riding a giant frog in front of a wooden sign that reads “Taxi”.

    Made for exactly two

    PC · PlayStation · Xbox · Switch

    It Takes Two

    A co-op adventure literally about a couple, packed with ideas that never repeat.

    • Co-op
    • Story
    • Puzzle
  5. A Palia player holding a long farming tool in a vegetable garden full of tomato plants, leafy greens and orange root vegetables.

    Free cozy MMO

    PC · Switch · PlayStation · Xbox

    Palia

    A free online world for gardening, cooking and fishing. Good company for evening calls.

    • Cozy
    • Free
    • Farming
  6. A Minecraft landscape of blocky hills covered in pine trees and pink cherry blossom trees under a blue sky.

    Builds you’ll remember

    PC · Mac · Switch +4

    Minecraft

    Build a cottage, then a village, then accidentally a castle. Plays on everything.

    • Building
    • Co-op
    • Long Distance
  7. GamePigeon app icon: a green bird wearing a white game controller on its head against a dark navy background.

    Lives in your texts

    iPhone

    GamePigeon

    Tiny games inside iMessage. Send a mini golf turn instead of a “good morning”.

    • Mobile
    • Free
    • Long Distance
  8. Top-down view of a poolside kitchen in Overcooked! All You Can Eat, with chefs working at counters that wrap around two swimming pools.

    Expect some yelling

    PC · PlayStation · Xbox · Switch

    Overcooked! All You Can Eat

    Run a disastrous kitchen together. You will shout “PLATES!” and you will love it.

    • Chaotic
    • Co-op
    • Couch Co-op

What we look for

  • Asynchronous play

    Games you can progress in separately help a lot across time zones.

  • Cross-platform

    Different devices shouldn’t stop you. Several of these work almost anywhere.

  • One copy, two players

    It Takes Two’s Friend’s Pass means only one of you needs to buy it.

Little questions

What’s the best game for long-distance couples in different time zones?

Something asynchronous, like Our Flower Garden, where you each look after the same garden whenever you’re awake.

What’s a good free game for a long-distance date night?

Sky: Children of the Light. It’s free and works on phones, consoles and PC.

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