5 Great Local Multiplayer Games

Heads Up! is the perfect party game! If you’re a game-nighter, you need this game installed and ready to go. It’s a ton of fun, and you won’t waste a bunch of time trying to explain the rules to everyone since it’s so simple.

Created by Ellen DeGeneres, this riotous game-night challenge reinvents charades for the app generation. Pick a category, then hold your device up to your head, screen facing outward, and guess the words using your friends’ clues. It’s a riot to play, and you’re sure to have a great time with your friends enjoying this party game.

The game can be played with only one other person, but where’s the fun in that? If you don’t have a large group, you can most likely skip this one.

For the iPhone and iPad, the game is $1.99.

Badland is a side-scrolling, action adventure game set in a forest-like environment. With over 100 levels, you must guide your strange creature to each goal while watching out for dangerous traps and avoiding obstacles. The game has won several awards for its creative design and physic-based gameplay. There’s also local co-op multiplayer.

The game takes you on an interesting side-scrolling journey with a quirky little character. This round oddity flies, rolls, and bounces as you continue tapping to keep it moving. You will watch out for dangers, shrink and grow when you must, and enjoy physics-based gameplay.

This adventure has attractive graphics and is set in an almost eerie environment. You must keep moving to survive and look up ahead to prepare for the dangers and obstacles you will encounter. Badland has just the right amount of challenge to make it enjoyable to play.

For the iPhone and iPad, the game is $0.99. It’s also available on Apple Arcade.

When you mix pong and pinball, you get Multiponk. All it takes is one finger to control your paddle. Give your ball smooth effects and thwart the traps to win the game. Multiponk features solo mode, where you try to beat the computer, as well as a multiplayer mode that supports up to four players at once.

This game is pong mixed with pinball, challenging you to keep control of the ball while avoiding traps. You bounce the ball around, using a single finger to control your paddle. In solo mode, you play against the computer, but the real fun is when you get three friends circled around your iPad for a multiplayer game of Multiponk.

The iPhone and iPad game is $2.99.

Spaceteam is a cooperative party game for 2 to 4 players who shout technobabble at each other until their ship explodes. You’ll be assigned a random control panel with buttons, switches, sliders, and dials. You need to follow time-sensitive instructions, but the instructions are sent to your teammates so you have to coordinate.

The game challenges you to outrun an exploding star. Also, your ship is falling apart. To make matters worse, time-sensitive instructions are sent to your teammates instead of you, so you have to follow their directions to avoid an untimely demise in the outermost reaches of space.

This is a hilarious party game for two to four players. You’ll have a blast shouting technobabble at each other, racing against the clock to survive in a spaceship that’s falling to pieces. Can you work together and survive as a spaceteam?

For the iPhone and iPad, the game is free with in-app purchases.

Table Tennis Touch brings realistic gameplay action to your fingertips. Try your hand at the tournaments and rise through the ranks in Career mode, take on your pals in online or local multiplayer mode, customize your paddle, and check out 13 fun mini game challenges.

The game has intuitive swipe controls and different games modes to perfect your ping pong skills. Choose from over 30 paddle designs and challenge your buddies to a friendly competition in an attractive arena with realistic gameplay.

If you enjoy mobile ping pong games, then Table Tennis Touch is one to check out. It’s fast, fun, and perfect for an exciting night with friends.

It’s a free game for the iPhone and iPad. There are in-app purchases available.