Dive into competitive fun with 2 player games on Y8!

If you only have one device to play games on with two people who want to play a game together, two player games offer that ability. Unlike multiplayer games where each player has their own device, 2 player games share. This type of game style creates a more chaotic battle as each player can see and react to the other players moves.

This type of game play is incredibly old as it predates all video games. [Single player games](https://www.y8.com/tags/1_player) are a relatively new way to game. The personal computer made games with rich stories possible.

However, before computers many person-to-person physical games were played. One of the oldest and most well known is the board game [Backgammon](https://www.y8.com/games/classicbackgammonmultiplayer) estimated at 5,000 years old! another ancient game is the game of go, records of that [board game](https://www.y8.com/tags/board_game) date back to roughly 500 bc. fast forward roughly 1,000 years, [chess](https://www.y8.com/games/king_fortress) another world famous board game appears. not long after, the game [pool or billiards](https://www.y8.com/games/billiards8ball) becomes more refined.

Keep traveling forward through history, people from the billiards industry create a more advanced 2 player physics game called [Air Hockey](https://www.y8.com/games/3dairhockey). a decade or two later, the classic 2 player games are created. one well-known example is the game of [checkers](https://www.y8.com/games/checkers_legend). This is also about the same time that early console video games were possible.

From there, 2 player games have exploded with endless possibilities in their own virtual worlds. You can battle in a game of [Flip the Table](https://www.y8.com/games/tugthetable) or attempt to shoot the other player off the map in [rooftop snipers](https://www.y8.com/games/rooftop_snipers). if you want to experience the classic 2 player video games, check out the bomber man inspired [bomb it 6](https://www.y8.com/games/bombit6).