cooperative games
Win or lose together
Cooperative games are games in which players work together toward a shared goal rather than competing against one another.
Board games like Pandemic and video games with co-op modes exemplify this design, where success depends on collaboration and collective strategy.
The term also appears in game theory to describe scenarios where participants can form binding agreements and coalitions, as opposed to non-cooperative games where each player acts independently.
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