Play together.
Anywhere.

Turn local multiplayer into a remote couch session.
Host brings the game. Friends take a seat.

What is Virtual Couch?
The flow

From two houses to one couch,
in six steps

1
🎮

Choose your game

Pick a game you own. It stays in your browser — always.

2
🛋ī¸

Open a couch

Your browser runs the game. You're Player 1.

3
🔗

Send one link

One link. That's the whole invite.

4
🕹ī¸

Friend presses any button

First press maps their controller for the night.

5
✅

Both ready

Seats taken. Countdown on.

6
â–ļī¸

Play

Same game, same screen, two houses.

The idea

One of you runs the game.
Both of you play it.

Virtual Couch lets friends play local multiplayer games remotely. The host runs the game in their browser. Guests send controller input over WebRTC and receive the shared game stream.

HOST (runs the game)            GUEST (just a controller)
  game in your browser ── video + audio ──â–ē their screen
  game receives moves  ◄── controller ───── their gamepad

That's the whole trick. The game thinks your friend is sitting next to you holding Player 2's controller — because, as far as it knows, they are.

Systems

One couch, many classics

The host's browser runs the emulator. The couch carries everything else.

NES

8-bit couch co-op

SNES

16-bit showdowns

Genesis

Blast-processing battles

Arcade

MAME + FBNeo — experimental

VC Tested

Tested on real couches,
across real networks

Every entry in the VC Tested guide was played end-to-end with Virtual Couch's remote multiplayer flow — two people, two networks, one couch.

Browse the VC Tested guide

Virtual Couch doesn't sell or provide games. Membership gives you access to Virtual Couch's remote multiplayer technology, Couch Sessions and platform features. You use game files you're legally authorized to use, and those files remain on your device. See how Virtual Couch handles your games.

Virtual Couch Beta — We're testing connection quality, controller compatibility and couch stability. Report anything weird.

The couch is waiting.

Pick a game you own. Send one link. Five minutes later you're both playing from two different houses.