Games like Split Fiction
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Hazelight tops itself: two trapped writers ping-pong between each other's sci-fi and fantasy stories, where dragons hand off to hoverboards and gravity flips mid-sentence. Split Fiction is co-op invention at a pace no other studio attempts - 2025's GOTY and the new bar for two-player design.
Similar-game research
What is hardest to replace in Split Fiction is not simply that it supports two players. Two people must keep talking, cooperating, and reacting: one minute you ride a dragon, the next you solve a gravity flip together. These games also offer a complete adventure with a partner, but trade that constant invention for steadier puzzles, action, or survival teamwork.
It Takes Two
Co-opAdventurePuzzle- Why it's similar
- It also changes its two-player mechanic every few minutes, with abilities that only work when both characters support one another. It is the closest Hazellight-style co-op adventure.
- Choose it when
- Start here when you want the closest two-player rhythm and have not played Hazellight's previous game.
- But
- Its story follows a couple near divorce and is more of a relationship fairy tale. Split Fiction switches science fiction and fantasy faster and on a larger scale.
Portal 2
PuzzleCo-opStory Rich- Why it's similar
- Two players use separate portals to assemble a route, and many solutions depend less on speed than on describing a mental picture to each other.
- Choose it when
- Choose it when talking through 'you stand there, I open this' is your favorite kind of co-op.
- But
- It has little interest in action spectacle and stays focused on spatial puzzles. Its mechanics change less often than Split Fiction's, but each room is a carefully made brain teaser.
Unravel Two
EmotionalPuzzleCo-op- Why it's similar
- Two yarn creatures are tied by one thread, so jumping, swinging, and pulling a partner up only work when both players coordinate their movement.
- Choose it when
- Choose it when you want two-player coordination with a calmer pace and slower puzzle solving.
- But
- It is a quiet side-scrolling platform puzzler, without Split Fiction's constant world changes and large set pieces; its story is told more through the environment.
Overcooked! 2
Co-opPartyChaotic- Why it's similar
- Chopping, passing plates, and putting out fires require constant calls; a few seconds without communication can derail the whole flow.
- Choose it when
- Choose it when you want a few evening rounds with friends that turn teamwork into shouting.
- But
- There is no long adventure or character story. Everything is compressed into short levels and kitchen chaos, with funnier and more frequent failure.
Deep Rock Galactic
Co-opActionExploration- Why it's similar
- One player digs, one lights, one holds a swarm, and extraction only works when those tools become one route; co-op is not an add-on.
- Choose it when
- Pick it when you want to expand two-player chemistry to three or four people and trade a one-time story for long-term missions.
- But
- It is a replayable mining shooter with no fixed story or set-piece tour like Split Fiction. Every cave and mishap is different.
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