Games Like Split Fiction

Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.

Why similar: Split Screen 28.6% ★, Co-op 23.1%, Local Co-Op 13.9%, Co-op Campaign 7.8% ★, Online Co-Op 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Hazelight's previous co-op-only adventure is the clearest match, pairing constant mechanic-switching, cinematic set pieces, and mandatory teamwork in a story-led campaign.

When you cut ties to the past, new bonds form. Build relationships with other Yarnys in local co-op or as a single player, fostering friendship and support as you journey together.

Why similar: Split Screen 31.5% ★, Co-op 29.6%, Local Co-Op 20.3%, Multiplayer 5.9%, Local Multiplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its two-character tethered platforming and heartfelt campaign capture the same solve-every-obstacle-together rhythm, though on a smaller and gentler scale.

A Way Out is an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison.

Why similar: Split Screen 35.6% ★, Co-op 19.8%, Local Co-Op 15.2%, Online Co-Op 15%, Story Rich 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: From the same studio, it is another tightly scripted two-player-only adventure built around split-screen cooperation and seamless story progression, just with less platforming and more grounded action.

The Trine series is back with its biggest adventure! In their fifth outing, the Heroes of Trine are pitted against dastardly and duplicitous villains, who will stop at nothing to seize control of the kingdom. The clock is ticking to save the world of Trine!

Why similar: Co-op 19.7%, Local Co-Op 18.9%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Puzzle Platformer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Like Split Fiction, it constantly asks players to combine distinct abilities across fantasy environments full of platforming, combat, and puzzles.

Biped is a coop action adventure game with a strong focus on moment-to-moment collaboration between 2 players.

Why similar: Split Screen 32.7% ★, Co-op 16.4%, Local Co-Op 15.6%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, 3D Platformer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its entire design revolves around coordinated movement, timing, and shared problem-solving, making it a great lighter-weight follow-up.

PERFECTLY CRAFTED FOR PC. PlayStation® icon Sackboy bursts into action on PC in a huge 3D multiplayer platforming adventure. An epic journey stuffed with platforming challenges. Deeply immersive controls. Collaborative, chaotic and joyful multiplayer fun.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 23.1%, Co-op 20.3%, Split Screen 18% ★, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: If you loved Split Fiction's polished co-op platforming and playful variety, this delivers similarly high-quality teamwork stages and spectacle-heavy levels.

Shift Happens is a cooperative platformer for two. You and a friend shift your mass, throw each other and puzzle your way through four stages of stylized imaginary worlds. Including the occasional backstabbing and taunting. Play with a friend on a couch, online or even special singleplayer levels.

Why similar: Co-op 27.7%, Local Co-Op 27.1%, Online Co-Op 17.8%, Local Multiplayer 11.7%, Puzzle Platformer 6%

Why You'll Like It: This two-player puzzle-platformer is built around partners with changing sizes and abilities, creating the same constant back-and-forth teamwork Split Fiction thrives on.

River Tails: Stronger Together is a 3D co-op adventure platformer designed around an asymmetrical co-op system. Teammates must work together to defeat end-of-level bosses and solve puzzles across a range of natural-world environments. All you need is communication, coordination and complete trust!

Why similar: Split Screen 37.8% ★, Co-op 19.7%, Local Co-Op 14.1%, 3D Platformer 11.5%, Action-Adventure 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated asymmetric 3D co-op platformer where each player has different movement strengths, echoing Split Fiction's mutual dependence.

Take control of Lara and her new partner Totec, a Mayan tribesman, and uncover the ancient artifact known as the "Mirror of Smoke" in this all new action adventure game.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 26%, Co-op 25.4%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Local Multiplayer 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op action-adventure mixes traversal, combat, and environmental puzzles in a way that feels very close to Split Fiction's adventure-game flow.

Revenge of the Savage Planet is an upbeat, satirical action adventure Sci-Fi. Jump, shoot and collect your way across vibrant alien worlds, uncovering new gear and upgrades, while discovering various hidden secrets.

Why similar: Split Screen 36.3% ★, Co-op 18.2%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Co-op Campaign 7% ★, Sci-fi 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: For the sci-fi side of Split Fiction, this co-op adventure emphasizes exploration, traversal gadgets, and playful action in colorful alien spaces.

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Why similar: Co-op 26.9%, 3D Platformer 17.8%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Sci-fi 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: One of Steam's best pure co-op campaigns, with bespoke two-player challenges that reward communication, coordination, and creative problem-solving.

Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris is the sequel to the critically-acclaimed Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, and the first-ever four-player co-op experience with Lara Croft.

Why similar: Co-op 30%, Local Co-Op 24.5%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Multiplayer 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its cooperative campaign expands the Guardian of Light formula with more set-piece action, puzzle rooms, and fantasy-adventure spectacle.

Saddle up for a bike-riding, frisbee-throwing, goose-petting, friendship-building, treasure-hunting, story-driven adventure for 1 or 2 players!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 21.2%, Co-op Campaign 18.9% ★, Co-op 18.4%, Online Co-Op 14.1%, Female Protagonist 8%

Why You'll Like It: A charming story-driven co-op adventure with two distinct protagonists, environmental puzzles, and a friendship-focused campaign.

Welcome to Escape Academy. Train to become the ultimate Escapist. Solve Puzzles. Hack Servers. Meet the Faculty. Brew the perfect cup of tea. Escape Rooms in single player or co-op with a friend - local or online!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 23.8%, Co-op 21.8%, Split Screen 21% ★, Online Co-Op 17%, Multiplayer 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It swaps platforming for escape rooms, but the same talk-constantly-and-solve-together energy makes it a strong co-op follow-up.

Degrees of Separation is a puzzle platformer where cooperation is built into every move. Two contrasting souls, Ember and Rime, fall in love, but are separated by an enigmatic force, and must use their powers to progress through a spectacular world of fantasy and adventure.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 32%, Co-op 26.9%, Online Co-Op 18.2%, Puzzle Platformer 7.1%, Story Rich 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its dual-element mechanics make every platforming puzzle about coordinating complementary powers, much like Split Fiction's paired-ability design.

Join machine hunter Aloy as she leads a colourful crew of heroes on a quest to save the world and learn the secrets of her past. Dive into boundless adventure, customize to your heart’s content, and take on action-packed battles solo or with friends.

Why similar: Co-op 26.6%, 3D Platformer 15%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Co-op Campaign 10.4% ★, Action-Adventure 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This duo-friendly action-adventure mixes bright sci-fi and fantasy ideas, light platforming, and cinematic co-op progression in a family-friendly format.

Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

Why similar: Co-op 35.8%, Split Screen 14.5% ★, Local Co-Op 13.5%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Puzzle Platformer 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Less narrative-focused, but excellent if your favorite part was experimenting together through physics-based platforming and improvised solutions.

From the depths of hell, climb chained to your friends through diverse worlds. Solo or co-op, try to reach the summit and discover what awaits you there...

Why similar: Co-op 38.9%, Online Co-Op 14.9%, 3D Platformer 12.5%, Action-Adventure 7.3%, Third Person 7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the intense trust-and-timing side of Split Fiction with a cooperative platforming challenge where one mistake affects both players.

Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard that threatens the survival of everything they have ever known.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 39.3%, Female Protagonist 16%, Co-op 15.7%, Local Multiplayer 10.2%, Story Rich 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich co-op platformer starring a young girl and her fox, blending narrative, traversal, and partner-based abilities in a strong adventure flow.

You both awaken imprisoned inside the sinister Castle Rock - were you betrayed, or simply not that clever? Find out in the greatest co-op puzzle adventure in the We Were Here Series! Do you and your partner have what it takes to face the dark forces of this realm or will you be trapped… forever?

Why similar: Co-op 25.4%, Co-op Campaign 25.3% ★, Online Co-Op 19.4%, Multiplayer 6.6%, Action-Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: If the communication-heavy puzzle side grabbed you, this gives another memorable two-person campaign built on constant coordination and perspective-sharing.

ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.

Why similar: Co-op 40.7%, Local Co-Op 26.7%, Online Co-Op 18.2%, Multiplayer 4.5%, Local Multiplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A smart two-player platformer centered on gravity-flipping spatial puzzles that rewards the same tight coordination as Split Fiction's trickier sequences.

Play through all nine Skywalker saga films in a game unlike any other. With over 300 playable characters, over 100 vehicles, and 23 planets to explore, a galaxy far, far away has never been more fun! *Includes classic Obi-Wan Kenobi playable character

Why similar: Co-op 32.1%, Local Co-Op 27.5%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Third Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its drop-in co-op campaign offers a similarly breezy blend of action, traversal, humor, and spectacle across many distinct worlds.

It takes two to save the world in this cooperative spy adventure. Pair up with a friend as Agent or Hacker—with only your voices to connect you—and work together to bring a hi-tech global menace to its knees. Now with a FREE CONTENT UPDATE!

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 36.7% ★, Online Co-Op 22.9%, Co-op 22.7%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Multiplayer 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Another asymmetric co-op game where each player sees different information and must communicate precisely to progress.

In PHOGS! you play as a duo of dogs on a captivating, puzzle-filled adventure. Linked by a stretchy belly, you’ll need to bark, bite and bounce your way through obstacles set across the themed worlds of Food, Sleep and Play, in co-op or single-player.

Why similar: Co-op 24%, Local Co-Op 21.3%, Co-op Campaign 20.6% ★, Online Co-Op 14%, 3D Platformer 12%

Why You'll Like It: Built entirely around two players sharing one stretchy character, it channels Split Fiction's collaborative puzzle-platforming in a sillier form.

The Past Within is the new co-op experience from Rusty Lake! Play together with someone you deem trustworthy: one in The Past, the other in The Future. Observe and communicate what you see around you. Solve the puzzles and uncover Albert Vanderboom’s plan.

Why similar: Co-op 52.7%, Online Co-Op 21.8%, Local Co-Op 9%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Local Multiplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strong pick for pairs who specifically enjoyed seeing different halves of the same problem from two perspectives.

You and your friend are trapped in a mystical world. As time ebbs away you must solve increasingly complex puzzles to escape. Cooperation is key as neither of you have the full picture! Play on two devices, local or remotely, all you need is a voice connection.

Why similar: Co-op 35.4%, Online Co-Op 18.2%, Co-op Campaign 15.5% ★, Local Co-Op 12.2%, Local Multiplayer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This two-player puzzle adventure leans hard on communication and synchronized discovery, making it a good fit if Split Fiction's teamwork was the main appeal.

Guide two brothers on an epic journey of discovery, loss, adventure and mystery remade for the latest generation of graphics, performance, and gameplay. Play in single-player mode or local co-op with a friend. This is one journey you will never forget.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 42.4%, Co-op 16.7%, Split Screen 14.6% ★, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Online Co-Op 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its remake adds local co-op to a cinematic action-adventure full of tandem traversal, environmental puzzles, and emotional storytelling.

Blanc is an artistic cooperative adventure that follows the journey of a wolf cub and a fawn stranded in a vast, snowy wilderness. They must come together in an unlikely partnership to find their families.

Why similar: Co-op 37.6%, Local Co-Op 29.8%, Online Co-Op 17.2%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Adventure 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A short, gentle two-player adventure that focuses on wordless cooperation and navigating obstacles together.

Venture together with your friends on an unknown planet. Use color switching, match-3 shooting, and artifact powers to overcome challenges and keep advancing. What lies ahead of you is an adventure filled with wonder, hope, and much more to discover!

Why similar: Co-op 43.3%, Local Co-Op 19.5%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Multiplayer 5.1%, Adventure 4.6%

Biped 2 is a coop action adventure game with a strong focus on moment-to-moment collaboration alone or between 2 or 4 players.

Why similar: Split Screen 33.9% ★, Co-op 16.6%, Local Co-Op 15.5%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, 3D Platformer 10.1%

Split Fiction meets Portal! Bytebond is an electrifying online & couch co-op puzzle game that challenges you to regain control over an infected CPU. Dive into the heart of a PC with your friend and become the ultimate Antivirus Special Forces duo.

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 25.3% ★, Local Co-Op 19.8%, Co-op 19.1%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Sci-fi 7.4%

Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 30.4%, Co-op Campaign 22.9% ★, Co-op 20.1%, Local Multiplayer 10.9%, Multiplayer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Though spaceship-based rather than platforming, it is another hectic couch co-op adventure where success depends on constantly syncing roles.

Head back to the Mexiverse in this long-awaited sequel to the smash hit Guacamelee! Uppercut your way to victory across stunning new hand-crafted levels. Featuring a dense and colorful world, new luchador moves, sassy new bosses, twice the enemies, and 300% more chickens!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 39%, Co-op 36%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Platformer 4.1%, Adventure 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Great if you want more combat-forward cooperative platforming with steady ability unlocks and tag-team traversal challenges.

BOKURA is a two-player puzzle adventure game. Play as two boys who ran away from their homes and work together to take yourselves somewhere far, far away. Relive the friendship of your childhood through the journey of two boys.

Why similar: Co-op 26%, Online Co-Op 22.8%, Local Co-Op 9.9%, Action-Adventure 7%, Psychological Horror 6.6%

A quirky, absolutely content-packed, destructible open-world sandbox adventure with combat, platforming, character customization, and collect-a-thon scavenger hunt experience. Play solo, 2-player split screen, or online co-op for up to 4 players. No paid cosmetic DLC nonsense.

Why similar: Split Screen 33.4% ★, Co-op 19.9%, Local Co-Op 18%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, 3D Platformer 8.9%

A handcrafted two player adventure set in low gravity. Solve intricate asymmetric puzzles and escape Moontella’s extremely profitable slime empire through chaos, laughter, and unforgettable true co-op moments with your partner.

Why similar: Split Screen 34.7% ★, Co-op Campaign 23.4% ★, Co-op 15.2%, Online Co-Op 13%, Local Co-Op 6%

A cooperative (maybe sabotaging) platformer that blends action-jumping and physics simulation. You can challenge solo or team up with a friend locally or remotely in two-player mode to unlock even more unexpected ways to play. Healing balloons and time-race to unlock more subsequent levels.

Why similar: Split Screen 33.4% ★, Co-op 25.4%, Local Co-Op 18.8%, 3D Platformer 7.3%, Female Protagonist 6%

"There's something I can't tell you..." Explore new frontiers of co-op gaming in BOKURA: planet, a puzzle adventure game that you can only play with two players. Take on the role of a spaceship's exploration crew and try to escape from the red planet you crash-landed on.

Why similar: Co-op 20.3%, Online Co-Op 18.2%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

Little Nightmares III is an atmospheric adventure game in which you follow the journey of Low and Alone, two best friends in search of a way out of the Nowhere. In 2 players online cooperation or solo with an A.I., work together to solve puzzles and survive in this nightmarish world.

Why similar: Co-op 36.2%, Co-op Campaign 21% ★, Online Co-Op 16.5%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Psychological Horror 4.3%

Share the same body with a friend in Split Brain. One of you controls, the other one sees, but the decisions are made together! Face the illusion and uncover the truth to find your way out of Hexarture.

Why similar: Co-op 25.1%, Online Co-Op 21.8%, Co-op Campaign 15% ★, Multiplayer 7.9%, Action-Adventure 7.8%

A co-op climbing game about two stuck-together toys on an escape mission from their evil owner.

Why similar: Co-op 27.9%, Local Co-Op 18.2%, Local Multiplayer 10%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Multiplayer 6.2%

Enter a world beyond imagination with The Last Oricru - Final Cut. An action RPG, The Last Oricru - Final Cut unravels in a fantasy world blending sci-fi and medieval elements to deliver an experience like no other. Seize your destiny and take your place in this adventure for single or co-op play.

Why similar: Split Screen 38.5% ★, Co-op 18.7%, Local Co-Op 11.3%, Online Co-Op 6.9%, Third Person 6.2%

Two detectives, one deadly experiment, a race against time. Each player only has one half of the puzzle. In this 2-player co-op puzzle game you can survive the parallel experiment only by working together.

Why similar: Co-op 28.7%, Co-op Campaign 26.4% ★, Online Co-Op 16.2%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Multiplayer 6.7%

Xion Leak is a fast-paced, two-player, cooperative platformer. Get in sync and set the fastest times to win trophies! Run fast, work together, and avoid the countless dangers that the mysterious Foreman has placed in your path.

Why similar: Split Screen 27% ★, Local Co-Op 18.1%, Co-op 17.1%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Local Multiplayer 11.4%

A two-player co-op horror escape. Trapped in a haunted manor, you’ll need to solve puzzles, work together, and trust each other to make it out alive.

Why similar: Co-op 37.4%, Online Co-Op 27.6%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

A physics-based co-op platformer about a guy in a rabbit costume! Team up with a friend or three (local or online) to beat levels, find hidden carrots and race against the clock. Experience bunny madness. Embrace carrot chaos. Become Super Bunny Man.

Why similar: Co-op 26.3%, Local Co-Op 24.3%, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Local Multiplayer 9.9%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Become a member of the highly anticipated sequel of the co-op sci-fi show. Gather a team of four friends. The more partners the more chances to survive. Find your way out in a deadly new room complex filled with even more sophisticated traps.

Why similar: Co-op 28.8%, Local Co-Op 24.5%, Online Co-Op 16.6%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Local Multiplayer 7.9%

Join the adventure of Carly and the Reaperman in the Underworld! Master platforming to avoid dangers, solve puzzles and build your way to through dozens of fun and challenging obstacles to the finish line - play alone or with a friend!

Why similar: Split Screen 29.9% ★, Co-op 18.5%, Local Co-Op 18.2%, 3D Platformer 10.8%, Female Protagonist 8.2%

Partner up with your friend online and set sail for an unforgettable puzzle adventure in this bite-sized standalone We Were Here experience. Work together to overcome brain-teasing challenges and make fun memories, using your best communication, teamwork and trust skills.

Why similar: Co-op 53.5%, Online Co-Op 27.6%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Story Rich 4.9%, Adventure 3.7%

An atmospheric platformer with puzzle elements and split screen, where the player takes control of two characters at once. Immerse yourself in the ethnic world of two heroes, solve puzzles and overcome obstacles together, explore the fairy forest and other locations, help each other.

Why similar: Split Screen 54.5% ★, Local Co-Op 24.7%, Puzzle Platformer 7.1%, Fantasy 5.1%, Co-op 3.5%

Struggling is a physics-based co-op platformer with a twisted spin on teamwork. Control the arms of a squishy abomination and lead it through a deranged world.

Why similar: Co-op 23.5%, Co-op Campaign 22.5% ★, Local Co-Op 21.1%, Local Multiplayer 10.1%, Psychological Horror 5.8%

Be Jack! Get an axe! Take Jack (and her sisters) on an axe tossing, single or multiplayer, platforming adventure in a vibrant open world inspired by Filipino and Norse mythology.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 22.2%, Co-op 20.2%, Co-op Campaign 19.4% ★, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Action-Adventure 8.4%

Two minds. Two perspectives. One solution. Step into a cooperative puzzle experience where you and your partner see different sides of the same world. Communicate, connect the clues, uncover the truth.

Why similar: Co-op 42.4%, Online Co-Op 30%, Multiplayer 13%, Story Rich 10%, Adventure 4.6%

PICO PARK is back with all new levels! Play with 2-8 players locally or online in this co-op action-puzzle game!

Why similar: Co-op 28%, Online Co-Op 20.7%, Local Co-Op 19%, Local Multiplayer 13.3%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Storybook characters discover a three-dimensional world outside the pages of their book and must jump between 2D & 3D realms to save their friends in this charming action-adventure.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 41.1%, Action-Adventure 23.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, Adventure 11.2%, Fantasy 9.7%

A cute yet challenging puzzle-platformer with a unique mechanic of moving the world itself to create new paths. Play solo or with a friend in local co-op mode to help Ben & Abi navigate this mysterious world. Test your logic skills by solving clever puzzles to help them find their way back home

Why similar: Split Screen 41.2% ★, Local Co-Op 21.6%, Co-op 17.4%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Puzzle Platformer 5.5%

Unite in adventure and laughter in the action-packed game of Jumanji, the ultimate team challenge for those seeking to leave their world behind.

Why similar: Split Screen 32.6% ★, Co-op 18.5%, Local Co-Op 12.5%, Local Multiplayer 7.2%, Action-Adventure 6.6%

Wobbly Life is a vibrant open-world physics sandbox. Play with your friends online or in local co-op, with exciting jobs, mini games and wacky story missions. Earn cash to spend in the world on clothes, vehicles and houses. There is a whole Wobbly World out there to explore!

Why similar: Split Screen 36.4% ★, Co-op 26.1%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Local Multiplayer 8.7%

Hacktag is a fast-paced two-player co-op stealth-game with unique asymmetric gameplay. Play as the stealth Agent in the field or as the virtually-infiltrated Hacker and work together to carry out espionage missions where nothing goes as expected!

Why similar: Split Screen 25.4% ★, Local Co-Op 18.7%, Co-op 16%, Co-op Campaign 14.2% ★, Online Co-Op 12.4%

Two souls, one destiny. Embark on a co-op adventure through a forgotten land, where teamwork and wit are the only way to navigate the wonders and dangers of a magical cave.

Why similar: Split Screen 55.6% ★, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Puzzle Platformer 7.5%, Female Protagonist 7.5%, Fantasy 6.9%