Split Fiction, the new game from It Takes Two developer Hazelight Studios, doesn’t do anything particularly new. The game is a straightforward co-op adventure that strings together disparate sci-fi and fantasy games like links on a chain.

Hazelight Studios follows up It Takes Two with another stellar co-op experience, delivering genre-bending fun in Split Fiction.

Playing through Split Fiction's mix of fantasy and sci-fi worlds is a refreshing experience in the often-lonely world of gaming.

After the surprise hit "It Takes Two", Hazelight has once again succeeded in creating a co-op hit that will put a smile on the faces of old and young players.

After a quick turnaround from a game reveal in December 2024 to full release in March 2025, Hazelight is back again with another entry into their rich two-player history with Split Fiction. Let's just get this out of the way early — Split Fiction does look and feel like It Takes Two in more ways than any of the studio's previous games before.

Hazelight has created another brilliant adventure that's going straight into our best co-op games list. Split Fiction is quite the opposite of industry trends right now; amidst everything, it's a bastion of ingenuity and gives me hope that creativity isn't quite as in danger as I feared.

Split-Fiction', the new gold standard in co-op video games, is a managable co-op expereince that requires just a single purchase to play with friends.

Split Fiction is pure gaming brilliance. The type of experience only this medium can afford and only true masters can cultivate.

What’s more, Split Fiction’s cooperative gameplay never felt phoned-in, with interactive levels that facilitated gameplay synergy (and tons of trial-and-error platforming and boss fight deaths), clutch timing,

The best way to understand co-op-only adventure Split Fiction is with a list of its top moments. These include teaming up to take on a futuristic gameshow's robotic host by whisking ticking bombs through an assault course,