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.

Split Fiction” pushes the limits of genre and co-op gameplay in an imaginative adventure through two wildly different worlds.

Hazelight Studios’ two-player sci-fi fantasy game is a medley of video game homages

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.

It's been nearly four years since Hazelight Studios released It Takes Two, a title that received critical acclaim and went on to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards. Despite that game's huge success, we continue to rarely see big-budget games taking advantage of a gap in the co-operative space.

Split Fiction is one of the most innovative couch co-op games to come from Hazelight Studios, knocking it out of the park once again.

Split Fiction continues to evolve Hazelight's signature style of co-op adventure to be an absolute must-play co-op adventure. The post REVIEW: ‘Split Fiction’ Is Co-Op Bliss appeared first on But Why Tho?

Between the threat of AI, studio closures, and game cancellations, the death of creativity is a sad theme of recent years. It's something that's at the core of Split Fiction – the latest game from co-op specialist Hazelight (It Takes Two,