Split Fiction
Two writers in Split Fiction, one into science fiction and one into fantasy, get stuck inside their own stories. They were hooked up to a machine that steals other people's ideas. It is a platforming adventure for two only, on a split screen, locally or online.
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Almost every stage brings its own one-off mechanic, and the heroines have different abilities, so neither gets through without the other. According to director Josef Fares, the team spent months polishing a scene that lasts a few minutes so the controls would feel obvious.
Off the main path, portals lead to side stories. They are unfinished ideas the heroines dreamed up when they were younger, and each has a mechanic of its own too. The heroines are named after Fares' two daughters.
As in Hazelight's earlier games, the owner could invite a friend to play for free. It sold over a million copies in two days and seven million by April 2026.
One reviewer was bothered by the frenetic pacing, with abrupt shifts between action and puzzles, another found the story less moving than it wants to be. Players leave 97% positive out of 79,603 reviews, critics give it 90 on Metacritic. By our Recommended Score it is #55 of 4,736 games.
Liked it? Try It Takes Two, the studio's previous game, also made for two, and A Way Out, where two prisoners break out of jail together.
System requirements
Minimum GTX 970 · 16 GB RAM · 85 GB✓Steam Deck VerifiedMin & recommended
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 64 bit Windows 10/11 | 64 bit Windows 10/11 |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | Intel Core i7-11700k or AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
| Memory | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 4GB or Radeon RX 470 - 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - 8GB or AMD Radeon 6700 XT - 12GB |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Storage | 85 GB | 85 GB |
From the game’s Steam store page.
