8 Games Like It Takes Two for Two Players
Published November 11, 2026
The closest game to It Takes Two is Split Fiction, from the same studio. In both, each player gets abilities the other one lacks, so neither can move forward alone. Five of the eight are for exactly two players and three take up to four.
Which games are closest to It Takes Two?
Two players, each doing something the other can't.
PCPlayStationXboxNintendo
2 online2 on one screen
Crossplay: Yes
Mio and Zoe, two writers trapped in a machine that simulates their stories, cross levels that alternate between sci-fi and fantasy. Each level gives each of them different abilities.
One copy is enough, because the second player joins free with the Friend's Pass. A typical session runs about two hours, and progress carries over to the next one.
Nintendo
2 on one screen
Same screen only, no online.
Two brothers travel a fairy-tale world to save their sick father, and each puzzle needs you to move both at the same time.
One copy is enough for the whole group. A typical session runs about two hours, and progress carries over to the next one.
PCPlayStationXboxNintendo
2 on one screen
Same screen only, no online.
Two yarn creatures tied by a thread hold each other up, swing and build bridges so the other can pass.
One copy is enough for the whole group. A typical session runs about an hour, and progress carries over to the next one.
Nintendo
2 online2 on one screen
Donkey Kong digs down through underground layers, smashing almost all the terrain in search of banandium gems. The second player sends out sound waves as Pauline to break terrain and hit enemies.
With GameShare on Switch 2, one copy is enough for the group. A typical session runs about two hours, and progress carries over to the next one.
Is there a game like It Takes Two where you have to talk?
Nobody can solve it alone, and you can't solve it in silence either.
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2 online
Crossplay: Yes
No couch co-op: everyone needs their own screen.
Separated in a frozen kingdom, you describe what you see over a walkie-talkie to solve puzzles. Each of you sees something the other can't.
Everyone needs their own copy. A typical session runs about two hours, and progress carries over to the next one.
Which games like It Takes Two work with a third and a fourth player?
The same idea of complementary abilities, with room for friends.
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4 online4 on one screen
Crossplay: Partly
A wizard, a knight and a thief cross physics-based platforming levels: the wizard conjures and moves objects, the knight blocks with a shield and the thief shoots arrows and swings on a rope.
One copy is enough to play online together. A typical session runs about two hours, and progress carries over to the next one.
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4 online4 on one screen
Crossplay: No
The same three heroes look for Prince Selius, whose nightmares are escaping into the real world, in levels where every puzzle combines what each of them can do.
One copy is enough to play online together. A typical session runs about two hours, and progress carries over to the next one.
Nintendo
4 online4 on one screen
You run short 3D levels with Mario, Luigi, Peach and Toad, each with different abilities, all the way to the flag. The game counts who scored the most points.
On one screen one copy is enough, but online everyone needs their own. A typical session runs about an hour, and progress carries over to the next one.
Which one should you pick?
For the closest match, Split Fiction. If you share one couch and one console, Brothers and Unravel Two. If you can talk by voice while you play, We Were Here Forever. And if a third and a fourth player join, the Trine series. To decide between two people, make a poll and let each of you pick favorites.
