Split Fiction is Available Now, Hazelight Studios Reiterates Game’s Message: “Friendship”

Embrace the power of friendship and explore sci-fi and fantasy worlds with your co-op buddy today! A message from Hazelight Studios—every game we’ve released has embraced a key word. In “A Way Out” it was “Trust” and in “It Takes Two” it was “Collaboration.” With Split Fiction, it’s all about “Friendship.” That is also the heart of the experience we hope you will have as you play the game. Whether it is strengthening your bond with a partner or immersing yourself in the journey with an old friend.

We created Split Fiction by putting passion, creativity and a big love of video games first. This is a game that was built collaboratively by everyone at Hazelight and we haven’t shied away from putting not only our best but also wildest ideas into it. We hope you will enjoy playing our game as much as we did making it. We are so eager to let you and other players around the world finally dive into our latest co-op adventure. To say that we’re proud of it is an understatement! We also hope you will make those lasting memories in Split Fiction that only come from sharing an experience with someone else – that’s what it’s all about in the end.

Welcome to Split Fiction
Grab your co-op buddy and get ready to go on an out-of-this-world sci-fi and fantasy adventure in Hazelight Studios’ latest game, Split Fiction—available now on PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and Verified on Steam Deck.

Experience mind-blowing moments as you’re pulled into the many worlds of Split Fiction, a boundary-pushing, action-packed cooperative journey from the studio behind 2021 Game of the Year winner, It Takes Two. One minute you’re raising adorable dragons and the next you’re fleeing the law on futuristic motorcycles, outrunning terrifying trolls, or evading hover cars thrown by a robotic parking attendant. It’s weird, it’s wild, and it’s designed to be shared.

Mio and Zoe are contrasting writers—the former writes sci-fi while the latter writes fantasy—who become trapped in their own stories after being hooked up to a machine designed to steal their creative ideas. They’ll have to rely on each other to break free, working together to master a variety of abilities and overcome diverse co-op challenges while jumping between sci-fi and fantasy worlds in this tale of unexpected friendship.

The Power of Friendship
Split Fiction is a unique split-screen or online experience specifically designed for two-player cooperative play. You and a friend will be able to easily team up as Mio and Zoe with just one copy of the game by utilizing Hazelight’s signature feature: the Friend’s Pass, which now can be used with cross play. This lets your co-op buddy play for free regardless of what platform they’re playing on.

If you want to try out the early stages of the game before purchasing your copy, you can both download the Friend’s Pass to play the opening of the game all the way until you say hello to Mr. Hammer on the Neon Revenge level! You can also check out our previous blog post, which provided a run-down of the game’s PC specifications, Steam Deck support, accessibility options, and more.

Get Involved
We’re incredibly excited to see players buddy up and get their hands on Split Fiction and look forward to seeing plenty of videos, livestreams, cosplay outfits, and all kinds of fan art based on our latest game! Split Fiction is available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.