Hazelight Studios’ Split Fiction has finally made its way to console and PC players worldwide, taking the gaming scene by storm. Topping off the Best Games of the Year 2025 charts on Metacritic with a 91, this couch co-op adventure title received critical acclaim from critics, including ComicBook.com. These sorts of titles aren’t common nowadays, with Hazelight leading the charge in crafting cooperative video games that focus on telling a story alongside a friend whether online or by your side. If you are someone who is craving the experience of Split Fiction, regardless of whether you played it or not, we’ve got some games that can satisfy the couch co-op need.

While many co-op games can make for a reasonable alternative like the LEGO video game series, these are based on original stories crafted with multiplayer specificity. Without further ado, here are five couch co-op games to dive into after Split Fiction.

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Seven years before Split Fiction, Hazelight Studios introduced their debut title at The Game Awards in 2017 during director Josef Fares’ infamous Oscars speech. While this might have launched Fares into the mainstream media, there was no mistaking his team’s talent with A Way Out. This action-adventure game focuses on two convicted prisoners, Leo and Vincent, who work together to break out of prison and run from the authorities. Hazelight’s title hones in on the split-screen cooperative gameplay and emotional storytelling, which is reminiscent of Split Fiction‘s capability to tell a cohesive story without sacrificing the essence of its multiplayer gameplay.