Game profile
Split Fiction
Two authors get pulled into their own sci-fi and fantasy stories and must escape together through rapidly shifting genre worlds. Like its predecessor, it wins over players with a flood of creative ideas that only work in co-op.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Adventure / Platformer, set in a science fiction world. Visually it is deliberately stylised rather than photorealistic, and the overall tone stays somewhere between light and heavy. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. Sessions of an hour or two sit at the sweet spot here.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. The narrative carries the whole thing, and the mechanics serve it. Co-op is supported, so you can bring someone along. It is available broadly, on 4 platforms. It sits in the mid price bracket.
What stands out
- Frenetic genre mashup
- Co-op only
- From the makers of It Takes Two
This fits you if
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- you are after a proper adrenaline rush
- the writing matters more to you than the mechanics
- you have someone to play with
Look elsewhere if
- you skip cutscenes and want to get to the gameplay
- you play alone, this needs other people
- you specifically want an open world to roam
- you want either a pure challenge or pure relaxation, not the middle
How long is Split Fiction?
About 14 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 2 weeks, or 7 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 91 out of 100, which puts it above 91 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 109 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, Adventure averages 83 points across the database, so this one sits 8 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 251 collected ratings.
Released in 2025, so it is current. Expect it to run well on modern hardware and still get patches.
The facts
- Release year
- 2025
- Genres
- Adventure, Platformer, Action
- Playtime
- approx. 14 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Carries the whole game
- Play with
- Co-op
- Setting
- Sci-fi, Fantasy
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Mid price
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
- Critic rating
- 91 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split Fiction | 2025 | approx. 14 hrs. | 91 | Mid price |
| Castlevania: Belmont's Curse | 2026 | approx. 18 hrs. | 84 | Full price |
| Sonic Frontiers | 2022 | approx. 18 hrs. | 72 | Mid price |
| God of War Sons of Sparta | 2026 | approx. 6 hrs. | 75 | Budget |
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