▶ TL;DRSplit Fiction feels both familiar and fresh. Another Hazelight adventure with its own personality. While I personally connected more with It Takes Two (that couple’s love story hit a little deeper), Split Fiction still delivers an imaginative, diverse, and beautifully crafted experience. If you haven’t played either, start with It Takes Two. But if you loved it, Split Fiction is absolutely worth your time. Another heartfelt, creative co-op journey that keeps you laughing, struggling, and celebrating together.
How It All Started
After It Takes Two, I was so excited for Hazelight’s next game, Split Fiction. When it launched, I immediately used it as an excuse to buy a PS5 - “It’s for this game,” I told myself (and my partner).
The Story – When Two Writers Enter a Publishing Trap
The story begins with two writers, Mio and Zoe, who both arrive at a publishing company hoping to sign book deals. But the company has darker plans: they want to steal their ideas. Things take a bizarre turn when Mio and Zoe are accidentally pulled into a mysterious machine, and suddenly, their two completely different stories begin to merge.
Now they must navigate through each other's world, exploring Mio's sci-fi imagination and Zoe's fantasy dreamlands. From neon cities to enchanted forests, from robots to dragons, they journey together to find a way back to reality.
Meet the Authors – Two Worlds in Contrast
Mio is a city girl raised by her father, scraping by as a writer. She loves everything about sci-fi, from futuristic cities and cold metal factories to outer space battles filled with motorbikes, lasers, and spaceships. She’s skeptical of the world and the people around her, including Zoe, and tends to build walls instead of bridges.
Zoe, on the other hand, is a cheerful country girl who just wants to prove she isn’t a failure. Her imagination blossoms in fantasy worlds filled with trolls, dragons, and beautiful forests. She’s friendly, optimistic, and wears her heart on her sleeve.
Together, their worlds collide — and that’s where the magic happens.
