DERU - The Art of Cooperation

I played this game for many hours before its launch at various game events. Watched it grow from a tiny prototype made at the global game jam into a fully fledged, wonderful game. Congrats Inkkit, you created something very special :)

Smart cooperative puzzle game! Played it a few times at different exhibitions :)

No two player controller layout for local co-op, you need to play on the same controller or keyboard. Terrible design, skip.

No online coop within steam.

Fun puzzle game for 2 players, or if you want a real challenge try controlling both at once. Very unique and well made.

Great game with a very new design to puzzles. I really enjoy plaing it silently with my partner. that adds a how new level to the game

Great aesthetics Good puzzles Good for local co-op play, or in-city remote play... But, anything more, the lag just kills the game... absolutely unplayable when playing between two countries and don't even try playing when you're playing co-op across two continents (Frames per second changes to Seconds per frame)...

Deru is one of the best co-op games I have played in a while. This game is perfect over Remote Play Together because there's little need to worry about latency. This game is gorgeous, simplistic, and beautiful. You need to play this game with someone who is patient and communicative, because you WILL mess up. But it's okay, because each level will end pleasingly and make your combined efforts worth it. The gameplay is simple - move your characters to the goals, while helping each other. Each level is fresh and unique. Everything is perfectly designed to work together. Once we finish this game, we'll start again.

This game is by far the best one to play with Steam Remote Play! The first time I encountered this game was a long time before its release at the Game Convention in Zurich. Back then I said, this game needs to have online multiplayer and not just local. Thanks to steam remote play, the dev was able to integrate it, so basically only one person has to buy the game and the second person can join in too. Works well with each having a controller. It can also be played alone, but generally together it's so much more fun. The game's art style is simple, but it makes the game very complex, as you need to differenciate between black and white to solve the puzzle. And believe me, you will accidentally kill your player more often than you want to admit it. It has a very nice learning curve, it is not too hard, but not too easy too. For me one of the best coop games on steam and very well executed with the steam remote play. If you think the price is too high? Well it might seem like that, b...

A masterpiece! Couch co-op as it should be. Aesthetics from heaven, visually pleasing and good sound. I like the playful bits where you can just goof around with the pieces and make some sounds. Very original but polished and smooth gameplay. It's just one of these games that are so fun to show to other people and then play together. The Levels stay interesting without introducing too many new concepts, the difficulty curve is a bit funky at times but no big hiccups or unfair thresholds. If anything I'd wish there were more... [spoiler].. especially more 'boss' levels like the last one.[/spoiler] Negatives Controller (xbox360) support in solo didnt work as I wanted out of the box and I couldnt remap ingame. The price seems a bit steep but I think I will revisit this game often (with different co-op partners) so I'd say it's worth it.