Stranded Deepis a first-person open world survival game that spent a great deal of time in early access before having its proper launch earlier this year. While it’s been quite a few months sinceStranded Deeplaunched, the game is getting renewed attention thanks to it being part of the Epic Games Store free games for December 2020 lineup, having been added to the list on December 28.
Anyone interested ingettingStranded Deepfor free through the Epic Games Storehave a limited time to do so. The game will only be free on Epic Games Store until December 29 at 8:00am PT. Regardless of whether one got the game for free or if they purchased it, they may be curious as to how they can play it in co-op. WhileStranded Deepdoesn’t seem to offer any online co-op options at the time of this writing, it does allow for split-screen co-op play.
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To start aStranded Deepco-op game, the first thing players need to do is verify that a controller is connected to their PC. This way one player will be using the mouse and keyboard setup, while the second player will be using a controller. Players will want to go to the Inputs in the Options menu to make sure that the second controller is connected properly and being recognized byStranded Deep. Make sure to change the “None” next to the controller to say “P2.”
When that’s done, players need to start a new game ofStranded Deepand change the mode from single-player to cooperative. If done correctly, this should get players exploring a brand newprocedurally-generatedStranded Deepworldwith a friend in co-op. It will be interesting to see if theStranded Deepdevelopers decide to add online co-op support of some kind, especially considering how much renewed attention the game is getting now that it’s part of theEpic Games Store free games lineup.
It will also be interesting to see if any of the co-op options will come toStranded Deepon consoles. It seems as thoughStranded Deepdoes not support co-op on PS4 or Xbox One, so those that want to experience the feature will need to play the PC version of the game. Luckily, that should be relatively easy and cheap to do now that the game has been made available for free through the Epic Games Store.
Stranded Deepis out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
