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It Takes Two cover art

It Takes Two

Hazelight Studios · Electronic Arts · 2021-03-25

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Mar 25, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 26, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Mar 26, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 04, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 26, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Mar 26, 2021 (Xbox One)

Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.

2,669
playing now
95%
positive of 269k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82
twitch viewers (latest)
90/100
critic score (15 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (1129 ratings)
88/100
opencritic · mighty · 93% recommend
15h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 20h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

2,669 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

It Takes Two is a 2021 cooperative action-adventure game developed by Hazelight Studios and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in March 2021, and for Nintendo Switch in November 2022. The game follows Cody and May, a married couple who are transformed into living dolls and forced to work together as they try to repair their relationship and return to their human bodies.

Trailer

It Takes Two trailer thumbnail

It Takes Two Official Reveal Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,669 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22,498 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,812/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 5.4M–12M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 268,661 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$11.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.99 at EA Store (2024-12-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 16 of 30 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14k14k20212026Week of 2021-03-01: 2,837 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14,176 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 591 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6,107 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 307 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5,179 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4,335 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3,649 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,847 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,058 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7,408 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5,227 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7,035 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 319 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5,159 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 230 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4,358 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,694 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,622 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2,923 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3,427 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,613 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,810 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,806 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3,883 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4,473 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 324 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4,036 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 370 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2,411 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,802 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,622 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,354 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,255 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3,029 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,740 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,714 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,142 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,660 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3,597 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 349 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3,230 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4,028 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3,391 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 348 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,850 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,005 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,885 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,950 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,104 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3,043 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,598 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,315 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6,594 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5,342 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5,212 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4,692 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,215 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,164 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,328 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3,292 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,404 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,884 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,417 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,017 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3,485 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4,231 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3,502 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3,122 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,929 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,585 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,664 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,166 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,866 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 66 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

19k1.9k2026-08-06 21:00 — 4,073 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 4,827 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 14,531 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 4,792 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 6,506 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 16,929 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 5,816 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 7,645 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 18,921 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 5,758 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 5,299 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 17,149 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 4,263 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 5,444 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 16,945 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 4,220 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 4,139 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 12,786 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 6,078 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 3,368 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 7,190 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 5,040 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 3,248 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 10,951 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 5,934 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 2,183 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 6,794 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 7,347 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 2,669 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$46.44$7.992020-12-112026-08-272020-12-11 — best price $39.992021-03-26 — best price $39.992021-05-02 — best price $46.442021-06-10 — best price $26.392021-07-08 — best price $39.992021-08-20 — best price $29.992021-09-29 — best price $29.992021-10-14 — best price $29.992021-11-03 — best price $35.192021-12-08 — best price $24.792022-01-11 — best price $35.992022-02-11 — best price $39.992022-04-19 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $39.992022-09-06 — best price $39.992022-11-29 — best price $39.992023-01-10 — best price $39.992023-03-30 — best price $19.992023-06-13 — best price $29.992023-08-08 — best price $29.992023-10-28 — best price $13.992023-12-21 — best price $9.992024-03-07 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $39.992024-10-03 — best price $39.992025-01-02 — best price $39.992025-03-26 — best price $11.992025-06-20 — best price $9.992025-09-25 — best price $39.992026-01-12 — best price $39.992026-04-13 — best price $39.992026-07-16 — best price $11.992026-08-27 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8.9k8442026-06-01 — 1,055 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1,292 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,259 pageviews2026-06-10 — 981 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,104 pageviews2026-06-16 — 941 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1,209 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1,210 pageviews2026-06-25 — 961 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1,468 pageviews2026-07-01 — 997 pageviews2026-07-04 — 1,185 pageviews2026-07-07 — 930 pageviews2026-07-10 — 1,017 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,036 pageviews2026-07-16 — 903 pageviews2026-07-19 — 1,093 pageviews2026-07-22 — 1,058 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1,067 pageviews2026-07-28 — 907 pageviews2026-07-31 — 990 pageviews2026-08-03 — 982 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1,056 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,284 pageviews2026-08-12 — 917 pageviews2026-08-15 — 1,136 pageviews2026-08-18 — 940 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1,027 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1,001 pageviews2026-08-27 — 1,021 pageviews2026-08-29 — 1,248 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.0k122026-08-27 12:34 — 120 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 115 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 92 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 132 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 79 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 61 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 83 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 67 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 162 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 58 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 72 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 232 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 214 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 222 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 1,004 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 183 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 91 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 69 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 81 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 67 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 82 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
49.3%
earned "Struck A Pose"
10%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)87,69324%21
PS4 (PlayStation)86,75321%21
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)56,58711%20
Steam (Steam)55,59311%20
Switch (Nintendo)1,5870%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opPuzzleAdventureEmotionalPlatformerStory RichLocal Co-OpMultiplayerOnline Co-OpSplit Screen

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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