It Takes Two (2021, Hazelight Studios) is a cooperative platformer that won the Game of the Year award at The Game Awards 2021. Players control a couple — Cody and May — who have decided to divorce and are magically transformed into dolls, forced to work together through magical challenges to return to human form and reconnect. It is exclusively two-player co-op.
It Takes Two is remarkable in the current entertainment landscape for its central message: this couple should stay married and work out their problems rather than divorce. The entire game is structured around Cody and May rediscovering what drew them together and learning to communicate and cooperate again. The game's villain — a self-help book character named Dr. Hakim — functions as a parody of therapeutic culture that encourages divorce as self-actualization.
For Christian families who value marriage, the narrative arc of It Takes Two — difficult marriage → forced cooperation → rediscovery of love → reconciliation — is actually a positive message rarely seen in mainstream entertainment. The game rewards working together and punishes going it alone.
The game contains moderate cartoon violence (bosses are defeated in creative ways, some darkly humorous — a vacuum cleaner boss, a wasp nest), some mild language, and a few adult humor moments. Rated T (Teen). Best for ages 14+ or adult couples. See It Takes Two overview. Excellent for married couples to play together — one of the best co-op experiences available.
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