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Den of Wolves
A heist shooter where up to four players plan a job, sneak in and shoot their way out.
Online co-op for up to 4 players.
- 4 online
Store pages
Playing together
- Online co-op4 players
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- YesA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckNot testedValve has not rated it yet
About the game
You play hired criminals in Midway City, a corporate city of the future built on an island. A job starts quietly. Before it begins you pick two guns and one gadget, then you sneak into a building and go after loot or data. Sooner or later an alarm goes off and the job turns into a firefight.
The crew is up to four players. Shields, mines and turrets let you hold a spot while a vault is drilled, and ammo is scarce, so careful shots beat spraying. In the press preview a mission only ended well if all four reached the exit. Some jobs also drop you into short timed Dives, strange platforming runs through a target's mind.
No release date is set, and the hands-on reports come from a 2025 pre-alpha, so these details may change.
How it feels
Kind of game
A team takes on missions or runs full of enemies. You pick gear, cover each other and pick each other up.
- At its heart
- Now and then
- Laughter and chaos
- Fear
- Story
- Time to hang out
- Exploring
- Jumping and climbing
- Puzzles and figuring out
- Unlocks and progress
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- About
- Crime, Science fiction
Rated on our own feel scale. 6 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
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Why it scores 88%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Squad shooter
- About
- Science fiction
- Core to both
- Fighting
- Notable in both
- Working in sync, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Getting better
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op
- 3 online
- Crossplay
Both send your squad into fights where you watch each other's backs. Both are about science fiction. Both have a lot of fighting side by side.
No big difference from Den of Wolves.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Why it scores 88%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Squad shooter
- About
- Science fiction
- Core to both
- Fighting
- Notable in both
- Working in sync, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Getting better
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
- 4 online
- Crossplay
Both send your squad into fights where you watch each other's backs. Both play in runs or missions you repeat. Both are about science fiction.
No big difference from Den of Wolves.

Abyssus
Why it scores 87%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Squad shooter
- Core to both
- Fighting
- Notable in both
- Working in sync, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Getting better
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How Abyssus differs
- A roguelike, so every run starts over
- 4 online
- Crossplay
Both send your squad into fights where you watch each other's backs. Both have a lot of fighting side by side. Both play in runs or missions you repeat.
No big difference from Den of Wolves.
All co-op facts
Last checked 28 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- Not confirmed
- Confirmed free setups
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Sources
13 pages
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Release status, Sessions, Kind of game, About, Laughter and chaos, Planning ahead.
- Release status: The page says the game is not yet available and the planned release date is to be announced.
- Sessions: The text calls it a session-based game that suits a short or a long sitting.
- Kind of game: The text has a crew choose weapons and gadgets before a heist. User tags include Team-Based and PvE.
- About: The text covers criminals for hire, espionage, sabotage and theft in a futuristic city. User tags include Heist, Crime and Cyberpunk.
- Laughter and chaos: The text says missions are unpredictable and push the crew from stealth into full action. Nothing shows the group laughing, so chaos stays at 1.
- Planning ahead: The text says the crew decides its approach and gets weapons, gadgets and intel before the heist. User tags include Tactical and Strategy.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Online co-op, Release status.
- Steam app ID: The data returns app 1818140.
- Online co-op: Categories include Co-op and Online Co-op.
- Release status: coming_soon is true and the date reads To be announced.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve has not rated the game for Steam Deck.
denofwolves.comOfficial site, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Genres.
- Online co-op: The page calls it a co-op heist FPS and tells you to gather your friends. Its page data lists Online Co-Op as a genre.
- Most players online: No visible sentence gives a count. The page data for search engines gives one to four players, and the press previews below agree on four.
- Genres: The page calls it a co-op heist FPS.
steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Release status.
- Release status: The post of 2025-06-08 says the game is launching into Early Access in the future.
steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Release status.
- Release status: The post of 2025-12-04 says the team is not ready to give a release date, and gives no window.
wikidata.orgWikidata, read 28 October 2026
Backs Wikidata item, Genres.
- Wikidata item: The item lists Steam app ID 1818140 and is a video game project, meaning an unreleased game.
- Genres: P136 is first-person shooter.
digitaltrends.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Most players online, Working in sync, Tension and danger, Jumping and climbing, Fighting, About.
- Most players online: Hands-on of 2025-04-01 says crews of four players pull off the heists.
- Working in sync: Says teams of four must find the loot, finish objectives and leave together. A downed teammate left behind cost the group the mission.
- Tension and danger: Says a quiet start turned into a shootout, and a mission was lost when a teammate went down before the exit.
- Jumping and climbing: Describes the Dives as a psychedelic platforming challenge, one of several kinds of Dive.
- Fighting: Says the second heist took a combat-heavy turn after the vault was activated.
- About: Calls it a dystopian, futuristic sci-fi setting.
press-start.com.auPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Most players online, Fighting, Getting better, Planning ahead, Working in sync, Exploring, Time to hang out.
- Most players online: Hands-on of 2025-04-02 describes the crew choosing to split up or move as a four player unit.
- Fighting: Describes stealth that collapses into firefights with waves of enemies, and praises the shooting.
- Getting better: Says ammo is scarce so precise shots beat spraying, and greed for extra loot got the crew overrun.
- Planning ahead: Says getting ready, such as learning layouts and security setups, is a big part of the loop.
- Working in sync: Says the games shine when you coordinate shields, turrets and grenades in firefights.
- Exploring: The crew had to find three key cards spread over vaults on one office floor.
- Time to hang out: The talk described is about the task, such as gear use and the plan.
geekculture.coPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Most players online, Fear, Tension and danger, Puzzles and figuring out, Story, Kind of game, Unlocks and progress, Planning ahead.
- Most players online: The preview of 2025-04-01 calls it a 4-player heist FPS in its title.
- Fear: Describes the Dives as a horror-adjacent experience with a countdown timer.
- Tension and danger: Says the countdown can push panic up, and firefights get intense when the crew is not organised.
- Puzzles and figuring out: In the Dives you must find the way out of a twisting space with no directional cues.
- Story: Says a story scene adds a surprising amount of lore, which is rare for co-op shooters.
- Kind of game: Squad members each pick two guns and a gadget, and are told to watch each other's backs and revive downed teammates.
- Unlocks and progress: Gear and gadgets cost credits that are spent before a mission, and loot is collected for rewards at the end.
- Planning ahead: Says planning is paramount, such as weighing sticking together against splitting up.
geekculture.coPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Friends can join mid-game, Story, Sessions.
- Friends can join mid-game: In an interview of 2025-04-01 the creative director describes players who drop in to a match in progress and get a guiding bodyguard role. It is a design statement for a pre-alpha build.
- Story: Says mission order and the choices made in missions shape the story and affect each other.
- Sessions: Says the team is designing missions to be replayed, with choices that change later missions.
press-start.com.auPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Story.
- Story: In an interview of 2025-04-02 the creative director says storytelling is placed in a separate format so the game can stay fast.
mp1st.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Most players online.
- Most players online: Preview of 2023-12-09 says the game allows four-player co-op, though development was very early.






