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Heavenly Bodies
Flail through space station repairs with friends, steering each arm while loose tools and bodies drift around you.
Shared-screen co-op for up to 4 players.
- 4 shared-screen
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-opNo
- Local co-op4 playersShared screen
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- Not confirmedA 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 DeckVerifiedValve's own rating
About the game
You work aboard a space research station where even pulling a lever takes practice. Each stick moves an arm, and your hands grab rails, tools and machinery. You haul cargo through narrow passages, adjust equipment and assemble parts while your body drifts away from the place you meant to reach. A printed operations manual gives you tasks and diagrams to work from.
Friends share the screen and help with the same missions. One person can hold something steady while another works, or accidentally drag everyone into a new problem. Local play supports up to four on PC, PlayStation and Xbox, while Switch lists two. The finite campaign rewards patience, careful handling and a willingness to laugh when an ordinary repair becomes a tangled mess.
How it feels
Kind of game
A group of friends, loose goals and a lot of messing around. Failing is part of the fun, and the best moments are the ones nobody planned.
- Now and then
- Tension and danger
- Calm and coziness
- Story
- Time to hang out
- Exploring
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- About
- Science fiction
Rated on our own feel scale. 5 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
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What they share
- Kind of game
- Chaotic friend hangout
- Core to both
- Laughter and chaos, Physical comedy
- Notable in both
- Jumping and climbing, Working in sync, Getting better
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- Co-op
- Shared-screen local co-op for up to 4 players
How Octodad: Dadliest Catch differs
- Less figuring things out than Heavenly Bodies
- 4 shared-screen
Both are chaotic hangouts for a group of friends. Both get loud and silly when plans go wrong. Both have clumsy physics that make you laugh.
But less figuring things out than Heavenly Bodies.
SOS OPS!
Why it scores 76%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Chaotic friend hangout
- Core to both
- Laughter and chaos, Physical comedy
- Notable in both
- Jumping and climbing, Puzzles and figuring out, Working in sync
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- Co-op
- Local co-op for up to 4 players
How SOS OPS! differs
- Less story than Heavenly Bodies
- 4 online
- 4 split-screen
- Crossplay
Both are chaotic hangouts for a group of friends. Both are full of jumping and climbing together. Both get loud and silly when plans go wrong.
But less story than Heavenly Bodies.
Magicka
Why it scores 73%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Chaotic friend hangout
- Core to both
- Laughter and chaos
- Notable in both
- Working in sync, Getting better
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- Co-op
- Shared-screen local co-op for up to 4 players
How Magicka differs
- More fighting than Heavenly Bodies
- Less figuring things out than Heavenly Bodies
- Less slapstick than Heavenly Bodies
- Less jumping and climbing than Heavenly Bodies
- 4 online
- 4 shared-screen
Both are chaotic hangouts for a group of friends. Both are campaigns you play to the end together. Both have shared-screen local co-op for up to 4 players.
But more fighting than Heavenly Bodies.
All co-op facts
Last checked 24 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Most players online
- Does not apply
- Fewest players online
- Does not apply
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
- 4567
- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Friends can join mid-game
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Platforms
Genres
- Genres
- Not confirmed
Store IDs
- Wikidata item
- Not confirmed
Sources
11 pages
heavenlybodiesgame.comOfficial site, read 24 October 2026
Backs Release date, About, Story, Local co-op.
- Release date: The maker gives December 7, 2021 for PC, PS5 and PS4.
- About: Cosmonauts operate a scientific station in an imagined space programme.
- Story: Mission control provides the premise and work assignments.
- Local co-op: The maker describes solo play and local co-op as ways to play the missions.
steamcommunity.comOfficial support page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op.
- Online co-op: The developer FAQ says local co-op only. Remote access uses streaming services rather than native online sessions.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 24 October 2026
Backs Most players on one screen, Kind of game.
- Most players on one screen: The June 14, 2023 update adds four simultaneous players to every mission on Steam. It supersedes the older two-player FAQ.
- Kind of game: The update invites a larger group to cause physical mishaps together. Combined with the maker calling it solo at its core, friend chaos fits better than a campaign built only for a pair.
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Steam app ID, Release status, Free base co-op.
- Platforms: The Steam requirements include Windows and macOS. Other released systems are covered by the console stores.
- Steam app ID: This is Heavenly Bodies by 2pt Interactive, app 1138850.
- Release status: The base game has an Add to Cart control.
- Free base co-op: The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
store.playstation.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Most players on one screen, Free base co-op.
- Platforms: The purchasable standard edition lists PS4 and PS5.
- Most players on one screen: The current page lists one to four offline players. Its old singular friend wording is not the current cap.
- Free base co-op: The checked PlayStation full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
xbox.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Most players on one screen, Free base co-op.
- Platforms: The released product supports Xbox One and Xbox Series X and S.
- Most players on one screen: The capabilities list local co-op for two to four.
- Free base co-op: The checked Xbox full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
nintendo.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Most players on one screen, Free base co-op.
- Platforms: The released Switch product has a direct download link and a February 29, 2024 release. Its game-specific listing confirms Switch 2 compatibility. Switch 2 is included through backward compatibility.
- Most players on one screen: The Switch edition supports two on one device. This also applies to that edition's explicitly compatible playback on Switch 2. The PC, PlayStation and Xbox editions support four after the shipped update.
- Free base co-op: The checked Nintendo full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 23 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Verified on Steam Deck.
destructoid.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Split or shared screen, Sessions, Laughter and chaos, Physical comedy, Working in sync, Exploring, Time to hang out, Planning ahead.
- Split or shared screen: Destructoid, December 6, 2021, says the camera pulls back for both players rather than splitting.
- Sessions: Destructoid, December 6, 2021, finished the authored sequence in about five hours, with optional challenges for replays.
- Laughter and chaos: Destructoid, December 6, 2021, describes mishaps and partners getting in one another's way as a central pleasure.
- Physical comedy: Destructoid, December 6, 2021, identifies uncontrolled weightless bodies as the comic engine.
- Working in sync: Destructoid, December 6, 2021, describes communicating and experimenting with machinery together.
- Exploring: Destructoid, December 6, 2021, notes hidden trinkets and room to investigate task areas.
- Time to hang out: Destructoid, December 6, 2021, describes task discussion and experimentation. This supports a low score, rather than a relaxed background hangout.
- Planning ahead: Destructoid, December 6, 2021, describes choosing the tool and order of operations from diagrams.
thesixthaxis.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Jumping and climbing, Puzzles and figuring out.
- Jumping and climbing: TheSixthAxis, December 9, 2021, describes gripping, pulling and moving a body around the station as a regular challenge.
- Puzzles and figuring out: TheSixthAxis, December 9, 2021, describes engineer diagrams and machinery puzzles as the purpose of the missions.
pushsquare.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Tension and danger, Calm and coziness, Getting better.
- Tension and danger: Push Square, December 6, 2021, describes the risk of drifting away, within otherwise goofy missions.
- Calm and coziness: Push Square, December 6, 2021, lists low pressure and no need for fast reactions. The learning curve keeps this at minor.
- Getting better: Push Square, December 6, 2021, describes a substantial period of learning the arm controls.