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- Operation: Tango
Operation: Tango
Solve spy missions as an agent and hacker who depend on each other's voices and different views.
Online co-op for 2 players, with crossplay.
- 2 online
- Crossplay
- Only one needs to buy
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-op2 players
- Local co-opNoOnline only
- YesPC, PlayStation, Xbox, SwitchFriends 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.
- YesFriends play freeFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckPlayableValve's own rating
About the game
You work for a spy team tracking a threat through a world of advanced computers and security systems. One of you enters buildings as the agent, while the other works through networks as the hacker. You inspect devices, describe symbols, pass codes and guide each other around obstacles. Some tasks let you stop and think, while timed sections make clear instructions harder to give.
Each role has information the other player needs, so you use separate screens and keep talking over a microphone. The campaign moves through set missions, and you can swap roles to see the other side. A free Friend Pass lets a partner join an owner. Crossplay includes the full Switch game, but excludes the Switch Friend Pass.
How it feels
Kind of game
Made for exactly two players. You play set levels or a story from start to end, and every part is built for the pair.
- At its heart
- Now and then
- Laughter and chaos
- Tension and danger
- Calm and coziness
- Story
- Time to hang out
- Exploring
- Getting better
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- About
- Science fiction
Rated on our own feel scale. 4 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
If you liked Operation: Tango
You will probably enjoy these too. Each one says why.
The Past Within
Why it scores 86%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Campaign for two
- Core to both
- Working in sync, Puzzles and figuring out
- About
- Science fiction
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
How The Past Within differs
- No online co-op
- 2 on separate devices
- Crossplay
Both are campaigns made for two players. Both need you to talk and act in sync. Both are about science fiction.
But no online co-op.
We Were Here Together
Why it scores 85%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Campaign for two
- Core to both
- Working in sync, Puzzles and figuring out
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- Co-op
- Online co-op for 2 players
- 2 online
- Crossplay
Both are campaigns made for two players. Both make you work things out together. Both need you to talk and act in sync.
No big difference from Operation: Tango.
We Were Here
Why it scores 84%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Campaign for two
- Core to both
- Working in sync, Puzzles and figuring out
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- Co-op
- Online co-op for 2 players
How We Were Here differs
- Scarier than Operation: Tango
- 2 online
- Crossplay
Both are campaigns made for two players. Both need you to talk and act in sync. Both make you work things out together.
But scarier than Operation: Tango.
All co-op facts
Last checked 24 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Does not apply
- Split or shared screen
- Does not apply
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
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.
- 4111213
- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Crossplay between
- PC (Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch
- 14
- Friends can join mid-game
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Platforms
- Single-player editions
- Not confirmed
Genres
Store IDs
- Wikidata item
- Not confirmed
Sources
13 pages
operation-tango.comOfficial support page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Local co-op, Crossplay, Crossplay between, Only one of you needs to buy it.
- Online co-op: Both partners need an internet connection and play at the same time.
- Local co-op: The FAQ rules out local co-op and split screen because partners must not see each other's view.
- Crossplay: The FAQ supports crossplay and names a Switch Friend Pass exception.
- Crossplay between: The listed systems are PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series. Nintendo confirms full-game Switch crossplay. The Switch Friend Pass cannot crossplay.
- Only one of you needs to buy it: One partner owns the full game and the other downloads the free trial or demo. The pass can be used with different friends. The Switch Friend Pass cannot crossplay.
clever-plays.comOfficial site, read 24 October 2026
Backs Release date, Genres, About, Working in sync, Puzzles and figuring out.
- Release date: The maker's fact sheet gives June 1, 2021.
- Genres: The maker calls it a cooperative adventure and lists co-op puzzle solving.
- About: Augmented reality and network technology put the spy work in a future setting.
- Working in sync: The two roles have different information and must combine it through speech.
- Puzzles and figuring out: The feature list makes shared problem solving the central activity.
xbox.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Most players online, Platforms, Crossplay.
- Most players online: The Xbox page specifies online co-op for two players.
- Platforms: The released Xbox product lists Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. The maker's kit lists the other released platforms.
- Crossplay: The description and capabilities both identify cross-platform play.
nintendo.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Most players online, Crossplay between, Platforms, Only one of you needs to buy it, Free base co-op.
- Most players online: Nintendo lists two online players and one player per system.
- Crossplay between: Switch crossplay needs the full game. Nintendo excludes its Friend Pass from cross-platform play.
- Platforms: The full Switch game is current. Its title-specific Switch 2 compatibility result is unsupported due to progression problems. A file-size row does not override that result.
- Only one of you needs to buy it: The full game supports the native Friend Pass model, but this Switch page retains a coming-soon pass notice. Current Switch pass download is unconfirmed, and Switch Friend Pass cannot crossplay.
- 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.playstation.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Platforms.
- Platforms: The purchasable product includes PS4 and PS5.
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Platforms, Kind of game.
- Online co-op: The publisher specifies online-only co-op and a microphone requirement.
- Platforms: The PC requirements name Windows.
- Kind of game: The publisher assigns two partners to the agent and hacker roles across set missions.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Release status.
- Steam app ID: The public product response identifies app 1335790.
- Release status: The product is released and is not marked coming soon.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 23 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Playable on Steam Deck.
pushsquare.comPress, read 23 October 2026
Backs Story, Getting better, Puzzles and figuring out.
- Story: Push Square, 2021-06-04, treats the plot as brief context for the missions.
- Getting better: Push Square, 2021-06-04, describes learning changing interfaces through failed attempts.
- Puzzles and figuring out: Push Square, 2021-06-04, describes exchanging codes and guiding a partner through obstacles.
adventuregamers.comPress, read 23 October 2026
Backs Sessions, Laughter and chaos, Tension and danger, Calm and coziness, Exploring, Time to hang out, Planning ahead.
- Sessions: Adventure Gamers, page updated 2025-12-09, describes a short finite campaign and replaying from the other role.
- Laughter and chaos: Adventure Gamers, page updated 2025-12-09, reports laughter during cooperative mistakes.
- Tension and danger: Adventure Gamers, page updated 2025-12-09, finds occasional timed pressure with quick retries.
- Calm and coziness: Adventure Gamers, page updated 2025-12-09, describes much of the campaign as slow enough to set your pace.
- Exploring: Adventure Gamers, page updated 2025-12-09, describes searching facilities and inspecting train passengers.
- Time to hang out: Adventure Gamers, page updated 2025-12-09, describes constant sharing of useful information, with some slower intervals.
- Planning ahead: Adventure Gamers, page updated 2025-12-09, describes arranging the order and timing of shared sliding-block moves.
store.epicgames.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Free base co-op.
- 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.
playstation.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Free base co-op.
- 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 Free base co-op.
- 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.