Big Hops Opens 8-Player Online Co-Op Beta on Steam Ahead of Aug. 9 Launch

1 articles · Updated · Kotaku · Jul 30

Big Hops players can access the new eight-player online co-op mode now through Steam’s “Together” beta branch, with the full free update due on August 9.
The mode supports the entire game rather than a separate slice, keeping base-game mechanics and features intact so groups can play through the full campaign together.
Director Chris Wade said the team had to rewrite major systems—including movement, UI, progression, saving, cutscenes, scene loading and in-game objects—because the 2026 platformer was not originally built for multiplayer.
Steam is the only launch platform for the update because the studio wanted to focus testing on one storefront after launch bugs showed it had spread itself too thin.