Duo Vikings 3 — Play Free Online

Duo Vikings 3 is a co-op puzzle game built around a pair of characters who cannot finish a level alone. It sits in the Co-op for Two shelf of this site because it asks for the same thing the Fireboy and Watergirl temples do: two people, one keyboard, and a habit of saying "wait, hold that" out loud.

A session is short and steady. You get a room, work out what each character can reach that the other cannot, and coordinate until both of you are standing at the exit. It suits a quick sit-down with a friend or sibling more than a long solo grind, though one person can also handle both characters by using both key sets.

The page runs in the browser with nothing to install and no account, so it works on a laptop or Chromebook with a keyboard.

How to play

Two players share one keyboard. One player usually takes the arrow keys and the other takes WASD. If you are playing alone, you control both characters at once, which is fiddly at first and gets easier once you plan each move in advance.

The goal in every room is to help each other through to the exit. Look at the room before moving, decide who needs to go first, and only then start pressing keys.

Tips

• Talk before you move. Most stuck moments come from two players pressing keys with different plans.
• Settle which side of the keyboard each person owns before you start, so nobody reaches over the other's hand.
• If a room seems impossible, check what the other character can do that yours cannot. The solution usually depends on both.
• Playing solo, move one character into position, then switch hands, rather than trying to press both key sets at once.

Similar games on Fireboy and Watergirl

Fireboy and Watergirl is the site's headline pair, where each character has their own element and hazards to respect. Duo Vikings is the earlier entry in this same series, so start there if you want the original. Bad Ice Cream and Up Together are other two-player picks with a different feel: the first is a maze of ice and fruit, the second a cooperative platformer.

If your group has already worked through the temples and wants something in the same spirit, this is a natural next step.