Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment via PlayStation StorePS5 · PC (Steam)
Sackboy: A Big Adventure co-op
On one console, the stores list 1-4 players on PS5; online play goes up to 4.
- Co-op
- Online needs PS Plus
Co-op or versus: from the Steam categories.
Quick answer for your console
Yes: 1-4 players on one PS5
Grab a second controller.
- Split or shared screen: not stated by PlayStation Store
- Online: 2-4 players, needs PlayStation Plus
- Regular price $59.99
- In PlayStation Plus
- PlayStation Store, checked Oct 18, 2026
Yes: Steam lists local co-op on one PC
Grab a second controller.
- The store's Shared/split screen label is on; it does not say which
- Online: Online play listed
- Steam Deck: Verified
- Regular price $59.99
- Steam, checked Oct 18, 2026
Same console or online
Up to 4 players
- PS5: 1-4 players
- PC (Steam): Local co-op listed (no player count on Steam)
- Drop-in: no store description says so (we only read store text for this). Not sure? See role notes
- Co-op campaign (named in the PlayStation Store description)
Up to 4 players
- PS5: 2-4 players, needs PlayStation Plus
- PC (Steam): Online play listed
How to split the roles
When one of you plays more than the other: who takes which seat in Sackboy: A Big Adventure, and why.
Help the newer player with grabs; take care with the Swingamajig near them.
Multiplayer moves can assist or annoy companions, and the blog warns about the Swingamajig.
Use the pre-set difficulty option when levels feel too hard.
The store page says the game offers a pre-set difficulty level to reduce the challenge.
Skill-gap friendly · higher is easier
3out of 5
The official Adjustable Difficulty (Basic) setting is general help for the whole game; no assist aimed at one player is sourced.
General help only: a difficulty choice, drop-in/drop-out, quick respawn, per-player settings or turn-based pace. Both players still face the same core challenge.
Easy to coordinate · higher is easier
2out of 3 · Medium
Two Teamwork Levels in each world need players to collaborate, coordinate, and communicate; other levels are optional co-op.
Medium: regular hand-offs, timed moves together or shared decisions.
The roles Same moves for both
Every player controls a Sackboy with the same moves. Co-op roles come from how players help or hinder each other, not from different characters.
Sackboy (each player) Moderate
Moderate seat: platforming and timing.
Plays the whole game with up to three companions; grabs, slaps, and rolls into others, and shares team score.
- Platforming
- Timing
- Talking it through
Help for the newer player
- Adjustable Difficulty (Basic): choose an alternative pre-set difficulty level to reduce the overall challenge.
Ways to split the work
- Use the pre-set difficulty option if the game feels too hard for one player.
- Dodge out of the way when a companion grabs or rolls into you.
- Watch the Swingamajig near other players; swinging can hit them.
Sources (5, 5 official) and how we rate
- 1. PlayStation Store (Sony Interactive Entertainment) (official): The store page lists Adjustable Difficulty (Basic) under Gameplay accessibility, a pre-set difficulty option. Read Oct 18, 2026.
- 2. PlayStation.Blog (Ned Waterhouse, Sumo Digital) (official): The PlayStation Blog says the whole adventure can be played with up to three companions. Read Oct 18, 2026.
- 3. PlayStation.Blog (Ned Waterhouse, Sumo Digital) (official): The PlayStation Blog lists slapping, grabbing, and rolling into other players as multiplayer moves. Read Oct 18, 2026.
- 4. PlayStation.Blog (Ned Waterhouse, Sumo Digital) (official): The PlayStation Blog says Teamwork Levels require players to collaborate, coordinate, and communicate. Read Oct 18, 2026.
- 5. PlayStation.Blog (Ned Waterhouse, Sumo Digital) (official): The PlayStation Blog warns players to take care with the Swingamajig around other Sackfolk. Read Oct 18, 2026.
Both ratings use one fixed scale for every game, higher is easier for a mixed pair; the levels are on our data page. Roles are split by experience, never by who the players are.
Trailer and screenshots
Every store, field by field
PS5
- Players on one console
- 1-4 players
- Online
- 2-4 players, needs PlayStation Plus
- ESRB rating
- Everyone (Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Lyrics)
- Regular price
- $59.99
- Subscription
- PlayStation Plus
- Release date
- Nov 12, 2020
Show all fields (4 this store does not have)
- Shared/split screen label: not a store field
- Crossplay: not a store field
- Remote Play Together: not a store field
- Steam Deck: not a store field
Official page (PlayStation Store)Checked Oct 18, 2026
PC (Steam)
- Players on one console
- Local co-op listed (no player count on Steam)
- Online
- Online play listed
- Shared/split screen label
- Yes
- Crossplay
- No
- Remote Play Together
- No
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- ESRB rating
- Everyone (Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Lyrics)
- Regular price
- $59.99
- Subscription
- None found on check date
- Release date
- Oct 27, 2022
Official page (Steam)Checked Oct 18, 2026
"Not a store field" means that store has no such label at all; "Not listed" means the store has the field and left it empty. Genres: Action.
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