co-open
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
☆ remember your first solo shopping trip?
co-open is a game about a kid's first time buying groceries on their own. Looks like it's time to explore and have some fun!
♲ a classic loaf of rye bread, some birthday cards, and kompot
The products available in the local cooperatively run store are community-selected, trying to suit everybody's needs. You might not find everything you're expecting, but maybe there will be something that surprises you!
Check the information on product price tags to make sure you only pick fresh local produce, call your grandmother for a suggestion, or just go with whatever catches your eye! Just try not to feed the store cats off the shelves. Please. They are fed regularly.
☃ anything else?
You can get your ice cream and veggies in a few minutes to rush back home sooner — or stray away from the shelves and find yourself a part of a drawing class in the rooftop park, or an underground snowskating hangout! Don't be scared to check things out.
❀ making memories
Looks like your neighbor friend is also shopping today! But could you meet anybody else? What if it's a very (very) big crow, or a mysterious vent dweller? Maybe you will even get to keep some meaningful mementos from your adventures!
☏ so, how was your day?
In the end, grandma will always come to pick you up. What will she say about your shopping trip — or, more importantly, about your product picks? 
♛ words
- "Between the adorable concept, the gorgeous graphic style, and the fun gameplay, I don't see why anyone wouldn't want to pick this title up!" – Spooky One, GameGrin
- "It’s quite simply your regular supermarket, inhabited by all the locals of the town you live in. They all feel like real people (birds?) particularly because the game is unabashedly queer." – Oisin Kuhnke, Rock Paper Shotgun
- "“co-open” in this way presents a utopia in which empathy, tolerance and collective cooperation are central. Thus, it is not only a beautiful game [...], but also a political one that promotes a better way of living together" – Sebastian Standke, game-curator.com
- "The world is big and cold but you are small and soft. Also a bird" – Spencer Hayes, itch.io
- "Lovely, relaxing and a great deal of fun" – Weird Fucking Games
- "co-open sees you sent to the grocery store to pick up some stuff all by yourself. Now, whether you should be trusted to do that is up to you" – Joel Couture, Indie Games Plus
- "There's a good bit of exploration involved if you look around, you might find some rather strange rooms in this surprisingly big building" – Liam Dawe, GamingOnLinux
- "It's all a very feel-good, inclusive experience, and those kinds of games are the one that you just want to support" – Matt S., Digitally Downloaded
⚑ features
- First-person immersive simulator gameplay
- Memorable treasures to collect
- Phonebook to fill with hidden phone numbers
- Cats you shouldn't feed, but can
- A secret ending
- Casual internal speedrun timer
☛ controls
- Keyboard and mouse
- Xbox 360 and Xbox One controllers support
- Configurable controls
♫ soundtrack
If you enjoyed the music in co-open, consider buying the soundtrack!
♡ special thanks
All our friends who wrote in-game phone conversations, helped us test the game and make game trailers <3
A MAZE. / Berlin Festival
Humble Bundle
KO_OP
Wholesome Games
⚒ installation instructions
macOS: The game is not signed/notarized by Apple, so it will have security issues with macOS 10.15+ (Catalina and newer versions). To avoid these issues please do one of the following things:
- [Preferable] Install the game through the official itch app: https://itch.io/app
- Manually approve the game's .app file in "Security & Privacy" settings in System Preferences
⚠ safety caution
The game depicts various queer identities and queer relationships. Please check the current laws of your country – you may have to be 18 or older (18+) to play this game. Be safe. <3
Note: Just to make it clear, there's no adult content in the game, it's generally all-ages, except for some very mild occasional swearing.
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $8 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Community Copies
Support this game at or above a special price point to receive something exclusive.
Buy the game + Donate a Community Copy
Get a copy of co-open for yourself and donate a Community Copy of the game for others to claim.
Community Copy
Community Copies are meant for marginalized people and those who can't afford buying the game. A new Community Copy will be added whenever someone:
- Donates a community copy of the game via the button below
- Buys the game at minimum $2 above the current price (a new Community Copy for every $2 tip)
Please don't forget to rate our game if you enjoyed it! <3
Development log
- co-open Update Log 1.1.11Jun 27, 2022
- co-open Update Log 1.1.10Apr 06, 2022
- co-open Update Log 1.1.9Mar 10, 2022
- Lunar New Year Sale! 🐯Jan 27, 2022
- co-open Update Log 1.1.8Nov 10, 2021
- Halloween Sale! 👻Oct 22, 2021
- co-open Update Log 1.1.7Aug 17, 2021
- co-open Update Log 1.1.6Aug 01, 2021
Comments
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Hi this is the best thing ever in the whole world im lovvve it <3
I realize I missed the game when it came out, but now that I have played it, I have to say it's an adorable game! A very enjoyable experience, I'll have to check more of what you've made since!
Hiya I really want to play but having problems. When I start the windows version the camera spins around really fast constantly, and when I start the windows 86 version, I can't get past the menu at the beginning. Is there any way to get past this? Many thanks.
Hello! Can you please try to launch the game (the main Windows build, not x86) with no controllers / drawing tablets / etc. connected (only mouse and keyboard) and see if that makes any difference?
That fixed it, thanks so much!
Does NOT work on Steam Deck
it seems to work flawlessly for me
this is Such a lovely game
I want to donate a few community copies without purchasing another copy for myself. How do I do that?
Unfortunately all types of additional purchases on itchio must be linked to the purchase of the game itself, so there's no way to create a community-copy-donation-only option.
lovely game, though the cats in the grocery store seem to be able to get infinitely big xD
thanks you so much for your game its was the best game i played yet i played like 10000000h but still miss 5 phone number yikes
loved your game (PLEASE MAKE A UPDATE ) <3
does anyone know what causes Gloves to start skating? I want to talk to faer again but fae's always skating when I try to.
The snowskaters' positions change every time the cave location gets unloaded and then loaded again. The quickest way to reload the cave location is to enter the staircase and go back to the cave warehouse. Hope this helps!
I got stuck looking for cauliflower, so I didn't understand how to progress and move forward. I was also unsure how to get off the ceiling or past the vent. It's cute, but I didn't enjoy myself as much as I thought I would.
It's in a bag in the freezer.
I played this game earlier this year and fell in love with it. I keep going back and thinking of my time spent with it. I recommend the game to everyone that will listen.
I will be recommending this to all of my friends. Incredibly endearing and sweet, and made me cry.
When grandma says she's proud of your hard work and that everyone else is too, and that you deserve a break, it made me cry. This game makes me feel like I'm doing a good job. Going to be coming back to this one often.
Immaculate vibes. Cute as hell and so so so charming! Was sad when my shopping trip came to an end but loved the ending!
Absolutely loved it! The characters were so cute!
Amazing game, this inspired me to work on my own games again! Also I'm now 12021 bird dollars in debt after feeding the orange cat half of the fruit and magazine sections.
I had so much fun exploring this little grocery store. I want more!
This was such a sweet little game ^^
Cannot praise this game enough, loved the style, the characters, all of the cute hidden gems - my ideal type of game! :)
this is one of those games that i'll look back on and wish i could experience for the first time again. everything about this game is so welcoming and comforting, i swore i wouldn't cry at the end but i really couldn't help it. such a wonderful experience
changing the item hotkeys doesn't do anything, it still requires using number keys
Can you please specify the OS you're playing the game on and the game build version (should be visible in the main menu)?
Also, you can always use a mouse wheel to change items!
I'm on Windows, on version 1.1.10. The hotkeys also don't work for my friend who's on the same OS and version. Mouse wheel does work and is nice, but when spamming keys for fast dialogue hotkeys are nicer :p
really really wonderful, thank you so much for sharing!
bought a single banana. couldnt stop laughing as it showed the images of buying said banana in the credits. 11/10
really fantastic game that was so fun to 100%! would love to play more in this universe and with these characters
this is such a cute game! i love the art style and the super relaxing music, it was a really nice experience :)
This is the cutest and coziest game I've ever played. It makes me feel so warm and good and I can't stop playing it! Until I can find all the numbers at least, I'm stuck at the 13th and 17th :c
Still, thanks for creating this amazing game <3
Thank you so much! <3
Good luck with the remaining phone numbers! If you need any hints – we'll gladly help you.
I managed to find the 17th (it wasn't that hard, I just completely overlooked it) but still no luck with the 13th :c
An hint would be really appreciated :3
For #13 look closer at one of the products in the Print section. Hope this helps!
Finally found it! Thank you!!!
Absolutely loved it !!!! The queer representation, the friendly bird people, the very original graphics !!! It was clearly an heartwarming adventure, thank you so much <3333
this game doesnt get the recognition it deserves
loser
went through this game streaming with a friend and we were both incredibly ch armed and had fun all the way through! incredibly charming and i love all of the characters
Played through humble trove, amazing game! A piece of love in cruel world.
absolutely loved this game. though there seems to be an issue with the menus? whenever i pause the game, the menus seem to be really intensive and cause my gpu to run way harder than it should. the game is fine, just not the menus and model viewer in pocket.
Thank you very much! We have some ideas on how we could optimize the pause menu, and we'll try to implement them when we have free time.
thanks for the reply and that's great to hear. looking forward to it. if it helps, i think it may be that the menus run too fast (not sure). i tried forcing the game into vsync but the issue persisted. thanks again though
Hello! We've just published a new version of the game (1.1.11) that should have the issue with the dropping frame rate in the pause menu fixed.
thanks so much! i was doing a little testing and my gpu revs up in weird ways still when the text boxes and menu come up even though the fps remains steady. it is no longer how it was though, so thank you very much again. i'll be replaying this a lot cuz i love this funny lil grocery store
really cute game ! i almost 100% it but i just can't find the 13th phone number :(
Thank you!
For the 13th phone number you need to look closer at one of the products in the Print section. Hope this helps!
This is such a cute and lovely game, i enjoy it so much, i still have to get to 100% but i will probably get there soon ^^
going to be playing this game as a comfort one for awhile! i loved all of the characters and everything you can explore! i hope someday a community like in game is available for everyone growing up ^^
Wow what a great game! I had so much fun playing through everything! Loved all the normalized queerness, It was such a cozy game! Id love to play this next to a fireplace with a cup of cocoa. I missed 4 numbers but have no clue where they are cause i checked everywhere i could think of.
OMG what a cute concept for a game :) I would love to support, but I wanted to ask if the Windows version is 32 or 64 bit? :O and if it's x64, would it be possible to consider adding a x86 version of it too? If not don't worry, I'll still be glad to support this title. Again, keep up the great work <3
Thank you for your interest in our game!
We've added a download for an x86 build of co-open. We don't have a device to test the build properly (aside from a pc with the 64 bit Windows installed), but we think everything should still work fine.
OMG thank you so much <3 and no worries, I will be glad to put it to the test... Once again, amazing works and thank you so much for the request, means alot :)
I THINK I FED THE CAT TOO MUCH
A very gorgeous game. I loved the pronouns listed next to everyone you talked to, it was wonderful to see it be such a normal thing. Definitely gonna revisit to see if I can find some of the last phone numbers and gifts for my collection.
11/5, would shop again :)