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DERU - The Art of Cooperation
DERU - The Art of Cooperation is a cooperative puzzle game that mixes eye catching abstract art with mind bending puzzles to a unique gaming experience.
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Very Positive (51) - 88% of the 51 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Nov 7, 2018
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About This Game


In this couch co-op experience two players team up to overcome the boundaries of shadow and light and succeed through teamwork, timing and tactics. Block streams for your partner, juggle your mass to make each other huge for traversing big streams. To succeed you have to communicate and plan together, fuse your brains and bring your co-op gaming skills on the next level.



Deru is more than your usual puzzle game, you need to have dexterity, precision and use strategic planning to reach the exit of each level.



Everybody can join! Friends, family and foes:

  • Enjoy beautiful abstract art while solving mind-bending puzzles
  • Elegance: Simple and easily understandable mechanics create complex and satisfying puzzles
  • Great atmospheric music
  • Multiple worlds packed with many brain twisting riddles
  • Couch Co-op: merge your brains together to overcome the streams and barriers
  • Single Player: Challenge your twin stick skills to tackle the puzzles solo

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Sound and Music

Michel Barengo created the music and soundscape for the game. A granular exploration of physicality which results in a soundscape in between the digital and real, which has been awarded with the “SUISA Swiss Games Music” prize.

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macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows Vista®, Windows® 7, Windows® 8, Windows® 10
    • Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: nVidia® 8800 GT / AMD® 4670 or faster
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 750 MB available space
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Macintosh® OSX 10.9+
    • Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: nVidia® 8800 GT / AMD® 4670 or faster
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 12.04+
    • Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: nVidia® 8800 GT / AMD® 4670 or faster
    • Storage: 750 MB available space
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