Goo Deer 2.0 adds four-player online co-op to its horror gas station

The free update has crews sharing one store and one wallet, adds a shoplifter and 24 new languages, and the game is 34% off on Steam until 14 November.

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Goo Deer, the first-person horror game about running a gas station in a foggy town hooked on one strange drink, stopped being a solitary job today. VML Studios has released version 2.0, a free update that adds online co-op for up to four players.

The crew shares one store and one wallet, so stocking, pricing and the register can be split between you. You also head into the forest together to hunt deer for the drink's ingredients, and you can revive a teammate who goes down. Games can be public or password protected, and friends can join from a Steam invite or through a server browser. The studio lists crew chat, shared items and ammo, ten co-op achievements and a co-op leaderboard as well.

What else is in 2.0

Solo players get new things too. A shoplifter now comes in to steal, and you can hire a security guard to stop them. There are shelf labels, stock limits for the basement machines and furniture that moves with its stock. The leaderboard has been rebuilt with friends and co-op views, and the opening is described as gentler.

The biggest change for many players may be the language list. The interface and subtitles gain full translations into 24 new languages, for 25 in total, though full audio stays in English. The studio also lists automatic graphics settings, performance improvements and hundreds of fixes.

The game underneath

Goo Deer came out on 22 June. Between shifts you craft and sell flavours of the drink, manage your stock, hire employees and try to keep a growing line of customers moving. The ingredients are outside, so sooner or later someone has to leave the station and walk into the forest, where something is stalking the fog. Our preview left open how badly one half of that job punishes you for neglecting the other. Co-op changes the sum, because one player can now mind the till while the others go hunting.

Goo Deer is on Steam for Windows PC at $9.99, and it is 34% off, at $6.59, until 14 November.

Sources

• Goo Deer press kit and 2.0 press release (VML Studios)
• Goo Deer on Steam (Steam)

Image: VML Studios