The award-winning co-op game It takes two is finally verified for Steam decks and no longer requires the EA app to play: it now uses the Steam Cloud for saves, sending game invitations and utilizing the Steam friends list to join with other players. This is good news for players, but bad news for those who rely on EA App Cloud storage. (But don't worry, there is a workaround.

It takes 2, the story of an unfortunate couple who are turned into puppets by a story book to save their relationship (yes, seriously), was a surprise hit in 2021:We called it "The Adventures of a brilliant co-op with a wild amount of diversity," as if that wasn't enough. It also claimed the Best multiplayer Games at the Golden Joystick Awards and the Game of the Year (along with Best Family Games and Best Multiplayer Games) at the Games Awards. It also holds a "very positive" rating across more than 141,000 user reviews on Steam.

Until now, it's good to see it gone because the Steam release of Take 2 needs an EA app launcher that is a headache. You can also play with people through the EA app, even if you no longer need EA launcher."When you invite a friend, please select the 'EA Friends List' option in the game" The update FAQ states as follows: "When you invite a friend, please select the 'EA Friends List' option in the game." "From there, you can add your EA account to your EA Friends list and send game invitations through EA."

One hitch of the plan is what EA App Cloud saves. If you have it takes two saves on your PC, as God and Nature intended, when you launch the game they will automatically Steam cla but if for some reason you relied only on EA App Cloud to save the save data, "due to technical limitations, save games that were previously saved in EA App Cloud will not be saved." "We are now not able to access it," says EA.

It's almost certainly a very small slice of the total that requires a 2 player base, but the EA is not leaving them hanging: Workaround \USERNAME\AppData\Local\ItTakesTwo directory. Once that's done, you can launch the game and then use the Chapter selection menu to start playing from any chapter in the game.

It's not the perfect solution, and EA apologized for the inconvenience, but you know what it works. And it's not really all that unusual: most of us Reddit by gamers whose preservation meets an unfortunate, unexpected end which only cuts out middlemen.

Even with this new update, you will still need an EA account to connect to the server for online play. It is necessary, but you do not need to use Local Play or Steam Remote Play together. If you are accessing the game through a Friend pass, you can continue to access it using the Friend Pass in the EA app or use the new Steam version instead.