If you can't find anyone currently on the forums ready to go for a match (since players aren't reading that thread 24/7), some forward-thinking players have set up a Discord account here. If you want to find a player who isn't on your friend's list, for now, there's a multiplayer mega-thread available here where you can share your game ID or join a game with someone else who has already shared their ID while looking for a co-op match. One hand to wield the unicorn on a stick, one to drink

I suppose that's a solid reason to spread the word about the game, though! That limits your options, obviously, since not everyone on your friends list is going to have a copy of Dungeons 3 bought and installed. To find a campaign co-op companion, you can send an invite to anyone on your Steam friend's list. In this dual-control style, there's so much room for disruption and griefing that you probably wouldn't want some random Steam-troll to get in a match and just constantly cause you problems and undo whatever you are currently trying to accomplish. At least they are acknowledging the issue! Solid reasoning, but perhaps a lack of foresight on what gamer's want.

Getting a co-op match started works quite a bit different on the matchmaking front than you might be used to.įor the multiplayer co-op side, you actually can't find a random match at all, and instead, the game works more along the lines of Necropolis, where you have to know specifically who you want to join ahead of time.īecause both of the two co-op campaign players are controlling the evil overlord's hand, the thinking there is that you'd want to actually know the person on the other end of the co-op match. Finding Co-Op Campaign Players in Dungeons III However, the immensely popular Dungeons 3 co-op campaign mode doesn't work that way and is currently quite hampered by how players need to setup their own private matches. There aren't any in-game options (yet) to resolve this issue, but there are workarounds available if you are willing to do a little searching. The four-player open skirmish games are announced in the multiplayer chat if you simply select 'Notify' by going through Extras in the main menu, then navigating to Options and then the Game section. Although primarily a single-player game with a straightforward campaign and randomized sandbox maps, there are options available for competitive multiplayer with four players or co-op campaign multiplayer with two players.

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