A Game About Chopping Trees: What Is It, and Can You Play With Friends?

Why I looked it up

A Game About Chopping Trees made me curious about how much its literal title leaves out. Is chopping the whole premise, or is there a progression loop? And does playing with friends mean a pair of players or a larger group?

I checked the official Steam listing and the developer’s FAQ rather than treating discovery clips as evidence. I haven’t played it; these are my notes on what the published information supports, not a hands-on review.

What the game actually offers

The Steam store page describes chopping trees, upgrading an axe and skills, traveling between forests by handcar, and planting saplings. It lists both single-player and online co-op. Space Raccoon Game Studio is the developer; Spaghetti Cat is the publisher.

My takeaway is that the premise includes progression and movement between forests, rather than only repeating an isolated chopping action. That tells me what activities to expect, but it doesn’t establish how satisfying the upgrades feel or how long the game stays interesting.

For deciding whether to investigate further, this is the checklist I would use:

My question	What the official information supports
Can I play alone?	Steam lists single-player.
Does the premise include upgrades?	The store describes upgrading the axe and skills.
Is there more to the setting than chopping in one spot?	The description includes handcar travel between forests and planting saplings.
Can my whole group play together?	The developer FAQ says co-op is for two players “for now.”

The detail I wanted to double-check: co-op

Steam’s online co-op label establishes a mode, but it doesn’t by itself answer my group-size question. The developer FAQ supplies the narrower answer: “For now, just coop for two players.”

Here’s a hypothetical situation where that distinction changes the decision: suppose I’m choosing a game for myself and two friends, and all three of us want to share one session. An online co-op label might initially keep this game on my list, but the FAQ’s two-player scope means it doesn’t meet that requirement. For myself and one friend, the stated player count fits—although that alone doesn’t verify every compatibility question.

What I checked beyond the player count

The FAQ’s answer appears under a cross-play question. It says the developer may look into cross-play depending on sales. I would not turn that conditional statement into a promised feature or release date.

That leaves me with a useful distinction: Steam confirms online co-op, while the FAQ limits the stated co-op scope to two players and discusses cross-play only as a possibility. My reason to keep researching would be interest in the chopping-and-upgrading premise—not an assumption that a larger group or a particular cross-platform setup will work.