Fart Together Demo vs Full Game: What’s Different

The demo is the only part of Fart Together you can play right now. It is a free Windows build on Steam that puts 2–4 players on one fart-powered raft, while the full game is still shown as coming soon. If your question is "should we start with the demo or wait for the full release?", the practical answer is: start with the demo, because it contains the core shared-raft challenge the full game is being built around, and it costs nothing to test whether your group can actually steer together.

Demo and full game side by side

Both versions come from GamesMrkt, a small studio that has been making games since 2018; Fart Together is its first Steam release. The official Steam page is the place to download the demo and to wishlist the full game.

What the demo actually contains

The demo is built around one idea the developer states plainly: everyone shares the raft, so everyone shares the consequences. Direction, timing and gas power from each player feed into the same vehicle, and the courses test that with sharp turns, narrow passages, moving obstacles and hazards that knock the raft off balance.

• Checkpoints break the course into segments. In a Dutch-language playthrough by DontbeaNPC (video), the pair repeatedly used checkpoints as places to stop, re-plan and try again.
• Gas is finite. The same playthrough hits moments where a player has nothing left to contribute ("at some point you're out of gas"), which is why effort budgeting matters more than constant pushing.
• Currents exist and push back. The video crew runs into a counter-current that drags the raft while they are busy arguing about direction.
• Overshooting is the usual failure. Most of the video's mistakes are someone applying too much force too early, not too little.

Run length is not published by the developer. According to the Fart Together Wiki, a community fan site, a demo run takes roughly 15–55 minutes depending on how well the crew coordinates. Treat that as a player estimate rather than a fixed figure: the video group needed multiple retries at several segments before finishing.

What the full game is expected to add

On 2026-10-17 the developer posted a Steam announcement titled "20,000+ Wishlists — Thank You, Farters!", reporting over 3,500 concurrent demo players and more than 20,000 wishlists within under a week of the demo going live. The same post says the demo is being patched from player feedback and that the full game's plans have been expanded to include additional characters, more customization, longer and more challenging courses, and new modes.

Beyond that announcement, the split between the two versions is mostly a question of modes and group size:

• Co-op: the store description frames the whole game around 2–4 players on one raft, so the demo's group size is not a reduced version of co-op — it is the co-op size.
• Competitive play: the Fart Together Wiki describes competitive modes for up to 8 players in the full game, along with shared/split-screen options, achievements, leaderboards and Steam Remote Play Together. The Steam page's feature list at the time of this page does not itemize competitive modes, so treat the 8-player competitive figure and the extra Steam features as community-reported until the store page spells them out.

In short: the demo is a coordination test, the full game is planned as a broader package around the same mechanic. Nothing in the material suggests the demo's co-op course will disappear or be replaced at launch.

Cost and release status

The demo is free — that is consistent across the store listing, the developer's announcement and community coverage. The full game has no price on the Steam page. The page lists the release date as coming soon, with 29 October 2026 shown alongside it, and its genre tags include Early Access and Free To Play. Those tags describe how the store currently classifies the release, not a confirmed launch plan, so check the store page again before you plan a purchase.

One practical consequence: if you are organizing a group, the demo is the only version whose player count and availability you can rely on today.

PC requirements

Both configurations call for a 64-bit system, DirectX 11, 4 GB of storage and a broadband connection for online co-op.

The Steam page lists Windows only. It does not list macOS, Linux or console versions, and that omission is all it establishes — it is not a statement that other platforms will never appear. Everyone in your group needs a Windows PC that meets the minimum, since online co-op depends on a stable connection per player.

Getting through a demo run with a group

1. Fix your direction words before the first narrow gap. Agree on what "left", "right" and "hold" mean for your crew, and say the route out loud before you enter a tight passage.
2. Count down before any move that needs everyone. Name the direction and the moment, then count in. A synchronized wrong move is still a wrong move, so settle the plan first.
3. Ease off as the gap narrows. Save strong pushes for stretches where the whole team already knows the line; approaching a narrow opening at speed is the most common way the raft ends up sideways.
4. Watch your gas before a hard section. Say so when you are low, so teammates know they are carrying the next correction alone.
5. Change one thing per retry. If you keep arriving at a moving obstacle too early, adjust timing. If you hit the gap at a bad angle, adjust the approach. Changing everything at once hides which fix worked.
6. Use each checkpoint as a reset. Stop, look at the next segment, agree on the plan, then continue.

If a run keeps failing at the same spot, the likely cause is a conflicting input rather than a lack of power — have one player call the move and the rest follow it exactly for one attempt. These are coordination habits drawn from the demo and player footage, not documented in-game settings.

FAQ

What is the difference between the Fart Together demo and the full game?

The demo is a free, playable slice with the 2–4 player shared-raft co-op course. The full game is unreleased and is planned to add more characters, customization, longer and harder courses and new modes, per the developer's October 2026 Steam announcement.

Is the Fart Together demo free?

Yes. The demo is free to download on Steam and runs on Windows PCs. The full game has no listed price on its Steam page.

Can eight players play the demo together?

No — the store description gives the co-op group as 2–4 players, and player footage shows two-player crews. The Fart Together Wiki reports that competitive modes in the full game are built for up to 8 players, which is a separate mode and a separate group size.

When can I play the full version?

The Steam page shows the release date as coming soon, with 29 October 2026 listed alongside it. Until that changes, the demo is the version you can actually play, and you can wishlist the full game from the same page.