Operation: Tango
Developer Clever Plays
Operation: Tango is a cooperative first-person video game, created by the Canadian studio Clever Plays. Two players take control of either an Agent or a Hacker and must work together to solve puzzles to bring down a hi-tech global menace. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
343 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
153 positive · 23 negative
95% range 81–91%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 153 | 23 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 3 | 0 | 159 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
What players are saying
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 180 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (7,723 of 8,951 positive).
Players praise the game as a fun, communication-heavy co-op puzzle experience. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the game is short, with a playtime of 4-6 hours. [4][5][6] A few players report bugs that can hinder progress. [7][8][9]
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the most buggy game Ive ever played in my life and Ive played Cyberpunk on release.
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Ha, only days after my review the game went on sale - bought it instantly of course even though I already played through. Devs simply deserve it! Here my review from the friend pass version: This is a brilliant cooperative puzzle game! The fact that just one of the participants has to own the game (or even just have it in their family library like I do) is very generous and so very convenient! I plan to play this …
- [2]
A really fun coop puzzle game! For each mission you can choose between being a hacker or an agent. In our case, we split it even. So we get to be the hacker and agent 3 times each. This game won't hold your hand, it will throw you into the mission and you'll be standing there trying to digest as much information that is available to you. It will tell you what's the goal to clear the mission, but there are so many …
- [16]
Absolutely stellar game. My wife and I played through it, and it was delightful. If I have one criticism, it's just too darn short. But, it's absolutely delightful and relatively replayable too! 11/10, would recommend even at full price
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Love this game! Essentially a bunch of clever co-op minigames based on communication, wrapped in a nicely-presented spy story. I was really impressed by just how many clever little ways they came up with for the players to interact- hardly a dud in the minigame batch, and a well-considered difficulty curve. You can cheat by sharing your screen on Discord, or play hard mode by playing it ford real! Not one for FPS …
Summarised from 34 of the 253 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
Players who liked Operation: Tango talk about great for couples and friends, fostering teamwork and laughter; those who didn't talk about game is short, with some wishing for more content. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The Xbox Series X version of Operation: Tango received generally favorable reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic. Jerome Joffard of Jeuxvideo.com generally praised Operation: Tango for its unique and innovative gameplay, particularly the asymmetric cooperative experience where players assume the roles of Agent and Hacker. However, he criticized the game's repetitiveness and unclear objectives in later missions, which he felt could frustrate players. In their review of Operation: Tango, Zheng Yi of Geek Culture praised the futuristic world, comparing it with the cyberpunk aesthetic of Keiichi Matsuda's Hyper-Reality and the distinctive style of Robert Valley. Thomas Heath of…
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Reactions
60 of 343 · most liked firstNEW: Secret Handshake installed working arcade games called Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell at the DC War Memorial. The game features "furious tweet battles against Iranian schoolgirls, low-flow shower heads, and other threats to American freedom like DEI and The Pope..."
neutral · AI labelView post →In the early 2000s, every single hack with a job in a creative field threw a Matrix bullet time parody into whatever they were working on whether it fit or not. I think it's especially funny in 'Operation Krabby Patty' because, like everything else in the game, it's something the show would never do
neutral · AI labelView post →Inside of us, there are two wolves. ^ my pitch for an expansion to the Operation board game
neutral · AI labelView post →I heard his friends also played a disgusting game where they harvested organs from unwitting victims. It’s called “Operation,” and it’s vile.
neutral · AI labelView post →Let's talk about the 1948-1950 operation by Idaho Fish and Game to drop beavers by parachute into more remote areas of the state. It's OPERATION PARABEAVER. The beavers were recognized as essential to ecological restoration of wetlands, but numbers had been depleted by the fur trade.
neutral · AI labelView post →As of RIGHT NEOWW you can play Operation Eventide, the yuri chuuni mechabare magical girl visual novel game for free on pc and android!! Come feast on the two-act story of hard sci-fi and cute girl activities to your heart's content! kolulu.itch.io/operation-ev...
neutral · AI labelView post →Don’t you just hate it when you find a hunted game of Operation? [ OCs Twitch, Caesar, Quinton and Kena ]
neutral · AI labelView post →“Operation Economic Outcast” sounds like a bargain bin PlayStation 2 stealth game.
neutral · AI labelView post →[repost] Operation, the wacky doctors game
neutral · AI labelView post →These dum dums are doing the jury management for Rachel in front of the jury. Whew. This is Rachel’s best move all game and it’s not close. Operation Italy? What’s that? #Survivor47
neutral · AI labelView post →You'd think a game called 'Operation: Krabby Patty' would get a certain few basic things right. No...
neutral · AI labelView post →Not to bring the room down, but there is no way the game Operation hasn’t become Autopsy by now.
neutral · AI labelView post →me: okay body i need you at your peak this week body: best i can do is making it feel like preschoolers playing a game of Operation in your lower back every time you move
neutral · AI labelView post →Now this is a complete game-changer. We’ll change the name of Operation Epic Fuckup to Operation Sledgehammer. Then, next month, we’ll change it again to Operation Red Rain.
neutral · AI labelView post →At last we have created Operation Dear God Don't Fucking Do This from legendary video game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Dear God Don't Fucking Do This
neutral · AI labelView post →OPERATION C KONAMI 1991 (Captured on Game Boy Pocket)
neutral · AI labelView post →“two can play this game,” i say ominously, sitting down across from you and picking up the Operation tweezers
neutral · AI labelView post →OPERATION C KONAMI 1991 (Captured on Game Boy Pocket) Shout-out @yokoikids.bsky.social game of the month
neutral · AI labelView post →fanart of Adelle from @kolulu.itch.io's Operation Eventide This game is incredible and it inspired my growing interest in mechabare, go play it!! kolulu.itch.io/operation-ev...
neutral · AI labelView post →Riz Ahmed plays Operation, from the latest episode of SNL UK. It's as good as any filmed piece from our version. Give it a try.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Starfinder universe meets the Origin System in Operation: Orias. Grab your copy today and get an in-game code for a FREE #StarfinderSociety Glyph. Details here: wrfr.me/4qxU9T2
neutral · AI labelView post →Operation: finish all the Yakuza games in time for when the new Majima game comes out. Trying to finish Gaiden today twitch.tv/mangoloocosp...
neutral · AI labelView post →"When I got up close and actually spent some time playing the new game, it became obvious that Operation Epic Furious is a scathing commentary that also happens to be a loving tribute to classic RPGs." Read more from @charlespulliam.bsky.social:
neutral · AI labelView post →Dillon Brooks & Underdog teamed up to drop an ‘UNETHICAL HOOPS’ SGA Operation game 😭😭😭 I can't... 😭😭😭 #NBA
neutral · AI labelView post →YOU: Did you ever dissect a frog in Biology class? ME: No, but I played that game Operation a few times... RS
neutral · AI labelView post →Did it bother anybody else that the guy from that "Operation" game was clearly wide awake??
neutral · AI labelView post →Want a fun adventure to run for CAIN that is ALSO free just like the game is right now? How about checking out Operation Weeping Mountain, my starter adventure for CAIN about a series of terrible murders in a remote mountain town? eldjester.itch.io/operation-we...
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been playing Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City online multiplayer, on PS3, in 2025.
neutral · AI labelView post →My lil' dingo ❤️ (The squeaky toy is that guy from that "Operation" board game haha)
neutral · AI labelView post →Posting on Reddit is like playing that old board game Operation.
neutral · AI labelView post →my “no one but me remembers” game is Operation: Inner Space, a top-down space combat shareware game that was procedurally generated from your computer’s directory structure en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...
neutral · AI labelView post →Heres An Oddball In The Card Collection. From The Nintendo Power "Super Power Club, The Spy vs Spy Power Card #44 For The Gameboy Game, "Operation Boobytrap". 👉🏻TAP HERE For More MADness👇🏻 #madmagazine #spyvsspy #spyvsspysunday
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun fact: Jair Bolsonaro is the guy they based the game Operation on
neutral · AI labelView post →Operation Squarepeg game gets on the table. New Zealanders take on the Japanese on Nissan Island. Steel Lard game one. #15mm #wargaming #spreadthelard
neutral · AI labelView post →'Operation Epic Fury' sounds like a bad free to play mobile game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Space Gun, Taito's gallery shooter arcade game, basically Operation Wolf....in space! www.hardcoregaming101.net/space-gun/
neutral · AI labelView post →Today in my job: - I have been asked if I could livestream my game tasting for fellows (accidental Actual Play request) - Operation Find the Chess Sets continues (we’ve found the provenance: donation and cannot be sold ever) - “WE HAVE SWORDS?! HOW MANY SWORDS?!”
neutral · AI labelView post →sorting/moving/sending nudes is like the most delicate game of Operation on my phone
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes, I called the new ALIEN RPG cinematic 'Operation Leading Edge' as a homage to publishers of the original ALIENS RPG, Leading Edge Games. It suits the nature of the adventure and works as a fond throwback; even though the game system wasn't great it was my only source of ALIENS info at the time.
neutral · AI labelView post →And so it begins. Operation Martlet Pint Sized Campaign for Chain of Command 2. Game One with @stormofsteel.bsky.social . #15mm #wargaming #spreadthelard
neutral · AI labelView post →FANZA announced R18 card battle RPG "Night Shift Nurses Online: New Operation" to release for PC and Android. The game is based on the 1999 visual novel which recently received a remake in 2024. yakin-newope.com #夜勤病棟オンライン #夜勤病棟
neutral · AI labelView post →The game Operation was a bit more brutal in the 15th century
neutral · AI labelView post →As regional treasurer of Antifa, I'm furious this leaked. Do you know how hard it was to schedule 400 burglaries around early voting, a vegan potluck, and Carol's kid's soccer game? We have one Prius. The getaway car gets 52 mpg and plays NPR. Operation postponed to Thursday.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'll also note that my boss and his family were at the game and so I got to introduce my boss to my dad while my dad was dressed as the Operation man and extremely uncomfortable about that
neutral · AI labelView post →Best Friend ™️ is going to be home in about 4 hours, and he doesn't know that I'm meeting him at the airport. The latest updates on his dad are that his dad is basically a game of Operation, awake and aware but essentially a done deal. It's just a matter of time. So he's coming home.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yeah, I have game. Operation. *buzzes* *nose lights up*
neutral · AI labelView post →this game of Operation is receiving more innovative and affordable and healthcare than me
neutral · AI labelView post →Ha, only days after my review the game went on sale - bought it instantly of course even though I already played through. Devs simply deserve it! Here my review from the friend pass version: This is a brilliant cooperative puzzle game! The fact that just one of the participants has to own the game (or even just have it in their family library like I do) is very generous and so very convenient! I plan to play this again sometime as the other half of the team (I'm good at forgetting stuff,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today I learned that, in 1975, Milton Bradley made a version of their hit board game Operation that was, instead, haunted treasure hunt themed.
neutral · AI labelView post →its good, almost had many argument with my wife due to my lack of English vocabulary and comprehension. thumbs this game good! very good!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"the only game about Operation Barbarossa that somehow makes worse decisions than Operation Barbarossa"
neutral · AI labelView post →Something I didn't expect, was the HG GM Spartan (BD Squad). This instance from - I think! - Battle Operation Code Fairy. Reminds me I still need to play that game....
neutral · AI labelView post →#ASongOrMovieForAllBoardGames Talkin' 'bout My Operation
neutral · AI labelView post →We were here meets keep talking and nobody explodes. Epic as ♥♥♥♥!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's spooky season once again, so make sure to check out my short little halloween adventure game: Operation Trick-or-Treat. Can you complete all of the levels? #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #halloween #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →This morning at my pre-op appointment, I got injected with some radio receivers that can make noise So when they go to do my surgery, they'll be literally playing a game of Operation on me lol
neutral · AI labelView post →If we want to play this silly math game during Operation Cast Lead the IDF killed the Gazan equivalent of 240,000 American civilians.
neutral · AI labelView post →the most buggy game Ive ever played in my life and Ive played Cyberpunk on release.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely fantastic couples game. So many couples games are horror based but this one is just good paired puzzle solving fun. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played in that game as Button! @sparkybee.bsky.social is an incredible MC, allowing so much creative freedom for Operation Scrooge to convince Father Winter to not freeze humanity in an eternal Winter. Button as Jacob Marley laughed evilly before falling through a trap door (w/ a bruised side).
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