⛏️Deep Rock Galactic
Space-dwarf mining co-op. ROCK AND STONE.
Four-player procedural-cave FPS. Each class (Gunner, Scout, Driller, Engineer) is genuinely different; missions force interdependence. The community is cultishly friendly. Vanilla four is the canonical number.
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Quickstart
How to actually play this with friends — written by Claude.## Set it up - Install straight from Steam — no mod loader needed, vanilla already supports the full 4-player squad - Before you host, agree on classes: Driller, Engineer, Gunner, Scout. Someone has to call Scout for the flare gun and zipline, or your cave stays dark all mission - Host from the space rig terminal; lobbies default to friends-only unless you flip them public in the menu
## Your first session - Run an Elimination or Mining Expedition on Hazard 3 first — enough bugs to matter, not enough to wipe a green squad in five minutes - Scout lights the cave and scouts ahead, Driller carves straight tunnels to objectives, Engineer drops platforms under the drop pod, Gunner covers the retreat with turrets - Stay in shouting distance on run one. Mactera swarms and cave leeches specifically punish anyone who wanders off solo to "just check one more tunnel"
## Group size advice - Four is the whole design — every class has a real job and nobody's standing around waiting for aggro to clear - Two works fine if one player doubles a utility role, like Engineer covering light duty on top of platforms - Rock and Stone, no exceptions, no substitutes





