# Put solo in the game Devs. You’re gonna get more sales like do you not want more money? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296 "2025-12-09T19:05:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Put.Solo.In.Yo.Game](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@Put.Solo.In.Yo.Game](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Put.Solo.In.Yo.Game)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/1 "2025-12-09T19:05:18Z")
You like money right? The cash cows will come so bring solo offline play ---
**Author:** ![anon73549677](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@anon73549677](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/anon73549677)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/2 "2025-12-09T19:13:34Z")
+1 for solo, although (literally-)offline won’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![Put.Solo.In.Yo.Game](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@Put.Solo.In.Yo.Game](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Put.Solo.In.Yo.Game)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/3 "2025-12-09T19:18:11Z")
Look, I know I’m unemployed, so I’ve got nothing but time. I’ll keep bombarding this forum until a dev eventually notices—though let’s be honest, they probably won’t even look at this thoughtful masterpiece. Wink ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/fatshark/original/3X/a/1/a1248d994ddf148401f66fa18dda2e8c0eae7945.png) ---
**Author:** ![DornIvanotic](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/dornivanotic/32/84585_2.png) [@DornIvanotic](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/DornIvanotic)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/4 "2025-12-09T19:20:22Z")
Really that’s a question of can you convince fatshark and enough talented modders to make modded realm work ---
**Author:** ![anon73549677](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@anon73549677](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/anon73549677)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/5 "2025-12-09T19:21:23Z")
Keep banging the solo drum! I think it’s a big lift (as in time investment, not difficulty), with at least a major bot improvement required, but I still think it’s coming. Not needing to use up server space, a broader audience, and making good on that promise…it’s a win for FS as much as players. Come on, sharks! ---
**Author:** ![anon73549677](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@anon73549677](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/anon73549677)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/6 "2025-12-09T19:23:23Z")
> [@DornIvanotic](#): > > Really that’s a question of can you convince fatshark and enough talented modders to make modded realm work At the moment, I don’t want a modded realm. I like my mods how they are, and I like making progress with them turned on. I want official, self-hosted solo lobbies with sanity checks! ---
**Author:** ![Index](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/index/32/95844_2.png) [@Index](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Index)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/7 "2025-12-09T19:38:58Z")
👍 not really a fan of the third person perspective (though I enjoy the tense 40k atmosphere) but being able to do what I want when I want and how I want is something space marine 2 does infinitely better in my opinion true, darktide has its gameplay going for itself but at the very same time it’s a gamble if it’s a good, fast paced experience or a slog trying to herd the mules to the river they refuse to drink from anyways 😝 and no, without proper “progress” I dont consider the single player mod an option, a good kick in the right direction towards the devs like “cmon, get that stuff done already”, especially given the option to fill your characters as bots. but at the very same time I want the feeling of fine tuning and decking out said bot-chars to my liking and that’s where the non-progress thing falls short for me 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Enclave](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/enclave/32/73043_2.png) [@Enclave](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Enclave)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/8 "2025-12-09T19:39:52Z")
Looking at the how the store is still being run they do not want more money ---
**Author:** ![Scipo0419](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/scipo0419/32/84642_2.png) [@Scipo0419](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Scipo0419)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/9 "2025-12-09T20:00:02Z")
I’ll always welcome another voice to the cause. [![](https://media1.tenor.com/m/p_J3gkVOvK8AAAAC/starship-troopers-im-doing-my-part.gif) ](https://media1.tenor.com/m/p_J3gkVOvK8AAAAC/starship-troopers-im-doing-my-part.gif) ---
**Author:** ![brosgw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/brosgw/32/82643_2.png) [@brosgw](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/brosgw)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/10 "2025-12-09T20:05:23Z")
Agreed. Private mode exists. Campaign missions now exist. Just remove the requirement to already be in a squad when doing private. Very quick and easy fix. They SHOULD do better bots. Take the Vermintide 2 idea and allow you to have specific loadouts and characters act as your bots. Allow bots to receive orders to pick up things and do objectives. But they SHOULD NOT let the idea of better bots hold up solo play. Just remove the squad restriction to private mode. I say this as someone who almost always does auric quick plays when not playing with friends. ---
**Author:** ![eatingsand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/aca169/32.png) [@eatingsand](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/eatingsand)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/11 "2025-12-09T20:05:27Z")
On the topic of modded lobbies the DRG system is really good. You can play online with mods but the lobbies have warnings on them that they’re modded if the mods affect gameplay, iirc. No sanctioning no official endorsement, just “you were warned so it’s your own responsibility”. Treating audiences like adults is always nice ---
**Author:** ![anon73549677](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@anon73549677](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/anon73549677)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/12 "2025-12-09T20:10:54Z")
> [@brosgw](#): > > But they SHOULD NOT let the idea of better bots hold up solo play. Just remove the squad restriction to private mode. I’d play it under these conditions, but it wouldn’t be a good experience for most players. ---
**Author:** ![brosgw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/brosgw/32/82643_2.png) [@brosgw](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/brosgw)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/13 "2025-12-09T20:13:54Z")
> [@anon73549677](#): > > I’d play it under these conditions, but it wouldn’t be a good experience for most players. At least the choice is there. A stop gap method. It was promised a long time ago. I would just implement it, and if people don’t like it they can always go back to public mode. They can have a warning that the game is harder/less enjoyable solo if they want. ---
**Author:** ![Ralendil](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/ralendil/32/108313_2.png) [@Ralendil](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Ralendil)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/14 "2025-12-09T20:17:24Z")
+1 Solo was promised for December… (2022) From Community Update #1: **Pre-Order** Beta Hotfix 1.0.6 > [@Community Update #1: Pre-Order Beta Hotfix 1.0.6](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/community-update-1-pre-order-beta-hotfix-1-0-6/56182/1): > > ## PLAYING SOLO WITH BOTS & PRIVATE LOBBIES, A NOTE FROM THE TEAM: > > We hope you’re enjoying your time in Tertium during the Pre-Order beta. We’ve been thrilled to see your excitement and reactions to Darktide. We’ve been hard at work gathering your feedback and bug reports while working on future patches to update stability & performance, balance adjustments, and squash out the bugs. That said, we’d like to take time to address a recurring couple of questions with you. > > With Darktide, we set to work on a much-requested feature from the previous tide games: Dedicated Servers. We put considerable effort into engineering new technologies that would allow us to run dedicated servers at scale and run the huge hordes of our “Tide” games you have come to know and love. Dedicated Servers were a priority for us, and due to the Network Scale Test and Closed Beta, we were able to fully battle-test our dedicated servers (a special thank you to all who participated!). > > Now we are confident in our Dedicated Servers, we would like to take the time and answer those recurring couple of questions that remain; “Can I play Darktide solo?”, “Can I play a private game with one or two of my friends?”. > > _The answers will be Yes, and Yes._ > > We’ve been working on an option to play exclusively in Solo Mode, where you will be hosting locally your own instance with bots. Because you will be hosting the AI and other game systems locally, this will increase performance cost. However, we continue to monitor and improve the performance where we can. Solo play is in its final stages of testing as we fix the last issues that remain. We aim to release this at Launch. If not, a patch shortly after that in December. ---
**Author:** ![brosgw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/brosgw/32/82643_2.png) [@brosgw](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/brosgw)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/15 "2025-12-09T20:19:57Z")
That even sounds like offline mode but I don’t think they’re still investing in that… I think. ---
**Author:** ![Ralendil](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/ralendil/32/108313_2.png) [@Ralendil](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Ralendil)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/16 "2025-12-09T20:21:40Z")
Yes but: > Solo play is in its final stages of testing as we fix the last issues that remain. Final stage in 2022, not released in 2025? Liars or false advertisement? ---
**Author:** ![anon73549677](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@anon73549677](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/anon73549677)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/17 "2025-12-09T20:22:25Z")
A wholly-offline mode isn’t in the cards, I’d bet big on that. VT2 on PC has never had it. I had forgotten that they explicitly mentioned locally-hosted in that post! ---
**Author:** ![Ralendil](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/ralendil/32/108313_2.png) [@Ralendil](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Ralendil)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/18 "2025-12-09T20:25:02Z")
I can say you that I don’t care if they want it online or offline I just want a solo game mode with a possibility to collect money, plasteel, play events etc. ---
**Author:** ![anon73549677](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@anon73549677](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/anon73549677)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/19 "2025-12-09T20:25:22Z")
Ditto! ---
**Author:** ![eatingsand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/aca169/32.png) [@eatingsand](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/eatingsand)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296/20 "2025-12-09T20:26:21Z")
They said at some point (maybe 2024?) that solo mode is “not a priority anymore” or something to that effect, basically saying it’s not coming for now [Next page](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/put-solo-in-the-game-devs-you-re-gonna-get-more-sales-like-do-you-not-want-more-money/116296.md?page=2)