Keep It Running: Together

About

In Keep It Running: Together you manage a creaky 19th century factory while fending off creepy crawlies. Fuel boilers repair machinery and keep production lines churning to satisfy a tyrannical boss. The clock ticks toward midnight as monsters prowl and equipment fails. You collect cursed toys as output but survival depends on balancing maintenance with combat. Solo or with up to four players you juggle resource management and quick reflexes to avoid getting fired, or eaten. The game stands out for its tense co-op mechanics where teamwork turns mundane tasks into chaotic coordination. LAN or online play lets groups split roles but breakdowns in communication mean everyone gets stressed when a boiler explodes mid-boss fight. The factory’s grimy atmosphere and escalating threats create a grind that’s punishing yet addictive. Early access players on forums note the 2025 release adds new toy blueprints and boss attacks compared to the 2023 original making it a tougher ticket to Employee of the Month.

Storyline

After losing his first factory to the player and the Dolls in the first Keep It Running game, the Boss now has found a much larger abandoned one to repurpose for the production of his cursed toys. With a bigger factory come more kinds of toys too, allowing him to expand his monstrous reach way more than previously. Now it's up to a group of new workers to either perish whilst slaving away in the factory or... to find a way to defeat him once and for all!