Cyberpunk 2077 NightCoop Mod Adds 8-Player Co-Op [Update 2026]

Cyberpunk 2077 has officially received its first playable multiplayer build through the NightCoop mod release in 2026, granting PC players the long-awaited ability to squad up with up to eight operatives simultaneously across the streets of Night City. According to verified reports from DSOGaming, the modding team launched this milestone build to support real-time peer-to-peer networking, synchronized world events, vehicle physics, and cooperative story mission integration. NightCoop bypasses previous single-player engine limitations by hooking custom netcode into CD Projekt Red's REDengine 4. Players can explore the dense urban verticality of Watson, Westbrook, and Dogtown alongside teammates, tackling hostile factions with coordinated loadouts. DSOGaming notes that while the current alpha distribution contains minor animation desync and non-player character pathing bugs, core mission scripts and roaming gunfights remain functional across host and client sessions. Enthusiasts optimizing their hardware setups alongside the [Gaming Browser Update 2026: Performance & AI Tools [Confirmed]](/news/gaming-browser-performance-update-2026) can download the client directly via community channels, marking a historic engineering milestone for CDPR’s iconic dystopian franchise.