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Drive two tiny RC cars through Professor Bloom's oversized home laboratory, solve co-op puzzles, unlock gadgets, find hidden paths, customize your cars, and play together with Friend's Pass.
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WheelMates garage: Location Walkthrough & Co-op Tips
Use this WheelMates garage guide to plan exploration, solve cooperative obstacles, test gadgets, and find optional routes with a second RC car.
WheelMates metacritic: Review Status & Score Guide
Check the confirmed WheelMates review data, understand its Metacritic status, compare Steam feedback, and learn how to track future critic scores.
WheelMates review: Co-op Features, Puzzles & Playtime
Our WheelMates review examines its two-player co-op, creative puzzles, RC car gadgets, exploration, Friend's Pass, playtime, and Steam value.
WheelMates road quest: Co-op Walkthrough & Tips
Follow the WheelMates road quest with co-op driving tips, puzzle strategies, gadget advice, hidden-path guidance, and Friend's Pass setup.
WheelMates trailer: Launch Overview & Co-op Setup Guide
Review the WheelMates trailer, core co-op mechanics, puzzle design, gadgets, locations, and Friend's Pass setup for the 2026 RC car adventure.
WheelMates voice actor: Credits & Cast Research Guide
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WheelMates all collectibles: Locations & Cleanup Guide
Track WheelMates all collectibles with a practical route through hidden paths, gadgets, co-op areas, revisits, and Steam completion goals.
WheelMates co op: Friend's Pass Online Setup Guide
Set up WheelMates co op with Friend's Pass, online multiplayer, or local split-screen, then coordinate puzzles, gadgets, and progression.
WheelMates console release date: 2026 Status Guide
Find the latest WheelMates console release date information, current PC availability, planned platforms, and how to track official updates.
WheelMates crossplay: Setup Guide for Two-Player Co-op
Learn how WheelMates crossplay works, compare online and local co-op, set up Friend's Pass, and troubleshoot two-player connection issues.
WheelMates demo: Setup Guide for Co-op Play in 2026
Looking for the WheelMates demo? Learn the current release status, two-player setup, co-op puzzle tips, gadgets, exploration goals, and official links.
WheelMates demo length: Story Hours & Co-op Breakdown
Find out how long WheelMates takes to finish, including the six-hour story, eight-hour exploration estimate, and two-player co-op pacing.
WheelMates Beginner Guide
WheelMates is built around two players controlling RC cars and working together to explore Professor Bloom's house. Progress comes from combining movement, environmental interaction, gadgets, and teamwork to overcome obstacles and open access to new parts of the house.
Learn Your RC Car Movement
Start by getting comfortable with driving, turning, positioning, and controlling momentum. Many later challenges depend on accurately lining up your RC car with ramps, platforms, interactable objects, and narrow paths.
Pro tip: Practice precise movement before rushing into puzzle sections, because positioning is often as important as speed.
Stay Close to Your Partner
WheelMates is designed around two-player cooperation. Explore together so both players can quickly interact with switches, movable objects, traversal points, and other puzzle elements that require coordinated actions.
Pro tip: Before activating something, check where the second player needs to be.
Inspect the Environment
Professor Bloom's house is enormous from the perspective of the RC cars, turning ordinary household spaces and objects into traversal routes and puzzle components. Look above, below, and around furniture or obstacles instead of following only the most obvious path.
Pro tip: If progress stops, search for another route, interactable object, or place where one player's action can help the other.
Use Both Cars as a Team
Major puzzles are built around cooperation rather than two players independently completing the same task. One player may need to create an opening, manipulate an object, or reach a useful position while the second player handles another part of the solution.
Pro tip: Split responsibilities instead of having both players repeatedly attempt the same action.
Learn New Gadgets as They Appear
Progress introduces abilities and gadgets that expand how the RC cars interact with the environment. Mechanics such as rope swings, magnetic wheels, and magnet grabs can create new traversal options and puzzle solutions.
Pro tip: Whenever you gain a new ability, immediately test how it interacts with nearby surfaces and objects.
Recheck Previously Unreachable Paths
New abilities can make routes and areas accessible that could not be reached earlier. Keep an eye on unusual surfaces, elevated paths, gaps, and objects that appear designed for one of your gadgets.
Pro tip: Treat newly unlocked mechanics as tools for both current puzzles and additional exploration.
WheelMates Walkthrough
WheelMates progression revolves around exploring new parts of Professor Bloom's house and solving cooperative environmental puzzles with two RC cars. Instead of treating obstacles as solo driving challenges, look for paired actions, gadget interactions, alternate routes, and environmental objects that connect both players' roles.
Begin by following accessible routes through the oversized household environment while learning how the two RC cars move and interact with their surroundings.
- Explore reachable paths before attempting difficult jumps or shortcuts.
- Identify objects and surfaces that appear interactive.
- Keep both RC cars within useful distance of the current puzzle area.
Solution: When the route appears blocked, search the surrounding environment for another elevation, object, switch, or traversal point instead of repeatedly forcing the same path.
WheelMates Friend's Pass And Co-op Guide
WheelMates centers on cooperative play, with two players controlling separate RC cars and combining their actions to explore and solve environmental puzzles. Friend's Pass is intended to make it easier for a second player to join, while the game also supports online and shared-screen cooperative play options.
Choose Your Co-op Setup
Decide whether you are playing through online co-op or together using a shared or split-screen setup. Both players participate directly by controlling their own RC car.
Note: Choose the setup that matches whether both players are on separate systems or playing together locally.
Prepare the Second Player
When using Friend's Pass, the second player joins through the companion access provided for cooperative play instead of treating the game as a separate solo experience.
Note: Both players should have the required WheelMates software installed for the selected multiplayer setup.
Start a Two-Player Session
Launch the multiplayer session and connect both players before beginning progression. Each player takes control of one of the two RC cars.
Note: Make sure both players can move and control their car correctly before continuing into puzzle-heavy sections.
Coordinate During Exploration
Stay within useful distance of each other while exploring Professor Bloom's house. Cooperative obstacles can require both players to occupy different positions or perform separate actions.
Note: Communication is especially useful when one player cannot directly see what the other player's interaction changes.
Split Puzzle Responsibilities
Many challenges work best when the players deliberately take different roles. One player can manipulate an object or activate part of a puzzle while the other moves into position.
Note: If both players are attempting the same task, check whether the puzzle expects two different actions instead.
WheelMates Gadgets And Power-Ups Guide
WheelMates gradually expands the RC cars' capabilities with special traversal and interaction mechanics. Rope swings, magnetic wheels, magnet grabs, and additional unlockable gadgets turn the environment into a larger cooperative playground and give players new ways to reach previously inaccessible areas.
Rope Swing
TraversalA movement ability used to swing across gaps or move between positions that cannot be connected through normal driving.
- Crossing gaps
- Reaching distant platforms
- Creating alternate traversal routes
Coordinate timing and positioning so the second player is ready for the next part of the route.
Magnetic Wheels
TraversalA magnetic movement mechanic that allows the RC car to use compatible surfaces in ways standard wheel traction cannot.
- Navigating magnetic surfaces
- Reaching unusual angles
- Accessing routes beyond normal floor-based driving
Look for environmental surfaces that visually suggest magnetic interaction whenever the normal route ends.
Magnet Grab
InteractionA magnetic interaction ability used to grab or manipulate compatible objects within environmental puzzles.
- Moving puzzle objects
- Interacting from a distance
- Changing the environment for your partner
One player can manipulate an object while the other positions their car to use the opening or route it creates.
Unlockable Gadgets
ProgressionAdditional gadgets gained during progression expand the ways the RC cars can move through and interact with Professor Bloom's house.
- Solving later cooperative puzzles
- Opening additional traversal options
- Reaching previously inaccessible areas
Whenever a new gadget becomes available, both players should test its environmental interactions before moving on.
WheelMates Controls And Driving Guide
Driving is central to both traversal and puzzle solving in WheelMates. Smooth movement matters most during platforming sections, while camera control and coordinated gadget use help both players understand and complete cooperative challenges.
| Mechanic | How It's Used | Driving Tip |
|---|---|---|
| Movement | Drive the RC car forward, backward, and around the environment. | Make smaller steering corrections when approaching narrow surfaces or puzzle objects. |
| Steering | Change direction while navigating rooms, furniture, and traversal routes. | Reduce sudden direction changes before jumps so the car stays aligned with the intended landing area. |
| Drifting | Turn the RC car more aggressively while maintaining momentum. | Use drifting on wider routes and fast direction changes rather than relying on it for every precision section. |
| Jumping | Clear gaps, reach elevated surfaces, and move through platforming sections. | Approach jumps in a straight line and correct the car before leaving the surface instead of making large adjustments in the air. |
| Camera Control | Change the viewing angle while driving and inspecting puzzle spaces. | Position the camera before difficult jumps so the destination and nearby obstacles remain visible. |
| Gadget Interaction | Use available gadgets during traversal and cooperative environmental puzzles. | Check what your partner is doing before activating an interaction because many challenges depend on coordinated timing. |
| Co-op Positioning | Place both RC cars where they are needed for multi-step challenges. | Move one car into position first, then use the second car to trigger or complete the cooperative interaction. |
WheelMates Customization And Skins
Customization in WheelMates focuses on changing the appearance and personality of the RC cars rather than replacing the driving and puzzle systems. Players can adjust several cosmetic categories while continuing to use the same core movement and cooperative mechanics.
Colors
CosmeticChange the visual color treatment of the RC car to give each player's vehicle a more distinctive appearance.
Wheels
CosmeticChoose different wheel appearances as part of the RC car's overall cosmetic setup.
Antennas
CosmeticEquip antenna options that change the visible styling of the RC car.
Horns
CosmeticCustomize the car's horn to add personality while driving and interacting with another player.
Supporter Pack Content
CosmeticThe Supporter Pack adds extra customization options for players who want a larger selection of cosmetic content.
Gameplay Upgrades
Not part of cosmetic customizationCosmetic customization is separate from the gadgets and progression mechanics used to explore the house and solve cooperative challenges.
WheelMates Achievements And Completion Guide
A completion-focused WheelMates playthrough involves more than reaching the end of the story. Players should fully explore Professor Bloom's house, investigate optional routes and secrets, complete cooperative challenges, and review unfinished objectives before considering a run complete.
| Objective | Requirement | Completion Tip |
|---|---|---|
| Main Story ProgressionStory | Advance through the major areas and cooperative challenges in Professor Bloom's house. | Prioritize the main puzzle route during the first playthrough so later cleanup can focus on optional content. |
| Co-op Puzzle CompletionGameplay | Use both RC cars to complete cooperative environmental puzzles encountered during progression. | Make sure both players understand their role before attempting multi-step interactions. |
| Optional ExplorationExploration | Investigate areas away from the direct story route. | Check side routes whenever a room or traversal section offers more than one obvious direction. |
| Secret AreasSecrets | Locate hidden or less obvious spaces throughout the house. | Revisit earlier areas after gaining additional progression or gadget options. |
| Alternate PathsExploration | Reach optional routes that are not required for straightforward story advancement. | Use jumping, drifting, and careful camera positioning to inspect unusual traversal possibilities. |
| Steam AchievementsAchievements | Complete the achievement objectives associated with the Steam version of WheelMates. | After finishing the story, compare remaining achievements with areas and optional activities you may have skipped. |
| Completion CleanupPost-game | Return to unfinished exploration and achievement objectives after story completion. | Work through previously visited areas systematically instead of replaying the entire route without a target. |