Hood Warfare 2: how to play with friends

Choose a party or a private match

These options solve different problems. Use a party when your group wants to enter matches together; choose a password-protected private match when you want to control who can enter the session. Public Quick Play alone is not the same as forming a group.

Group up before you queue

1. Update the game on everyone’s PC. The developer’s 22 October announcement identifies build 1.0.2.0 and explains that fully exiting Steam may be needed to receive the update.
2. Use the game’s PARTY invitation feature to invite your friends. This is the documented group feature; the precise current button positions have not been independently verified here.
3. Have the group accept the invitations, then use the party’s queue route to join together. If that flow differs on your build, check the current developer notes before following launch-week screenshots.

Use a private password match

Choose the private-match route when your group wants an invite-only session. Have one person create the password-protected match and share its password privately with the intended players. Verify the password and that everyone is attempting the same session if someone cannot enter.

The store describes Create/Join Game options for choosing map, mode and match settings, including bot-filled teams. Do not assume every setting applies identically to every session type without checking the current screen.

When joining does not work

• Different builds: compare the version displayed by each game installation. Restart Steam and install any available update before trying again.
• Invitation or session mismatch: distinguish a party invite from joining a password match. Recheck the intended session and any password.
• Repeated failure: record the exact error, whether it occurs before or after accepting an invite, and whether it affects one player or the whole group. These are editorial checks to improve a report, not proven diagnoses.

The 22 October update confirms the existence of official servers and changes to anti-cheat. That makes a blanket claim that every match uses one particular hosting model unreliable; the announcement does not explain every private-session networking detail.

What still needs in-game verification

The sources checked here do not establish a complete current button-by-button route, a maximum party size, the private-session player cap or whether parties persist across every match transition. This guide does not invent those limits or guarantee that a connection checklist will repair a specific error.