- #1 Escape the Backrooms
96% matchVery Positive90% of 148,533 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy GamesPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.2%, Horror 25.3%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Co-op 12.6%, First-Person 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the quintessential Backrooms atmosphere with diverse levels and cooperative survival mechanics that mirror the seed game's core loop.
- #2 Inside the Backrooms
97% matchVery Positive80% of 46,225 reviews2022
Dev: MrFatcat
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Online Co-Op 19.8%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Co-op 12.4%, Dark 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a highly similar mission-based structure with complex puzzles that require tight cooperation to survive.
- #3 Labyrinthine
96% matchVery Positive84% of 17,347 reviews2023
Dev: Valko Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A co-op horror game like no other... Play with 1-8 players online as you solve puzzles, collect items and run from the horrors that lie within. Follow in the footsteps of Joan in the story mode or tackle procedurally generated maps that scale with your level and bring a fresh experience each game..
Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.5%, Team-Based 19.3%, Horror 14.3%, Co-op 11.6%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on cooperative puzzle-solving within a maze-like horror setting, perfectly matching the exploration feel of the seed game.
- #4 The Outlast Trials
95% matchVery Positive93% of 105,010 reviews2024
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 33.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Co-op 23.8%, Multiplayer 16.3%, First-Person 9.8%, Dark 8%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at mission-based, cooperative horror where players must work together to complete objectives while avoiding lethal threats.
- #5 Backrooms: Escape Together
94% matchVery Positive89% of 43,060 reviews2022
Dev: Triiodide Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A visually lifelike co-op horror game for 1-6 people. Journey through 11 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.4%, Horror 18.1%, Co-op 13.2%, Multiplayer 12.9%, First-Person 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a direct, multiplayer-focused take on the Backrooms mythos with an emphasis on group survival.
- #6 Lethal Company
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 509,102 reviews2023
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 39.7%, Horror 21.1%, Co-op 15.5%, First-Person 10.2%, Action-Adventure 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the chaotic, team-based scavenging and survival elements that make cooperative horror games so engaging.
- #7 Phasmophobia
93% matchVery Positive94% of 832,223 reviews2020
Dev: Kinetic Games
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 51.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 30.7%, Horror 26.5%, Co-op 11.4%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Thriller 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: As a staple of cooperative horror, it requires the same level of communication and team coordination to survive paranormal encounters.
- #8 Content Warning
92% matchVery Positive94% of 160,439 reviews2024
Dev: ZorroPub: Evil Landfall?
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Film your friends doing scary things to become SpöökTube famous! (strongly advised to not go alone)
Why similar: Online Co-Op 34.4%, Horror 19.9%, Co-op 15.5%, Multiplayer 10.7%, First-Person 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends horror with a lighthearted, team-based objective system that rewards coordination and funny, high-stakes moments.
- #9 PANICORE
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 12,719 reviews2024
Dev: ZTEK Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
PANICORE is a survival horror game that mixes permadeath, AI monsters and a co-op experience up to 5 players (4 players in demo). Try to escape and don't get caught, but beware: they don't only hear your steps, but also your voice.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 34.1%, Horror 24.6%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Co-op 7.6%, First-Person 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game delivers a tense, first-person cooperative horror experience where players must scavenge and escape together.
- #10 Demonologist
91% matchVery Positive85% of 23,771 reviews2023
Dev: Clock Wizard Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.5%, Thriller 15.8%, Horror 14.9%, Co-op 12.3%, Dark 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a polished cooperative experience with intense objective-based horror gameplay that feels very similar to mission-driven Backrooms titles.
- #11 Murky Divers
89% matchVery Positive88% of 5,254 reviews2024
Dev: Embers
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 33.9%, Horror 22.1%, Multiplayer 14.7%, First-Person 13.3%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique, job-based cooperative loop where players must work together to complete tasks in dangerous, atmospheric environments.
- #12 Boo Men
90% matchVery Positive87% of 2,647 reviews2022
Dev: Twisted Corridor👻
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Boo Men is a 1-4 player online co-op horror game. You and your crew of burglars are tasked with stealing from ghosts. Just remember to stay in the light because you never know what could be lurking in the dark...
Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.4%, Horror 17.9%, Dark 10.6%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Co-op 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines cooperative heist mechanics with horror, requiring players to coordinate their movements to avoid being caught.
- #13 Ghost Janitors
89% matchVery Positive86% of 915 reviews2025
Dev: Interactive Wave Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Ghost Janitors is a multiplayer psychological horror game for 1-4 players. Your job? Cleaning haunted houses while avoiding terrifying monsters. Ready to face the spine-tingling challenge with your team?
Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.2%, Horror 16.1%, Co-op 11.6%, Dark 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the cooperative, task-oriented side of horror, requiring players to work as a team to clear out supernatural threats.
- #14 Paranormal Cleanup
88% matchVery Positive88% of 1,143 reviews2025
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Clock in for the worst cleaning shift of your life: Unclog nasty toilets and scrub ectoplasm in this 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Get the job done and don't get caught by the entities hunting you!
Why similar: Team-Based 22.7%, Online Co-Op 21.9%, Horror 13%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, First-Person 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features a job-based horror loop where players must clean up haunted locations, emphasizing team coordination under pressure.
- #15 Backroom Company
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 517 reviews2025
Dev: Hypercent Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Backroom Company (aka Async Corporation) is a mysterious group exploring “Noclip.” No one knows who created it. Follow the missing explorers' traces and find strange items deep in the Backrooms.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 19.2%, Thriller 16.1%, Team-Based 14.9%, Co-op 13.1%, Horror 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title leans into the job-based survival aspect of the Backrooms, tasking players with completing missions in a hazardous environment.
- #16 FOREWARNED
86% matchVery Positive90% of 6,626 reviews2024
Dev: Dreambyte Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
FOREWARNED is a 1-4 player co-op survival horror. Delve deep into ancient Egyptian ruins with your team of fellow archaeologists. Investigate phenomena, collect treasure, discover lore, survive danger, and banish the evil that lurks within.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 30.4%, Horror 20.2%, Co-op 14.9%, Multiplayer 9%, Dark 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: This cooperative horror game tasks players with exploring dangerous ruins and solving puzzles, mirroring the mission-based nature of the seed game.
- #17 Behind The Backrooms
87% matchMixed47% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: SupKai
Windows
Behind the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game
Why similar: Thriller 21.9%, Team-Based 20%, Horror 14.1%, Co-op 13%, Online Co-Op 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the exploration and puzzle-solving aspects of the Backrooms, providing a similar atmospheric experience.
- #18 Dark Hours
84% matchVery Positive83% of 3,974 reviews2025
Dev: Piece of Cake studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dark Hours is a co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with an evil entity. Forget your plan, your mission is to survive. Explore and cooperate to find a way out.
Why similar: Team-Based 22.2%, Online Co-Op 22.1%, Horror 13.8%, Co-op 11.7%, Multiplayer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a high-stakes cooperative horror experience that relies on teamwork and stealth to survive against terrifying entities.
- #19 Backrooms: Extractions
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 711 reviews2025
Dev: Headlight Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Cooperate with up to 6 players to explore, search, and extract lost agents within the Backrooms. Solve puzzles, unlock tools, survive against entities, and progress through increasingly dangerous levels.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.4%, Horror 16.7%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, First-Person 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the extraction-based mission structure, requiring players to complete objectives and escape together.
- #20 Climb The Backrooms
82% matchVery Positive82% of 1,143 reviews2025
Dev: LovDEV
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Ascend through the twisted levels of the Backrooms using physics-based object manipulation to overcome obstacles, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover unsettling secrets. Play solo or team up in online co-op with up to 4 players as you climb higher, think smarter, and survive the unknown.
Why similar: Horror 17.9%, Dark 17%, First-Person 13.6%, Adventure 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, platforming-focused take on the Backrooms that emphasizes movement and puzzle-solving in a 3D space.
- #21 Occult
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,957 reviews2022
Dev: Renderise
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Occult is a dynamic cooperative game with elements of horror and quest. You are waiting for a variety of opponents, puzzles and endings!
Why similar: Horror 21%, Online Co-Op 20.8%, Co-op 14%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Dark 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a cooperative horror experience that relies on team-based investigation and survival against supernatural threats.
- #22 Backrooms Society
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 694 reviews2023
Dev: Mikael Bihl
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Backrooms Society is a 1-8 player co-op horror game. Make your way through unique levels of the backrooms while trying to survive and avoid mysterious entities. Scavenge each level for gear and resources, bring it back to The Hub where you can sell valuables and buy/craft new gear.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 32.7%, Horror 22%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Action RPG 13.3%, First-Person 9%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a procedural approach to the Backrooms, focusing on cooperative survival and exploration in an ever-changing environment.
- #23 Horror Squad
82% matchMixed53% of 696 reviews2021
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Horror Squad is a 1-4 player online co-op horror game. Assemble your squad to clear the areas cursed by terrifying creatures.
Why similar: Thriller 18.1%, Online Co-Op 17.5%, Horror 12.8%, Co-op 12.2%, Dark 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a team-based approach to investigating and surviving horror scenarios, mirroring the cooperative nature of the seed game.
- #24 Pacify
81% matchVery Positive86% of 42,589 reviews2019
Dev: Shawn HitchcockPub: Hitchcock Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 32.2%, Horror 24.6%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Co-op 12%, Thriller 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game is a classic cooperative horror experience that requires players to work together to complete specific rituals and survive.
- #25 Chased by Darkness
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 413 reviews2021
Dev: South Blue Moon
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Chased by Darkness is a 1-4 players co-op survival horror. Your mission is to face supernatural entities and banish them to the spiritual plane. Explore, fight enemies and don't let the darkness reach you.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.1%, Horror 18.6%, Thriller 15.8%, Co-op 14.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the tension of being hunted in a cooperative setting, requiring players to stick together to survive.
- #26 Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer
80% matchVery Positive86% of 19,249 reviews2019
Dev: HologryphPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hello Neighbor Multiplayer. Secret Neighbor is a Multiplayer Social Horror Game where a group of intruders try to rescue their friend from the Neighbor's creepy basement. Only problem is one of the intruders is the Neighbor in disguise.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.4%, Horror 16.7%, Co-op 15.2%, Multiplayer 11.7%, First-Person 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features cooperative puzzle-solving and exploration with a distinct horror-thriller aesthetic that rewards group communication.
- #27 Silent Rain
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 223 reviews2024
Dev: 2Brains&CoffeePub: Seedlers Interactive
Windows
Silent Rain is a challenging and immersive co-op horror game, for 1 to 4 players. Explore abandoned locations, solve puzzles, and gather information while trying to survive the threats lurking in the dark. How many tries will it take you to master your fear?
Why similar: Online Co-Op 20.3%, Horror 15.2%, Co-op 12.6%, Dark 10%, First-Person 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an atmospheric, first-person cooperative horror experience that emphasizes teamwork in a dark, mysterious setting.
- #28 Midnight Ghost Hunt
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 7,532 reviews2024
Dev: Vaulted Sky GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The chaotic multiplayer hide-and-seek game. Possess seemingly harmless objects as Ghosts or chase them down as Hunters before the clock strikes midnight!
Why similar: Team-Based 36.2%, Horror 13.6%, Co-op 13.1%, Multiplayer 12.9%, First-Person 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a fast-paced cooperative experience that balances horror elements with team-based tactical gameplay.
- #29 Zort
77% matchVery Positive90% of 13,693 reviews2024
Dev: Londer Software
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Zort is an action, adventure, and horror game that can be played with up to 4 people. Explore maps with your friends and have fun while escaping from various creatures. Experience a realistic horror experience with in-game voice chat with your friends!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.1%, Horror 16%, Co-op 13.7%, Team-Based 9.4%, First-Person 8.1%
- #30 Backrooms Media
79% matchMostly Negative40% of 636 reviews2025
Dev: NPK Games
Windows
Backrooms Media is a 1-4 player co-op horror that plunges you into unsettling, hyper-realistic liminal spaces. Navigate eerie environments filled with lurking horrors. Group up with your friends to face the terror of the endless backrooms together and... try to escape.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.4%, Co-op 21.6%, Horror 15.4%, Multiplayer 13.9%, First-Person 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a casual yet cooperative take on the Backrooms, focusing on shared exploration and survival.
- #31 The Headliners
76% matchVery Positive86% of 10,180 reviews2025
Dev: KAFI
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Co-op horror game where you play in teams of 1 to 8 reckless journalists, ready to explore a city overrun by deadly creatures to snap spectacular footage. Your only goal: make the headlines without becoming one.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.8%, Team-Based 16%, Horror 13.7%, Co-op 12.9%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #32 Backrooms Rec.
77% matchMixed69% of 2,004 reviews2024
Dev: Liminal Logic
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Dive into the mysteries of the Backrooms with a solo-developed survival game. Explore eerie hallways, uncover secrets alone or in multiplayer (up to 6 players), and take on unique challenges.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 24.4%, Team-Based 17.4%, Horror 12.7%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Co-op 8.7%
- #33 BIGFOOT
78% matchVery Positive82% of 22,149 reviews2017
Dev: CyberLight Game Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You are a Bigfoot hunter with an important mission: to put an end to rumours once and for all and prove to yourself that Bigfoot is not just a myth or an invention of the mind...
Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.2%, Horror 19.3%, Co-op 16.6%, Multiplayer 13%, First-Person 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a cooperative survival experience where players must work together to track and survive against a powerful creature.
- #34 Escape Toon Kingdom
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 110 reviews2024
Dev: BearfoxBear
Windows
Escape From Toon Kingdom is a 1–4 player co-op horror game. Play as mascots trapped in a dying theme park. Explore. Solve. Suffer. Every attraction holds a secret—and a piece of your escape.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 34.5%, Horror 17.5%, Co-op 15.3%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Multiplayer 10.4%
- #35 Storebound
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 977 reviews2025
Dev: Embers
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A 1-3 co-op puzzle horror game. Lost in an accursed megastore, work together to find the exit before its lurking horrors trap you forever.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.6%, Co-op 16.3%, Horror 15.3%, Dark 11.5%, First-Person 8.4%
- #36 KLETKA
73% matchVery Positive91% of 7,409 reviews2026
Dev: Callback
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
KLETKA is a co-op (up to 6 players) horror game about going down in an elevator that is trying to eat you. Feed the elevator, explore deadly floors and descend deeper.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 24.5%, Co-op 15.5%, Horror 15.3%, First-Person 9.4%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #37 SKIBIDI GYATROOMS
75% matchVery Positive80% of 805 reviews2025
Dev: FoodWithoutTastePub: HeartstuckStudios
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Skibidi Gyatrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror game. You and the homies just fell into the Backrooms, you must out-GYAT the Skibidi Toilet with max rizz or get flushed. Expect cursed levels, and brainrot that’ll keep you on edge.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.1%, Horror 16.5%, Co-op 15.4%, Multiplayer 10.8%, First-Person 9.1%
- #38 Dark Hours: Prologue
74% matchVery Positive88% of 5,835 reviews2024
Dev: Piece of Cake studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Dark Hours: Prologue is a free co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with a monster. Forget your plan, your mission: survive! Explore and cooperate to find a way out or hide and wish for daylight.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 24.8%, Team-Based 23%, Horror 18.9%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Co-op 9.3%
- #39 Emissary Zero
72% matchVery Positive84% of 3,022 reviews2025
Dev: Rone Vine
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Co-op horror (1-4 players). You are sent to explore a mysterious building at night. Find the Moon and try to return alive.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.7%, Horror 18.9%, Co-op 13.7%, Multiplayer 12%, First-Person 7.4%
- #40 BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION
71% matchVery Positive84% of 1,395 reviews2025
Dev: DMNT Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A terrifying multiplayer horror experience with social deduction elements. Trapped in the Backrooms, up to 12 players must try to work together to survive and expose the shapeshifting Skin Stealer hiding among them before it’s too late. Who will you trust?
Why similar: Online Co-Op 30.5%, Horror 20.3%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #41 PROJECT: PLAYTIME
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 57,148 reviews2022
Dev: Mob Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
PROJECT: PLAYTIME is a Free-to-Play multiplayer horror game where six players attempt to create one giant toy while surviving a terrifying monster that roams the toy factory. A seventh player controls the monster and is given only one goal: Find and kill everyone.
Why similar: Team-Based 24.3%, Online Co-Op 21.6%, Horror 15.2%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Dark 6.5%
- #42 Dollhouse of Dead
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 179 reviews2025
Dev: Renderise GamesPub: Renderise
Windows
In this co-op horror game, your team visits abandoned toy factories. Collect various junk, extract materials from it, create and improve your equipment. And try to survive, because while you are exploring the dark dungeons of factories, bloodthirsty toys are hunting you
Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.3%, Horror 14.2%, Thriller 12.6%, Co-op 12.2%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #43 Backrooms Lost Runners
70% matchVery Positive80% of 355 reviews2026
Dev: ShimStudioGames
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Backrooms Lost Runners is a co-op survival horror with team play, voice-reactive AI, and immersive puzzles. This isn’t a “walking simulator”: explore liminal spaces, outsmart entities, and remember—even a whisper can give you away.
Why similar: Co-op 21.7%, Horror 20.6%, Dark 17.4%, Multiplayer 12.7%, 3D 8.4%
- #44 Backrooms Cleanup Crew
70% matchVery Positive91% of 492 reviews2025
Dev: On The Bridge Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You and your crew are tasked with cleaning up after the last exploration team's ill-fated journey into the Backrooms. Dodge deadly incursions, scrub every surface, and leave no trace.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.5%, Co-op 19%, Horror 16.1%, First-Person 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #45 CantEscapeTheBackrooms
73% matchMixed60% of 247 reviews2023
Dev: BlackArtStudios
Windows
CantEscapeTheBackrooms is a single player horror game. Explore numerous treacherous and dangerous levels, avoid contact with evil entities, and do whatever it takes to find your way out!
Why similar: Horror 16.3%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, First-Person 9.9%
- #46 Dreadway
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 197 reviews2026
Dev: ZweiBier IndiePub: Reality Twist GmbH
Windows
A co-op extraction horror for 1-4 players where you survive nuclear wastelands on a train. Scavenge scrap for fuel and supplies, and use voice mechanics to stay alive.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.7%, Team-Based 13.7%, Thriller 13%, Horror 11.1%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #47 Lunch Lady
71% matchVery Positive85% of 12,946 reviews2021
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Lunch Lady is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. The school final exams are coming up and the best idea you and your friends had was to steal the test answers. Find all 10 pages and don't get caught by the murderous Lunch Lady!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.1%, Horror 17.2%, Team-Based 16.8%, Co-op 12.4%, Multiplayer 9%
- #48 Sync Or Sink
69% matchVery Positive92% of 151 reviews2025
Dev: Low Effort Interactive
Windows
Trapped in a sinking submarine, two players must communicate through walkie-talkies to solve puzzles, complete tasks, navigate the depths, and escape before time runs out.
Why similar: Team-Based 26.4%, Co-op 13.4%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Dark 9%, Multiplayer 7.4%
- #49 Chained Together
67% matchVery Positive90% of 61,974 reviews2024
Dev: Anegar GamesPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Climb up from the depths of Hell. Scale various worlds solo or chained together with your friends in the 1-4 player platforming sensation.
Why similar: Co-op 34.7%, Online Co-Op 32%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Adventure 7.4%
- #50 School 666
68% matchVery Positive84% of 645 reviews2025
Dev: Lokin
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
School 666 is a 1-4 Player Co-op Survival Horror. You must escape this endless nightmare. Try to identify the correct path and survive the anomalies in this endless school. Some extremely powerful anomalies will catch you to their dimensions. Explore the reason why you are here... and don't die.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.3%, Thriller 18.8%, Horror 17.4%, First-Person 10.1%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #51 Backrooms: Hide Together
69% matchMixed47% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: ICON GAME STUDIO
Windows
A visually realistic 1-7 player co-op survival horror game. Explore 5 levels filled with confined environments, puzzles, and entities with new levels and content added regularly. Beware of terrifying moments and ruthless monsters. Do whatever it takes to escape, even if it means hiding.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.9%, Horror 14.7%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Co-op 8.5%
- #52 MIMESIS
66% matchVery Positive85% of 9,661 reviews2025
Dev: ReLU Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
4 Player co-op survival horror game. When the cursed rain falls, 'Mimesis' appear, perfectly imitating your teammates, bringing a new level of tension you've never experienced before.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 38%, Horror 19.7%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, First-Person 11.6%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #53 Damned 2
67% matchVery Positive88% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: 9heads Game StudiosPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Damned 2 is an asymmetrical multiplayer horror game where up to four survivors must work together to survive an unrelenting monster - either player or computer-controlled - while scavenging and solving puzzles in an attempt to escape.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.3%, Team-Based 18.2%, Thriller 12.8%, Horror 11.4%, Co-op 11.1%
- #54 Dodgy Deliveries
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,461 reviews2025
Dev: Tomas GonzalezPub: Deliver Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Co-op "Horror" game about running a delivery service with your friends! B̵̨̦͓͖̹̪̥̮͛̀̏̈́̐̔̉Ę̴̤̦̤͓̰̤́͗̚ ̵̨̺͓̱̞͔͉͙̀̂͂͋͠͠Ç̸̫͈̋͋͆̋̾̑̕͜Ä̴̛̟͑͛͋͂̌̕͜͝R̵̛͎̮̜̒̽̈́͂̓̒͘Ę̸͉̙̎̀͐͆Ḟ̶̼͖̭͇̗U̸̡̫͇̤̭̪̦̣̔Ḷ̶̛͖̙͗̋̈̇̕ ̷̡̢͕̦̜͚̌̎̃̔Ā̷̧͇͎̳͔̩̜̤̗͊̋Ţ̸̭̩͚̮͖͇̹̬̾ ̷͍̞̰͈̻̣͚̂̾ͅN̵̛̤͒̏̒͝Ḯ̵̡̘͇̖̏͘Ģ̸̛͙̥̞̽̀͒͜H̶̲̜̺̐̄͋͊̍̈́͘͜T̴̯̲̳̪͚̜̼̈͠
Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.6%, Team-Based 21.6%, Horror 12.9%, Co-op 12.8%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
- #55 Project Unknown
65% matchVery Positive83% of 914 reviews2025
Dev: PsychoRavensPub: Nightmare Studios
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
An online co-op horror game featuring unique playable characters and RPG mechanics. Exorcise ghosts using your special abilities and tools while surviving the supernatural onslaught
Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.1%, Thriller 16.4%, Horror 13.8%, Co-op 12.7%, Dark 9.8%
- #56 Subterranauts
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 237 reviews2025
Dev: Asa Longino
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Subterranauts is a 1-6 player multiplayer horror game with proximity voice chat and terrifying creatures. Your job is to complete assignments by gathering scrap for the Association of Scrap Allocation. Work together with your team to complete assignments, earn company Bucks, and survive!
Why similar: Team-Based 25.5%, Online Co-Op 21.5%, Horror 12.9%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Action-Adventure 9%
- #57 Slashers
69% matchMixed58% of 100 reviews2022
Dev: David GallardoPub: HeadArrow
Windows
Slashers is a 1-4 player cooperative horror game, you are explorers of abandoned and seemingly cursed places, your goal is to see what happened there.
Why similar: Thriller 18.9%, Online Co-Op 18.5%, Horror 14.8%, Dark 10%, Co-op 9.4%
- #58 Frightened
68% matchMixed69% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Entry Studios
Windows
FRIGHTENED is a cooperative horror and survival game that can be played with 1-4 players. Your goal is to destroy the evil with your team and leave. Collect items in the area with your team, find the demon's weak spot and destroy it! But don't you dare get caught.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 25%, Horror 15.2%, Co-op 13.9%, Dark 11.5%, Multiplayer 9.7%
