Games Like Dead by Daylight

Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Experience the mad and macabre for yourself in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Why similar: Horror 35.8%, Gore 12.1%, Survival Horror 12%, Team-Based 10.2%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest modern match to Dead by Daylight’s asymmetrical horror formula, with survivors sneaking, managing objectives, and trying to escape relentless killers.

In Silence is a multiplayer horror game. One player takes on the role of the monster who has hypersensitive hearing abilities and is almost completely blind. The other players(2-6) play as survivors, trying to escape or hunting the monster.

Why similar: Horror 46.8%, Survival Horror 11%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Co-op 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Like Dead by Daylight, it thrives on one deadly monster hunting vulnerable players who must coordinate, stay quiet, and escape under pressure.

Plan your own alien invasion and harvest humans as the iconic Killer Klowns, or gather a team of survivors to fight the extraterrestrial threat, in a game based on the ‘80s cult classic movie. Welcome to a new, craazzy take on the asymmetrical multiplayer horror experience!

Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Team-Based 11.3%, Stealth 8.6%, Online Co-Op 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This delivers another strong asymmetric cat-and-mouse setup, mixing team survival, map objectives, and horror-comedy chases in a very DBD-like structure.

This is an asymmetrical game of hide and seek. In true form to IllFonic’s past titles, this title is a 4v1 setup where players will either play as part of a team of new Ghostbusters or a singular Ghost.

Why similar: Horror 21.9%, Team-Based 21.9%, Online Co-Op 20.6%, Multiplayer 16.8%, First-Person 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is a polished 4v1 asymmetrical game where a coordinated team tracks a powerful ghost, echoing DBD’s role-based multiplayer tension from the other side.

Enjoy a 4vs1 asymmetric horror experience like no other. Be a part of the investigator team, or take control of the creature and devour them!

Why similar: Horror 40.8%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Team-Based 9.4%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Online Co-Op 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This pits a team of investigators against a creature in tense, stealthy horror rounds that strongly resemble DBD’s predator-prey dynamic.

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 42.5%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Co-op 9.6%, Psychological Horror 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It drops the asymmetrical setup, but its emphasis on co-op survival, evasion, and panic under pursuit feels very close to DBD’s high-stress horror atmosphere.

Hunt or be hunted in this asymmetrical multiplayer shooter that pits man against Predator. As part of a Fireteam, complete missions before the Predator finds you. Or be the Predator and hunt your prey.

Why similar: Multiplayer 32.7%, Stealth 21.8%, Third Person 16.4%, First-Person 13.9%, Survival 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same asymmetric thrill of a powerful player stalking a squad that has to work together, improvise, and survive the hunt.

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: Horror 39.1%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Team-Based 12.6%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Online Co-Op 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its monster-versus-survivor matches lean heavily on evasion, teamwork, and objective completion, making it a natural fit for DBD fans.

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: Horror 62.6%, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Co-op 6.5%, Psychological Horror 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: While cooperative instead of versus, it recreates that same nerve-wracking fear of being hunted and needing calm teamwork to make it out alive.

DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.

Why similar: Horror 54.4%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Survival Horror 9.2%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Co-op 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is another objective-driven co-op horror game where players scramble to complete tasks while a lethal supernatural threat picks them apart.

Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.

Why similar: Horror 46.3%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Co-op 7.9%, Online Co-Op 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its escaping, chasing, and class-based power imbalance create the same chaotic horror energy that makes DBD matches so memorable.

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: Horror 41.9%, Team-Based 22.5%, Multiplayer 14%, Co-op 9.6%, First-Person 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Although more playful, it still delivers asymmetrical hide-and-seek tension where one side stalks the other through tense multiplayer rounds.

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: Horror 41%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Co-op 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Whether you play hunter or hunted, it offers a survival horror loop built around tracking, teamwork, and being ambushed by a deadly monster.

GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.

Why similar: Horror 32.5%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Co-op 7.6%, Team-Based 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is much more tactical, but its brutal co-op survival and constant danger create the same kind of pressure-cooker teamwork as intense DBD matches.

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: Horror 51.6%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Survival Horror 9.4%, Co-op 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This focuses on surviving hostile spaces and evasive co-op play, delivering a similar feeling of dread, disorientation, and desperate escape.

Deceit 2 is an online social deduction horror game. Inspire fear as the Infected, investigate as the Innocent, or create mayhem as the Cursed. Trapped with friends and strangers: who can you trust to help you escape?

Why similar: Horror 44.2%, Survival Horror 22.3%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Psychological Horror 6.3%, First-Person 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This leans more into social deduction, but the paranoia, betrayal, and sudden predator moments scratch a similar multiplayer horror itch.

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: Horror 55.9%, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Survival Horror 7.3%, Co-op 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its fast, chaotic structure of finishing objectives while avoiding a roaming killer makes it feel like a stripped-down co-op cousin to DBD.

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: Horror 45.7%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Co-op 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Like DBD, it mixes horror atmosphere with teamwork and sudden life-or-death encounters that force players to communicate under stress.

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: Horror 44%, Team-Based 12%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Co-op 8.6%, Multiplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: It channels the same vulnerable-survivor feeling through monster-filled mazes, jumpy chases, and heavy reliance on team coordination.

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: Horror 54.7%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Psychological Horror 6.4%, Stealth 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its hide-or-run horror design is built around line-of-sight, noise, and monster evasion, which mirrors the core tension of being chased in DBD.

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: Horror 44.2%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Team-Based 8.7%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a simpler co-op horror option, but it still taps into the same fun of scavenging objectives while a killer patrols and punishes mistakes.

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: Horror 51%, Online Co-Op 13.8%, Stealth 10%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Co-op 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is lighter and smaller-scale, but the cooperative horror setup and constant threat of being caught line up well with DBD’s panic-driven appeal.

The Blackout Club is a first-person co-op horror game centered around a group of teenage friends investigating a monstrous secret beneath the skin of their small town. 1-4 players explore procedurally-generated missions against a fearsome enemy you can only see with your eyes closed.

Why similar: Horror 51.8%, Co-op 11.4%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Stealth 6.1%, Online Co-Op 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its stealth-heavy co-op horror and emphasis on avoiding a stronger enemy make it a good pick if you like DBD’s tension more than its PvP format.

Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Co-op 14.4%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Gore 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is more action-oriented than DBD, but few multiplayer horror games match its mix of teamwork, pressure, and memorable near-death escapes.

The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.

Why similar: Horror 42.9%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Survival 10.6%, Online Co-Op 10%, Co-op 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It trades asymmetry for zombie survival, yet its desperate co-op pacing and constant risk keep the horror teamwork appeal strong for DBD players.

Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

Why similar: Horror 59.2%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Gore 8.3%, Psychological Horror 4.4%, Survival 3.9%

Enter the nightmarish world of Last Year, where you and four other classmates try to survive, fight back and ultimately escape a horrifying Fiend in this unique horror asymmetric game.

Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Gore 10.3%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Co-op 8.3%

Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.

Why similar: Horror 49%, Survival Horror 12%, Gore 10.8%, Psychological Horror 7.2%, Violent 5.3%

Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the brutally rewarding extraction shooter. Track twisted monsters and overcome ruthless PvP. Take bounties in corrupted backwaters lost to history. With a team, you might survive. Die with nothing or get out with everything.

Why similar: Horror 30.4%, Team-Based 15.4%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Gore 10.6%, Online Co-Op 9%

Ghost Watchers is a co-op online horror game. You will explore and hunt ghosts in abandoned houses

Why similar: Horror 55.8%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Co-op 11.7%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Team-Based 5.3%

Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.

Why similar: Horror 47.9%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Gore 12.2%, Psychological Horror 6.6%, Stealth 4.9%

Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.

Why similar: Horror 48.3%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Gore 10.5%, Violent 5.1%, Psychological Horror 4.9%

When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.

Why similar: Horror 59.9%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Gore 9.3%, Survival Horror 6.4%, Violent 4%

Death Swap is a first person online co-op horror game where you are stuck in a secret science facility with a horrific monster! Work as a team to save each other by swapping positions with the creature. Communicate with one another to solve tasks in order to survive and escape the science facility!

Why similar: Horror 37.5%, Survival Horror 13%, Gore 11.6%, Online Co-Op 9.1%, Multiplayer 7.3%

Scare or be scared in this FREE adrenaline-pumping multiplayer game full of hijinks and mischief! Set traps, cast spells, and scare the living hell out of your opponent to win!

Why similar: Horror 65.2%, Multiplayer 20.1%, Co-op 4%, Psychological Horror 3.7%, First-Person 3.5%

Escape together or die alone. In this intense co-op bodycam horror game, you and your team are hunted by a relentless creature. Communicate, stay quiet, and fight to survive. Every move counts. Every sound could be your last.

Why similar: Horror 49.4%, Survival Horror 10%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Psychological Horror 6.9%, Multiplayer 6.6%

Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.

Why similar: Horror 67.7%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Multiplayer 5.4%, Psychological Horror 4.4%, First-Person 3.7%

Freakout is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Visit your school and find all your seized items and don't get caught by the possessed principal and his pet dog and stop the principal from sacrificing his goats. Stop the Ritual, Run, Scream, hide. Just don't get caught.

Why similar: Horror 28.2%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Gore 8.6%, Online Co-Op 8.4%, Stealth 7.5%

Hellcoming is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players, who need to clean large areas from hellish abomination with the help of special tools.

Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Survival Horror 12%, Online Co-Op 10%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Co-op 7.2%

You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?

Why similar: Horror 74.5%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Multiplayer 6.4%, Psychological Horror 2.7%, Co-op 1.5%

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: Horror 32.1%, Survival Horror 11.9%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Gore 7.3%, Multiplayer 7.2%

Labrys is a multiplayer (up to 5v1) horror game where players are thrown into a randomly generated labyrinth against a minotaur. Play as the minotaur or one of up to five human players trying to escape the labyrinth.

Why similar: Horror 29.1%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Gore 8.7%, Team-Based 8.5%, Online Co-Op 8.1%

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: Horror 39.5%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Gore 9.7%, Co-op 7.6%

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: Horror 38.7%, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Team-Based 9%, Co-op 8.7%, Gore 8.4%

Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.

Why similar: Horror 29.7%, Gore 15.6%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Co-op 8.5%

Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

Why similar: Horror 52.2%, Survival Horror 17%, Stealth 10.7%, Survival 5.2%, First-Person 4%

Welcome to Murderer’s Island. Your companions: four dead-sexy Killers who, underneath their murderous exteriors, just want a little romance. Flirt your way into their hearts, uncovering dark twists along the way. Will you find true love, forge friendships… or get hacked to death?

Why similar: Horror 46.4%, Psychological Horror 44.2%, Comedy 7.7%, LGBTQ+ 1.8%

In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.

Why similar: Horror 27.5%, Gore 13.6%, Team-Based 11.6%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Online Co-Op 8.6%