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  1. #1 Death Swap: End As One
    96% matchMixed65% of 201 reviews2023
    Dev: Geeky Gecko Games
    Windows

    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: Survival Horror 22.9%, Online Co-Op 20%, Gore 16.5%, First-Person 7.9%, Horror 7.6%

  2. #2 Dark Home
    96% matchMixed40% of 40 reviews2021
    Dev: Chris Rickett
    Windows

    Dark Home is an asymmetric multiplayer horror game where players must work together with friends or alone enable to escape the nightmare of the Dark Home and the spirit that dwells within it.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 22.3%, Online Co-Op 19.7%, First-Person 14.7%, Gore 8.9%, Violent 7.9%

  3. #3 Haunted Halloween
    95% matchMostly Negative35% of 20 reviews2024
    Dev: Celeritas Games
    Windows

    Experience Halloween in this 1-4 player co-op game! Traverse eerie haunted attractions, solve puzzles, evade sinister entities as you try to escape together.

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.6%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Gore 8.9%, Violent 7.5%, First-Person 7.4%

  4. #4 Unsure
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: GrimTech Creatives
    Windows

    UNSURE is an asymmetric horror game where players take on the role of survivor or demon. Survivors, trapped in an asylum, must evade one of many possible killers whilst searching for keys hidden on the map. The keys provide their freedom, but one of the keys is faulty, a trap set by the cultists.

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.7%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Gore 13.5%, Action 13%, Violent 11.4%

  5. #5 Code Dread
    94% matchMixed50% of 32 reviews2021
    Dev: Edogawa Games
    Windows

    Code Dread is a survival horror game for 1~4 players. You are on a mission to investigate an old abandoned hospital. Be prepared to fight against a ferocious monster lurking in the shadow!

    Why similar: Survival Horror 30.3%, Online Co-Op 19.5%, Gore 10.2%, Violent 8.5%, Co-op 7.2%

  6. #6 Daemonical
    93% matchMixed65% of 216 reviews2018
    Dev: FearemPub: Gamifier
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    Having ended up on an remote and abandoned island, you find yourself in a life and death battle against an evil coming straight from perdition. With each of your four friends possibly being a bone chilling demonic entity that will try to slaughter the rest of the group - who can you trust?

    Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Gore 20.1%, Violent 15.6%, Horror 10.4%, Third Person 8.9%

  7. #7 Nightway
    92% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Exbyte Studios
    Windows

    Nightway is a multiplayer horror game designed for 1-6 players. In this game, one player is randomly selected to be the monster, a creature who is blind but can hear perfectly. The other players take on the role of survivors who must work together to avoid the monster and escape the forest by train.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 23.9%, Online Co-Op 14.8%, First-Person 13.3%, Gore 11.1%, Action 9.9%

  8. #8 Face The Abyss
    91% matchMostly Negative38% of 369 reviews2024
    Dev: Team KGD
    Windows

    The experiment has failed. The facility that was supposed to control the monster has stopped working, and now your only hope is to escape the facility before the monster hunts you down.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 23.4%, Online Co-Op 20.3%, Horror 8.3%, Violent 7.7%, Strategy 7.5%

  9. #9 Fantôme
    91% matchMixed55% of 38 reviews2024
    Dev: Gloac GamesPub: Gloac
    Windows · Linux

    Fantôme is a psychological horror game. Secure dark relics in this chilling experience that offers both single-player and co-op modes. Procedural objectives mean every playthrough is unique. Team up with up to 3 friends for added terror.

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 20.2%, Survival Horror 16.9%, First-Person 13.2%, Gore 10.4%, Action 10.1%

  10. #10 I Want To Go Home
    90% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
    Dev: Golden Sword Games
    Windows

    I Want To Go Home is a first-person cleaning simulator game with a horror twist. Clean the restaurant and survive to earn money and unlock characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends and experience the story that unfolds. All content updates will be free!

    Why similar: Survival Horror 25.2%, Online Co-Op 20.4%, First-Person 14.5%, Gore 8.6%, Violent 7.2%

  11. #11 Rickstones
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lab Leak Interactive
    Windows

    In the halls of Rickstones School, one player hunts as the ruthless Caretaker, while Students scramble to survive the night, escape the grounds or face brutal execution in this 1v8 asymmetric multiplayer horror.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 23.6%, Gore 12.7%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Violent 10.3%, Third Person 10.2%

  12. #12 Cursed Weekend
    88% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: VAFORT
    Windows

    Cursed Weekend is a game for a group of five players in which: four trapped young people and one sneaking evil. But what kind of evil, this is exactly what you have to find out. Maniac killer, poltergeist, cursed doll, demon or ... You never know for sure.

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.4%, Gore 11.7%, First-Person 11.2%, Violent 9.8%, Action 9.3%

  13. #13 HellBorn
    86% matchNo user reviews91% of 22 reviews2026
    Dev: StevePub: Also Steve
    Windows

    Enter a realm of terror in this 4-player co-op horror. Explore a 50-room manor haunted by a demon baby. Experience physics-driven chaos and eerie rituals as secrets unfold in every shadow.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 17%, Third Person 14.5%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Gore 14.1%, Violent 11.2%

  14. #14 Deadly Swag
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dectio LLC
    Windows

    A co-op horror shooter set in the Zone. Explore dangerous locations, collect artifacts, fight mutants, and avoid deadly anomalies. Survive together, sell your loot, and return for more challenges. In the Zone, every step is a fight for survival.

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 27%, Survival Horror 22.4%, First-Person 12.3%, Gore 9.2%, Violent 7.7%

  15. #15 PSYKOS
    85% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Empty Field
    Windows

    PSYKOS is a 1-4 player online co-op psychological horror set in a cursed psychiatric hospital. Work together to explore the abandoned asylum, solve puzzles, and survive the monsters that roam its halls. Rescue your friends before it’s too late.

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.3%, Survival Horror 20.6%, Violent 11.5%, First-Person 7.9%, Horror 7.9%

  16. #16 Shadows in Silence
    84% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2025
    Dev: Room710Games
    Windows

    Shadows in Silence is a 4 vs 1 multiplayer horror game. One player takes on the role of the killer - the witch Elliana and her cat named Sharm. And the other four players play as survivors trying to neutralize the killer.

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.7%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Third Person 13.1%, First-Person 10.6%, Survival 8.1%

  17. #17 Skyland 1976
    84% matchMostly Positive72% of 47 reviews2019
    Dev: Simon CLAVEL
    Windows

    You are Simon Hopper who tries to find his missing sister Alice. Near the scene of the events stands Skyland, a secret government facility. You are convinced that Skyland members are responsible for her abduction. Break into the military base and discover the truth...

    Why similar: Gore 27.5%, Violent 23.1%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Action 8.2%, First-Person 6.7%

  18. #18 Never Let Me Awake
    83% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2019
    Dev: SUZUKI PRODUCTIONS
    Windows

    A first-person psychological survival horror game

    Why similar: Gore 29.4%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Violent 12.9%, Adventure 10.1%, First-Person 10%

  19. #19 Inout
    81% matchMixed69% of 250 reviews2025
    Dev: Gample
    Windows

    INOUT is a cooperative horror game for 1-4 players. For years, the locals have been afraid of an old mansion in Madyland. A possessed maniac and an ancient evil have settled here. Become a member of a team of exorcists and expel the evil force!

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 20.6%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Gore 13.9%, Violent 13.3%, First-Person 8.3%

  20. #20 Nightborne
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Xio-Fret Games
    Windows

    Characters from other games fight to survive while the monsters attempt to stop their task! Which will you survive as? Or will you be the one who will stop them...

    Why similar: Survival Horror 19.3%, Third Person 18.2%, First-Person 14.7%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Action 9.3%

  21. #21 Labrys
    80% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2023
    Dev: ETS
    Windows

    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: Survival Horror 20.9%, Online Co-Op 18.5%, Gore 12.9%, Violent 11.8%, Horror 6.1%

  22. #22 HEPH
    81% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2017
    Dev: Creature of the Rise co.,ltd.
    Windows

    You are the only one who has to deal with the worst situation happens on this spaceship, and make sure it arriving the destination safely. Gathering material and craft items. Shoot, Sneak, Run, Use your own strategy to survive.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 31%, Gore 20.7%, Third Person 17.6%, Survival 10%, Action 10%

  23. #23 UnderBackrooms
    79% matchMostly Negative39% of 72 reviews2023
    Dev: okeyplaystudio
    Windows

    UnderBackrooms is a cooperative horror game set in a mysterious parallel universe of empty rooms and endless corridors. With moments of tension and surprise, players must be on guard to survive. Explore the backrooms and uncover their secrets to escape this nightmare world.

    Why similar: Gore 25.9%, Violent 21.7%, Online Co-Op 17.5%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Adventure 6%

  24. #24 Light In Blood
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Disoft Game DevelopersPub: Piece Of Voxel
    Windows

    Light In Blood is a competitive asymmetric action-horror with tactical elements. In intense 1v4 matches, choose to play as a nightmare or a survivor with unique abilities. Explore maps, complete objectives, and interact with the environment to strategize for either hunting or escaping.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 18.1%, Online Co-Op 16.4%, Gore 13%, Third Person 9.9%, Violent 9.3%

  25. #25 ATROFIL: THE KEY
    78% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2019
    Dev: MiL_Puzzle
    Windows · Mac

    Post-apocalyptic survival thriller

    Why similar: Gore 23.3%, Violent 19.6%, Survival Horror 17%, Action 10.6%, Third Person 10.4%

  26. #26 Samosbor
    78% matchMixed67% of 258 reviews2020
    Dev: rocketship
    Windows

    The player will take the role of a liquidator destroying the consequences of Samosbor in the narrow corridors of Gigakhrushchevka.

    Why similar: Gore 24.5%, Survival Horror 22%, Violent 19%, Action 10.6%, Adventure 7.2%

  27. #27 The Hotel
    77% matchVery Positive84% of 135 reviews2022
    Dev: IL PALA
    Windows · Mac

    The Hotel is an "old style" survival horror game!! Fight zombies and solve puzzles to try to escape!!

    Why similar: Survival Horror 34.6%, Third Person 22.6%, Gore 14.5%, Violent 11.6%, Adventure 7.9%

  28. #28 Hegis' Grasp: Evil Resurrected
    77% matchMixed50% of 54 reviews2017
    Dev: Odd Branch Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 36 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    Hegis' Grasp is a story-driven, atmospheric survival horror game. Play as Henry Wood, a curious journalist investigating rumors of what is happening to the once peaceful village, Hegis. It will be up to you how this story ends, but first, you must survive the insanity of the natives within this damned place.

    Why similar: Gore 27.5%, Violent 23.1%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Action 8.9%, Adventure 6.7%

  29. #29 Chased by Darkness
    76% matchMostly Positive72% of 410 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 23.6%, Survival Horror 20.2%, Gore 14.1%, Violent 8.3%, Horror 8.2%

  30. #30 Inside the Labs
    75% matchVery Positive83% of 152 reviews2024
    Dev: Chreseeba Games
    Windows

    Inside the Labs is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Take on the role of teenage explorers as you venture into abandoned labs, following reports of failed human experiments.

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.8%, Survival Horror 26.7%, Gore 17.5%, First-Person 7.3%, Action 5.4%

  31. #31 The Goatman
    76% matchMixed66% of 483 reviews2018
    Dev: MC Games
    Windows

    The Goatman is an Online CO-OP hunting game. It all began on February 23, 2019 with a call for help from the Greenfield village. It was alleged that a mysterious creature like a half goat and half demon attacked people and animals. Upon this call, a military research team set out.

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 20.9%, Gore 16.4%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Horror 7.2%, Action 7%

  32. #32 COCO
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Stealion Games
    Windows

    Coco is a survival horror game where you must escape an abandoned hospital haunted by the urban legend Coco. Make haste, you only have five days to explore and escape before Coco finds you...

    Why similar: Survival Horror 23.8%, Online Co-Op 18.3%, Gore 11.7%, First-Person 10.3%, Horror 7.3%

  33. #33 Tophet
    74% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: Genoko
    Windows

    Survive the hunt—find the item and use it before the monsters catch you. Search the darkness, uncover secrets, and face the terrifying truth. 4-player co-op with proximity chat—stick together or be lost to the lurking terror. Your friends are your only lifeline. Will you survive?

    Why similar: Survival Horror 29.7%, Online Co-Op 22.1%, First-Person 14.2%, Co-op 9.4%, Horror 9.3%

  34. #34 The DeadLine
    73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: FiveFingers
    Windows

    The DeadLine is an online third-person asymmetric horror game. Become the killer and hunt down survivors without mercy, or become a survivor and escape from the killer’s pursuit. Hunt or escape — which fate awaits you?

    Why similar: Survival Horror 23%, Gore 16%, Violent 10.7%, Strategy 9.2%, Online Co-Op 8.5%

  35. #35 Silent Rain
    72% matchMostly Positive70% of 220 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: Survival Horror 22.9%, Online Co-Op 18.4%, Gore 13.2%, First-Person 12.2%, Horror 7.2%

  36. #36 Day: 40
    73% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2019
    Dev: Andrew Grbac
    Windows

    The journey began with the deluge of rain which flooded the earth for 39 days. On day 40, it stops. Mysteries can be discovered and solved while facing gruesome enemies along the way. Experience thrilling survival horror combined with first person combat in an open world full of exploration.

    Why similar: Gore 29.2%, Violent 24.5%, Survival Horror 21.3%, First-Person 9.9%, Action 9%

  37. #37 Disembowel
    73% matchMostly Negative34% of 77 reviews2022
    Dev: Highlander InteractivePub: Yandere Gameworks
    Windows

    DISEMBOWEL is a cooperative horror game for 1-4 players. You are a reporter who travels around the world documenting the darkest secrets and mysteries that inhabit the planet. Prepare your camera, gather a team and start suffering.

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.7%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Gore 13%, Violent 10.4%, Horror 9.9%

  38. #38 Mop of the Dead
    72% matchMixed65% of 43 reviews2023
    Dev: Unseen Interactive
    Windows

    Mop of the Dead is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Our cleaning competitors are stealing our customers. Well, let's steal their household products. Run, scream and don't get caught by the revengeful janitor with his big mop of death!

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 29.4%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Violent 10.7%, First-Person 10.2%, Horror 10.2%

  39. #39 WICKED
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Nightmare Labs
    Windows

    Wicked is a first person co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. They say something evil lives in the house. Explore the house with your friends and find out if the rumors are true.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 24.6%, Online Co-Op 22.2%, Gore 10.2%, First-Person 8.3%, Co-op 7.6%

  40. #40 Recycling Factory2
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Savepoint StudioPub: ANIEDU Co., Ltd.
    Windows

    Work together with your team in a lab filled with deadly mutations. Eliminate the Primary Mutation and claim your reward. Only those who survive can pay off their debt.

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 24.9%, Survival Horror 16.9%, First-Person 10.1%, Horror 10.1%, Violent 10.1%

  41. #41 Home Sweet Home : Online
    70% matchMixed52% of 2,033 reviews2023
    Dev: YGGDRAZIL GROUP PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITEDPub: Shift Now
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 42.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    Experience the balanced PvP Battles in a 4vs1 style. Win through collecting souls in a 4vs4 style battle where the person that holds the Warden Soul will turn into a Warden to hunt down the visitor on the other team. There can only be one winner in the war between sides.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 30.8%, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Strategy 10.3%, Third Person 9.3%, Survival 9.1%

  42. #42 Last Stand: REBORN
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Master Work Studios
    Windows

    Last Stand: Reborn (also known as LSR) focuses on the events after the "Project: uxUV" which takes place during the year 2029. LSR takes influence from games such as HL2 and The Hidden and Doom. There are multiple game modes which put in in either 1vX situations or against each other.

    Why similar: Gore 26.6%, Violent 22.3%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Strategy 15.4%, Action 12%

  43. #43 FREAKOUT
    70% matchMostly Negative35% of 60 reviews2022
    Dev: Janner
    Windows

    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: Survival Horror 19.8%, Online Co-Op 19.3%, Gore 12.8%, Violent 9.9%, First-Person 9.1%

  44. #44 Last Year
    69% matchMixed62% of 9,749 reviews2019
    Dev: Undaunted Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    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: Survival Horror 21.4%, Gore 16.4%, Violent 13.2%, Horror 8.6%, Action 8.4%

  45. #45 Ocean Gap
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SAT ProductionsPub: Teneke Kafalar Spotlight
    Windows

    Dive into a co-op underwater horror game. Find and destroy energy cubes to stop the secret organization's experiments. Don't get lost in dark and deep waters. Don't get caught but breathe!

    Why similar: Survival Horror 24.9%, Online Co-Op 24.3%, First-Person 9.3%, Horror 7.7%, Gore 7.3%

  46. #46 Kings of Lorn: The Fall of Ebris
    70% matchMixed61% of 66 reviews2019
    Dev: TeamKill Media LLC
    Windows

    Forsaken and betrayed by your own Order, fight back against the forces of a long-forgotten realm as you try to save existence from the evil of a usurper king in pursuit of what lies beyond immortality.

    Why similar: Gore 25.1%, Violent 21.1%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Action 11.3%, First-Person 10.9%

  47. #47 PRICHAL
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: PrichalGames
    Windows

    Prichal is a psychological horror game with co-op support for up to 4 players. As a Synchronizer Agent, you will venture into distorted locations trapped within a time loop. Your mission is to uncover the cause of these temporal rifts and eliminate them—all while evading the Spawns of Dissonance.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 28%, Online Co-Op 20.3%, Violent 13%, Gore 12.6%, Horror 8.3%

  48. #48 Knockless
    67% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Frysolith Interactive
    Windows

    Who can you trust at the carnival? In this colorful yet tense team-based social deduction game, one player becomes the hidden Jester each round. While the innocents work together to survive, the Jester uses sabotage and cunning to eliminate them one by one. Trust no one everyone is suspicious!

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 30.3%, Survival Horror 25.5%, First-Person 15.4%, Action 12.9%, Horror 7.8%

  49. #49 NIBAA
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Maddening Games
    Windows

    Step into the darkness, where something relentless lurks. The monster is no mindless predator—it watches, it waits, it learns. Silence is survival. A single misstep, a whisper too loud, and you become prey. No second chances. No mercy. Work together, claw your way toward escape... or die trying.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 33.6%, Gore 10.3%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, PvP 9.6%, Action 8.9%

  50. #50 7 Sins : Lost in Labyrinth
    68% matchMostly Positive78% of 67 reviews2023
    Dev: Zai Studio
    Windows

    “7 Sins : Lost in Labyrinth” A Survival Horror Game, based on the Cutie Characters and World of 7 Sexy Sins Series. You have but one goal: survive and escape the hellish mazes! Run or Hide, Scream or Cry. Find the secrets and beware of the jump scares that will shake into your naughty heart!

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.8%, Survival Horror 21.6%, Gore 12.4%, Violent 7.8%, Horror 6.8%

  51. #51 Silicon Gate
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Nicholas Piscioneri
    Windows

    Explore a deadly prehistoric jungle concealed inside an arcade machine in this co-op survival horror game. Evade horrific creatures, complete dangerous quests, and extract with resources to expand your desert laboratory, solo or with friends, all while uncovering the secrets of Project Silicon Gate.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 27.5%, First-Person 13.1%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Gore 8.8%, Horror 8.6%

  52. #52 Distressed
    66% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2024
    Dev: Pixel-Stash
    Windows

    Distressed is a 5 player online co-op horror game. Welcome to G.H.O.S.T. HQ. Forget what you know about ghost hunting. This is Not a Sanity Based Game. First you feed it energy, Then you feed it souls. Will you survive?

    Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.6%, First-Person 21.3%, Gore 15.6%, Action 12.7%, Horror 10.1%

  53. #53 Ghost hunter
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 大师工作室
    Windows

    《Ghost Hunter》 is an online collaborative psychological horror game that can be played by at least one and up to five players together. Unlike other ghost hunting games, it incorporates rich Taoist elements and experiences traditional Chinese supernatural culture.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 26.6%, Online Co-Op 22.8%, First-Person 9.5%, Horror 8%, Survival 7.9%

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