- #1 BOKURA
97% matchVery Positive92% of 12,967 reviews2023
Dev: tokoronyoriPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
BOKURA is a two-player puzzle adventure game. Play as two boys who ran away from their homes and work together to take yourselves somewhere far, far away. Relive the friendship of your childhood through the journey of two boys.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 19.2%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Local Co-Op 16%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Co-op 9%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy puzzle-platformer that forces two players to see the world differently, creating a unique sense of shared discovery similar to the seed game.
- #2 It Takes Two
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 268,553 reviews2021
Dev: Hazelight StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 13.6 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 40.5%, Multiplayer 18.5%, Co-op 13.8%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Puzzle Platformer 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive co-op action-adventure game that perfectly mirrors the collaborative puzzle-solving and narrative focus of Double Shoulders.
- #3 ibb & obb
96% matchVery Positive89% of 6,829 reviews2014
Dev: Sparpweed
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 42.5%, Online Co-Op 14.6%, Co-op 13.3%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Platformer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic co-op puzzle-platformer that relies on gravity-based mechanics and shared momentum to progress through levels.
- #4 Biped
95% matchVery Positive85% of 11,419 reviews2020
Dev: NEXT Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Biped is a coop action adventure game with a strong focus on moment-to-moment collaboration between 2 players.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 32%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Platformer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-platformer that demands precise coordination between two players to overcome challenging obstacles.
- #5 Unravel Two
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 9,133 reviews2020
Dev: Coldwood InteractivePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
When you cut ties to the past, new bonds form. Build relationships with other Yarnys in local co-op or as a single player, fostering friendship and support as you journey together.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 46.6%, Multiplayer 17.6%, Co-op 14.6%, Puzzle Platformer 5.1%, Adventure 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based co-op platforming where two characters are physically tethered together, emphasizing the importance of working in tandem.
- #6 A Way Out
94% matchVery Positive88% of 102,642 reviews2020
Dev: Hazelight StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A Way Out is an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 42.9%, Online Co-Op 22%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Co-op 11.7%, Action 4%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, narrative-driven escape game designed exclusively for co-op play that captures the tension of fleeing a dangerous situation.
- #7 Struggling
93% matchVery Positive87% of 700 reviews2020
Dev: Chasing Rats GamesPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Struggling is a physics-based co-op platformer with a twisted spin on teamwork. Control the arms of a squishy abomination and lead it through a deranged world.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 43.3%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Co-op 10%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Physics 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based co-op platformer that uses chaotic movement to create a tense and often hilarious survival experience.
- #8 Chained Together
91% matchVery Positive90% of 63,535 reviews2024
Dev: Anegar GamesPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.6 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: Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Multiplayer 17.4%, Co-op 16.6%, Online Co-Op 15.3%, Platformer 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the high-stakes tension of platforming while tethered to another player, mirroring the survival-horror aspect of needing to keep your partner safe.
- #9 Portal 2
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 465,820 reviews2011
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37.2%, Platformer 20.8%, Co-op 15.1%, Action 12.2%, Physics 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for co-op puzzle-platforming, requiring constant communication and coordination to navigate complex environments.
- #10 We Were Here
91% matchVery Positive89% of 33,087 reviews2017
Dev: Total Mayhem Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Lost in a frozen wasteland and split up from your partner inside an abandoned castle, the only possession you have left is a walkie-talkie with a familiar voice on the other end. Can the two of you find your way out in time?
Why similar: Multiplayer 31.9%, Co-op 20.4%, Online Co-Op 19.7%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Adventure 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: An escape-room style puzzle game that relies entirely on verbal communication to solve mysteries in a cold, atmospheric setting.
- #11 Shadow Puppeteer
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 228 reviews2014
Dev: Sarepta studioPub: Snow Cannon Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Invite a friend to explore the strange, yet beautiful world of darkness and light in Shadow Puppeteer, an award-winning, local co-op adventure.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 45.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18%, Platformer 11.5%, Co-op 9.2%, Adventure 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique light and shadow mechanic that forces two players to work together to navigate a dark, atmospheric world.
- #12 Death Swap: End As One
89% matchMixed63% of 204 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 35.3%, Multiplayer 17.9%, Online Co-Op 15.6%, Gore 11%, Co-op 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that emphasizes multiplayer cooperation and the tension of escaping a hostile environment.
- #13 Inside the Labs
89% matchVery Positive82% of 153 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: Survival Horror 31.8%, Multiplayer 17.7%, Online Co-Op 17.3%, Gore 9%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that focuses on exploration and teamwork to escape dangerous, monster-filled environments.
- #14 Stuck Together
86% matchVery Positive89% of 223 reviews2025
Dev: Hugecalf Studios
Windows
A co-op climbing game about two stuck-together toys on an escape mission from their evil owner.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 30.5%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Platformer 10.9%, Co-op 9.8%, Online Co-Op 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult platformer that focuses on the frustration and triumph of working with a partner to overcome obstacles.
- #15 Red Rope: Don't Fall Behind
88% matchVery Positive85% of 119 reviews2016
Dev: YonderPub: IndieGala
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Red Rope is a terrifying, enigmatic adventure for 1 or 2 players who want to test their bond. Explore the Labyrinth, get acquainted with its bizarre inhabitants, its secrets and its rules. Face enemies, traps, puzzles, and ferocious bosses. Only the best will find the way out and become heroes.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 67.7%, Action 11.8%, Adventure 9.9%, Atmospheric 4.5%, Co-op 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game featuring a literal rope connecting two players, making movement and survival a shared, high-stakes challenge.
- #16 Degrees of Separation
87% matchVery Positive80% of 1,328 reviews2019
Dev: MoondropPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Degrees of Separation is a puzzle platformer where cooperation is built into every move. Two contrasting souls, Ember and Rime, fall in love, but are separated by an enigmatic force, and must use their powers to progress through a spectacular world of fantasy and adventure.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 46.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Online Co-Op 13.7%, Platformer 8.5%, Co-op 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer where two characters manipulate different environmental elements, requiring constant cooperation to escape their surroundings.
- #17 Silent Rain
85% 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: Survival Horror 29.4%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Online Co-Op 12%, Co-op 7.4%, Gore 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game that utilizes multiplayer mechanics to build tension and survival challenges.
- #18 Dead Blue Rose
86% matchMostly Negative35% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: ColdBones
Windows
A multiplayer horror where you escape a laboratory at the cost of others.
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.6%, Multiplayer 19%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Co-op 8.9%, Action 6%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play survival-horror game that emphasizes multiplayer cooperation in a dark, psychological setting.
- #19 Cursed Ones
84% matchMostly Negative38% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: Brainrot Games
Windows
Cursed Ones is a co-op horror stealth survival game. Play as the Crane siblings as you hunt down the worst kinds of spirits and continue your late parents' legacy. Make sure you both don't die in the process.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.9%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Online Co-Op 14.3%, Stealth 10.6%, Gore 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-themed co-op game that emphasizes stealth and survival while navigating a threatening, dark environment.
- #20 Obscure
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,235 reviews2014
Dev: Hydravision EntertainmentPub: Mighty Rocket Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
For some time now, Leafmore High School has been the setting for unexplained disappearances. In this survival horror game, you take control of a group of 5 American students. With your friends, you try to unravel the mysterious happenings at this unremarkable-looking school. The night will be long and survival not will not be easy...
Why similar: Local Co-Op 37.5%, Survival Horror 36.9%, Co-op 6.1%, Action 4.8%, Adventure 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival-horror title that features local co-op and focuses on a group of students trying to escape a dangerous school.
- #21 Brave Escape
82% matchVery Positive98% of 188 reviews2025
Dev: Hit Start Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a thrilling co-op adventure in 'Brave Escape,' a challenging platformer demanding teamwork to conquer perilous traps and treacherous terrain.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 36.8%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Platformer 8.4%, Co-op 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A precision-platformer that emphasizes atmospheric exploration and difficult co-op challenges.
- #22 DEATH IN UNISON
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 763 reviews2024
Dev: Blank Dream Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Survive the world's deadliest psychopaths. Experience a unique 2-player co-op experience that puts your teamwork and communication to the test. Complete your duties alone or with a partner in a prison like no other.
Why similar: Survival Horror 40.9%, Online Co-Op 20.7%, Co-op 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Action 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival-horror game that forces players to work together to survive waves of enemies and environmental hazards.
- #23 Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)
83% matchVery Positive81% of 8,677 reviews2014
Dev: Upper One GamesPub: E-Line Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard that threatens the survival of everything they have ever known.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 56.7%, Platformer 13.1%, Puzzle Platformer 11.6%, Adventure 5.9%, Atmospheric 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven platformer that emphasizes the bond between two characters as they survive a harsh and dangerous environment.
- #24 Frightened
82% 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: Survival Horror 28.3%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Co-op 7.7%, Psychological Horror 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: An early-access survival-horror game that focuses on multiplayer cooperation to overcome terrifying obstacles.
- #25 Operation: Tango
80% matchVery Positive86% of 8,868 reviews2021
Dev: Clever PlaysPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
It takes two to save the world in this cooperative spy adventure. Pair up with a friend as Agent or Hacker—with only your voices to connect you—and work together to bring a hi-tech global menace to its knees. Now with a FREE CONTENT UPDATE!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 41.7%, Multiplayer 26.8%, Co-op 17.1%, Adventure 10.8%, 3D 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op spy adventure that requires players to share information across different perspectives to solve puzzles and escape danger.
- #26 Pikuniku
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,780 reviews2019
Dev: Arnaud De BockPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 32.6%, Multiplayer 22%, Co-op 11.2%, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%, Platformer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A whimsical puzzle-platformer that offers a dedicated co-op mode focused on teamwork and lighthearted environmental interaction.
- #27 The Cave
81% matchVery Positive87% of 2,922 reviews2013
Dev: Double Fine Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Assemble your team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, then descend into the mysterious depths to explore The Cave!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 51.9%, Platformer 17.2%, Adventure 14.2%, Puzzle Platformer 8.5%, Co-op 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that allows players to control different characters with unique abilities to escape a mysterious and dangerous subterranean world.
- #28 Forest Escape: Last Train
77% matchVery Positive82% of 502 reviews2026
Dev: Frag Lab, LLCPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Forest Escape: Last Train is a co-op surreal horror game for 1–4 players. Explore bizarre nightmare locations, gather resources, solve the insane Warden's twisted puzzles, and keep your locomotive running as you fight to escape his unhinged world.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.7%, Multiplayer 17%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Co-op 8.6%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
- #29 Haunted Investigation
78% matchVery Positive84% of 262 reviews2023
Dev: Interactive Wave Studios
Windows
Haunted Investigation is a spine-tingling horror game that will test your nerves and keep you on the edge of your seat. Whether you choose to play alone or with another friend (up to 2 players), you'll be immersed in a world of terror and suspense as you explore an abandoned mansion.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 47%, Online Co-Op 18%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Co-op 7.3%, Action 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological-horror game designed for co-op play that requires investigation and teamwork to survive supernatural threats.
- #30 Escape From School
79% matchMixed61% of 1,654 reviews2021
Dev: Tudor Sandru
Windows
Confused, you wake up sucked into an empty classroom. You have to try to escape from school by solving puzzles and discovering secrets.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 35.3%, Multiplayer 21.5%, Online Co-Op 21.3%, Co-op 7.9%, Adventure 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op puzzle-adventure game that tasks players with navigating a dangerous school environment to find an exit.
- #31 Handy Dandy
78% matchVery Positive96% of 378 reviews2020
Dev: Yellow Boot Games
Windows · Mac
The two adventurers Handy and Dandy have caused a dimensional tear which is now separating them and the entire cave where they have to solve platforming puzzles to reunite again in this 2D co-op game.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 56.3%, Adventure 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Co-op 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play adventure game that offers local co-op and focuses on simple, cooperative puzzle-solving.
- #32 Unknowz
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Unknowz Corporation
Windows
Unknowz is a cooperative platformer where two pirates, one alive, the other undead, must combine their unique abilities to solve puzzles, avoid traps, and escape from a skeleton-infested island. Work together... or sink!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 52%, Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, Platformer 10.3%, Action 6.1%, Adventure 5%
- #33 We're Tethered Together
74% matchVery Positive97% of 238 reviews2023
Dev: BunBun Games
Windows
Cast into an ancient crypt, survive the horrors that dwell below, and ascend from despair with your unexpected companion in this short 2D puzzle platformer. Take risks to evade the petrifying gaze from beyond the dark.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40%, Platformer 24.7%, Adventure 15.5%, Stealth 13.1%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #34 Blind Trust
77% matchMixed52% of 1,482 reviews2016
Dev: Viswanath AtluPub: Good Vibration Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Blind Trust is a two-player, cooperative game where the deaf leads the blind on a fantasy island. Navigate using only 3D sound as the blind Oracle, or lead the Oracle with magical sound beacons as the deaf Soldier. Work together to fight monsters, solve puzzles, and reach your ultimate goal.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 47.2%, Multiplayer 27.7%, Co-op 14.5%, Adventure 10.5%
- #35 Godumas
76% matchMixed48% of 207 reviews2022
Dev: Moist Dog studio
Windows
GODUMAS is a co-op horror game for 1-4 players. Explore the strange island, solve location based puzzles, run or sneak your way through local inhabitants and find a way to escape… before you are sacrificed.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.1%, Multiplayer 18.2%, Online Co-Op 16.1%, Co-op 10.2%, Action 6.9%
- #36 Dodgy Deliveries
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,530 reviews2025
Dev: Tomas GonzalezPub: Deliver Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Co-op "Horror" game about running a delivery service with your friends! B̵̨̦͓͖̹̪̥̮͛̀̏̈́̐̔̉Ę̴̤̦̤͓̰̤́͗̚ ̵̨̺͓̱̞͔͉͙̀̂͂͋͠͠Ç̸̫͈̋͋͆̋̾̑̕͜Ä̴̛̟͑͛͋͂̌̕͜͝R̵̛͎̮̜̒̽̈́͂̓̒͘Ę̸͉̙̎̀͐͆Ḟ̶̼͖̭͇̗U̸̡̫͇̤̭̪̦̣̔Ḷ̶̛͖̙͗̋̈̇̕ ̷̡̢͕̦̜͚̌̎̃̔Ā̷̧͇͎̳͔̩̜̤̗͊̋Ţ̸̭̩͚̮͖͇̹̬̾ ̷͍̞̰͈̻̣͚̂̾ͅN̵̛̤͒̏̒͝Ḯ̵̡̘͇̖̏͘Ģ̸̛͙̥̞̽̀͒͜H̶̲̜̺̐̄͋͊̍̈́͘͜T̴̯̲̳̪͚̜̼̈͠
Why similar: Survival Horror 33.3%, Online Co-Op 19.4%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Co-op 11%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #37 Storebound
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,364 reviews2026
Dev: Embers
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A 1-3 player co-op puzzle horror game set in an accursed megastore. Work together to decode the store's twisted logic, and find a way out before the lurking horrors doom you to shop forever.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.6%, Multiplayer 20.4%, Stealth 16%, Co-op 14.3%, Psychological Horror 12%
- #38 Shadownest
75% matchMixed55% of 507 reviews2021
Dev: Briny Boi StudiosPub: Briny Boi Studios
Windows
Asymmetric multiplayer meets atmospheric horror
Why similar: Survival Horror 43.3%, Multiplayer 22.3%, Stealth 10.5%, Action 8.7%, Adventure 5.9%
- #39 In Silence
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 11,954 reviews2021
Dev: Ravenhood Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Survival Horror 30.9%, Multiplayer 23.2%, Online Co-Op 17.6%, Co-op 7.3%, Stealth 5.5%
- #40 Come with Me
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,805 reviews2021
Dev: Xin YePub: Spookulele Games
Windows
Come with Me is a two-player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled magical world. Solve puzzles together by using your special abilities and collect memories to uncover the mystery of the world around you.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 39.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Platformer 8.7%, Co-op 8.5%
- #41 Dark Hours: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive89% of 6,124 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: Survival Horror 30.4%, Multiplayer 22.8%, Online Co-Op 17.6%, Psychological Horror 7.1%, Co-op 6.5%
- #42 FREAKOUT
74% matchMostly Negative34% of 61 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 27.1%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Stealth 8.3%, Gore 7.5%
- #43 Watch Your Back
73% matchMixed48% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: Studios Sant Marc S.L.
Windows
You are some small-time journalists, exploited by your boss. When an abandoned Cold War-era shelter is discovered, your boss sends you there to do the story of a lifetime. Only you two will know what awaits you in there...
Why similar: Survival Horror 35.1%, Action 15.8%, Stealth 14.2%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Dark 8.8%
- #44 Linebound
69% matchVery Positive86% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: Samuel LueckePub: FutureBound
Windows
One player navigates. One player creates. Linebound is a 2D asymmetric co-op puzzle platformer where one player navigates the world while the other draws platforms in real time. Progress is only possible through communication.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 50.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Platformer 9.7%, Adventure 9.7%, Multiplayer 5.6%
- #45 Agonize
72% matchMixed62% of 145 reviews2022
Dev: Vault Interactive
Windows
Once a mad scientist's lab, now an abandoned manor haunted by miscreations. Work as a 1-4 player team in this online co-op, psychological horror game and discover what lurks within. Find a cure before it's too late...
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.2%, Multiplayer 16%, Online Co-Op 14.7%, Co-op 7.9%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
- #46 IT Simulator
71% matchVery Positive91% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Byte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
IT Simulator is a co-op horror game where two players attempt to return power to an office building. Take the role of the all-seeing Control Room or the stealthy Repair Technician as you risk everything to d̶i̶s̶c̶o̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶u̶t̶h̶ escape.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 33.7%, Stealth 22.2%, Multiplayer 19.4%, Adventure 13.1%, Co-op 7.4%
- #47 Wires And Whiskers
67% matchVery Positive95% of 1,736 reviews2025
Dev: Yohann BlanchardPub: ISART DIGITAL
Windows
Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.1%, Co-op 16.2%, Platformer 16.1%, Action 11.1%, Adventure 9.5%
- #48 They See Us
69% matchVery Positive84% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: MalumGames
Windows
They See Us is a multiplayer horror game built for creepy vibes, scream-worthy jump scares and hilarious co-op tension. Work together to spot terrifying anomalies lurking in familiar places – before they find you!
Why similar: Multiplayer 27.1%, Online Co-Op 23.4%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Stealth 9.4%, Adventure 8%
- #49 Psycho Reign
71% matchMixed67% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: D4
Windows
Psycho Reign is a Single or 2 player co-operative online horror puzzle and stealth game where in each level you will be chased by blood thirsty psychos. Look for and solve mini puzzles in order to progress further on the map. Ultimately, find something to fight back...or get chopped up.
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.6%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Online Co-Op 14.2%, Stealth 8.8%, Co-op 7.9%
- #50 BOKURA: planet
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,637 reviews2025
Dev: tokoronyoriPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
"There's something I can't tell you..." Explore new frontiers of co-op gaming in BOKURA: planet, a puzzle adventure game that you can only play with two players. Take on the role of a spaceship's exploration crew and try to escape from the red planet you crash-landed on.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.7%, Action 13.9%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Adventure 11.2%, Multiplayer 9.8%
- #51 We Escaped a Twisted Game
67% matchVery Positive94% of 898 reviews2025
Dev: Deluded Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A two-player co-op horror escape. Trapped in a haunted manor, you’ll need to solve puzzles, work together, and trust each other to make it out alive.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.6%, Multiplayer 24.8%, Co-op 14.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #52 Sonder
68% matchVery Positive90% of 800 reviews2024
Dev: Finally Games
Windows
Experience an innovative co-op adventure where two players have to work together. Engage in collaborative puzzle solving and dynamic combat with each player having unique abilities. Delve into a psychological narrative that explores the essence of humanity.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.3%, Local Co-Op 27%, Platformer 15.9%, Adventure 9.2%, Co-op 7.2%
- #53 Obscure II (Obscure: The Aftermath)
71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,647 reviews2014
Dev: Hydravision EntertainmentPub: Mighty Rocket Studio
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Two years ago, a group of young teenagers found themselves trapped inside their school. They suffered through the longest night of their lives, chased by abominable creatures created by their principal. Some of them survived that terrible night, while others perished.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 40.2%, Survival Horror 29.3%, Co-op 7.6%, Action 6.1%, Adventure 4.2%
- #54 Chased by Darkness
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 414 reviews2021
Dev: South Blue Moon
Windows
Median: 2.8 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: Survival Horror 31.4%, Online Co-Op 18.6%, Multiplayer 17.6%, Co-op 9.8%, Gore 9.4%
- #55 DYO
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,962 reviews2018
Dev: Josia RoncancioPub: Team DYO
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
DYO is a mind-bending cooperative platformer for one or two players where you can hop between two halves of a split screen.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 48.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Platformer 9.8%, Co-op 8.8%
- #56 Follow Us
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Game Atelier
Windows
2-player asymmetrical co-op game, Follow Us is a hilarious and horrifying relationship stress test, where one player explores a spooky environment, while another guides them remotely from the van, trying to keep their partner alive.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.9%, Survival Horror 17%, Co-op 15.7%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Action 8.7%
- #57 Sujefa
65% matchVery Positive94% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: MegaPropeller
Windows
Sujefa is co-op puzzle platformer where two players can play as Rock, Paper or Scissors. Work together to solve puzzles and reach the end. Play online or locally on a shared screen.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 32.7%, Online Co-Op 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Platformer 10.9%
- #58 Welcome to Dustown
67% matchMixed50% of 820 reviews2025
Dev: Onze 8 Degrés
Windows
Welcome to Dustown is a single-player or cooperative horror game for up to 4 players. Play as field scientists exploring vast labyrinthine cornfields, collecting samples and evidence for a mysterious corporation. Make sure you don't get killed at the crossroads.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.8%, Multiplayer 18.6%, Online Co-Op 18%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Co-op 9.1%
- #59 Sync Or Sink
65% matchVery Positive90% of 162 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: Multiplayer 28.3%, Co-op 18%, Action 16%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Dark 9.6%