- #1 Escape the Backrooms
97% matchVery Positive90% of 166,958 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: Horror 18.1%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Escape Room 14.1% ★, Multiplayer 13.6%, Survival Horror 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the same eerie exploration and cooperative escape room mechanics in claustrophobic, unsettling environments.
- #2 Inside the Backrooms
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 46,832 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 20.9%, Multiplayer 17.7%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10%
Why You'll Like It: Features similar atmospheric horror, puzzle elements, and cooperative survival gameplay within a mysterious setting.
- #3 Backrooms: Escape Together
96% matchVery Positive89% of 49,842 reviews2022
Dev: Triiodide Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 18.3%, Horror 16.5%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Employs identical online co-op survival horror dynamics where players must navigate dangerous uncanny spaces together.
- #4 Dark Hours
95% matchVery Positive82% of 4,236 reviews2025
Dev: Piece of Cake studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Online Co-Op 16.6%, Horror 14%, Survival Horror 11.7%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Co-op 11%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-stakes online co-op survival horror where players must evade a terrifying threat in a restricted area.
- #5 FOREWARNED
94% matchVery Positive90% of 6,668 reviews2024
Dev: Dreambyte Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 12.3 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 19.9%, Horror 18.1%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Co-op 12.5%, Multiplayer 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers archaeological cooperative horror exploration filled with ancient dangers, puzzles, and atmospheric tension.
- #6 Phasmophobia
94% matchVery Positive94% of 840,154 reviews2020
Dev: Kinetic Games
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 51.8 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: Horror 28.6%, Online Co-Op 24.5%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Co-op 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the same tense first-person cooperative ghost-hunting and survival atmosphere found in nocturnal investigations.
- #7 Lethal Company
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 511,107 reviews2023
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 29.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.6%, Horror 19.2%, Survival Horror 14%, Co-op 13.2%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Matches the terrifying cooperative exploration of dark, dangerous industrial facilities with friends.
- #8 Ghost Watchers
92% matchVery Positive86% of 16,334 reviews2025
Dev: Renderise
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Ghost Watchers is a co-op online horror game. You will explore and hunt ghosts in abandoned houses
Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Co-op 20.1%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Online Co-Op 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a similar cooperative horror experience focused on identifying and surviving encounters with supernatural entities.
- #9 Content Warning
91% matchVery Positive94% of 163,640 reviews2024
Dev: ZorroPub: Evil Landfall?
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Film your friends doing scary things to become SpöökTube famous! (strongly advised to not go alone)
Why similar: Online Co-Op 24.3%, Horror 19.1%, Co-op 13.7%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Survival Horror 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines cooperative exploration of creepy underground environments with survival horror dread and multiplayer shenanigans.
- #10 Occult
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,962 reviews2022
Dev: Renderise
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 22.5%, Online Co-Op 16.4%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Co-op 14%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features dark cooperative investigation and survival against horrifying monsters in mysterious, atmospheric locations.
- #11 Pacify
90% matchVery Positive86% of 42,795 reviews2019
Dev: Shawn HitchcockPub: Hitchcock Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.1 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: Horror 23.9%, Online Co-Op 23%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Co-op 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10%
Why You'll Like It: A terrifying multiplayer co-op horror game requiring teamwork to escape a haunted environment and defeat a malevolent entity.
- #12 Hospital 666
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,418 reviews2024
Dev: Lokin
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hospital 666 is a 1-4 player horror escape game. Traverse through eerie hospital levels while observing the occurrence of anomalies and choosing the correct elevator. Some abnormal bosses will chase you to death, and you must find the right way to escape them.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.9%, Horror 24.6%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Exploration 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological co-op horror experience that challenges players to navigate unsettling repeating environments while avoiding anomalies.
- #13 In Silence
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 11,958 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: Horror 20.8%, Online Co-Op 18.4%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Survival Horror 13%, Co-op 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes cooperative survival horror where communication and stealth are vital to evading a blind, hearing-sensitive monster.
- #14 Demonologist
86% matchVery Positive85% of 24,258 reviews2023
Dev: Clock Wizard Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 18.2 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 19.2%, Horror 17.2%, Multiplayer 14%, Co-op 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an intense cooperative ghost-hunting horror experience with high production values and terrifying atmospheric scares.
- #15 Lunch Lady
87% matchVery Positive85% of 13,082 reviews2021
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 20.2%, Horror 18.7%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Multiplayer 13%, Co-op 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival horror game where players must cooperate to find items and escape a murderous entity inside a building.
- #16 We Were Here Too
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 11,320 reviews2018
Dev: Total Mayhem Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As your final hour approaches, a large structure looms up in the distance, towering above the relentless storm. Discover the truth behind this dark castle in a communication-based, cooperative puzzle adventure.
Why similar: Escape Room 28.4% ★, Online Co-Op 16%, Co-op 11.5%, Horror 11.2%, Multiplayer 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on cooperative escape room puzzle-solving in a dark, mysterious castle environment requiring constant communication.
- #17 Nuclear Nightmare
86% matchVery Positive81% of 19,279 reviews2024
Dev: BG Productions
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 23%, Survival Horror 18%, Horror 15.9%, Co-op 12.9%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person online co-op survival horror with tense exploration of hazardous, atmospheric locations.
- #18 DEVOUR
84% matchVery Positive90% of 88,265 reviews2021
Dev: Straight Back Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 26.8%, Online Co-Op 22.9%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Survival Horror 12%, Co-op 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced co-op survival horror game where players must work together to stop a possessed cult leader before being hunted down.
- #19 Inout
84% matchMixed69% of 254 reviews2025
Dev: Gample
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 15.5%, Horror 13.1%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Co-op 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features cooperative survival horror gameplay centered around escaping dark and dangerous spaces with friends.
- #20 Agonize
85% 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: Online Co-Op 16.7%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Horror 13.5%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Co-op 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Involves online co-op psychological horror and supernatural investigation elements mirroring tense nocturnal hunts.
- #21 Shift At Midnight
81% matchVery Positive88% of 12,524 reviews2026
Dev: Bun MuenPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
An online co-op detective horror for up to 3 players. Work together across randomly generated shifts to investigate your customers, as some are only pretending to be human. Make one mistake, and you’ll be forced to board up, set traps, and hide.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.4%, Horror 22.3%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Survival Horror 12.2%, Co-op 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers retro-styled online co-op horror gameplay focused on surviving a harrowing shift in a creepy location.
- #22 Labyrinthine
82% matchVery Positive84% of 17,494 reviews2023
Dev: Valko Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.5 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 21.6%, Horror 19.6%, Co-op 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Multiplayer 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features sprawling cooperative maze exploration filled with psychological horror and terrifying entities lurking in the dark.
- #23 Forsake: Urban horror
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 225 reviews2023
Dev: Unseen Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Forsake is a 1 to 4 player co-op online survival horror game where each player is a member of an urban explorer group. Choose your equipment to explore places full of paranormal and exorcise them, if you think you can handle it!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 17.1%, Survival Horror 15%, Horror 14.3%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Co-op 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Tasks online co-op players with exploring eerie abandoned locations while gathering clues and surviving entity encounters.
- #24 DON'T SCREAM TOGETHER
82% matchMixed50% of 2,727 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Cybercherries
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A very simple co-op jumpscare horror experience where you and friends walk through a pitch black forest and try to stay quiet. Reach 8:00 AM without screaming or making a loud noise, or everyone dies. You will scream, shout, and probably laugh.
Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Online Co-Op 25.5%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Survival Horror 14%, Co-op 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: An online co-op horror game where audio detection mechanics heighten the tension of exploring dark environments.
- #25 Anomaly Company
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 218 reviews2026
Dev: Kekdot
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
You and your crew are sent in to assess reality in this 4-player co-op horror game. Memorize the environment. Spot disturbing anomalies. Decide if the timeline is safe. One bad call—and you’re forced to start over.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 22%, Horror 16.3%, Co-op 14.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Multiplayer 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: Blends online co-op horror and psychological tension as players investigate and deal with strange paranormal anomalies.
- #26 Backrooms Rec.
81% matchMixed69% of 2,129 reviews2024
Dev: Liminal Logic
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 21.4%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Horror 15%, Psychological Horror 10%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar found-footage style cooperative survival horror experience in surreal labyrinthine levels.
- #27 The Exit 8
79% matchVery Positive93% of 11,657 reviews2023
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Horror 32.2%, Psychological Horror 28.2%, First-Person 13.8%, Exploration 13%, Puzzle 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tense observation of uncanny hallways and anomalous environments similar to surreal exploration games.
- #28 Escape Simulator
79% matchVery Positive94% of 19,414 reviews2021
Dev: Pine Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.
Why similar: Escape Room 35.7% ★, Co-op 19.2%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Puzzle 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers intense first-person cooperative escape room puzzle mechanics, though lighter on the horror elements.
- #29 Jester: A Foolish Ritual
78% matchVery Positive87% of 132 reviews2025
Dev: Fire Foot Studios
Windows
A co-op survival horror game set in a dark medieval castle. Play as one of four resurrected knights and work together to find hidden runes, unlock the ritual chamber, and escape before the Jester hunts you down. Teamwork, stealth, and survival are your only hope.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.3%, Horror 13.7%, Co-op 12.5%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A PvE survival horror game requiring cooperative strategy to survive against a relentless malevolent entity.
- #30 Ghost Janitors
77% matchVery Positive87% of 1,158 reviews2025
Dev: Interactive Wave Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 18.8%, Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Co-op 10.6%
- #31 Backrooms: Extractions
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 824 reviews2025
Dev: Headlight Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Co-op horror for 1 to 6 players. Anyone can try to escape the Backrooms. You are going back in: locate the lost agents, solve the puzzles, film the entities, and hold out until extraction. Everything you carry can be lost. Your ranks, gear and storage are built to last.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 15.5%, Horror 12.4%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Co-op 10.1%
- #32 Silent Rain
78% 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: Horror 14.2%, Online Co-Op 14%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Co-op 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A moody first-person atmospheric horror game that relies on environmental dread and tension to scare players.
- #33 Zort
74% matchVery Positive90% of 14,124 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 24.5%, Horror 19.6%, Co-op 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #34 Dark Hours: Prologue
75% matchVery Positive89% of 6,233 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: Horror 20.4%, Online Co-Op 19.4%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #35 Backrooms Media
76% matchMixed40% of 649 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: Escape Room 20.9% ★, Co-op 12.7%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Survival Horror 10.3%
- #36 Forsaken Frontiers
74% matchVery Positive81% of 510 reviews2025
Dev: made in fairyland
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Step into the frozen unknown in Forsaken Frontiers, a cooperative analog horror adventure set in the unforgiving embrace of an everlasting winter.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 19.3%, Horror 14.4%, Co-op 13.4%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
- #37 Storebound
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,461 reviews2026
Dev: Embers
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 17.1%, Horror 13.9%, Co-op 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Multiplayer 9.8%
- #38 Somewhere in the Shadow
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 734 reviews2021
Dev: Aydy
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Woke up in strange dark spot. Who has done it with you? And why? Try to get out from that scary place and stay alive...
Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.2%, Horror 21.3%, Co-op 14.9%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Survival Horror 12.9%
- #39 Paranoia Place: Escape Together
73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,846 reviews2025
Dev: Bloody Pixel Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
PARANOIA PLACE is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Together or alone, you will need to solve puzzles, find items and run from the bloodthirsty demonic killer.
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.3%, Horror 13%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Co-op 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
- #40 The Backrooms : Last Expedition
75% matchMixed51% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Valkyrie Interactive
Windows
"The Backrooms: Last Expedition" is a cooperative horror game designed for 1 to 4 players. Its main objective is to create an enjoyable gaming experience for friends. Players will navigate through terrifying levels, filled with various entities and dangers, as they strive to escape.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 16.4%, Horror 13.8%, Survival Horror 13%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #41 School 666
72% matchVery Positive84% of 691 reviews2025
Dev: Lokin
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 28.2%, Horror 23.4%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, First-Person 8.9%, Exploration 4.8%
- #42 PANICORE
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,019 reviews2024
Dev: ZTEK Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 18%, Horror 17.3%, Survival Horror 14%, Co-op 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #43 Species: Unknown
69% matchVery Positive94% of 11,374 reviews2025
Dev: WanadevStudio
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Species: Unknown is a 1 to 4 players co-op survival horror. Complete high-risk missions aboard an abandoned ship while being hunted by an unknown creature. Survive and upgrade your gear to face each new threat that lurks in the dark.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 23%, Horror 18.7%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Stealth 9.8%
- #44 Backrooms Lost Runners
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 737 reviews2026
Dev: ShimStudioGames
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Online Co-Op 14.5%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Horror 11.3%, Co-op 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #45 Chased by Darkness
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 417 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: Online Co-Op 21.4%, Horror 19.3%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Co-op 14.4%, Multiplayer 12.9%
- #46 INVITATION To FEAR
73% matchMixed60% of 480 reviews2021
Dev: CHEST BOX
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
『INVITATION To FEAR』 is a survival horror game for 1 to 4 players. After receiving one of the invitations, you will wake up in an unfamiliar place. Before long, you will realize that a terrifying creature is wandering around the building. Don't let "her" find you.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 14.5%, Horror 12.6%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Co-op 11.5%, Multiplayer 10.8%
- #47 NO BACKUP
69% matchMixed68% of 1,056 reviews2026
Dev: Serundeox
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Escape together or die alone. A relentless creature is hunting you in this intense co-op bodycam horror experience. Communicate. Stay quiet. Survive. Every move matters. Every sound could be your last. Made by one developer.
Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Online Co-Op 18.4%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Survival Horror 10.6%
- #48 Project Unknown
68% matchVery Positive83% of 925 reviews2025
Dev: PsychoRavensPub: Nightmare Studios
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.5 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 18.9%, Horror 15.3%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Co-op 13.2%, Multiplayer 12.8%
- #49 Forest Escape: Last Train
67% matchVery Positive81% of 598 reviews2026
Dev: Frag Lab, LLCPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Online Co-Op 17.8%, Horror 15%, Co-op 12.6%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Survival Horror 11.9%
- #50 Hellcoming
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 823 reviews2021
Dev: AAD Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Online Co-Op 17.3%, Horror 14%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Co-op 11.6%, Multiplayer 11.3%
- #51 MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!
67% matchVery Positive83% of 704 reviews2026
Dev: Absam Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In this survival horror, you're surrounded by sea and a towering gate ahead. Walk into the maze, hunt, gather, and run to survive, alone or with friends. Remember: You're not the only one starving...
Why similar: Multiplayer 16.6%, Co-op 16.3%, Horror 16%, Survival 12.6%, Online Co-Op 8.9%
- #52 Paranormal Cleanup
66% matchVery Positive88% of 1,259 reviews2025
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Online Co-Op 19%, Horror 15.4%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Stealth 10.9%
- #53 Escape From Monster
69% matchMixed67% of 277 reviews2022
Dev: Thunder Games
Windows
You woke up in a dusty room, in an unknown place, with no memory of how you got here. Your pockets are empty, and there is something outside the door producing frightening sounds.
Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Co-op 12.3%, Online Co-Op 10.6%
- #54 Damned 2
66% matchVery Positive88% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: 9heads Game StudiosPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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: Escape Room 15.7% ★, Online Co-Op 14.2%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.9%, Co-op 10.9%
- #55 CRYO
65% matchVery Positive87% of 576 reviews2025
Dev: Valko Game Studios
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
CRYO is a multiplayer co-op survival horror for 1-4 players. You have been deployed by your company to various locations around the Antarctic due to communication issues. What awaits you in these dark, remote regions is far more sinister than a technical fault...
Why similar: Horror 20.4%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Stealth 10.8%, Survival Horror 9.6%, First-Person 8.9%
- #56 Horror Squad
70% matchMixed53% of 699 reviews2021
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.1 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: Online Co-Op 15.4%, Horror 15.3%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Co-op 13.6%, Multiplayer 12.9%
- #57 Boo Men
66% matchVery Positive87% of 2,656 reviews2022
Dev: Twisted Corridor👻
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 13.6 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 21.8%, Horror 19.3%, Multiplayer 14%, Co-op 9.6%, Stealth 8.9%
- #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 15.6%, Horror 12.9%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Co-op 11%, Multiplayer 10.9%
