- #1 Dead by Daylight
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 888,188 reviews2016
Dev: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 34.4 hrsMean: 355.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits. Pick a side and step into a world of tension and terror with horror gaming's best asymmetrical multiplayer.
Why similar: Horror 37.8%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Co-op 8.4%, Gore 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive asymmetric horror experience that mirrors the 4v1 survival gameplay and objective-based escape mechanics of Last Year.
- #2 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
96% matchMixed66% of 22,597 reviews2023
Dev: Sumo DigitalPub: Gun Interactive
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 64.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 17.2%, Multiplayer 16.9%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Gore 13.9%, Team-Based 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a tense 4v3 asymmetric experience that captures the same gritty, team-based survival horror feel.
- #3 The Outlast Trials
96% matchVery Positive93% of 98,919 reviews2024
Dev: Red Barrels
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 32.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
Why similar: Co-op 23%, Horror 19.7%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Gore 5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-intensity co-op survival where players must work together to complete objectives while avoiding terrifying threats.
- #4 Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,777 reviews2024
Dev: IllFonicPub: IllFonic Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Survival Horror 15.1%, Team-Based 13.8%, Co-op 13.7%, Multiplayer 13%, Horror 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A modern asymmetric multiplayer horror game that emphasizes team-based survival and creative combat against a powerful antagonist.
- #5 Deceit 2
94% matchMixed58% of 6,376 reviews2023
Dev: World Makers
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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: Multiplayer 31.3%, Survival Horror 30.2%, Horror 20.2%, First-Person 7.8%, Action 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines social deduction with asymmetric horror, forcing players to identify the threat within their ranks while completing objectives.
- #6 Midnight Ghost Hunt
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 7,523 reviews2024
Dev: Vaulted Sky GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The chaotic multiplayer hide-and-seek game. Possess seemingly harmless objects as Ghosts or chase them down as Hunters before the clock strikes midnight!
Why similar: Team-Based 22.3%, Multiplayer 22.1%, Co-op 18.2%, Horror 15.3%, First-Person 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A unique asymmetric game where players switch between hunting and being hunted, matching the high-intensity pacing of Last Year.
- #7 Demonologist
92% matchVery Positive85% of 23,523 reviews2023
Dev: Clock Wizard Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 17.7 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: Co-op 24.8%, Horror 24%, Multiplayer 22.4%, Demons 8.3%, First-Person 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative horror game that emphasizes team communication and survival against supernatural entities in atmospheric environments.
- #8 In Silence
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 11,917 reviews2021
Dev: Ravenhood Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 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 26%, Multiplayer 21.8%, Survival Horror 17.7%, Co-op 16.3%, Survival 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique sound-based mechanic where survivors must stay quiet to avoid a creature that hunts based on noise.
- #9 DEVOUR
90% matchVery Positive91% of 86,959 reviews2021
Dev: Straight Back Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.4 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 33.1%, Multiplayer 20.7%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Co-op 13.4%, Gore 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A terrifying co-op survival game where players must work together to stop a ritual before being overwhelmed by a demonic force.
- #10 White Noise 2
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,868 reviews2017
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 21%, Multiplayer 18.1%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Co-op 14.3%, Team-Based 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic 4v1 horror game that pits a team of investigators against a creature in dark, claustrophobic environments.
- #11 Phasmophobia
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 815,266 reviews2020
Dev: Kinetic Games
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 50.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Why similar: Horror 41.1%, Multiplayer 25.2%, Co-op 21.9%, First-Person 5.4%, Demons 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for cooperative horror investigation, requiring players to work together to survive and identify paranormal threats.
- #12 The Blackout Club
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,870 reviews2019
Dev: Question
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Co-op 29.6%, Horror 26.2%, Multiplayer 22.8%, Action 8.7%, First-Person 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op horror game that focuses on stealth and teamwork to uncover a dark conspiracy in a suburban setting.
- #13 PROJECT: PLAYTIME
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 56,052 reviews2022
Dev: Mob Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
PROJECT: PLAYTIME is a Free-to-Play multiplayer horror game where six players attempt to create one giant toy while surviving a terrifying monster that roams the toy factory. A seventh player controls the monster and is given only one goal: Find and kill everyone.
Why similar: Multiplayer 25.4%, Survival Horror 23.2%, Horror 20.7%, Team-Based 18.1%, First-Person 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A 6v1 asymmetric horror game that features objective-based gameplay and iconic horror characters.
- #14 Lunch Lady
84% matchVery Positive85% of 12,918 reviews2021
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Lunch Lady is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. The school final exams are coming up and the best idea you and your friends had was to steal the test answers. Find all 10 pages and don't get caught by the murderous Lunch Lady!
Why similar: Horror 23.1%, Co-op 20.6%, Multiplayer 18.4%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Team-Based 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced co-op horror game that requires players to collect pages while avoiding a lethal, stalking antagonist.
- #15 HALF DEAD 2
84% matchVery Positive84% of 2,239 reviews2019
Dev: Room710Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Go through deadly rooms of multi-storey building. Team up with other players and make your way through traps with a friendly team (CO-OP)! Or take a weapon and kill them all in the PvP game mode!
Why similar: Gore 21.6%, Co-op 21.5%, Violent 14.3%, Multiplayer 13%, Survival 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that pits players against deadly traps and each other in a high-stakes, sci-fi setting.
- #16 Hellcoming
83% matchMostly Positive79% 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: Co-op 16.9%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Horror 15.3%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Violent 11%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative horror game where players must work together to cleanse locations of demonic activity.
- #17 Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,919 reviews2020
Dev: Glowstick Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals is a multiplayer horror party game with multiple modes where players take on the role of monsters or mortals from Dark Deception's universe (and other universes) and fight for soul shards in nightmarish mazes!
Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Multiplayer 22.1%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Co-op 16.4%, Action 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced multiplayer horror game that features various modes and iconic monsters from the series.
- #18 Chased by Darkness
80% 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: Horror 18.4%, Co-op 18.2%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Multiplayer 14%, Gore 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op horror game where players must use light and teamwork to survive against a relentless supernatural hunter.
- #19 Hide and Shriek
79% matchVery Positive82% of 5,323 reviews2017
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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: Multiplayer 44.1%, Horror 33.1%, Co-op 10.3%, First-Person 5.6%, Action 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short-form, competitive multiplayer horror game that focuses on jump scares and trap-setting.
- #20 Home Sweet Home : Online
77% 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 25.1%, Multiplayer 19.2%, Co-op 18%, Survival 12.1%, Action 8.9%
- #21 Inout
75% 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: Co-op 14.9%, Horror 14.9%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Multiplayer 14%, Gore 13%
- #22 Fear Therapy
76% matchMixed67% of 4,728 reviews2021
Dev: Black Flag Studios
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Fear Therapy, is a multiplayer(1-4) and single player psychological horror game.Try to complete the quests and leave the horror house before it is too late! Satan getting angrier every second and nothing holding it back.
Why similar: Horror 34.3%, Multiplayer 30.1%, Co-op 19.1%, Violent 5.3%, Survival Horror 5.2%
- #23 Vade Retro : Exorcist
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,073 reviews2022
Dev: Forceight
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Vade Retro is a PvP exorcism game up to 4 player. Play as Demon and make your opponents go through hell, or join the exorcist team by choosing a specialty to save victims from the devil's grip in this action-packed experience.
Why similar: Co-op 20.5%, Survival Horror 19%, Multiplayer 16.7%, Horror 16.6%, Survival 10.2%
- #24 Damned 2
72% matchVery Positive89% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: 9heads Game StudiosPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Damned 2 is an asymmetrical multiplayer horror game where up to four survivors must work together to survive an unrelenting monster - either player or computer-controlled - while scavenging and solving puzzles in an attempt to escape.
Why similar: Co-op 19.9%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Horror 16.5%, Multiplayer 14.9%, Team-Based 14.5%
- #25 Labrys
74% 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 14.2%, Co-op 14.1%, Horror 12.5%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Gore 11.1%
- #26 Gehinnom
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: Chaos Minds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gehinnom is a multiplayer horror game for 1-4 players. collect clues and complete various quests to perform a ritual and banish the demon that hunts you. Everything in Gehinnom is randomly generated, so you will always be scared.
Why similar: Co-op 16%, Survival Horror 15%, Gore 13.2%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Horror 12.9%
- #27 FOREWARNED
70% matchVery Positive90% of 6,596 reviews2024
Dev: Dreambyte Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 24%, Co-op 21.9%, Survival Horror 21%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Survival 6%
- #28 Daemonical
74% 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: Horror 23.4%, Gore 19%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Violent 15.3%, Multiplayer 10.9%
- #29 Dark Hours: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive88% of 5,427 reviews2024
Dev: Piece of Cake studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.0 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 23.9%, Multiplayer 21.2%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Team-Based 16.3%, Co-op 14.8%
- #30 Depth
72% matchVery Positive88% of 32,723 reviews2014
Dev: Ammobox Studios
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Play as a shark or a diver in a dark aquatic world and overcome your enemies by employing cunning, teamwork, and stealth. Depth blends tension and visceral action as you team up against AI or be matched with other players in heart pounding combat.
Why similar: Co-op 14.5%, Gore 13.6%, Team-Based 13.5%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Multiplayer 12.1%
- #31 Frightened
71% 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: Co-op 17.6%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Horror 15.5%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Gore 10.4%
- #32 Lastbane
70% matchMostly Negative26% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Lionstone Studio
Windows
Lastbane is a CO-OP asymmetric horror game. Together with your friends, you must try to escape the map silently without being caught by sound-sensitive creatures that react to microphones and in-game voice chat.
Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Survival Horror 28.2%, Multiplayer 21.8%, Demons 13.7%, First-Person 7.8%
- #33 Mist of the Dark
73% matchMixed45% of 137 reviews2018
Dev: Visualistic Studios, LLC.Pub: Visualistic Studios, LLC.
Windows
Mist of the Dark challenges your ability to survive. Can you face your fears? Play as a monster and scare your friends. Play as the soldier and use tactics to hunt the monster(s) down. Scare the players. Stick with your team and discover objects and level advantages to take down the monster.
Why similar: Horror 28%, Multiplayer 24.3%, Gore 22%, Violent 17.3%, Action 7.4%
- #34 Occult
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,944 reviews2022
Dev: Renderise
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Occult is a dynamic cooperative game with elements of horror and quest. You are waiting for a variety of opponents, puzzles and endings!
Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Co-op 21.8%, Multiplayer 21.3%, Violent 9.1%, Survival Horror 6.5%
- #35 Paranormal Cleanup
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,088 reviews2025
Dev: Manic Mice
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Clock in for the worst cleaning shift of your life: Unclog nasty toilets and scrub ectoplasm in this 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Get the job done and don't get caught by the entities hunting you!
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.5%, Horror 20.3%, Team-Based 19.4%, Multiplayer 15%, First-Person 7.8%
- #36 PARANOIA PLACE
66% matchVery Positive88% of 1,521 reviews2025
Dev: Bloody Pixel Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
PARANOIA PLACE is a 1-3 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 19.1%, Co-op 17.4%, Horror 15.9%, Gore 13.6%, Multiplayer 11.3%
- #37 No More Room in Hell 2
68% matchMixed48% of 17,994 reviews2024
Dev: Torn Banner Studios
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
No More Room in Hell 2 is a terrifying 8 player co-op action horror experience. Find your friends in the dark and survive - in a dynamic, endlessly replayable zombie apocalypse.
Why similar: Co-op 21.5%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Multiplayer 18.9%, Horror 13.8%, Survival 10.2%
- #38 Horror Legends
68% matchVery Positive90% of 138 reviews2021
Dev: October Games
Windows
Hack, slash, sneak, stalk, and scavenge through this asymmetrical player versus player nightmare as a deadly supernatural Legend or scrappy member of the cast.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.2%, Multiplayer 18.5%, Horror 17.6%, Survival 10.7%, Demons 7.6%
- #39 Death Swap: End As One
68% 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 17.2%, Horror 17.1%, Gore 15.7%, Co-op 15.2%, Multiplayer 14.4%
- #40 FREAKOUT
69% 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: Co-op 15.9%, Survival Horror 15%, Horror 13.5%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Gore 12.2%
- #41 Under Lock
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: NioTum
Windows
Under Lock is a multiplayer asymmetrical PvP horror game for 5 players (4 survivors versus 1 monster). Take the role of a survivor with the goal to outsmart the monster and escape from lockdown. Or choose one from several unique monsters to hunt down and devour the victims.
Why similar: Co-op 18.1%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Team-Based 15.1%, Horror 14.7%, Multiplayer 14.6%
- #42 Ghost Watchers
63% matchVery Positive86% of 16,100 reviews2025
Dev: Renderise
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Ghost Watchers is a co-op online horror game. You will explore and hunt ghosts in abandoned houses
Why similar: Co-op 27.3%, Horror 25.3%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Team-Based 6.6%
- #43 Changgwi
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: Mandam
Windows
First-perspective Co-op horror game (up to 4 online players). A terrible incident has struck a Joseon-era village. Become an investigator and survive the cursed night.
Why similar: Horror 26.2%, Multiplayer 23%, Survival Horror 22.2%, Co-op 15.5%, First-Person 8.3%