- #1 No More Room in Hell
97% matchVery Positive90% of 75,677 reviews2013
Dev: No More Room in Hell TeamPub: Lever Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.
Why similar: Zombies 31.1%, Survival 10.2%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Co-op 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: The original title provides the foundational experience of realistic, slow-paced zombie survival that the sequel builds upon.
- #2 GTFO
96% matchVery Positive84% of 65,286 reviews2021
Dev: 10 Chambers
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 17.5%, Co-op 12.9%, Survival Horror 12.6%, FPS 11.3%, Zombies 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A punishing, atmospheric co-op experience that demands extreme coordination and stealth to survive against overwhelming odds.
- #3 Left 4 Dead 2
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,024,556 reviews2009
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 97.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Why similar: Zombies 38.7%, Co-op 12.6%, FPS 9.7%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Multiplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive cooperative zombie shooter that established the genre standards for team-based survival and dynamic enemy encounters.
- #4 World War Z
95% matchVery Positive83% of 30,228 reviews2021
Dev: Saber Interactive Inc
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 35.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.
Why similar: Zombies 33%, Online Co-Op 16.5%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Co-op 10.8%, Survival Horror 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features massive, swarming zombie hordes that require players to use environmental traps and coordinated fire to survive.
- #5 Back 4 Blood
94% matchMixed69% of 72,160 reviews2021
Dev: Turtle Rock StudiosPub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 43.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.
Why similar: Zombies 26.2%, Online Co-Op 16.1%, Co-op 9.6%, FPS 9.5%, Multiplayer 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A spiritual successor to classic zombie shooters that introduces card-based mechanics to customize team builds and survival strategies.
- #6 The Outlast Trials
93% 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 21.4%, Survival Horror 19.8%, Multiplayer 17%, Horror 13.4%, Survival 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A terrifying co-op horror experience that forces players to work together to complete objectives while avoiding lethal threats.
- #7 Killing Floor 2
94% matchVery Positive88% of 128,238 reviews2016
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 86.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
Why similar: Zombies 18.1%, Online Co-Op 12%, Survival Horror 11%, Co-op 9.6%, FPS 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on visceral, high-octane horde combat with a deep progression system that rewards tactical team play.
- #8 Contagion
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,669 reviews2013
Dev: Monochrome, Inc
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
Why similar: Zombies 28.5%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Co-op 11.7%, FPS 10%, Survival 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic zombie survival shooter that emphasizes limited resources and the constant threat of infection.
- #9 Killing Floor 3
91% matchMixed47% of 19,621 reviews2025
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
It’s 2091 and megacorp Horzine has produced the ultimate army: an obedient horde of bioengineered monsters called zeds. Now, join the rebel group Nightfall in this co-op action/horror FPS that puts you and your teammates in a battle for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Zombies 22.4%, Co-op 14%, FPS 13.5%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Shooter 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The latest evolution in horde-based survival, featuring modern graphics and refined cooperative combat mechanics.
- #10 Zombie Panic! Source
91% matchVery Positive85% of 7,823 reviews2008
Dev: Zombie Panic! Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Dive into the zombie apocalypse with Zombie Panic! Source: a cooperative, survival-horror first-person-shooter. A fast-paced standalone modification.
Why similar: Zombies 30.3%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Survival 9.9%, Online Co-Op 8.8%, Co-op 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic, community-driven survival mod turned standalone game that focuses on slow, methodical zombie encounters.
- #11 7 Days to Die
89% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Zombies 29.5%, Survival 19.6%, Online Co-Op 17.2%, Multiplayer 12.6%, FPS 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep survival-crafting mechanics with intense, wave-based zombie defense that tests your ability to prepare for the night.
- #12 Sker Ritual
90% matchVery Positive82% of 5,864 reviews2024
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
An intense round-based zombie survival FPS, play solo or co-op. Shoot your way through relentless waves of vicious horrors with high-octane objectives, upgrading steampunk weapons, collecting Celtic God powers, and surviving the onslaught of the Quiet Ones.
Why similar: Zombies 15.3%, Co-op 14%, Online Co-Op 11%, Survival Horror 10.5%, FPS 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A round-based survival horror game that emphasizes atmospheric tension and cooperative objective completion.
- #13 Dying Light
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 482,438 reviews2015
Dev: Techland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.6 hrsMean: 60.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Why similar: Zombies 24.3%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Online Co-Op 15%, FPS 9%, Survival 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a seamless blend of first-person parkour and brutal melee combat within a dangerous, zombie-infested open world.
- #14 SCP: 5K
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 14,579 reviews2022
Dev: Affray InteractivePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
SCP: 5K is a co-op or singleplayer tactical horror FPS project that puts players in the midst of a conspiracy where the SCP Foundation has turned on humanity. Enjoy Early Access as we continue to work towards a completed full release of the project!
Why similar: Co-op 24.7%, FPS 16.1%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Shooter 11.4%, Lore-Rich 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, atmospheric horror shooter that prioritizes realistic gunplay and team communication in a dark, mysterious setting.
- #15 Whisper Mountain Outbreak
86% matchVery Positive85% of 2,284 reviews2025
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Escape room meets co-op survival horror. The year is 1998, and an ancient curse has been unleashed, trapping everyone on Mount Bisik. Alone or with up to 4 players, you must explore, find clues, figure out a way to escape...and survive the horror.
Why similar: Zombies 26.1%, Online Co-Op 21.6%, Survival Horror 20.6%, Co-op 9.7%, Horror 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric survival horror game that focuses on cooperative puzzle-solving and managing limited supplies under pressure.
- #16 BrainBread 2
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 5,198 reviews2022
Dev: Reperio Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Grab a weapon, demolish your enemies, level up, become more powerful, let the gore flow, let the limbs fly. BrainBread 2 introduces a zombie fps mixed with RPG / Arcade elements, the game is very action-packed and generally fast-paced.
Why similar: Zombies 31.1%, Multiplayer 13.7%, FPS 12.1%, Co-op 11.3%, Survival 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, arcade-style zombie FPS that offers a more chaotic and action-oriented take on the survival genre.
- #17 Dead Island 2
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 23,672 reviews2024
Dev: Dambuster StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who - or what - you are. Survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer.
Why similar: Zombies 29%, Co-op 20.7%, FPS 10.2%, Survival Horror 9%, Horror 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a visceral, first-person melee experience that focuses on creative dismemberment and survival in a vibrant apocalypse.
- #18 Codename CURE
86% matchVery Positive85% of 16,490 reviews2017
Dev: Raptor Byte
Windows · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Codename CURE is a first person, co-operative zombie game with support for up to five players, providing dynamic, fast-paced zombie fragging with both objective, and survival-based missions.
Why similar: Zombies 24.7%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Co-op 11%, FPS 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, objective-based co-op zombie shooter that captures the classic feel of early source-engine survival games.
- #19 Species: Unknown
84% matchVery Positive95% of 6,260 reviews2025
Dev: WanadevStudio
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.3 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 22%, Survival Horror 16.3%, FPS 10.8%, Horror 10.7%, Multiplayer 10%
Why You'll Like It: An early-access, atmospheric co-op horror game that emphasizes first-person exploration and survival against unknown threats.
- #20 Dead Frontier 2
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 27,956 reviews2019
Dev: Creaky Corpse Ltd
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Survival horror MMO. As one of the few survivors of the outbreak, you must scratch a living out of the decaying ruins of society. Scavenge for supplies, improve your skills, and trade with other players. All the while, keeping your eyes peeled for the infected lurking around every corner.
Why similar: Zombies 24%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Online Co-Op 16.1%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Survival 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: An MMO-lite survival horror game that emphasizes inventory management and scavenging in a decaying world.
- #21 Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 130,870 reviews2022
Dev: Fatshark
Windows
Median: 24.3 hrsMean: 101.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.
Why similar: Zombies 24.1%, Co-op 15.4%, FPS 13.3%, Horror 10%, Shooter 9%
Why You'll Like It: An intense, melee-heavy horde shooter that captures the feeling of being a small team fighting against an endless tide of enemies.
- #22 Backrooms: Escape Together
82% matchVery Positive88% of 34,229 reviews2022
Dev: Triiodide Studios
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A visually lifelike co-op horror for 1-6 people. Journey through 10 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.2%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Multiplayer 17.4%, Co-op 15.4%, Horror 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative horror experience that focuses on exploration and survival in a surreal, unsettling environment.
- #23 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
82% matchVery Positive83% of 67,089 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
Why similar: Zombies 35%, Survival 20.3%, Co-op 13.4%, Online Co-Op 13.2%, Multiplayer 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the long-term survival of a community, requiring players to scavenge, build, and defend against zombie threats.
- #24 SURV1V3
81% matchVery Positive82% of 1,793 reviews2021
Dev: Candymakers
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Forget what you have played so far, SURV1V3 is a unique realistic zombie survival fps game expressly designed for VIRTUAL REALITY that will let you test your survival skills. Play the thrilling story in single mode or coop with your friends (up to 4 players) and survive the apocalypse!
Why similar: Zombies 48.3%, Co-op 13.1%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Survival 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive VR zombie survival game that demands physical interaction and careful resource management to survive.
- #25 Hunt: Showdown 1896
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 268,980 reviews2019
Dev: Crytek
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 177.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is a new era of the addictively unforgiving extraction shooter. In corrupted backwaters lost to history, fight back alone – or with friends – against timeless evil. Twisted monsters and other ruthless Hunters stand between you and your Bounty. Risk everything as Hunt consumes you
Why similar: Zombies 16.7%, Online Co-Op 14.2%, Survival Horror 13.2%, FPS 12.8%, Co-op 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: While not strictly zombies, its high-tension, dark atmosphere and extraction-based gameplay mirror the dread of exploring dangerous maps.
- #26 Ready or Not
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 320,774 reviews2023
Dev: VOID Interactive
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.
Why similar: FPS 23.9%, Co-op 20.3%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Shooter 13.8%, Horror 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: While a tactical police shooter, its slow-paced, high-tension cooperative gameplay is a perfect match for those who enjoy the methodical nature of NMRiH2.
- #27 John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,386 reviews2026
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Pick a character and team up with three friends ‘cause it’s time to save the world. Experience intense FPS action as you obliterate hordes of terrifying monsters! You may not be on the best team of mercenaries, but you are… a Toxic Commando!
Why similar: Zombies 21.6%, Online Co-Op 15.1%, Looter Shooter 15.1% ★, FPS 10.3%, Shooter 7.4%
- #28 Project Zomboid
79% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Zombies 39.2%, Survival 24%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Co-op 11.9%, Survival Horror 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate zombie survival simulator, offering unparalleled depth in mechanics, scavenging, and long-term survival planning.
- #29 HALF DEAD 2
79% 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: Co-op 26.1%, Survival 25.1%, Online Co-Op 15.1%, Multiplayer 14.9%, First-Person 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused co-op game that forces players to navigate deadly traps and enemies in a claustrophobic environment.
- #30 Nuclear Nightmare
77% matchVery Positive81% of 17,749 reviews2024
Dev: BG Productions
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.1 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 26%, Survival Horror 22.4%, Co-op 16%, Horror 10.7%, Multiplayer 8%
- #31 Survive the Nights
76% matchMixed66% of 6,335 reviews2025
Dev: a2z Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
Why similar: Zombies 18.3%, Looter Shooter 14.4% ★, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Co-op 9.3%, Survival 9%
- #32 Outbreak: The New Nightmare
80% matchMixed66% of 274 reviews2018
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Return to the roots of co-op survival horror as you face monstrous hordes, scrounge for supplies and attempt to survive the nightmare. You have one life. Make it count!
Why similar: Zombies 22.3%, Online Co-Op 16.7%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Survival 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that leans into classic mechanics like fixed camera angles and limited inventory to build tension.
- #33 Warhammer: Vermintide 2
78% matchVery Positive85% of 145,447 reviews2018
Dev: Fatshark
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 48.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!
Why similar: Co-op 27.7%, Online Co-Op 23.5%, Multiplayer 14.5%, FPS 10.3%, First-Person 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in cooperative melee combat against massive hordes, requiring tight team synergy to succeed.
- #34 Damned 2
76% 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: Online Co-Op 22.7%, Survival Horror 21.7%, Co-op 18.9%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Horror 11.5%
- #35 PANICORE
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 12,465 reviews2024
Dev: ZTEK Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 30.9%, Horror 18.3%, Multiplayer 17.1%, Co-op 9.5%, Survival 5.7%
- #36 Emissary Zero
74% matchVery Positive84% of 2,800 reviews2025
Dev: Rone Vine
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Co-op horror (1-4 players). You are sent to explore a mysterious building at night. Find the Moon and try to return alive.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 20.8%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Multiplayer 14.9%, Co-op 14.6%, Horror 12%
- #37 KLETKA
72% matchVery Positive91% of 6,472 reviews2026
Dev: Callback
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
KLETKA is a co-op (up to 6 players) horror game about going down in an elevator that is trying to eat you. Feed the elevator, explore deadly floors and descend deeper.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.3%, Co-op 22.8%, Horror 13.3%, First-Person 10.6%, PvE 8.9%
- #38 Backrooms: Extractions
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 618 reviews2025
Dev: Headlight Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Cooperate with up to 6 players to explore, search, and extract lost agents within the Backrooms. Solve puzzles, unlock tools, survive against entities, and progress through increasingly dangerous levels.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.3%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Multiplayer 14%, Horror 10.6%, Co-op 10.3%
- #39 Backrooms Society
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 656 reviews2023
Dev: Mikael Bihl
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Backrooms Society is a 1-8 player co-op horror game. Make your way through unique levels of the backrooms while trying to survive and avoid mysterious entities. Scavenge each level for gear and resources, bring it back to The Hub where you can sell valuables and buy/craft new gear.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.4%, Online Co-Op 26.6%, Multiplayer 18.4%, Horror 14.6%, First-Person 7.6%
- #40 Murky Divers
73% matchVery Positive88% of 5,170 reviews2024
Dev: Embers
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 26%, Survival Horror 20.2%, Multiplayer 17.9%, Horror 13.7%, First-Person 10.5%
- #41 Inside the Backrooms
73% matchVery Positive81% of 45,968 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: Multiplayer 18.5%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Online Co-Op 14.9%, Horror 14.9%, Co-op 12.8%
- #42 PONE
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 244 reviews2025
Dev: Graggl
Windows
A co-op survival horror game where you and your closest friends must work together to survive in an upside down world crawling with the infected.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.2%, Co-op 11.8%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Horror 10.9%
- #43 Dark Hours
70% matchVery Positive83% of 3,657 reviews2025
Dev: Piece of Cake studios
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 18.6%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Co-op 13.5%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Survival 10.4%
- #44 The Headliners
70% matchVery Positive86% of 9,668 reviews2025
Dev: KAFI
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Co-op horror game where you play in teams of 1 to 8 reckless journalists, ready to explore a city overrun by deadly creatures to snap spectacular footage. Your only goal: make the headlines without becoming one.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.7%, Co-op 19.7%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Horror 12.5%, Survival Horror 6.5%
- #45 The Midnight Walkers
71% matchMixed56% of 1,432 reviews2026
Dev: Oneway Ticket Studio
Windows
Fight, scavenge, and extract in The Midnight Walkers, a hardcore FPS game with deadly zombies, dangerous players, and valuable loot. Craft weapons, armor, and consumables; trade items; and maintain your hideout. Escape Liberty Grand Center mega complex, and thrive...or die and lose everything.
Why similar: Zombies 23.6%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, FPS 11.4%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Shooter 8%
- #46 Backrooms Rec.
71% matchMixed70% of 1,667 reviews2024
Dev: Liminal Logic
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 22%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Multiplayer 13.9%, FPS 12.6%, Co-op 10.8%
- #47 Left 4 Dead
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 66,127 reviews2008
Dev: Valve
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 64.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.
Why similar: Zombies 35%, Co-op 13.8%, FPS 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Multiplayer 9.2%
- #48 VEIN
68% matchVery Positive90% of 9,542 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
Why similar: Zombies 29.9%, Survival 17.7%, Co-op 15.5%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Multiplayer 11.3%
- #49 GONE Fishing
68% matchVery Positive90% of 2,630 reviews2025
Dev: GONE Studios
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
GONE Fishing is a 1-8 player survival horror game where you and your friends must work together to stay alive, by fishing. The only way to survive is to keep feeding the lake’s insatiable hunger before it feeds on you. Can you satisfy the hunger... or will you become the next offering?
Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.7%, Co-op 15.4%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Survival Horror 13%, Horror 11.3%
- #50 After the Fall®
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,055 reviews2021
Dev: Vertigo Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
From the team that brought you Arizona Sunshine® comes an epic VR action FPS with intense co-op gameplay at its core. Team up with friends and take on a hostile VR world filled with ferocious undead--mutated and twisted by the relentless cold.
Why similar: Zombies 22.8%, Looter Shooter 17.5% ★, Co-op 14.7%, FPS 11.5%, Survival Horror 10%
- #51 MISERY
66% matchVery Positive85% of 17,893 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 19.5%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Co-op 13.9%, Survival 13.6%, Multiplayer 11.4%
- #52 Deathground
67% matchMixed63% of 958 reviews2025
Dev: Jaw Drop Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A 1-4 player co-op horror game that throws you into a desperate fight for survival against deadly dinosaurs. Run, hide and work together to complete missions and uncover the secrets buried within the abandoned AEON research facility. Can you and your friends make it out alive?
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.1%, Survival 19.8%, Horror 16.1%, PvE 11.9%, First-Person 11%
- #53 Nasty Zombies
67% matchVery Positive96% of 195 reviews2024
Dev: Con No 1
Windows
Team up with up to 4 players and take on endless waves of Nasty Zombies in a high-intensity, movement-focused boomer shooter. Use agility and smart positioning to survive semi-procedural maps and unlock permanent upgrades like Blessings, Miracles, and cosmetics.
Why similar: Zombies 19.5%, Online Co-Op 16.7%, Survival Horror 12.7%, FPS 12.5%, Multiplayer 9.7%
- #54 Dying Light: The Beast Restored Land
64% matchVery Positive87% of 65,679 reviews2025
Dev: Techland
Windows
Median: 23.2 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
BECOME THE BEAST. SURVIVE THE NIGHT. A terrifying new chapter in the Dying Light universe begins. As Kyle Crane, explore the vast and unpredictable wilderness, uncover a deadly evolution of the infected, and learn to control the beastly powers awakening inside you.
Why similar: Zombies 47%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Horror 14.3%, First-Person 12.6%, Action 5.8%
- #55 Escape the Backrooms
63% matchVery Positive91% of 134,540 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy GamesPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 12.9 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: Online Co-Op 22.7%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Horror 17.6%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Co-op 14.8%
- #56 FOREWARNED
65% 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: Online Co-Op 22.5%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Co-op 15.2%, Horror 12.2%, Multiplayer 10.6%
- #57 Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2
69% matchVery Positive85% of 4,163 reviews2013
Pub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
** Please note: a remastered and improved edition of this game is now available in Zombie Army Trilogy.**Experience a terrifyingly intense co-op campaign for up to four players in this gut-wrenching sequel to Steam best-seller, Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army.
Why similar: Zombies 44.8%, Co-op 16.3%, Online Co-Op 6.3%, Multiplayer 6.2%, Horror 5.1%
- #58 The Forever Winter
65% matchMixed69% of 23,078 reviews2024
Dev: Fun Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Forever Winter is a tactical shooter where you and your squad must loot the dead to survive under the shadow of terrifying and gargantuan war machines locked in a never-ending conflict. Millions of deaths later the war continues with our latest update!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 41.7% ★, Co-op 15.2%, Horror 13.7%, PvE 13.2%, Shooter 12.5%