Games Like Red Rope: Don't Fall Behind

Perennial Order is a 2D plant horror boss rush with challenging one-hit-death combat. Set in an atmospheric Dark Age world plagued by nature-infested horrors, explore a lore-filled and eldritch land alone or in two player co-op, all in a realistic painterly style.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 34.2%, Lore-Rich 24.2%, Difficult 17.9%, Co-op 6.6%, Atmospheric 6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric boss-rush game that offers a similar sense of dread and high-stakes cooperative combat.

A puzzle platformer with a new twist on co-op and single player gameplay. Solve puzzles, platforming challenges, and encounter dangerous monsters and traps that require you to KILL and resurrect your brother to advance! Death is just part of the adventure.

Why similar: Difficult 33.7%, Local Co-Op 32.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Action 7.7%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging puzzle-platformer where players must use death and resurrection to solve puzzles, matching the dark tone and cooperative difficulty.

Grab your best bud for help in this new co-op challenge to help two adorable penguins, Bread and Fred, reach the top of the snowy summit. Time your jumps, cling to walls and swing across gaps to see how far you can make it before you tumble all the way back down the mountain.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 50.7%, Difficult 24.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Co-op 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the tether mechanic of the seed game, requiring precise coordination to navigate difficult platforming sections while linked together.

Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.

Why similar: Action 29.8%, Adventure 28.6%, Atmospheric 22.2%, Co-op 14.1%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a central tether mechanic where the protagonist uses a yarn string to traverse environments and solve physics-based puzzles.

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: Co-op 32.1%, Atmospheric 26%, Adventure 24.4%, Indie 17.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on intense cooperative communication and puzzle-solving within a dark, atmospheric environment.

Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...

Why similar: Difficult 36.3%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Action 10%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, pixel-art metroidvania that emphasizes momentum and precise movement, capturing the aesthetic and challenge of the seed game.

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 64.7%, Co-op 19.9%, Adventure 7.6%, Action 3.1%, Atmospheric 3%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for cooperative gameplay, requiring constant communication and synergy to overcome varied challenges.

You and your friend are trapped in a mystical world. As time ebbs away you must solve increasingly complex puzzles to escape. Cooperation is key as neither of you have the full picture! Play on two devices, local or remotely, all you need is a voice connection.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 42.3%, Co-op 23.4%, Adventure 14.8%, Indie 12.9%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A mysterious, atmospheric puzzle game that requires players to share information to solve secrets, much like the enigmatic lore of the Labyrinth.

Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.

Why similar: Adventure 29.6%, Local Co-Op 28.5%, Atmospheric 22.7%, Indie 14.6%, Action 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Though single-player, it masterfully utilizes a dual-character control scheme that captures the emotional weight and mechanical bond found in Red Rope.

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 57.9%, Co-op 16.4%, Difficult 10%, Indie 6.9%, Adventure 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer that relies on gravity-based mechanics and seamless teamwork to navigate its world.

Spirits Abyss is a roguelite platformer with destructible terrain. Cast into the Abysm you must explore its diverse depths battling phantasmic meanies and plundering its useful treasures to find a way home... but does something nestle beyond the realmic veil of death?

Why similar: Local Co-Op 39.8%, Difficult 28.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Indie 7%, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, pixel-art roguelike that captures the atmospheric exploration and difficulty of the seed game.

Puzzling Action for One or Two Players.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 35.3%, Difficult 28.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Co-op 7.7%, Action 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, arcade-style cooperative platformer that tests player reflexes and coordination.

Blanc is an artistic cooperative adventure that follows the journey of a wolf cub and a fawn stranded in a vast, snowy wilderness. They must come together in an unlikely partnership to find their families.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 51.5%, Co-op 12.2%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: An artistic, cooperative adventure where two players must coordinate their movements to survive, echoing the tethered feeling of the seed game.

Pitfall Planet is a couch co-op puzzle-solving adventure game set on a distant planet, where you'll need to use teamwork to complete levels and explore the caverns below! Pitfall Planet will put your friendship to the test; will both of you make it out alive?

Why similar: Local Co-Op 68.3%, Adventure 17%, Indie 14.7%

Why You'll Like It: A charming cooperative puzzle game that requires players to help each other navigate dangerous environments.

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 55.7%, Difficult 28%, Co-op 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer where two characters control opposing elements, requiring constant synchronization.

REDO! is a game about a girl trying to find another human in a dystopian world overrun by biomachines. It's a lonely and evocative game about exploring the unknown and overcoming obstacles to see what is left.

Why similar: Difficult 27.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Action 15.7%, Adventure 15.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A melancholic, pixel-art action game that captures the atmospheric, lore-rich nature of the Labyrinth.

Ruin of the Reckless is a breakneck-paced, melee-focused roguelike brawler with very light persistent progression elements and a punishing difficulty curve. Play with a friend!

Why similar: Action 35.1%, Adventure 33.9%, Indie 31.1%

Why You'll Like It: An action-heavy, cooperative roguelike that features fast-paced combat and a dark, pixelated aesthetic.

A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.

Why similar: Atmospheric 30.9%, Adventure 27.3%, Pixel Graphics 22.5%, Indie 10.7%, Female Protagonist 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric adventure game that focuses on exploration and narrative mystery in a dystopian setting.

Shift Happens is a cooperative platformer for two. You and a friend shift your mass, throw each other and puzzle your way through four stages of stylized imaginary worlds. Including the occasional backstabbing and taunting. Play with a friend on a couch, online or even special singleplayer levels.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 71.9%, Co-op 13.8%, Indie 7.7%, Action 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A platformer that relies on cooperative mechanics and character-swapping to overcome obstacles.

Grave Danger is an action packed adventure game about an unlikely group of heroes. Switch between Dante the cowboy, Elliot the wizard, and Malice the reaper; use their different abilities to solve puzzles and make their way out of trouble. Will you be able to guide them to victory?

Why similar: Local Co-Op 52.6%, Action 15.3%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 12.9%, Co-op 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative platformer where players must switch between characters with unique abilities to solve puzzles.

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 57.9%, Indie 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Adventure 8%, Female Protagonist 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, story-rich cooperative game that emphasizes the bond between two distinct characters in a harsh environment.

Heave Ho is a riotous multiplayer party game for up to four players in couch co-op and versus play, or online with Steam Remote Play. Reach out, get a grip, and swing to victory — or meet your messy end!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 60.5%, Co-op 13.2%, Adventure 12.4%, Indie 11.6%, Physics 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based cooperative game where players must physically grab and swing each other to progress, emphasizing the importance of connection.

Command treasure hunters Wyv and Keep through an ancient Amazonian temple in search of the Lost Idol! Use quick reflexes and teamwork to conquer a gauntlet of 60 fiendish puzzles and deadly traps. Unlock the secrets of the mystical Xu'hutl pygmies and their terrifying overlord, the great Quetzecola.

Why similar: Action 36.3%, Indie 31.9%, Adventure 31.8%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer that focuses on complex level design and teamwork.

A physics-based co-op platformer about a guy in a rabbit costume! Team up with a friend or three (local or online) to beat levels, find hidden carrots and race against the clock. Experience bunny madness. Embrace carrot chaos. Become Super Bunny Man.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 60.1%, Co-op 12.2%, Adventure 9.7%, Action 9.6%, Physics 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based cooperative platformer that requires hilarious and precise teamwork to survive.

Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 35.5%, Difficult 27.7%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Action 6.5%, Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, pixel-art action-roguelike that offers the same level of difficulty and exploration found in the seed game.

Biped is a coop action adventure game with a strong focus on moment-to-moment collaboration between 2 players.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 36.7%, Difficult 31.4%, Co-op 7.2%, Adventure 7.2%, Action 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative game focused on physics-based movement and coordination between two players.

Two unique characters and a total of 4 islands and 16 levels to explore, Tobe's Vertical Adventure shall bring you back to the 16-bit era.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 54.4%, Adventure 15.7%, Action 15.3%, Indie 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art platformer that emphasizes cooperative exploration and vertical movement.

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: Co-op 36.1%, Adventure 33.6%, Female Protagonist 21.3%, Stylized 9%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative espionage game that relies heavily on communication and distinct roles to solve puzzles.

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 35.2%, Difficult 25.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Atmospheric 7%, Co-op 6.8%

Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...

Why similar: Indie 38.2%, Adventure 27.2%, Action 14.6%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Physics 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, physics-based platformer that shares the dark, mysterious tone of the seed game.

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: Pixel Graphics 33.9%, Adventure 32.5%, Atmospheric 19.1%, Indie 14.5%

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: Pixel Graphics 23.2%, Co-op 19%, Action 18.2%, Atmospheric 17.6%, Survival 11.7%

CO-OP is a 2.5D puzzle-platformer. You control two robots; R3D, who can absorb all the light sources around him, and BLU3, who converts that energy into an explosive power. They find themselves in what seems like a recycling facility, with drones analyzing their every move...

Why similar: Indie 38.7%, Adventure 31.5%, Co-op 29.8%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling cooperative adventure that emphasizes teamwork in a sci-fi setting.

Double Shoulders is a two player action-adventure game. You take control of Lois and Sam, two kids trying to escape from a strange place filled with dangers and challenges. You'll have to work together to get out of this place alive.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 67.7%, Action 11.8%, Adventure 9.9%, Atmospheric 4.5%, Co-op 3.8%

Explore 20+ handcrafted levels filled with puzzles, secrets, and hidden lore. Collect, trade, and upgrade your tools as you uncover the story behind a realistic world full of danger and discovery.

Why similar: Adventure 21.8%, Action 18.5%, Co-op 16.9%, Indie 16.6%, Female Protagonist 13.1%

A co-op climbing game about two stuck-together toys on an escape mission from their evil owner.

Why similar: Difficult 34.1%, Local Co-Op 32.9%, Co-op 9.5%, Adventure 9.1%, Action 6.4%

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: Atmospheric 21.7%, Action 20.6%, Co-op 18.4%, Indie 14.9%, Adventure 13.3%

"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: Pixel Graphics 27.8%, Action 23.4%, Adventure 23%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Co-op 8.6%

The Left Behind is a solo and co-op post-apocalyptic survival game. Explore a typical Dutch open-world landscape at daytime and beware of hordes of enemies coming in at night. Loot and hunt to survive. Each night, the game becomes increasingly challenging. How long will you survive?

Why similar: Local Co-Op 38.2%, Zombies 20%, Action 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Adventure 8.2%

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 64.3%, Adventure 10.9%, Action 10.1%, Co-op 9.1%, Indie 5.6%

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: Co-op 38.5%, Atmospheric 35.3%, Indie 26.1%

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: Co-op 32%, Action 21.6%, Adventure 21.3%, Stylized 13.7%, Atmospheric 11.4%

Two young girls must solve puzzles, avoid traps and overcome hellish enemies to find The Six Medallions and put an end to The Entity's reign, once and for all.

Why similar: Adventure 40.2%, Pixel Graphics 34%, Indie 13.8%, Female Protagonist 12%

You both awaken imprisoned inside the sinister Castle Rock - were you betrayed, or simply not that clever? Find out in the greatest co-op puzzle adventure in the We Were Here Series! Do you and your partner have what it takes to face the dark forces of this realm or will you be trapped… forever?

Why similar: Co-op 41.5%, Adventure 29.4%, Atmospheric 29%

Nostalgia is a two-player cooperative indie game that escapes from enemies in a dark labyrinth. After waking up in the deep, dark forest, the two follow an unidentified girl into the labyrinth. Avoid enemies in the labyrinth, find a diary, reveal the hidden past, and escape.

Why similar: Co-op 52.6%, Indie 24.2%, Adventure 23.2%

If you were given another chance, would you take it? Or leave it in the hands of a little girl? Play as Roh, a young girl stuck in a bizarre nightmare of dark and eerie creatures.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 34.9%, Adventure 22.5%, Indie 19.4%, Atmospheric 15.7%, Female Protagonist 7.5%

Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 24.9%, Atmospheric 19.7%, Adventure 19.2%, Action 14.5%, Female Protagonist 13.4%

A 2-Player Networked Horror Co-Op game. Explore the deepest recesses of your mind to put yourself back together. Work together to defend yourself from its denizens.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 20.7%, Co-op 19.6%, Atmospheric 19.4%, Adventure 15.4%, Action 14.4%

A young girl needs to find her friends, unravel a dark mystery and escape the clutches of her cursed toys.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 44.6%, Adventure 30.2%, Indie 14.1%, Female Protagonist 11.1%

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: Action 34.3%, Co-op 31.9%, Atmospheric 21%, Stylized 12.8%

Challenging co-op horror (1-4 players). You are looking for your missing friend Darvin. Do whatever it takes to stay alive. Only the patient and the clever will succeed.

Why similar: Co-op 34.8%, Atmospheric 33.8%, Adventure 16.3%, Action 15.1%

Escape: Malice is a two-player co-op escape room-style puzzle horror game. Swallowed by a sinkhole, you find yourself trapped in a nightmarish Japanese mansion haunted by a sinister presence. Solve twisted puzzles, uncover dark secrets, make unforgiving choices, and descend deeper to escape Malice…

Why similar: Atmospheric 30.1%, Co-op 25.9%, Indie 24%, Adventure 20%

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: Co-op 37.7%, Atmospheric 33.6%, Action 28.7%

Explore abandoned biospheres at the bottom of the ocean, alone or with up to 4 friends.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 26%, Action 16.6%, Adventure 15.9%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Co-op 11.3%

Lurking Danger is a survival horror where Elena and Regina, two diner waitresses, uncover a dark secret. Reality twists into a nightmare as they face terrifying creatures. Play solo or in split-screen co-op, solve puzzles, and fight for survival in a haunting atmosphere.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 54%, Action 18.1%, Adventure 18%, Female Protagonist 10%

Trapped in a buried, forgotten facility, you must reach the core of an ancient machine to rescue your lost lover. System Purge is a challenging, atmospheric 2D platformer.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 24.1%, Difficult 23.4%, Zombies 16.6%, Action 13.6%, Female Protagonist 11.3%

You, a normal working Joe, decide to try to solve the mystery of the missing girl... Will you make it out alive? A horror game filled with mystery!

Why similar: Adventure 37.8%, Action 32%, Atmospheric 14%, Indie 10.4%, Female Protagonist 5.8%

Frenetic arcade style twin-stick shooter. Fight your way through hordes of enemies alone or with a friend!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 30.9%, Action 25.2%, Indie 19.2%, Adventure 15.8%, Zombies 9.1%

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: Adventure 44.6%, Action 41.4%, Co-op 8.7%, Indie 5.3%

Two souls, one destiny. Embark on a co-op adventure through a forgotten land, where teamwork and wit are the only way to navigate the wonders and dangers of a magical cave.

Why similar: Co-op 64.2%, Female Protagonist 35.8%