Nodal

Games Like SMS Returns

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Co-op, Horror, Multiplayer, Psychological Horror.

SMS Returns header art

The 2012 viral phenomenon returns. A slender, faceless figure hunts you in your favourite maps rebuilt from the ground up, including the all-new Forest. Survive with friends in multiplayer, immerse yourself in VR, and build your own terrifying maps with the in-game editor. Will you survive?

Reviews: Positive — 100% — of 26 reviews
Released: 2026-09-01
Developer: Marc Steene
Publisher: Dark Pathogen Studios
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows

Similar Games

View all 55 recommendations
  1. #1 Horror Royale
    97% matchMostly Positive71% of 75 reviews2025
    Dev: Ben Wade
    Windows

    Horror Royale is an online and local multiplayer horror game. Communicate with your friends using proximity chat (but try not to let the monsters hear) and use items and your environment to avoid the monsters and survive. Now with mods; discover player-made monsters, human skins and maps.

    Why similar: Split Screen 18.4% ★, 4 Player Local 13.6%, VR 12.7%, Horror 9%, Psychological Horror 8.2%

  2. #2 Sign of Silence
    96% matchMixed52% of 2,379 reviews2020
    Dev: Renderise
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Sign of Silence is a 4-player cooperative horror game set in dreadful outskirts of Danwille town. Whether you will escape the place or stay here forever depends on cautious and coordinated actions of the whole team!

    Why similar: Co-op 17.2%, Horror 15.5%, Lovecraftian 14.9%, 4 Player Local 13.1%, Multiplayer 10.4%

  3. #3 Blackroots
    96% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Dizzy Games
    Windows

    Blackroots is a co-op fantasy/horror game where players work together or alone to resist a dark force known as Ul'vorran.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 12.4%, Co-op 12.4%, 4 Player Local 11.5%, Horror 10.5%, Multiplayer 9%

  4. #4 FOREWARNED
    95% 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: Horror 16.2%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Co-op 14.6%, VR 13.7%, Online Co-Op 10%

  5. #5 Inside the Backrooms
    94% 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 19.9%, Multiplayer 16.9%, Survival Horror 15%, Co-op 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.5%

  6. #6 Granny Remake: 2
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: FerriteLabs
    Windows

    Survive a terrifying farm in this co-op multiplayer horror! Hide in cornfields, solve procedural puzzles, and escape before the nightmarish Grandparents find you. Or, play as the killers and hunt your friends down in asymmetrical PvP madness. No two escapes are ever the same.

    Why similar: Co-op 14.4%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Horror 10.3%, 4 Player Local 10%

  7. #7 After Dark VR
    93% matchMixed61% of 109 reviews2022
    Dev: Nexxverse Games
    Windows

    After Dark VR is a VR online co-op survival horror where you play as either a Hunter on the hunt to strike down your next victim or as Survivors working together to stay alive and escape.

    Why similar: VR 21.9%, Horror 12.3%, Co-op 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Local Multiplayer 9%

  8. #8 CoopRooms
    92% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ZTEK Studio
    Windows

    CoopRooms is a co-op survival horror game for up to 5 players, set in the endless Backrooms. Take photos and videos while you progress - and maybe survive. Just don’t scream... the Entities are listening.

    Why similar: Co-op 17.3%, Survival Horror 16.1%, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Multiplayer 13.1%

  9. #9 The Outlast Trials
    91% matchVery Positive92% of 112,483 reviews2024
    Dev: Red Barrels
    Windows
    Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 35.5 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 19.6%, Horror 17%, Survival Horror 16.1%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%

  10. #10 Sea of Beasts
    90% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Welcome Back Games
    Windows

    SEA OF BEASTS is a CHAOTIC LOCAL multiplayer action game for 1-4 players. TEAM UP or COMPETE as little penguins while surviving the ferocious beasts of the sea! SURVIVE MONSTERS, CONQUER FLAGS, and UNLEACH CHAOS!

    Why similar: Split Screen 21.4% ★, 4 Player Local 17.3%, Co-op 15.4%, Local Co-Op 13.7%, Local Multiplayer 11.7%

  11. #11 The Remains
    89% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Creesh
    Windows

    The Remains is a 1-4 player co-op survival horror where an intelligent AI enemy hunts your team whilst adapting to your tactics. Stay quiet and out of sight, or get picked off one by one.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 19%, Co-op 16.8%, Horror 16.6%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Online Co-Op 10.9%

  12. #12 Liminal Depths
    88% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Crooked Krown Studios
    Windows

    A pixel liminal horror game about surviving an endless maze, recovering who you are, and escaping before the Depths take you. Explore procedural halls, complete jobs from the safehouse computer, upgrade your gear, and face monsters that hunt by sound, sight, and movement, solo or local split-screen.

    Why similar: Split Screen 19.8% ★, Survival Horror 14.9%, Horror 11.9%, Co-op 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11%

  13. #13 Stay Close
    89% matchMixed62% of 1,923 reviews2016
    Dev: Blind Bird
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Stay Close is open-world horror game, with options for single-player and co-op. It has an unique and new gameplay approach unseen so far in any other game. You'll find yourself in a creepy and anomalous town, what is your next move?

    Why similar: Co-op 30.8%, Horror 26.1%, Survival Horror 17%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

  14. #14 The Devourer: Hunted Souls
    86% matchMostly Positive77% of 607 reviews2023
    Dev: ZTEK Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Play as a paranormal investigator in our hybrid between first person survival and psychological horror story game. Investigate a haunted forest with up to 5 players CO-OP, try to lift the curse, experience a tragic story and take decisions together. Will you survive or will you lose your soul?

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.1%, VR 13.7%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Co-op 12.1%, Horror 10.8%

  15. #15 SESSION // ZERO
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: WhiskersWork
    Windows

    SESSION // ZERO - is a co-op Survival Horror with unpredictable rounds. Complete objectives, adapt to whatever comes your way, and decide whether to help your friends or sabotage them.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 16.1%, Multiplayer 11.6%, PvE 11.3%, Co-op 10.9%, Horror 10.2%

  16. #16 Ruckus Ridge VR Party
    86% matchMixed64% of 56 reviews2016
    Dev: Foreignvr
    Windows

    Ruckus Ridge VR Party is the first local multiplayer game built for HTC Vive & Oculus Rift. Play in Virtual Reality against up to 3 friends with game controllers. Duke it out in a tournament of mini-games to see who is the King of the Ridge!

    Why similar: VR 28.5%, Split Screen 25.3% ★, 4 Player Local 17.4%, Local Co-Op 14.8%, Local Multiplayer 10.4%

  17. #17 Cursed Apartment
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Horror Ponds
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Anomaly / Survival Horror game. Be attentive to not overlook any anomalies on floors, use the elevator to reach floor 1 and escape before monsters get you. Up to 5 player multiplayer and single-player game.

    Why similar: Horror 19.1%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Co-op 16.7%, Psychological Horror 15%, Multiplayer 14.9%

  18. #18 North Pole Workshop
    83% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: BIGG StudiosPub: BUILD IMAGINE GO GO STUDIOS
    Windows

    Explore the magical North Pole Workshop in this festive co-op toy-making game for one to four players. Team up with your fellow elves to find efficiencies and speed up production. Craft, wrap, and deliver toys to Santa's sleigh for all the good boys and girls.

    Why similar: Split Screen 18.4% ★, Co-op 17.3%, Multiplayer 15.5%, 4 Player Local 14.2%, Online Co-Op 11.1%

  19. #19 HereWith
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: RySo Games
    Windows

    Hide and escape from demonic dolls in an abandoned hospital building. Demon dolls will seek out and chase the player. The only way to escape is to complete the ritual successfully. A small doll wanders around the hospital. Catch them and offer them to your ritual.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 22.6%, Co-op 17%, Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Online Co-Op 10.3%

  20. #20 It Takes Two Friend's Pass
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 269,050 reviews2021
    Dev: Hazelight StudioPub: Electronic Arts
    Windows

    Download Friend's Pass* and play It Takes Two with a friend for free. Just grab a friend who owns the full game, download Friend's Pass for free, and play together!

    Why similar: Split Screen 31.9% ★, Co-op 26%, Local Co-Op 13.8%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Online Co-Op 7.2%

  21. #21 Trash Patrol - Academic Version
    82% matchMixed68% of 224 reviews2022
    Dev: Jan MikuschPub: MediaCube Games
    Windows

    Trash Patrol is a local cooperative multiplayer game for 2-4 players. Break into a house, look for something to steal together with your raccoon friends. Don’t forget to wash and dry all items carefully! And watch out for the homeowner - They are not amused to see you within their home

    Why similar: Split Screen 18.7% ★, 4 Player Local 17.6%, Co-op 15.8%, Local Co-Op 14.6%, Local Multiplayer 12.3%

  22. #22 It Takes Two
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 270,640 reviews2021
    Dev: Hazelight StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
    Windows
    Median: 13.6 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.

    Why similar: Split Screen 31.9% ★, Co-op 26%, Local Co-Op 13.9%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Online Co-Op 7.2%

  23. #23 PANICORE
    80% 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: Horror 18.7%, Survival Horror 18%, Co-op 17.3%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Multiplayer 12%

  24. #24 Beneath The Earth - Backrooms
    79% matchNegative19% of 21 reviews2023
    Dev: AI Gaming Dev
    Windows

    Beneath The Earth - Backrooms is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Where you and your friends will fight to escape from the different levels of the backrooms, solving different puzzles.

    Why similar: 4 Player Local 15.7%, Co-op 13.5%, Local Co-Op 12.5%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Horror 11.3%

  25. #25 Core Containment
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Galaxy X Studio
    Windows

    Fix a failing reactor with your team… or make everything worse. Every system is connected. Every mistake has consequences. And not everyone can survive.

    Why similar: Co-op 18.7%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Horror 13.6%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

  26. #26 Night at the Fun Park
    78% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Sitting Teddy
    Windows

    Escape a giant spider in an abandoned amusement park. Find the keys to the exit, distract her with noise and free your friends from cocoons. Co-op horror for 1-4 players: online through Steam, solo or in two-player split-screen.

    Why similar: Co-op 18.5%, Horror 15.7%, Split Screen 14.8% ★, Survival Horror 12%, Online Co-Op 10%

  27. #27 JUMANJI: The Video Game
    79% matchMixed44% of 180 reviews2019
    Dev: Funsolve LTDPub: Outright Games Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    Unite in adventure and laughter in the action-packed game of Jumanji, the ultimate team challenge for those seeking to leave their world behind.

    Why similar: Split Screen 28.4% ★, Co-op 16.3%, 4 Player Local 15.7%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Local Co-Op 9.7%

  28. #28 Recycling Factory2
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Savepoint StudioPub: ANIEDU Co., Ltd.
    Windows

    Work together with your team in a lab filled with deadly mutations. Eliminate the Primary Mutation and claim your reward. Only those who survive can pay off their debt.

    Why similar: Co-op 21.2%, Horror 20.7%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Online Co-Op 11%

  29. #29 Unravel Two
    77% matchMostly Positive78% of 9,223 reviews2020
    Dev: Coldwood InteractivePub: Electronic Arts
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    When you cut ties to the past, new bonds form. Build relationships with other Yarnys in local co-op or as a single player, fostering friendship and support as you journey together.

    Why similar: Split Screen 29.4% ★, Co-op 29.1%, Local Co-Op 16.9%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Local Multiplayer 5.4%

  30. #30 Horror Simulator VR: Prologue
    76% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2024
    Dev: Suplife Games
    Windows

    With the gameplay of Phasmophobia & Lethal Company, Horror Simulator becomes one of the most popular co-op horror games. Play with squad, chase&catch the demon (Easy Peasy!). With cool power-ups & customized avatars. Get full game Horror Simulator VR to unlock more maps&content and have more fun!

    Why similar: VR 28.6%, Co-op 16.9%, Horror 15.5%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Online Co-Op 10.5%

  31. #31 Backrooms: Escape Together
    75% 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: Horror 17.8%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Co-op 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%

  32. #32 DEATH FROM BELOW
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Quantum Cult
    Windows

    DEATH FROM BELOW is a 1-4 player co-op horror game where you and your crew hunt for sunken relics on a steam-powered trawler: navigate cursed waters, operate your ship's steam-driven machinery, and sharpen your harpoon. Beware of the eldritch creatures guarding their treasures beneath the surface.

    Why similar: Co-op 17.3%, Lovecraftian 16.7%, Survival Horror 14.1%, PvE 12.8%, Horror 12%

  33. #33 Changgwi
    74% matchMostly Positive73% of 99 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 21.3%, Survival Horror 19.8%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Co-op 13%

  34. #34 Tophet
    74% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: Genoko
    Windows

    Survive the hunt—find the item and use it before the monsters catch you. Search the darkness, uncover secrets, and face the terrifying truth. 4-player co-op with proximity chat—stick together or be lost to the lurking terror. Your friends are your only lifeline. Will you survive?

    Why similar: Co-op 23.2%, Survival Horror 22.8%, Horror 19.5%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Online Co-Op 10%

  35. #35 DEVOUR
    73% 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 28.3%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Online Co-Op 13.6%, Co-op 11.2%

  36. #36 Endless Shift
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ivan Huliakevich
    Windows

    Endless Shift is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Trapped in a office building, you and your friends must work together to solve puzzles, evade monstrous entities, and escape before it's too late.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 16.4%, Horror 15.7%, Co-op 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15%, Multiplayer 10.6%

  37. #37 PSYKOS
    72% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Empty Field
    Windows

    A co-op horror where your voice can get you killed, monsters can break into your hiding spots, and captured players must be rescued before it’s too late.

    Why similar: Horror 17.3%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Co-op 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Multiplayer 13%

  38. #38 Pacify
    73% 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 25.4%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Co-op 15.1%, Online Co-Op 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%

  39. #39 PREDATORS
    72% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Nightmare Studios
    Windows

    Welcome to the Jurassic arena. You are a prisoner, forced into life or death games against prehistoric dinosaurs for the entertainment of others with up to 3 friends. Enter the arena, solve the puzzle, live another day.

    Why similar: Co-op 17.2%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Horror 14.5%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.7%

  40. #40 SKIBIDI GYATROOMS
    70% matchMostly Positive80% of 892 reviews2025
    Dev: FoodWithoutTastePub: HeartstuckStudios
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    Skibidi Gyatrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror game. You and the homies just fell into the Backrooms, you must out-GYAT the Skibidi Toilet with max rizz or get flushed. Expect cursed levels, and brainrot that’ll keep you on edge.

    Why similar: Co-op 18%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Multiplayer 13.7%

  41. #41 SCP: Blackout
    71% matchMixed68% of 337 reviews2024
    Dev: Mahelyk
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    A VR/Desktop game where you are a new D-Class personnel in secret SCP Research Site-50 when everything falls apart. Use what you can find as you explore the facility, access logs to learn about the SCP entities in containment, and run for your life from the SCP entities that have escaped.

    Why similar: VR 28%, Horror 23.3%, Survival Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Multiplayer 9%

  42. #42 The Silent Expedition Echo Protocol
    70% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: Psycho Dream Studio
    Windows

    Co-op first-person horror for 1–4 players. You and your friends are trapped in endless liminal backrooms where nothing makes sense. Explore, find keys and almond water, and work together to evade unstoppable monsters and escape.

    Why similar: Co-op 22.7%, Survival Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 13%, Online Co-Op 11.4%

  43. #43 PAVOR
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BananaMovement
    Windows

    PAVOR is an online co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. You are a professional electrical repair and ghost exterminator, repairing broken houses and exterminating ghosts as requested.

    Why similar: Horror 20.4%, Co-op 20.1%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Survival Horror 14.3%

  44. #44 Beware The Ghost
    70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: Goblinagerie
    Windows

    A spooky party game played on two screens. Up to 4 players explore a haunted house while another player tries to do them in as an invisible ghost.

    Why similar: Split Screen 29.4% ★, 4 Player Local 16.3%, Horror 12.1%, Local Multiplayer 11.2%, Local Co-Op 10.4%

  45. #45 BRO GHOST
    69% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: NOVI GAMES
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    When you die, you don't leave the game. You become one of the deadliest things in it. A co-op horror for 4 players — return as a spirit, help your friends, or haunt them until they break.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 17.4%, Co-op 16.3%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14%, Multiplayer 10.6%

  46. #46 ShutterOut
    67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: ASJK
    Windows

    ShutterOut is a 1-4 player co-op horror game where all kinds of threats await. Record as much as you can, and make it out alive!

    Why similar: Horror 18.7%, Co-op 18.5%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Online Co-Op 11.2%

  47. #47 Nightfall Secrets
    69% matchMostly Negative30% of 27 reviews2025
    Dev: Lonely Horror
    Windows

    Nightfall Secrets is a 4v1 co-op horror game where up to 4 players must complete randomized objectives and escape—while being hunted by an AI-controlled supernatural entity that reacts to sound. Every match is a tense battle of strategy, stealth, and survival.

    Why similar: Co-op 18%, PvE 17.8%, Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Multiplayer 11.4%

  48. #48 Bureau of Contacts
    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 702 reviews2025
    Dev: MIROWIN
    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    "Bureau of Contacts" - ghost-hunting game for 1-4 players, in which you'll encounter 2 enemies at once - location itself and the ghosts with most human-like intelligence ever. So...look around and watch what you say!

    Why similar: Co-op 18.7%, Horror 17.2%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Online Co-Op 11.6%

  49. #49 The Limb
    68% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2024
    Dev: Telecom Soft
    Windows

    In a post-apocalyptic world overrun by monsters due to an unknown virus, some people have managed to survive. During these times, an organization formed by elite members of society emerged, fighting against the monsters and aiming to restore the world to its original state.

    Why similar: Horror 17.5%, Co-op 16.8%, Survival Horror 16.3%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Online Co-Op 12.1%

  50. #50 Breaking the Grip
    69% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: Imaginary Conception
    Windows

    Breaking the Grip is a multiplayer horror and strategy game. As a survivor, complete a ritual to eliminate the spirit before it drives you insane. As the spirit, spread terror and break their will. Who will prevail between life and the beyond?

    Why similar: 4 Player Local 16.1%, Survival Horror 16.1%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Multiplayer 9.8%

  51. #51 Unease
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Alcedo Games
    Windows

    UNEASE is a 1 to 4 players co-op survival horror game presenting an array of episodes with innovative mechanics and different settings.

    Why similar: Survival Horror 17.9%, Co-op 16.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 13.5%, PvE 11.8%

  52. #52 Jeff The Janitor
    67% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2025
    Dev: laurinrPub: Magma Games
    Windows

    Jeff the Janitor is a co-op survival horror game for up to 1-5 players. Sneak into the mall at night for a heist, but beware - Jeff, the night-shift janitor, is on watch! Complete your shopping list, and make your escape.

    Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Multiplayer 16.4%, Online Co-Op 13.7%, Co-op 12.2%

  53. #53 Verve
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: LiminalLeap Studio LLC
    Windows

    Verve is a liminal space horror game with advanced movement (bhop, surf, etc.) and 128-tick multiplayer. Find a group of scientists lost deep inside the Verve and rescue them in the Backrooms-inspired singleplayer campaign or jump into multiplayer game modes like Hide and Seek and Nextbot Escape.

    Why similar: Split Screen 24.1% ★, Level Editor 17.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Multiplayer 9.9%

  54. #54 Piywebler
    66% matchMixed44% of 16 reviews2026
    Dev: Gamze Bekem
    Windows

    Step into nightmares with your team or on your own. In a 1–4 player online co-op experience, complete missions, escape deadly creatures, and find your way out before it’s too late. Different missions, dangers, and escape methods await you on every map.

    Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Co-op 18.8%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Online Co-Op 12.3%

  55. #55 Ghost Watchers
    65% 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: Co-op 25.2%, Horror 23.5%, Survival Horror 17%, Multiplayer 11.7%, PvE 5.1%

Modeli
Based on tag similarity + player behavior
Loading graph...