- #1 Phasmophobia
97% 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 46%, Co-op 25.6%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Online Co-Op 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for cooperative investigation horror, requiring players to work together to identify supernatural entities in creepy, atmospheric locations.
- #2 Demonologist
96% 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 32.3%, Horror 30%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Survival Horror 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a highly immersive co-op horror experience with high-fidelity graphics and unpredictable paranormal events that mirror the tension of Stay Close.
- #3 Cry of Fear
96% matchVery Positive89% of 82,586 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 38.6%, Co-op 23.1%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic psychological horror experience that shares the gritty, indie-developed atmosphere and intense, lonely-yet-shared survival mechanics of Stay Close.
- #4 DEVOUR
95% 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 43.9%, Co-op 18.5%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Psychological Horror 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, intense co-op survival horror game where players must work together to stop a ritual before being overwhelmed by demonic forces.
- #5 The Outlast Trials
94% 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 32.6%, Horror 26.7%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at cooperative psychological horror, forcing players to navigate terrifying, maze-like environments while avoiding lethal threats.
- #6 Inside the Backrooms
94% 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: Horror 33.6%, Co-op 22%, Multiplayer 16.7%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the 'anomalous' aesthetic, featuring complex puzzles and exploration within a surreal, ever-changing environment.
- #7 In Silence
93% 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 35.2%, Co-op 23%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Psychological Horror 6%
Why You'll Like It: An asymmetric multiplayer horror game where sound plays a crucial role in survival, creating a tense, cat-and-mouse dynamic.
- #8 Lethal Company
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 503,936 reviews2023
Dev: Zeekerss
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Co-op 32.1%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 9%, Online Co-Op 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of exploring anomalous, dangerous environments with friends, blending humor with genuine dread and survival mechanics.
- #9 Visage
92% matchVery Positive84% of 10,620 reviews2020
Dev: SadSquare Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Why similar: Horror 50.8%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Adventure 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: Widely considered one of the most terrifying psychological horror games, it provides the deep, unsettling atmosphere that fans of Stay Close will appreciate.
- #10 Escape the Backrooms
90% 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: Horror 35.4%, Co-op 22.6%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an expansive, exploration-heavy take on the backrooms mythos that feels very similar to the open-ended, eerie nature of Stay Close.
- #11 The Blackout Club
91% 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 38%, Horror 32.2%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Psychological Horror 6.3%, Survival Horror 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative stealth-horror game that focuses on exploration and uncovering secrets in a suburban town, mirroring the town-based setting of Stay Close.
- #12 Pacify
89% matchVery Positive86% of 42,392 reviews2019
Dev: Shawn HitchcockPub: Hitchcock Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
There is reportedly an evil inside that house. Something about an old funeral parlor offering a last chance to talk to their dead loved ones. Plus something about lights, laughter, a girl, missing people, etc... You know the same stuff everyone claims. Take a team, and check the place out.
Why similar: Horror 38.6%, Co-op 24.3%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A simple yet effective co-op horror game where players must complete objectives in a haunted location while being hunted by a supernatural entity.
- #13 Lunch Lady
89% 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 30.6%, Co-op 28.5%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a frantic, cooperative survival experience that emphasizes teamwork to escape a persistent, terrifying threat.
- #14 Ghost Watchers
85% 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 38%, Horror 33.8%, Survival Horror 16.1%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Adventure 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines investigation mechanics with intense horror, allowing players to use various tools to identify and banish ghosts in a co-op setting.
- #15 Occult
87% 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 35%, Co-op 30%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Survival Horror 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that supports co-op, featuring occult themes and intense, puzzle-driven survival gameplay.
- #16 White Noise 2
86% 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 32.5%, Co-op 23.1%, Survival Horror 19%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Psychological Horror 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A team-based horror game that focuses on investigation and survival, perfect for those who enjoy the cooperative aspect of Stay Close.
- #17 Fear Therapy
86% 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 42.4%, Co-op 24.7%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Survival Horror 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on psychological horror and cooperative objectives, requiring players to manage their fear while exploring haunted areas.
- #18 Forsake: Urban horror
84% matchVery Positive80% of 222 reviews2023
Dev: Unseen Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Forsake is a 1 to 4 player co-op online survival horror game where each player is a member of an urban explorer group. Choose your equipment to explore places full of paranormal and exorcise them, if you think you can handle it!
Why similar: Co-op 26.2%, Horror 25.5%, Survival Horror 20.9%, Multiplayer 12%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the exploration of abandoned, haunted locations, emphasizing the need for teamwork to survive the psychological pressure.
- #19 Surrounded
84% matchMixed44% of 566 reviews2023
Dev: Nightmare Studios
Windows
A 6-player open world horror game. Explore a abandoned town, filled with mysteries, be chased around with your friends and survive creatures capable of ending your life. Uncover what really happened.
Why similar: Horror 40.5%, Survival Horror 28.6%, Multiplayer 19.1%, Psychological Horror 11%, Action 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world horror game captures the feeling of being trapped in a large, hostile environment with friends, much like the town in Stay Close.
- #20 Somewhere in the Shadow
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 728 reviews2021
Dev: Aydy
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Woke up in strange dark spot. Who has done it with you? And why? Try to get out from that scary place and stay alive...
Why similar: Horror 33.4%, Co-op 32.2%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Online Co-Op 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides an adventure-heavy horror experience that relies on cooperative exploration to uncover the truth behind its mystery.
- #21 PANICORE
81% 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: Horror 46.6%, Co-op 18.4%, Multiplayer 17.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Online Co-Op 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person co-op horror game that forces players to scavenge and hide from monsters in claustrophobic, atmospheric settings.
- #22 Chased by Darkness
82% 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: Co-op 29.8%, Horror 28.8%, Survival Horror 17%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that emphasizes the importance of light and teamwork when facing supernatural threats.
- #23 Project Unknown
79% matchVery Positive83% of 893 reviews2025
Dev: PsychoRavensPub: Nightmare Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
An online co-op horror game featuring unique playable characters and RPG mechanics. Exorcise ghosts using your special abilities and tools while surviving the supernatural onslaught
Why similar: Co-op 29.6%, Horror 24.9%, Survival Horror 18%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on cooperative investigation and survival against unknown entities.
- #24 Backrooms: Escape Together
78% 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: Horror 27.1%, Co-op 25.5%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Psychological Horror 10%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a dedicated cooperative experience within the backrooms, focusing on exploration and survival mechanics.
- #25 Emissary Zero
78% 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: Horror 28.7%, Co-op 26.6%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that emphasizes cooperative play and the discovery of anomalous secrets in a dark, atmospheric world.
- #26 Minds Eyes
81% matchMixed70% of 1,826 reviews2016
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?
Why similar: Horror 56.5%, Survival Horror 17%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Co-op 6%, Psychological Horror 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: An indie survival-horror title that captures a similar low-budget, high-tension vibe to Stay Close.
- #27 Haunt Chaser
80% matchMixed67% of 716 reviews2021
Dev: Clock Wizard Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Haunt Chaser is a 4 Player Co-Op horror game, can be played as a Single-Player too. Chasers need to use all the hunting equipment in order to banish the evil and save the poor souls from torment while uncovering deeply disturbing secrets. Also, there is a 4v1 party game mode.
Why similar: Co-op 33.8%, Horror 30.2%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Action 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: It blends action and horror, tasking players with investigating haunted areas and banishing spirits in a cooperative environment.
- #28 Silent Rain
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 220 reviews2024
Dev: 2Brains&CoffeePub: Seedlers Interactive
Windows
Silent Rain is a challenging and immersive co-op horror game, for 1 to 4 players. Explore abandoned locations, solve puzzles, and gather information while trying to survive the threats lurking in the dark. How many tries will it take you to master your fear?
Why similar: Co-op 27.4%, Horror 25.5%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Multiplayer 12%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a first-person, atmospheric action-horror experience that feels like a natural progression for fans of Stay Close.
- #29 Backrooms Rec.
76% 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: Horror 25.6%, Co-op 22.6%, Survival Horror 22.1%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #30 Welcome to Dustown
76% matchMixed50% of 736 reviews2025
Dev: Onze 8 Degrés
Windows
Welcome to Dustown is a single-player or cooperative horror game for up to 4 players. Play as field scientists exploring vast labyrinthine cornfields, collecting samples and evidence for a mysterious corporation. Make sure you don't get killed at the crossroads.
Why similar: Co-op 29.3%, Horror 25.7%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12%
- #31 LockYourDoor
74% matchVery Positive88% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: Penguin's Autumn
Windows
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 30.8%, Horror 28.3%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Survival Horror 10.8%
- #32 Psycho
77% matchMixed56% of 95 reviews2020
Dev: Rachata SuksereekulPub: Good Monkey
Windows
”Psycho” is a 3D horror game that allows you to explore and survive with your friends in the terrible mystery bunker.
Why similar: Co-op 32.6%, Horror 27.9%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #33 Nuclear Nightmare
72% 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: Co-op 29.7%, Horror 26.1%, Survival Horror 23.2%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #34 The Beast Inside
74% matchVery Positive83% of 11,932 reviews2019
Dev: Illusion Ray
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Why similar: Horror 51.1%, Survival Horror 20.8%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Adventure 2.9%
- #35 Agonize
75% matchMixed62% of 145 reviews2022
Dev: Vault Interactive
Windows
Once a mad scientist's lab, now an abandoned manor haunted by miscreations. Work as a 1-4 player team in this online co-op, psychological horror game and discover what lurks within. Find a cure before it's too late...
Why similar: Co-op 28.1%, Horror 24.1%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
- #36 White Noise Online
77% matchMixed66% of 710 reviews2014
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A fully cooperative horror experience like never before! On White Noise Online, a team of up to 4 investigators has to explore an area looking for clues, while avoiding being devoured by a supernatural creature. Will you be able to uncover the truth behind the mysterious events?
Why similar: Co-op 29.9%, Horror 24.4%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #37 INVITATION To FEAR
75% matchMixed60% of 468 reviews2021
Dev: CHEST BOX
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
『INVITATION To FEAR』 is a survival horror game for 1 to 4 players. After receiving one of the invitations, you will wake up in an unfamiliar place. Before long, you will realize that a terrifying creature is wandering around the building. Don't let "her" find you.
Why similar: Co-op 30.6%, Horror 24.4%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #38 Paranormal Cleanup
70% 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: Horror 36.8%, Survival Horror 26.6%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Online Co-Op 3.1%
- #39 SCP: Containment Breach Multiplayer
71% matchVery Positive84% of 27,997 reviews2021
Dev: Fusion Creators Studio
Windows
Multiplayer survival horror game based on stories from the SCP Foundation. The game is about a facility containing anomalous entities known as SCPs. When a catastrophic containment breach occurs at one of the facilities, it is your main goal to escape the facility. Try to escape with your friends!
Why similar: Horror 34.9%, Co-op 25.3%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
- #40 Frightened
73% 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 29%, Horror 24.5%, Survival Horror 19%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #41 Rake
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,383 reviews2015
Dev: Konsordo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Do ghosts exist? What about Bigfoot, Chupacabras,Rake or Skinwalkers? And how will we ever know? You play as Gordon Davis, a scientist,a traveller and an explorer of unknown creatures and unusual events.
Why similar: Horror 40.8%, Survival Horror 22.4%, Co-op 16.7%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Action 1.5%
- #42 FOREWARNED
68% 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 30.2%, Co-op 28.8%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Psychological Horror 7.5%
- #43 Shadows Peak
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 341 reviews2017
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Shadows Peak is an atmospheric, open-world horror game focused on exploration that doesn't hold your hand. You play as a writer who has decided to visit a mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends.
Why similar: Horror 42%, Survival Horror 34.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Action 4%, Adventure 3.6%
- #44 Horror Squad
72% matchMixed53% of 695 reviews2021
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Horror Squad is a 1-4 player online co-op horror game. Assemble your squad to clear the areas cursed by terrifying creatures.
Why similar: Co-op 29.6%, Horror 24.1%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #45 PARANOIA PLACE
67% 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: Co-op 29.7%, Horror 26.1%, Survival Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Multiplayer 9.6%
- #46 Holy Purge : Exorcist
71% matchMixed69% of 246 reviews2022
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Holy Purge is a co-op horror game where players play as priests who exorcise demons in various scenarios.
Why similar: Co-op 29.6%, Horror 24.1%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #47 Changgwi
67% 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 32.4%, Co-op 19.9%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #48 Anomaly Exit
67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,158 reviews2024
Dev: ExamlGuy
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
On your way home on the train, you weren't paying attention. Until you realised the train had been stopping at the same station over, and over again. Watch out for anomalies, and avoid the Anomaly Exit! Made for singleplayer and 2-6 co-operative multiplayer.
Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Co-op 31.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Multiplayer 15%, Online Co-Op 3.2%
- #49 Psycho Reign
69% matchMixed67% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: D4
Windows
Psycho Reign is a Single or 2 player co-operative online horror puzzle and stealth game where in each level you will be chased by blood thirsty psychos. Look for and solve mini puzzles in order to progress further on the map. Ultimately, find something to fight back...or get chopped up.
Why similar: Co-op 29.8%, Horror 24.7%, Survival Horror 20%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #50 Stay Still 2
69% matchMixed50% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Welcome to Stay Still 2, a spine-chilling first-person survival horror game. Based of the Vietnamese culture, this game unfolds as a daring experiment in which survival seems nearly impossible. Engage in a story gameplay, where puzzles are your key to progress, while surviving various threats.
Why similar: Horror 63.3%, Psychological Horror 27.7%, Action 5.2%, Adventure 3.1%, Indie 0.7%
- #51 They See Us
66% matchVery Positive89% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: MalumGames
Windows
They See Us is a multiplayer horror game built for creepy vibes, scream-worthy jump scares and hilarious co-op tension. Work together to spot terrifying anomalies lurking in familiar places – before they find you!
Why similar: Horror 44.1%, Multiplayer 24.8%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Adventure 3.9%, Online Co-Op 3.9%
- #52 Wick
69% matchVery Positive86% of 691 reviews2015
Dev: Hellbent Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wick is a survival horror game where ghost stories are brought to life. Explore a local legend about the long lost children in the woods who can still be seen... but only by those who dare to enter alone by candlelight.
Why similar: Horror 47.8%, Survival Horror 27%, Psychological Horror 11%, Multiplayer 4.9%, Adventure 3.4%
- #53 Bureau of Contacts
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 648 reviews2025
Dev: MIROWIN
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
"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 31.3%, Horror 27.4%, Survival Horror 17.5%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Psychological Horror 3.5%
- #54 Chasmal Fear
66% matchMixed54% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: MystiveDevPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Chasmal Fear is a next-gen FPS action horror game built in Unreal Engine 5 from the perspective of a body camera. Manage limited resources, make smart choices that affect playthrough, and survive monsters that mutate to get stronger. Played as singleplayer or Co-Op with 2 players.
Why similar: Horror 34.5%, Co-op 33.2%, Survival Horror 25.4%, Action 3.2%, Online Co-Op 2%
- #55 Welcome to Hanwell
70% matchMixed47% of 363 reviews2017
Dev: Steel Arts
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Open world horror set in a city in which your worst nightmares have become an everyday part of life. Explore a dense open world of terror, every building a unique location with it's own story to tell. Strung together by the remenants of Hanwell.
Why similar: Horror 43.7%, Survival Horror 25.2%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Adventure 5.1%
