Games Like The Experiment

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: Survival Horror 24.6%, Multiplayer 19%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, First-Person 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a polished, high-stakes co-op survival horror experience that requires careful coordination to avoid lethal threats.

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: Online Co-Op 25.6%, Survival Horror 20.3%, Horror 18.5%, Multiplayer 17.3%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the sound-based survival mechanics where players must listen for a creature to survive.

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: Online Co-Op 31.6%, Horror 23.6%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Dark 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive co-op investigation horror game that shares the tense, atmospheric team-based gameplay found in The Experiment.

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: Online Co-Op 24.9%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers high-intensity, cooperative paranormal investigation with a focus on terrifying, unpredictable encounters.

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: Online Co-Op 28.8%, Horror 19.1%, Multiplayer 16%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Survival Horror 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic co-op horror experience that tasks players with containing a supernatural entity in a confined, creepy setting.

A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 32.8%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, First-Person 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the frantic, dark, and creature-filled survival loop that makes co-op horror so engaging.

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: Survival Horror 18.7%, Multiplayer 18.1%, Horror 16.9%, Online Co-Op 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: It combines co-op exploration with puzzle-solving and survival elements in a liminal, psychological horror setting.

A co-op horror in which you're an exterminator treating sinister infestations caused by twisted versions of classic characters and urban legends.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 40.9%, Horror 23.6%, PvE 13.7%, First-Person 11.9%, Action 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the tactical, first-person hunting of creatures in a co-op environment.

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: Online Co-Op 21.8%, Survival Horror 16.3%, Horror 12.9%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A staple of the co-op horror genre that forces players to complete objectives while being hunted by a persistent enemy.

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: Online Co-Op 29.9%, Horror 22.3%, Survival Horror 17.7%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Psychological Horror 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game requires intense cooperation and quick thinking to survive against a relentless, escalating threat.

Film your friends doing scary things to become SpöökTube famous! (strongly advised to not go alone)

Why similar: Online Co-Op 30.4%, Horror 15.3%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Exploration 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Players must work together to film terrifying creatures, blending humor with genuine survival horror tension.

Inside the Labs is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Take on the role of teenage explorers as you venture into abandoned labs, following reports of failed human experiments.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.5%, Survival Horror 21.1%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Dark 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game features scientific investigation themes paired with the same first-person co-op horror mechanics.

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 24.9%, Survival Horror 20.2%, Horror 14.3%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op investigation game focuses on exploring dangerous tombs and identifying supernatural entities.

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: Online Co-Op 21.8%, Survival Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Horror 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that emphasizes the co-op aspect of surviving against terrifying entities.

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: Online Co-Op 18.9%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends mundane tasks with horror, forcing players to maintain their focus while being hunted.

The experiment has failed. The facility that was supposed to control the monster has stopped working, and now your only hope is to escape the facility before the monster hunts you down.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.2%, Online Co-Op 25.4%, Multiplayer 17.8%, Horror 17.2%, Action 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a dark, atmospheric survival horror experience designed specifically for multiplayer.

Death Swap is a first person online co-op horror game where you are stuck in a secret science facility with a horrific monster! Work as a team to save each other by swapping positions with the creature. Communicate with one another to solve tasks in order to survive and escape the science facility!

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.1%, Online Co-Op 24.6%, Horror 15.5%, Multiplayer 14.5%, First-Person 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features intense co-op horror mechanics that focus on survival and team coordination.

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 22.2%, Horror 18.3%, Multiplayer 17.3%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Psychological Horror 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, co-op exploration experience that captures the same sense of dread and isolation.

Use the specialized equipment at your disposal to locate & log as many paranormal events as possible. Decipher the ingredients needed for your ritual and try to exorcise any demons within. Any incorrect ingredients and you may never leave! 1-4 Players

Why similar: Online Co-Op 29.3%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 14.3%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Dark 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a supernatural investigation experience that relies on teamwork to identify and survive threats.

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 27.4%, Survival Horror 24.1%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Multiplayer 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person co-op horror game that captures the dark, claustrophobic feel of the seed game.

Ghost Exorcism INC is a horror game where you can play alone, or in a team of up to 6 exorcists. Your mission will be to identify paranormal entities, and then exorcise them.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 33.5%, Multiplayer 19%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the investigative and exorcism aspects of co-op horror, similar to the task-based nature of The Experiment.

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: Survival Horror 20.9%, Online Co-Op 19.2%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op horror game that focuses on team-based investigation and surviving against supernatural entities.

The chaotic multiplayer hide-and-seek game. Possess seemingly harmless objects as Ghosts or chase them down as Hunters before the clock strikes midnight!

Why similar: Multiplayer 38.6%, Horror 24%, First-Person 19.6%, Action 11.1%, 3D 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It features unique sound-based gameplay where players must hunt hidden entities that can fight back.

"The Backrooms: Last Expedition" is a cooperative horror game designed for 1 to 4 players. Its main objective is to create an enjoyable gaming experience for friends. Players will navigate through terrifying levels, filled with various entities and dangers, as they strive to escape.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 20.8%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Horror 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a tense, co-op survival experience set in a liminal space that feels very similar to The Experiment.

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 21.1%, Survival Horror 16%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Horror 13%, Psychological Horror 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a psychological horror experience that relies on co-op gameplay to survive the darkness.

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 21.5%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Horror 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A unique co-op horror experience that adds underwater exploration and environmental hazards to the mix.

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: Online Co-Op 22.2%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Horror 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game rounds out the list with its focus on co-op psychological horror and team-based survival.

A 1-4 player CO-OP horror game, a nightmare from hell, it is your objective to hunt down a sinister demon known as Mothman. Underequipped you must search the landscape for resources. Lay bear traps, stalk from a distance, and stay quiet. You came to hunt, only to be hunted.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.9%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Horror 11.4%, Survival Horror 10%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on creature-based horror and co-op survival in a dark, atmospheric setting.

You find yourself locked up alone in an abandoned place, but something is nearby, something dark and dangerous. Try to look for ways to get out of there before you can no longer...

Why similar: Survival Horror 36.7%, Multiplayer 20.3%, Dark 11.2%, First-Person 10.2%, Action 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that emphasizes the cat-and-mouse dynamic between the player and the creature.

Retrieve dolls from the crawlspace with your friends, or alone.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 31.6%, Survival Horror 25.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 10.8%, First-Person 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a first-person survival horror experience with a focus on co-op PVE gameplay.

You and your crew are sent in to assess reality in this 4-player co-op horror game. Memorize the environment. Spot disturbing anomalies. Decide if the timeline is safe. One bad call—and you’re forced to start over.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.5%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Horror 13%, First-Person 7.7%

Severance is a 1-5 player paranormal investigation game… with a twist. Use tools and equipment to identify the correct ghost type while a dangerous, violent entity hunts you down. The twist? YOU can become the ghost. Choose Ghost AI, or an asymmetrical mode where a player takes the Ghost role.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.2%, Survival Horror 20.4%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Multiplayer 12%, Horror 11.6%

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: Online Co-Op 19%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Dark 10.1%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

A visually realistic 1-7 player co-op survival horror game. Explore 5 levels filled with confined environments, puzzles, and entities with new levels and content added regularly. Beware of terrifying moments and ruthless monsters. Do whatever it takes to escape, even if it means hiding.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 20.7%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Horror 10.2%

Your goal is simple, spot anomalies to escape. Play alone or together with up to 8 players in online co-op. Make the right decisions to advance to the next level, or risk being reset to the beginning!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.8%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Horror 12.4%, First-Person 7.7%

A scientific experiment in which no one survives, in a first-person survival horror game made by one developer In the role of a random person who is trapped in an experiment, try to get out and find out what is happening in this abandoned place.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.9%, Dark 17.7%, First-Person 13.3%, Hidden Object 10.6%, Exploration 9.5%

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 23.9%, Survival Horror 18%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Multiplayer 10%

"The Experiment" is a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! You took part in an experiment that went out of control, can you escape the facilities before it's too late?

Why similar: Multiplayer 62.5%, Horror 31.6%, Casual 5.8%

You are a test subject in the underground SCP research facility. When a containment breach occurs, you must find your way out. Escape the SCPs, discover anomalous objects, and collect valuable resources along the way.

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.4%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Horror 16.1%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%

Trapped in an abandoned asylum with the sinister Doctor Viscera, who will stop at nothing to keep you there as his test subject for cruel experiments. Explore the old GrimmHaus Asylum in this PSX-style survival horror game.

Why similar: Survival Horror 39.8%, Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, First-Person 10.3%, PvE 9.4%

『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: Online Co-Op 19.4%, Survival Horror 18.8%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Horror 10.8%

Your main task is to find out who is involved in the spread and experiment on the "E" virus - Ebola, you need to stop the spread of the virus, and at the same time survive yourself! Millions of people may die.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.2%, Zombies 17.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 12.2%, Multiplayer 8.8%

The Backrooms Experiment is a co-op walking simulator with horror and thriller elements. Find your way in Backrooms, avoid the entities, cheese entities with voices, explore the levels, cooperate with your friends, and most importantly, do not die.

Why similar: Survival Horror 29.4%, Psychological Horror 20%, Online Co-Op 16.9%, First-Person 14.9%, Multiplayer 10.1%

Gehinnom is a multiplayer horror game for 1-4 players. collect clues and complete various quests to perform a ritual and banish the demon that hunts you. Everything in Gehinnom is randomly generated, so you will always be scared.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.9%, Survival Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 12%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Horror 9.6%

What seemed like an easy job, descends into something horrifying. Explore mysterious house, that holds dark secrets, in this first person horror experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.8%, Horror 28.2%, Multiplayer 22.5%, First-Person 11.4%, 3D 4.4%

The Escape: Together is a 1-3 player Online CO-OP escape horror. The paranormal creature has taken over the house. You must use everything you find to survive and make your runaway.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.5%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Dark 15%, First-Person 11.1%

Your task is simple, exterminate all vermin. The sledge hammer you have been provided is capable of destroying almost all office appliances and furniture that may be uncooperative. Your time is running out.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.4%, Horror 20.6%, Dark 19.2%, First-Person 12.4%, Action 7%

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: Online Co-Op 26%, Survival Horror 19.8%, Horror 14.9%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%

PROJECT: PLAYTIME is a Free-to-Play multiplayer horror game where six players attempt to create one giant toy while surviving a terrifying monster that roams the toy factory. A seventh player controls the monster and is given only one goal: Find and kill everyone.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.6%, Online Co-Op 20.5%, Multiplayer 17.1%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 7.9%

Explore abandoned locations, collect paranormal evidence, and survive the wrath of the former residents still haunting them. Team up with up to 3 friends to investigate by day, and hide for your life by night. What begins as an investigation quickly turns into a desperate struggle to stay alive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Multiplayer 22.6%, Horror 20.5%, First-Person 12.4%, Exploration 12.1%

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: Online Co-Op 23.9%, Survival Horror 21.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 12.4%, PvE 8.6%

A man living in his new apartment finds himself in the center of something much more sinister.

Why similar: Horror 39.3%, First-Person 18.1%, Dark 17.8%, Action 11.3%, Singleplayer 7.1%

UNDERWARD is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Investigators must carry «TEST-SUBJECT» monsters from a deadly underground abandoned hospital ward.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.6%, Survival Horror 18%, Zombies 14.6%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Horror 12.4%

Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.

Why similar: Survival Horror 30.1%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Dark 13.2%, First-Person 9.9%

Survival Horror in first person where you must manage your ammunition well, explore varied scenarios and face nightmarish beings, while investigating the macabre experiments with children, the result of a mind unhinged by madness and family loss.

Why similar: Survival Horror 34.2%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 15.2%, First-Person 10.2%, Dark 9.6%

Slashers is a 1-4 player cooperative horror game, you are explorers of abandoned and seemingly cursed places, your goal is to see what happened there.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.6%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 15.6%, Dark 12.1%, Multiplayer 11.8%

You must survive a monster infested zoo while searching for key shards that unlock the truth to its origin. Collect all the key shards by solving puzzles throughout the grounds and put a stop to the monster mayhem.

Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Exploration 19%, First-Person 16.9%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Action 8.2%

Everything is for Humanity is a story-driven, exploration and puzzle-solving based science fiction horror game which sets in a massive science facility in 2020. You will discover tons of things and find out about the blood-chilling truths with its first-person experience.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 25%, Horror 19.4%, First-Person 13.9%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Exploration 9.1%

A short 5 minute horror game!

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.8%, Zombies 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 11.6%, Dark 10%

Exorcist Simulator is a 1‑4 player online co‑op horror where every play asks the same, terrible question: Will you cast out the Devil —or wear his skin?

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.6%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 12.5%