Games Like The Outlast Trials

Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

Why similar: Horror 33.6%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Multiplayer 8%, First-Person 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest match in pure feel, delivering the same first-person hide-and-run survival horror, gruesome atmosphere, and helpless tension that The Outlast Trials is built on.

Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.

Why similar: Horror 26.3%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Multiplayer 8.5%, First-Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Although single-player, it shares the seed game's psychological horror, frantic chases, stealthy survival, and intensely disturbing presentation.

Dark Hours is a co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with an evil entity. Forget your plan, your mission is to survive. Explore and cooperate to find a way out.

Why similar: Co-op 16%, Horror 15.3%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same co-op horror formula of sneaking through dangerous environments, completing objectives, and trying not to get caught by a relentless threat.

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 27.5%, Horror 24.2%, Multiplayer 19.4%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Stealth 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the best co-op alternatives thanks to its first-person stealth, team-based objective play, and constant fear of being hunted while sneaking through hostile spaces.

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 29%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Psychological Horror 14%, Co-op 11.2%, Stealth 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on first-person co-op survival, hiding, and escaping while being stalked, which lines up closely with the hunted feel of The Outlast Trials.

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 25.6%, Multiplayer 20.2%, Co-op 16%, Survival Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person co-op structure, oppressive spaces, and constant need to survive while navigating hostile levels make it a natural follow-up.

GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.

Why similar: Co-op 21%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Horror 17.4%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Stealth 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its four-player co-op missions, emphasis on stealth before chaos erupts, and punishing PvE horror pressure make it a strong mechanical match.

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 32.7%, Multiplayer 18.7%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Co-op 13.1%, Psychological Horror 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a great fit if you want more frantic co-op horror runs where teamwork, route planning, and panic under pursuit are the whole appeal.

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 20.8%, Co-op 19%, Survival Horror 18.8%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op exploration, trap-filled environments, puzzle objectives, and escalating monster encounters recreate a similar mix of teamwork and dread.

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 23.8%, Multiplayer 21.2%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Co-op 15%, Psychological Horror 11%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the seed game's co-op dread and evasive survival gameplay, with players navigating eerie environments while trying to stay alive under pressure.

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 22.4%, Horror 21.9%, Multiplayer 18.7%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, First-Person 7%

Why You'll Like It: It blends co-op paranormal horror with heavy atmosphere, jump-scare pressure, and team-based survival in a way that should appeal to Outlast Trials fans.

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 36.2%, Multiplayer 20.4%, Co-op 19.3%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, First-Person 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: While slower and more investigative, it offers excellent co-op horror tension, communication-heavy gameplay, and that same feeling of being fragile in a hostile space.

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 19.8%, Horror 19.6%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13%, Character Customization 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This delivers strong co-op horror tension through first-person maze navigation, environmental unease, and survival against threats while working together.

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 29.2%, Multiplayer 20.2%, Co-op 17.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Survival Horror 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is a compact co-op horror experience built around tense objective play, sudden chases, and trying to survive an aggressively hostile enemy.

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 24.1%, Multiplayer 18.7%, Survival Horror 17%, Co-op 15.1%, Psychological Horror 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: The vulnerable stealth, sound-sensitive threat, and desperate multiplayer survival create a lot of the same fear of being discovered and chased.

No More Room in Hell 2 is an intense 8 player zombie shooter. Overcome the endless undead. Avoid infection. Survive hell together.

Why similar: Co-op 20.7%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Multiplayer 16.7%, Horror 13.5%, Survival 7%

Why You'll Like It: This game delivers brutal co-op survival horror where careful movement, scarce resources, and high-stress teamwork matter more than power fantasy.

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 21.6%, Co-op 19.3%, Survival Horror 17.5%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is a simple but effective co-op horror game centered on scavenging objectives, avoiding a roaming killer, and surviving through teamwork.

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: Horror 20.6%, Multiplayer 19.1%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, First-Person 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op mission structure, creepy atmosphere, and constant risk while carrying out objectives make it a strong match for players who like horror with teamwork under pressure.

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 26.6%, Horror 23.6%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Psychological Horror 6.8%, First-Person 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This one leans hard into atmospheric co-op horror, exploring hostile spaces and surviving mysterious threats with limited safety or control.

Ghost Watchers is a co-op online horror game. You will explore and hunt ghosts in abandoned houses

Why similar: Co-op 27.5%, Horror 25.3%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Multiplayer 13.2%, First-Person 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes co-op ghost hunting with more direct danger and chase pressure, giving you another team-based horror experience with escalating panic.

An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Co-op 25.3%, Multiplayer 23.9%, Stealth 9.7%, First-Person 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers first-person co-op horror built around tense recovery runs, communication, and escaping dangerous encounters with your team intact.

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

Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Co-op 22.6%, Survival Horror 20.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, First-Person 8%

Why You'll Like It: Despite a more chaotic tone, it nails the same core loop of entering terrifying spaces with friends, completing objectives, and trying to get out alive.

SCP: 5K is a co-op or singleplayer tactical horror FPS project that puts players in the midst of a conspiracy where the SCP Foundation has turned on humanity. Enjoy Early Access as we continue to work towards a completed full release of the project!

Why similar: Co-op 37.4%, Horror 22.3%, Multiplayer 20.2%, First-Person 9.4%, Realistic 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its tactical co-op PvE structure, first-person horror combat, and oppressive paranormal setting make it a good pick if you want a harsher, more action-leaning version of the formula.

10 years of horror. 10 years of jump scares and close calls. 10 years of brutal sacrifices and thrilling escapes. Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.

Why similar: Horror 42.6%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Co-op 9.5%, Psychological Horror 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is more PvP-focused than the seed, but its asymmetric horror, escape objectives, and constant fear of detection still scratch a similar multiplayer tension itch.

Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.2%, Horror 19.2%, Stealth 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, First-Person 8%

Why You'll Like It: Even as a solo game, it excels at emergent first-person horror, resource pressure, and nerve-wracking avoidance of a persistent threat.

You are a Bigfoot hunter with an important mission: to put an end to rumours once and for all and prove to yourself that Bigfoot is not just a myth or an invention of the mind...

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.2%, Co-op 18.6%, Horror 17.4%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person co-op survival, dark wilderness tension, and hunted-by-a-monster gameplay make it a good fit for players who enjoy fear-driven teamwork.

Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!

Why similar: Survival Horror 36.3%, Horror 28.2%, Stealth 20.4%, First-Person 8.4%, Atmospheric 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its intense first-person stealth, hiding, and captive-escape structure closely matches the helpless hunted feeling that makes The Outlast Trials work.

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 29.3%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Co-op 17%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13%

Why You'll Like It: This is a strong choice for the seed game's psychological horror side, with oppressive first-person survival, vulnerability, and memorable nightmare imagery.

Co-op horror for 1 to 6 players. Anyone can try to escape the Backrooms. You are going back in: locate the lost agents, solve the puzzles, film the entities, and hold out until extraction. Everything you carry can be lost. Your ranks, gear and storage are built to last.

Why similar: Survival Horror 14.4%, Co-op 14.2%, Horror 13.1%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

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 19.2%, Multiplayer 19%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Co-op 17%, Psychological Horror 12.8%

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: Survival Horror 23.6%, Co-op 20.2%, Horror 18.5%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Multiplayer 10.2%

Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Survival Horror 28.7%, Stealth 15%, First-Person 7.7%, Survival 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the best pure stealth-horror games on Steam, built around terror, hiding, and surviving against an unstoppable pursuer.

Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.

Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Survival Horror 37.4%, First-Person 7.2%, Stealth 5.4%, Survival 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It revolves around improvising an escape while hiding from a deadly roaming creature, delivering the same kind of relentless first-person survival tension.

Carnival Hunt is a 5v1 first-person asymmetrical horror game. Five wind-up Bunnies must work together, manage their noisy keys, and find a way to escape an ever-changing carnival world while one player hunts them as the Carnival Monster.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.3%, Horror 17%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Stealth 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

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 32.2%, Multiplayer 26%, Co-op 18.1%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Survival Horror 5%

The Other Side is a co-op psychological thriller for up to 6 players. Your goal is to investigate haunted locations using modern ghost hunting equipment, gather evidence, identify entities, and cleanse them from the location. Customize your character, headquarters, and more.

Why similar: Horror 18.8%, Co-op 18.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Multiplayer 12.2%, First-Person 8.2%

A terrifying multiplayer horror experience with social deduction elements. Trapped in the Backrooms, up to 12 players must try to work together to survive and expose the shapeshifting Skin Stealer hiding among them before it’s too late. Who will you trust?

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.2%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Horror 16.1%, Stealth 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12%

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 25.4%, Co-op 21%, Multiplayer 18.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Survival Horror 6.4%

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: Survival Horror 20.8%, Multiplayer 18.3%, Horror 16.9%, Co-op 14.4%, Psychological Horror 10.9%

Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Experience the mad and macabre for yourself in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.3%, Horror 23.3%, Multiplayer 21.3%, Stealth 9.1%, Gore 8.4%

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 18.7%, Co-op 16.7%, Multiplayer 16.4%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%

Backrooms Lost Runners is a co-op survival horror with team play, voice-reactive AI, and immersive puzzles. This isn’t a “walking simulator”: explore liminal spaces, outsmart entities, and remember—even a whisper can give you away.

Why similar: Co-op 18.8%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Horror 14.4%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%

Zort is an action, adventure, and horror game that can be played with up to 4 people. Explore maps with your friends and have fun while escaping from various creatures. Experience a realistic horror experience with in-game voice chat with your friends!

Why similar: Co-op 23.7%, Horror 22.4%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Multiplayer 9.1%, PvE 7.6%

Enter the nightmarish world of Last Year, where you and four other classmates try to survive, fight back and ultimately escape a horrifying Fiend in this unique horror asymmetric game.

Why similar: Co-op 23.1%, Horror 19.9%, Multiplayer 19.1%, Survival Horror 17%, Gore 6%

Plan your own alien invasion and harvest humans as the iconic Killer Klowns, or gather a team of survivors to fight the extraterrestrial threat, in a game based on the ‘80s cult classic movie. Welcome to a new, craazzy take on the asymmetrical multiplayer horror experience!

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.1%, Co-op 16%, Horror 14.9%, Multiplayer 14%, Stealth 11.2%

Escape together or die alone. A relentless creature is hunting you in this intense co-op bodycam horror experience. Communicate. Stay quiet. Survive. Every move matters. Every sound could be your last. Made by one developer.

Why similar: Horror 23.3%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Co-op 10.8%

PARANOIA PLACE is a 1-4 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: Survival Horror 17.7%, Co-op 15.6%, Horror 14.2%, Stealth 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%

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: Horror 22.1%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Stealth 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

CRYO is a multiplayer co-op survival horror for 1-4 players. You have been deployed by your company to various locations around the Antarctic due to communication issues. What awaits you in these dark, remote regions is far more sinister than a technical fault...

Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Stealth 10%, PvE 9.7%, Survival Horror 9.4%

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 32.6%, Psychological Horror 21.1%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Dark 5.6%

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: Survival Horror 17%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Stealth 12.2%, Multiplayer 11.1%

Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Co-op 23.8%, Survival Horror 21%, Multiplayer 18.2%, Horror 14.8%, Survival 11.1%

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: Horror 20.9%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Co-op 15%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Stealth 10.2%

Ghost Janitors is a multiplayer psychological horror game for 1-4 players. Your job? Cleaning haunted houses while avoiding terrifying monsters. Ready to face the spine-tingling challenge with your team?

Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Co-op 17.2%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, PvE 7.4%

INOUT is a cooperative horror game for 1-4 players. For years, the locals have been afraid of an old mansion in Madyland. A possessed maniac and an ancient evil have settled here. Become a member of a team of exorcists and expel the evil force!

Why similar: Co-op 15.8%, Horror 15.7%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

Co-op horror game where you play in teams of 1 to 8 reckless journalists, ready to explore a city overrun by deadly creatures to snap spectacular footage. Your only goal: make the headlines without becoming one.

Why similar: Co-op 26.2%, Horror 22.6%, Multiplayer 17.9%, Survival Horror 7.2%, Gore 5.3%

Machine Party is a collection of violent party games where failure is lethal. Gather your friends and endure high stakes situations to prove your life is worth more than theirs. Survival is unlikely.

Why similar: Co-op 26.6%, Multiplayer 24.8%, Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Gore 7.4%

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 20.3%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Horror 17.8%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.9%

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: Horror 22.8%, Survival Horror 21.3%, Multiplayer 20.2%, Stealth 18%, First-Person 8.3%