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 17%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Multiplayer 7.7%, First-Person 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same signature first-person hide-and-run terror, night-vision exploration, and sadistic survival-horror feel that defined the series.

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 27.7%, Horror 24%, Multiplayer 19.4%, Psychological Horror 9%, Stealth 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its stealth-heavy co-op missions, unsettling conspiracy-horror tone, and emphasis on completing objectives while evading dangerous enemies make it one of the closest overall matches.

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 26.2%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Multiplayer 8.2%, First-Person 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the franchise’s frantic chase sequences, psychological cruelty, and stealth-first survival design, even if it is built for solo play.

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 25.3%, Multiplayer 19.9%, Co-op 15.7%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op structure, surreal environments, and constant pressure to solve objectives while avoiding lethal entities line up well with the seed game's vibe.

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 21.2%, Survival Horror 17.5%, Horror 17.2%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Stealth 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like The Outlast Trials, it throws a team into brutal objective-based runs where communication, stealth, and surviving sudden chaos matter more than raw firepower.

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 23.5%, Multiplayer 21%, Survival Horror 17%, Co-op 15.1%, Psychological Horror 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a very similar multiplayer survival-horror loop of exploring eerie areas, coordinating with teammates, and panicking when monsters close in.

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 20.4%, Co-op 19%, Survival Horror 18.8%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Teams enter cursed ruins to investigate, gather what they need, and escape supernatural threats, creating the same blend of objectives and fear under pressure.

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 19.7%, Horror 19.2%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13%, Character Customization 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is another strong co-op first-person horror game built around tense exploration, puzzle-solving, and escaping monsters in dark, oppressive 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 28.6%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Psychological Horror 14%, Co-op 11.1%, Stealth 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It leans hard into first-person co-op escape horror, sound-based stealth, and sudden chase sequences in claustrophobic environments.

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 32.2%, Multiplayer 18.7%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Co-op 13.3%, Psychological Horror 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its compact co-op horror runs revolve around finishing ritual tasks while a relentless enemy escalates the danger, much like a trial gone horribly wrong.

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 22.5%, Horror 21.5%, Multiplayer 18.5%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, First-Person 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This has a darker, more oppressive style than many ghost games and captures the same fragile co-op tension of surviving hostile supernatural encounters.

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 14.9%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same 'finish the job while something monstrous hunts you' rhythm through cooperative objectives and sudden horror interruptions.

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 31.9%, Multiplayer 26%, Co-op 18.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Survival Horror 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is another objective-driven co-op horror game with psychological imagery, enemy evasion, and trial-like spaces that feel designed to break the players.

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 35.8%, Multiplayer 20.3%, Co-op 19.5%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, First-Person 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: While more investigative, it still delivers first-person co-op horror built on communication, vulnerability, and fear of things going wrong very fast.

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 23.9%, Multiplayer 18.6%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Co-op 15.2%, Psychological Horror 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Stealth, sound discipline, and teamwork are central to surviving and escaping its monster, echoing the seed game’s hide-or-die stress.

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 28.8%, Multiplayer 20.1%, Co-op 17.7%, Psychological Horror 12%, Survival Horror 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its core loop of searching for objectives in tight spaces while a deadly pursuer stalks the group is very close to The Outlast Trials at a smaller scale.

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 24.9%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Multiplayer 13.1%, First-Person 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op ghost-hunting has a stronger survival-horror edge than pure investigation games, with more direct danger and panic during encounters.

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 21.3%, Co-op 19.4%, Survival Horror 17.5%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Despite its simpler presentation, it nails the same cooperative first-person formula of searching for key items while avoiding a lethal roaming threat.

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 27.6%, Co-op 25.4%, Multiplayer 23.7%, Stealth 10%, First-Person 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: If you want another multiplayer horror game about entering dangerous spaces, completing objectives, and escaping under pressure, this is an easy fit.

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 23.7%, Co-op 20.1%, Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Multiplayer 10%

Why You'll Like It: This is another frantic co-op survival-horror experience where hostile conditions and deadly threats keep every run unstable and stressful.

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 23.3%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Psychological Horror 6.9%, First-Person 5%

Why You'll Like It: Its expedition-style co-op survival-horror structure creates a similar feeling of pushing deeper into danger while trying to complete tasks and get out alive.

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 21.2%, Multiplayer 18.1%, Horror 14.7%, Survival 11%

Why You'll Like It: It is broader and more survival-heavy, but its co-op dread, grotesque enemies, and terrifying underground sections still scratch a similar PvE horror itch.

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 21.3%, Co-op 18.6%, Horror 17.1%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes survival, pursuit, and co-op tension in a way that keeps every expedition nervous and reactive rather than action-dominant.

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 21.5%, Survival Horror 19.9%, Multiplayer 17.1%, Horror 13.5%, Survival 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It brings co-op survival-horror pressure, scarce supplies, and high-stakes objective pushes that can collapse into panic with one bad mistake.

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 23.3%, Horror 18.8%, Stealth 15.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Survival 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its tense objective progression, limited resources, and stealthy navigation through a hostile environment make it a great single-player match in spirit.

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 36.6%, Horror 27.5%, Stealth 20.5%, First-Person 8.6%, Atmospheric 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is a superb solo alternative if you mainly want the powerless first-person stealth-horror side of The Outlast Trials.

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%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Co-op 17.1%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13%

Why You'll Like It: Its bleak psychological horror, first-person intensity, and optional co-op mode give it a grim, stress-heavy feel that fans of Outlast often appreciate.

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 18.6%, Multiplayer 18.4%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Co-op 17.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%

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 28.9%, Survival Horror 28.8%, Stealth 15%, First-Person 7.7%, Survival 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Few games do hunted, first-person survival-horror better, especially if your favorite moments are hiding, improvising, and barely surviving an unbeatable pursuer.

Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.

Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Multiplayer 21.4%, Co-op 19.6%, Survival Horror 16.6%, First-Person 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its chaotic facility horror, experimental setting, and constant first-person danger make it a good pick if the Murkoff-lab atmosphere is what you want more of.

Cooperate with up to 6 players to explore, search, and extract lost agents within the Backrooms. Solve puzzles, unlock tools, survive against entities, and progress through increasingly dangerous levels.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.3%, Horror 15.7%, Multiplayer 15%, Psychological Horror 13%, Co-op 11.3%

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 18.3%, Co-op 16.6%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%

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 42.5%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Co-op 9.6%, Psychological Horror 6.2%

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 18.6%, Co-op 18.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Multiplayer 11.1%, First-Person 8.5%

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%, Psychological Horror 15%, Multiplayer 9.1%, PvE 7.8%

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 25.1%, Co-op 21.1%, Multiplayer 18.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, First-Person 6.4%

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 26.5%, Horror 22.4%, Multiplayer 17.5%, Survival Horror 7.4%, First-Person 5.2%

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 32.4%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Dark 5.6%

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 23.7%, Horror 23.1%, Multiplayer 21.1%, Stealth 9.2%, Gore 8%

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 18.2%, Co-op 16.1%, Horror 14.7%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Stealth 11.3%

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 20.5%, Survival Horror 18.7%, Horror 17.6%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.9%

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 20.4%, Survival Horror 18.8%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Stealth 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%

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%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Stealth 12.2%, Multiplayer 11%

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 21%, Multiplayer 17.9%, Horror 16.7%, Co-op 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11%

Hospital 666 is a 1-4 player horror escape game. Traverse through eerie hospital levels while observing the occurrence of anomalies and choosing the correct elevator. Some abnormal bosses will chase you to death, and you must find the right way to escape them.

Why similar: Horror 31%, Multiplayer 21.6%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Realistic 8.7%, PvE 8.3%

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 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Stealth 10.1%, PvE 9.9%, Survival Horror 9.4%

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 18.8%, Co-op 17.4%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, PvE 7.6%

『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 17.7%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Horror 14.4%, Multiplayer 13%, Psychological Horror 11.1%

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 20.2%, Multiplayer 19%, Survival Horror 18.7%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, First-Person 8.4%

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 31.7%, Survival Horror 18.8%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, First-Person 7.1%

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 20.6%, Survival Horror 16.3%, Co-op 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Stealth 10.3%

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 22.5%, Survival Horror 21.4%, Multiplayer 20.1%, Stealth 18.1%, First-Person 8.4%

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 19.7%, Multiplayer 19.2%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Gore 5.5%

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 20.4%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Horror 15.9%, Stealth 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%

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: Survival Horror 21.4%, Horror 18.8%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, PvE 6.2%

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: Survival Horror 19.7%, Co-op 18.9%, Horror 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, PvE 8.5%

Backrooms Media is a 1-4 player co-op horror that plunges you into unsettling, hyper-realistic liminal spaces. Navigate eerie environments filled with lurking horrors. Group up with your friends to face the terror of the endless backrooms together and... try to escape.

Why similar: Co-op 21.9%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11%

Dark Hours: Prologue is a free 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 a monster. Forget your plan, your mission: survive! Explore and cooperate to find a way out or hide and wish for daylight.

Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Multiplayer 19.4%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Co-op 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%