Games Like We Were Here

As your final hour approaches, a large structure looms up in the distance, towering above the relentless storm. Discover the truth behind this dark castle in a communication-based, cooperative puzzle adventure.

Why similar: Escape Room 27.9% ★, Co-op Campaign 13% ★, Co-op 10.6%, Online Co-Op 7.5%, Horror 6%

Why You'll Like It: It directly expands the original game's formula of separated co-op partners using voice communication to solve asymmetric castle puzzles in a sinister setting.

As we explore these frozen wastes, misfortune strikes once again. Through the fierce blizzard, a flare lights the sky, followed by a cry for help over the radio - broken, dying... No one else can come to their rescue. Can we make it back - together?

Why similar: Escape Room 27.5% ★, Co-op Campaign 18.4% ★, Co-op 10%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, Puzzle 6%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel keeps the same communication-first escape-room structure but adds larger environments and a more involved co-op campaign.

You both awaken imprisoned inside the sinister Castle Rock - were you betrayed, or simply not that clever? Find out in the greatest co-op puzzle adventure in the We Were Here Series! Do you and your partner have what it takes to face the dark forces of this realm or will you be trapped… forever?

Why similar: Escape Room 32% ★, Co-op Campaign 14.8% ★, Co-op 11.2%, Online Co-Op 8.4%, Puzzle 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is the most fully featured version of the series' split-information puzzle design, built around constant two-player coordination and escape-room logic.

Partner up with your friend online and set sail for an unforgettable puzzle adventure in this bite-sized standalone We Were Here experience. Work together to overcome brain-teasing challenges and make fun memories, using your best communication, teamwork and trust skills.

Why similar: Co-op 32.3%, Online Co-Op 16.4%, Puzzle 12.8%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Mystery 7%

Why You'll Like It: Though shorter and lighter, it still delivers classic We Were Here-style co-op puzzle sequences that only work through clear communication.

You and your friend are trapped in a mystical world. As time ebbs away you must solve increasingly complex puzzles to escape. Cooperation is key as neither of you have the full picture! Play on two devices, local or remotely, all you need is a voice connection.

Why similar: Co-op 23.3%, Escape Room 15.9% ★, Co-op Campaign 13.6% ★, Puzzle 11.9%, Online Co-Op 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the best pure communication puzzle games on Steam, with each player holding different clues and needing to describe them carefully.

The Past Within is the new co-op experience from Rusty Lake! Play together with someone you deem trustworthy: one in The Past, the other in The Future. Observe and communicate what you see around you. Solve the puzzles and uncover Albert Vanderboom’s plan.

Why similar: Escape Room 30% ★, Co-op 26%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Puzzle 10.3%, Multiplayer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its two-player split-perspective puzzle design and unsettling atmosphere make it a great match for the same 'you know something we don't' tension.

It takes two to save the world in this cooperative spy adventure. Pair up with a friend as Agent or Hacker—with only your voices to connect you—and work together to bring a hi-tech global menace to its knees. Now with a FREE CONTENT UPDATE!

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 35.6% ★, Co-op 16.6%, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Puzzle 10.2%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Like We Were Here, it is built around two players seeing different things and feeding each other crucial information to solve every challenge.

First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.

Why similar: Escape Room 39.9% ★, Co-op 20%, Multiplayer 10%, Puzzle 9.8%, Online Co-Op 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers polished first-person co-op escape rooms with lots of object interaction and deduction, making it a natural fit if you want more room-based puzzle solving.

How 2 Escape is an escape-simulation game where two players will need to cooperate on asymmetrical gameplay and devices. "Talk together. Help each other." will be your new motto to survive in How 2 Escape.

Why similar: Escape Room 33.7% ★, Co-op Campaign 19.8% ★, Co-op 14.2%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Online Co-Op 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It recreates the core fantasy almost exactly by making one player trapped in an escape scenario while the other guides them remotely.

A new lead turns up old doubts about an 'Unsolved Case'. A trap, or a copycat killer? In this co-op puzzle game prequel to the award-winning Cryptic Killer series, put on your detective badges as you collaborate and communicate to crack the codes, solve the riddles, and catch the Cryptic Killer.

Why similar: Escape Room 40.6% ★, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Co-op 11.5%, Puzzle 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is a two-player mystery puzzle game where each person has different evidence and must communicate constantly to piece the case together.

Work together to solve puzzles and escape a desert island in this stylized multiplayer co-op adventure. Success requires more than just you and your partner thinking alike - you'll have to communicate and stay In Sink to overcome the challenges ahead.

Why similar: Escape Room 43% ★, Co-op 16.3%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Puzzle 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is a dedicated two-player escape puzzle game built around separated viewpoints, clue sharing, and cooperative logic solving.

"Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories" is a series of co-operative escape-room style puzzle scenarios. Each one is sure to test your wits as you try to overcome the challenges that stand in the way of your escape.

Why similar: Escape Room 37% ★, Co-op Campaign 11.5% ★, Co-op 11.2%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This free co-op escape-room collection delivers more first-person puzzle spaces that reward observation, item use, and teamwork.

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: Escape Room 25.4% ★, Horror 17.8%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Co-op 14.1%, Online Co-Op 12%

Why You'll Like It: This leans more into survival-horror, but its co-op navigation, puzzle-solving, and unsettling liminal spaces hit a similar mood to We Were Here.

Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...

Why similar: Horror 19.9%, Multiplayer 18%, Co-op 16.3%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person co-op, eerie exploration, and escape-focused puzzle progression capture a similar blend of teamwork, confusion, and horror.

Unravel the mystery of a cryptic box in this 2-player co-op puzzle game. Join forces as two detectives, solve cooperative puzzles, communicate effectively, crack the codes and outsmart the killer.

Why similar: Escape Room 41.5% ★, Co-op 11.9%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Puzzle 8.4%, Mystery 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Like We Were Here, it turns progression into a back-and-forth exchange of clues, codes, and observations between two players.

Play an early version of the first level for free! Work together to solve the puzzles and escape a desert island in this multiplayer co-op adventure. Success requires more than just you and your partner thinking alike - you'll have to communicate and stay In Sink to overcome the challenges ahead.

Why similar: Escape Room 46.6% ★, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Co-op 10.7%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Puzzle 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This shorter introduction to In Sink still nails the same clue-sharing, perspective-based co-op puzzle structure that makes We Were Here work.

Find yourself trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb. Your friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can't see the bomb, so you're going to have to talk it out – fast!

Why similar: Co-op 57.9%, Puzzle 20.6%, Multiplayer 18%, Casual 2%, Indie 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: It distills the same asymmetric communication panic into a bomb-defusal format where one player acts and the other interprets instructions.

BOKURA is a two-player puzzle adventure game. Play as two boys who ran away from their homes and work together to take yourselves somewhere far, far away. Relive the friendship of your childhood through the journey of two boys.

Why similar: Co-op 29.6%, Online Co-Op 25.4%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Adventure 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its two-player design revolves around players perceiving different versions of the same world and needing to talk through those differences to progress.

Welcome to Escape Academy. Train to become the ultimate Escapist. Solve Puzzles. Hack Servers. Meet the Faculty. Brew the perfect cup of tea. Escape Rooms in single player or co-op with a friend - local or online!

Why similar: Escape Room 47.6% ★, Co-op 13.8%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Puzzle 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is less eerie and more playful, but its co-op escape-room focus makes it a strong pick for players chasing puzzle density over horror.

"Tales of Escape" is a series of 6 person multiplayer escape room adventures for virtual reality or desktop pc! Gather your friends and choose a story to play!

Why similar: Co-op 24.7%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Puzzle 13.2%, Horror 12.9%, Online Co-Op 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers multiplayer first-person escape rooms with a darker tone, making it a decent follow-up if you mainly want co-op puzzling and atmosphere.

A 2-Player Networked Horror Co-Op game. Explore the deepest recesses of your mind to put yourself back together. Work together to defend yourself from its denizens.

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 32.2% ★, Co-op 20.8%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Mystery 5%

Why You'll Like It: It trades escape-room structure for more co-op horror, but the tense teamwork and unsettling atmosphere overlap well with We Were Here's mood.

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 Campaign 23.5% ★, Co-op 16.9%, Horror 12.9%, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Multiplayer 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op horror puzzler emphasizes exploration, communication, and surviving a threatening maze-like space with your team.

Two lost beings and you are the only bond... Play with a friend to guide and reunite them on their journey in this communication-based coop puzzle adventure. You play on two devices with no connection except your voice!

Why similar: Escape Room 29.6% ★, Co-op Campaign 18.6% ★, Co-op 13%, Online Co-Op 13%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its strongest similarity is the need for players to exchange unique information and coordinate actions to solve puzzles that neither can finish alone.

A Way Out is an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison.

Why similar: Co-op 44.7%, Online Co-Op 33.2%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Action-Adventure 3.1%, Adventure 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: While more cinematic and action-heavy, it similarly demands a dedicated partner and sells the feeling of two players progressing through a shared scenario together.

"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: Escape Room 50.6% ★, Co-op 16.1%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Puzzle 6.9%, Horror 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is a straightforward multiplayer escape-room game that scratches the same clue-hunting and code-solving itch, though with less personality.

A two-player co-op horror escape. Trapped in a haunted manor, you’ll need to solve puzzles, work together, and trust each other to make it out alive.

Why similar: Escape Room 35% ★, Co-op 12.8%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Horror 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.7%

Award-nominated escape game. Alone or with up to 5 players, explore 3 unique rooms, solve mind-bending puzzles, and unravel the dark secrets of the Professor Cheshire and his experiments.

Why similar: Escape Room 37.1% ★, Co-op 12.8%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Investigation 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the room-by-room cooperative deduction side of We Were Here through first-person escape challenges built for multiplayer.

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Why similar: Co-op 48%, Puzzle 24.5%, First-Person 13.1%, Action-Adventure 7.3%, Atmospheric 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op campaign is one of the best examples of puzzle communication and synchronized problem-solving, even if it is more comedic than creepy.

You wake up in a spaceship with no memories. In this escape room with a sci-fi setting you will have to investigate your past solving different puzzles. Will you be able to discover what happened to you and how did you get there?

Why similar: Escape Room 59.3% ★, Investigation 13.2%, Mystery 9.9%, Puzzle 9.8%, Adventure 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person sci-fi escape game focuses on environmental puzzles and cooperative room-solving in a more isolated, mysterious setting.

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: Escape Room 29.3% ★, Co-op 14.1%, Horror 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11%, Multiplayer 10.9%

Share the same body with a friend in Split Brain. One of you controls, the other one sees, but the decisions are made together! Face the illusion and uncover the truth to find your way out of Hexarture.

Why similar: Escape Room 34.8% ★, Co-op 11.2%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Co-op Campaign 8.9% ★, Horror 7.2%

You are going to steal a time machine. In this escape room, you have to travel through time, explore mysterious places and solve puzzles to get priceless treasures. Will you be able to make it back alive?

Why similar: Escape Room 65.4% ★, Investigation 11.3%, Puzzle 10.7%, Exploration 3.7%, Adventure 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is another solid first-person co-op escape-room option for players who mainly want more puzzle chains, locks, and environmental deduction.

Two detectives, one deadly experiment, a race against time. Each player only has one half of the puzzle. In this 2-player co-op puzzle game you can survive the parallel experiment only by working together.

Why similar: Escape Room 32.6% ★, Co-op Campaign 16.8% ★, Co-op 13.7%, Online Co-Op 7.6%, Investigation 6.4%

You only wanted to make a visit to your sick colleague, but what you encounter is beyond your imagination. Discover the secrets of your colleague and find a way to escape the trap.

Why similar: Escape Room 29.3% ★, Multiplayer 20.3%, Horror 14.2%, Investigation 10.7%, Puzzle 10.5%

A handcrafted two player adventure set in low gravity. Solve intricate asymmetric puzzles and escape Moontella’s extremely profitable slime empire through chaos, laughter, and unforgettable true co-op moments with your partner.

Why similar: Escape Room 37.9% ★, Co-op Campaign 24.8% ★, Co-op 12.1%, Online Co-Op 10.1%, Puzzle 7%

Experience a short co-op Escape Room set in the Malum universe. Trapped in an atmospheric horror house, you and your team must solve puzzles to escape. Will you make it out alive?

Why similar: Escape Room 47.9% ★, Online Co-Op 11%, Horror 7.9%, Psychological Horror 6.9%, Puzzle 6.4%

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 30.9%, Co-op 23.1%, Multiplayer 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Online Co-Op 8.4%

A 1-3 co-op puzzle horror game. Lost in an accursed megastore, work together to find the exit before its lurking horrors trap you forever.

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 25.4% ★, Co-op 16.9%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Horror 9.8%, Psychological Horror 7.9%

Confused, you wake up sucked into an empty classroom. You have to try to escape from school by solving puzzles and discovering secrets.

Why similar: Escape Room 28.1% ★, Co-op Campaign 15.5% ★, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Co-op 11.6%, Multiplayer 9.7%

Your party finds themselves trapped in a Japanese-themed room. Solve puzzles, crack riddles and discover hidden secrets in your adventure to Escape from Kyoto House!

Why similar: Escape Room 44.3% ★, Co-op 13.7%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Puzzle 6.5%

Tvö is an online cooperative puzzle game where two players must use their wits and communication skills to find a way into the heart of the labyrinth. This game can be played using our in-game voice chat or a third-party option.

Why similar: Co-op 23.5%, Online Co-Op 17%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Puzzle 11.9%, Exploration 6.4%

Trapped in a sinking submarine, two players must communicate through walkie-talkies to solve puzzles, complete tasks, navigate the depths, and escape before time runs out.

Why similar: Co-op 32%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 8.9%, First-Person 6.5%

"First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds" is a co-operative atmospheric escape-room-style puzzle game, set in a beautiful luxury airship. Do you think you have what it takes to overcome the challenges that await you on the airship?

Why similar: Escape Room 33.6% ★, Co-op Campaign 14.4% ★, Co-op 11.9%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.7%

"First Class Escape: The Train of Thought" is a co-operative atmospheric escape room puzzle game, set in a beautifully realized vintage train. Do you think you have what it takes to solve the puzzles and escape the train?

Why similar: Escape Room 32.9% ★, Co-op Campaign 17.2% ★, Co-op 11.9%, Online Co-Op 8.2%, Investigation 6.9%

You fall through a sinkhole into a nightmarish Japanese mansion with a lingering, sinister presence and terrifying threats… and the only way out is deeper in. Malice is a two-player, compulsory co-op survival horror that forces you to make unforgiving choices and rely on your wits to survive.

Why similar: Escape Room 36.8% ★, Co-op 12.6%, Online Co-Op 9.6%, Horror 8.3%, Psychological Horror 6.7%

Dive into an immersive co-op horror experience with a friend. As detectives, you’ll search for clues in a sinister area and must survive the horrors lurking within. Work together to find all the objects and escape before doom catches up with you.

Why similar: Co-op 24.4%, Horror 22.8%, Online Co-Op 14.9%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Puzzle 7%

"Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist" is a co-operative atmospheric reverse escape-room puzzle game. You are a master thief who has been hired to rob a mysterious mansion, filled with various puzzles. Do you think you have what it takes to conquer the challenges that await you in the mansion.

Why similar: Escape Room 38.2% ★, Co-op Campaign 13.7% ★, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Co-op 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.8%

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: Escape Room 32% ★, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Horror 10.9%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Co-op 10%

A multiplayer horror where you escape a laboratory at the cost of others.

Why similar: Co-op 23%, Horror 17%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Mystery 8.3%

Nostalgia is a two-player cooperative indie game that escapes from enemies in a dark labyrinth. After waking up in the deep, dark forest, the two follow an unidentified girl into the labyrinth. Avoid enemies in the labyrinth, find a diary, reveal the hidden past, and escape.

Why similar: Co-op 27.9%, Horror 19.6%, Online Co-Op 15%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Psychological Horror 9.3%

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 20.6%, Online Co-Op 17.2%, Multiplayer 17.1%, Co-op 16.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

"Escape First" is a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! It includes 3 different escape rooms to choose from and can be played competitively, co-op or solo.

Why similar: Co-op 20.9%, Multiplayer 12%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Horror 11.5%, Puzzle 9.8%

Step into the frozen unknown in Forsaken Frontiers, a cooperative analog horror adventure set in the unforgiving embrace of an everlasting winter.

Why similar: Co-op 23.7%, Online Co-Op 17.3%, Horror 14.8%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11%

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: Co-op 24.2%, Horror 20.2%, Online Co-Op 18.3%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Puzzle 7.5%

Your crew consists of two elite thieves. A client hires you to steal a mysterious item. One handles intel; the other infiltrates. Choose your roles and master the heist in this asymmetric co-op puzzle game.

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 32% ★, Escape Room 15.8% ★, Co-op 13.9%, Puzzle 8.7%, Mystery 8.1%

We Went Back is a time-looping horror game in which you wake up in an abandoned space station utterly alone. The exit door is locked and you must find a way to escape what lurks within. Find clues, experience dynamically changing environments and confront terror in order to find a way out.

Why similar: Horror 52.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Puzzle 10.1%, Mystery 7.8%, First-Person 6.7%

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: Co-op 23.2%, Online Co-Op 18.1%, Horror 16.8%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Puzzle 8.5%

"Escape First 2" is the second installment of a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! It includes 3 different escape rooms to choose from and can be played competitively, co-op or solo.

Why similar: Co-op 22%, Horror 13%, Puzzle 10.4%, Investigation 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.4%

Together in Between is a first-person adventure-puzzle game. You have been imprisoned in a magic book with your partner, in the same place but in different dimensions. Will you be able to overcome the Wizard-King's puzzles, and see your partner again?

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 29.3% ★, Co-op 16.9%, Online Co-Op 15.6%, Puzzle 11%, Multiplayer 10.6%

"There's something I can't tell you..." Explore new frontiers of co-op gaming in BOKURA: planet, a puzzle adventure game that you can only play with two players. Take on the role of a spaceship's exploration crew and try to escape from the red planet you crash-landed on.

Why similar: Co-op 21.7%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Online Co-Op 19.1%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Adventure 9%