- #1 We Were Here Forever
97% matchVery Positive91% of 17,912 reviews2022
Dev: Total Mayhem Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 27.2% ★, Co-op Campaign 17.9% ★, Online Co-Op 13%, Co-op 7.8%, Puzzle 6%
Why You'll Like It: This is the most polished entry in the series, offering more complex puzzles and a deeper narrative experience than its predecessors.
- #2 We Were Here Too
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 10,790 reviews2018
Dev: Total Mayhem Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 24.6% ★, Co-op Campaign 16.1% ★, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Co-op 7.7%, Investigation 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It maintains the core asymmetric communication mechanics of the series while introducing distinct, challenging puzzle rooms.
- #3 We Were Here
96% matchVery Positive90% of 32,003 reviews2017
Dev: Total Mayhem Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Lost in a frozen wasteland and split up from your partner inside an abandoned castle, the only possession you have left is a walkie-talkie with a familiar voice on the other end. Can the two of you find your way out in time?
Why similar: Escape Room 27.3% ★, Co-op Campaign 18.5% ★, Co-op 10%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Puzzle 6%
Why You'll Like It: The original title that established the series' signature formula of voice-dependent cooperation and exploration.
- #4 We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip
95% matchVery Positive90% of 23,599 reviews2023
Dev: Total Mayhem Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Online Co-Op 26.4%, Co-op 23.4%, Puzzle 14.2%, Multiplayer 9%, Linear 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A focused, bite-sized cooperative experience that tests the strength of your partnership through intense puzzle challenges.
- #5 The Past Within
94% matchVery Positive95% of 16,273 reviews2022
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 28.9% ★, Co-op 20.6%, Online Co-Op 18.5%, Puzzle 12.5%, Multiplayer 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A unique point-and-click experience where players view the same environment from different timelines, requiring constant information exchange.
- #6 Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
94% matchVery Positive86% of 11,665 reviews2019
Dev: Other Tales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Online Co-Op 18.7%, Co-op 16.7%, Co-op Campaign 16.7% ★, Escape Room 13.9% ★, Puzzle 13%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven puzzle game where players must share information found on their respective screens to solve a unified mystery.
- #7 It Takes Two
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 256,472 reviews2021
Dev: Hazelight StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.
Why similar: Co-op 26.9%, Co-op Campaign 20.9% ★, Online Co-Op 19.5%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Puzzle 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A genre-bending cooperative adventure that forces players to work together in creative, ever-changing ways to navigate a whimsical world.
- #8 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,688 reviews2015
Dev: Steel Crate Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 51.4%, Puzzle 27.7%, Multiplayer 16.6%, Casual 2.5%, Indie 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: Perfectly captures the high-stakes communication dynamic where one player has the manual and the other must defuse a bomb based on verbal instructions.
- #9 Portal 2
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 456,665 reviews2011
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Why similar: Co-op 28.8%, Puzzle 22.6%, Story Rich 17.3%, Action-Adventure 15%, First-Person 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for cooperative puzzle-solving, requiring constant communication and spatial awareness to navigate test chambers.
- #10 Operation: Tango
91% matchVery Positive87% of 8,491 reviews2021
Dev: Clever PlaysPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 38.8% ★, Online Co-Op 23.1%, Co-op 10.6%, Puzzle 10%, Investigation 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: An asymmetric spy-themed adventure where one player acts as the field agent and the other as the hacker, relying entirely on voice coordination.
- #11 In Sink: A Co-op Escape Adventure
90% matchVery Positive87% of 1,424 reviews2024
Dev: Clock Out GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 39.1% ★, Online Co-Op 18.5%, Co-op 12.2%, Puzzle 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A vibrant escape room experience that emphasizes cooperative logic and synchronized movements to progress.
- #12 Escape Simulator
89% matchVery Positive94% of 18,887 reviews2021
Dev: Pine Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 37.7% ★, Co-op 15.3%, Puzzle 11.7%, Online Co-Op 11%, Multiplayer 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly interactive escape room experience with a massive library of community-made levels to play with a partner.
- #13 Unsolved Case
89% matchVery Positive88% of 6,321 reviews2022
Dev: Eleven Puzzles
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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 36.3% ★, Online Co-Op 21.7%, Puzzle 9.1%, Co-op 8.4%, Investigation 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play prequel that serves as an excellent introduction to the cooperative puzzle mechanics of the We Were Here series.
- #14 A Way Out
88% matchVery Positive88% of 98,325 reviews2020
Dev: Hazelight StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Online Co-Op 43.8%, Co-op 26.3%, Story Rich 10.9%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strictly cooperative narrative experience that emphasizes teamwork in both puzzle-solving and cinematic action sequences.
- #15 BOKURA
87% matchVery Positive92% of 12,089 reviews2023
Dev: tokoronyoriPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Online Co-Op 36.2%, Co-op 18.7%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Story Rich 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological puzzle-adventure where players see the world differently, forcing them to communicate to reconcile their conflicting perspectives.
- #16 Escape Academy
86% matchVery Positive88% of 1,256 reviews2022
Dev: Coin Crew GamesPub: iam8bit Presents
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 42.7% ★, Online Co-Op 17.3%, Co-op 10.2%, Puzzle 8.8%, Multiplayer 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features a series of well-designed escape rooms that prioritize teamwork and clever puzzle design in a school setting.
- #17 Get Together: A Coop Adventure
86% matchMixed67% of 100 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Sterneck
Windows
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 24.2% ★, Co-op Campaign 21.3% ★, Online Co-Op 19.5%, Co-op 8.8%, Multiplayer 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A charming puzzle game that utilizes asynchronous communication to bridge the gap between two players in different locations.
- #18 Unboxing the Cryptic Killer
84% matchVery Positive90% of 2,562 reviews2023
Dev: Eleven Puzzles
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 37.4% ★, Online Co-Op 18.8%, Puzzle 9.6%, Co-op 8.8%, Investigation 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative mystery game that requires players to share clues and observations to solve a series of interconnected puzzles.
- #19 How 2 Escape
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 799 reviews2023
Dev: Breakfirst GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 29.4% ★, Co-op Campaign 24.3% ★, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Co-op 10.1%, Puzzle 7%
Why You'll Like It: An asymmetric escape game where one player is trapped in a vehicle and the other uses a companion app to provide instructions.
- #20 Parallel Experiment
83% matchVery Positive84% of 657 reviews2025
Dev: Eleven Puzzles
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 27.6% ★, Co-op Campaign 20% ★, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Co-op 9.6%, Puzzle 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click style cooperative puzzle game that requires players to compare their screens to find differences and solutions.
- #21 First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds
84% matchVery Positive81% of 269 reviews2022
Dev: 0 Deer Soft
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
"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 29.2% ★, Co-op Campaign 17.5% ★, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Co-op 8.5%, Investigation 7%
Why You'll Like It: A solid escape room experience that focuses on environmental interaction and logical deduction with a partner.
- #22 Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist
82% matchVery Positive86% of 520 reviews2022
Dev: 0 Deer Soft
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
"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 32.8% ★, Co-op Campaign 16.6% ★, Online Co-Op 14.8%, Puzzle 6.7%, Investigation 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play escape room adventure that emphasizes exploration and item-based puzzle solving in a cooperative setting.
- #23 KeyWe
82% matchVery Positive90% of 2,301 reviews2021
Dev: Stonewheat & SonsPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
KeyWe is a cute, co-operative postal puzzler starring Jeff and Debra, two small kiwi birds working in a whimsical post office. They must jump, flap, peck and butt-slam their way across an interactive landscape of levers, bells and buttons to get those messages delivered on time!
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 42.6% ★, Co-op 19.8%, Online Co-Op 19.7%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Puzzle 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A chaotic cooperative puzzle game where players must communicate effectively to manage a post office under pressure.
- #24 Split Brain
80% matchVery Positive94% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: Kusa Games
Windows
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 31.5% ★, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Co-op Campaign 11.3% ★, Co-op 8.3%, Multiplayer 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer that tests communication as players navigate two distinct but connected 3D environments.
- #25 Together in Between
81% matchMixed61% of 310 reviews2024
Dev: Vellichor Games
Windows
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 30.3% ★, Online Co-Op 21%, Co-op 10.3%, Puzzle 10.2%, Multiplayer 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle game that focuses on shared exploration and environmental manipulation to reach the end.
- #26 Degrees of Separation
81% matchVery Positive81% of 1,275 reviews2019
Dev: MoondropPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Degrees of Separation is a puzzle platformer where cooperation is built into every move. Two contrasting souls, Ember and Rime, fall in love, but are separated by an enigmatic force, and must use their powers to progress through a spectacular world of fantasy and adventure.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 34.9%, Co-op 23.8%, Puzzle 15.4%, Story Rich 13.1%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features two characters with opposing elemental powers that must coordinate their movements to solve environmental puzzles.
- #27 Bread & Fred
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,950 reviews2023
Dev: SandCastles StudioPub: Infogrames
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Grab your best bud for help in this new co-op challenge to help two adorable penguins, Bread and Fred, reach the top of the snowy summit. Time your jumps, cling to walls and swing across gaps to see how far you can make it before you tumble all the way back down the mountain.
Why similar: Co-op 47%, Online Co-Op 33.6%, Multiplayer 16.9%, Casual 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging cooperative platformer that requires perfect synchronization and verbal communication to overcome difficult terrain.
- #28 Escape Memoirs: Safe House
79% matchVery Positive90% of 289 reviews2024
Dev: 0 Deer Soft
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
"Escape Memoirs: Safe House" is a co-operative reverse escape-room puzzle game. You are a member of a criminal organization who must break into one of their own safe houses to fetch some important tools. Do you think you have what it takes to overcome the puzzles that stand in your way?
Why similar: Escape Room 36.8% ★, Online Co-Op 15.1%, Co-op 11.5%, Investigation 9.4%, Multiplayer 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative escape room focused on investigation and logic, requiring players to piece together clues found in a secure facility.
- #29 We Escaped a Twisted Game
77% matchVery Positive95% of 619 reviews2025
Dev: Deluded Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 31.2% ★, Online Co-Op 15.1%, Co-op 9.4%, Puzzle 7.1%, Linear 6.2%
- #30 Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories
77% matchVery Positive84% of 5,897 reviews2022
Dev: 0 Deer Soft
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
"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 33% ★, Online Co-Op 15.5%, Co-op Campaign 14.5% ★, Co-op 8.2%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #31 In Sink: A Co-Op Escape Prologue
76% matchVery Positive90% of 5,866 reviews2023
Dev: Clock Out GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 40.9% ★, Online Co-Op 24.8%, Puzzle 9.6%, Multiplayer 8%, Co-op 7.8%
- #32 Escape Simulator 2
74% matchVery Positive92% of 3,921 reviews2025
Dev: Pine Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Sequel to the best-selling escape room game, brings a fresh take on first-person puzzles with a variety of new rooms to explore solo or with friends. Solve intricate puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, or craft your own escape rooms with Room Editor 2.0.
Why similar: Escape Room 36.3% ★, Online Co-Op 14.4%, Co-op 12.6%, Puzzle 8.1%, Investigation 7.8%
- #33 Emissary Zero
74% matchVery Positive84% of 2,800 reviews2025
Dev: Rone Vine
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Co-op horror (1-4 players). You are sent to explore a mysterious building at night. Find the Moon and try to return alive.
Why similar: Escape Room 27.7% ★, Online Co-Op 19%, Co-op 10.9%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Horror 7.9%
- #34 BOKURA: planet
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,486 reviews2025
Dev: tokoronyoriPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
"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: Online Co-Op 25.1%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, Co-op 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #35 Little Nightmares III
75% matchMixed46% of 19,236 reviews2025
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Little Nightmares III is an atmospheric adventure game in which you follow the journey of Low and Alone, two best friends in search of a way out of the Nowhere. In 2 players online cooperation or solo with an A.I., work together to solve puzzles and survive in this nightmarish world.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 22.2% ★, Co-op 16.5%, Online Co-Op 16.4%, Puzzle 9.2%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #36 The Experiment: Escape Room
78% matchMixed54% of 269 reviews2018
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
"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 52.4% ★, Co-op 13.8%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Puzzle 9%, Horror 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic escape room experience that tasks players with solving puzzles to escape a laboratory setting.
- #37 Tales of Escape
78% matchMixed60% of 2,173 reviews2017
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
"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 19.4%, Online Co-Op 18.9%, Puzzle 15.8%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Horror 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A collection of cooperative escape scenarios that provide a variety of themes and difficulty levels for puzzle enthusiasts.
- #38 First Class Escape: The Train of Thought
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 493 reviews2021
Dev: 0 Deer Soft
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
"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 27.5% ★, Co-op Campaign 20.2% ★, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Co-op 8.2%, Investigation 6.9%
- #39 Labyrinthine
73% matchVery Positive85% of 17,213 reviews2023
Dev: Valko Game Studios
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 28.4% ★, Online Co-Op 19.5%, Co-op 11.9%, Puzzle 8%, Horror 7.6%
- #40 Chained Together
72% matchVery Positive90% of 60,245 reviews2024
Dev: Anegar Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the depths of hell, climb chained to your friends through diverse worlds. Solo or co-op, try to reach the summit and discover what awaits you there...
Why similar: Co-op 32.7%, Online Co-Op 26.8%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Exploration 7.2%
- #41 The Escape: Together
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,360 reviews2023
Dev: Nightstuff Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Co-op 19%, Horror 17.6%, Exploration 14.6%, Dark 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.4%
- #42 Escape from Kyoto House
73% matchVery Positive93% of 162 reviews2020
Dev: Taichi Games
Windows
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 42.3% ★, Online Co-Op 17.1%, Co-op 10.8%, Puzzle 7.9%, Multiplayer 6.1%
- #43 Eronoctosis: Put Yourself Together
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,875 reviews2021
Dev: Dream Toaster Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 22%
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 40.3% ★, Co-op 15.3%, Horror 8%, Psychological Horror 7%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
- #44 Operation: Tango - Friend Pass
71% matchVery Positive86% of 2,183 reviews2020
Dev: Clever Plays
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Download the Friend Pass and play for free with a friend who owns the full Operation: Tango game. It takes two to save the world, but it only takes one to pay for it.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 40.6% ★, Online Co-Op 22%, Puzzle 9.1%, Co-op 8.4%, Investigation 8.4%
- #45 DEATH IN UNISON
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 705 reviews2024
Dev: Blank Dream Studios
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 29.7%, Co-op 17.1%, Horror 10.4%, Puzzle 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #46 We're Tethered Together
69% matchVery Positive98% of 230 reviews2023
Dev: BunBun Games
Windows
Cast into an ancient crypt, survive the horrors that dwell below, and ascend from despair with your unexpected companion in this short 2D puzzle platformer. Take risks to evade the petrifying gaze from beyond the dark.
Why similar: Puzzle 47.8%, Horror 19.2%, Adventure 17.1%, Atmospheric 12%, Indie 3.9%
- #47 Escape First Alchemist ⚗️
69% matchVery Positive83% of 1,037 reviews2023
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
First-person escape game, playable solo or co-op with up to 4 people. Solve riddles of a reclusive alchemist that trapped you in his workshop. Brew potions and overcome challenges as he laughs at your failures and makes light of your successes...But what if things are not what they seem?
Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.6%, Co-op 14.9%, Puzzle 12.8%, Mystery 9%, Linear 8.8%
- #48 FOREWARNED
67% matchVery Positive90% of 6,596 reviews2024
Dev: Dreambyte Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
FOREWARNED is a 1-4 player co-op survival horror. Delve deep into ancient Egyptian ruins with your team of fellow archaeologists. Investigate phenomena, collect treasure, discover lore, survive danger, and banish the evil that lurks within.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 32.9%, Co-op 18.2%, Horror 12.8%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
- #49 Unravel Two
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,641 reviews2020
Dev: Coldwood InteractivePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
When you cut ties to the past, new bonds form. Build relationships with other Yarnys in local co-op or as a single player, fostering friendship and support as you journey together.
Why similar: Co-op 44.4%, Puzzle 18%, Multiplayer 17.7%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Adventure 4.1%
- #50 Escape First 2
72% matchMixed54% of 293 reviews2019
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"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 16.5%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Puzzle 11.9%, Investigation 10.6%, Horror 8.2%
- #51 En Route: A Co-Op Space Escape
70% matchMixed64% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Alcedo Games
Windows
En Route: Space is a 2 player co-op puzzle game where you need each other to figure your way out through the mysteries of space. Work together, open your mind and trust one another to persevere this adventure.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.8%, Co-op 13.9%, Puzzle 12.4%, Investigation 10.4%, Linear 8.6%
- #52 Somewhere in the Shadow
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 728 reviews2021
Dev: Aydy
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Woke up in strange dark spot. Who has done it with you? And why? Try to get out from that scary place and stay alive...
Why similar: Online Co-Op 30.8%, Co-op 18.3%, Horror 12.8%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #53 Malice
71% matchMostly Negative24% of 990 reviews2022
Dev: Nimbus Games
Windows
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 35% ★, Online Co-Op 16.7%, Co-op 9.9%, Puzzle 7.4%, Horror 5.4%
- #54 Backrooms: Escape Together
67% matchVery Positive88% of 34,229 reviews2022
Dev: Triiodide Studios
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A visually lifelike co-op horror for 1-6 people. Journey through 10 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.1%, Co-op 14.7%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #55 Astrumis - Survive Together
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: Tyci
Windows
Astrumis - Survive Together is an exclusively co-op horror game. One player controls a survivor on an abandoned spaceship and the other the ship itself. They must work together to survive against the mysterious monster.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 36% ★, Online Co-Op 18%, Co-op 11.9%, Horror 6.4%, Multiplayer 6.1%
- #56 IT Simulator
68% matchVery Positive91% of 167 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Byte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
IT Simulator is a co-op horror game where two players attempt to return power to an office building. Take the role of the all-seeing Control Room or the stealthy Repair Technician as you risk everything to d̶i̶s̶c̶o̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶u̶t̶h̶ escape.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 29.3%, Co-op Campaign 19.2% ★, Horror 9%, Linear 8.5%, Puzzle 8%
- #57 Anomaly Exit
66% matchVery Positive91% of 1,158 reviews2024
Dev: ExamlGuy
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
On your way home on the train, you weren't paying attention. Until you realised the train had been stopping at the same station over, and over again. Watch out for anomalies, and avoid the Anomaly Exit! Made for singleplayer and 2-6 co-operative multiplayer.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.9%, Co-op 12.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Multiplayer 9.1%
- #58 Storebound
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 779 reviews2025
Dev: Embers
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 30.4% ★, Online Co-Op 16.6%, Co-op 11.8%, Puzzle 7.9%, Horror 5.8%
- #59 Escape First
70% matchMixed66% of 441 reviews2018
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
"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: Online Co-Op 20.2%, Co-op 16.3%, Puzzle 11.7%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Investigation 8.8%
- #60 Tvö
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 596 reviews2022
Dev: Artless GalleryPub: Umbra Evolution
Windows
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: Online Co-Op 27.2%, Co-op 17.1%, Puzzle 13.2%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Exploration 8.7%