Games like The Past Within
by Rusty Lake
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.
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$4.99Underground Blossom
Sep 27 · Rusty Lake
Both: Escape Room · Puzzle · Point & Click
Underground Blossom is a new adventure game by Rusty Lake. Fulfil various tasks at every station to find the metro that will take you through each important event from Laura Vanderboom's life.
Escape RoomAdventurePuzzlePoint & ClickIndieMysterySingleplayerHorrorStory RichMultiplayer👍 6,768
-20%$7.99Escape the Backrooms
Oct 23 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op · Co-op
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.
HorrorMultiplayerOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonEscape RoomExplorationAdventure👍 137,469
-40%$5.99Parallel Experiment
Jun 5 · Eleven Puzzles
Both: Puzzle · Co-op · Point & Click
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.
PuzzleCo-opPoint & ClickAdventureComic BookEscape RoomNarrativeStory RichMinigamesMystery👍 706
-20%$5.59United Heist: Facility Zero
4 days ago · No more Sleep
Both: Co-op · Escape Room · Puzzle
A co-op puzzle heist for two. One of you breaks into a secret bunker. The other sits in the observation office, watching the bunker. A walkie-talkie is your only link. Talk to each other and find out how good your teamwork really is.
Co-opCo-op CampaignEscape RoomPuzzleAdventureCasualMysteryMultiple EndingsAbstractStylized
$9.99Spectral Scream
Aug 28 · STOIC Ent.
Both: Online Co-Op · Co-op · Horror
Spectral Scream is a 1-4 player cooperative horror exploration game. Are you ready to face death in the maw of purgatory? Your goal is to find key items in each chapter and retrieve the orb. But be careful! Threatening and vicious creatures await you at every stage.
Online Co-OpCo-opHorrorMultiplayerPsychological HorrorThrillerDemonsSurvival HorrorLogicPuzzle👍 653
$9.99PANICORE
May 31 · ZTEK Studio
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op · Co-op
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.
HorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorCo-opMultiplayerFirst-PersonPvEStealthAtmospheric👍 10,746
$4.00Zort
Dec 7 · Londer Software
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op · Co-op
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!
Early AccessHorrorOnline Co-OpCo-opFunnyPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonPvEAtmosphericAction👍 11,741
$7.99Mosa Lina
Oct 17 · Stuffed Wombat, Silkersoft, Lukke, Rollin'Barrel
Both: Co-op · Online Co-Op · Puzzle
a hostile interpretation of the immersive sim, where nothing is planned, and everything works
Co-opMultiplayerOnline Co-Op2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerPuzzleLocal Co-OpAdventureImmersive SimSimulation👍 2,015
$7.99Backrooms Media
Dec 16 · NPK Games
Both: Co-op · Horror · Online Co-Op
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.
Co-opMultiplayerCasualPsychological HorrorHorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonExplorationSingleplayer👍 546
$14.99Boxes: Lost Fragments
Feb 1 · Big Loop Studios
Both: Puzzle · Mystery · Point & Click
As a legendary thief, your next assignment lures you into a grand and lavish mansion. There you find a series of puzzle boxes, designed for an unknown purpose. What should have been a quick in-and-out, gradually turns into your own harrowing struggle for freedom and answers.
PuzzleMysteryPoint & ClickAdventureCasual3DAtmosphericHidden ObjectIndieStory Rich👍 3,245
$6.99Backrooms Rec.
Mar 6 · Liminal Logic
Both: Online Co-Op · Horror
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.
MultiplayerOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorHorrorChoose Your Own AdventureFPSFirst-PersonLocal MultiplayerPsychological HorrorAction-Adventure👍 1,832
$12.99FOREWARNED
Apr 25 · Dreambyte Games
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op · Co-op
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.
HorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorCo-opMultiplayerPsychological HorrorVRPvESurvivalAsymmetric VR👍 5,039
$29.99Voidtrain
Nov 7 · HypeTrain Digital
Both: Co-op · Online Co-Op
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Open World Survival CraftCo-opTrainsMultiplayerSurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingOnline Co-OpAdventure👍 8,715
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$16.99Escape From Mystwood Mansion
Sep 27 · Lost Sock Studio
Both: Escape Room · Puzzle · Mystery
In this first-person puzzle escape room game, you are trapped in the mysterious Mystwood mansion. Explore the mansion and find hidden compartments while solving puzzles and deciphering codes to find a way out. Will you escape or linger to uncover the mansion's final secret?
Escape RoomPuzzleCozyMysteryExplorationFirst-PersonCasualMultiple EndingsDetectiveController👍 885
$7.99Content Warning
Apr 1 · Zorro, Wilnyl, Philip, thePetHen, Skog
Both: Online Co-Op · Horror · Co-op
Film your friends doing scary things to become SpöökTube famous! (strongly advised to not go alone)
Online Co-OpHorrorProcedural GenerationExplorationAction RoguelikeMultiplayerComedyPhysicsCo-opFunny👍 72,464
-51%$0.49Summon: Joint escape
Oct 3 · Goosix Games
Both: Co-op · Online Co-Op · Horror
Summon: Joint Escape is a cooperative horror survival game for 1-4 players. Find a way to escape from a stalker in camouflage uniform who wants to give you a piece of paper with the inscription "Summon".
ActionAdventureCo-opMemesOnline Co-OpHorrorAction-AdventureSurvival HorrorPuzzleExploration👍 305
$9.99UNDERWARD
Feb 4 · INTENSE
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op
UNDERWARD is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Investigators must carry «TEST-SUBJECT» monsters from a deadly underground abandoned hospital ward.
HorrorPerma DeathOnline Co-OpMultiplayerStealthFunnyLootExplorationFPSProcedural Generation👍 592
$7.99Malpractice
Oct 29 · SmiiggyB
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op · Puzzle
Malpractice is an Online Multiplayer Horror Experience. Solve puzzles, discover secrets, and avoid corrupted entities to escape a plague ridden hospital.
HorrorOnline Co-OpPuzzlePvEStory RichMysteryPsychological HorrorAtmosphericExplorationSurvival Horror
$24.99Submachine: Legacy
Oct 13 · Mateusz Skutnik
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click
Submachine is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and items to collect to help you along the way. Follow the story of a banished lighthouse keeper to discover his descent into ruins.
PuzzlePoint & ClickAdventureHand-drawnExploration2DIndieAtmosphericColorfulDystopian 👍 1,281
$4.99Follow the meaning
Nov 22 · HiKing Mind Studio
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click · Mystery
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
AdventurePuzzlePoint & Click2DHand-drawnMysteryMultiple EndingsIndieDetectiveSurreal👍 992
$24.99Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
May 16 · Simogo
Both: Puzzle · Horror · Mystery
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
PuzzleAdventureExplorationHorrorActionMysteryStylizedAction-AdventureIndiePsychological👍 3,110
$9.99Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate
Mar 6 · John Szymanski, Evan Szymanski
Both: Online Co-Op · Co-op
You’re a wizard! And a secret agent. The evil S.P.I.D.E.R crime syndicate has taken over your school, creating chaos. Play solo or up to 4 player co-op as you duel students, discover ancient secrets, and use scandalous spells.
Early AccessOnline Co-OpFantasyMagicPhysicsAdventure3DCo-opFunnyMultiplayer👍 931
$9.99Astrumis - Survive Together
May 26 · Tyci
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op · Co-op
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.
IndieHorrorCo-op CampaignSci-fiOnline Co-OpCo-opStealthAction-AdventureAliensDark👍 139
$24.99Deadzone: Rogue
Aug 11 · Prophecy Games
Both: Online Co-Op · Horror
Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.
RoguelikeFPSOnline Co-OpPvERogueliteLooter ShooterFirst-PersonShooterHorrorDungeon Crawler👍 15,055
-50%$12.49Echo Point Nova
Sep 24 · Greylock Studio
Both: Online Co-Op
Echo Point Nova is an open-world FPS that offers unparalleled freedom and thrilling speed. Designed for both singleplayer and coop. From the creators of Severed Steel.
FPSShooterOnline Co-OpExplorationArena ShooterActionFirst-Person3DParkourStylized👍 7,528
$7.99Hospital 666
Mar 5 · Lokin
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op
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.
HorrorOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorMultiplayerRealisticWalking SimulatorMultiple EndingsThrillerSupernaturalAdventure👍 1,203
$7.99Mystical Riddles: Ghostly Park Collector's Edition
Apr 30 · Do Games Limited
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click · Mystery
What is the price of eternal life? Stop the atrocious ritual! Don't let evil prevail! The soul hunter will spare no one. Can you master the willpower to win?
Hidden ObjectDetectivePuzzlePoint & ClickMystery2DFirst-PersonCasualLinearStory Rich
$15.99Nevergrind Online
Jul 11 · Neverworks Games
Both: Online Co-Op
Nevergrind Online is the ultimate dungeon-crawl multiplayer blobber RPG focused on treasure hunting and slaying monsters! Create your hero and start climbing the ladder in normal mode—or, for those seeking the ultimate challenge, hardcore mode! No microtransactions ever!
RPGOnline Co-OpMultiplayerTeam-BasedRoguelikeAction RPGRogueliteReal-TimeFirst-PersonAction Roguelike👍 1,221
-33%$2.00Petrichor: Reverie Edition
3 days ago · 6six6
Both: Puzzle · Escape Room · Mystery
Petrichor is an escape room type puzzle game that follows a fateful incident in a man's life. After an accident in the wilderness... What fate awaits him as rain falls down onto the forest below? Can you escape it?
PuzzleEscape RoomLGBTQ+AtmosphericMysterySurrealAdventureStory RichSurvivalPsychological
$9.99The Devourer: Hunted Souls
Oct 26 · ZTEK Studio
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op
Play as a paranormal investigator in our hybrid between first person survival and psychological horror story game. Investigate a haunted forest with up to 5 players CO-OP, try to lift the curse, experience a tragic story and take decisions together. Will you survive or will you lose your soul?
Early AccessHorrorMultiplayerSurvival HorrorOnline Co-OpVRCo-op CampaignPsychological HorrorRealisticInvestigation👍 506
-45%$4.94Murky Divers
Dec 12 · Embers
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op
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.
HorrorMultiplayerFunnyOnline Co-OpFirst-PersonUnderwaterExplorationPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorDungeon Crawler👍 3,982
$19.99Braid, Anniversary Edition
May 14 · Thekla, Inc.
Both: Puzzle
Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.
Puzzle Platformer2D PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerAction-Adventure2DTime ManipulationActionCasualCartoony👍 1,766
-50%$4.99Granny: Escape Together
Dec 6 · CreepyToad
Both: Horror · Puzzle
This is a creepy co-op horror game. In which you find yourself locked in a crazy Granny's house. But Granny is not the only danger that awaits you in the house, someone else creepy lives in the basement. You have five days to get out of the house!
HorrorSurvival HorrorMultiplayerAtmosphericHidden ObjectPuzzlePvPStealthLogic3D👍 1,666
$3.99Polda 5
May 1 · Zima software
Both: Point & Click · Puzzle
Elite private detective Pankrac saves the world as an agent of the Time Police. Help him settle all the time anomalies in the history of mankind.
AdventureCasualAnimation & ModelingDesign & IllustrationInteractive FictionPoint & ClickPuzzleChoose Your Own AdventureIncrementalExploration

