Games like You Must Survive
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A thriller pixelated horror game where the only way to survive is to escape an unknown entity, which is hunting you around every corner in your own house. Now the only place where you should be safe is the place where you must leave. And remember one thing: YOU. MUST. SURVIVE.
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-20%$7.99Escape the Backrooms
Oct 23 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Both: Horror · First-Person
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
$9.99Project Unknown
Oct 10 · PsychoRavens
Both: Horror · Dark · First-Person
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
HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorDarkFirst-PersonInvestigationSupernatural👍 776
$9.99NO BACKUP
May 9 · Serundeox
Both: Horror · FPS · First-Person
Escape together or die alone. A relentless creature is hunting you in this intense co-op bodycam horror experience. Communicate. Stay quiet. Survive. Every move matters. Every sound could be your last. Made by one developer.
HorrorFPSOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorActionRealisticFirst-PersonSurvival HorrorShooter👍 893
$6.99Mournight
Sep 7 · Fround Interactive
Both: Horror · Dark · FPS
A terrifying 1–4 player co-op horror game set in a cursed mansion. Use flashlights, find clues, and survive the horrors within. Every decision matters. Can you escape before the curse claims you?
HorrorActionThrillerSurvival HorrorSurrealAdventureDarkFPSAction-AdventureFirst-Person
$19.99The Scourge | Tai Ương
Mar 28 · Rare Reversee, Beaztek
Both: Horror · Supernatural · First-Person
Explore the nightmarish lucid dreams of Nhat Huy to solve his family's mystery. Set in 90s Saigon, navigate dilapidated corridors, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover sinister secrets. Can you survive the twisting maze and The Scourge?
HorrorSingleplayerSupernaturalMultiple EndingsExplorationFirst-PersonIndieRealisticAdventurePuzzle👍 1,195
$9.99SILENT BREATH
Aug 20 · EXODIAC STUDIOS
Both: Horror · Dark · First-Person
Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness
HorrorPsychological HorrorThriller1990'sRealisticMultiplayerDarkFirst-PersonExplorationEarly Access👍 1,125
$2.49Mantra
Apr 2 · BlqGms
Both: Supernatural · Dark · First-Person
Mantra is a multiplayer (1-4 player) and single-player psychological-horror game with high tension. Do whatever it takes to save your soul that has been possessed by an demonic spirit. If you don't, demon will imprison you in hell for eternity.
ActionSupernaturalPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorSurvivalDemonsSingleplayerDarkMysteryFirst-Person
$9.99KLETKA
Feb 19 · Callback, ln404
Both: Horror · First-Person · PvE
KLETKA is a co-op (up to 6 players) horror game about going down in an elevator that is trying to eat you. Feed the elevator, explore deadly floors and descend deeper.
HorrorCo-opOnline Co-OpFirst-PersonPvEActionAdventureRoguelikeAction-AdventureDungeon Crawler👍 6,376
$2.99Backrooms: The Deep Dark
Aug 20 · SUDT Games
Both: FPS · PvE · First-Person
Backrooms: The Deep Dark is a 4-player cooperative horror game where you will survive in a mysterious scary atmospheric world, wander through unknown dark corners and get scared of every nook and cranny!
ExplorationFPSPuzzleStealthPvEWalking Simulator3DFirst-PersonHorrorSimulation
$4.99Tales of Terror
Sep 1 · BearfoxBear
Both: Horror · PvE · First-Person
Tales of Terror invites you to delve into a chilling co-op horror survival experience. Unite to face unique enemies, navigate through visually stunning and treacherous levels and navigate the unknown. —Your ultimate challenge awaits: escape, if you can!
HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerActionSurvival HorrorAdventurePvEAction-AdventureFirst-PersonShooter
$29.99Active Matter
6 days ago · Matter Team
Both: FPS · Horror · PvE
Join dangerous raids for loot or intense PvP battles in this new realistic military shooter set in a fractured multiverse. Fight in the quantum unstable zones over control of the active matter – the substance that bends time and space.
FPSHorrorExtraction ShooterPvEPvPAtmosphericCo-opOnline Co-OpMultiplayerAction👍 802
$7.99Backrooms Media
Dec 16 · NPK Games
Both: Horror · First-Person
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
$29.99No More Room in Hell 2
Aug 11 · Torn Banner Studios
Both: FPS · First-Person
No More Room in Hell 2 is an intense 8 player zombie shooter. Overcome the endless undead. Avoid infection. Survive hell together.
ZombiesMultiplayerOnline Co-OpCo-opSurvival HorrorActionSurvivalFPSFirst-PersonIndie👍 16,843
$17.99Folklore Hunter
Jan 30 · Liquid Donkey Games
Both: Horror · FPS
You’re a world-renowned hunter of supernatural beasts. Track down urban legends from all over the world, set traps, solve disturbing puzzles, and defeat the beasts before you succumb to their otherworldly presence.
HorrorMultiplayerSurvival HorrorOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorViolentEarly AccessMythologyHuntingFPS👍 1,217
-10%$2.69Take Care of My Heifer
6 days ago · REVVALUTION Studio
Both: Horror · Dark · First-Person
“Take Care of My Heifer” is a short horror game packed with terror and dark humor. You’ve been asked to look after a heifer until morning and follow the owner’s instructions. Just make sure you don’t miss anything.
Walking SimulatorIndieHorrorDarkAtmosphericPsychological HorrorSimulationExplorationThrillerFirst-Person
$0.99Cave Escape
3 days ago · Carrotbbit
Both: First-Person · Dark · Horror
An observation-based 3D thriller game where you must safely escape a dark cave to save a companion trapped under a boulder. Carefully explore the cave: if you spot an anomaly, turn back immediately; if there are no anomalies, keep moving forward to find your way out.
CasualSimulationPuzzleWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonAtmosphericDarkHorrorIndieMystery
$9.99Quarantine Zombies: Contamination
Jan 20 · Stones Games
Both: FPS · PvE · First-Person
A first-person shooter meets quarantine inspection in post-apocalyptic Chicago. You’ve got 30 days until the army arrives. Hold out, fix your car, and fight your way through Chicago to the main checkpoint to save your little brother.
Outbreak SimFPSSurvivalImmersive SimPvESimulationAction3DLife SimFirst-Person
$9.99Dark Hours
Oct 23 · Piece of Cake studios
Both: Horror
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.
HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerHeistCo-opFunnySurvival HorrorTeam-BasedSurvivalPsychological Horror👍 3,489
-30%$6.99MIMESIS
Oct 27 · ReLU Games, Inc.
Both: PvE
A 4-player online co-op survival horror game. Avoid the contaminated rain, gather scrap and get back to the tram. Monsters that copy your friends' voices and behavior, and many other threats, stand in your way. Gear up and stick together to survive.
Early AccessOnline Co-OpSocial DeductionPsychological HorrorFunnyPvEPost-apocalypticExplorationRogueliteSurvival Horror👍 8,404
$39.99REANIMAL
Feb 13 · Tarsier Studios
Both: Horror · Dark
The creators of Little Nightmares™ I & II have returned to take you on a darker, more terrifying journey than ever before. In this horror adventure game, a brother & sister go through hell to rescue their missing friends and escape the island that they used to call home.
HorrorCo-opAdventureMultiplayerAtmosphericDarkLocal Co-OpPuzzle3DThird Person👍 13,825
-15%$5.09Dead Margin
3 days ago · Bug Production
Both: PvE · First-Person
Survival is optional, rent is mandatory. Team up in Dead Margin, a brutal 1-4 player co-op horror. Whisper to survive, avoid anomalies, and scavenge scraps. Sell it to pay the greedy customer. Out here, everything has a price. Especially you.
Action RoguelikeActionExplorationPvE3DFirst-PersonFunnyProcedural GenerationSci-fiSurvival Horror
-40%$8.39Marrow Marrow
Apr 16 · Monster Moon
Both: FPS · PvE
MASTER YOUR MOVEMENT. VANQUISH THE VERMIN. Experience all the exhilarating high-intensity action you know and love from arena shooters up close and personal in VR. Zero in your aim, hone your movement, outwit the vermin, and soon you’ll be flying through levels leaving a wake of destruction.
VRArena ShooterBoomer ShooterAction RoguelikeFPSPvEShooterScore AttackArcade3D
$19.99Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
Jul 4 · RUST LTD.
Both: FPS · First-Person
Do you like hot dogs? How about horseshoes? Hand grenades? (everyone likes hand grenades) Anyway, we've got all that, and guns. SO MANY GUNS. So if you like ordnance, meat, and far too many groan-worthy puns, this is the VR sandbox game for you.
SandboxVRShooterPhysicsFPSSimulationGun CustomizationFirst-PersonFunnyModdable👍 22,782
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$1.99Nightmare Train
Sep 29 · Gaia
Both: First-Person · Horror
Survival horror on a train racing through endless night. Explore the cars, collect artifacts, keep your sanity, and avoid the monster hunting you in the dark.
ActionSimulationWalking SimulatorHidden Object3DCinematicFirst-PersonRealisticDemonsHorror
$5.99Besitupia: Mediator
May 3 · Oppressive HellMode
Both: FPS · First-Person
You have lost most of your memories after parabiosis. You will have to learn how to use your new abilities to figure out everything happening around you. Will you be able to adapt? Be sure to read “About the Game” before purchasing 👽
ExplorationMetroidvaniaImmersive SimFPSThird-Person ShooterSurvival HorrorPhysicsAction3DFirst-Person
$9.99THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY
Sep 7 · tweakEra
Both: Horror
The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.
AdventurePsychological HorrorHorrorStylizedStory RichGoreRetroAtmosphericActionStealth👍 148
$12.99MeowGun: Hell Denizen
Jan 24 · SusaDeBastet
Both: FPS · Horror
A fast paced silly cutegore FPS! Earth has been taken over by demons. A catgirl codenamed MeowMeow fights back! MEOW, GUN, CLAW and BLOW UP hordes of evil demons, zombies, and other monsters in colorful environments with tons of weapons! The game runs on the FTEQW engine.
ActionFPSBoomer ShooterFemale ProtagonistBullet HellDemonsZombiesAliensHorrorSci-fi👍 114
$9.99Darkwater
Mar 26 · Targon Studios
Both: Horror · PvE
Darkwater is a cooperative extraction horror game for 1-4 players. Command a submarine trapped under the ice of an alien planet. Battle enemy vessels and deep sea abominations as you hunt for resources. Do what it takes to survive.
Online Co-OpHorrorSurvivalSubmarineMultiplayerStrategyNavalUnderwaterCo-opPvE👍 989
$11.99Collision Course
May 29 · Crynosaurs
Both: First-Person · FPS
An asteroid is hurtling toward the planet! Sneak, scavenge and blast your way through an immersive prehistoric world filled with Humans, Dinosaurs, Droids and Mother Nature’s fury!
AdventureActionIndieDinosaursSurvivalEarly AccessOpen WorldFirst-PersonMultiplayerFPS👍 302
-50%$12.49Bye Sweet Carole
Oct 9 · Little Sewing Machine
Both: Horror · Supernatural
Bye Sweet Carole is a narrative-horror adventure game completely hand-drawn in the style of classic animated films. Follow the trail of missing Carole Simmons and uncover the dark secrets hidden behind her disappearance from Bunny Hall orphanage.
Dark FantasyHorrorSupernaturalFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericSurvival HorrorCartoonyAdventurePuzzle PlatformerSingleplayer👍 1,041
$18.99Winter Survival
Nov 19 · DRAGO entertainment
Both: First-Person
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftCookingOpen WorldAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayerAdventureFirst-PersonBase Building👍 595
$2.99Appointment
3 days ago · Omar Jawabreh
Both: Horror · First-Person
Appointment is a first-person survival horror game set in a dark, abandoned hospital. Explore, solve interconnected puzzles, search for essential items, and stay quiet as a relentless doctor hunts by sight, sound, and even the light of your flashlight.
HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonPuzzleStealthAdventureAtmosphericActionPsychological HorrorExploration
$8.99Sketchy's Contract
Jul 15 · Dimensionless Games
Both: Horror · First-Person
A 1-8 player co-op sci-fi looter horror game that takes place on a mysterious asteroid belt where players must complete contracts by traveling to exotic planets to kill creatures, find loot, and/or farm planetary materials that they must return to an ominous figure named Sketchy.
Online Co-OpHorrorFirst-PersonCo-opExplorationSci-fiSurvival HorrorAtmosphericAdventurePsychological Horror👍 1,027


