Games like Species: Unknown
by WanadevStudio
Lethal Company and GTFO play most like Species: Unknown. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its horror, online co-op and survival horror; 3 came out in the last year, 10 are free or under $10 and 17 have co-op. The best known is Dead by Daylight, with 686,410 Steam reviews.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
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GTFO
Dec 9, 2021 · 10 Chambers
Both: Online Co-Op · Horror · Survival Horror
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.
Online Co-OpHorrorFPSCo-opMultiplayerDifficultShooterSurvival HorrorActionStealth👍 46,240Hunt Me
Dec 6, 2024 · Nuci
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op · Survival Horror
HUNT ME is a first-person co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Experience an atmospheric online co-op multiplayer hunt: gather ritual ingredients, use infrared vision to weaken demonic threats and banish them before becoming the prey!
Early AccessHorrorCo-opOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorMultiplayerActionFirst-PersonStealthDemonsEscape the Backrooms
Oct 23, 2025 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op · Survival Horror
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👍 138,067Nuclear Nightmare
Oct 20, 2024 · BG Productions
Both: Online Co-Op · Survival Horror · Horror
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.
Online Co-OpSurvival HorrorHorrorCo-opFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorMultiplayerAtmosphericExplorationOpen World👍 15,441Sketchy's Contract
Jul 15 · Dimensionless Games
Both: Online Co-Op · 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👍 1,027Alien: Isolation
Oct 6, 2014 · Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Aliens
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
HorrorSurvival HorrorSci-fiAliensAtmosphericStealthFirst-PersonSpaceFemale ProtagonistSingleplayer👍 48,666Backrooms: Escape Together
Oct 18, 2022 · Triiodide Studios
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op · Survival Horror
A visually lifelike co-op horror game for 1-6 people. Journey through 11 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.
MultiplayerHorrorOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorCo-opAtmosphericFirst-PersonRealisticEarly Access👍 42,549RIPOUT
May 28, 2024 · Pet Project Games
Both: Online Co-Op · Horror · First-Person
Ripout is an online Co-Op horror FPS that will have players fight their way through procedurally generated derelict ships filled with mutants capable of reconfiguring their alien bodies. Survive with your trusty Pet Gun companion, collect loot, and customize your character to fit your playstyle.
Online Co-OpFPSHorrorFirst-PersonShooterPvESurvivalSci-fiActionAtmospheric👍 784Dead by Daylight
Jun 14, 2016 · Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Online Co-Op
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.
HorrorMultiplayerSurvival HorrorGoreOnline Co-OpCo-opSurvivalTeam-BasedThird PersonViolent👍 686,410PANICORE
May 31, 2024 · ZTEK Studio
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op · Survival Horror
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👍 10,761Backrooms Lost Runners
Jun 17 · ShimStudioGames
Both: Survival Horror · Online Co-Op · Horror
Backrooms Lost Runners is a co-op survival horror with team play, voice-reactive AI, and immersive puzzles. This isn’t a “walking simulator”: explore liminal spaces, outsmart entities, and remember—even a whisper can give you away.
Early AccessSurvival HorrorOnline Co-OpHorrorExplorationFirst-PersonCo-opPsychological HorrorAtmosphericProcedural Generation👍 618In Silence
Oct 29, 2021 · Ravenhood Games
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op · Survival Horror
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.
HorrorMultiplayerOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorCo-opPsychological HorrorSurvivalStealthFirst-PersonAction👍 9,451The Outlast Trials
Mar 5, 2024 · Red Barrels
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · First-Person
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
HorrorMultiplayerCo-opSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonPvEStealthCharacter CustomizationAction👍 91,225Maurice: In The Predator's Nest
Dec 5, 2022 · Lucas Cavataio
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op · Stealth
Plunge into "Maurice: Predator's Nest". A survival game where you're either a cunning survivor or a fearsome predator in a dark, treacherous world. Outwit or hunt in this thrilling battle for survival.
MultiplayerActionHorrorAdventureOnline Co-OpStealthCasualFPSAction-AdventureSurvival HorrorZort
Dec 7, 2024 · Londer Software
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op · First-Person
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👍 11,757BIGFOOT
Jan 31, 2017 · CyberLight Game Studio
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Online Co-Op
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...
Early AccessMultiplayerHorrorSurvival HorrorOnline Co-OpCo-opPvPPvEFPSAtmospheric👍 17,829Monstrum 2
Sep 6, 2022 · Team Junkfish
Both: Horror · Online Co-Op · Survival Horror
Monstrum 2 is a survival horror game for 2-5 players, set inside the procedurally-generated sea labyrinth - Sparrowlock. Join a team of prisoners evading the terrors within whilst figuring out how to escape, or become one of the deadly monstrosities whose only goal is to hunt them down.
HorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorMultiplayerStealthCo-opSurvivalFirst-PersonProcedural GenerationViolent👍 373