Co-op games like Dread Hunger
Below are 5 cooperative Steam games similar to Dread Hunger, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. Every pick supports cooperative play — online co-op, LAN co-op, or shared/split-screen — so you can play with friends right out of the box. imho.run pulls from the same Steam category data Valve uses internally, so "Co-op" here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Bitten! Someone has to be a villain
Online Co-op alternative to Dread Hunger — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Hunger.
Multiplayer game (4-10 ppl) where traitors betray and kill other players while avoiding being noticed! Innocent players fight with zombies to pick up weapons and power-ups (like scanners to expose traitors). Players use voice or text chat to convince others they are innocent!
- 2
MISTERY
Online Co-op alternative to Dread Hunger — playable with friends. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread Hunger.
A multiplayer game of survival and social deduction. You work with others to collect materials, survive the dangers, and complete tasks. Beware of monsters, but more of the alternates disguising as your teammates. They can change into supernatural monsters and attack you at any time.
- 3
Guillotine
Online Co-op alternative to Dread Hunger — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Hunger.
Guillotine is a multiplayer game of social deduction, with a pinch of survival. You're in a tavern in the woods, but someone is a necromorph hungry for human meat. Guillotine the necromorph, or get eaten alive.
- 4
DUBIUM
Online Co-op alternative to Dread Hunger — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Hunger.
DUBIUM is a survival deception game set in a near future sci-fi environment. Five Frontiers must work together to complete different missions to escape before it’s too late. But beware, one of the Frontiers is a Traitor whose goal is to escape and leave the others to fall into the abyss.
- 5
Among Us 3D: VR
Online Co-op alternative to Dread Hunger — playable with friends.
The definitive social deduction party game in virtual reality! Can the Crewmates survive, or will Impostors take over? Roles, Emergency Meetings, deception, sabotages, tasks: enjoy your favorite brand of chaos from the original Among Us with a VR twist.