Co-op games like Inside the Backrooms
Below are 9 cooperative Steam games similar to Inside the Backrooms, 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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Mirror Spirits
Online Co-op alternative to Inside the Backrooms — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inside the Backrooms.
MIRROR SPIRITS., is a co-op story-based thriller game that can be played with 2-4 people. Do your best to clean the house connecting to the parallel universe. Escape. Attack. Clean the house before you die.
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Blood Red
Online Co-op alternative to Inside the Backrooms — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inside the Backrooms.
Blood Red is a co-op survival horror game that can be played with 1-4 players. Figure out the demon and banish it using your special demon hunting kit!
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Backrooms: The Phobolore
Online Co-op alternative to Inside the Backrooms — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inside the Backrooms.
Backrooms: The Phobolore is a cooperative multiplayer online horror game for 1-4 players. In this game you will take control of a character who woke up in an unknown place and does not remember anything, your task will be to pass the game levels trying to remember who you are...
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Deepscape Inc
Co-op alternative to Inside the Backrooms — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inside the Backrooms.
2 to 4 player co-op horror game. You wake up marked with an ID number you can't see on your own back. Only your fellow inmates can read it. Find each other, share your numbers, reach your validation rooms, and get out before whatever roams the halls finds you first." en francais
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Return the Backrooms
Online Co-op alternative to Inside the Backrooms — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inside the Backrooms.
Return the Backrooms is a Co-op horror game for 1-4 players where you can have a great time with your friends. Think, Explore, Wander, find the key items and try to escape. but be careful because something is lurking in the dark...
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DEVOUR
Co-op alternative to Inside the Backrooms — playable with friends. Shares Indie with Inside the Backrooms.
DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.
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Pacify
Co-op alternative to Inside the Backrooms — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inside the Backrooms.
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
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Phasmophobia
Co-op alternative to Inside the Backrooms — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Early Access with Inside the Backrooms.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
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FOREWARNED
Online Co-op alternative to Inside the Backrooms — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inside the Backrooms.
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.