Co-op games like Backrooms Rec.
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to Backrooms Rec., 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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Backrooms: The Phobolore
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Rec. — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms Rec..
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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Backrooms: Escape Together
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Rec. — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Rec..
A visually lifelike co-op horror for 1-6 people. Journey through 10 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.
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Tutsak
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Rec. — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Rec..
Explore abandoned locations with 1–4 players. The creature hunts, captures, and imprisons you — your teammates must find you before it's too late. Can you escape together?
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OopsFixers Company
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Rec. — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Rec..
OopsFixers Company is a cooperative action game for up to 4 players where you work in a team to fix extreme situations that other companies avoid. Control unique characters. Collaborate with your teammates. Improve your team to be ready for the impossible.
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Red Core Division
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Rec. — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Rec..
Red Core Division is a co-op survival horror game for 1–4 players. Enter a classified containment facility, where something has gone horribly wrong. Your mission: find evidence of paranormal activity, complete high-risk objectives, and escape alive. But, something is down there—something that hunts.
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SCP: ReEnter
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Rec. — playable with friends. Shares Action and Early Access with Backrooms Rec..
SCP: ReEnter is a free, asymmetrical multiplayer FPS set during a massive containment breach. Players are randomly assigned to Humans or SCPs. Fight to secure the facility, escape, or slaughter everyone with seven playable anomalies.
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Backrooms: Extractions
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Rec. — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Rec..
Cooperate with up to 6 players to explore, search, and extract lost agents within the Backrooms. Solve puzzles, unlock tools, survive against entities, and progress through increasingly dangerous levels.
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Deathground
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Rec. — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Rec..
A 1-4 player co-op horror game that throws you into a desperate fight for survival against deadly dinosaurs. Run, hide and work together to complete missions and uncover the secrets buried within the abandoned AEON research facility. Can you and your friends make it out alive?