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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Backrooms Manager - Together
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Rec. — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms Rec..
A 1–6 player co-op survival logistics game where a routine delivery traps your crew inside the Backrooms. Scavenge, recycle, deliver cargo, manage a shared budget, and survive 49 days to earn your freedom.
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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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Visions of Evil
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Rec. — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Rec..
Enter a cursed world in Visions of Evil, a 4v1 online horror game. Explore a forsaken mansion, survive with weapons and artifacts, or become the monster and hunt the intruders. Will you face your fears, or become them?
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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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Gag Order
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Rec. — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Rec..
The Research laboratory's Guardian Unit faced with a hellish mission to exterminate invincible cephalopod creatures in this one-of-a-kind immersive co-operative Horror FPS.
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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.