Co-op games like HostageHub
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to HostageHub, 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
- 1

PINZ
Online Co-op alternative to HostageHub — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with HostageHub.
PINZ is a 1–4 player co-op Extraction Roguelite FPS where every run is a complete rescue expedition. Explore dangerous planets, rescue eggs, strengthen your team between missions, and defeat massive planetary bosses.
- 2

Seagulls: Crappy Situation
Online Co-op alternative to HostageHub — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with HostageHub.
Your raft is falling apart, the seagulls are getting worse, and somehow cleaning poop is your only way to survive. Fight, scrub, upgrade, and panic your way through endless waves alone or with a friend in local co-op.
- 3

Boompaw
Online Co-op alternative to HostageHub — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with HostageHub.
Boompaw is a chaotic physics party-brawler where roly-poly cats sumo-slam, ragdoll, and bomb each other clean off the arena. Master the shove, time the blast, survive the chaos, and be the last cat standing across explosive themed arenas. Easy to learn, impossible to keep a straight face.
- 4

BigFool
Online Co-op alternative to HostageHub — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Casual with HostageHub.
A small little game where you and your friends have a once in a lifetime opportunity: Hunt BigFool. BigFool is an elusive, fearsome creature of the night from unknown origins. Set in the Crimblr Forest, explore various points of interest, keep an eye and an ear out, and take down this iconic beast.
- 5

Broken War
Online Co-op alternative to HostageHub — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with HostageHub.
Broken War is an intense first-person shooter that combines different multiplayer modes.
- 6

Half Alive
Online Co-op alternative to HostageHub — playable with friends. Shares Action with HostageHub.
Half Alive is a low poly wave-based survival game where every decision matters. Face hordes of zombies solo or in co-op, tackle unique challenges, and customize your arsenal. Fight, adapt, and survive.
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Cash Only
Online Co-op alternative to HostageHub — playable with friends. Shares Action and Adventure with HostageHub.
Run a coffee shop by day and a drug business on the side. Serve customers, grow product, negotiate dead drops, avoid the cops, and split the work with friends in this co-op crime simulator.
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STUFFED
Online Co-op alternative to HostageHub — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with HostageHub.
A spooky teddy bear first-person shooter where you defend your owner from waves of her nightmares. Play solo or join your friends in up to 4 player online co-op.