Co-op games like Don't Panic
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to Don't Panic, 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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Dark Haunting
Online Co-op alternative to Don't Panic — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Panic.
A multiplayer co-op horror game.
- 2
NEUROSYNTH
Online Co-op alternative to Don't Panic — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Panic.
A survival horror game where consciousness is no longer bound to the body. Play as a NullRunner and jack into the Null, a dimension of unknown origin filled with hostile entities and unstable environments, where you complete contracts for competing factions and extract safely.
- 3
Camp Wombo
Online Co-op alternative to Don't Panic — playable with friends. Shares Action and Strategy with Don't Panic.
Co-op survival horror game. Four friends must gather resources and repair their vehicle while surviving deadly creatures in a constantly changing forest.
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Liminal Protocol
Online Co-op alternative to Don't Panic — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Panic.
Project your consciousness into a facility transformed into an unstable 3D ASCII lattice. Alone or with up to four Operators, phase through sealed corridors, synchronize Transmit Nodes, survive entities entering through a dimensional tear, and escape before the T-Link rewrites your identity.
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Zoo Tales
Online Co-op alternative to Don't Panic — playable with friends. Shares Strategy and Indie with Don't Panic.
Choose the best strategy, get supplies, and win. Survive, kill, fight the mysteries of the unknown, and experience undifferentiated strategic contests. Zoo Tales offers an exciting story and brings you a new multiplayer competitive experience.
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Touch Grass Together
Online Co-op alternative to Don't Panic — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Panic.
Touch Grass with your friends, or on your own if you're into that sort of thing, we won't judge even if it is a little weird.
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AREA 51
Online Co-op alternative to Don't Panic — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Panic.
Storm AREA 51 with your friends. Explore the most classified facility on earth. Discover what they've been hiding. Take selfies with aliens and smuggle evidence out before the military arrives.
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Redlight
Online Co-op alternative to Don't Panic — playable with friends. Shares Action and Adventure with Don't Panic.
Redlight is a chilling multiplayer first-person horror experience. Traverse a liminal maze alongside friends while being hunted by a relentless AI-driven terror lurking in the shadows. Work together to activate generators, but remember: survival demands stealth when the lights turn red.