Games like PANICORE
If PANICORE is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Outlast Trials, There Won't be Light and Radio Decay — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its anxious, atmospheric and comedic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Released in 2024 by ZTEK Studio, PANICORE is a first-person survival horror game featuring asymmetric multiplayer for up to five players across four distinct maps. Players explore atmospheric environments while evading AI-driven monsters that respond to both movement and voice, creating tense stealth and co-op dynamics. Reviewers highlight the dark atmospheric environments with strong sound design, noting that each map contains unique monsters with distinct behaviors and personalities that trigger jump scares yet become oddly endearing over time. The achievement system provides replayability incentive for those seeking a challenging medium-length experience. Priced at $6.69 and marked as playable on Steam Deck, the game holds 75% positive reviews from over 4,200 Steam users.
About PANICORE: PANICORE is a survival horror game that mixes permadeath, AI monsters and a co-op experience up to 5 players (4 players in demo). Try to escape and don't get caught, but beware: they don't only hear your steps, but also your voice.
Players who liked PANICORE also play
Steam players who put hours into PANICORE also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
The Outlast Trials
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PANICORE.
Top pick for PANICORE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
There Won't be Light
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for PANICORE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
Escape the terror lurking in the darkness in this immersive co-op experience. Solve challenges and work as a team using your main tool: your voice. Beware of lurking monsters, which might be closer than you expect.
Radio Decay
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for PANICORE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
A 1-6 player co-op survival horror set in a supernatural nuclear apocalypse. Drop-pod into an abandoned city to extract radioactive artifacts while being hunted by giant bug-like monsters. Rebuild your decaying body with prosthetic limbs, arm yourself, and radio your friends for help.
KLETKA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PANICORE.
Ranked #4 for PANICORE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
KLETKA is a co-op (up to 6 players) horror game about going down in an elevator that is trying to eat you. Feed the elevator, explore deadly floors and descend deeper.
Escape From Monster
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PANICORE.
Ranked #5 for PANICORE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
You woke up in a dusty room, in an unknown place, with no memory of how you got here. Your pockets are empty, and there is something outside the door producing frightening sounds.
Burglin' Gnomes
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for PANICORE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PANICORE.
An online Co-op game about breaking into houses and causing havoc as a tiny gnome. Avoid danger, repurpose stolen household items, and complete tasks to meet the High-Gnome’s demands. Craft equipment and upgrade your home to make your missions easier and more successful.
Deathground
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with PANICORE.
Ranked #7 for PANICORE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
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?
CRYO
WHY THIS
Shares environmental exploration, stealth and atmospheric with PANICORE.
Ranked #8 for PANICORE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
CRYO is a multiplayer co-op survival horror for 1-4 players. You have been deployed by your company to various locations around the Antarctic due to communication issues. What awaits you in these dark, remote regions is far more sinister than a technical fault...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below PANICORE at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~85% under PANICORE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under PANICORE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under PANICORE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with PANICORE.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under PANICORE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with PANICORE.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~78% under PANICORE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with PANICORE.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~85% under PANICORE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with PANICORE.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under PANICORE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~40% under PANICORE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with PANICORE.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PANICORE.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with PANICORE.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PANICORE.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with PANICORE.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PANICORE.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Frequently asked about PANICORE
- Does PANICORE run on Steam Deck?
- PANICORE is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does PANICORE cost?
- PANICORE is listed on Steam at 6.69 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does PANICORE have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — PANICORE supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to PANICORE?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PANICORE are The Outlast Trials, There Won't be Light, Radio Decay.
- Who developed PANICORE?
- PANICORE was developed by ZTEK Studio.
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