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Shares asymmetric multiplayer and stealth avoidance with PANICORE.
- $6.19 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Verified
- 2025
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Rank 02Why this
Shares stealth and wave based survival with PANICORE.
- $6.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Playable
- 2024
Rank 03Why this
Shares monster ai and co op multiplayer with PANICORE.
- $7.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- 2025
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Zort
Why this: Shares co op multiplayer with PANICORE.
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MIMESIS
Why this: Shares stealth avoidance and stealth with PANICORE.
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Why this: Shares wave based survival and co op multiplayer with PANICORE.
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Why this: Shares environmental exploration and stealth with PANICORE.
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Shares environmental exploration and co op multiplayer with PANICORE.
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- Released: 2024
- Developer: ZTEK Studio
- Price: $9.99checked Nov 3
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 75% of 4,299 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Achievement system provides replayability incentive
- Dark atmospheric environments with good sound design
- Each map has unique monsters with distinct behaviors
- Anxious
- Atmospheric
- Comedic
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Why this: Same atmospheric mood as PANICORE.
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Why this: Shares stealth and co op multiplayer with PANICORE.
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Why this: Shares monster ai with PANICORE.
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Why this: Shares stealth and wave based survival with PANICORE.
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Why this: Shares co op multiplayer with PANICORE.
About PANICORE
The closest matches to PANICORE: Ghost Janitors, Nuclear Nightmare, PARANOIA PLACE, Zort, and MIMESIS. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If PANICORE is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ghost Janitors, Nuclear Nightmare and PARANOIA PLACE — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as anxious, atmospheric and comedic, and single out its achievement hunting and asymmetric multiplayer. 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.
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.
Is PANICORE worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 75% of 4,299 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 66% positive across 73 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Nov 8).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 8 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 2.2 h played before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Achievement system provides replayability incentive
- Dark atmospheric environments with good sound design
- Each map has unique monsters with distinct behaviors
- Monsters have distinct behaviors and personalities
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“The game wasn't updated since December 2025, most assets are just asset flips from other games (like Demonologist), and even though the gameplay is fun for a few hours, the game after a few rounds feels too repetitive. If you're playing…”
People who play it also play: Ghost Janitors, Nuclear Nightmare, PARANOIA PLACE
Frequently asked about PANICORE
Can I run it?
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 9.99 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 Ghost Janitors, Nuclear Nightmare, PARANOIA PLACE.
Who developed PANICORE?
PANICORE was developed by ZTEK Studio.