Co-op games like PANICORE
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to PANICORE, 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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Ghost Janitors
Online Co-op alternative to PANICORE — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
Ghost Janitors is a multiplayer psychological horror game for 1-4 players. Your job? Cleaning haunted houses while avoiding terrifying monsters. Ready to face the spine-tingling challenge with your team?
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Nuclear Nightmare
Online Co-op alternative to PANICORE — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.
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PARANOIA PLACE
Online Co-op alternative to PANICORE — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
PARANOIA PLACE is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Together or alone, you will need to solve puzzles, find items and run from the bloodthirsty demonic killer.
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Zort
Online Co-op alternative to PANICORE — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
Zort is an action, adventure, and horror game that can be played with up to 4 people. Explore maps with your friends and have fun while escaping from various creatures. Experience a realistic horror experience with in-game voice chat with your friends!
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MIMESIS
Online Co-op alternative to PANICORE — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
4 Player co-op survival horror game. When the cursed rain falls, 'Mimesis' appear, perfectly imitating your teammates, bringing a new level of tension you've never experienced before.
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R.E.P.O.
Online Co-op alternative to PANICORE — playable with friends. Shares Action with PANICORE.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
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CRYO
Online Co-op alternative to PANICORE — playable with friends. 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...
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Backrooms Society
Online Co-op alternative to PANICORE — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with PANICORE.
Backrooms Society is a 1-8 player co-op horror game. Make your way through unique levels of the backrooms while trying to survive and avoid mysterious entities. Scavenge each level for gear and resources, bring it back to The Hub where you can sell valuables and buy/craft new gear.