Co-op games like The Legacy
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to The Legacy, 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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THE DEAD WE KNEW: Open World Survival
Co-op alternative to The Legacy — playable with friends. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legacy.
Explore a dangerous open world, loot abandoned places, build your shelter, produce food, and manage your resources. Survive alone or in co-op against zombies, hostile humans, and the growing dangers that come with the fog.
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The Forest
Online Co-op alternative to The Legacy — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with The Legacy.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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Ars Notoria
Online Co-op alternative to The Legacy — playable with friends. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legacy.
Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
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Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
Online Co-op alternative to The Legacy — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with The Legacy.
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
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MISERY
Online Co-op alternative to The Legacy — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with The Legacy.
MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
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Whisper of the Swallows
Online Co-op alternative to The Legacy — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with The Legacy.
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
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Sons Of The Forest
Co-op alternative to The Legacy — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with The Legacy.
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
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VEIN
Online Co-op alternative to The Legacy — playable with friends. Shares Action and Simulation with The Legacy.
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.