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 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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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.
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Sons Of The Forest
Online 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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Breakwaters: Crystal Tides
Online Co-op alternative to The Legacy — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with The Legacy.
Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.