Games like The Headliners
If The Headliners is your kind of game, the closest matches are ToyBox Security, Fantôme and Outage: Trespass — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its comedic, funny and intense. 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 →The Headliners drops players into the role of reckless journalists navigating a monster-infested city, where the objective is capturing spectacular footage while avoiding becoming the next big story. Up to eight players can join online, coordinating through mission-based progression that requires careful teamwork in destructible environments where every wall, vehicle, and structure can be used to set up shots or create escape routes. The game blends horror with comedy through unpredictable creature encounters that players describe as both hilarious and intensely tense. Reviewers highlight how the destructible settings create constantly shifting photo opportunities, and the developers have maintained frequent updates to keep the content fresh. Selling for $7.99, the game holds an 88% positive rating from over 4100 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck.
About The Headliners: Co-op horror game where you play in teams of 1 to 8 reckless journalists, ready to explore a city overrun by deadly creatures to snap spectacular footage. Your only goal: make the headlines without becoming one.
Players who liked The Headliners also play
Steam players who put hours into The Headliners 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.
ToyBox Security
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Top pick for The Headliners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Headliners.
Ever wanted to booby-trap a house like a kid left home alone? An asymmetric multiplayer comedy game for 1–4 players. Rig the place with everything from toy cars to blowtorches, and make it hurt. Or play as the robbers: grab the loot, catch the kid, hang them on a coat rack before the cops show.
Fantôme
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Second-strongest match for The Headliners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Headliners.
Fantôme is a psychological horror game. Secure dark relics in this chilling experience that offers both single-player and co-op modes. Procedural objectives mean every playthrough is unique. Team up with up to 3 friends for added terror.
Outage: Trespass
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Third-strongest match for The Headliners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Headliners.
After a strange animal makes you crash at night in a stormy forest, you enter an old mansion for shelter. Captured by a violent old man and hunted by his mutant creatures, use the estate for your advantage. Explore, loot, craft, hide, and fight your way out alone or with friends.
Inside the Labs
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Shares co op multiplayer, horror and a tense mood with The Headliners.
Ranked #4 for The Headliners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Headliners.
Inside the Labs is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Take on the role of teenage explorers as you venture into abandoned labs, following reports of failed human experiments.
Moloch Kombinat
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Ranked #5 for The Headliners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Headliners.
you are comrade chibi. working for the moloch kombinat. your job? earn munt.... if you dont... guess you have to find out! 6 Player Coop!
Out of the Shadows
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Ranked #6 for The Headliners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Headliners.
Out of the Shadows is a cooperative game (up to 4 players) combining exploration, tension and coordination. Infiltrate abandoned places, solve complex puzzles and survive the troubling presence of those who still lurk there...
Left 4 Dead 2
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Shares an intense mood with The Headliners.
Ranked #7 for The Headliners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Headliners.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Chained in the Backrooms
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Ranked #8 for The Headliners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Headliners.
Chained in the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op, mission-based horror game. Trapped in a blurry subconscious and chained together, toy bears must solve puzzles, complete challenging missions, and survive against creatures trying to destroy them.
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YAPYAP
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Shares co op multiplayer, horror and a comedic mood with The Headliners.
Reviewers of The Headliners cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Headliners.
A magic-themed co-op horror game where you and up to 5 friends are minions summoned by a wizard to break into their rival's towers to cause mayhem. Try to fufill your vandalism target with an assortment of spells while avoiding magical beasts and monsters that protect the tower.
Phasmophobia
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Reviewers of The Headliners cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Headliners.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
R.E.P.O.
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Shares co op multiplayer, horror and a comedic mood with The Headliners.
Reviewers of The Headliners cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Headliners.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Headliners at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~44% under The Headliners on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Headliners.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~88% under The Headliners on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Headliners.
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
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Priced ~63% under The Headliners on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Headliners.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~53% under The Headliners on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Headliners.
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
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Priced ~75% under The Headliners on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Headliners.
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
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Priced ~81% under The Headliners on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Headliners.
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
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Priced ~88% under The Headliners on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Headliners.
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
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Priced ~63% under The Headliners on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Headliners.
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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Headliners.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Headliners.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Headliners.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Headliners.
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 with The Headliners.
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 The Headliners.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Headliners.
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 The Headliners
- Is The Headliners verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Headliners is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does The Headliners cost?
- The Headliners is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does The Headliners have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Headliners supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to The Headliners?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Headliners are ToyBox Security, Fantôme, Outage: Trespass.
- Who developed The Headliners?
- The Headliners was developed by KAFI.
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