Games like Congo
If Congo is your kind of game, the closest matches are HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed, Gears 5 and Pixel Troopers — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and stressful. 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 →About Congo: Grab some friends and dive into the jungles of CONGO - an online and local co-op, horror action game. Set in the dark and haunting jungle, light-fearing demons attack from the shadows. Work together as a team to find rescue from wave after wave of intense attack by scavenging an array of weapons and items.
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Steam players who put hours into Congo 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.
HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Congo.
Top pick for Congo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Congo.
Hypercharge is a first and third-person shooter action figure game you've always dreamed of! Grab your friends, complete objectives, defend the Hypercore against waves of weaponized toys, and defeat Major Evil together in the story campaign!
Gears 5
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Congo.
Second-strongest match for Congo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Congo.
From one of gaming’s most acclaimed sagas, Gears is bigger than ever. With all-out war descending, Kait Diaz breaks away to uncover her connection to the enemy and discovers the true danger to Sera – herself.
Pixel Troopers
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Congo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Congo.
In Pixel Troopers you will fight against all kinds of insects, gather your friends and prepare to survive as long as possible, or face each other in a Deathmatch in this Cooperative Multiplayer game.
Lurking Danger
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Congo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Congo.
Lurking Danger is a survival horror where Elena and Regina, two diner waitresses, uncover a dark secret. Reality twists into a nightmare as they face terrifying creatures. Play solo or in split-screen co-op, solve puzzles, and fight for survival in a haunting atmosphere.
Steel Graves
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Congo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Congo.
A nervous Action / Strategy / Building game in multiplayer that oppose humans against aliens in huge battlefields. Build your base anywhere, upgrade your equipment, recruit hundreds of IA soldiers, and take part in the greatest intergalactic war.
Tank Brawl 2: Armor Fury
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Congo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Congo.
Satisfy your need of destruction by smashing armor vehicles to pieces in spectacular fashions during the epic 4 players co-op campaign. Vehicles and drivers have unique upgrades and class combination. Multiple weapons such as laser beam, giant hammer, Mech's katana.
Outbreak: Epidemic
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Congo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Congo.
Return to the world of 4-player co-op survival horror with classic gameplay, strict inventory management, crushing enemies, horrific difficulty and more as you and a group of survivors try to survive the epidemic.
Unbearable
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Congo.
Ranked #8 for Congo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Congo.
A story inspired by old school survival horror. Play alone or together on split screen. Delve into dark environments; hide or run; fight melee or with guns; climb and solve puzzles to discover the story of Unbearable.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Congo at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Congo on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Congo.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Congo on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Congo.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Congo on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Congo.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Congo on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Congo.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Congo on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Congo.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Congo on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Congo.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Congo on Steam right now. Shares Action with Congo.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Congo on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Congo.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Congo.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Congo.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Congo.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Congo.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Casual with Congo.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Congo.
Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Congo.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
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Frequently asked about Congo
- How much does Congo cost?
- Congo is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Congo have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Congo supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to Congo?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Congo are HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed, Gears 5, Pixel Troopers.
- Who developed Congo?
- Congo was developed by Big Red Eight.
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