Co-op games like Dark Descent
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to Dark Descent, 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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Orbital Intruder
Online Co-op alternative to Dark Descent — playable with friends. Shares Action and Strategy with Dark Descent.
Explore procedurally generated dead spaceships, complete dangerous contracts, collect loot, control doors and extraction, while an alien monster hunts and grows stronger.
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Return to Roots
Online Co-op alternative to Dark Descent — playable with friends. Shares Action and Strategy with Dark Descent.
An online co-op horror roguelite for up to 6 players. Compost useful items to descend layer-by-layer further into your decaying home. Utilize shops and upgrade cards to extend your run, and unlock starting equipment to make new strategies.
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Knightward
Online Co-op alternative to Dark Descent — playable with friends. Shares Action and Strategy with Dark Descent.
Build towers to safeguard your crystal while you loot treasure-filled rooms and grow stronger. Knightward is a tower defense action rogue-like for 1-4 players. Will your defenses hold off enemies long enough to discover the deepest levels of the dungeon?
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Gut Rot
Online Co-op alternative to Dark Descent — playable with friends. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
Escape the island
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Bunker Invaders
Online Co-op alternative to Dark Descent — playable with friends. Shares Action and Strategy with Dark Descent.
A co-op horror game where you must scavenge for loot and maintain the bunker to keep it standing
- 6
LIVING HELL
Online Co-op alternative to Dark Descent — playable with friends. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
A co-op horror where you must retrieve specimens before sunrise, as solar radiation twists animals and humans into terrifying mutations. From the creator of DEVOUR.
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Lost Railway
Online Co-op alternative to Dark Descent — playable with friends. Shares Action with Dark Descent.
A co-op 2D quota horror game with cute animals and terrifying monsters. Assemble a team of up to 4 players and venture into the depths of the nightmare for valuable loot, tools and secrets. Because the train must always move forward!
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Darkwater
Online Co-op alternative to Dark Descent — playable with friends. Shares Action and Strategy with Dark Descent.
Darkwater is a cooperative extraction horror game for 1-4 players. Command a submarine trapped under the ice of an alien planet. Battle enemy vessels and deep sea abominations as you hunt for resources. Do what it takes to survive.