Co-op games like Castle of Mist
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to Castle of Mist, 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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Sinister Night 2
Online Co-op alternative to Castle of Mist — playable with friends. Shares Action and Strategy with Castle of Mist.
Nine Streamers enter an ancient Chinese mansion, hoping to attract a huge following and become famous through livestreaming. However, two of them are tragically possessed by evil spirits. These possessed will slaughter their companions, and complete a malevolent ritual of a ghostly wedding.
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The Wendigo Lives
Online Co-op alternative to Castle of Mist — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Castle of Mist.
Search an abandoned Appalachian forest, complete objectives, and escape before midnight. Survive alone against a deceptive hunter or enter 3–5 player multiplayer, where one of your friends can become the Wendigo and hide among the group.
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Warrior Architects
LAN Co-op alternative to Castle of Mist — playable with friends. Shares Strategy and Indie with Castle of Mist.
The game's story follows the grand adventures of warriors who encounter various villages and tribes. Collaborating with these tribes, they transform small villages into large fortresses, building defenses to repel external attacks. Their efforts earn the trust of the people.
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Sincognito
Online Co-op alternative to Castle of Mist — playable with friends. Shares Action and Strategy with Castle of Mist.
A social deduction investigation horror game where one of you is secretly possessed by a Deadly Sin. Use stealth and proximity chat to cooperate or deceive as you gather clues and compare findings to deduce which Sin is haunting the castle.
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Guillotine
Online Co-op alternative to Castle of Mist — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Castle of Mist.
Guillotine is a multiplayer game of social deduction, with a pinch of survival. You're in a tavern in the woods, but someone is a necromorph hungry for human meat. Guillotine the necromorph, or get eaten alive.
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MindHunt
Online Co-op alternative to Castle of Mist — playable with friends. Shares Strategy and Indie with Castle of Mist.
MindHunt is a solo/multiplayer detective like game (1-10 players), where you as an agent try to find out which androids are infected in order to shut them down! Well, if you are the infected one, you better blend with other androids and complete all tasks necessary!
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Mage Mayhem
Online Co-op alternative to Castle of Mist — playable with friends. Shares Action and Strategy with Castle of Mist.
Mage Mayhem is a roguelike featuring unique magic with hundreds of different styles to explore. Customize your experience through a variety of abilities and upgrades. Enjoy alongside your friends, then battle them in various other PvP game modes.
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Lord Wars
Online Co-op alternative to Castle of Mist — playable with friends. Shares Strategy and Indie with Castle of Mist.
No tedious fog of war. Outwit foes with terrain ambushes and shifting weather, build elite armies and wrap up intense medieval RTS matches quickly.