Co-op games like Backrooms: The Next Level
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to Backrooms: The Next Level, 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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Backrooms: The Others
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms: The Next Level — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Next Level.
Backrooms: The Others is a cooperative horror game for up to 4 players where you will be forced to explore these unknown nooks and crannies, trying to survive in this complex world where death can be waiting for you at every turn!
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Backrooms: What's Next
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms: The Next Level — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Next Level.
Backrooms: What's Next is a Co-op horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will explore the game, try to pass the game level using your mind, wit, remembering the places where you were
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Backrooms: The Deep Dark
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms: The Next Level — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Next Level.
Backrooms: The Deep Dark is a 4-player cooperative horror game where you will survive in a mysterious scary atmospheric world, wander through unknown dark corners and get scared of every nook and cranny!
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Backrooms: The Lost Circus
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms: The Next Level — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Next Level.
Backrooms: The Lost Circus is a Co-op horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will explore the game, try to pass the game level using your mind, wit, remembering the places where you were
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Backrooms: The Last Observer
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms: The Next Level — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Next Level.
Backrooms: The Last Observer is a cooperative horror game. Descend into something that resists understanding, where perception itself begins to fracture. You are here not to fight, but to witness — and sometimes, witnessing is the worst thing you can do.
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Backrooms: Forgotten Floors
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms: The Next Level — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Next Level.
Backrooms: Forgotten Floors is a cooperative horror game for 1–4 players. Descend into levels no one remembers, through spaces that shouldn't exist. You're here now — and the only thing worse than being lost is being noticed.
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Backrooms: No Level
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms: The Next Level — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Next Level.
Backrooms: No Level is a cooperative horror game for 1–4 players. You think you can complete anything, but what if you can't? What if nothing is real and you can't complete anything, even with friends, it will be extremely difficult to complete this game!
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Species: Unknown
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms: The Next Level — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Early Access with Backrooms: The Next Level.
Species: Unknown is a 1 to 4 players co-op survival horror. Complete high-risk missions aboard an abandoned ship while being hunted by an unknown creature. Survive and upgrade your gear to face each new threat that lurks in the dark.