Co-op games like The Core
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to The Core, 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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ELEVATED
Online Co-op alternative to The Core — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with The Core.
ELEVATED is a multiplayer (8 vs. 1) thriller action game where eight death row inmates try to complete the given tasks to gain their freedom while being chased by the 4th horseman of the apocalypse, "The Death".
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Zero World
Online Co-op alternative to The Core — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with The Core.
Gather resources, craft items, kill others, raid houses, but don't get raided yourself
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Morte Accendere
Online Co-op alternative to The Core — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with The Core.
A sci-fi zombie infected third or first person action with elements of parkour, combat with weapons or hand to hand, many modes of transportation. Ability to craft items and build your safe zone.
- 4
Subsurface
Online Co-op alternative to The Core — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with The Core.
A 1–4 player co-op underwater horror game where you and your crew descend into the depths, recover valuable resources, meet your quota, and survive whatever lurks below.
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Infected Backrooms: Multiplayer
Online Co-op alternative to The Core — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with The Core.
Enter the surreal world of Backrooms in our multiplayer 2-8 players Co-Op & PvP game. Become monsters or survivors, where players must infect others or use their guns to stay alive. With fast-paced gameplay and a creepy atmosphere, it's perfect for Backrooms fans for having fun with friends
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灭顶之灾—救赎
LAN Co-op alternative to The Core — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with The Core.
crowning calamityd is an online multiplayer shooter game with cooperative PVE and player-versus-player modes
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Holospace
Online Co-op alternative to The Core — playable with friends. Shares Action and Adventure with The Core.
Take flight from planet surfaces to deep space with no loading screens. Explore a vast procedurally generated voxel universe, mine resources, build massive bases, battle alien creatures, and uncover virtually endless worlds. Play in first or third person.
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HKO: Advanced Survival
Online Co-op alternative to The Core — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with The Core.
An open-world survival experience that combines exploration, suspense, resource management, tactical combat, and cooperative multiplayer. Explore dangerous islands, customize weapons, survive against the Penitents and escape with friends in The Phantom Runner experience.