Co-op games like Backrooms Escape Protocol
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to Backrooms Escape Protocol, 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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Blackroots
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Escape Protocol — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Escape Protocol.
Blackroots is a co-op fantasy/horror game where players work together or alone to resist a dark force known as Ul'vorran.
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Problem Here
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Escape Protocol — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Escape Protocol.
It’s little time left to enter the atmosphere, but there are some problems. As a crew, you must manage to get into the atmosphere!
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Desperation
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Escape Protocol — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Escape Protocol.
In Desperation, you are an elite soldier, tasked to survive in an unknown location. You will be facing many challenges, such as building shelter, finding food and water, fighting off zombies, killer robots and even other soldiers. Will you stay solo, or will you group up? How will you survive?
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Mimic
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Escape Protocol — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Escape Protocol.
Deduce who you can trust in this asymmetrical online survival horror game for up to 10 players. Solve the objectives, survive the killer Android hunting you, and hunt from the shadows as the Mimic; a shape-shifting terror hiding amongst you.
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Deborg Desolation Pre-Born
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Escape Protocol — playable with friends. Shares Action with Backrooms Escape Protocol.
Deborg Desolation is a first-person indie game intended for the survival of mankind. Train to be a soldier capable of containing any injurious entity to achieve the survival of your own race, seek to plan strategies that allow your advancement without stopping.
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Blood Red
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Escape Protocol — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Escape Protocol.
Blood Red is a co-op survival horror game that can be played with 1-4 players. Figure out the demon and banish it using your special demon hunting kit!
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NO BACKUP
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Escape Protocol — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Escape Protocol.
Escape together or die alone. In this intense co-op bodycam horror game, you and your team are hunted by a relentless creature. Communicate, stay quiet, and fight to survive. Every move counts. Every sound could be your last.
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ESCAPE Protocol: Online
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms Escape Protocol — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Escape Protocol.
In this co-op horror game, escape an unknown realm where reality is shattered and dimensions collide. Solve puzzles, avoid deadly entities, and uncover the hidden saboteur.