Co-op games like Backrooms: Recode
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to Backrooms: Recode, 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 Last Observer
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms: Recode — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Recode.
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: Recode — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Recode.
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: Final Exam
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms: Recode — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Recode.
Backrooms: Final Exam is a cooperative horror game for 1-4 players, Where you will explore this complex and intricate dimension with your friends or alone, trying to figure out what to do, wandering around and being scared by every sound, you will need to pass your final exam!
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Backrooms: The Silence
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms: Recode — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Recode.
Backrooms: The Silence is a cooperative horror game for 1-4 players, where you have to explore and fight the game master on your own, use your own abilities to survive in this complex world, play with your friends to get the full range of emotions!
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Backrooms: No Level
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms: Recode — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Recode.
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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Backrooms: The Others
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms: Recode — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Recode.
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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AsHes
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms: Recode — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Recode.
This horror game inspired by Chinese folklore offers an enthralling journey through the depths of the Underworld. As you delve deeper, you'll unravel hidden secrets veiled in the darkness.
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MISERY
Online Co-op alternative to Backrooms: Recode — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Recode.
MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.