Co-op games like PROJECT: V.I.R.A.
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to PROJECT: V.I.R.A., 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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Gräuel
Online Co-op alternative to PROJECT: V.I.R.A. — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with PROJECT: V.I.R.A..
GRÄUEL is a cooperative horde shooter (1 to 4 players). Travel through dimensions. Choose your class, face the creatures, scavenge, combine your findings to increase their rarity, sell them to upgrade yourself. Uncover the secrets of Dr. Schmidt.
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State Breakers
Online Co-op alternative to PROJECT: V.I.R.A. — playable with friends. Shares Action with PROJECT: V.I.R.A..
State Breakers is a chaotic top-down PvPvE extraction shooter. INTERSTATE A.I. has turned against humanity! They must be infiltrated and destroyed! Resist solo or in a team - kill zombies, hack the map, outwit rival humans, loot, level up - and overthrow the clanker scum!
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ApocaShift
Online Co-op alternative to PROJECT: V.I.R.A. — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with PROJECT: V.I.R.A..
ApocaShift is a solo-developed extraction looter that throws you into high-stakes expeditions across the wasteland, where survival hinges on the gear you carry, the base you build, and the few allies you can count on.
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Die Trying
Online Co-op alternative to PROJECT: V.I.R.A. — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with PROJECT: V.I.R.A..
Plunge into a world ravaged by the dead in this hilarious co-op shooter. Blending silly antics with open-world sandbox freedom. Escape with a plethora of loot, or Die Trying!
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Repressed
Online Co-op alternative to PROJECT: V.I.R.A. — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with PROJECT: V.I.R.A..
Repressed is a PvPvE tactical extraction shooter where players fight for survival in the open world of Blackmoor. Scavenge for supplies, complete objectives, and extract with whatever you can carry before Blackmoor, or something within it, claims you. Every decision counts. Every fight matters.
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Bunker Rats
Online Co-op alternative to PROJECT: V.I.R.A. — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with PROJECT: V.I.R.A..
A close third-person co-op PvPvE extraction game set entirely underground. No guns. Just you, your team, and a concrete labyrinth full of loot, hazards, and other players who want your stuff. Gear up, deploy into shared complexes with up to 12 players, and try to extract before you die.
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Croak Tales: Deep Dungeons
Online Co-op alternative to PROJECT: V.I.R.A. — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Early Access with PROJECT: V.I.R.A..
Explore, scavenge and survive ... or croak trying. Dive into murky, abandoned dungeons with your friends to recover an ancient object and reveal the history around this world. It's high-stakes extraction where teamwork is vital, survival is unlikely, and the chaos is half the fun.
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Scrapdivers
Online Co-op alternative to PROJECT: V.I.R.A. — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with PROJECT: V.I.R.A..
Dive from your flying fortress into a fracturing vertical world in this high-velocity, co-op extraction roguelite. Master breakneck momentum to swing through drifting sky islands, rip raw scrap from the earth, and hunt massive predators. Gear up and dive.