Co-op games like Gut Rot
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to Gut Rot, 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
- 1
The Hallowed Echo
LAN Co-op alternative to Gut Rot — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gut Rot.
Cooperative survival horror. Four friends find themselves in a forest where an ancient ritual has awakened something terrifying. Your goal is to destroy the root of evil by burning a cursed tree and survive until morning. Explore, hunt, hide. Alone is scary. Together is even worse.
- 2
Something's Out There
Online Co-op alternative to Gut Rot — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Gut Rot.
Something's Out There is a micro-horror creature hunting game, featuring multiple unique creatures across multiple maps. Hunters work together using the tools provided at base or found around the map to track down, hunt, and ultimately kill the creature of which only stories claim exist.
- 3
Lastbane
Online Co-op alternative to Gut Rot — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Gut Rot.
Lastbane is a CO-OP asymmetric horror game. Together with your friends, you must try to escape the map silently without being caught by sound-sensitive creatures that react to microphones and in-game voice chat.
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The Lost
Online Co-op alternative to Gut Rot — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Gut Rot.
You survive a bombing from enemy planes, you are knocked out and on an island with no contact to the outside world.
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Zombiefield
Online Co-op alternative to Gut Rot — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Gut Rot.
New Zombiefield contractors! Your mission is to open portals to attract tougher zombies and evacuate before the missile strike. Work together with your manager to reduce risks and get paid for completing your contract
- 6
Fishing Grind
Online Co-op alternative to Gut Rot — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Gut Rot.
Fishing Grind is a first person 1-6 player co-op fishing game with a twist. The place you are fishing may not always be safe...
- 7
Red Tide
Online Co-op alternative to Gut Rot — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Gut Rot.
Radioactive fish? Heavily armed Game Wardens? Exploring a vast open world with a rod in one hand and a rifle in the other? Red Tide is an extraction fisher set in the irradiated wastelands. Scavenge what's left of the former nuclear site among the Calem Islands, alone or with friends.
- 8
Calling in the Shadows
Online Co-op alternative to Gut Rot — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Gut Rot.
A multiplayer horror game. Work together to escape the island. Hunt by sound to murder your friends.