Co-op games like Submerge
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to Submerge, 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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Cursed Cargo
Online Co-op alternative to Submerge — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Submerge.
Cursed Cargo is an online co-op comedy-horror where the environment is as dangerous as the monsters. Team up with up to 4 players to transport unpredictable cargo using physics-based tools. Use proximity voice chat to coordinate, but be careful the entities are always listening.
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The Devourer: Hunted Souls
Online Co-op alternative to Submerge — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Submerge.
Play as a paranormal investigator in our hybrid between first person survival and psychological horror story game. Investigate a haunted forest with up to 5 players CO-OP, try to lift the curse, experience a tragic story and take decisions together. Will you survive or will you lose your soul?
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The Experiment
Online Co-op alternative to Submerge — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Submerge.
The tests went wrong. He has been transformed. It is hostile toward others. You have been assigned the task of killing the horrifying creature. Listen closely as it could be around any corner. (Game includes Remastered + Classic versions)
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Escape From Monster
Online Co-op alternative to Submerge — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Submerge.
You woke up in a dusty room, in an unknown place, with no memory of how you got here. Your pockets are empty, and there is something outside the door producing frightening sounds.
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Backrooms Lost Runners
Online Co-op alternative to Submerge — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Submerge.
Backrooms Lost Runners is a co-op survival horror with team play, voice-reactive AI, and immersive puzzles. This isn’t a “walking simulator”: explore liminal spaces, outsmart entities, and remember—even a whisper can give you away.
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Inside the Backrooms
Online Co-op alternative to Submerge — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with Submerge.
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
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Agonize
Online Co-op alternative to Submerge — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Submerge.
Once a mad scientist's lab, now an abandoned manor haunted by miscreations. Work as a 1-4 player team in this online co-op, psychological horror game and discover what lurks within. Find a cure before it's too late...
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The Escape: Together
Online Co-op alternative to Submerge — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Submerge.
The Escape: Together is a 1-3 player Online CO-OP escape horror. The paranormal creature has taken over the house. You must use everything you find to survive and make your runaway.