Co-op games like Calling in the Shadows
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to Calling in the Shadows, 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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Starnded: Gardens of the Rubellite
Online Co-op alternative to Calling in the Shadows — playable with friends. Shares Action and Adventure with Calling in the Shadows.
Pack your stuff, kiss your dog goodbye and prepare to leave Earth behind. The catastrophe is coming, and what you did was enough to earn a ticket to a distant new world, alongside thousands of others. NO GUNS ON BOARD!
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Shipping Nightmares
Online Co-op alternative to Calling in the Shadows — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Calling in the Shadows.
A co-op horror game where you and your teammates must scavenge for supplies, and survive relentless horrors lurking in the shadows.
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The Lost
Online Co-op alternative to Calling in the Shadows — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Calling in the Shadows.
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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STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions
Online Co-op alternative to Calling in the Shadows — playable with friends. Shares Action and Adventure with Calling in the Shadows.
Join the ESS Starseeker crew to explore strange new worlds, working together with friends to complete planet-wide objectives before the station journeys on to new planetary destinations. Collect and unlock powerful tech to help the crew tackle the perils of space!
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Nuclear Nightmare
Online Co-op alternative to Calling in the Shadows — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Calling in the Shadows.
Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.
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PONE
Online Co-op alternative to Calling in the Shadows — playable with friends. Shares Action and Adventure with Calling in the Shadows.
A co-op survival horror game where you and your closest friends must work together to survive in an upside down world crawling with the infected.
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Escape From Monster
Online Co-op alternative to Calling in the Shadows — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Calling in the Shadows.
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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MIMESIS
Online Co-op alternative to Calling in the Shadows — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Calling in the Shadows.
4 Player co-op survival horror game. When the cursed rain falls, 'Mimesis' appear, perfectly imitating your teammates, bringing a new level of tension you've never experienced before.