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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HOLLOWED Co.
Online Co-op alternative to Calling in the Shadows — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Calling in the Shadows.
A chaotic multiplayer horror game where a paranormal recovery crew hunts cursed relics in haunted locations — while monsters hunt them back and corrupted teammates hide among the crew. Work together, uncover the impostors, and survive long enough to escape.
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Gut Rot
Online Co-op alternative to Calling in the Shadows — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Calling in the Shadows.
Escape the island
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Pinkwilds
Online Co-op alternative to Calling in the Shadows — playable with friends. Shares Action and Adventure with Calling in the Shadows.
A sci-fi multiplayer survival RPG with no guns - fight with weapons and magic instead. Explore an alien world, gather resources, craft gear, and build your base. Trade, form alliances, raid, or betray other players to survive.
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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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The Left Behind
Online Co-op alternative to Calling in the Shadows — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Calling in the Shadows.
The Left Behind is a solo and co-op post-apocalyptic survival game. Explore a typical Dutch open-world landscape at daytime and beware of hordes of enemies coming in at night. Loot and hunt to survive. Each night, the game becomes increasingly challenging. How long will you survive?
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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.