Co-op games like GemPals
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to GemPals, 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
Lucky Duckies
Online Co-op alternative to GemPals — playable with friends. Shares Adventure and Free To Play with GemPals.
Lucky Duckies is a whimsical co-op adventure where two players become parent rubber duckies, herding their adorable duckling flock through a giant bathtub full of bubbles, toys, and playful puzzles. Work together, float together, and embrace the chaos!
- 2
Guys with Magnets
Online Co-op alternative to GemPals — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with GemPals.
Guys with Magnets is a co-op physics parkour game about using a supercharged magnet to move through island courses with up to 8 players. Pull, repel, swing, explode, solve magnetic puzzles, and try to reach the finish together, even when everything goes wrong.
- 3
Wobble Bros
Online Co-op alternative to GemPals — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with GemPals.
Carry a ragdoll patient through chaotic physics rescue courses as wobbly doctors in 2–4 player co-op. Control your floppy bodies, coordinate with your team, and reach the evac point without dropping the patient.
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Light of Hope: The Redeemer
Shared/Split Screen Co-op alternative to GemPals — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with GemPals.
Light of Hope™ is a new puzzle-platformer from Gaskellgames. Set aboard The Redeemer, Spei and the crew must work together to solve a series of gravity bending physical puzzles and challenges. Complete the game solo, or team up with a friend in local split screen co-op!
- 5
Dreampainters
Online Co-op alternative to GemPals — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with GemPals.
Put your creativity to the test in this first-person puzzle game! Discover the surreal world of an artist's dreams and use a paintbrush to unfold its mysteries with striking colors. Or grab a friend to paint your dreams together in two-player co-op mode!
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Tiny Visitors
Shared/Split Screen Co-op alternative to GemPals — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with GemPals.
TINY VISITORS is a 3D Platformer, based on physics, mixing escape-game, search&find and mini-games. You can play up to 4 players in local coop.
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WheelMates
Online Co-op alternative to GemPals — playable with friends. Shares Indie and Adventure with GemPals.
Dive into a 2-player co-op driving adventure with RC cars. Explore the professor’s home laboratory, solve puzzles, find hidden paths, and uncover what happened inside. With Friend’s Pass, your friend joins for free.
- 8
Wires And Whiskers
Shared/Split Screen Co-op alternative to GemPals — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with GemPals.
Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.