Co-op games like Closing Shift
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to Closing Shift, 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
Inside Job
Online Co-op alternative to Closing Shift — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Closing Shift.
A 1-4 player co-op prison escape. The walls, the schedule, the guards — every one of them is a problem you have to solve yourself. Work it out together, keep it buried, and pick your moment carefully. You won't get a second one.
- 2
Dust Vein
Online Co-op alternative to Closing Shift — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Closing Shift.
A co-op horror game for 1-4 players set in the dead underground bunkers of Earth. Collect loot, fulfill the quota, feed the living reactor, and descend deeper and deeper into the mines.
- 3
THE BUTCHER WARD
Online Co-op alternative to Closing Shift — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Closing Shift.
Your night shift was supposed to be simple: restore power to an abandoned hospital. Repair generators, search the darkened wards, and uncover what happened here — before the butcher finds you.
- 4
Empty House
Online Co-op alternative to Closing Shift — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Closing Shift.
In a world emptied by the zombie apocalypse, loot the houses left behind — a first-person co-op stealth horror for up to 4 players. Team up to gather supplies and escape alive! Every sound draws zombies, from footsteps to your voice over the mic. Evade them, or disguise yourself as one to slip past.
- 5
Gaslit Bay
Online Co-op alternative to Closing Shift — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Closing Shift.
Gaslit Bay is a co-op horror game following strict, ever-changing rules in order to survive a night shift at a remote gas station. While reality breaks down serve customers, manage the store and avoid what lurks in the dark at all costs. One mistake, one broken rule... It could cost you everything.
- 6
Backrooms: Multiverse
Online Co-op alternative to Closing Shift — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Closing Shift.
Backrooms Multiverse is a cooperative survival horror exploration game where you play as a team of researchers venturing deep into the endless Backrooms multiverse. Explore rare and mysterious environments, and encounter unique entities that few explorers have ever lived to see.
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Notary Block
Online Co-op alternative to Closing Shift — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Closing Shift.
The watchman is dead — the knife is still out. A co-op suspense accusation horror in a Hong Kong estate rebuilt from a real twin-tower block. Four to eight players, one hidden killer. Vote at the meeting, or take the watchman's keys. You only left if you walked through the gate yourself.
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Escape From Monster
Online Co-op alternative to Closing Shift — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Closing Shift.
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.