Co-op games like Pinched
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to Pinched, 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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DEPLETED
Online Co-op alternative to Pinched — playable with friends. Shares Indie with Pinched.
DEPLETED is an upcoming asymmetrical multiplayer horror game where sacrifices must escape a ritualist who hunts them down for blood in order to complete the ritual. Use stealth, teamwork, and strategy to survive.
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Alterum
Online Co-op alternative to Pinched — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Pinched.
A multiplayer social deduction horror where spells are spoken aloud. One of you is altered. Cast magic with your voice, hunt the traitor, survive the ritual. Every word can save - or kill.
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Manikin Mimic
Online Co-op alternative to Pinched — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Pinched.
Pose, blend in, and don’t get caught! Pretend to be one of the Manikins and fool the Finder before they blast you.
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Fickle Allies
Online Co-op alternative to Pinched — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Pinched.
Collect and deposit every crystal to escape in this first-person multiplayer thriller game. Form shifting alliances, steal from rivals, protect your haul, or eliminate threats as you explore a mansion, subway, and abandoned facility where trust never lasts.
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Dead 4 Now: Extraction
Online Co-op alternative to Pinched — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Pinched.
A 4v1 asymmetrical horror where survivors escape by solving shifting puzzles. Use always-on proximity voice to manage sanity, but speak too loudly and the monster will find you.
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Fuse or Lose
Online Co-op alternative to Pinched — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Pinched.
Fuse or Lose is a tense multiplayer bomb-passing game of deduction and betrayal. Poke at wires and switches, twist cryptic clues to your advantage, and shove the ticking device into someone else’s hands before it explodes.
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ESCAPE: FALSE COLORS
Online Co-op alternative to Pinched — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Pinched.
A multiplayer party game blending painting, deception, horror chases, and parkour. A fun, chaotic take on MM2-style gameplay with body painting and camouflage. Paint your disguise, blend in, deceive others, escape with parkour, and survive to the end.
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UNDERFED
Online Co-op alternative to Pinched — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Pinched.
Trapped in a vertical facility where food comes from above and always runs out before it reaches the bottom. Talk, trade, betray or climb. Every night the cages lock and only two can stay.