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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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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Cursed Carts
Online Co-op alternative to Pinched — playable with friends. Shares Action with Pinched.
A PvPvE horror game playable with 2–6 players. Compete against each other with your alien team split into two groups. In a massive mansion filled with creatures, the team that collects the most loot within the time limit wins.
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Gehinnom
Online Co-op alternative to Pinched — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Pinched.
Gehinnom is a multiplayer horror game for 1-4 players. collect clues and complete various quests to perform a ritual and banish the demon that hunts you. Everything in Gehinnom is randomly generated, so you will always be scared.
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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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Silentia
Online Co-op alternative to Pinched — playable with friends. Shares Action with Pinched.
Choose your side in the darkness of Silentia. Hunt as a blind monster that grows stronger with every sound it hears, or escape as a survivor by completing objectives in silence. In this asymmetric multiplayer horror game: If it hears you, it’s over.
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GLANCED
Online Co-op alternative to Pinched — playable with friends. Shares Action with Pinched.
Step inside. Infiltrate the manor of porcelain dolls, some are maybe your friends. Steal the key from her cold neck, find the door, and whatever you do, don’t meet her eyes. One glance is enough to lose your body. GLANCED: forget FPS shooters. Here, just a look...KILLS. Now, just survive...
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Come Out Guys
Online Co-op alternative to Pinched — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Pinched.
Get ready for a chaotic chase for 2-8 players! Experience high tension FPS Parkour Hide and Seek with tiny characters in a giant environment. Climb, jump, hide, and shoot to surprise your friends. Escaping and chasing have never been this exciting!
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It Hears You: Together
Online Co-op alternative to Pinched — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Pinched.
It Hears You - a co-op horror. Escape the forest as fast as you can. Play with 1 to 6 people. Move quietly and avoid unnecessary sounds so Stag doesn’t hear you. He’s blind, but his hearing is perfect.