Co-op games like Empty House
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to Empty House, 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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HazardousExtractions
Online Co-op alternative to Empty House — playable with friends. Shares Action and Strategy with Empty House.
Extract and survive. Work for a secret organization as you and up to 4 friends become members of an elite squad to retrieve a sample from an underground laboratory full of secrets.
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Escape From Monster
Online Co-op alternative to Empty House — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Empty House.
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.
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Dust Vein
Online Co-op alternative to Empty House — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Empty House.
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.
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Jack's Last Show
Online Co-op alternative to Empty House — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Empty House.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Jack’s Last Show, a short co-op horror game for 1–4 players. Wind up the music boxes, start each act of Jack’s final performance, and try to escape before the house becomes his stage.
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Desperate Civilization
Online Co-op alternative to Empty House — playable with friends. Shares Action and Strategy with Empty House.
Multiplayer post-nuclear survival game set in 2123, support up to 6 players. Return to irradiated Earth from space outpost, evade mutated creatures and loot valuable relics. Complete random extraction objectives, cash in loots to buy gear for future expeditions.
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Fearless Crew
Online Co-op alternative to Empty House — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Empty House.
Fearless Crew is an online co-op game where you and up to 3 friends hunt down monsters - each one is caught differently. Every monster has its weakness and only the right items will affect them! Scavenge, Buy and hunt!
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Fear of Dark
Online Co-op alternative to Empty House — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Empty House.
Can you survive and kill the monster in the night forest? Or fall in a fight with this dangerous creature
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ESCAPE: FALSE COLORS
Online Co-op alternative to Empty House — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with Empty House.
A multiplayer party game blending creative painting, identity deception, and psychological horror chase. Paint your disguise, hide among your surroundings, deceive your enemies, and survive the hunt until the last player remains.