Co-op games like I'm a Cowboy, Baby!
Below are 8 cooperative Steam games similar to I'm a Cowboy, Baby!, 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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Pirate Panic!
Online Co-op alternative to I'm a Cowboy, Baby! — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with I'm a Cowboy, Baby!.
You are drunken pirates exploring the sea with a very unstable physics boat and your movement affects its balance. Find treasure using paper maps and haul it across a treacherous ocean in your pirate quest for riches. 1-4 players and yes, the treasure *will* fall on the way back, sorry!
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Mayday Vacay
Online Co-op alternative to I'm a Cowboy, Baby! — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with I'm a Cowboy, Baby!.
A physics-based co-op adventure where a relaxing boat trip turns into total chaos. Work together to sail, improvise… and keep your boat afloat.
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Space Out Together
Online Co-op alternative to I'm a Cowboy, Baby! — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with I'm a Cowboy, Baby!.
Space Out Together is a co-op space survival/adventure game where your crew crash-lands in the wrong sector of space. Refuel your ship, keep each other alive, and make it to the portal before everything falls apart. Together..
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Dumpster Divers
Online Co-op alternative to I'm a Cowboy, Baby! — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with I'm a Cowboy, Baby!.
Dumpster Divers is an online co-op scavenging game where rejected puppets turn trash into treasure. Dive into alleys and dumpsters with up to 4 friends, outsmart bumbling cops, and haul your loot home to sell. Use scraps to craft helpful tools and climb the ranks of society one dumpster at a time.
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Smile Your Day
Online Co-op alternative to I'm a Cowboy, Baby! — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with I'm a Cowboy, Baby!.
Two Players, Two Perspectives, One Cult. You and a friend explore the opulent cult known as Lifted Spirits in Boston, 2014. One player is the Hacker, controlling the cult's cameras and communications. With their aid, the other player stealths around the office hoping to discover the cult's secrets.
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Hand Simulator: Survival
Online Co-op alternative to I'm a Cowboy, Baby! — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with I'm a Cowboy, Baby!.
Wild island. Thirst and hunger. Dangerous animals and insects. The perfect place to test your survival skills, especially if you only have empty hands, especially if it is a hand simulator.
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Tree Simulator 2023
Online Co-op alternative to I'm a Cowboy, Baby! — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with I'm a Cowboy, Baby!.
It's exactly what it sounds like! Have you ever wanted to be a tree? Do you like odd numbers? How about multiplayer, weather, seasons and more!? Well then this is the game for you! Come on down to a place where you will never want to leaf. Relax and be the best tree you can be. 1-250 players.
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Totally Reliable Delivery Service
Online Co-op alternative to I'm a Cowboy, Baby! — playable with friends. Shares Action and Indie with I'm a Cowboy, Baby!.
Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.