There’s nothing quite like facing your fears with friends. The best co-op horror games combine heart-pounding terror with chaotic laughter – whether you’re bravely fighting off nightmares or panicking in the voice chat.
Halloween is the perfect excuse to dive into something spooky, but these games are great any time of year. Grab your squad, dim the lights, and prepare to scream together because here are 10 of the best co-op horror games to survive (or die) with your friends.
Back 4 Blood
If you loved Left 4 Dead, Back 4 Blood is its spiritual successor turned up to eleven. This co-op zombie shooter pits you and your friends against endless hordes of undead and grotesque mutated monsters. With modern gameplay systems, card-based progression, and chaotic, fast-paced combat, it’s an adrenaline rush from start to finish. It’s hectic, challenging, and most importantly, ridiculously fun when shared with friends.
Perfect for: Fans of classic zombie shooters and high-energy co-op action.
Remnant 2
While Remnant 2 leans more toward action than traditional horror, its eerie worlds, alien monstrosities, and chilling atmosphere deliver plenty of scares. You and your team travel through haunting dimensions to prevent an apocalyptic event threatening Earth. It’s a perfect blend of gunplay, strategy, and dark fantasy horror, with plenty of replay value.
Perfect for: Players who love a mix of challenging combat and unsettling world design.
Phasmophobia
Phasmophobia is the ultimate ghost-hunting co-op horror game. Armed with EMF readers, spirit boxes, and your wits, you and your team investigate haunted locations in search of supernatural entities. But beware — the ghosts are smarter (and meaner) than you think. They respond to voice chat and can turn your own words against you, making every session a uniquely terrifying experience.
Perfect for: Friends who love paranormal investigations, jump scares, and laughing through the fear.
Lethal Company
Don’t let the memes fool you… Lethal Company is both hilarious and horrifying. You and your crew are scavengers collecting scrap from abandoned facilities on distant planets to pay off your company’s debt. The problem? Each location is crawling with unspeakable horrors that hunt you in the dark. It’s unpredictable, tense, and often ends in hilarious disaster, which makes it perfect for chaotic co-op sessions.
Perfect for: Players who enjoy dark humour, teamwork, and unpredictable scares.
Dying Light: The Beast
The Dying Light series has always nailed the balance between parkour and horror, and The Beast pushes it further. You step into the shoes of Kyle Crane once more, now transformed by cruel experiments and ready for revenge. Whether you’re exploring rooftops by day or surviving the terrifying nights, the co-op gameplay keeps the experience fresh and thrilling.
Perfect for: Fans of fast-paced action with spine-chilling nighttime encounters.
GTFO
If you and your friends crave a real challenge, GTFO will test your teamwork like no other. Set in a dark underground complex filled with monstrous creatures, communication and precision are key to survival. It’s brutally difficult, but every success feels well-earned, and the tension never lets up.
Perfect for: Hardcore players who thrive on teamwork, strategy, and constant fear.
The Outlast Trials
The Outlast Trials transforms the iconic single-player Outlast terror into a co-op nightmare. You and your friends are human test subjects forced to endure twisted psychological experiments. Expect stealth, screams, and utter chaos as you try to escape the horrors of Murkoff Corporation. It’s a disturbing, pulse-pounding experience, especially when your teammate panics first.
Perfect for: Fans of psychological horror and stealth-based survival.
Dead by Daylight
A staple of the multiplayer horror genre, Dead by Daylight pits four survivors against one relentless killer – all controlled by real players. Each match feels like a playable horror movie, complete with hiding, running, and desperate last-second rescues. Regular updates and crossover content (like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Stranger Things) keep the scares fresh year after year.
Perfect for: Players who love tense, competitive multiplayer and horror movie vibes.
Sons of the Forest
A next-generation survival horror experience, Sons of the Forest drops you and your friends onto a mysterious island filled with cannibals and mutants. You’ll build shelters, craft weapons, and explore dark caves in a world that’s as beautiful as it is deadly. It’s a masterclass in atmosphere, teamwork, and emergent storytelling.
Perfect for: Fans of open-world survival with a heavy dose of horror.
Hunt: Showdown 1896
Dive into the dark bayous of the 1890s in Hunt: Showdown 1896. This extraction shooter blends eerie horror with ruthless competition, as you and up to two friends hunt monstrous bosses, claim bounties, and try to extract alive. The atmosphere is rich: every footstep in the swamp sounds deadly, every gunshot echoes in the darkness, and death is permanent.
Perfect for: Groups who love immersive horror combined with high-stakes teamwork and PvP tension.
Survive the Night — Together
Whether it’s Halloween or just a random Friday night, these top co-op horror games are perfect for bringing friends together, in fear, laughter, and the occasional betrayal.
From zombie-slaying chaos to supernatural investigations, there’s something here for every kind of thrill-seeker. So grab your headset, ready your flashlight, and remember: in co-op horror, the only thing scarier than the monsters… is your friends’ bad decision-making!
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