Games Like The Backrooms: Survival (2026)

Shared: Permadeath, Sanity Mechanic

Surviving alone was already brutal - surviving with friends who make catastrophic decisions is another beast entirely. A deep, unforgiving co-op survival game that rewards patience, preparation, and someone on the team who knows what a Science Machine actually does.

Shared: Permadeath, Proximity Voice Chat

A survival sim where the shooting is rare, brutal and unforgiving. Bring patience and a decent headset. If you need a fight every ten minutes, this will bore you into uninstalling.

Shared: tier:indie, Proximity Voice Chat

Four friends, one camera, and a procedurally generated underground full of things that want to kill you on film. Content Warning is the co-op horror bit that somehow became the social satire nobody asked for but everyone needed.

Shared: Proximity Voice Chat, Sanity Mechanic

Four friends, one exit, and a labyrinth of wrong turns: the Backrooms co-op that went Very Positive on Steam with over 146,000 reviews doesn't let anyone lag behind.

Shared: Sanity Mechanic

Crash a plane, lose your son, then spend 30+ hours building spike traps and slowly losing your mind to cannibals. Solo or with up to 8 friends online, this one earns its Metacritic 83.