Games Like Unalive (2026)

Shared: Boss Rush

Fourteen years old and still pulling all-nighters - if a 2D sandbox has ever consumed your sleep schedule, Terraria is probably the reason why.

Shared: Permadeath

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: Boss Rush

Gorgeous on the outside, brutally unforgiving underneath, Cuphead is the boss-rush couch co-op that will bond you with a friend or destroy that friendship entirely, probably both in the same session.

Shared: Permadeath

Completely free, permanently complete, and built by one person responding to a YouTube dare. If you have 90 minutes and a friend with a Steam account, there is no excuse not to try Muck.

Shared: Permadeath

Few action games move this well and fewer still make dying feel this instructive. Dead Cells is the roguelite that converts roguelite skeptics, and it has years of post-launch polish behind it to prove it.