Co-op Horror Games 2026

In co-op horror, the comedy of failure is part of the appeal. The panic is real while it happens and funny a few seconds later, and that mix is why these games get played in a group instead of alone.

Seven titles are covered here. Lethal Company and Phasmophobia are the pair that define the sub-genre by review volume, which also means their numbers rest on the largest samples on this page. Content Warning, Demonologist, DEVOUR and Pacify fill out most of the rest. Dead by Daylight is included because it is horror played with other people, which is the only thing all seven share. Each score below stays with the source it came from, in that source's own units, with no blended composite. You can check every one of them.

Ordered by Steam score, ties broken by the number of reviews behind it. Sources measure different things and are never blended.

  1. 1
    Lethal Companyverdict
    97% positiveSteam
    509.7K reviews · Updated Jul 20, 2026
  2. 2
    Phasmophobiaverdict
    94% positiveSteam76/100Metacritic
    834.4K reviews · Updated Jul 20, 2026
  3. 3
    Content Warningverdict
    94% positiveSteam
    162.6K reviews · Updated Aug 18, 2026
  4. 4
    DEVOURverdict
    90% positiveSteam
    88K reviews · Updated Aug 18, 2026
  5. 5
    Pacifyverdict
    86% positiveSteam
    42.7K reviews · Updated Aug 18, 2026
  6. 6
    Demonologistverdict
    85% positiveSteam
    24K reviews · Updated Aug 18, 2026
  7. 7
    Dead by Daylightverdict
    78% positiveSteam64/100Metacritic
    926.5K reviews · Updated Aug 12, 2026
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