Looking to terrify yourself and your friends? These co-op and multiplayer horror games deliver unforgettable scares
1. Phasmophobia
Platforms: PC (Windows), PS5, Xbox Series X|S
Playing Phasmophobia with friends feels like being trapped in your own ghost-hunting TV show, except this one wants you dead. The moment someone’s flashlight starts flickering, everyone goes silent, whispering, “Don’t move… don’t move.” You’ll never forget the first time a ghost breathed in your ear or slammed a door behind you. Half the game is horror, half is laughing at your friend who sprinted out of the house screaming.
2. Back 4 Blood
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
This is the kind of game where you and your friends start off coordinated… and five minutes later you’re yelling, “WHY DID YOU OPEN THAT DOOR?” as a thousand zombies pour in. It’s chaotic, loud, and messy, but in a fun way. No matter how many times you die, you always hit “restart” because deep down you know your group can do better, or at least fail more spectacularly.
3. Left 4 Dead 2
Platforms: PC (Windows & Linux via Steam)
Even after all these years, Left 4 Dead 2 still has that magic where every session tells a new story. You’ll swear that special infected spawn only when your team is weakest, like when two friends are down and the last one is limping at 2 HP. It’s pure co-op bonding: screaming, laughing, and desperately trying to help each other survive just one more level.
4. Dead by Daylight
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch
Playing Dead by Daylight with friends is a test of trust, and betrayal. As a survivor, you feel every heartbeat of the killer getting closer. As the killer, you get the guilty joy of chasing your friends around screaming. It’s the type of game where your friends swear they’ll save you from a hook… then quietly run for the exit instead. It’s chaotic, nerve-wracking, and always personal.
5. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
This game captures that raw, sweaty fear of being hunted. The world feels filthy, desperate, and unnervingly real. When you’re a survivor, every creak in the floor makes your stomach flip. When you’re a killer, you feel the power, but also the thrill of knowing your friends are panicking somewhere in the dark. It’s not just horror; it’s tension you feel in your chest.
6. Little Nightmares III
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch
This one hits different, it’s not scream-in-your-headphones horror, but that quiet, uneasy kind of fear that sticks with you. Playing it co-op feels like going on a disturbing journey with someone you trust. You’re not arguing or panicking; you’re absorbing the world together, solving puzzles, and experiencing this strange, sad, beautiful nightmare hand in hand.
7. Demonologist
Platforms: PC (Windows)
If Phasmophobia is spooky, Demonologist feels straight-up sinister. The environments are darker, the ghosts feel more aggressive, and the atmosphere gets under your skin. You’ll pretend you’re brave, but when the lights go out and something whispers behind you, you’ll push your friend forward like, “You go first.” It’s a shared fear that makes you laugh afterward, but shiver during.
8. The Outlast Trials
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
This game strips away your power and drops you into pure survival mode. No weapons, no hope, just terror and teamwork. Playing with friends feels like going through a nightmare experiment together, whispering directions, hiding in lockers, and praying the enemy doesn’t see you. You bond through trauma, and then joke about how loudly someone screamed.
9. Lethal Company
Platforms: PC (Windows)
Lethal Company is horror wrapped in absolute chaos. One minute you’re calmly collecting scrap, and the next minute a monster yeets your friend into the sky. The fear is real, but the comedy is even better. It’s the perfect “we’re going to die but it’s hilarious” game. You will 100% blame each other for every death, and that’s part of the fun.
10. REPO
Platforms: PC (Windows)
REPO feels like a horror movie mixed with a goofy physics playground. It’s scary, sure, the threats can kill you fast, but half the time you’re laughing too hard to be afraid. Someone slips, someone gets grabbed, someone screams, and everyone else is crying laughing while also running for their life. It’s chaotic survival at its most unpredictable.