Key Takeaways
- Every game here has tens of thousands of Steam reviews and is ranked by its share of positive reviews.
- Lethal Company takes the top spot at 97% positive, with R.E.P.O. close behind at 96%.
- Content Warning is the cheapest pick at $7.99, and The Outlast Trials is the most expensive at $39.99.
- R.E.P.O. fits the biggest group, with up to six players. The other four are built for squads of four.
- Phasmophobia and R.E.P.O. are still in Early Access, so expect updates and changes.
Quick answer: for the best all-round co-op horror night, play Lethal Company. For the biggest group, play R.E.P.O.
It’s Friday night. Three friends are in voice chat, someone is already screaming, and nobody has agreed on a game. Co-op horror fixes that problem better than any other genre, because the fun doesn’t come from the monsters. It comes from your friends panicking.
This list is ordered by Steam players instead of someone’s taste. We looked at the best-known horror games built around playing together, kept the ones with at least 50,000 Steam reviews, and ranked them by the percentage of positive reviews. Games where horror is only a side flavour, like survival-crafting sandboxes and zombie shooters, are not included.
How We Ranked Them
- Co-op first: the game is designed around playing with friends, with horror as its core genre.
- Reviews: minimum 50,000 Steam reviews. Ranked by positive %, with review count as the tie-breaker.
- Available now: every game can be bought on Steam today.
- Scare level: our own rating from 1 (mild) to 5 (very scary), not a Steam number.
Quick Comparison
Co-op horror on Steam in 2026: how the top five compare
Review scores and prices as of October 29, 2026. Trackers update daily, so recheck each Steam page before you buy.
Positive Steam reviews
Bars start at 85%, not 0%, so small gaps are easier to see.
Number of Steam reviews
In thousands.
Steam price
US dollars, full price.
Maximum players
Per the store page.
Scare level
Our own rating from 1 to 5, not a Steam number.
All the numbers
| Game | Positive | Reviews | Price | Players | Scare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lethal Company | 97% | ~510,000 | $9.99 | Up to 4 | 3/5 |
| R.E.P.O. | 96% | ~427,000 | $9.99 | Up to 6 | 2/5 |
| Phasmophobia | 94% | ~835,000 | $19.99 | Up to 4 | 4/5 |
| Content Warning | 94% | ~161,000 | $7.99 | Up to 4 | 2/5 |
| The Outlast Trials | 92–93% | ~100,000 | $39.99 | Up to 4 | 4/5 |
Sources: Steam review data from Steambase, SteamPulse and Raijin; prices and player counts from store listings. The Outlast Trials bar uses 92.5% (trackers report 92–93%). Phasmophobia and R.E.P.O. are in Early Access.
1. Lethal Company: Corporate Scrap Runs Gone Wrong
Released: October 23, 2023 | Steam reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive, 97% of about 510,000 | Price: $9.99 | Players: up to 4 | Scare level: 3/5
You play a contracted worker sent to abandoned moons to collect scrap and meet the Company’s profit quota. Something on every moon would very much like you not to.
It was made by a single developer, Zeekerss, and it earns the top spot by turning teamwork into comedy and dread at the same time. It’s cheap, it’s easy to explain to friends, and every run ends differently. If you only try one game from this list, make it this one.
2. R.E.P.O.: Physics, Panic and Very Fragile Loot
Released: February 26, 2025 (Early Access) | Steam reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive, 96% of about 427,000 | Price: $9.99 | Players: up to 6 | Scare level: 2/5
R.E.P.O. is an online co-op horror game where you locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract them. The store page supports up to six players.
It’s goofier than it is frightening, which makes it the easiest pick for a mixed group of brave and nervous friends. It’s also the biggest group game here. The game is still in Early Access, so check recent reviews before you buy.
3. Phasmophobia: The Ghost Hunt That Started a Genre
Released: September 18, 2020 (Early Access) | Steam reviews: Very Positive, 94% of about 835,000 | Price: $19.99 | Players: up to 4 | Scare level: 4/5
Phasmophobia is a four-player online co-op psychological horror game. You and your team enter haunted locations as paranormal investigators and use ghost-hunting equipment to gather evidence.
It has the most reviews on this list by a wide margin, and it asks for patience more than reflexes. Talking to your team and thinking carefully matters more than running. It’s also the priciest pick after The Outlast Trials, so wait for a sale if you’re unsure.
4. Content Warning: Film Your Friends, Go Viral
Released: April 1, 2024 | Steam reviews: Very Positive, 94% of about 161,000 | Price: $7.99 | Players: up to 4 | Scare level: 2/5
Content Warning is a co-op horror game where you film spooky stuff with your friends to try to go viral. You descend in a diving bell and film as many scary things as you can before you run out of oxygen, camera battery or friends.
It’s the cheapest game here, and it’s built for laughing as much as screaming. It also launched as a free game for its first day, so many of its players found it by accident. It’s a great first co-op horror game for a group that doesn’t love scares.
5. The Outlast Trials: Brainwashing, Gore and Four-Player Dread
Released: March 5, 2024 (full release) | Steam reviews: Very Positive, 92–93% of about 100,000 | Price: $39.99 | Players: up to 4 | Scare level: 4/5
In The Outlast Trials, prisoners of the Murkoff Corporation face Cold War-era experiments in brainwashing and mind control. You can go through the trials alone or in teams. This is the series’ first multiplayer co-op horror game.
It’s the most expensive pick and the most graphic, and it’s the one where critics were cooler than players: its OpenCritic score is 72, while Steam players rate it much higher. Pick it if you want a bigger, more serious horror game for your squad. Content note: graphic violence and gore.
View The Outlast Trials on Steam
Which One Should You Play First?
- You want the best all-round pick: Lethal Company.
- You have a big group: R.E.P.O. (up to six players).
- You want a slow, tense investigation: Phasmophobia.
- You want the cheapest, funniest night: Content Warning at $7.99.
- You want the biggest, gorier production: The Outlast Trials.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best co-op horror game on Steam?
By Steam review score, it’s Lethal Company at 97% positive, followed by R.E.P.O. at 96%. Both have more than 400,000 reviews.
Which co-op horror game supports the most players?
R.E.P.O. supports up to six players. The other four games on this list are built for squads of four.
What is the cheapest co-op horror game here?
Content Warning at $7.99. Lethal Company and R.E.P.O. are $9.99, and all three are often discounted.
Is DEVOUR on this list?
No, but it’s a strong honourable mention. It’s a 1–4 player co-op horror game with a 90% positive rating across about 88,000 reviews, so it finished just behind The Outlast Trials.
How did you rank these games?
By the percentage of positive Steam reviews, with the number of reviews breaking any ties. Scare level is our own rating.
Final Thoughts
The best co-op horror games don’t need to be the scariest. They need to give your group something to laugh, argue and scream about together. If you only try one, make it Lethal Company. If your group is bigger than four, try R.E.P.O.
Which of these are you starting with? Tell us in the comments, and if you think a great co-op horror game deserves a spot, we’d like to hear about it.