The Best Horror cooperative Games for Linux

Update : Spectator 2 added at rank #8.
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Hidden Deep (2022)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…


  • mining
  • thriller
  • physics
  • dark
  • 2d
  • horror
  • story
  • realistic
  • exploration
  • sci-fi
  • mystery
  • aliens
  • action-adventure
  • in-game
  • cooperative

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White Noise 2 (2017)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS

Enjoy a 4vs1 asymmetric horror experience like no other. Be a part of the investigator team, or take control of the creature and devour them!


  • horror
  • survival-horror
  • cooperative
  • investigation
  • survival
  • first-person
  • psychological
  • team

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Lumencraft (2022)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Lumencraft is an addictive and action-packed game that combines mining, strategy, and tower defense elements. You play as a survivor in a post-apocalyptic world, where you need to mine resources, build structures, and defend against swarms of enemies to find the Lumen crystal, the last hope of mankind. With its destructible environments and multiple game modes, Lumencraft offers a unique and challenging gaming experience that will keep you coming back for more.


What we like:
  • Fun and engaging gameplay with a unique combination of genres
  • Destructible environments add a realistic and immersive touch to the game
  • Multiple game modes and custom maps add replayability
  • Good value for the price
  • Devs are responsive and supportive.
What could be improved:
  • Lack of online multiplayer co-op
  • Limited variety in enemy types and traps
  • Lack of guidance on achievable goals can be frustrating
  • Visuals could use more flair
  • Translation is not perfect.

  • top-down
  • tower-defense
  • shooter
  • base-building
  • sandbox
  • thriller
  • wave
  • mining
  • rpg
  • twin-stick
  • rogue-like
  • survival
  • cooperative
  • horror
  • action

4

We Were Here Together: Supporters Edition (2017)

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HTC Vive Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Lost in a frozen wasteland and split up from your partner inside an abandoned castle, the only possession you have left is a walkie-talkie with a familiar voice on the other end. Can the two of you find your way out in time?


  • cooperative
  • campaign
  • horror
  • investigation
  • psychological
  • action-adventure
  • multiple-endings
  • atmospheric
  • mystery

5

Hellpoint (2020)

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Xbox Series X/s Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch stadia Playstation 5 Xbox Series X

Hellpoint is an intense action RPG taking place on Irid Novo, a derelict space station soaked in an intoxicating dark sci fi atmosphere. Fight dreadful creatures, face the Cosmic Gods and unravel their twisted story. Should the challenge be too great, play with a friend in local or online coop.


  • souls
  • sci-fi
  • lovecraftian
  • horror
  • rpg
  • campaign
  • split-screen
  • cooperative
  • hack-and-slash
  • dark

6

Gehinnom (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Gehinnom is a multiplayer horror game for 1-4 players. collect clues and complete various quests to perform a ritual and banish the demon that hunts you. Everything in Gehinnom is randomly generated, so you will always be scared.

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  • horror
  • cooperative
  • pve
  • pvp
  • survival-horror
  • psychological
  • dark
  • gore
  • violent
  • stealth
  • atmospheric
  • 3d
  • first-person
  • multiplayer
  • online

7

The Backrooms - Nightmare Dimension (2023)

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The Backrooms - Nightmare Dimension is a Co-op online horror game with up to 4 players, where you and your friends take on the roles of soldiers who are part of the SCP Foundation with the mission to eliminate the mysterious entities found in the infamous place called "the Backrooms".

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  • horror
  • cooperative
  • investigation
  • psychological
  • survival-horror
  • supernatural
  • dark
  • first-person
  • demons
  • detective
  • thriller
  • shooter
  • mystery
  • online
  • multiplayer

8

Spectator 2 (2024)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Welcome to the world of Spectator 2 – the sequel to the gripping horror game Spectator! Brace yourself for new levels of atmospheric terror and captivating surveillance, you'll face even more chilling events and dangers as you carefully monitor cameras and report any suspicious occurrences.

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  • horror
  • collector
  • creature
  • procedural
  • point-and-click
  • thriller
  • psychological
  • cooperative
  • dark
  • hidden-object
  • atmospheric
  • rogue-like
  • top-down
  • online
  • arcade

9

We Were Here Too (2018)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS Linux

As your final hour approaches, a large structure looms up in the distance, towering above the relentless storm. Discover the truth behind this dark castle in a communication-based, cooperative puzzle adventure.


  • cooperative
  • campaign
  • escape
  • room
  • horror
  • investigation
  • puzzle
  • psychological
  • action-adventure
  • first-person
  • linear

10

Streets of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe (2018)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Linux Playstation 4

In Streets of Red: Devil’s Dare Deluxe, the only thing scarier than being eaten alive is running out of quarters! It’s a permadeath multiplayer horror beat’em up that bestows players with the skills of retro gaming heroes in a fight against a legion of undead monstrosities. By paying tribute and playing parody to the great horror games and films that came before it, Streets of Red: DDD balances lighthearted comedy against tension so thick that you could cut through it with a knife, axe, or even a chainsaw! The chills, thrills, bills, and opportunity to learn new skills here won’t stop until every street runs red with blood! Are you up for the challenge of an anti-lifetime?


  • permadeath
  • cooperative
  • local
  • beat-em-up
  • hard-to-master
  • easy-to-learn
  • retro
  • 4-player
  • horror
  • zombies
  • replay-value
  • scroller
  • hack-and-slash
  • funny
  • arcade

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