The Best Multiplayer Horror Games

Summary

• Multiplayer horror games add excitement and fear by necessitating teamwork in scary scenarios.
• Various multiplayer horror games offer unique experiences, from dungeon crawling to hunting.
• Whilst AAA horror can be a great source for spooks, seek out Indies for a more thrilling horror experience.

Some horror games on your own can be downright terrifying, but when you’re paired up with a pal, sometimes that need of having to rely on someone in a stressful and scary situation can make things all the more frightening.

The paranoia of having to rely on someone else to help when it hits the fan can make for exciting and frightening moments and a lot of great multiplayer horror games have caught on to this. There is a plethora of them out there and each one can send shivers down your spine and screams throughout your house. Even though it can often be difficult to find the gold within the huge piles of copy-paste clones, there are some brilliant ones worth checking out. So with that in mind here are some of the best horror games out there to play with friends.

Updated March 6, 2025 By Matthew Mckeown: Horror games on your own are a fine enough experience, though they can be a bit predictable and full of startling jump-scares. With friends though that whole dynamic changes as group paranoia sets in and people start screaming.

A lot of games absolutely nail the experience of being locked into a terrifying situation with other people, and the majority are by indie devs that really know what they’re doing. So if you’re itching to get that adrenaline going with your buds, then check out our updated look at the best horror games to play with friends.

Hired 2 Die

Everyone Is Expendable

If you’ve ever wanted to feel what it’s like to be completely expendable, then check out Hired 2 Die from Electric Monkeys. This unique multiplayer horror game that puts you in the role as a staffer from Intersection, a company that deals with anomalies, reality distortions and the supernatural.

Instead of hunting ghosts here, you’ll be repairing machines, completing simple or complex tasks on objects that have been ‘distorted’. There’s a lot of moving parts to figure out, and no two tasks or objectives are ever alike, so there’s a fair amount of prep-work required before each mission. If you’re a group that enjoys a game that requires a lot of communicating, then this is the one for you.

Underward

Breaking Into Labs With The Boys

Grab a group of pals that you can rely on in a pinch, strap on your hazmat suit and get ready for a night of body horror with Underward from Intense. This multiplayer horror game pits you and your friends against a laboratory facility filled with mutant monsters and other horrible hazards.

Your goal, retrieve a test subject creature from a tube and extract it back to the elevator you came from. Sounds easy, but in practice it’s much harder. Every little noise draws attention from something big and horrible, and if you’re not careful you’ll end up as just another statistic. Underwards style is unique, and the hospital setting of the labs are really good at cranking up the tension. Highly recommended if you want a nice night of frights with friends.

The Headliners

Doing Anything For That Perfect Shot

Cloverfield and Michigan: Report From Hell really cemented an interesting take on being trapped as a camera crew, or civilians in a setting where there’s a massive monster attacking. The Headliners from Kafi took notes from those, expanded upon them, and made a very fun game.

Here your group is playing as a local news team that’s been sent into New York after it becomes overrun with monsters. You’ll need to grab exciting footage as you explore around alleyways, ruined buildings and dangerous streets. Plus, any footage you grab will be fed into a fun newsreel at the end of each mission so you can make some interesting short film stuff.

Mistery

Dealing With Unfriendly Fog Creatures

A top-down multiplayer horror game, Mystery from Game Frontier drops you right into the realm of madness from the beginning in all the best ways. This surreal and spooky game sets you against a number of very dangerous SCP’s style creatures that have broken out of containment and need to be put back in again.

Each encounter with the creatures is random, and they can even infect or completely replace a member of your team in a John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ kind of style if you’re not careful. You’ll need to gather resources, keep a close eye on everyone, and make sure you get out alive at the end of the run. It’s a brilliant little adventure into the unknown and if you enjoy Containment Breach style games, then you’ll really get into Mistery.

Nuclear Nightmare

Arctic Based Body Horror

Strap on your Parka, keep that radio close and don’t take your eyes off the guide line. It’s a tense and terrifying affair in Nuclear Nightmare from BG Productions, this nightmarish horror game takes huge inspirations from The Thing and boy does it land well.

You and your friends play as a group of elite extraction team members. Your goal is to recover classified materials left behind on an Arctic research site, but there’s worse than blizzards waiting out there. A strange alien presence lurks in the snow drifts, releasing ear splitting screams and tearing team members limb from limb. Avoid them if you can, just make sure you complete your mission.

Pit Of Goblin

Channel Your Inner Gobbo

A great game that lets you and your group go into literal Goblin Mode, Pit of Goblin from Friendly Foe comes highly recommended. This quirky Early Access game sets you and your scrappy crew of gobbos off in search of monsters to feed the starving Goblin King.

In your way are dangerous traps, plunging pitfalls and chaotic climbs. Overall it’s a very fun and lighthearted romp into anarchy that has a ton of updates coming down the line. If you want something that’s going to have you cracking up every few minutes, then grab Pit of Goblin. You won’t regret it.

Zort

Escape, If You Can

An odd horror adventure for a crew of four, Zort from Londer Software sets you and buds off on an adventure into a dark and twisting land full of strange occurrences and oddities. It’s an Early Access game with a lot of charm and it’s headed in the right direction with the horror community.

The premise is super simple. You’re dropped on a spooky map, and you just need to get out in order to cross over to the next one. Sounds easy, but in your way are so many strange threats and tasks that you’ll be stopped in your tracks quicker than you think. There’s always something weird just around the next corner and having the chaos work so well for a crew of people is just the icing on the top. If you want a night of high energy horror, stick Zort on your radar.

Kletka

Running The Worlds Hungriest Elevator

Kletka from Callback and In404 is a multiplayer indie horror game that deserves a lot more eyes on it. This innovative game uses what makes other spooky titles like Lethal Company tick and puts its own unique spin on things.

Here you and a group of up six are tasked with feeding the living elevator you’re trapped inside in a post-apocalyptic looking world. All you can do is descend and grab whatever food you can find, but the further down you go, the deadlier it gets. Foul monsters, strange traps, and other bizarre otherworldly creatures await in the dark and all it takes is one wrong step to end up on the dinner menu. A great game with some interesting resource management mechanics, Kletka comes highly recommended.

Sub Terror

Breaking Into Biodomes With Your Buds

If you enjoyed Lethal Company, but wanted something a bit more nautical then check out Sub Terror from Team Monumental. This quirky Early Access game gives you and your group of friends control of a sub to travel to abandoned ocean floor Biospheres for treasure.

But those abyssal refuges are far from vacant. Monsters, mutants and worse prowl the halls in those deep dwellings and you better not leave empty handed as there’s a quota to fill. There’s some fun gimmicks and the art style is cutesy yet bathed in all sorts of unsettling atmosphere. If you like games that bring a lot of feelings of dread, then Sub Terror is worth checking out.

Whilst there are a lot of Lethal Company clones out there, this is perhaps the best iteration of them that you’re going to find.

Hellbreach: Vegas

Old School Zombie Shooter Vibes In Vegas

A solo dev project that’s just drowning in classic Call Of Duty Zombie energy, Hellbreach: Vegas from Infinity Ape Studio is worth putting on your radar. It’s got all the things that made the old school COD Zombie mode great, plus a few new things to keep it fresh.

Open up to four players, you find yourself in sunny Las Vegas but filled with an insurmountable number of demons and undead. There’s multiple modes including an endless Survivor and tighter focused Trapped challenge that puts you on a much smaller map. And generally it’s a brilliant and satisfyingly arcadey feeling zombie wave shooter. Modern COD Zombies may be missing the mark, but Hellbreach: Vegas definitely scratches that itch.

The Anomaly Project

Spot The Difference, Or Do It All Again

If you’ve ever wanted to test your observation and memory skills with a group in a horror setting then The Anomaly Project from Kekdot needs to be in your Steam library. The idea is simple in this Early Access game. Explore strange, spooky and unnerving areas, take note of what you see, and try to find the things that don’t match.

Guess right and you go to the next level, get it wrong and you start over. Up to eight can play at once, so you can bring a lot of back up as the anomalies can range from the obvious and glaring, to the subtle and hard to spot. There’s 10 zones in total to beat, but it’s not as easy as it sounds. Patience and paying attention are key to making your escape. A good time on your own, but very enjoyable with friends, grab The Anomaly Project whilst you can.

Murky Divers

Covering Up Corporate Crimes

Play your part in covering up corporate exploitation and inhuman experiments in Murky Divers from Embers. This unique underwater horror game puts you and a group of up to eight friends in charge of a very large submarine as you go from site to site sweeping the crimes of your Corpo Overlords under the rug.

It’s an Early Access indie horror game with a lot of charm and interesting mechanics to keep you coming back. For example, everyone on the sub has a role. Whether that’s manning sonar, steering, or scanning for the cops, teamwork is actively encouraged. There’s a lot of moving parts to go wrong and plenty of big monsters and cops cruising about under the waves, so it’s up to your crew to weave around all that and clean up your boss’s mess.

Crawl

Chaotic Cooperative Dungeon Crawling Carnage

Normally in a dungeon crawler everyone is working together, in Crawl from Powerhoof it’s the opposite. Only one can be the hero that makes it to glory at the end of the level and it’s up to everyone else in the party as hostile ghosts to try and take them down.

What follows is a chaotic and hilarious mix of anarchy, backstabbing and monster possession that never gets old and is great for a few sweet short sessions. There’s over 60 monsters with unique powers to control and a savage amount of spells and powers to unlock. Brilliant for pulling out at parties, Crawl is one of those rare must-play multiplayer horror games.

Each round is at max 30 minutes long, so don’t worry about being stuck in a game for the long haul.

Pilgrim

Push Your Problems Away

If you enjoy Early Access horror games then put Pilgrim by Desperate Measures on your radar. This cooperative survival horror game gives you and your friends one simple task, get the Wagon to the end of the road.

Ahead of you lies a long and winding road into dark and foreboding woods filled with giants, ghouls, and trap-filled Dungeons. For your exploits, you’ll earn fuel for the Wagon and other trinkets that will help keep you alive in this dark and dangerous world. Just don’t stray too far from the Wagon when night falls.

If you run out of fuel, just jump out of the Wagon and push it from the rear. It’s very slow, but it’s better than nothing.

Once Human

Open-World Body Horror

A massive multiplayer horror game from Starry Studio, Once Human presents you with a post-apocalyptic future where nature has been twisted beyond recognition. After infestation by an alien presence known as Stardust, man, machine, plants, and animals have become blended together.

Bizarre creatures stalk the land and it’s up to you to try and make a home in this weird wilderness. The survival mechanics are pretty intense and there are enough unique items to find and big bosses to beat to keep your group entertained for hours. Maintain your sanity, customize your gear, build up your territory, and get to the bottom of the mystery behind this alien invader.

Once Human is free to play.

Oh Deer

An Indie Worth Your Bucks

A delightful game with a dark sense of humor, Oh Deer from Cozy Cabin Studios is a hide-and-seek hunting game with a difference. One side plays the Hunter, the other are the Deer and it’s up to the antler squad to blend in or die.

There’s AI-controlled Deer spread throughout the map, the Hunter only has three arrows and a Trail Cam to help them find the proverbial Wolves amongst the Sheep. If the Hunter runs out of Sanity or arrows then the tables turn, the Deer become Wendigos and it’s a mad dash to safety for the Hunter. Great on your own but heavily recommended to play with a party, Oh Deer deserves a shout-out.

Mannequin

Strike A Pose

A quirky VR game from Fast Travel Games that will test your ability to stay as still as possible, Mannequin will make you paranoid. It’s two versus three, the Hunters are heavily armed and it’s up to the hiders to pose as immobile NPCs throughout the map.

The mannequins can shapeshift into different models to ambush the hunters, but the Agents hot on their tail have some handy tech to spot their suspects amongst the statues. The goal is simple, the last team standing wins, so hold still and pick a pose.

You can pose yourself however you like, just try to make it believable. For example, hip-thrusts are a dead giveaway.

Boo Men

Smash And Grab With Spirits

Twisted Corridors take on a home invasion from hell, Boo Men is an Early Access Indie horror game that’s a little rough around the edges but has a bucket load of charm. You and your friends play as a crime crew looking to burgle homes that just so happen to be horribly haunted.

Get in and grab the valuables from those spooky specters, just don’t get cornered when the lights go out. There’s a set list of items you need to grab before you can go home and it changes with each new job. Each burglar for hire has their own unique skills, and with layers of customization available for each new gig there’s plenty of scares to be had.

If you get tired of working as a team, there’s also a PvP mode for up to five Ghosts.

Content Warning

Content by name, content by nature. Coming from a small group of devs, Content Warning, like Lethal Company, is one of those games that just blew up overnight. Spread mainly through word of mouth and the ability to create Social Media-esque ‘Content’ posts ingame, Content Warning is one of those rare bottled lightning type of games.

The goal is simple, grab your friends, pick a piece of film equipment, go underground to a monster realm and make a movie. What follows is often Found Footage chaos filled with screaming, laughing, and plenty of great memories. If you want an enjoyable night, Content Warning comes highly recommended.

You can unlock and upgrade your gear in Content Warning and it’s worth doing so. It gives you access to more filming equipment so you can form a proper movie crew.

Kill It With Fire 2

Aggressive Arachnophobia Assault

A sequel to the classic arcade Arachnophobia simulator, Kill It With Fire 2 takes what made the original fun and runs it through a cartoon sci-fi filter. The bugs are back and this time they’re even bigger, but so are the toys you can use to splat them.

This time around you’ll be waging a war through time and space against the eight-legged creepy crawlies. The multiverse has been infested, but there’s money to be made lending out your extermination skills. There are multiple modes including a Spider Hunt versus and of course plenty of co-op carnage to create as your crew scours every surface for spiders.

The Spiders and their animations will set off some Arachnophobic feelings, so Aracnophobes you have been warned.