Co-op survival games
Steam data, rebuilt 2026-09-11
Hunger, night and a base that is never finished. These are the games that eat a whole month of evenings and turn a group into a logistics department.
22 in the catalog · 1 free to play · 2 under $10 · median Steam score 91% · busiest right now — Valheim, 194 659
The list — 22
Valheim
Vikings, boats and a base project that eats the whole month.
Very Positive 94%
$29.99
Rust
The base is only as safe as your least awake friend.
Very Positive 87%
$39.99
Palworld
Creature collecting with an industrial-scale labour problem.
Overwhelmingly Positive 95%
$29.99
Project Zomboid
Everyone dies. The question is how boringly.
Very Positive 94%
$24.99
7 Days to Die
Build the fort, watch the horde night take it apart.
Very Positive 87%
$44.99
Once Human
Free survival in a world that went wrong in an interesting way.
Mostly Positive 79%
Free to play
ARK: Survival Ascended
Dinosaur logistics with a taming schedule.
Mixed 60%
$44.99
Don't Starve Together
Beautiful, cruel, and much easier with a second person.
Overwhelmingly Positive 95%
$14.99
Sons Of The Forest
Cannibal island with a companion who is better at this than you.
Very Positive 88%
$29.99
ICARUS
Timed drops onto a planet that punishes overpacking.
Mostly Positive 75%
$34.99$8.74
Enshrouded
Building and combat with a fog that keeps the map tense.
Very Positive 86%
$39.99
Raft
A floating shack that grows faster than the shark can bite it.
Very Positive 93%
$19.99
The Planet Crafter
Terraform a dead planet with up to ten people breathing the results.
Overwhelmingly Positive 96%
$23.99$11.99
The Forest
The first island. Still the tenser one.
Overwhelmingly Positive 96%
$19.99
Green Hell
The jungle, plus infections you have to explain to your friend.
Very Positive 85%
$24.99$2.49
Core Keeper
Terraria underground, with an automation habit.
Very Positive 93%
$19.99
Windrose
Piracy without PvP: ships, islands and a crew that has to agree on a heading.
Very Positive 87%
$29.99
Barotrauma
A submarine crewed by people who should not be trusted with it.
Very Positive 94%
$39.99$19.99
V Rising
Vampire base building with a castle worth defending.
Very Positive 89%
$34.99
Abiotic Factor
Office workers surviving a science facility incident.
Overwhelmingly Positive 96%
$34.99
Grounded
Backyard survival at insect scale.
Very Positive 90%
$39.99
Subnautica 2
The ocean is worse with company, and much better.
Very Positive 91%
$29.99
How this list is put together
Everything here comes from Steam on the last rebuild: co-op modes, prices, review scores and the number of people playing at that moment. Nothing is ranked by hand — the only hand-written part is the one line explaining what each game is.
