7 co-op horror games you can play with friends (2021-2022)

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes is the third chapter in Supermassive Games' collection of cooperative horror films (by the way, the same guys recently released a trailer for their new game). This time, the scene was Iraq in 2003. The main characters are a small detachment of the US military, along with CIA agent Rachel King and Iraqi sergeant Salim Othman. During the clash of two opposing forces, an earthquake occurs, and the warring parties fall into the ground - this is where their frightening adventures begin.

Lunch Lady

Lunch Lady is a cooperative horror game about schoolchildren. You can play as one or four.

The plot tells about teenagers who, in the light of the upcoming final exams, decided to steal answers to tests from school manuals. Yes, but everything turned out to be not so simple: it turned out that Lunch Lady dominates the school at night, and it will not be possible to quickly implement the plan.

Players will have to find 10 pages of answers to tests, as well as keys to locked doors. In the final - to escape from the school without falling into the clutches of the guarding lady. By the way, she is immortal, so you can only hide from her. And from kitchen appliances and axes that she throws at her back.

The game has three difficulty modes, several maps, and characters that open as you gain experience, which, however, are no different, except for their appearance.

Devour

In Devour , players will have to become cultists. Their goal is to perform a ceremony and exorcise evil spirits, the backstory of which is kindly told before the start of each match.

The list of tasks on all maps is approximately the same: find the required number of ritual objects (or animals), desecrate or cleanse in certain places on the map, and then destroy. So the players are busy catching goats, collecting eggs and keys, along the way escaping from the possessed, spiders, ghosts and the chasing monster. To fight off a bloodthirsty bestiary is supposed to be a UV flashlight: it destroys ordinary mobs, but only slows down the location boss. Moreover, in the last phases of the match, the lantern becomes useless.

The game also has various perks that you can choose right before the match - not all of them are necessary, but there are some useful ones. You can try the nightmarish difficulty level - on it, even the notorious flashlight is taken away from the heroes. And for the most desperate in the game, there is a single mode.

Hellcoming

The goal of the players in Hellcoming (and up to four people can play) is to exorcise the demon by destroying a special artifact that links it to our world. This is not so easy to do: the artifact is on the altar, and the altar is in the demon's lair, which can only be entered through the portal. In addition, the death of Koshcheev is protected by magic seals with various filth - it is with their purification that the heroes have to start. At the same time, the locations are large, the demon will be active, as well as various evil spirits spawning everywhere to prevent the world from being saved.

Gamers have various assistive devices such as a vacuum cleaner that can collect any liquids, a detector that helps to detect demonic creatures, and brushes that clean all kinds of dirt. The difficulty with the progress of the characters gradually increases, as does the number of people who want to tear off their heads. The project is quite atmospheric, but its replay value leaves much to be desired.

In Silence

In Silence is an asymmetric first-person multiplayer horror game released in 2021 after a year of early access. Gameplay without revelations: a group of five people must find spare parts and fix the car to escape the monster, or solve a simple riddle and get a weapon, opening the hunt for a monster in return. After death, the hero does not leave the map but turns into a mouse (yes, a mouse) to help his party members look for the right items.

The main feature of the game is placed in its name - here you must try not to make a sound. The monster sees very poorly, but it hears perfectly and reacts to every rustle, and therefore it is impossible to constantly talk with friends. When the monster still grabs the character, a flashlight will help fight off - if it has enough charge.

There is also a more difficult mode in which there are a minimum of necessary items on the map, and a single-player game where the monster is controlled by AI.

propnight

Propnight is another asymmetric multiplayer horror game, but now from the Russian team FNTASTIC. The game copies the concept of Dead by Daylight, which has been suspended in Russia: four teenage heroes must start 5 generators without falling into the clutches of a monster, then open the gate and escape from the map.

The domestic game is distinguished by a lighter palette (someone even compares the style with Fortnite), a fixed escape time (added in case of some successful actions), and consumable items scattered across locations.

But the main feature of Propnight is the ability to turn into various objects in order to hide from the boss of the location. Finally, there is character customization.

Eronoctosis: Put Yourself Together

Eronoctosis: Put Yourself Together is a free-to-play cooperative horror game for two in an unusual style. The goal is to bring together the consciousness of a person, making his way through the labyrinths of a sick mind suffering from nightmares.

There is a division of roles: one character chooses a flashlight and lights the way for the heroes, highlighting the hiding monsters; the other is armed with a camera with which the monsters can be destroyed. You need to act in a coordinated manner: the camera can only defeat highlighted enemies. But if the creatures come close, the hero dies, and the game starts over.

The game is short, its passage fits into an hour of time. But there is a demonstration of the genitals and an 18+ rating. Well, if someone is attracted by this.

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