20 Multiplayer Horror Games for PC, PS4, Xbox One | Updated 2022

SCP: Pandemic

We’ll start this list with an adaptation of the “SCP-5000 – Why?” universe. SCP Pandemic is shaping up to be one of the most unique tactical shooters around. Why? Well, the answer to that is simple: how many of them are genuine horrors?

As a member of a task force dedicating to combating the evil SCP Foundation, your mission is to clean up their mess and whatever they cooked up in their labs. You’re not alone in this, as other operatives will join you as well.

As you probably expected, things will totally go awry once you embark on your mission. Your task will be to contain the monsters that escaped and put an end to this madness once and for all.

SCP: Pandemic features customizable weapons, detailed, realistic audio design, all sorts of tactical maneuvers, including peeking corners and breaching doors, as well as a semi-linear story. Its lore is deep and rich, so if you’re a fan of the SCP universe, you should be in for a real treat.

The game is still in an open alpha version, which means it’s far from being complete. You can expect new features and more content along the way, as well as major performance improvements.

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Space Beast Terror Fright

Remember Aliens and the mini-heart attacks the motion trackers gave you? Space Beast Terror Fright seeks to replicate that experience as a co-op FPS with roguelike elements.

You play as one of the Marines tasked with investigating a derelict spaceship, as well as extracting anything valuable from it. Sounds easy enough, right? The thing is this ship is infested with all sorts of Space Beasts lurking in the shadows. Getting out in one piece will be a very, very difficult task. The fact that death is permanent here does not make things any better…

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Space Beast Terror Fright is an arcade shooter where the key to victory is not letting the alien monsters overwhelm you. Firing your guns alone won’t save you, you also need to learn how to control doors properly. They can help you seal off the attackers and prevent them from swarming you, but they can also cut off escape routes.

Coupled with plenty of upgrades, various mission objectives to complete and procedural level generation, this one seems like a fun addition to the collection of those who love both co-op games and good horrors.

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Dolmen

A Souls-like horror game? Dolmen is just that. Set on the planet of Revion Prime, it pits you against unfathomable alien terror. Will you survive these trials or will our timeline be undone?

Your mission here is simple: you just need to bring back some samples of a unique crystal: the Dolmen. They say it can revolutionize space exploration. Nothing will ever be the same.

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Dolmen offers both melee and ranged combat, so that you can handle any enemy you encounter the way you see fit. Each victorious battle makes you stronger. You also need to manage your Energy reserves here. It’s not just used as ammo for ranged weaponry. You can use it to activate the so-called Energy Mode that imbues your melee weapons with elemental powers that can easily eradicate any enemy by exploiting their weaknesses.

Dolmen offers online co-op for up to four players. If you’re having trouble with a particular boss, you can summon a bunch of friends to help you take it down.

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Dying Light 2 Stay Human

Do you remember the deadly virus that decimated the city of Harran and caused a major zombie outbreak? Well, a second pandemic has risen and destroyed mankind. Whatever’s left of it hides in the last remaining cities. One of them, Villedor, has turned into a battleground.

The main protagonist of Dying Light 2, a Pilgrim by the name of Aiden Pierce, embarks on a journey to the city of Villedor in order to find Mia, his lost sister. There, he finds himself involved in a conflict between various factions that fight for control over whatever’s left there.

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Just like its predecessor, Dying Light 2 involves lots of parkouring and crafting. The decisions you make throughout the game will have a major impact on the world around you and the way NPCs view you, so choose carefully.

Just like the first game, this one also features a cooperative multiplayer mode for up to four players. If you’re looking for something fun to play with your friends, this one’s a very good pick. This way you can see the outcomes of the choices you didn’t make during your own playthrough as well.

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Evil Dead: The Game

This one is based on a series we probably don’t have to introduce. Bruce Campbell’s Ash Williams returns along with his best buddies to kick the evil butts once again!

Evil Dead: The Game is primarily a multiplayer experience. There are two modes to choose from: co-op and Player versus Player. As a team of up to four survivors, your task is to explore various maps, loot stuff, manage your fear and find the items required to seal the breach that brought demons to our world.

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However, you might elect to become one of the Kandarian Demons that hunt down the survivors. You can possess Deadites, the environment, heck, even the survivors themselves!

Evil Dead: The Game looks like a fun addition to the collection of any survival horror fan. It looks great, it’s very gory and offers lots of stuff to do for those seeking to face the otherworldly terrors, but with their friends.

There is some new content coming for the game, as well as a Nintendo Switch version, so stay tuned for more!

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Hunt Showdown

This one features a classic horror locale – a haunted swamp, inhabited by various breeds of monstrosities. Set in 1800s Louisiana, Hunt Showdown tells a story of a group of hunters who traverse the bayou in search of the monsters that terrorize the good folk of the Pelican State. However, hunting hellhounds, spiders and water devils might be the easy part. The hard part begins when other hunting parties start getting in the way. It’s pretty hard to deliver proof of the kill to the deputy’s office with a gang of madmen is trying to riddle your hide with lead.

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Hunt Showdown hands the player an array of deadly weapons to use – from revolvers and rifles to shotguns, sniper rifles and crossbows. The player can also upgrade their character with purchasable traits, such as health boost, reduced damage, increased carry and many more.

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No More Room in Hell

From a hellish corner of the Earth, we move to Earth during an active apocalypse. No More Room in Hell is another cooperative FPS where the players will have to face off against the hordes of the undead. As the title suggests, Satan’s domain has become a little bit overcrowded and the damned rise from their graves to wreak havoc on the surface, taking over entire cities.

NMRiH features two game modes. In Objective mode, the players have to escape the map overrun by hellish monstrosities, while carrying out various additional tasks. Several routes of doing it are available to increase the replayability. In Survival mode, the players’ job is to defend areas on the map against waves of the undead.

Minimal HUD, a variety of nasties and a creepy level design make this one a hard-to-pass up on for any fan of survival horrors.

Friday the 13th

A true legend in the horror genre, Jason Vorhees has been adapted for electronic entertainment multiple times. The most recent is the 2017’s Friday the 13^th, in which a group of young people has to survive in various areas of Camp Crystal Lake, while hunted by the murderer with a machete.

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The game features an asymmetric multiplayer with up to 8 participants, one of whom is controlling Jason. The Jason player is tasked with killing as many other players as possible, while the potential victims’ task is to escape the map alive, completing optional objectives along the way.

The victim players aren’t helpless against the mighty Jason, being able to use various projectiles to stun the monster. Vorhees, however, can sense the presence of his prey, so getting an angle on him won’t be easy.

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White Noise 2

A sequel to White Noise Online, White Noise 2 once gain puts a group of investigators in the way of mysterious creatures. Similarly, to the previous entry on our list, WN 2 is an asymmetric multiplayer experience, where one of the participants controls the monster, while others play as the investigators. Finding clues to unlock the mystery of the area will not be easy with a devilish creature breathing down the player’s neck.

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WN 2 offers a few interesting mechanics, for example when one of the investigators is killed by the monster, they can return as a ghost to help others in their search. The game also includes a Relive mode, in which the players can laugh at their antics and see who got lost first and who got eaten by the beast the fastest.

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DESOLATE

In DESOLATE, the player controls the character of a Volunteer, a member of the New Light Conglomerate, the founder of which is responsible for the monsters roaming the world right now. The player travels to the island of Granichny, the epicenter of the cataclysmic event, to reverse the process.

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The game uses its open-world environment to great effect – the player has a free choice of how they want to explore the island. The game tracks various needs of the player character, including hunger, thirst, and exhaustion, which can be replenished with medical supplies found around the island. In combat, melee is the preferable option of dealing with enemies, as ammo is scarce and not easy to find.

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Stay Close

The title of this game could very well be the slogan of this article. Stay Close emphasizes cooperation between the players in traversing the haunted mansion and the surrounding areas.

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The players will have to learn strategic thinking as the nasties waiting in the shadows will waste no time to kill when they catch the players unawares. Exploring the environment, evading the monsters and trying to solve the riddle of the house make for the core gameplay mechanics of this survival-horror.

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Last Year

Another asymmetric survival-horror on our list. Last Year puts the players in the shoes of five high school students who must survive the night locked in the hellish version of their town, inhabited monstrous fiends.

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The fiends can be controlled by the sixth player. The game focuses on cooperation between the players and building rapport, as it unlocks skills and abilities necessary to survive in the Nightmare dimension.

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7 Days to Die

 7 Days to Die takes the player into the post-apocalyptic future. After the Third World War, many areas on the planet have become uninhabitable. The ones that survived are now infested with mutated zombies.

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The player’s task is to survive in such a hostile environment by finding and fortifying their shelter, gathering food and supplies and fighting off the mutants, which after 7 days of in-game time will assault the player’s hideout in great numbers – lack of sufficient preparations means death. The multiplayer mode of the game allows the players to work together or against each other depending on the chosen server.

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The Forest

The Forest invites you to the Peninsula – a heavily forested region, inhabited by violent natives. You play as Eric LeBlanc, who was traveling with his son when their plane crashed. When the boy is kidnapped by a mysterious creature, Eric must scour the region in order to find him.

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The game features mechanics similar to 7 Days to Die – the player has to collect resources to create shelter and weapons as well as gather food to keep themselves healthy. The inhabitants of the Peninsula will occasionally attack the player, it is necessary to be well prepared for that time.

The Forest features a multiplayer mode where the players cooperate to survive in a hostile environment.

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Killing Floor 2

Killing Floor 2 pits the players against a zombie apocalypse on a massive scale. The hordes of Zeds attack in waves, each of them larger than the other, culminated with an extremely dangerous boss.

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The players’ job is to survive each wave, using various weapons and tools, as well as skills specific to the class of the character chosen by the player. The players level up their character by killing the zombies and completing the levels, increasing the stats of their skill.

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Dying Light

Dying Light throws the player into yet another zombie apocalypse. Set in an open world environment, the game tasks the player with surviving against the odds, presented by dwindling supplies and hordes of zombies roaming about the area.

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DL’s main features include a robust arsenal of melee weapons, a day-and-night cycle, which affects the behavior of the zombies, and complex crafting mechanics. Cooperative multiplayer allows up to 4 participants to take on the game world, carrying out various challenges.

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Dead by Daylight

Thematically similar to Last Year and White Noise 2, Dead by Daylight tasks the players to evade and escape the killer, controlled by another player. The core mechanic revolves around fixing generators around the small arena in order to open the gate and exit the level.

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Meanwhile, the player-controlled monstrosity continues to chase their prey – when caught, the victims become sacrifices to the gods of the game. Thanks to the claustrophobic atmosphere, the pressure of time and an abundance of jump scares from the killer suddenly appearing, playing DbD can really get the blood pumping.

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World War Z

Much like Killing Floor 2, World War Z focuses on cooperation between the players and survival against the hordes of undead.

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The mechanics are also pretty similar – the players choose a character from several different classes and must survive wave after wave of increasingly stronger zombies, as well as defeat the boss at the end of the level.

The game features several modes, including a Player vs Player vs Zombie, where the player teams fight against each other as well as the undead horde.

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Dead Island

An open world setting seems to invite trouble on our list. Set in a tropical paradise of Banoi, Dead Island combines melee, and later on firearm, combat mechanics and exploration of the environment.

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The main features include four playable characters in the game, each possessing a unique skill to survive the zombie apocalypse, a leveling up system through which the player gains experience points to expand their skill tree as well as weapon upgrades.

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Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead asks a lot of difficult questions about our nature and how we would behave during the apocalypse – would we sacrifice our friends to the horde in order to survive or would we try to save them no matter what?

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L4D is also all about cooperation – and a careful one at that! The overwhelming hordes of zombies will stop at nothing to corner the players in tight alleys, so the key to survival is careful planning of each step and also maybe not getting each other in the way that much. With friendly fire enabled, it’s not too hard to end on a receiving end of a shotgun to the head.

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