What Are The Best Multiplayer Horror Games?
One could argue that we live in a constant state of loneliness. Since we’ll never be able to experience the world the way anyone else does, we will never truly get to share our lives with another person. That’s why we stop thinking about our demise and let video game characters suffer for us.
If you’re wanting to keep in contact with people and forget about just how isolating the world can be, these eleven games will guarantee that you’re never alone. Sometimes, you’ll wish you could be.
11. Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle Gameplay
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle is a viciously charming puzzle game. As the story goes, Mama seeks revenge for her little boy, Jason, so you take control of the slayer himself and grant your Mama’s wishes. But this time, you’re going out of your way to kill everybody.
- Slide across the grids to reach victims
- Avoid traps and clunky situations
- Level up, upgrade, and customize your very own cutesy Jason
Jason has plenty of different ways to slaughter the innocent.
Jason has the most ridiculous array of weapons with which he can douse out some punishment.
10. Friday the 13th: The Game
Friday the 13th: The Game Gameplay
It’s not surprising to hear that something has gone awry at Camp Crystal Lake. You get to revisit these dark times as intimately as ever, either taking the role of Jason or a camp counselor. It’s nothing new, but in a way you’ve never seen before.
- Run, hide, and set traps to survive as a camp counselor
- Creep through the shadow and slaughter innocents as Jason
- Communicate with care, as Jason can hear you too
Jason is not immortal, but he’s certainly stronger than you. Don’t get cocky, or your round will get cut short.
Jason can appear out of nowhere. No matter how close you are to the end, you can always be caught until you’re gone.
9. The Forest
The Forest Gameplay
You wake up after a plane crash to see nobody – or, maybe a few stragglers like you – alive. You realize that your son is missing. There’s no way you can be the only few on this island…
- Work together to create homes, traps, weapons, and medicine
- Survive against waves of the mutated islanders
- Find your son, and uncover the truth behind these disturbing changes
You have plenty of ways to fight off these mutants. Make sure you’re always prepared…
…because if you’re not ready, any battle can be your downfall.
8. SCP: Secret Laboratory
SCP: Secret Laboratory Gameplay
Containment breaches are to be expected with the SCP foundation. When you work around these many unexplainable objects, you’re bound to have some spicy encounters. The bad news is that nobody was ready for everything to blow up at once.
- Band together and make a hostile takeover as a D-class prisoner
- Keep your head low and escape as a scientist
- Battle head-on and keep your comrades safe as a Nine-Tailed Fox guard or Chaos Insurgency soldier
- Take the role of an SCP and wreak havoc throughout the lab
All sorts of hideous creatures are waiting for you to take the one wrong step.
Make sure you keep an eye on this thing. Seriously. If you turn away from it or blink, it will lunge forward and break your neck.
7. We Were Here
We Were Here Gameplay
This co-op game keeps you feeling alone as you split up with your partner in an abandoned arctic castle. One player is stuck in a room filled with clues, while the other player must search all through the home to find player one.
- Explore unique areas in a massive environment
- Speak clear and direct with a stranger as all you have is their voice and actions
- Take a different route every time and learn something new about the castle’s history
Explore the enchanting, if not slightly off-putting architecture.
Take steps back to classic survival horror, with deep puzzles and intricate design.
6. Deceit
Deceit Gameplay
You and five others have been called by The Game Master to survive his romp through your worst nightmare. Two of you have been infected with a special virus that makes you one of The Game Master’s underlings. You’ve been granted the gift of becoming a ravenous beast while the survivors try to escape.
- Work together to solve puzzles and escape the three zones
- Pretend to be a human and figure out how to sabotage their plans without getting caught
- If that doesn’t work, turn feral and tear everyone to shreds
The infected don’t play around in this game. Avoid them at all costs.
Thankfully, you’re able to defend yourself. Make every shot count, and make sure you can figure out who needs some smoke.
5. Dead by Daylight
Dead by Daylight Gameplay
You and three of your friends are caught in a selection of different arenas as an array of villains try to sacrifice you to The Entity. A love letter to classic horror, it’s up to you and your teammates to make your escape – or, it’s simply up to you to make sure your maker is appeased.
- Run, hide, and reset the generators to open the door and escape
- Play as a unique cast of villains (and some familiar guest stars) to hunt down your victims
- Earn XP to level up and pass skill checks with ease
Come face-to-face with your victims, and dole out some satisfying damage.
You’re not safe until you’ve escaped. These killers have nothing better to do than look for you.
4. Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5 Gameplay
You, Chris Redfield, are sent to the rural African town of Kijuju to find a fugitive named Richard Irving. You team up with Sheva Alomar to figure out his plan, and quickly learn through the fast-acting Las Plagas virus that it’s already begun.
- Team up with a partner to fight an organized hivemind of infected civilians and soldiers
- Witness the power of a dangerous virus as mutated beasts try to stop you
- Solve puzzles to uncover the truth behind the outbreak
Work together to deal with the infected. Take on everything together, or split up to minimize cornering.
These creatures may be familiar to Resident Evil fans, but this new environment will make it feel like the first time again like you’re Madonna.
3. Pacify
Pacify Gameplay
You are part of a paranormal investigation team in charge with gathering evidence of a haunting in a long-abandoned home. Out of all the times you’ve gone through houses to find nothing, this one just has to actually be haunted.
- Use regular dolls to pacify the enraged little girl
- Burn the seven special marked dolls to release her spirit
- Alternatively, work against each other and see who can do the best job
They might be spry, but if you keep one around, you can keep the girl calm for a while.
The longer you keep her calm, the easier this investigation will be.
2. Cry of Fear
Cry of Fear Gameplay
Cry of Fear is a stunning Half-Life 1 conversion that places you in the role of Simon, a traumatized man with plenty to learn about himself. In the co-op multiplayer mode, you take on the role of two police officers sent to investigate his journal, stumbling into the same madhouse Simon inhabits.
- Fight twisted creatures by the grit of your teeth
- Solve puzzles to navigate the abandoned streets of Stockholm
- Help Simon discover who he really is
Explore twisted areas and learn never to trust what you see.
Team up with your friends to deal with some hard fighting monsters.
1. Hunt Showdown
Hunt Showdown Gameplay
Set in the late 19th Century, you are a bounty hunter tasked with hunting down an assortment of vicious beasts. You’re certainly not the only one on the hunt; you have teammates to split the bounty with, but other hunters want exactly what you have.
- Team up with your friends to take down monsters
- Fight other players who want your money
- Pass your experience down your lineage as you die, getting new characters with the same stats
Monsters abound in this game, and you have to deal with all of it. Yes, even this one.
You’ll have plenty to deal with, but just remember that everyone who helps you wants the same thing you do.
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