Games like The Forest
The Forest is a co-op game for up to 8 players with Online co-op, LAN co-op. These 12 games share similar genres and themes and can be played together as well.
The selection combines recommendations from IGDB with our co-op catalog: games that feel especially similar come first, followed by titles with rare shared genres and themes. Below each game you can see what it has in common with the original.
Dysmantle
Puzzle · Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator
The open world action RPG where you can ruin everything. Ascend from your shelter. Escape the wretched island. Explore...
In common: Survival · Puzzle · Open world
Sons of the Forest
Simulator · Adventure · Indie
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build,...
In common: Horror · Survival · Simulator · Online co-op
Escape the Backrooms
Puzzle · Simulator · Adventure
Explore the seemingly infinite expanse of eerily familiar levels in the backrooms based on the popular creepypasta lore....
In common: Horror · Puzzle · Simulator · Online co-op
We Were Here
Puzzle · Adventure · Indie
Lost and separated in an abandoned castle set in a frozen wasteland. Your only possession left is a walkie-talkie, with...
In common: Horror · Puzzle · Indie · Online co-op
We Were Here Together
Puzzle · Adventure · Indie
As we explore these frozen wastes, misfortune strikes once again. Through the fierce blizzard, an emergency flare lights...
In common: Horror · Puzzle · Indie · Online co-op
7 Days to Die
Shooter · Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator
Set in a brutally unforgiving post-apocalyptic world overrun by the undead, 7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is...
In common: Horror · Survival · Open world · Online co-op · LAN co-op
Terraria
Platform · Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator
Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements. Players create a character an...
In common: Horror · Survival · Open world · Online co-op
Project Zomboid
Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator · Indie
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a st...
In common: Horror · Survival · Open world · Online co-op
State of Decay 2
Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator
The next installment in the critically acclaimed “State of Decay” franchise immerses you in an all-new, multiplayer zomb...
In common: Horror · Survival · Open world · Online co-op
Unturned
Shooter · Adventure · Indie
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain...
In common: Horror · Survival · Open world · Online co-op · LAN co-op
Desolate
Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Indie
DESOLATE is a first person survival horror. Form a research team with up to 4 other players and explore an open world fi...
In common: Horror · Survival · Open world · Online co-op
Osiris: New Dawn
Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Indie
Osiris: New Dawn is an unforgiving near future space survival game with a cinematic feel and elements of horror. Play as...
In common: Horror · Survival · Open world · Online co-op