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Demonologist

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.

What works

  • Immersive and scary atmosphere
  • Strong multiplayer cooperation
  • High-quality graphics and sound
  • Customization of characters and safehouses
  • Engaging ghost identification and exorcism mechanics

Things to keep in mind

  • Slow progression and grind
  • Limited maps at launch
  • Some bugs and technical issues
  • Voice recognition problems
  • Repetitive jump scares over time

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Project Unknown

  • Ghost Exile

  • Malum

  • Nuclear Nightmare

  • School Labyrinth

  • Unpossess: Exorcism Simulator

Less expressive

Games that feels like Demonologist but with less self-expression and customization

  • Pacify

  • The Watchers

  • Hellcoming

  • Paranoia Place: Escape Together

  • The Escape: Together

  • Somewhere in the Shadow

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

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Demonologist: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Thrill, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026