Lethal Company similar games & best alternatives

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Lethal Company

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

What works

  • Excellent cooperative multiplayer experience
  • Unique blend of horror and humor
  • Strong emergent gameplay and modding support
  • Engaging monster design and suspense
  • Good value for price with replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Not enjoyable solo for many players
  • Community can have toxic or immature players
  • Some bugs and janky physics
  • Limited long-term progression and content updates
  • Steep learning curve and occasional matchmaking issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • MIMESIS

  • Project Unknown

  • PANICORE

  • R.E.P.O.

  • MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!

  • KLETKA

More competitive

Games that feels like Lethal Company but with more competition against others

  • Light Bearers

  • Blood Typers

  • Zombie Panic! Source

  • Contagion

  • BrainBread 2

  • SKIBIDI GYATROOMS

Less expressive

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

  • Emissary Zero

  • USAC: Code Breach

  • Backrooms: Extractions

  • The Devourer: Hunted Souls

  • Ghost Exorcism INC.

  • Folklore Hunter

More relaxing

Games that feels like Lethal Company but with a more relaxing feel

  • Abiotic Factor

  • Sketchy's Contract

  • Jump Space

  • Zort

  • Backrooms Society

  • Subterror

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Lethal Company: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026