Best cooperative survival games

Explore the top cooperative survival games for PC that allow you to build bases, craft items, and explore open worlds with friends. Discover thrilling titles with PvE and PvP elements that will test your teamwork skills. This selection includes games with campaign progression and a clear endgame, perfect for hours of fun in company. Find your next multiplayer adventure and prepare to survive together.

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    Valheim

    132 Global Votes
    • Outstanding base building

      (+2)

    Valheim stands out in cooperative survival games for its deep building and exploration system, which encourages collaboration and strategy among players. The progression, requiring players to work together to defeat bosses and unlock new technologies, creates a highly rewarding cooperative experience.

  2. 2

    Dune: Awakening

    123 Global Votes
    • Explore the open world of Arrakis

      (+4)

    Dune: Awakening stands out in cooperative survival games with its ambitious open world on Arrakis, encouraging collaboration for exploration, resource gathering, and base building. The necessity of working together to survive environmental threats and sandworms drives a deep and rewarding cooperative experience.

  3. 3

    The Forest

    40 Global Votes
    • Immersive cooperative experience

      (+4)

    The Forest offers a terrifying and immersive cooperative survival experience, pitting players against cannibalistic mutants in a dense and dangerous forest. Its engaging story and crafting mechanics make it a standout title in the genre.

  4. 4

    7 Days to Die

    18 Global Votes
    • Deep cooperative experience

      (+4)

    Combining elements of first-person shooting, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games, 7 Days to Die delivers a unique and intense co-op experience. Players must scavenge, craft, and fortify their base against hordes of zombies that attack every seven days.

  5. 5

    Minecraft

    6 Global Votes
    • Supports local split-screen play

      (+2)

    Minecraft offers an unparalleled cooperative survival experience, where players must collaborate to gather resources, build shelters, and defend themselves from nocturnal threats. Its open world and creative freedom allow groups to design joint strategies and overcome challenges in unique ways.

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  7. 6

    Grounded

    5 Global Votes
    • Tiny world with unique exploration

      (+4)

    Grounded offers a charming and imaginative co-op survival experience where players are shrunk down to the size of insects and must survive in a backyard. Its unique perspective and focus on exploration and crafting make it a fun and engaging title.

  8. 7

    Don't Starve Together

    4 Global Votes
    • Supports multiplayer mode

      (+1)

    Don't Starve Together provides a whimsical yet challenging cooperative survival experience with a unique art style and dark humor. Players must work together to gather resources, craft items, and survive the dangers of a mysterious and hostile world.

  9. 8

    Green Hell

    1 Global Votes
    • Intense cooperative experience

      (+4)

    Set in the Amazon rainforest, Green Hell challenges players to survive extreme conditions while battling the elements and native tribes. Its realistic survival mechanics and focus on crafting and resource management create a uniquely challenging co-op experience.

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    Project Zomboid

    1 Global Votes
    • Outstanding cooperative experience

      (+2)

    Project Zomboid stands out in cooperative survival games for its deep simulation of a zombie apocalypse, where collaboration is key to managing scarce resources and defending against relentless hordes. Its focus on realism and survival complexity, from managing health and mood to building secure bases, fosters genuine and strategic cooperation among players.