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We filtered the 45 games similar to The Headliners down to the 9 that fit the “Online” category. Resident Evil 6, We Were Here Together and We Were Here Too top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to The Headliners.

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The best online games like The Headliners

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to The Headliners. Each one has been evaluated across 15 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Resident Evil 6Closest overall match

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

Co-opSoloMultiplayerOnlineMeleeDarkNarrativeHorror

Steam👍 78%· 67KIGDB64· 12OC62· 37

Year 2012Dev CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, third-person shooting and first-person shooting, while skipping action RPG combat

Where it drifts furthest from The Headliners: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for The Headliners.

It predates The Headliners by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2We Were Here TogetherClosest on combat

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

Co-opOnlineMultiplayerSoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 82%· 17KIGDB70· 1OC67· 10

Year 2019Dev Total Mayhem GamesOn PS4 · PC · PS5

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, vibe casual and linear, story-driven structure, while skipping action RPG combat

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

Co-opOnlineMultiplayerSoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 79%· 11KIGDB90· 1

Year 2018Dev Total Mayhem GamesOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, vibe casual and linear, story-driven structure, while skipping action RPG combat

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for The Headliners.

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

Co-opSoloMultiplayerOnlineMeleeDarkHorror

Steam👍 87%· 63KRAWG👍 75%· 1.6KMC86IGDB78· 15OC72· 22

Year 2009Dev CapcomPlaytime ~11hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, shooter and ranged combat, while skipping action RPG combat

Resident Evil 5 (also known as Biohazard 5 in Japan) is the third-person shooter with elements of a survivor-horror game. This is the fifth main installment in Capcom’s acclaimed franchise Resident Evil.

Where it drifts furthest from The Headliners: visuals.

It predates The Headliners by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

Co-opOnlineMultiplayerSoloMeleeDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 96%· 389KRAWG👍 90%· 40

Dev semiworkPlaytime ~4hOn PC

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, survival mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, procedural generation and stealth mechanics, while skipping adventure storytelling

R.E.P.O. is an online co-op horror game featuring physics, proximity voice chat and scary monsters. You and up to 5 friends can venture into terrifying environments to extract valuable objects using your physics-based grabbing tool. Even the monsters are affected by Newton's law of gravity!

Where it drifts furthest from The Headliners: combat.

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#6Pacify

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GenreHorrorSubgenrePsychological Horror

MultiplayerCo-opSoloOnlineMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 86%· 42K

Year 2019Dev Shawn Hitchcock · SKH AppsOn PS4 · PC · Mac

✓ Like The Headliners, it's known for horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, vibe casual and procedural generation, while skipping action RPG combat

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GenreHorrorSubgenrePsychological Horror

Co-opMultiplayerSoloOnlineMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 90%· 32K

Year 2017Dev Total Mayhem GamesOn PS4 · PC · PS5

✓ Like The Headliners, it's known for horror tension, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, vibe casual and exploration and discovery, while skipping action RPG combat

It predates The Headliners by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAsymmetric Horror

MultiplayerCo-opSoloOnlineMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 79%· 898KRAWG👍 58%· 990MC72IGDB67· 9OC70· 57

Year 2016Dev Behaviour Interactive · Koch MediaPlaytime ~10hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Like The Headliners, it's known for horror tension, survival mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with stealth mechanics, PvP competition and visual third person, while skipping adventure storytelling

This asymmetric multiplayer horror game in which one of the players tries on the role of a brutal killer, while the other four try to escape. Survivors play with a third person perspective, and the killer uses the first-person camera. The game has no singleplayer.

Where it drifts furthest from The Headliners: combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for The Headliners.

It predates The Headliners by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreHorrorSubgenrePsychological Horror

Co-opOnlineMultiplayerNarrativeDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 95%· 828KRAWG👍 78%· 434OC76· 13

Year 2020Dev Kinetic GamesPlaytime ~6hOn PC

✓ Nearly identical: horror tension, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere.

≠ Missing: adventure storytelling.

Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror where you and your team members of paranormal investigators will enter haunted locations filled with paranormal activity and gather as much evidence of the paranormal as you can.

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