Co-op games like Lethal Company
R.E.P.O. is the closest game to Lethal Company: grab the loot, meet the target, run from monsters with friends. Content Warning, Phasmophobia and PEAK cover the rest of the friends-in-danger genre. Roam has co-op games for iPhone.
The Lethal Company formula
Lethal Company is an indie co-op horror game by Zeekerss, released in early access in October 2023. Up to four crew members land on moons, collect scrap and try to meet the company's quota, while monsters hunt them.
The formula is a job, a deadline and a crew that panics together. The voice chat screams are half the fun.
Top picks, ranked by how close they are
- 1. R.E.P.O. semiwork's physics co-op from 2025. Haul valuables out of haunted places with grabbers, up to six players.
- 2. Content Warning. Landfall's 2024 co-op. Film monsters in the Old World and go viral on SpookTube.
- 3. Phasmophobia. Kinetic Games' ghost hunting. Find evidence, name the ghost, try not to die.
- 4. PEAK. Aggro Crab and Landfall's 2025 co-op climb. Less horror, same group chaos.
What makes a good friends-in-danger game
These games share four parts. Check for them before you pick one for the group.
- Proximity voice chat. You only hear friends who are near you. A scream that fades out tells its own story.
- A job with a deadline. A quota or a timer gives the group a reason to split up, and splitting up is where it goes wrong.
- Monsters with rules. Each monster acts in its own way. Learning them is how the crew gets better.
- Cheap deaths. Dying should be funny, not a punishment. Short runs mean you are back in the next round.
On phones and Roblox
None of the four games above have official phone versions. On iPhone, Roam has short co-op and job-horror games you can start right away. On Roblox, look for co-op scavenging and facility horror games, which borrow the same ideas.
- Time Machine Coop (Roam). A garage time machine, a crew and rent due on day 3.
- Hazmat Hallways (Roam). Facility horror job. Turn the power on and see what is there.
- Weld or Drown (Roam). The station is flooding. Fix it before your oxygen runs out.
- QUOTA (Roam). Smash, sort and meet the quota.
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Make your own scrap-run horror with Roam
Describe the job, the place and what hunts you. Bring your crew in and play it together.
Try: "4 friends loot an abandoned mall at night, meet the quota by dawn, a mannequin moves when we look away"Questions people ask
What is the closest game to Lethal Company?
R.E.P.O. It has the same loot-and-quota idea with physics and up to six players.
Is Lethal Company on mobile?
No official phone version exists. Roam has co-op horror games on iPhone.
How many players can play Lethal Company?
Four by default.
Who made Lethal Company?
Zeekerss, a solo indie developer. It came out in early access on Steam in October 2023.