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Games Like Phasmophobia: Ghost Hunts and Co-op Horror

Phasmophobia's hook is a team of friends in a dark building, working out what is haunting it before it turns on them. These games share that mix of investigation, co-op panic and something in the dark that hunts the group.

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  1. Demonologist key art: a pale girl with dark eyes and grimy cheeks stares out of the dark beside two lit candles Co-opDemonologistThe closest match: up to four players gather evidence to tell which of two dozen spirits haunts a place, then exorcise it, and the spirit reacts to what you say.
  2. Ghost Watchers key art: a flashlight beam crosses a dark living room with an armchair, while a pale clawed ghost floats in the doorway behind Co-opGhost WatchersCo-op ghost hunting for four: gather evidence with dozens of tools to learn the ghost's type, age and mood, then catch it.
  3. FOREWARNED screenshot: a withered mummy with glowing eyes and a burning chest walks toward the player down a tomb corridor Co-opFOREWARNEDPhasmophobia in an Egyptian tomb: one to four archaeologists gather evidence to name the cursed mummy, then escape before it hunts them.
  4. Ghost Exile wide art: a glowing red ritual circle with a candle on the floor of a dark room Co-opGhost ExileOne to four hunters identify a ghost's type and perform an exorcism, in the most direct take on Phasmophobia's formula.
  5. A dark institution room lit red by a ceiling lamp, with an old wheelchair and empty bed frames Co-opThe Other SideUp to six hunters gather evidence to identify an entity, then destroy the artifacts that bind it to the place.
  6. Project Unknown key art: four exorcists in silhouette with glowing tools and a small dog walk toward a mansion in green fog Co-opProject UnknownStudy each ghost's behaviour, find the belonging that holds its curse and exorcise it, with little light to work by.
  7. Pacify art: a pale girl with long black hair, half her face painted white with a dark eye, and a black shape over her mouth, against red Co-opPacifyUp to four players find and burn possessed dolls in haunted places while a girl hunts them.
  8. DEVOUR art: a possessed woman with matted dark hair, black eyes and a wide grin, with other demonic faces in red behind her Co-opDEVOURFour cultists banish a demon with ritual items while the possessed leader chases them.
  9. Lethal Company art: silhouettes of crew members in bulky suits against a red background, a long-armed creature among them Co-opLethal CompanyCo-op crews in dark facilities with creatures you learn to read, and screams over voice chat.
  10. The Mortuary Assistant key art: a close-up of a pale, rotting face with a bloody open mouth in a dark room PsychologicalThe Mortuary AssistantIdentify which demon has come with the bodies before it takes you, alone at night.
  11. R.E.P.O. key art: three round googly-eyed robots in green, red and blue standing in the dark, the red one holding a lit flashlight Co-opR.E.P.O.Up to six friends as small robots hauling fragile loot through dark buildings while monsters roam, with plenty of screaming.
  12. Content Warning art: four crew members in dark suits with round emoji faces, one holding a clapperboard, posing in a grey ruin Co-opContent WarningGo into the dark with up to four friends and film the monsters for views.
  13. Visage art: a veiled ghostly figure seen through a rain-spattered window in the dark PsychologicalVisageA solo haunted house where the ghosts of the families who died there close in.
  14. Dead by Daylight art: a smiling dark-haired woman drawn in an anime style raises blood-smeared hands against a red background Co-opDead by DaylightOnline horror with friends where one of you is the thing hunting the others.
  15. BIGFOOT key art: the creature's hairy face with glowing yellow eyes peers out from behind green ferns in a misty forest Co-opBIGFOOTA co-op hunt for a creature in a national park at night, or let one friend play the monster.
  16. Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I. key art: the lit porch of a white house with green shutters at night HauntedConrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I.A slow, solo ghost hunt with real investigation tools, evidence of several ghosts per place and exorcisms for demons.
  17. Paranormal Night Shift art: a dark attic in purple light, with chairs, a stool and a pale figure in an armchair PsychologicalParanormal Night ShiftGhost hunters watching a haunted London house on camera all night, reporting each change.
  18. Vacant cover: the glitchy word vacant over a pixel-art forest silhouetted against a pink and orange sunset ShortVacantFree and short: two friends film their ghost-hunting show in an abandoned building whose cult history starts to answer back.

The two games closest to Phasmophobia are Demonologist and Ghost Watchers. In Demonologist up to four players walk into cursed places with investigation tools, gather evidence to tell which of two dozen kinds of spirit is there and drive it out with an exorcism, while the spirit listens to what you say and can hunt you. Ghost Watchers keeps the evidence-gathering too, with dozens of tools, but ends the job by weakening the ghost and catching it. Ghost Exile, still in Early Access, is the most direct copy of the formula for one to four players: work out the ghost's type from evidence, then perform the exorcism ritual, while its anger builds. The Other Side, also in Early Access, takes up to six hunters: gather evidence to identify the entity, then find and destroy the artifacts that bind it to the place. Project Unknown has your team study each ghost's behaviour in a journal and exorcise it by finding the belonging that holds its curse, with light scarce. FOREWARNED moves the same idea to ancient Egypt: up to four archaeologists gather evidence to name the cursed mummy haunting a tomb, grab its relic and run before it takes form and hunts them.

Pacify and DEVOUR are close in spirit, with more running. In Pacify up to four players go into haunted places for Paranormal Activity Helpers Inc., find and burn possessed dolls and run from the girl who hunts them. DEVOUR is faster and louder: four cultists race to find ritual items and banish a demon from their possessed leader while she and her fiends chase them, armed only with UV flashlights.

If what you love is the team chatter and the screaming over voice chat, Lethal Company, Content Warning and R.E.P.O. keep that and add a job. In Lethal Company the crew hauls scrap out of dark facilities to meet a quota; in Content Warning you film monsters in an underground ruin to go viral. R.E.P.O. does the same for up to six players, as small robots carrying fragile loot through dark buildings while monsters roam. All three are as funny as they are frightening.

If you liked the identification side, working out which entity you face from evidence, try The Mortuary Assistant on your own: you embalm bodies at night and must work out which demon came with them before it takes you. Visage is the solo haunted house in full: a large home where families died and their ghosts close in, with only light to keep your sanity. Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I. is the solo ghost hunt done slowly: you take real-world investigation tools into haunted places at night, gather evidence of several ghosts per location and learn who each one was, with an exorcism when a demon is involved. Paranormal Night Shift makes you and your partner ghost hunters called to a haunted 1980s London home, watching it on cameras and reporting every change through the night.

If your group would rather hunt a monster than a ghost, BIGFOOT sends you into a national park at night to prove the creature exists while it stalks your camp. And if your group wants one player to be the thing in the dark, Dead by Daylight puts a friend in the role of the killer against four survivors.

For a short, free taste of the ghost-hunting show idea on your own, Vacant follows two friends filming an episode in an abandoned building at dusk, where sounds move in the dark and the place's cult history starts to answer back.

Questions

What is the closest game to Phasmophobia?

Demonologist and Ghost Watchers: both are co-op ghost hunts where you gather evidence with tools to identify what haunts a place. FOREWARNED does the same with a cursed mummy in an Egyptian tomb.

Are there single-player games like Phasmophobia?

The Mortuary Assistant has you identify a demon on your own, Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I. is a solo ghost investigation with real-world tools, and Visage is a solo haunted house game. Phasmophobia itself can also be played alone.

Which games like Phasmophobia are on console?

Pacify, Content Warning, Dead by Daylight and The Mortuary Assistant are on PlayStation and Xbox as well as PC.

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