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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 bloodied ghost with glowing eyes and clawed hands raised stands in the doorway of a dark living room, lit by a flashlight beam past an armchair 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 key art: two archaeologists in hard hats with head lamps run with a golden vase and a cat statue as mummies loom behind them in a red-lit tomb hall 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 dark attic with a red ritual circle ringed by candles, a fireplace, a moonlit window and a toppled chair 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. The Other Side key art: pale hands reach around a door left ajar in a dark room, with cold blue light spilling through the gap 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 corgi face a dark mansion across a foggy field at night Co-opProject UnknownStudy each ghost's behaviour, find the belonging that holds its curse and exorcise it, with little light to work by.
  7. The Devourer: Hunted Souls key art: a hooded figure with a rotting pale face, glowing eyes, fangs and dripping black blood in green mist Co-opThe Devourer: Hunted SoulsUp to five investigators with ghost-hunting gadgets in a cursed forest, with a story, shared puzzles and creatures that chase you.
  8. Pacify key art: a girl with long black hair, half her face painted white with a pale staring eye and a black mark over her mouth, against red Co-opPacifyUp to four players find and burn possessed dolls in haunted places while a girl hunts them.
  9. 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.
  10. WE ARE SO DEAD key art: two players in jerseys at a candlelit Ouija board in a dark attic, shadowy figures behind them, under the green and red title Co-opWE ARE SO DEADOne player starts as a ghost who can see the demon and must warn the living through a Ouija board before sunrise.
  11. Lethal Company art: four crew members in bulky suits and helmets, silhouetted against a red haze, one crouching with a flashlight Co-opLethal CompanyCo-op crews in dark facilities with creatures you learn to read, and screams over voice chat.
  12. The Mortuary Assistant key art: a pale, rotting face with a bloody open mouth beside a dark tiled embalming room with a corpse on the table PsychologicalThe Mortuary AssistantIdentify which demon has come with the bodies before it takes you, alone at night.
  13. 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.
  14. Content Warning art: four crew members in dark diving suits with round emoji faces, one holding a clapperboard and one waving, in a grey ruin Co-opContent WarningGo into the dark with up to four friends and film the monsters for views.
  15. Visage key art: a figure under a pale sheet in front of rain-streaked glass, next to the Visage logo PsychologicalVisageA solo haunted house where the ghosts of the families who died there close in.
  16. Dead by Daylight art: a laughing dark-haired woman drawn in an anime style holds blood-smeared hands at her throat against a red background Co-opDead by DaylightOnline horror with friends where one of you is the thing hunting the others.
  17. 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.
  18. Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I. key art: the lit porch of a clapboard house with a red door and green shutters at night, dark woods and stars around it MysteryConrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I.A slow, solo ghost hunt with real investigation tools, evidence of several ghosts per place and exorcisms for demons.
  19. BUNKER 73 cover: a handheld ghost meter glowing red in a dark storeroom of shelves and boxes, with the title in grey block letters Multiple endingsBUNKER 73Free and solo: follow a ghost meter to cold spots in an abandoned bunker and photograph the spirits that haunt it.
  20. Paranormal Night Shift art: a dark attic in blue-purple light, with a wardrobe, chairs and a pale mannequin slumped in a leather armchair PsychologicalParanormal Night ShiftGhost hunters watching a haunted London house on camera all night, reporting each change.
  21. Vacant cover: the glitchy word vacant over a pixel-art forest silhouetted against a pink and orange sunset 2D horrorVacantFree and short: two friends film their ghost-hunting show in an abandoned building whose cult history starts to answer back.
  22. Paranormal Entities cover: the title over a dark corridor of barred cells, framed by a camera viewfinder Night shiftParanormal EntitiesFree and solo: a ghost-hunting show's cameraman walks a dark asylum with the producer in his earpiece, trying to catch real activity on tape.
  23. Ghostscape key art: a ruined house with a collapsed roof, bare trees and a stone cross under a stormy night sky, the title in metal letters EscapeGhostscapeFree in the browser: gather proof of the ghosts in an old house alone, then perform a candle ceremony to escape.
  24. This is a Ghost key art: a red-faced fanged demon, a glowing blue handprint and a skull beside a dark study with a desk and candles Co-opThis is a GhostIdentify one of 23 entities with sixteen tools, then fight back as it possesses and drains your team.
  25. Paranormal Cleanup key art: four cleaners in overalls with a plunger, broom and trash bag, three red-eyed monsters looming behind them in a dark red-lit hallway Co-opParanormal CleanupClean haunted houses with up to four friends while the ghosts grow angrier with every job.

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, which launched in Early Access in 2022, 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. The Devourer: Hunted Souls takes up to five investigators with ghost-hunting gadgets into a cursed forest, with a story to uncover, puzzles to solve together and creatures that chase you; dead players go to another realm and try to get back. This is a Ghost gives one to four hunters sixteen tools to identify one of 23 entities and its behaviour, then has you craft ammunition to banish it while it attacks, possesses and drains the team. Ghostscape, a free point-and-click game on Newgrounds from 2008, is the ghost hunt at its simplest and alone: record and photograph proof of the ghosts in an old house, then perform a ceremony with five red candles to get out. 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. Paranormal Cleanup turns the haunted house into a cleaning job: up to four employees tidy suburban homes and a high school while the ghosts grow angrier with every room you finish. 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. WE ARE SO DEAD, new in August 2026, turns Phasmophobia's spirit box inside out: one of two to six players starts dead and is the only one who can see the demon, and must guide the living through a haunted house with a Ouija board they keep misreading until they can banish it by name.

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. BUNKER 73 is the short, free version of the evidence hunt alone: you go down into an abandoned bunker with a ghost meter and a camera, follow cold spots and photograph the spirits of the family said to have lived there. 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. Paranormal Entities, made in ten days for Scream Jam 2020, makes you the freelance cameraman of a ghost-hunting TV show, sent into a dark asylum with the producer's voice in your earpiece to catch something real on tape.

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, Visage is a solo haunted house game, and BUNKER 73 is a short, free solo ghost hunt with a meter and a camera. 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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