Co-op games like Parallel Experiment

Still thinking about Parallel Experiment and its mysterious and hand-drawn tone? These co-op games could fill that gap nicely. You can bring friends along for most of these.

Unboxing the Cryptic Killer
Two detectives, one box built by a killer, and no way out alone. You and a co-op friend each see half of every puzzle, so you talk through codes, clues, and comic-noir crime scenes together until it clicks.
Also in Detective and Duo · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
89% of 2,408 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$5.99
We Were Here Forever
You wake up locked in Castle Rock with one partner, two walkie-talkies, and no way out alone. Every puzzle takes two minds, two pairs of eyes, and a lot of clear talking. If you and your co-op friends love solving escape rooms together, this dark, tense castle is worth the trip.
Also in Duo · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
90% of 16,484 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 90$17.99
Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
You and a co-op friend are trapped in clockmaker Amalie Ravn's eerie village, seeing different halves of the same puzzles. Talk through what is on your screen, piece together clues across two devices, and escape in one cozy, creepy evening of pure teamwork.
Also in Duo · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
84% of 10,280 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 53$5.99
We Were Here Together
You and one partner, two walkie-talkies, and a frozen valley leading to a haunted castle. Made for co-op friends who like talking things through.
Also in Duo · Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
82% of 14,605 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 184$12.99
The Past Within
A co-op puzzle game built for two, with one of you stuck in the Past and the other in the Future. Neither screen makes sense alone, so you talk through everything you see to crack the puzzles around Albert Vanderboom. Short, strange, and made for a single evening on voice chat with co-op friends you trust.
Also in Duo · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
94% of 14,801 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 69$5.99
In Sink: A Co-op Escape Adventure
Shipwrecked with a friend, you cross rifts to a pirate ship, an art museum and an impossible train. In Sink is a two-player escape adventure built on talking: shapes, colours and numbers you have to describe out loud to solve wheels, levers, scales and pressure plates together.
Also in Duo · Mysterious, Funny, Relaxing
86% of 1,487 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 59$5.99
United heist
Two thieves, one job, and no shared screen. One of you sneaks through the facility while the other feeds intel over a crackly walkie-talkie, and neither of you can finish alone. A short, easy co-op escape room with twists, two endings, and puzzles built for talking things through.
Also in Duo · Mysterious, Story-driven, Relaxing
82% of 2,021 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Palallel
Palallel is a 2D cooperative puzzle platformer for two players. You are stuck in a board where you can’t see your partner. You need to exchange objects, trigger mechanisms, and more to escape. Challenge your communication !
Also in Duo · Hand-drawn, Relaxing
95% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
We Escaped a Twisted Game
A two-player co-op horror escape. Trapped in a haunted manor, you’ll need to solve puzzles, work together, and trust each other to make it out alive.
Also in Duo · Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
94% of 828 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.99
Escape Memoirs: Questionable Side Stories
A job interview with an international criminal organisation, held at the far end of a dirty old sewer. You play the hopeful henchman, picking through locks, clues and hidden gold rats with up to four co-op friends, trying to solve enough puzzles to arrive on time.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Funny
94% of 1,697 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8Free
Inkwellers
In this online 2-player co-op puzzle adventure, you and a friend become Inkwellers and dive into Celiphia’s magical journal. Work together, communicate clearly, and solve puzzles hidden within its pages.
Also in Duo · Mysterious, Story-driven, Relaxing
88% of 150 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$9.99
Escape From Crimson Manor: Trapped Together
Work together to escape the manor in "Trapped Together", a narrative co-op puzzle campaign where logic reigns and death is not an option. Communicate, trade items via dumbwaiter, and solve intricate riddles.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
73% of 100 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$12.99

Cheaper than Parallel Experiment

Unboxing the Cryptic Killer

Two detectives, one box built by a killer, and no way out alone.

$5.99

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two

You and a co-op friend are trapped in clockmaker Amalie Ravn's eerie village, seeing different halves of the same puzzles.

$5.99

The Past Within

A co-op puzzle game built for two, with one of you stuck in the Past and the other in the Future.

$5.99

In Sink: A Co-op Escape Adventure

Shipwrecked with a friend, you cross rifts to a pirate ship, an art museum and an impossible train.

$5.99

We Escaped a Twisted Game

A two-player co-op horror escape. Trapped in a haunted manor, you’ll need to solve puzzles, work together, and trust each other to make it out alive.

$4.99

Palallel

Palallel is a 2D cooperative puzzle platformer for two players. You are stuck in a board where you can’t see your partner.

$2.99

Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist

"Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist" is a co-operative atmospheric reverse escape-room puzzle game.

$7.99

BOKURA

BOKURA only works with two players on two machines, and that is the whole point.

$5.49

First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds

"First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds" is a co-operative atmospheric escape-room-style puzzle game, set in a beautiful luxury airship.

$7.99

DUAL PROTOCOL: The Case of Eva & Miles

Play as Agent Eva to follow the trail, or as Analyst Miles to manage the operation.

$8.99

Split Brain

Share the same body with a friend in Split Brain. One of you controls, the other one sees, but the decisions are made together!

$5.99

Together in Between

Together in Between is a first-person adventure-puzzle game.

$6.99

Hidden gems like Parallel Experiment

We Escaped a Twisted Game

A two-player co-op horror escape. Trapped in a haunted manor, you’ll need to solve puzzles, work together, and trust each other to make it out alive.

$4.99

Inkwellers

In this online 2-player co-op puzzle adventure, you and a friend become Inkwellers and dive into Celiphia’s magical journal.

$9.99

Garisani Detective Agency

A two-player deduction game set in 1990s Korea: one of you is a living detective, the other his ghost sister.

Free

Split Brain

Share the same body with a friend in Split Brain. One of you controls, the other one sees, but the decisions are made together!

$5.99

In Sink: A Co-op Escape Adventure

Shipwrecked with a friend, you cross rifts to a pirate ship, an art museum and an impossible train.

$5.99

Escape Memoirs: Safe House

"Escape Memoirs: Safe House" is a co-operative reverse escape-room puzzle game.

$9.99

Escape Memoirs: Questionable Side Stories

A job interview with an international criminal organisation, held at the far end of a dirty old sewer.

Free

How 2 Escape: Lost Submarine

Team up with a friend to reach a lost submarine and prevent the outbreak of war.

$12.99

USAC: Code Breach

You and one partner enter a shut-down research facility as a two-person police unit, and neither of you sees the whole picture.

$14.99

Unboxing the Cryptic Killer

Two detectives, one box built by a killer, and no way out alone.

$5.99

BOKURA: planet

Two convicts crash on a red planet, and only teamwork gets them off it.

$5.49

Escape From Crimson Manor: Trapped Together

Work together to escape the manor in "Trapped Together", a narrative co-op puzzle campaign where logic reigns and death is not an option.

$12.99

Newest co-op games like Parallel Experiment