Co-op games like Side Effect

Miss the replayable and tense pull of Side Effect? These co-op games line up well for what comes next.

Cheaper than Side Effect

The Ouroboros King

The Ouroboros King

The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes.

81% of 480 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
For The King

For The King

The king is dead, Fahrul is falling apart, and three unlikely heroes have to fix it.

87% of 31,217 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,093$1.99
ChessCraft

ChessCraft

Never play the same game of chess again! ChessCraft is a chess AI sandbox. Create your own chess boards, rules, and pieces.

96% of 81 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
ChessRPG

ChessRPG

ChessRPG is a revisited chess game in pixel art. Each player chooses a medieval fantasy people, gaining access to pieces with various…

$3.99
CODEX MORTIS

CODEX MORTIS

CODEX MORTIS is an isometric horde-survivor where you and up to three co-op friends bring custom spell decks into bullet-hell fights.

81% of 97 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$2.79
Elemental World

Elemental World

✓ RANDOMIZED WORLDS & ROGUELIKE GAMEPLAY ⚔️Each adventure is unique thanks to randomized worlds.

86% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Cat Chess

Cat Chess

Full chess, played with cats. You face friends online or on the same screen, send Stray Cats against House Cats, and watch every capture turn into a…

87% of 483 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$6.99
Abandoned Archive

Abandoned Archive

Abandoned Archive is a fantasy, spell-casting, rogue-like, featuring a wide variety of relics, a unique spell-upgrading system, with compelling and…

93% of 750 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Chess of Mana

Chess of Mana

Warriors clash in an epic chess battle where the fallen can be revived through the King’s Mana!

90% of 20 Steam reviews are positive$1.79
Spellk

Spellk

Spell a word. Smash an enemy. Turn random letters into attacks and stack strange items into ridiculous builds.

100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$3.14
Hyper Chess

Hyper Chess

There are NO TURNS in this wild version of Chess! Pieces move across the board in real-time, so you'll need to think fast to protect your King!

92% of 322 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Counter Spell

Counter Spell

"Counter Spell" combines elements of classic role playing games with modern stealth-based shooters.

87% of 116 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

Hidden gems like Side Effect

Forsworn

Forsworn

Forsworn is a turn-based tactics roguelite where you and up to three co-op friends each lead a hero against warring gods.

91% of 449 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$15.99
Secret Agent Wizard Boy

Secret Agent Wizard Boy

You’re a wizard! And a secret agent. The evil S.P.I.D.E.R crime syndicate has taken over your school, creating chaos.

96% of 953 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$9.99
スペルトナエル

スペルトナエル

Embark on a 20-day adventure with Two, a reclusive girl. Cast spells in real time using a Japanese kana chart in this innovative new system.

97% of 349 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Vellum

Vellum

Vellum is a co-op literary roguelike where you and up to three co-op friends defend magical books as ink-powered Scribes.

89% of 1,307 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 26$19.99
Roguefort

Roguefort

Roguefort is an open-world turn-based roguelike RPG where magic comes from cheesemaking, and co-op friends can share the whole continent.

87% of 233 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$9.99
AI Spelcraft

AI Spelcraft

AI Spellcraft is a battle game where you create original spells using kanji, and an AI evaluates their damage and effects.

88% of 125 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99
Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG

Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG

Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy.

95% of 597 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$29.99
Spellmasons

Spellmasons

Spellmasons is a turn-based tactical roguelike about building your own spells, solo or in online co-op.

91% of 1,144 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$19.99
Chessplosion

Chessplosion

Chessplosion is an arcade action puzzle game where you drop chess piece bombs to create chain reactions and trap opponents.

95% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
The Ouroboros King

The Ouroboros King

The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes.

81% of 480 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Spells & Secrets

Spells & Secrets

In this rogue-lite adventure, you free the Academy of Greifenstein from magical creatures by using your spells creatively.

74% of 267 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$24.99
Wizards

Wizards

Artillery tactics games are back! Grab some friends and get ready for an all out Wizard war!

87% of 441 Steam reviews are positiveFree

Newest co-op games like Side Effect

Grimoire of Blanks

Grimoire of Blanks

Every spell is unfinished. The consequences are not. Fill the blanks in your cards with words and turn the same sentence into traps, area attacks…

100% of 10 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$11.04
RPG Chess

RPG Chess

A turn-based RPG, except it's also chess! Every capture becomes a 1v1 battle decided by stats, elements and abilities.

94% of 18 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$12.99
Hatters

Hatters

Hatters is a cooperative bullet hell roguelike for up to 4 players.

83% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Chant Wizard

Chant Wizard

Chant Wizard is a real-time spell card battler where you cast by speaking the chant out loud.

75% of 72 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$9.99
Roguefort

Roguefort

Roguefort is an open-world turn-based roguelike RPG where magic comes from cheesemaking, and co-op friends can share the whole continent.

87% of 233 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$9.99
CODEX MORTIS

CODEX MORTIS

CODEX MORTIS is an isometric horde-survivor where you and up to three co-op friends bring custom spell decks into bullet-hell fights.

81% of 97 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$2.79
Five Elements Chess

Five Elements Chess

A spell-duel game that combines the Five Elements theory and match-three gameplay.

71% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$12.74
Forsworn

Forsworn

Forsworn is a turn-based tactics roguelite where you and up to three co-op friends each lead a hero against warring gods.

91% of 449 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$15.99
Last Gambit

Last Gambit

Build an impossible army: knights that become unicorns, queens that cross the edges, phoenixes that rise again.

83% of 48 Steam reviews are positiveFree
CHESST

CHESST

A fantasy chess variant. An enchanted board where pawns hide magical secrets. Hatch dragons, transform enemy pieces into unicorns.

100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Chess of Mana

Chess of Mana

Warriors clash in an epic chess battle where the fallen can be revived through the King’s Mana!

90% of 20 Steam reviews are positive$1.79
Crucible of the Forgotten

Crucible of the Forgotten

A horde-survival roguelite with the build depth of a full ARPG.

100% of 35 Steam reviews are positive$10.99