Games like Contain

Remember how tense and mysterious Contain felt at its best? These games offer a similar pull for your backlog. Sharing the fun is easy with these picks.

Containment Corp, Inc.
A co-op horror game where you team up with friends to hunt anomalies and collect rare loot. Customize your loadouts, your looks, and get to work!
Also in Co-op · Tense, Mysterious, Dark
89% of 89 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
OPERATOR
OPERATOR is a slow, strict tactical shooter where you play a Tier 1 operator on clandestine missions around the world. Every corner, doorway, and magazine counts, with full-body first person movement, detailed weapon building, and planning to match. Worth playing if you want gunfights that punish rushing.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Dark
86% of 9,219 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 955$19.99
GROUND BRANCH
A tactical shooter built the slow, deliberate way: true first-person, deep weapon and gear customization, and unforgiving firefights where one mistake ends the round. Play 8-player co-op or 8v8 PvP with friends who plan before they shoot. Take your time, think ahead, get the job done.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Dark
83% of 22,530 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 264$29.99
Containment Initiative
Containment Initiative is a local co-op VR shooter which can be played by two people on the same PC. Kill zombies alone in VR or have a friend cover you by using the mouse and keyboard. Features include realistic weapon reloading as well as a variety of unlockable guns, upgrades, and loot to find.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Scary, Fast-paced
89% of 497 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
RIPOUT
Ripout is an online Co-Op horror FPS that will have players fight their way through procedurally generated derelict ships filled with mutants capable of reconfiguring their alien bodies. Survive with your trusty Pet Gun companion, collect loot, and customize your character to fit your playstyle.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Dark, Scary
65% of 786 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Into the Radius 2
A VR survival shooter in the Pechorsk Anomaly, a surreal zone full of deadly entities and anomalies. Build and maintain realistic firearms, scavenge, and push deeper into the mystery alone or with up to three friends in co-op. Tense, atmospheric, and unforgiving in the best way.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Mysterious, Dark
79% of 5,421 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 168$39.99
SCP: 5K
The SCP Foundation has turned on humanity, and your FBI unit is trapped underground in Area-12 with no backup. A tactical horror shooter for one to six players: breach doors, customize rifles, dig through documents, and find out what the facility is breeding before it gets out.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Mysterious, Dark
80% of 12,459 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 130$19.99
GERONIMO
A tactical CQB shooter built for VR: clear rooms solo or with a squad of six, breach doors by hand or by charge, and kit out your operator down to every pouch. The gun handling is the draw, the training ranges are addictive, and every mission plays out differently.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Fast-paced
80% of 1,356 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 39$19.99
Dagger Directive
A retro tactical FPS where every mission is yours to shape: pick your loadout, choose the time of day, then cross a huge open map and decide whether to strike hard or move like a ghost. Modern ballistics, old-school looks, full co-op.
Also in Co-op · Tense
82% of 849 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
Zero Caliber VR
A VR military shooter with a full co-op campaign for up to four players, cross-play PvP, zombies and mod support. Over 40 realistic guns you handle, reload and customize with your own hands, in a fight over the last drinkable water on Earth.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Fast-paced
78% of 3,771 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$7.49
FBC: Firebreak
A three-player co-op shooter set in the Federal Bureau of Control, a federal agency whose headquarters is under siege by otherworldly forces. Grab a Crisis Kit, team up, and plunge into the building's strangest crises to contain the chaos. Funny, tense and best with friends.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Mysterious, Dark
65% of 2,008 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$0
They Killed Your Cat
A short but relentless first-person shooter featuring manual reloading, walking, and blinking, with settings that let you customize your experience.
Tense, Dark, Scary
76% of 913 Steam reviews are positive$6.99

Cheaper than Contain

Containment Corp, Inc.

A co-op horror game where you team up with friends to hunt anomalies and collect rare loot. Customize your loadouts, your looks, and get to work!

$6.99

Containment Initiative

Containment Initiative is a local co-op VR shooter which can be played by two people on the same PC.

$9.99

Zero Caliber VR

A VR military shooter where you fight through a dystopian water war, solo or with up to three friends.

$7.49

They Killed Your Cat

A short but relentless first-person shooter featuring manual reloading, walking, and blinking, with settings that let you customize your experience.

$6.99

Rogue Point

From the creators of Black Mesa: Welcome to Rogue Point! A 4-player co-op shooter where teamwork is everything.

$9.99

C.A.S.T. (CHERNOZEM ANOMALY STRIKE TEAM)

C.A.S.T. is a third-person extraction shooter set in an alternate 1950s Europe, playable solo or with up to three others.

$6.99

Zero Hour

Coordinate with your squad, clear rooms door by door, and live with every split-second call when one mistake ends the mission.

$9.99

Species: Unknown

Take a contract on an abandoned ship, figure out which creature is stalking your crew, and survive the run.

$9.99

Contagion

A zombie survival shooter that takes its time. Ammo is scarce, the undead are slow but relentless, and a built-in randomization system changes…

$9.99

Last Group Out

A top-down extraction shooter for people who like the loop but not the sweat.

$9.99

ZCREW

Zcrew is a roguelike game that supports up to 4 players playing co-op online.

$6.99

The Anacrusis

Battle for survival against endless alien hordes with your friends!

$9.99

Hidden gems like Contain

Dagger Directive

Plan the op, gear up, pick dusk or midnight, and take on a global special forces campaign solo or with friends.

$19.99

C.A.S.T. (CHERNOZEM ANOMALY STRIKE TEAM)

C.A.S.T. is a third-person extraction shooter set in an alternate 1950s Europe, playable solo or with up to three others.

$6.99

Toaster Arena

A fast multiplayer arena shooter where advanced movement, absurd weapons and customizable characters carry every match.

Free

Banzai Escape 2: Subterranean

Clear underground tunnels as a clone sister, grabbing randomized guns and wild builds on fast runs you can play solo or with a friend.

Free

GERONIMO

Stack up at the door, pick your way in, and clear the room with a squad of six or on your own.

$19.99

Codename CURE II

Fight through zombie-infested missions with a class-based squad, where every bullet counts and teamwork decides who makes it out.

Free

A.A.U. Black Site

As an agent of the secret special forces A.A.U., your covert mission in Serbia goes wrong fast.

$14.99

Gunman Contracts - Stand Alone

A VR and flat-screen shooter built like an action movie. You play the Gunman, a hitman clearing contracts for a shadowy order, and every fight is…

$29.99

They Killed Your Cat

A short but relentless first-person shooter featuring manual reloading, walking, and blinking, with settings that let you customize your experience.

$6.99

Species: Unknown

Take a contract on an abandoned ship, figure out which creature is stalking your crew, and survive the run.

$9.99

Far Far West

Loot a haunted frontier with your crew, then fight your way to the extraction before the West takes it all back.

$19.99

Into the Radius 2

Maintain your weapons, scavenge for supplies and push deeper into the anomaly, alone or with friends.

$39.99

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