Updated September 2026
This is the ranking of the best Co-op Survival Games, sorted by NextGameLike Score: a 0-100 metric blending Steam reviews, IGDB ratings (community and critic), Metacritic, OpenCritic and the NextGameLike community votes into a single number. Unlike opinion-based editorial lists, this order is computed from real data and applies a Bayesian shrinkage adjustment so games with few reviews can't inflate the top of the chart. FTL: Faster Than Light, Silent Hill 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater lead the chart — the highest-rated titles in the genre according to our data. The top-25 average NextGameLike Score is 80/100, out of 31 games catalogued. The ranking updates continuously as new reviews and votes come in.
Top 3
Top of “The 20 Best Co-op Survival Games (2026)”: FTL: Faster Than Light (89.4/100). Close behind: Silent Hill 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
Ranked by NextGameLike Score · 31 games catalogued
FTL: Faster Than Light is one of the few Co-op Survival Games where players and critics say the same thing. Hence the first place.
Silent Hill 2 is more loved by critics than by the average player. It holds the best critic score on the whole list, 87/100. Enough for the podium: number 2.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater earns its place on presence rather than on a score. Enough for the podium: number 3.
Valheim is one of the few Co-op Survival Games where players and critics say the same thing. It is the most reviewed of the 20: 533,541 Steam reviews. That gets it into the top 10, at number 4.
No argument here: Don't Starve Together wins over players and critics alike. Number 5, inside the top 10.
Raft is one of the few Co-op Survival Games where players and critics say the same thing. It is the newest on the list (2022), and has already earned its place. Number 6, inside the top 10.
Diamo XL is carried by its players more than by its reviews. Number 7, inside the top 10.
Silent Hill 3 has little in the way of ratings and a great deal of standing. Number 8, inside the top 10.
The Long Dark is carried by its players more than by its reviews. Number 9, inside the top 10.
Silent Hill has little in the way of ratings and a great deal of standing. Number 10, inside the top 10.
The Planet Crafter is one of the few Co-op Survival Games where players and critics say the same thing. No other entry of the 20 has a higher share of positive reviews: 96%. It sits at 11 of 20.
Astroneer is carried by its players more than by its reviews. It lands at 12 of 20.
Domestic Dog has little in the way of ratings and a great deal of standing. It lands at 13 of 20.
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake has little in the way of ratings and a great deal of standing. It lands at 14 of 20.
Pac-Man has little in the way of ratings and a great deal of standing. It is the oldest game in the ranking (1980) and still here. It lands at 15 of 20.
Silent Hill: Origins has little in the way of ratings and a great deal of standing. It lands at 16 of 20.
Players and critics agree on Race The Sun, which is rarer than it sounds in Co-op Survival Games. It sits at 17 of 20.
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED is one of the few Co-op Survival Games where players and critics say the same thing. It lands at 18 of 20.
Metal Gear has little in the way of ratings and a great deal of standing. It lands at 19 of 20.
No argument here: Minecraft: Story Mode wins over players and critics alike. It lands at 20 of 20.