6 Co-op games like Race The Sun that you should try

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We filtered the 41 games similar to Race The Sun down to the 6 that fit the “Co-op” category. Elden Ring Nightreign, Dying Light: The Beast and flOw top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Race The Sun.

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GenreSurvivalSubgenreCo-op PvE Survival

The best co-op games like Race The Sun

6 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Race The Sun. Each one has been evaluated across 16 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

Elden Ring Nightreign

76 similarity to Race The Sun

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Closest overall match

GenreSurvivalSubgenreCo-op PvE Survival

Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeHardcoreDarkNarrativeProceduralThird Person3D

Year 2025Dev FromSoftware · Bandai Namco EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

The thread back to Race The Sun runs through punishing difficulty, procedural generation and melee combat. To that it adds multiplayer gameplay and a third-person camera. They part company on setting: this one brings fantasy world.

Released 12 years after Race The Sun.

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Dying Light: The Beast

56 similarity to Race The Sun

NGL84

Closest on game mode

GenreSurvivalSubgenreCo-op PvE Survival

SoloMultiplayerCo-opDarkPost-ApocalypticFirst Person

Year 2025Dev TechlandOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

It comes from the same genre as Race The Sun and shares dark, oppressive atmosphere, post-apocalyptic world and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a first-person view. Where the two diverge is tone and visuals: deep RPG systems and horror setting.

Released 12 years after Race The Sun.

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flOw

48 similarity to Race The Sun

NGL75

GenreSurvivalSubgenreCo-op PvE Survival

SoloMultiplayerCo-opIsometric

Year 2006Dev ThatGameCompanyOn PlayStation 3 · PS4

Held in common with Race The Sun: single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals: an isometric view.

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Animal Company

46 similarity to Race The Sun

GenreSurvivalSubgenreCo-op PvE Survival

SoloMultiplayerCo-opDarkOnline

Year 2024

Same family as Race The Sun: dark, oppressive atmosphere and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is setting and tone: horror setting.

Released 11 years after Race The Sun.

Genre100Game mode76Tone29Setting0

Russian Fishing 4

41 similarity to Race The Sun

NGL48

GenreSurvivalSubgenreCo-op PvE Survival

MultiplayerSoloCo-opRelaxingNarrativeFirst Person

Year 2018Dev Russian FishingPlaytime ~1hOn PC

The genre is the same as Race The Sun’s, and with it a relaxing pace, multiplayer gameplay and a first-person view. The distance is in world and visuals — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel and open world exploration.

Released 5 years after Race The Sun.

Genre100Game mode77Tone54Visuals43World0

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Raft

41 similarity to Race The Sun

NGL85

GenreSurvivalSubgenreCo-op PvE Survival

MultiplayerSoloCo-opFirst PersonThird Person

Year 2022Dev Redbeet Interactive · Axolot GamesPlaytime ~8hOn PC

The thread back to Race The Sun runs through multiplayer gameplay and a first-person view. They part company on world: this one brings open world exploration.

Released 9 years after Race The Sun.

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