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DON'T SCREAM TOGETHER
Explore a dark forest with friends while keeping your real voices quiet enough to survive the night.
Online co-op.
- Online
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-opYesPlayer count not confirmed
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- YesA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckPlayableValve's own rating
About the game
You carry a camcorder through a forest at night, searching for batteries, symbols and unfamiliar places. Time advances when you move, so waiting in one spot cannot carry you through to morning. Hidden traps and wandering hunters give you reasons to watch where you step. Sudden sights and sounds try to make you react into your microphone.
Your group needs to stay quiet while finding a way through the woods. Voice chat gets harder to hear as friends move away, and loud noises can end the attempt for everyone. Calibrating your microphone is part of setting up the game. The optional Cursed mode changes the punishment by turning a fallen friend into a hunter. Expect repeated walks, short conversations and arguments over who made the noise.
How it feels
Kind of game
A group of friends, loose goals and a lot of messing around. Failing is part of the fun, and the best moments are the ones nobody planned.
- At its heart
- Now and then
- Time to hang out
- Rivalry in the group
- Getting better
- Unlocks and progress
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- About
- Monsters, Scavenging
Rated on our own feel scale. 4 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
If you liked DON'T SCREAM TOGETHER
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Why it scores 88%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Chaotic friend hangout
- Core to both
- Fear
- About
- Monsters and Scavenging
- Notable in both
- Laughter and chaos, Working in sync, Exploring, Tension and danger
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How KLETKA differs
- More fighting than DON'T SCREAM TOGETHER
- 6 online
- Crossplay
Both are chaotic hangouts for a group of friends. Both are often scary. Both are about monsters that hunt you and scavenging for loot.
But more fighting than DON'T SCREAM TOGETHER.
Lunch Lady
Why it scores 88%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Chaotic friend hangout
- Core to both
- Fear
- About
- Monsters
- Notable in both
- Laughter and chaos, Working in sync, Exploring, Tension and danger
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op
- 4 online
Both are chaotic hangouts for a group of friends. Both are about monsters that hunt you. Both get loud and silly when plans go wrong.
No big difference from DON'T SCREAM TOGETHER.
Dark Hours
Why it scores 87%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Chaotic friend hangout
- Core to both
- Fear
- About
- Monsters and Scavenging
- Notable in both
- Laughter and chaos, Working in sync, Exploring, Tension and danger
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Dark Hours differs
- More figuring things out than DON'T SCREAM TOGETHER
- 4 online
- Crossplay
Both are chaotic hangouts for a group of friends. Both are often scary. Both are about monsters that hunt you and scavenging for loot.
But more figuring things out than DON'T SCREAM TOGETHER.
All co-op facts
Last checked 24 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Most players online
- Not confirmed
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
- 3
- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
Sources
7 pages
steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Genres, Kind of game, Sessions, About, Rivalry in the group, Unlocks and progress, Friends can join mid-game, Planning ahead, Getting better.
- Online co-op: The maker FAQ dated 2025-12-03 describes friends hosting a shared session. Four is the design target, around eight was tested and sixteen is speculation. The maker explicitly leaves the absolute maximum unknown.
- Genres: The maker calls it a co-op horror game and jumpscare simulator.
- Kind of game: The FAQ centres simple group panic and friends reacting during a forest walk.
- Sessions: The FAQ describes repeated attempts with changing scares.
- About: The FAQ describes searching for batteries and symbols while hunters roam the forest.
- Rivalry in the group: The optional Cursed mode turns a fallen player into a hunter who pursues the others. Ordinary mode stays cooperative.
- Unlocks and progress: The FAQ describes character customization, tracked discoveries and a progression menu, while ruling out a long upgrade system.
- Friends can join mid-game: The 2026-06-03 update fixes night-time replication for late joining players.
- Planning ahead: The FAQ describes battery management, traps and moving to advance time. This supports modest preparation.
- Getting better: The FAQ centres learning to control real voice volume and survive traps. No deep skill system is described.
steamcommunity.comOfficial support page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op.
- Online co-op: The developer confirms the base game allows more than four without a mod. Four is the balanced group, around eight was tested and sixteen is a possible engine failure point. No exact maximum is confirmed.
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Release status, Release date, Platforms, Fear, Exploring, Tension and danger, Free base co-op.
- Release status: The released base game has a purchase offer.
- Release date: The store gives 2025-12-03.
- Platforms: The current system requirements name Windows.
- Fear: The maker describes a game built around jump scares. Shown tags include Horror, Survival Horror and Jump Scare.
- Exploring: The maker describes a large forest with hidden places, symbols and supplies.
- Tension and danger: In ordinary mode one loud noise can fail the whole group, while movement advances the clock.
- Online co-op: The current product describes four-player online co-op and twelve in testing. This does not establish an exact implemented ceiling.
- Free base co-op: The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID.
- Steam app ID: Steam identifies the separate multiplayer game DON'T SCREAM TOGETHER as app 2692990.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Playable on Steam Deck.
comicbuzz.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Laughter and chaos, Working in sync, Tension and danger.
- Laughter and chaos: The PC review describes accidental noise, group arguments and failed attempts that make friends laugh.
- Working in sync: The review group used pings and flashlight signals to stay together while speaking quietly.
- Tension and danger: The review describes the pressure of suppressing reactions while walking toward danger.
gameliner.nlPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Voice chat by distance, Time to hang out, Friends can join mid-game.
- Voice chat by distance: Gameliner on 2025-12-09 says friends become harder to hear as distance grows and lose useful contact when separated.
- Time to hang out: The reviewer describes a partner talking about unrelated things, but speaking too loudly caused death. Quiet chat exists with a real constraint.
- Friends can join mid-game: The review describes joining someone who is already in the game, rather than waiting in a lobby.