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P.O.N.
A co-op horror game where you and up to three friends play small-time crooks hunted by a superhero.
Online co-op for up to 4 players.
- 4 online
Store pages
Playing together
- Online co-op4 players
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- Not confirmedA 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 DeckNot testedValve has not rated it yet
About the game
You play a small-time criminal who takes a job from a crime syndicate. Each job sends your crew through dark, abandoned places to bring back what the contract lists. It is first-person stealth action, and the thing standing in your way is a superhero who hunts criminals like you.
Up to four of you play online on the same team. You are meant to work as one crew, and the makers tell players not to go alone. In the trailer, the crew is picked off one by one until a single player is left.
It is a horror game at heart, so it suits friends who enjoy being scared together. It is not out yet, so details may still change.
How it feels
Kind of game
You play on the same side through shared levels, matches, missions or jobs. Progress comes from combining your actions toward the same objective.
- At its heart
- A big part
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- About
- Crime
Rated on our own feel scale. 3 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
If you liked P.O.N.
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Why it scores 69%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared team objectives
- Core to both
- Fear
- Notable in both
- Working in sync, Tension and danger
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How NO BACKUP differs
- More exploring than P.O.N.
- More to unlock than P.O.N.
- Early access
- 4 online
Both give your team shared objectives to work through together. Both are often scary. Both play in runs or missions you repeat.
But more exploring than P.O.N.
Blight: Survival
Why it scores 66%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared team objectives
- Notable in both
- Fear, Working in sync, Tension and danger
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How Blight: Survival differs
- More fighting than P.O.N.
- More exploring than P.O.N.
- Harder to master than P.O.N.
- More to unlock than P.O.N.
- More planning than P.O.N.
- Not out yet
- 4 online
Both give your team shared objectives to work through together. Both are often scary. Both play in runs or missions you repeat.
But more fighting than P.O.N.
The Outlast Trials
Why it scores 66%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared team objectives
- Core to both
- Fear
- Notable in both
- Working in sync, Tension and danger
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How The Outlast Trials differs
- More chaotic than P.O.N.
- Harder to master than P.O.N.
- More to unlock than P.O.N.
- More planning than P.O.N.
- 4 online
- Crossplay
Both give your team shared objectives to work through together. Both are often scary. Both play in runs or missions you repeat.
But more chaotic than P.O.N.
All co-op facts
Last checked 28 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- 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
- Not confirmed
- Confirmed free setups
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Friends can join mid-game
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Sources
7 pages
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Release status, Genres, About, Kind of game, Working in sync, Fear, Tension and danger.
- Online co-op: Features list Co-op and Online Co-op.
- Release status: The page shows Coming soon and says the game is not yet available on Steam.
- Genres: The short description calls it a co-op superhero horror game.
- About: The story text casts you as a small-time criminal taking a contract from the underworld.
- Kind of game: The text tells the team to act as one unit and not go solo, with a hunter standing between the crew and the job.
- Working in sync: The text tells players to support each other and stay together.
- Fear: User tags include Horror and Psychological Horror. Nobody has played it yet, so this also rests on the maker's genre label and the trailer.
- Tension and danger: The text warns that mistakes are not forgiven and that the crew is being hunted.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Genres.
- Steam app ID: Steam identifies P.O.N. as app 3864580.
- Genres: Steam lists Action, which agrees with the maker's stealth action wording.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve has no rating for the game yet, so it counts as not tested.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Genres, Kind of game, Sessions, About.
- Genres: Team VAC post of 2026-06-07 calls it a realistic crime horror in the stealth action genre, played from the first person.
- Kind of game: The post says to complete syndicate missions with your team and hide from the one everyone thinks is a hero.
- Sessions: The post describes syndicate missions. It gives no length or progression, so repeatable runs is the closest fit and is not firm.
- About: The post calls the game a crime horror and sets it among syndicates.
altchar.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Most players online.
- Most players online: Altchar, 2026-02-16, says it supports up to four players in online co-op. No maker page states the count, so this is press only and may change before release.
gamerant.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Most players online.
- Most players online: GameRant, 2026-09-22, says it will support four-person co-op at launch.
pcgamer.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Sessions, About, Fear, Tension and danger, Working in sync.
- Sessions: PC Gamer, 2026-06-07, describes missions from criminal syndicates with a criminal task on each map.
- About: Describes missions from criminal syndicates.
- Fear: Says the trailer was very dark with a lot of screaming. A team of four is hunted by a superhero.
- Tension and danger: In the trailer the team is picked off one by one, which the writer reads as a sign of how hard it will be.
- Working in sync: Quotes the line telling players to stay together because a hero could be in any shadow.