Games Like Deep Rock Galactic: Co-op Mining and Mayhem

Deep Rock Galactic is four dwarves mining in procedural caves while bugs try to eat them. Ghost Ship Games built one of the most beloved co-op games ever made through consistent updates, genuine community love, and a core gameplay loop that never gets old. The class system (Scout, Engineer, Driller, Gunner) creates genuine team synergy where every role matters.

Finding games like DRG means hunting for cooperative PvE with class-based teams, procedural levels, and the specific satisfaction of completing impossible missions with friends.

The co-op PvE shooters

Helldivers 2 is the most popular DRG-adjacent game. Democracy-spreading, friendly fire, punishing difficulty. The games like Helldivers 2 post has more.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is Left 4 Dead in the Warhammer fantasy universe. Class-based, melee-focused, excellent combat.

Warhammer 40K: Darktide is the 40K version. Mixed ranged and melee combat.

Left 4 Dead 2 is still the gold standard of horde co-op. Twenty years old and still fun.

GTFO is hardcore co-op horror. Requires communication and coordination. The hardest game on this list.

The mining and exploration picks

Lethal Company is co-op scavenging on derelict moons with horror elements. Similar "go in, grab loot, get out" structure. The games like Lethal Company post has more.

Grounded is backyard survival with cooperative exploration. Obsidian's take on co-op survival.

Core Keeper is underground mining survival. Pixel art, cooperative, relaxing pace.

Astroneer is planetary exploration with terrain manipulation. Cooperative, colorful, buildable.

The roguelike co-op picks

Risk of Rain 2 is third-person roguelike shooter with scaling chaos. 4-player co-op. The risk of rain 2 tier list post has more.

Gunfire Reborn is cartoony co-op roguelike FPS with character classes.

Roboquest is fast-paced co-op roguelike FPS.

The class-based team picks

Overwatch 2 is hero shooter with team roles (tank, damage, support).

Payday 3 is cooperative heist FPS with class-based roles.

Back 4 Blood is horde shooter with card-based character building.

What we make at Choost

Granny's Rampage is currently single-player bullet heaven — cooperative play would be amazing but isn't built yet. For more co-op content, the games like Helldivers 2, games like Lethal Company, and games like It Takes Two posts have more.

The short answer

For closest DRG experience: Helldivers 2 or Lethal Company.

For Warhammer fans: Vermintide 2 or Darktide.

For hardcore co-op: GTFO.

For roguelike co-op: Risk of Rain 2.

For mining exploration: Core Keeper.

Rock and Stone. DRG's community is the best in gaming, and the game earns that loyalty through consistent quality. Nothing else is specifically it, but the co-op PvE genre is healthier than it's ever been.