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Co-op horror investigation game across multiple maps. Enter procedurally generated environments, use your equipment to gather clues, and identify the entity. Wa
The clear reference is Phasmophobia, which defined the modern co-op paranormal investigation genre and continues to anchor the category. HAUNTMATES differs from Phasmophobia by centring the procedural generation and side objective extraction economy rather than emphasising the entity-behaviour depth Phasmophobia became famous for. The closer reference might be Lethal Company for the extraction-focused co-op horror framework, though Lethal Company is a corporate-scavenging game rather than a ghost-investigation one.
HAUNTMATES — Key Facts
From the Steam listing: Co-op horror investigation game across multiple maps. Enter procedurally generated environments, use your equipment to gather clues, and identify the entity. Watch your back, because monsters are hunting you down.
- Developer: Infinity Entertainment (solo — also the publisher)
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
- Platforms: Windows
- Languages: English
- Release: Jul 2, 2026
- Price: $6.99
- Steam features: Single-player campaign, Co-op support, Full controller support, Steam Achievements
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About HAUNTMATES: Gameplay & Details
Enter randomly generated locations to find the active zone and gather evidence. Your team uses a shared synchronized board to log clues and select the name of the entity. Work with your squad, bring your equipment, and complete side objectives to get a higher payout before you head to the extraction point.
Hauntmates is a cooperative horror investigation game. You need to communicate and work together to survive. The longer you stay inside, the harder it gets because more monsters will start to spawn across the map. If you die, you fail the contract and lose all your gear and payout.
4 Player Multiplayer: Play with your friends or try to survive alone.
Proximity Voice Chat: Stick together and talk because nobody will hear you if you wander off too far.
Randomly Generated Maps: The terrain changes every time you play, so you cannot rely on memory.
Shared Investigation Board: Log your gathered evidence and select the final name together on one synchronized board. Unique Monsters: Face several different monsters with specific behaviors and weaknesses.
Investigation Gear: Use thermometers, flashlights, and many more to find the active zone and gather evidence.
High Stakes Economy: Push your luck for extra side objectives. If you die before reaching the extraction point, you lose your gear and leave with nothing.
HAUNTMATES — Screenshots
The Action, Adventure, and Indie genre labels frame the design’s ambitions. The multiplayer co-op focus aligns with the genre tradition. Infinity Entertainment has stayed disciplined about the co-op commitment — the design assumes squad play rather than treating multiplayer as an afterthought bolted onto a solo campaign.
The Extraction Layer and the Payout Economy
Extraction under threat is the design’s standout combat tension. Squads cannot simply investigate at leisure — the haunting entity actively pursues investigators, and reaching the extraction point safely with completed objectives requires coordination and awareness. The extraction mechanic layers combat urgency onto the otherwise contemplative investigation loop, which gives every match a clear pacing arc from cautious exploration to escalating threat to climactic escape.
The payout economy rewards successful extraction with resources that scale squad capability over time. Squads who consistently identify entities correctly and complete side objectives accumulate better equipment, which lets them tackle harder haunting types and larger maps. The progression loop gives long-term retention to squads who commit to the format across many sessions.
The Cooperative Trust and the Community Structure
Co-op horror games depend on player-community trust more than most multiplayer genres. Squads that communicate effectively, share evidence honestly, and coordinate on identification decisions have dramatically better outcomes than squads that fragment into solo exploration. HAUNTMATES’s shared-board mechanic actively supports the coordinated play style by making information sharing frictionless — squads that use the board thoroughly have significant advantages over squads that treat investigation as parallel solo work.
The community structure will shape HAUNTMATES’s long-term viability. Co-op games depend on active player pools for matchmaking; Infinity Entertainment will need to sustain community engagement across the post-launch period to maintain match availability for new players joining after the initial launch window.
The Bottom Line on HAUNTMATES
Yes if co-op horror investigation games are a comfort genre and you have a regular squad to play with. Yes if the Phasmophobia lineage appeals to you and you want another entry with procedural generation twist. Yes if you appreciate the extraction-with-payout economy that Lethal Company popularised in the broader co-op horror category. Less yes if you primarily play solo — the multiplayer-only design requires reliable squad access. For the co-op horror audience at a budget price, this is a confident recommendation. Infinity Entertainment has earned the install for the genre faithful with a launch state that respects the source material.
— Rynx
Editorial note: Article curated from publicly available Steam community posts and dev announcements. PFN reports on launches and updates as a junction for gaming news — we do not represent the developers or publishers featured.
HAUNTMATES Verdict: 7/10 and a Reasonable Genre Entry
HAUNTMATES occupies a defensible position in its genre — not innovating dramatically but executing familiar patterns competently. The design shows the developer understands the reference points.
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At a glance — verified Steam listing
| Developer | Infinity Entertainment |
| Publisher | Infinity Entertainment |
| Release date | Jul 2, 2026 |
| Price | $6.99 — verified 10 September 2026 |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Steam features | Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Achievements, Full controller support |
| Languages | Englishlanguages with full audio support |
| Store screenshots | 11 |
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