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Death Road To Canada is a classic, it is cartoonish horror but it is so highly critically acclaimed I have to recommend it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/252610/Death_Road_to_Canada/
Forewarned (haven't tried)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1562420/FOREWARNED/
Murky Divers (haven't tried)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2963880/Murky_Divers/
Endgame: Road To Salvation (it has splitscreen!)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1264920/Endgame_Road_To_Salvation/
Survivalist: Invisible Strain
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1054510/Survivalist_Invisible_Strain/
Barotrauma
https://store.steampowered.com/app/602960/Barotrauma/
and of course.
Deep Rock Galactic
https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/Deep_Rock_Galactic/
maybe 7 Days To Die or Project Zomboid?
Abiotic Factor seems to be popular.
Storm Chasers seems like it could be categorized as co-op realistic horror lol, but it looks pretty fun actually
https://store.steampowered.com/app/862800/Storm_Chasers/
Another SOLID recommendation is Valheim, it has horror elements but isn't really a horror game, still it is one of the better co-op open world games period.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/892970/Valheim/
edit wait do you mean local co-op?
Abiotic Factor fucking RULES. I've put quite a few hours into co-op and I don't usually seek out co-op in games (I also have a single player world with a fairly extensive farm base). The early game has such an amazing aesthetic and vibe that you truly don't know what you're getting into, especially if you went in almost completely blind like I did.
Zomboid would be another obvious pick for me, although I still haven't played co-op or multiplayer at all. I'm scared about servers not having certain mods I keep in my list I guess.