Unfortunate Spacemen: online co-op

Jun 13, 2020
2+players

Survival Horror · Investigation · Comedy

An online multiplayer game about shapeshifting deception and betrayal! As a hapless, brave spaceman employed by The Company you'll work diligently to defend and be rescued from failing outposts, but not everyone around you is who they claim to be...

86%Very positive7,600 Steam reviews

Who can play

Store

Split-screen is not confirmed.
Same room, own screens on PC. How many can join is not confirmed.
Online on PC. Steam lists 16-player online.
Free to play.

SteamPrice on SteamPlay free

Free to play

How it plays

Is it good

86%

Very positive on Steam

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Every way to play together

Steam lists LAN play and online co-op for PC. Free to play. Player counts are not confirmed yet. 86% positive of 7,600 Steam reviews.

- PC
PCStore (how we check facts)
Same screen
Not listed
Same room, own screens
2+players, co-op and versus
Online
16+players, co-op and versus

Play modes here come from the Steam store listing, which does not give player counts. How we check facts

Quick facts

Developer: Geoff 'Zag' Keene
Publisher: Deep Field Games
Platforms: PC
Released: Jun 13, 2020 on PC
Controllers: Partial controller support on PC
Languages: Text in 1 language, voices in English

In these lists

Answers

Updated October 27, 2026

Does Unfortunate Spacemen have couch co-op?: No same-screen play is confirmed. The Steam listing does not include it on PC. Online play is the way to play it together.
Do you need two copies of Unfortunate Spacemen?: No. It's free to play.; One of 1,371 co-op games where one copy is enough
What platforms is Unfortunate Spacemen on?: PC.; One of 3,994 co-op games
Is Unfortunate Spacemen free?: Yes, it's free to play.

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