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Quintet
A cooperative, cross-platform, multiplayer scifi game where players control the same ship through 5 roles — Captain, Helm, Tactical, Engineering & Science. Battle with other player crews over the Internet.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
55 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Quintet is a fun cooperative experience, it's F2P strategy helps it grow and get more people involved with the game, and the 5/20$ expansions are completely optional. PROS Co-op online multiplayer actually feels like…”
“Quintet is a game that breathes new life into sci-fi space combat by introducing the ability to fly one ship with multiple people. The free version gets a little boring when playing it by yourself, but that's OK because…”
“Do you like Star Trek, blew all your money on replica phasers, but HATE microtransactions? Then get Quintet. Not any of those things? GET QUINTET! Seriously, this game is an amazing space-flight sim, if noting else. The…”
54 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“It pains me to say this seeing as how I was one of the main people to put effort into making this game better (I wrote the Project Elpis expansion for this game), but it's dead. It's not the lack of updates for the bugs…”
“Quintet is a fun cooperative experience, it's F2P strategy helps it grow and get more people involved with the game, and the 5/20$ expansions are completely optional. PROS Co-op online multiplayer actually feels like…”
“Quintet is a game that breathes new life into sci-fi space combat by introducing the ability to fly one ship with multiple people. The free version gets a little boring when playing it by yourself, but that's OK because…”
18 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Do you like Star Trek, blew all your money on replica phasers, but HATE microtransactions? Then get Quintet. Not any of those things? GET QUINTET! Seriously, this game is an amazing space-flight sim, if noting else. The…”
“Just booted this game up again for the first time in years and remembered how I SO WISH this game had taken off the way it should have. Brilliant concept that so few developers are willing to attempt. UI is very…”
“From the outlook It just seemed like a small fan-game with few features and more built for RP.. But was I wrong... Of course I was! This is an amazing simplistic game built on an idea and is truely multiplatform if you…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“For a game made in unity, this one is really well thought and works quite smooth. The game encourages teamwork, after all its you and other 4 players cooperating to get a full ship to work (in case you go in one of the…”
“(Read below for gameplay details) So, I keep seeing a bunch of posts on here and the website forums with people complaining about things that thye want to see introduced and how the game sucks because it doesn't have X…”
“This game is awesome, because you can share a ship with someone else. And I have always wanted to play a game with this feature. However the game is very boring, you will find yourself aimlessly flying around and…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Quintet is a game that breathes new life into sci-fi space combat by introducing the ability to fly one ship with multiple people. The free version gets a little boring when playing it by yourself, but that's OK because…”
“Do you like Star Trek, blew all your money on replica phasers, but HATE microtransactions? Then get Quintet. Not any of those things? GET QUINTET! Seriously, this game is an amazing space-flight sim, if noting else. The…”
“I have played this game with friends on other computers and I can genuinely say that we had fun just meandering about from jump point to jump point.Having multiple ship types to accomodate the number of players was a…”
28 of the 104 reviews raise this · 24 of them still recommend the game.
“It pains me to say this seeing as how I was one of the main people to put effort into making this game better (I wrote the Project Elpis expansion for this game), but it's dead. It's not the lack of updates for the bugs…”
“Do you like Star Trek, blew all your money on replica phasers, but HATE microtransactions? Then get Quintet. Not any of those things? GET QUINTET! Seriously, this game is an amazing space-flight sim, if noting else. The…”
“Just booted this game up again for the first time in years and remembered how I SO WISH this game had taken off the way it should have. Brilliant concept that so few developers are willing to attempt. UI is very…”
19 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Short version: Dont bother downloading this, it dont work. Long Version: Ok so i came across this game a few months ago but never got to play it, i manage to get my brother to download it and get really excited to play…”
“This game would be really good if it had any sort of market or levelling system at all and the game screen wouldn't break as soon as you warp to a new sector or die. It would be fun but it is a game that requires the…”
“This game is awesome, because you can share a ship with someone else. And I have always wanted to play a game with this feature. However the game is very boring, you will find yourself aimlessly flying around and…”
17 of the 104 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Great base for a game, has a ton of potential and is really fun. All I would ask for is more meaning to the game than just going around and blowing up ships, heres some idea's *Maybe like a point system with better…”
“I have played this game with friends on other computers and I can genuinely say that we had fun just meandering about from jump point to jump point.Having multiple ship types to accomodate the number of players was a…”
“It would be really fun, and I complement the people who made it, but there is never anybody on multiplayer and the ships are hard to control. Fix the controls, get some people on there, and it will be great.”
16 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“It pains me to say this seeing as how I was one of the main people to put effort into making this game better (I wrote the Project Elpis expansion for this game), but it's dead. It's not the lack of updates for the bugs…”
“Short version: Dont bother downloading this, it dont work. Long Version: Ok so i came across this game a few months ago but never got to play it, i manage to get my brother to download it and get really excited to play…”
“This game would be really good if it had any sort of market or levelling system at all and the game screen wouldn't break as soon as you warp to a new sector or die. It would be fun but it is a game that requires the…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Quintet is a fun cooperative experience, it's F2P strategy helps it grow and get more people involved with the game, and the 5/20$ expansions are completely optional. PROS Co-op online multiplayer actually feels like…”
“Needs proper tutorial and information about the game. Very poor new user experience. Try back Q3 2015. There was nothing compelling me to spend more than 5 minutes evaluating this game, I'm sure that the concept will be…”
“Good idea but done poor. There is no real teaching. Its just here's space with nothing to do. No end goal or objective. Also it seems to only want people on controller and screw over the keyboard and mouse. If you put…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 77.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“I backed this game on Kickstarter and it has come a long way. It is still a work in progress but if you play with friends it is very fun. It would be better with voice chat but you can use TeamSpeak. If you like Star Trek this is the game for you. Teamwork is a must. If your on…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“Hey, did you like Artemis? Complex UI's and super hardcore learning curve? Space? SPACE?!? yeah, probably a bit tough to grab and go, but grab a few friends and laugh like maniacs as you repeatedly fire off into nothingness while your helmsman decided that asteroid would make a…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“It's a very cool concept of segmenting rolls and requiring communication between them. The game has a lot of potential to be one of the best space simulation games out there. However, at it's current state, that's all there is to do. Your captain tells you to go somewhere, you…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Quintet Now (Entirely) Free!
My Fellow Captains, Quintet is now (entirely) free. I built this game years ago. At the time, I was dealing with some personal issues and I took comfort in binge watching TNG, DS9, Voyager (and even E
Quintet Open Stream, Feb. 13th, 5:00 PM Pacific!
Greetings Starfighters, Tonight, the dev team will once again join the ToadNet team for some open streaming of Quintet. That's less than an hour from now! Everyone is welcome to join in, though we'd a
Quintet Open Stream, Feb. 13th, 5:00 PM Pacific!
Greetings Starfighters, Tonight, the dev team will once again join the ToadNet team for some open streaming of Quintet. That's less than an hour from now! Everyone is welcome to join in, though we'd a
Today: Quintet Open Stream with ToadNet!
Today, September 18th, at 4PM PST, we're going to have an open stream event, in conjunction with the fun people of ToadNet. If you'd like to join us, please do so. Note: We're not using the Quintet Te
Today: Quintet Open Stream with ToadNet!
Today, September 18th, at 4PM PST, we're going to have an open stream event, in conjunction with the fun people of ToadNet. If you'd like to join us, please do so. Note: We're not using the Quintet Te
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Free To Play, Indie |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Indie · Action · Space · Multiplayer · Co-op · Sci-fi (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English, Italian, Spanish - Spain |
| Official site | http://quintet.us |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or later Processor: Dual Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 150 MB available space