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Unfortunate Spacemen

Unfortunate Spacemen

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...

Released Jun 12, 2020 Developer Geoff 'Zag' Keene, Deep Field Games Publisher Deep Field Games, New Blood Interactive Platforms Windows Survival HorrorInvestigationCo-opMultiplayerFree to Play
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

86.2%positive7,494 reviews
Recommended · 14 found this helpful

“It's a great game to play with friends. sadly if you want to play with randos your out of luck cuz the game has been dead for years. but if you gather 4 or more people its a lot of fun. really sucks that among us shamelessly ripped off this game and got way more popular. because…”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“I love this game so much, and I'm really sad it isn't as popular as it used to be. I really hope for updates in the future, and I'd also really recommend giving this game a try.”

— a player, Steam review · 172 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Great Game!!! Had lots of fun playing with lots of features for a free game and I didn't find any bugs!”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:27 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

2playing at last check
1324-hour peak
11,736all-time peak
0 500 1k 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 734 avg · Jun 2020

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

85achievements
4.3%median completion
0.5%rarest: Sower of Chaos
56.6% of players 41.3% of players 32.1% of players 31.4% of players 30.2% of players 29.6% of players 26.6% of players 26.0% of players 24.3% of players 23.8% of players 22.3% of players 19.1% of players 15.8% of players 15.5% of players 15.2% of players 14.8% of players 13.7% of players 12.4% of players 11.9% of players 11.7% of players 11.6% of players 11.4% of players 11.3% of players 10.2% of players 10.0% of players 9.8% of players 9.3% of players 9.3% of players 9.3% of players 8.7% of players 8.1% of players 7.3% of players 7.2% of players 6.7% of players 6.6% of players 6.6% of players 6.6% of players 6.2% of players 6.2% of players 5.6% of players 4.8% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 4.2% of players 3.8% of players 3.4% of players 3.1% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 56.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
56.6%New Blood — Reach Spaceman Rank 2.
41.3%RTFM — Read The Abridged Spaceman's Guide. (Read How To Play Guide)
32.1%Lock and Load! — Create a perk loadout.
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Sower of Chaos — As an agent of BRIGADE, hack 20 different objects in a single match.
0.7%Missing The Point — Drink Space Milk as an agent of BRIGADE.
0.7%Key to a Spaceman's Heart — In Shapeshifter, eat 5 keycards in a single match.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 02, 2024
Abiotic Factor is Out Now!

Hello Spacemen! You ventured into the darkest depths of space at the behest of The Company, now, in pursuit of great and mysterious sciences, venture deep into the bowels of the GATE Cascade Research

Mar 03, 2024
Hosting Servers with Steam Game Server Login Tokens

Greetings, Spacemen! We have pushed an update that is relevant to those hosting dedicated servers. Going forward, Unfortunate Spacemen servers will require Steam Game Server Login Tokens (GSLT) for ho

Jan 25, 2024
Our Next Game (Demo Available!)

Greetings Brave Spacemen and Spacewomen of The Company (this Company, not the other one), we've got a fun announcement today, relativity permitting. We’re making a new game! Some of you may have heard

Jan 29, 2022
Hotfix 1.6.1

Hotfix 1.6.1 has fixed a few issues for ya, enjoy! - Fixed: Toxic Ink not applying damage or debuff anymore. - Fixed: Press Conference not giving any points. - Fixed: Locker Cleaning not giving any po

Jan 27, 2022
Update 1.6 - The Task Update

The Task Update has arrived! The Company has identified several more tasks that Spacemen need to complete before escape! Along with the return of Duress, this update features dozens of bug fixes, qual

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie, Strategy, Free To Play
Player tagsSurvival Horror · Investigation · Co-op · Multiplayer · Free to Play · Comedy · Social Deduction · Horror · Strategy · PvP · Online Co-Op · Psychological Horror (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements85
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://unfortunate.space
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor or Higher Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX or Equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 7 GB available space