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Lethal Company cover art

Lethal Company

Zeekerss · 2023-10-23

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

Lethal Company is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Early Access game released in 2023, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 510965 reviews).

3,243
playing now
97%
positive of 511k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50
twitch viewers (latest)
16.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
76/100
IGDB user rating (215 ratings)
185
Nexus mods (1.3M downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

3,243 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Lethal Company is an upcoming cooperative survival horror video game developed and published by American developer Zeekerss for Windows. It was released in early access in October 2023 and gained popularity on the Steam storefront.

Trailer

Lethal Company trailer thumbnail

Lethal Company - Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,243 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13,413 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,677/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (94,914 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 10M–23M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 511,378 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.49 at Steam (2025-01-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
92k92k20232026Week of 2023-10-01: 1,311 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 92,430 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,264 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 92,383 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,531 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 66,181 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,185 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 28,113 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,095 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14,756 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 712 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15,691 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 720 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6,777 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 333 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8,011 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 365 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8,691 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 441 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8,206 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 414 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6,197 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 299 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5,655 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 290 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9,084 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 283 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8,042 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 255 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8,131 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 355 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5,656 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4,629 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 298 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,276 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,842 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,956 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,142 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,744 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,357 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,733 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,629 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,934 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,120 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,590 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,609 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2,592 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,884 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,460 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,282 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,165 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 901 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 42 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.2k8942026-09-15 11:00 — 1,237 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 3,264 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 2,850 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 1,764 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 4,374 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3,176 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 894 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 2,465 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 2,898 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 2,260 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 2,458 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 2,081 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 1,586 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 2,921 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 4,812 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 2,044 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,924 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 2,772 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2,659 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 2,007 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 5,100 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 3,746 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 910 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 3,243 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
108k1.0kOct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 1,035 · peak 4,023Nov 2023 — avg 38,974 · peak 184,015Dec 2023 — avg 107,897 · peak 239,369Jan 2024 — avg 94,513 · peak 203,632Feb 2024 — avg 51,334 · peak 106,639Mar 2024 — avg 26,694 · peak 72,517Apr 2024 — avg 23,958 · peak 53,155May 2024 — avg 13,762 · peak 29,665Jun 2024 — avg 12,059 · peak 22,178Jul 2024 — avg 14,275 · peak 29,118Aug 2024 — avg 16,668 · peak 43,580Sep 2024 — avg 15,902 · peak 34,631Oct 2024 — avg 13,526 · peak 26,630Nov 2024 — avg 14,359 · peak 27,430Dec 2024 — avg 13,116 · peak 25,636Jan 2025 — avg 17,512 · peak 35,719Feb 2025 — avg 15,474 · peak 30,879Mar 2025 — avg 8,876 · peak 22,578Apr 2025 — avg 4,471 · peak 9,900May 2025 — avg 3,815 · peak 7,575Jun 2025 — avg 6,100 · peak 16,762Jul 2025 — avg 4,245 · peak 6,989Aug 2025 — avg 3,943 · peak 6,517Sep 2025 — avg 3,304 · peak 6,856Oct 2025 — avg 4,077 · peak 8,576Nov 2025 — avg 4,362 · peak 8,278Dec 2025 — avg 4,422 · peak 8,613Jan 2026 — avg 4,990 · peak 9,900Feb 2026 — avg 4,135 · peak 7,830Mar 2026 — avg 3,683 · peak 9,283Apr 2026 — avg 7,085 · peak 18,989May 2026 — avg 4,660 · peak 10,030Jun 2026 — avg 3,556 · peak 6,898Jul 2026 — avg 2,963 · peak 5,093Aug 2026 — avg 2,988 · peak 5,465
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
33332026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 13 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 9 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-25: 11 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 33 new positive2026-09-26: 4 new negative2026-09-28: 9 new positive2026-09-29: 17 new positive2026-09-30: 13 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new negative2026-10-01: 11 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 16 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-03: 16 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new negative2026-10-04: 7 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 11 new positive2026-10-05: 5 new negative2026-10-06: 22 new positive2026-10-06: 7 new negative2026-10-07: 16 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new negative2026-10-09: 20 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 12 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 29 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 20 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 15 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 10 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$6.492023-10-232026-05-282023-10-23 — best price $9.992024-02-08 — best price $6.992024-02-15 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-10-28 — best price $6.992024-11-04 — best price $9.992025-01-13 — best price $6.492025-01-20 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-30 — best price $6.492025-11-03 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $7.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-05-21 — best price $6.492026-05-28 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4172292026-05-29 — 324 pageviews2026-06-02 — 268 pageviews2026-06-06 — 279 pageviews2026-06-10 — 279 pageviews2026-06-14 — 310 pageviews2026-06-18 — 317 pageviews2026-06-22 — 347 pageviews2026-06-26 — 366 pageviews2026-06-30 — 372 pageviews2026-07-04 — 303 pageviews2026-07-08 — 307 pageviews2026-07-12 — 290 pageviews2026-07-16 — 320 pageviews2026-07-20 — 270 pageviews2026-07-24 — 308 pageviews2026-07-28 — 260 pageviews2026-08-01 — 255 pageviews2026-08-05 — 387 pageviews2026-08-09 — 302 pageviews2026-08-13 — 300 pageviews2026-08-17 — 353 pageviews2026-08-21 — 399 pageviews2026-08-25 — 293 pageviews2026-08-29 — 254 pageviews2026-09-02 — 245 pageviews2026-09-06 — 295 pageviews2026-09-10 — 277 pageviews2026-09-14 — 322 pageviews2026-09-18 — 279 pageviews2026-09-22 — 242 pageviews2026-09-26 — 243 pageviews2026-09-30 — 229 pageviews2026-10-04 — 257 pageviews2026-10-07 — 229 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

17k82026-10-01 10:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 165 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 17,346 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 581 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 505 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 213 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 369 viewers2026-10-04 08:34 — 140 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 327 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 402 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 190 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 774 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 489 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 205 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 67 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 284 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 146 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 789 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 356 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 167 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 1,251 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 145 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 284 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 91 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 174 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 475 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 3,658 viewers2026-10-15 03:34 — 1,153 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 50 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCustom Volume ControlsStereo SoundPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvECo-opFunnyAliensHorrorSci-fiAdventureAtmosphericExplorationFirst-Person

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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