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Unfortunate Spacemen

Geoff 'Zag' Keene · Deep Field Games · 2020-06-12

Steam

ActionIndieStrategyFree To Play

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

Releases: Jun 12, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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...

Unfortunate Spacemen is a 2020 Action, Indie, Strategy, Free To Play game priced at free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a Very Positive (86% of 7556 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
86%
positive of 7.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Unfortunate Spacemen trailer thumbnail

Unfortunate Spacemen - v1.0 (Free to Play) Release Trailer

≈351,407 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 119 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,670 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2016-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20172026Week of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 648 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,554 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2102026-09-15 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 19 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 16 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 19 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7340Apr 2016Aug 2026Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 11Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 10Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 12Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 15Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 14Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 22Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 19Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 23Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 14Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 25Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 18Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 12Aug 2020 — avg 247 · peak 732Dec 2020 — avg 290 · peak 927Apr 2021 — avg 90 · peak 246Aug 2021 — avg 113 · peak 424Dec 2021 — avg 42 · peak 117Apr 2022 — avg 35 · peak 143Aug 2022 — avg 30 · peak 110Dec 2022 — avg 22 · peak 97Apr 2023 — avg 19 · peak 74Aug 2023 — avg 12 · peak 52Dec 2023 — avg 20 · peak 88Apr 2024 — avg 16 · peak 78Aug 2024 — avg 23 · peak 77Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 64Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 45Aug 2025 — avg 9 · peak 32Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 37Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 56Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 34
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002016-05-062020-06-132016-05-06 — best price $12.742016-05-13 — best price $14.992016-06-24 — best price $10.492016-07-04 — best price $14.992016-10-28 — best price $7.492016-11-01 — best price $14.992016-11-25 — best price $7.492016-11-29 — best price $14.992016-12-22 — best price $7.492017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-05-15 — best price $19.992017-06-22 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-09-15 — best price $14.992017-12-21 — best price $9.892018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-06-21 — best price $11.692018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-10-30 — best price $11.242018-11-01 — best price $14.992018-11-21 — best price $11.242018-11-27 — best price $14.992018-12-21 — best price $10.042019-01-03 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $10.042019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-06-25 — best price $7.492019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-10-28 — best price $7.492019-11-01 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $7.492019-12-03 — best price $14.992019-12-19 — best price $7.492020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-01-23 — best price $7.492020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-02-27 — best price $7.492020-03-02 — best price $14.992020-06-13 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
56.5%
earned "New Blood"
8.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading Cards1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-06-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)19,1300%85

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

PvPCo-opFunnySpaceComedyHorrorStrategySurvivalMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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