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Unfortunate Spacemen cover art

Unfortunate Spacemen

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

Steam

ActionIndieStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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...

5
playing now
86%
positive of 7.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 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 13% of 10,791 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

2712026-08-06 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

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.

Player tags

PvPCo-opFunnySpaceComedyHorrorStrategySurvivalMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

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

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