Unfortunate Spacemen similar games & best alternatives

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Unfortunate Spacemen

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2020

Should you play it?

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...

What works

  • Unique social deception gameplay
  • Free to play with cosmetic microtransactions
  • Active developer and community engagement
  • Voice chat enhances immersion
  • Multiple game modes including story and survival

Things to keep in mind

  • Small player base limits matchmaking
  • Early access bugs and crashes
  • Learning curve for new players
  • Some balance issues with weapons and monster
  • Requires microphone for best experience

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Get Stuffed!

  • Dead by Daylight

  • SCP: Secret Laboratory

  • Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer

  • Wildgate

  • Marathon

Less dominating

Games that feels like Unfortunate Spacemen but with less domination over others

  • Killing Floor 2

  • Banzai Escape 2: Subterranean

  • Klaus Veen's Treason

  • Resident Evil 6

  • Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012)

  • Dead Effect 2 VR

Less competitive

Games that feels like Unfortunate Spacemen but with less competition against others

  • System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster

  • Nuclear Nightmare

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

  • Species: Unknown

  • PAYDAY™ The Heist

  • GTFO

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Unfortunate Spacemen but with less narrative immersion

  • Perfect Heist 2

  • LOCKDOWN Protocol

  • Splitgate

  • Red Eclipse

  • Grabity

  • Rogue Company

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

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Unfortunate Spacemen: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026