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Lethal Company on PC. Click to open it full size.
Lethal Company is a co-op horror game for PC from Zeekerss, available on Steam. You and up to three friends land on abandoned moons, grab scrap from creepy buildings and sell it to the Company. Miss the profit quota and the run is over.
The tension comes from talking to each other. Voice chat only carries as far as your voice would, so a friend who wanders off goes silent. Half the fun is hearing them scream from somewhere you cannot see.
It came out in Early Access on October 23, 2023, and one person, Zeekerss, makes it. It runs on Windows 10 and 11, needs an internet connection, and plays solo or with up to four people.
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What You Need to Know
- It is a paid game on Steam, in Early Access since 2023, made by one developer.
- It is built for four friends with microphones. Solo works, but it is much harder.
- It needs an internet connection, and each player needs their own copy.
- It is Windows only. There is no console or Mac version.
- Mods are a big part of it, through Thunderstore. There is no Steam Workshop.
Quick Facts
How to Download Lethal Company on Windows
Steam is the only PC store that sells it. You need 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 and about 4 GB of free space.
- Step 1. Install Steam. Download it from the Steam website and sign in.
- Step 2. Open the store page. Go to Lethal Company on Steam.
- Step 3. Buy the game. Click Add to Cart and check out.
- Step 4. Install it. Pick a drive with 4 GB free and confirm.
- Step 5. Launch it and host or join a crew. Invite friends through Steam, or join a game they are hosting.
Playing with friends? Each person needs their own copy. Steam Family Sharing is supported, so a family member can borrow it from your library. Everyone should be on the same game version, so let Steam finish any update before you join.
💡 Your PC is too weak? Cloud gaming is an option. Try Boosteroid.
Price and Early Access
There is one edition and no DLC. Every update so far has been free, and Zeekerss has said he does not plan to change the price when the game leaves Early Access.
Early Access here means updates come in bursts, sometimes with months between them, because one person makes the game. The Blooming Update added three new creatures for the forest moons, a reworked March, a utility slot for store tools and new graphics and accessibility settings. Zeekerss has not set a date for the full release.
What Is Lethal Company?
Lethal Company puts you to work as a contractor for the Company, a faceless employer that wants scrap. Your crew flies a small ship from moon to moon, lands, and goes into old factories and mines to find anything worth selling. Each quota is higher than the last, and the game ends the moment you miss one.
Your ship is home base, with a terminal, a radar screen and a rack of suits.
The buildings are full of traps and creatures, and most of them punish anyone who goes in alone. One player can stay on the ship and watch the radar, calling out danger and opening locked doors from the terminal, while the others search. Money from each sale buys tools, trips to riskier moons, or new suits and decorations for the ship.
If the whole crew dies, the autopilot flies the ship home and the scrap is lost.
The clock matters too. Moons get far more dangerous at night, so the crew has to drag everything back to the ship before dark and decide whether to wait for the friend who has not come back. The low-resolution, grainy look is on purpose, and it hides just enough to keep you guessing.
Official Trailer
Watch the official trailer for Lethal Company to see the crew landing on a moon, searching a dark facility and running from what lives inside.
Key Features
Work as a crew of four. Voice chat fades with distance, so staying close keeps you talking.
Cheap moons are safe and poor. Costly ones pay more and hide worse things inside.
The radar and terminal let one player guide the others and open locked doors from afar.
Buy flashlights, shovels, walkie-talkies, stun grenades and boomboxes with your earnings.
Scan each creature you find to add a log entry that explains what it does.
Quotas rise until the crew fails. Then it starts over, a little smarter.
Scrap can be anything, from a toy robot to a stop sign. The heavier it is, the slower you move.
Is This Game for You?
Our Take
🎮 Our Take
Lethal Company is a great reason to get a group of friends into voice chat. The idea is simple, but distance-based voice, a quota that always wins in the end, and creatures you learn by dying to them turn every trip into a story you retell later. It has been in Early Access since 2023, though, and one developer means long gaps between updates. Played solo, a lot of the magic is gone.
If you have a regular group with mics, buy it. It is cheap, and the mods on Thunderstore keep it fresh for a long time. If you play alone, or want a polished game with a clear finish line, skip it or wait for the full release.
System Requirements
These are the specs Zeekerss lists on Steam. There is only a minimum spec, and it is light. No memory amount or recommended spec is published.
Most gaming PCs and laptops from the last several years with a dedicated graphics card meet this. Mods add to the load, especially big content packs, so a modded game needs more headroom than the base game. If you are shopping for a new machine, our Best Gaming Desktops guide is a good place to start.
Tips for Beginners
Stay in voice range
Voice fades with distance. Buy walkie-talkies early so the crew can still talk once you split up.
Leave someone on the ship
A player on the radar and terminal can call out traps and open locked doors for the team inside.
Head back before dark
Moons get far more dangerous at night. Start carrying scrap to the ship well before the day ends.
Watch your carry weight
Your helmet shows how much you are carrying. Heavy scrap slows you down, so drop it if you need to run.
Scan everything you meet
Scanning a creature adds it to the bestiary, and the entry tells you how to deal with it.
Best Lethal Company Mods to Start With
Lethal Company has no Steam Workshop. Mods live on Thunderstore and run through BepInEx, a free mod loader. The easy way in is the free r2modman mod manager: it installs BepInEx for you and keeps mods in a separate profile, so the normal game stays clean. These five are a good start.
💡 These are fan-made mods, not official ones. In co-op, most mods need every player to run the same list, so share an r2modman profile code with your crew. A game update can break mods until their authors catch up. To play without mods, launch the game from Steam as normal.
Lethal Company Screenshots
A walkie-talkie in the forest, a dark hallway with blood on the floor, a stop sign used as a weapon and flashlights in the dark from the Steam version. Click any image to open it full size.
Lethal Company FAQ
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Support and Community
- Zeekerss on itch.io, the developer’s own page with his other games.
- Steam news for Lethal Company, where update notes appear.
- Steam discussions, for questions, bug reports and finding a crew.
- Lethal Company on Thunderstore, for mods, and r2modman to install them.
- The Lethal Company Modding Wiki, for help installing and managing mods.
- r/pcgaming on Reddit, for PC game discussion and finding people to play with.
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