Lethal Company
Developer(s)Zeekerss
Publisher(s)Zeekerss
Engine
Platform(s)
Release
Genre(s)Survival horror, strategy, roguelike
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Lethal Company is a 2023 co-op horror game by Zeekerss. It takes place in a retrofuturistic post-apocalypse where players take on the role of contracted employees working for a corporation named the Company, collecting scrap from abandoned, industrialized moons, while having to avoid traps, environmental hazards, and monsters. It was released as an early access game on October 23, 2023.

Gameplay

A player holding a walkie-talkie in a forest.

Lethal Company is played only from a first-person perspective. Players are tasked with collecting scrap from abandoned, industrialized moons to meet the Company's profit quota. The game offers a balance between risk and reward, with a focus on exploration, survival, and strategy. It is characterized by a realistic atmosphere, where player characters can face intense situations, including dismemberment or decapitation via creatures, traps, or environmental hazards.[1][2]

Players must monitor their stamina level and weight carried visible on the heads-up display, as stamina can be depleted by sprinting, swimming, and carrying objects. They can gain money from selling collected scrap, which can be used to purchase items using a terminal console inside their ship.[3] Players can also collect these said items without having to buy them. Items like flashlights can be used to navigate through dark areas, melee weapons such as a shovel and a stop sign to fight hostile creatures, other types of weapons include stun grenades, a ranged weapon called a "zap gun", a walkie-talkie to communicate with other players outside of proximity chat, and ship decorations.[4]

The game offers seven different hazard levels in total, depending on the respective moon, which dictates what type of creatures there will be and how many enemies the player may encounter on the moon.[5][6] There is also a rank system that depends on the player's skill and success in missions.[7]

Development

The game is being created by indie developer Zeekerss.[8] It was released as an early access game for Microsoft Windows on October 23, 2023.[9] The developer plans to finish the game within 6 months.

Reception

Lethal Company has received critical acclaim on storefront Steam,[11][12][13][14] topping the platform's Global Top Seller list.[13] Kelsey Raynor of VG247 noted that the game "...might not look like much given its grisly cell-shaded graphics, but fans are wholly obsessed with Lethal Company, and its gruesome aesthetic is clearly just another part of its charm."[14] Gabriel Moss of IGN said its "co-op loot hunts already manage to transcend its limited content and missing systems," and that "Lethal Company already instills a sense of wonder."[10]

References

  1. ↑ Rothery, Jen. "Lethal Company Beginners Guide - Lethal Company Guide". IGN. Archived from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Lethal Company: Beginners Guide and Tips". Esports Rambles. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  3. ↑ Valentina Stella, Marloes (November 24, 2023). "How to make money in Lethal Company". gamesradar. Archived from the original on November 29, 2023. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  4. ↑ Rothery, Jen. "Lethal Company Tips and Tricks". IGN. Archived from the original on November 19, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Lethal Company: Moons Guide, Layout and Spawn Rate". Esports Rambles. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  6. ↑ Aditya Khan, Akib. "Hazard levels in Lethal Company explained". PC Invasion. Archived from the original on November 27, 2023. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  7. ↑ Novichenko, Arthur. "Lethal Company: All Ranks List & How to Increase Ranks". Game Rant. Archived from the original on November 27, 2023. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  8. ↑ Lane, Rick (November 20, 2023). "Co-op horror game Lethal Company costs $10 and is outselling Call of Duty on Steam". PC Gamer. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Lethal Company on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  10. 1 2 Moss, Gabriel (November 29, 2023). "Lethal Company Early Access Review". IGN. Archived from the original on November 30, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  11. ↑ Gerblick, Jordan (November 21, 2023). "Steam's new viral co-op horror hit has 30,000 'overwhelmingly positive' reviews and 100,000 peak players, rivaling Call of Duty, PUBG, and Apex Legends". gamesradar. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  12. ↑ Dinsdale, Ryan (November 20, 2023). "Lethal Company, Steam's Latest Hit, Reaches 100,000 Concurrent Players". IGN. Archived from the original on November 29, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  13. 1 2 Wood, Austin (November 27, 2023). "In under 6 weeks, co-op hit Lethal Company passes Baldur's Gate 3 and Resident Evil 4 to become the highest-rated Steam release of 2023". gamesradar. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  14. 1 2 Raynor, Kelsey (November 16, 2023). "This $10 Steam game is going massively viral, and it's easy to see why". VG247. Archived from the original on November 16, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
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