Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander

cosmoteer.netOfficial site, read 28 October 2026

Backs Online co-op, About, Building and creating, Fighting, Planning ahead, Getting better, Exploring, Unlocks and progress.

• Online co-op: Page says you explore the galaxy alone or in online co-op with friends.
• About: Describes designing starships and commanding them in battle while exploring a galaxy.
• Building and creating: Describes laying out a ship room by room, and a Creative Mode with unlimited resources.
• Fighting: Describes real-time tactical battles where every module can be targeted.
• Planning ahead: Describes commanding a ship or fleet, where the design decides how the ship performs.
• Getting better: Says the ship tools are easy to learn but hard to master.
• Exploring: Describes exploring a procedurally generated galaxy.
• Unlocks and progress: Mentions earning loot and upgrading your own ship.

steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026

Backs Most players online.

• Most players online: Update 0.28.0 patch notes of 2024-11-27 say a built-in mod raises the maximum number of players in co-op Career from 4 to 8, so the cap is 4 without it. Read through Steam's news feed. It applies to Career. No later patch note changes it.

blog.cosmoteer.netOfficial news, read 28 October 2026

Backs Online co-op.

• Online co-op: Maker blog of 2022-07-29 says the new Career Mode also supports co-op multiplayer.

blog.cosmoteer.netOfficial news, read 28 October 2026

Backs Online co-op, Kind of game, Sessions, Working in sync, Exploring.

• Online co-op: Maker blog of 2022-08-06 walks through one player hosting a saved Career game for a friend who joins.
• Kind of game: The example has a Career save where you mine, salvage and upgrade, then a friend joins and the two of you run missions and explore many systems.
• Sessions: The example has the pair exploring dozens of star systems over many hours in the same save.
• Working in sync: One friend flies and fights while the other designs and builds, and the pair can share one ship or each run their own.
• Exploring: The example checks unknown signals, then has the pair exploring dozens of star systems across the galaxy.

gamespress.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026

Backs Release status, Release date.

• Release status: Maker press release of 2022-10-04 says the game was headed into early access.
• Release date: The release says early access starts on October 24th.

store.steampowered.comStore page, read 28 October 2026

Backs Online co-op, Release status, Free base co-op, Kind of game, About, Building and creating, Exploring, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Getting better.

• Online co-op: Features list Online Co-op. LAN Co-op is listed separately and does not count as local co-op on one device.
• Release status: The page carries the Early Access block and the maker's roadmap notes.
• Free base co-op: Steam sells the game for 19.99 US dollars. The page also offers a demo, and the old free Cosmoteer Classic build on itch.io lists PvP multiplayer only, so neither makes co-op free.
• Kind of game: User tags include Survival, Building, Exploration and Online Co-Op.
• About: User tags include Sci-fi, Space and Spaceships.
• Building and creating: User tags include Building.
• Exploring: User tags include Exploration.
• Tension and danger: User tags include Difficult.
• Planning ahead: User tags include Strategy and Real-Time with Pause.
• Getting better: User tags include Difficult.

store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026

Backs Steam app ID, Online co-op, Platforms, Release status, Release date, Genres, Free base co-op.

• Online co-op: Categories include Online Co-op and LAN Co-op.
• Platforms: Steam lists Windows only, with no macOS or Linux build.
• Release status: Steam lists the game under the Early Access genre.
• Release date: Steam shows Oct 24, 2022, the day early access began.
• Genres: Steam lists Simulation and Strategy, which agree with Wikidata.
• Free base co-op: Steam marks the game as not free.

walternaterealities.itch.ioStore page, read 28 October 2026

Backs Free base co-op.

• Free base co-op: This is the old free Cosmoteer Classic build 0.15.18. Its page describes PvP battles and no co-op, and the maker says the Steam version is far newer.

store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026

Backs Steam Deck.

• Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Playable on Steam Deck.

wikidata.orgWikidata, read 28 October 2026

Backs Wikidata item, Genres, Release date, Release status.

• Genres: P136 lists simulation video game and strategy video game.
• Release date: P577 is 2022-10-24, qualified as early access.
• Release status: The release date statement carries an early access qualifier.

pcgamer.comPress, read 28 October 2026

Backs Online co-op, Building and creating, Fighting, Unlocks and progress, Getting better.

• Online co-op: PC Gamer, 2022-10-30, says you can do the full loop with friends in co-op.
• Building and creating: Describes a starship designer where you command a growing custom fleet.
• Fighting: Describes defeating enemies as one part of a loop with contracts and mining.
• Unlocks and progress: Describes using loot from enemies, contracts and mining to upgrade your ship for harder tasks.
• Getting better: Says it is easier to start than other complex 2D ship builders, with more depth once you get into design.