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MIMESIS
Scavenge with friends while monsters copy your voices and make each reunion hard to trust.
Online co-op for up to 4 players.
- 4 online
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-op4 players
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- Not confirmedA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckVerifiedValve's own rating
About the game
You search abandoned buildings for scrap while a tram waits outside. Bring enough back to keep travelling, buy equipment and prepare for another stop. Rain contaminates you, monsters patrol the rooms, and staying out too late can leave you without shelter. Some creatures look and sound like people in your group.
Up to four players work together online, using microphones as they explore and carry supplies. You need to judge a familiar voice while deciding how much danger to accept for another load of scrap. Unexpected imitations can turn a careful plan into an argument or a joke.
How it feels
Kind of game
A group of friends, loose goals and a lot of messing around. Failing is part of the fun, and the best moments are the ones nobody planned.
- At its heart
- Now and then
- Story
- Time to hang out
- Fighting
- Puzzles and figuring out
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- About
- Scavenging, Monsters
Rated on our own feel scale. 6 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
If you liked MIMESIS
You will probably enjoy these too. Each one says why.
Murky Divers
Why it scores 84%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Chaotic friend hangout
- About
- Scavenging and Monsters
- Notable in both
- Fear, Laughter and chaos, Working in sync, Exploring, Tension and danger, Getting better
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Murky Divers differs
- More slapstick than MIMESIS
- Fits a bigger group than MIMESIS
- 8 online
- Crossplay
Both are chaotic hangouts for a group of friends. Both are about scavenging for loot and monsters that hunt you. Both are often scary.
But more slapstick than MIMESIS.
Cleaner Company
Why it scores 82%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Chaotic friend hangout
- About
- Monsters
- Notable in both
- Fear, Laughter and chaos, Working in sync, Tension and danger
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How Cleaner Company differs
- More slapstick than MIMESIS
- More to unlock than MIMESIS
- Coming 28 January 2027
- 4 online
Both are chaotic hangouts for a group of friends. Both are about monsters that hunt you. Both get loud and silly when plans go wrong.
But more slapstick than MIMESIS.
Lethal Company
Why it scores 81%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Chaotic friend hangout
- About
- Scavenging and Monsters
- Notable in both
- Fear, Laughter and chaos, Working in sync, Exploring, Tension and danger
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How Lethal Company differs
- More slapstick than MIMESIS
- Early access
- 4 online
Both are chaotic hangouts for a group of friends. Both are about scavenging for loot and monsters that hunt you. Both are often scary.
But more slapstick than MIMESIS.
All co-op facts
Last checked 24 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
- 10
- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Friends can join mid-game
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
Sources
10 pages
mimesis.relugames.comOfficial site, read 23 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Genres, About.
- Online co-op: The maker identifies a four player co-op survival horror game.
- Most players online: The maker promotes four players. Steam explicitly says up to four, rather than requiring exactly four.
- Genres: The maker names survival horror.
- About: Players collect scrap for their tram while creatures imitate their companions.
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 23 October 2026
Backs Most players online, Platforms, Release status, Release date, Steam app ID, Sessions, Tension and danger.
- Most players online: The current Early Access answers say up to four people.
- Platforms: The released Steam build lists Windows requirements. No other released platform is confirmed here.
- Release status: The page still labels the game Early Access.
- Release date: The page gives October 27, 2025 as its Early Access start.
- Steam app ID: The live product identifies MIMESIS at app 2827200.
- Sessions: The maker says maps are reshuffled for each run.
- Tension and danger: You need to return before midnight as contaminated rain makes remaining outside dangerous.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 23 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Verified on Steam Deck.
press.krafton.comOfficial news, read 23 October 2026
Backs Story, Fear.
- Story: The September 29, 2025 announcement gives the ruined world and transforming rain as the setup.
- Fear: The maker calls it psychological horror built around uncertain identities.
steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 23 October 2026
Backs Most players online, Working in sync, Planning ahead.
- Most players online: The September Logistics mode notice specifies crews of up to four. Extra figures at the worksite are part of its monster premise.
- Working in sync: Cargo mode asks crews to share loading and maintenance work.
- Planning ahead: Matching cargo to destinations and maintaining the tram affect earnings.
tryhardguides.comPress, read 23 October 2026
Backs Voice chat by distance, Kind of game, Puzzles and figuring out, Time to hang out.
- Voice chat by distance: Try Hard Guides, December 10, 2025, explicitly identifies the in-game proximity chat.
- Kind of game: The review describes the trust and unpredictable group energy needed for its impersonation trick.
- Puzzles and figuring out: Recognising a false teammate creates a small deduction task. The reviewer finds it predictable after a short time.
- Time to hang out: Conversation feeds the impersonations, but dangerous scavenging keeps much of that talk focused on the run.
opiumpulses.comPress, read 23 October 2026
Backs Laughter and chaos, Fear, Exploring, Fighting, Getting better.
- Laughter and chaos: Opium Pulses, August 9, 2026, reports friends being fooled and spectators using mimics to prank survivors.
- Fear: The review describes frightening creature encounters, while an earlier critic finds the cartoon horror weak. The mixed evidence supports two.
- Exploring: Large buildings can leave the group lost while searching for scrap.
- Fighting: The group can buy and improve weapons, though evasion and looting remain central.
- Getting better: Navigation and difficult creature encounters take practice. The reviewer reports repeated failed attempts.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 23 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID.
- Steam app ID: The public store response identifies this product at app 2827200.
steamcommunity.comOfficial support page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Voice chat by distance.
- Voice chat by distance: The developer-marked ReLU reply on October 31, 2025 acknowledges a joining bug that made voices audible at any distance. This supports intended distance-limited chat, not a claim that the historical bug remains current.
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Free base co-op.
- Free base co-op: The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.