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MISERY
A grim co-op survival game where up to ten players raid a radioactive zone and expand a shared bunker.
Online co-op for up to 10 players.
- 10 online
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-op10 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
After a nuclear strike, you shelter in a bunker. Each day you go out into a ruined, radioactive zone to search for loot, and you need to be back before nightfall. The places you visit are generated fresh, so each trip is different. Mutants, bandits and strange anomalies wait for you, and you also have to watch hunger, thirst, radiation and stress.
Back home you stash what you found, craft gear, cook, grow food and add rooms to the bunker. Up to ten players share one world, and the host runs it from their own PC. Voice chat only reaches players who are close, so a friend who wanders off goes quiet. You can also play alone.
The mood is bleak and tense, with a few scares and some silly moments mixed in. It suits a group that wants a lasting base to come back to and can live with a few rough edges.
How it feels
Kind of game
One lasting world your group settles. You gather, build and push into dangerous places together.
- A big part
- Now and then
- Laughter and chaos
- Calm and coziness
- Working in sync
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- About
- Scavenging, Monsters, Post-apocalypse
Rated on our own feel scale. 7 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
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- Kind of game
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- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Co-op
- Online co-op
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- Crossplay
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- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
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- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Co-op
- Online co-op
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- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- About
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- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Co-op
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Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both are about scavenging for loot and monsters that hunt you. Both are often scary.
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All co-op facts
Last checked 28 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
Steam sells one edition for 19.99 USD and marks it as not free. The demo and the free weekend were temporary and are not counted.
- 19
- 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
16 pages
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Online co-op, Release status, Release date, Platforms, Free base co-op.
- Online co-op: Steam categories include Co-op and Online Co-op.
- Release status: Steam shows the game as released and not coming soon.
- Release date: Steam shows Oct 23, 2025.
- Platforms: Steam flags Windows and Linux. The maker's note on the store page says there is no native Linux build, so the maker wins and only Windows is listed.
- Free base co-op: Steam sells one edition for 19.99 USD and marks it as not free. The demo and the free weekend were temporary and are not counted.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Verified on Steam Deck.
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Most players online, Platforms, Genres, Kind of game, Sessions, About, Fear, Tension and danger, Exploring, Building and creating, Fighting, Time to hang out, Unlocks and progress, Planning ahead.
- Most players online: The short description calls it a co-op survival game for 1 to 10 players. The maker's update post gives the same cap.
- Platforms: The maker's requirements note says the game runs on Linux through Proton and has no native Linux support.
- Genres: The About text calls it a co-op rogue-lite survival game. User tags include Survival Horror, which matches Wikidata.
- Kind of game: The About text and tags describe one bunker that the group expands while raiding the zone. Tags include Open World Survival Craft and Base Building.
- Sessions: The group keeps and grows one bunker over many days. The rogue-lite wording points to repeat runs, but the lasting base and saved world decide it.
- About: The About text has you scavenge generated locations and meet mutated creatures. It puts you in a bunker after a nuclear war, raiding radioactive ruins and ruined cities.
- Fear: User tags include Horror, Survival Horror and Atmospheric. The About text says stress makes you hear whispers and see things.
- Tension and danger: The About text has a siren, a bunker dash, and hunger, thirst and radiation that can kill you. Back at the bunker you get room to breathe.
- Exploring: User tags include Exploration and Procedural Generation. You visit new generated locations each day.
- Building and creating: User tags include Base Building and Crafting. The About text lists generators, crafting stations, food growing and decorating.
- Fighting: User tags include Shooter. The About text mentions bandits and mutated creatures.
- Time to hang out: The About text describes sitting by the fire with friends and unwinding at the bar between raids.
- Unlocks and progress: The bunker grows room by room and loot is traded with a merchant for gear.
- Planning ahead: You choose what to carry out of each raid and have to be back before nightfall.
steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Most players online.
- Most players online: The maker's 2026-04-18 post says worlds now take up to 10 players and that hosting more than 4 needs a strong PC and connection. Launch press says 5, which was the cap before this update.
steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op.
- Online co-op: The maker says the game is peer to peer, hosted on the host's machine, with no dedicated servers.
steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Voice chat by distance.
- Voice chat by distance: Patch notes from 2025-10-07 tell players to switch on proximity chat.
steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Voice chat by distance.
- Voice chat by distance: Patch notes from 2025-11-29 say the voice chat radius grew so you hear your comrades better. A radius means only players in range are heard. No page uses the word fade.
steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Release status, Release date.
- Release status: The maker's launch post says the game is out on Steam and can be played now.
- Release date: The launch post is dated 2025-10-23.
steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Free base co-op.
- Free base co-op: The 2026-05-20 post mentions a Free Weekend event, which was temporary and does not make the base game free.
steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Getting better.
- Getting better: The 2026-03-17 update adds four difficulty presets up to a Hardcore one with permadeath, plus custom settings. Skill and difficulty choices matter.
steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Fighting.
- Fighting: The 2026-10-23 anniversary post reworks gunplay and calls gunfights an essential part of the game.
wikidata.orgWikidata, read 28 October 2026
Backs Wikidata item, Genres.
- Genres: P136 lists action game, adventure video game, action-adventure game and survival horror.
gamingonlinux.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Getting better, Fear.
- Getting better: GamingOnLinux, 2025-10-23, calls the difficulty brutal.
- Fear: The same article describes a spooky, tense atmosphere full of anomalies and mutants.
pcgameshardware.dePress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Tension and danger, Building and creating.
- Tension and danger: PC Games Hardware, 2025-10-26, says hunger, thirst, radiation and stress keep the tension high.
- Building and creating: The same article says the bunker is expanded step by step and reviewers like the base building.
automaton-media.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Calm and coziness, Tension and danger.
- Calm and coziness: Automaton, 2025-10-24, presents the bunker as the safe base where you can catch your breath.
- Tension and danger: The same article says the threat of a nuclear strike and a race to the bunker add tension.
steamcommunity.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Laughter and chaos, Working in sync.
- Laughter and chaos: Top-rated English reviews tell of funny moments, such as a friend blowing up the shared bunker with a grenade and players luring dwarves with vodka. Play stays controlled, so chaos is minor.
- Working in sync: Reviews describe playing with friends and watching each other's backs, but a player can also do fine alone.