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Lethal Company
Lethal Company is a co-op horror game where players scavenge abandoned moons for scrap to sell to an ominous corporation, known for its emergent comedy and tension.
What is Lethal Company?
Lethal Company arrived on Steam Early Access in October 2023 and became an improbable cultural phenomenon within weeks — a single-developer horror co-op game about collecting scrap on derelict moons for a corporate overlord entity called "The Company" that captured the attention of millions of players and streamers simultaneously. Developer Zeekerss built something with a specific, achieved tone: equal parts terrifying, absurd, and hilarious, with a creature design philosophy that made every new moon feel genuinely threatening. The game reached 100,000 concurrent players during its initial surge.
Lethal Company uses Steam's P2P networking infrastructure via Steamworks for multiplayer sessions — there are no dedicated servers operated by the developer. The host player's machine acts as the session authority, with the game connecting other players through Steam's relay infrastructure. This architecture means that Lethal Company's online functionality is directly tied to Steam's friend connection and lobby services rather than any backend Zeekerss operates. Steam outages or relay service degradation affect Lethal Company multiplayer just as they affect any other Steam P2P game.
When Lethal Company multiplayer encounters problems, they typically manifest as failed lobby joins — clicking "join" through Steam friend invites returns an error or the session never connects. Host migration when the host player disconnects mid-expedition can cause the entire session to collapse rather than passing authority to another player, ending the run and losing any moon-collected loot not yet deposited. Steam connection issues that only partially affect relay routing produce high ping and desync where the monster the host sees is in a different position than what other clients show — a particularly terrifying gameplay experience that is not intended.
Outage.gg tracks Lethal Company connection issues through community reports from Steam players. If lobbies are failing to connect, Steam relay issues are affecting sessions, or co-op is generally broken, the live status page shows current player-reported impact.
Common Lethal Company Problems
Issues users most frequently report when Lethal Company is having problems.
Login failures
Players are unable to sign in, receiving authentication errors or being stuck on loading screens.
Matchmaking problems
Unable to find or join matches, long queue times, or errors when trying to connect to game servers.
Disconnections mid-session
Getting unexpectedly kicked from active sessions, losing in-game progress or items.
In-game store & purchases
Cannot load the in-game store, complete purchases, or received items are not appearing in inventory.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Lethal Company outages and server status.
You can check the live Lethal Company server status at outage.gg/services/lethal-company. The page shows real-time community-submitted outage reports, an hourly trend chart, and the current health status.
Lethal Company can stop working for a number of reasons including scheduled maintenance windows, unexpected server failures, network infrastructure problems, or DDoS attacks. Check the live status page on Outage.gg for the latest community reports to see if others are experiencing the same issue.
Go to outage.gg/services/lethal-company and click the "Report an Issue" button. Your report is counted immediately and helps confirm whether a problem is widespread. Reports from multiple users trigger a status change visible to everyone watching the page.
Click the "Notify Me" bell button on the Lethal Company status page at outage.gg/services/lethal-company. Create a free account and we will send you an email the moment Lethal Company comes back online — no app download required.
Yes. You can find official announcements at the Lethal Company website: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1966720/Lethal_Company. For real-time community outage data, Outage.gg tracks user reports as they happen and often picks up problems before official announcements.
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