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I'm surprised no one mentioned SpaceTeam yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3fsvKnIVJg

It's not exactly what you're looking for, but still the most unique and fun game I've played in this "group of people piloting a spaceship" genre.

You play on a phone with other people physically next to you, each person being presented with a randomly generated UI elements with labels that's purposely confusing.

To keep your ship traveling and alive, commands will randomly pop up on everyone's screens with instructions of what to do; The vast majority of which are on other people's devices.

If your team doesn't react fast enough, you eventually lose.

Sometimes you'll be hit by astronomical events like black holes or asteroid fields which cause the game to go much faster, leading to people stressfully yelling "WE NEED TO CREAM THE CORN. WHO HAS THE CORN, CREAM IT RIGHT NOW!"

Not what you're looking for, but I think a lot of readers here would enjoy it :)



SpaceTeam is so much fun.

I always want to suggest it to people who don't game much, but it can be a real struggle to get people to download an app. So, I have it on two devices, so I can handle at least one real stick-in-the-mud.


I found getting everyone’s phones to connect a little cumbersome too. This was a year or two ago though, maybe they’ve fixed some bugs.


It is particularly annoying, and unpredictably annoying when trying to connect over bluetooth, because apparently every bluetooth radio is some completely unique thing that has grudges against other bluetooth radios at random.


Huge fan of SpaceTeam but boy howdy does it stress me out sometimes haha. Lots of good memories of playing with my family and hearing the most absurd phrases being screamed at the top of their lungs.

RECOMBOBULATE THE AERATOR! PAY TAXES! SURVIVE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE!


i was going to say spaceteam. not at all the game they were looking for but absolutely a game everyone should play.




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