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Expedition: Into Darkness lobby stuck at 0/5, can't start (fix)

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September 23, 2026

Expedition: Into Darkness Steam Discussions — "offline mode" ↗

The party lobby shows "0/5" even though you're in it, and pressing start after picking a map does nothing — including when trying to play solo offline. Only a full game restart clears it, and it can recur.

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Two separate Steam Discussions threads describe the same symptom: one player specifically tried solo, offline play and got stuck at "0/5" with the start button unresponsive; another described intermittently getting "kicked out of the lobby I'm hosting," also landing at 0/5, needing a restart before they could host or join again. Neither Antediluvian Interactive nor a patch note has addressed this directly. It reads as a lobby/session-service hiccup rather than something local to one player's machine, since it has hit a player trying to play entirely offline as well as a player hosting for others — but with no developer statement and only two independent reports so far, that's not settled.

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What to try

  1. 01

    Fully restart the game before hosting or joining again

    Fully restart the game (not just return to the main menu) before trying to host or join again — both players who reported this needed a restart to clear it.

    Reported
  2. 02

    Create the lobby again instead of repeatedly pressing start

    If it happens while trying to play solo offline, try creating the lobby again rather than repeatedly pressing start on the same stuck screen.

    Unconfirmed
  3. 03

    Report it in Steam Discussions or Discord with solo/host details

    Report it in Steam Discussions or the official Discord with whether you were solo or hosting a group, since only two reports exist and more detail would help pin down the cause.

    Unconfirmed

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