YouTube shut down its original content group in early 2022 but committed to completing and releasing shows that it had already contracted for, including In Space with Markiplier.
"In Space with Markiplier" contains several other, smaller stories in it, for example "Where in the World With Markiplier?" or "Bomb Defusion With Markiplier".
Markiplier (real name: Mark Fischbach) is one of YouTube's highest-earning and most popular creators, with 32.5 million subscribers.
About five hours after its release Monday, it had garnered more than 1.4 million views.
YouTube first announced in June 2020 that it had ordered this second interactive special from Markiplier. His first, A Heist With Markiplier, premiered in 2019 and let viewers control the decisions of the YouTube gamer as he embarks on a classic museum heist. To date, the show has reached more than 37 million views.