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Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager cover art

Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager

Polar Motion · Slitherine Ltd. · 2014-10-31

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Mar 12, 2015 (iOS), Sep 05, 2014 (Mac), Sep 05, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Space Program Manager (SPM) is the ultimate game of space exploration. It is the mid 1950s and the race for dominance between the US and the Soviet Union is about to move into a new dimension: space.

2
playing now
77%
positive of 498 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

It is the mid 1950s and the race for dominance between the US and the Soviet Union is about to move into a new dimension: space. Take charge of the US or Soviet space agencies - your duty is be the first to the moon. Carefully manage your budget by opening programs, spending R&D funds on improving the hardware, recruiting personnel and launching space missions in this realistic turn based strategy game.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 44% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 498 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-80%
GOG$5.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.64 at Fanatical (2025-06-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 47 of 83 observed days · $1.35 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

702026-08-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$4.792015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $29.992015-11-25 — best price $14.992016-06-21 — best price $29.992017-03-28 — best price $29.992017-11-28 — best price $29.992018-07-05 — best price $29.992018-12-12 — best price $11.992019-04-25 — best price $29.992019-09-24 — best price $11.992020-01-22 — best price $11.992020-04-22 — best price $29.992020-10-08 — best price $9.892021-02-25 — best price $9.892021-11-22 — best price $7.492022-03-21 — best price $9.892022-07-29 — best price $13.492022-11-23 — best price $13.492023-03-04 — best price $29.992023-06-11 — best price $9.892023-09-26 — best price $29.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-04-04 — best price $29.992024-06-20 — best price $7.492024-09-16 — best price $5.992024-11-18 — best price $29.992025-01-15 — best price $10.042025-03-27 — best price $29.992025-06-02 — best price $29.992025-08-18 — best price $29.992025-11-10 — best price $5.992026-02-02 — best price $29.992026-04-13 — best price $4.792026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4769%19

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

SpaceCold WarStrategyHistoricalManagementSimulationTurn-BasedMultiplayerReplay ValueSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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