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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 · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager is a $29.99 Simulation and Strategy game released in 2014, with Mostly Positive (77% of 500 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners.

1
playing now
77%
positive of 500 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 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

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 16,739 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 500 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 83 of 119 observed days · $1.35 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720162026Week of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$4.642015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $29.992015-12-22 — best price $14.992016-09-06 — best price $29.992017-07-05 — best price $29.992018-02-19 — best price $29.992018-10-29 — best price $22.492019-02-25 — best price $11.992019-08-21 — best price $11.992020-01-16 — best price $29.992020-04-22 — best price $29.992020-11-02 — best price $11.992021-05-24 — best price $9.892021-12-13 — best price $7.792022-05-10 — best price $9.892022-10-24 — best price $11.392023-01-31 — best price $29.992023-05-08 — best price $10.492023-09-12 — best price $29.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-04-16 — best price $12.892024-07-12 — best price $29.992024-09-30 — best price $29.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-02-25 — best price $29.992025-05-10 — best price $29.992025-07-28 — best price $29.992025-11-05 — best price $29.992026-02-02 — best price $29.992026-04-28 — best price $29.992026-07-29 — best price $29.992026-09-10 — best price $5.992026-09-30 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
73.4%
earned "Earth Orbiting Satellite"
20.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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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