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Human-powered spacecraft cover art

Human-powered spacecraft

Shiv · 2018-05-03

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 03, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A nostalgia-infused pixel clicker in a comedy wrapper. 

Human-powered spacecraft is a Casual, Indie game released in 2018, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 903 reviews).

0
playing now
94%
positive of 903 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
6h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 155 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity up 331% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,977 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 23k–54k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 903 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2023-05-08) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
434320182026Week of 2018-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1702026-09-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.282018-05-042026-07-272018-05-04 — best price $1.192018-07-30 — best price $1.992018-11-21 — best price $0.492019-01-03 — best price $0.992019-06-03 — best price $0.492019-07-29 — best price $0.992019-11-04 — best price $0.492020-01-02 — best price $0.992020-03-02 — best price $0.492020-06-22 — best price $0.992020-09-21 — best price $0.492020-11-16 — best price $0.992021-01-11 — best price $0.492021-03-08 — best price $0.992021-06-25 — best price $0.492021-09-27 — best price $0.992021-11-24 — best price $0.492022-01-24 — best price $0.992022-04-18 — best price $0.992022-07-18 — best price $0.492022-10-03 — best price $0.992022-12-12 — best price $0.492023-01-23 — best price $0.992023-05-08 — best price $0.282023-08-14 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.492024-01-15 — best price $0.992024-04-01 — best price $0.492024-07-11 — best price $0.992024-10-07 — best price $0.492024-12-04 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-05-12 — best price $0.992025-07-28 — best price $0.492025-10-06 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-03-16 — best price $0.992026-06-01 — best price $0.492026-07-27 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
96.4%
earned "Space firefighter"
91.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Catalan

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,67781%10

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

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyIdlerSpaceCasualSci-fiClickerRelaxingNarration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.