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Kerbal Space Program 2

Intercept Games · Private Division · 2023-02-24

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IndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 24, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Kerbal Space Program 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed space-flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program. Enter the next generation of space adventure with exciting new parts, stunning visuals, fully revamped UI and Map View, and rich new environments to explore.

Kerbal Space Program 2 is an Indie, Simulation, Early Access game released in 2023, priced at $49.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Negative review sentiment (26% of 31983 reviews).

29
playing now
26%
positive of 32k reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$49.99
steam price (US)

29 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Kerbal Space Program 2 is an abandoned space flight simulation video game formerly developed by Intercept Games and published by Private Division, before the former was shut down. It is the sequel to 2015's Kerbal Space Program and was released in early access on February 24, 2023, for Windows only.

Trailer

Kerbal Space Program 2 trailer thumbnail

Kerbal Space Program 2 Cinematic Announce Trailer

≈425,705 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 29 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,260 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~158/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (9,427 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 49,476 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 640k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 31,983 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $27.95 at GameBillet (2025-03-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 0 of 3 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.8k4.8k20232026Week of 2023-02-01: 4,825 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4,602 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,444 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,317 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 277 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,010 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 276 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 547 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,124 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 927 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,169 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 443 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 395 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 312 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 336 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 566 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 415 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 314 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 235 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 266 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 66 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

63172026-09-14 20:00 — 43 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 17 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 27 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 46 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 34 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 27 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 48 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 34 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 36 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 52 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 35 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 30 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 50 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 43 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 30 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 54 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 38 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 27 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 43 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 49 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 33 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 41 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 56 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.5k50Mar 2023Aug 2026Mar 2023 — avg 1,411 · peak 4,361May 2023 — avg 267 · peak 568Jul 2023 — avg 266 · peak 601Sep 2023 — avg 155 · peak 372Nov 2023 — avg 178 · peak 399Jan 2024 — avg 1,466 · peak 3,876Mar 2024 — avg 715 · peak 1,464May 2024 — avg 262 · peak 560Jul 2024 — avg 151 · peak 277Sep 2024 — avg 115 · peak 221Nov 2024 — avg 118 · peak 222Jan 2025 — avg 99 · peak 197Mar 2025 — avg 93 · peak 175May 2025 — avg 74 · peak 141Jul 2025 — avg 65 · peak 116Sep 2025 — avg 57 · peak 118Nov 2025 — avg 60 · peak 129Jan 2026 — avg 58 · peak 123Mar 2026 — avg 60 · peak 134May 2026 — avg 121 · peak 313Jul 2026 — avg 50 · peak 85Aug 2026 — avg 50 · peak 91
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$27.952023-02-202026-06-302023-02-20 — best price $49.992023-03-04 — best price $49.992023-03-16 — best price $49.992023-04-13 — best price $49.592023-06-11 — best price $49.992023-07-07 — best price $43.492023-08-06 — best price $49.992023-08-24 — best price $34.292023-09-16 — best price $34.972023-09-30 — best price $49.992023-10-26 — best price $35.992023-11-21 — best price $49.992023-12-19 — best price $37.492024-01-12 — best price $43.492024-01-30 — best price $37.492024-02-20 — best price $40.492024-03-08 — best price $49.992024-03-31 — best price $49.992024-04-26 — best price $40.492024-05-31 — best price $40.492024-06-28 — best price $33.962024-07-31 — best price $49.992024-08-30 — best price $41.472024-10-18 — best price $34.192024-11-16 — best price $49.992024-12-03 — best price $41.472025-01-01 — best price $39.992025-01-24 — best price $43.492025-03-06 — best price $49.992025-03-26 — best price $29.992026-06-30 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3251192026-05-30 — 261 pageviews2026-06-03 — 272 pageviews2026-06-07 — 195 pageviews2026-06-11 — 153 pageviews2026-06-15 — 156 pageviews2026-06-19 — 199 pageviews2026-06-23 — 163 pageviews2026-06-27 — 203 pageviews2026-07-01 — 158 pageviews2026-07-05 — 196 pageviews2026-07-09 — 195 pageviews2026-07-13 — 176 pageviews2026-07-17 — 174 pageviews2026-07-21 — 169 pageviews2026-07-25 — 225 pageviews2026-07-29 — 149 pageviews2026-08-02 — 172 pageviews2026-08-06 — 163 pageviews2026-08-10 — 153 pageviews2026-08-14 — 131 pageviews2026-08-18 — 153 pageviews2026-08-22 — 175 pageviews2026-08-26 — 156 pageviews2026-08-30 — 162 pageviews2026-09-03 — 139 pageviews2026-09-07 — 160 pageviews2026-09-11 — 151 pageviews2026-09-15 — 150 pageviews2026-09-19 — 159 pageviews2026-09-23 — 158 pageviews2026-09-27 — 164 pageviews2026-10-01 — 139 pageviews2026-10-05 — 146 pageviews2026-10-08 — 160 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnySpaceSci-fiPhysicsSandboxScienceBuildingDifficultRealisticSpace Sim

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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