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Next Space Rebels cover art

Next Space Rebels

Studio Floris Kaayk · Balor Games · 2021-11-17

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 17, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 17, 2021 (Xbox One), Nov 17, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 17, 2021 (Mac)

SPACE IS FOR EVERYONE. In Next Space Rebels, you will develop from a naive rocket hobbyist into an experienced space activist by designing, building, and launching rockets of increasing complexity.

1
playing now
85%
positive of 364 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Order some parts online, get your camera, and grow your StarTube channel through rocket tinkering and often wacky challenges! With great fame comes great responsibility, and a sudden wrench in your path to greatness will take you on a journey towards space. The mysterious Next Space Rebels know that those who control the satellites now control the future of the internet. Will you join them in their race to internet freedom? Next Space Rebels enables the joy of creation, lessons of failure, and progress of experimentation, generally reserved for complex sim games, through its accessible “note(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 41% of 18,161 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.3k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 364 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99-70%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.09 at Fanatical (2026-03-09) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 52 of 81 observed days · $0.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$5.092021-11-172026-08-302021-11-17 — best price $15.992022-01-13 — best price $19.992022-02-12 — best price $17.882022-03-24 — best price $19.992022-05-26 — best price $17.882022-07-17 — best price $19.992022-09-06 — best price $19.992022-10-30 — best price $11.722022-11-29 — best price $16.672023-01-03 — best price $19.992023-02-04 — best price $19.992023-04-04 — best price $19.992023-05-14 — best price $9.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992023-08-04 — best price $17.972023-10-03 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $9.992023-12-20 — best price $9.992024-02-13 — best price $17.212024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-03 — best price $19.992024-06-08 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $7.992024-08-20 — best price $16.992024-11-05 — best price $16.992024-12-20 — best price $6.392025-02-03 — best price $13.942025-04-23 — best price $13.942025-08-21 — best price $19.992025-11-05 — best price $19.992026-01-03 — best price $19.992026-02-11 — best price $5.982026-04-01 — best price $19.992026-06-02 — best price $15.892026-08-03 — best price $5.192026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

FMVFunnyIndieSpaceModernPuzzlePhysicsSandboxScienceBuilding

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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