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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.

Next Space Rebels is a $19.99 Indie Simulation game released in 2021, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 365 reviews).

4
playing now
85%
positive of 365 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3
Nexus mods (44 downloads)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 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

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (63 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.3k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 365 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
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 73 of 120 observed days · $14.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
535320212026Week of 2021-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$5.092021-11-172026-10-142021-11-17 — 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 $5.192026-09-01 — best price $5.992026-09-13 — best price $19.992026-09-25 — best price $5.992026-10-07 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
95.2%
earned "Aspiring Rocketeer"
15.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)3,2631%25
Steam (Steam)2542%25

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

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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