The Game Census
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Rocket Science

unbeGames · 2020-02-20

Steam

SimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 20, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.

2
playing now
81%
positive of 176 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 77% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 6,714 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.5k–7.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 176 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $15.99 at Steam (2021-10-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
313120202026Week of 2020-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$15.992020-02-202026-07-092020-02-20 — best price $17.992020-09-07 — best price $17.992020-11-25 — best price $17.992021-02-11 — best price $17.992021-05-17 — best price $17.992021-07-12 — best price $17.992021-10-28 — best price $17.992021-12-22 — best price $15.992022-01-27 — best price $17.992022-05-02 — best price $15.992022-07-11 — best price $15.992022-09-19 — best price $15.992023-02-20 — best price $15.992023-04-03 — best price $15.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-10-23 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-26 — best price $19.992024-04-08 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-09-09 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-13 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-19 — best price $19.992025-07-21 — best price $19.992025-10-13 — best price $19.992026-01-12 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-18 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

SpaceFlightEconomyPhysicsSandboxScienceBuildingStrategyEducationRealistic

Census log

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

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