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Spaceflight Simulator

Team Curiosity ✦ · 2022-02-17

Steam

IndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 18, 2022 (Mac), Feb 18, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.

Spaceflight Simulator is an Indie, Simulation, Early Access game released in 2022, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 9744 reviews).

98
playing now
97%
positive of 9.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

98 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Spaceflight Simulator trailer thumbnail

Spaceflight Simulator 2 Sequel Announcement Trailer

≈421,513 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 98 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,796 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~350/week).
  • · Review velocity up 236% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 49,569 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 195k–438k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,744 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2022-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
88988920222026Week of 2022-02-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 889 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 654 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

231552026-09-15 13:00 — 94 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 111 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 83 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 162 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 168 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 65 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 81 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 108 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 114 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 124 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 129 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 101 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 77 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 171 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 149 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 87 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 150 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 123 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 91 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 177 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 138 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 62 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 98 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
74175Feb 2022Aug 2026Feb 2022 — avg 188 · peak 469Apr 2022 — avg 93 · peak 177Jun 2022 — avg 75 · peak 140Aug 2022 — avg 79 · peak 126Oct 2022 — avg 118 · peak 218Dec 2022 — avg 149 · peak 236Feb 2023 — avg 116 · peak 221Apr 2023 — avg 136 · peak 274Jun 2023 — avg 148 · peak 241Aug 2023 — avg 110 · peak 172Oct 2023 — avg 110 · peak 222Dec 2023 — avg 111 · peak 203Feb 2024 — avg 125 · peak 229Apr 2024 — avg 117 · peak 215Jun 2024 — avg 117 · peak 184Aug 2024 — avg 110 · peak 169Oct 2024 — avg 130 · peak 251Dec 2024 — avg 135 · peak 241Feb 2025 — avg 121 · peak 200Apr 2025 — avg 117 · peak 218Jun 2025 — avg 93 · peak 156Aug 2025 — avg 92 · peak 161Oct 2025 — avg 99 · peak 190Dec 2025 — avg 124 · peak 290Feb 2026 — avg 147 · peak 257Apr 2026 — avg 741 · peak 1,621Jun 2026 — avg 256 · peak 480Aug 2026 — avg 136 · peak 215
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$5.992022-02-182026-07-092022-02-18 — best price $11.992022-03-29 — best price $10.792022-04-05 — best price $11.992022-06-23 — best price $7.912022-07-07 — best price $11.992022-12-22 — best price $5.992023-01-05 — best price $11.992023-07-02 — best price $7.192023-07-13 — best price $11.992023-09-18 — best price $8.992023-09-25 — best price $11.992023-12-21 — best price $5.992024-01-04 — best price $11.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-07-11 — best price $11.992024-09-02 — best price $5.992024-09-09 — best price $11.992024-09-11 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $7.492024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-12-24 — best price $5.992025-12-31 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-04-04 — best price $8.992026-04-07 — best price $14.992026-05-08 — best price $9.892026-05-18 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DIndieSpacePhysicsSandboxScienceBuildingCraftingSpace SimSimulation

Census log

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

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