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SPACEPLAN

Jake Hollands · Devolver Digital · 2017-05-03

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 03, 2017 (Android), Aug 31, 2016 (Web browser), May 03, 2017 (Mac), May 04, 2017 (iOS), May 03, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

SPACEPLAN is an experimental piece of interaction based partly on a total misunderstanding of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time.

6
playing now
91%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Spaceplan is a 2016 clicker web game developed by Jake Hollands, as well as a 2017 expanded version published by Devolver Digital on 3 May, 2017 for Android, iOS, macOS, and Microsoft Windows, a day earlier than its intended launch date of the 4 May. In the game, the player is stuck on a ship in orbit around an unknown planet, whose only power source is potatoes. The player must gather resources in order to unlock stronger tools, with which to increase their resource gathering abilities. The game received universally positive reviews from critics, who stated that its narrative sci-fi elements improved the otherwise simplistic gameplay.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 166 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 86k–205k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,424 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.98 at Steam (2020-10-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 13 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12512520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1542026-08-11 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 15 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 14 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.982017-05-042026-08-132017-05-04 — best price $2.992017-11-22 — best price $1.492018-02-19 — best price $2.992018-06-21 — best price $1.492018-11-27 — best price $2.992019-06-26 — best price $1.492019-11-01 — best price $2.992019-12-19 — best price $1.492020-04-20 — best price $2.992020-11-25 — best price $0.982021-02-15 — best price $2.992021-10-28 — best price $0.982022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-05-05 — best price $0.982022-07-07 — best price $2.992022-08-22 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $0.982022-12-22 — best price $0.982023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-07-21 — best price $0.982023-11-22 — best price $0.982024-02-05 — best price $0.982024-05-03 — best price $0.982024-06-14 — best price $2.992024-07-18 — best price $0.982024-11-21 — best price $0.982025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $0.982025-05-29 — best price $0.982025-08-14 — best price $0.982025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-12-08 — best price $0.982026-03-05 — best price $0.982026-06-11 — best price $0.982026-08-13 — best price $0.98
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian…

Player tags

IdlerIndieSpaceCasualClickerAdventureSingleplayerGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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