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Stable Orbit - Build your own space station

Jim Offerman · 2017-09-27

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 27, 2017 (Mac), Sep 27, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 27, 2017 (Linux)

Design, build and control your own space station. Mission command and control is in your hands and only careful planning and vigilant supervision will keep your crew and space station safe.

Stable Orbit - Build your own space station is a 2017 Casual, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (50% of 379 reviews).

0
playing now
50%
positive of 379 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
58/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (38 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.5k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 379 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.20 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-02) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320162026Week of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.202016-08-042025-10-062016-08-04 — best price $13.572016-10-13 — best price $12.742016-10-21 — best price $12.792016-11-14 — best price $14.992016-12-20 — best price $12.742017-02-06 — best price $11.242017-04-12 — best price $11.242017-04-18 — best price $11.242017-04-28 — best price $11.242017-06-22 — best price $7.492017-09-07 — best price $10.042017-10-06 — best price $14.992017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-01-11 — best price $7.492018-03-19 — best price $7.492018-04-29 — best price $14.992018-06-21 — best price $3.752018-07-18 — best price $3.752018-09-10 — best price $3.742018-10-05 — best price $3.742018-11-15 — best price $3.742018-12-10 — best price $3.742019-01-10 — best price $3.742019-05-23 — best price $14.992019-06-21 — best price $14.992019-07-14 — best price $14.992019-08-26 — best price $14.992019-10-21 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $3.742019-12-07 — best price $14.992020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $13.392022-06-20 — best price $19.992022-10-24 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992024-10-03 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $1.992025-10-06 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

SpaceSci-fiSandboxBuildingStrategyRealisticSpace SimColony SimManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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