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In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

Release DateApr 27, 2015
Price$ 39.99  Top 2%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)95.1% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 10% / 94.9%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)93.6% Top 1% / 93.6%  Top 1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)96.9K  Top 1% / 119.4K  Top 1%
Curators749 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time143.1 hours  Top 1%
Play Time per Dollar3.6 hours  Top 3%
Followers283.8K  Top 1%
Owners± 5M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 3.6M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 53.2M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Kerbal Space Program steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Kerbal Space Program's Steam rating and reviews between March 2013 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 98.7% (March 2013) to 92.1% (October 2018).

With 119.4K reviews Top 1%, Kerbal Space Program is an undeniable major AAA level success. The November 2019 peak suggests that there was a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Kerbal Space Program and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Kerbal Space Program's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (68%), followed by Simplified Chinese (8%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 28 different languages represented. The game is available in 9 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying Kerbal Space Program percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Kerbal Space Program, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The reviews during the game's time in Early Access are visible too. You'll notice that the time played is very impressive, reaching 454 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 3.5 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (254 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Kerbal Space Program's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Limitless creative freedom
  • Well designed, challenging career mode
  • Unbelievably impressive attention to detail
  • Incredible sense of satisfaction
  • Rewards persistence
  • Kerbals are hilarious
  • Realistic physics
  • Tons of gameplay and replay value
  • Full Steam workshop support
  • You can import some pretty cool designs
  • Mass amounts of information
  • A bit overwhelming at times
  • Default text size too small
  • Various camera modes can lead to nausea
  • A few graphical glitches
  • Frustrating UI
  • Unintuitive left/right click mechanisms
  • Time warp fail
  • Sticky context menus never disappear even though not pinned

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's score of 95.1%  Top 10% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Kerbal Space Program's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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