Kerbal Space Program
Last updated: 2026-01-19
- Steep but rewarding learning curve experience
- Realistic physics and creative open-ended gameplay
- Educational spaceflight simulator with humor
- Complex and unintuitive UI frustrates players
- Frequent mission failures and Kerbal losses
- Outdated graphics and mod dependency issues
Emotions
Frustration16%Satisfaction15%Excitement11%Amusement9%Enthusiasm6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 131,631
- Positive
- 125,36295.2%
- Negative
- 6,2694.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 9,334,208
- Estimated revenue
- $373,274,978
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 800.98%
- Estimated copies lost
- 5,673
- Estimated revenue lost
- $226,863
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 801% Avg playtime 0.8h | 1091.3% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 2543.1% Avg playtime 136.3h | 7,69894.6% Avg playtime 221.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 21.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 119.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,461.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
8,141 total
Organic purchasers7,03986.5%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations1,10213.5%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
8,141 total
First impression0-2h2673.28%
Voted up: 69%
Mid game2-10h1,86522.9%
Voted up: 96%
Late game10-20h1,10413.6%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+4,90560.3%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
94.3%
Global baseline 95.9%
35 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 131,631 total.