SpaceEngine Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-27
- Detailed astronomical information and educational value.
- Freedom to explore and procedural generation.
- Stunning visuals and comprehensive universe model.
- Ideal for space and astronomy enthusiasts.
- Procedurally generated planets lack realism.
- Camera bugs, crashes, and unclear controls.
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 15,602
- Positive
- 14,99796.1%
- Negative
- 6053.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,050,027
- Estimated revenue
- $31,490,310
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 411.24%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,759
- Estimated revenue lost
- $82,742
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 411.2% Avg playtime 0.9h | 2246.8% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 722.2% Avg playtime 104.5h | 2,97189.8% Avg playtime 39.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 12.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 51.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,542 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
3,308 total
Organic purchasers3,18496.3%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations1243.75%
Voted up: 99%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
3,308 total
First impression0-2h46614.1%
Voted up: 90%
Mid game2-10h1,64949.8%
Voted up: 98%
Late game10-20h54016.3%
Voted up: 99%
Endgame20h+65319.7%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 96.6%
6 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 15,602 total.