Kerbal Space Program rockets to its highest concurrent player count on Steam in more than 10 years

Maybe it's a coincidence and maybe it's not, but as the Artemis 2 spacecraft comes rolling around the moon like Jimmy Kirk and co. heading off to save the whales, the aging reach-for-the-stars simulator Kerbal Space Program is seeing a major uptick in players on Steam—according to SteamDB, achieving the highest concurrent player count the game has seen since it launched into 1.0 more than a decade ago.

Kerbal Space Program debuted in April 2015 and has remained popular despite its age—you...