| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 18:02 UTC | 106 |
| 14:02 UTC | 107 |
| 10:01 UTC | 86 |
| 05:59 UTC | 59 |
| 01:59 UTC | 75 |
| 28 Oct, 21:58 UTC | 100 |
| 28 Oct, 17:57 UTC | 109 |
| 28 Oct, 13:56 UTC | 99 |
| 28 Oct, 09:56 UTC | 61 |
| 28 Oct, 05:54 UTC | 50 |
| 28 Oct, 01:54 UTC | 75 |
| 27 Oct, 21:54 UTC | 101 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch (Early Access)February 2023 | 443 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onMay 2023 | 229 | 52% | Holds players well (better than 81% of 7,559 other games) |
| 12 months onFebruary 2024 | 57 | 13% | About average (better than 36% of 6,583 other games) |
SpaceBourne 2 kept 52% of the average players it had at its Early Access launch in February 2023 after 3 months and 13% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
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SpaceBourne 2 — Hotfix 3.1.1 (26 Oct 2026): Players peaked at 1.7× the week before's average. Since it came out, players averaged 20% more than the week before.
| Update | Peak After | Change |
|---|---|---|
| SpaceBourne 2 — Hotfix 3.1.126 Oct 2026 · 3.4 of 7 days so far | 115 (1.7×) | +20% |
| SpaceBourne 2 — Update 3.1.0: Full HOTAS & Controller Support23 Oct 2026 · 6.4 of 7 days so far; next update 3 days later | 115 (2.5×) | +69% |
Average players over the 7 days before and after each update post, and the most at once in the week after. Updates since we started counting this game’s players. How we count
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Oct 2026 (so far) | 75 | +51 | +210.1% | 115 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 24 | −8 | −26.1% | 59 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 33 | −11 | −25.3% | 72 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 44 | +12 | +39.3% | 111 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 32 | −7 | −17.5% | 59 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 38 | −5 | −12.5% | 79 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 44 | −26 | −37.2% | 101 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 69 | −9 | −11.1% | 152 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 78 | −57 | −42.3% | 169 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 135 | −25 | −15.5% | 332 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 160 | −39 | −19.5% | 341 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 199 | +175 | +732.1% | 744 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 24 | −3 | −10.3% | 47 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 27 | −8 | −22.2% | 60 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 34 | +7 | +23.8% | 70 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 28 | −11 | −29% | 62 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 39 | −3 | −6.6% | 111 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 42 | +5 | +12.4% | 121 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 37 | −9 | −19.1% | 74 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 46 | +3 | +7% | 91 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 43 | −23 | −35.4% | 98 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 66 | +11 | +19.5% | 155 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 56 | −7 | −10.7% | 125 |
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 62 | +27 | +74.3% | 143 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 36 | −26 | −42.6% | 70 |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 62 | +31 | +98.6% | 150 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 31 | −26 | −45.3% | 74 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 57 | −1 | −2.2% | 144 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 58 | 0 | 0% | 161 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 58 | −40 | −40.4% | 112 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 98 | −7 | −7% | 265 |
| March 2024Mar 2024 | 106 | +48 | +83.7% | 332 |
| February 2024Feb 2024 | 57 | −36 | −38.4% | 115 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 93 | −2 | −1.7% | 205 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 95 | +26 | +38.7% | 192 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 68 | +10 | +16.2% | 183 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 59 | −12 | −16.8% | 119 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 71 | −28 | −28.7% | 148 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 99 | −75 | −43% | 223 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 174 | +22 | +14.2% | 362 |
| June 2023Jun 2023 | 152 | −77 | −33.6% | 282 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 229 | −279 | −55% | 463 |
| April 2023Apr 2023 | 508 | +65 | +14.7% | 1,102 |
| March 2023Mar 2023 | 443 | +23 | +5.4% | 1,226 |
| February 2023Feb 2023 | 421 | — | — | 731 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.