| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 00:12 UTC | 264 |
| 29 Oct, 20:08 UTC | 360 |
| 29 Oct, 16:07 UTC | 331 |
| 29 Oct, 12:07 UTC | 269 |
| 29 Oct, 08:06 UTC | 188 |
| 29 Oct, 04:05 UTC | 181 |
| 29 Oct, 00:04 UTC | 260 |
| 28 Oct, 19:56 UTC | 355 |
| 28 Oct, 15:55 UTC | 218 |
| 28 Oct, 14:40 UTC | 309 |
| 28 Oct, 10:40 UTC | 250 |
| 28 Oct, 06:39 UTC | 188 |
| 28 Oct, 02:39 UTC | 198 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchJune 2026 | 4,081 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onSeptember 2026 | 361 | 8.9% | Loses players fast (better than 13% of 7,560 other games) |
| 12 months onJune 2027 | — | — | Not over yet |
SpaceCraft kept 8.9% of the average players it had at its launch in June 2026 after 3 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Oct 2026 (so far) | 300 | −62 | −17.1% | 520 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 361 | −421 | −53.9% | 698 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 783 | −1,086 | −58.1% | 1,536 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 1,869 | −2,212 | −54.2% | 4,395 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 4,081 | — | — | 7,608 |
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.
Patch Notes v0.5.25967 (22 Oct 2026): Players peaked at 1.9× the week before's average. In the week after, players averaged 8% more than the week before. Another update came 6 days later, so that week is partly its doing.
| Update | Peak After | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Patch Notes v0.5.2614728 Oct 2026 · 1.4 of 7 days so far | 360 (1.2×) | −13% |
| Patch Notes v0.5.2596722 Oct 2026 · next update 6 days later | 520 (1.9×) | +8% |
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
The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.
