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Space Sim
52 games in our corpus·Slightly lower review scores than what games in our database typically receive.
Total Estimated Market
>$872.85MSpace industrial empire
000K copies
$000K
228.41h avg
29.59h med
★ 86%· 1K reviews
5.89 €Elite Dangerous
000K copies
$000K
120.86h avg
15.04h med
★ 77%· 81.7K reviews
19.99 €Space Engineers
000K copies
$000K
110.96h avg
14.75h med
★ 88%· 102.1K reviews
16.99 €Starbase
000K copies
$000K
105.13h avg
18.89h med
★ 55%· 6.2K reviews
32.99 €X4: Foundations
000K copies
$000K
104.65h avg
8.47h med
★ 79%· 24.7K reviews
49.99 €Avorion
000K copies
$000K
100.05h avg
25.71h med
★ 90%· 12.9K reviews
24.99 €Related Niches
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Top 10 Space Sim games by Average Playtime
| # | Game | Release Year↕ | Developer↕ | Publisher↕ | Revenue | Units Sold | Average Playtime↓ | Median Playtime↕ | Review Score↕ | Price↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | 游戏养家工作室 | 游戏养家工作室 | Unlock → | Unlock → | 228.4h | 29.6h | 86% | $5.89 | |
| 2 | 2015 | Frontier Developments | Frontier Developments | Unlock → | Unlock → | 120.9h | 15.0h | 77% | $19.99 | |
| 3 | 2019 | Keen Software House | Keen Software House | Unlock → | Unlock → | 111.0h | 14.7h | 88% | $16.99 | |
| 4 | 2021 | Frozenbyte | Frozenbyte | Unlock → | Unlock → | 105.1h | 18.9h | 55% | $32.99 | |
| 5 | 2018 | Egosoft | Egosoft | Unlock → | Unlock → | 104.6h | 8.5h | 79% | $49.99 | |
| 6 | 2020 | Boxelware | Boxelware | Unlock → | Unlock → | 100.0h | 25.7h | 90% | $24.99 | |
| 7 | 2021 | Youthcat Studio | Gamirror Games | Unlock → | Unlock → | 82.1h | 16.3h | 97% | $16.79 | |
| 8 | 2019 | Klei Entertainment | Klei Entertainment | Unlock → | Unlock → | 75.1h | 11.6h | 96% | $22.99 | |
| 9 | 2023 | Bethesda Game Studios | Bethesda Softworks | Unlock → | Unlock → | 69.6h | 28.3h | 56% | $49.99 | |
| 10 | 2015 | Squad | Private Division | Unlock → | Unlock → | 67.5h | 9.7h | 95% | $36.99 |
Steam-wide market context
Based on 1,125 Space Sim games across the full Steam catalog · snapshot Jul 12, 2026 — official Steam data, beyond our tracked corpus.
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