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Kerbal Space Program 2

Kerbal Space Program 2 is a sequel to its award winning 2015 predecessor, space sim Kerbal Space Program. A game where you lead green creatures called Kerbals to space by constructing rockets of varying success rates.

Released: 24 February 2023
Platforms: PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Windows Xbox Series X/S
Genres: Adventure Flight simulation Indie Simulation
Developers: —
Publishers: Private Division
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Science fiction Sandbox 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E GRAC ALL PEGI 3
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat: 7hmain story8hcompletionist

About

Kerbal Space Program 2 is an abandoned space flight simulation video game formerly developed by Intercept Games and published by Private Division, before the former was shut down. It is the sequel to 2015's Kerbal Space Program and was released in early access on February 24, 2023, for Windows only.

Take-Two Interactive began development of Kerbal Space Program 2 in 2017 and planned to release the game by 2020. However, development issues and delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic led to the game's release date being delayed multiple times. Layoffs at Intercept Games and Take-Two Interactive and the former's closure in 2024 has left the status of Kerbal Space Program 2's development unknown, with the game last receiving an update in June 2024.

›Story

"Your new space program, leaping into the cosmos... Since the dawn of Kerbalkind, we have looked to the sky and wondered what sublime mysteries lie hidden in the darkness, like jewels never beheld."

The Kerbals, a society of small green creatures, have built a space center to launch their kind into the space age. The player, assigned as Director of the Kerbal Space Center, is tasked to construct and launch vehicles to succeed at missions given by Mission Control.

After improving rockets and flying Kerbals to new unseen frontiers, secrets hidden throughout the solar system of Kerbol are uncovered. Strange monuments, hinting at the history of Kerbalkind, will lead the player further out of their home, Kerbin.

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Gameplay

Kerbal Space Program 2 features the same sandbox mechanics of Kerbal Space Program. During development, Private Division planned to add alternative propulsion methods, habitation modules, orbital and planetary colonies, a multiplayer mode, and interstellar travel to the final release of the game.

Development

Kerbal Space Program 2 was announced at Gamescom on August 19, 2019, and planned for release in early 2020. Star Theory Games, formerly Uber Entertainment, was initially responsible for developing the game. Kerbal Space Program 2's development team consulted a panel of field experts, including Dr. Uri Shumlak, the associate chair of the University of Washington's Aeronautics and Astronautics department, and Dr.

Joel Green, an astrophysicist. The team stated that they aimed to make Kerbal Space Program 2 more accessible over the original game by including more tutorials in order to help players better understand the game's mechanics.

Reception

Kerbal Space Program 2 has received mostly negative reviews since release. According to PC Gamer, players criticized the game for its poor technical performance, bugs and lack of content at launch; however, players praised the improved graphics, sound design and quality-of-life changes over Kerbal Space Program. The "For Science!" update was received positively for introducing bug fixes and a new progression-based game mode. The game was later review bombed on Steam after the reports of development team layoffs emerged in 2024.