Kerbal Space Program
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You build rockets from parts and fly them using real orbital physics, with little green Kerbals as your fearless crew. It's taught more people rocket science than most classrooms.
Kit's verdict · 9.2/10
A comedy of explosions that secretly turns you into an amateur rocket scientist.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Real orbital mechanics that click into place
- Hilarious failures
- Huge sense of achievement
Not so much
- Steep learning curve
- Interface is clunky, especially on console
Play it if curious minds who love learning by trial and error.
Skip it if players who want quick wins and clear tutorials.
Cheats & codes
Every Kerbal Space Program cheat we know
Opens the debug menu, whose Cheats tab gives infinite fuel, no crash damage, unbreakable joints and more.PC · Press it during flight or in the space center.
Single-player only. Cheats can turn off achievements and some saves; use them on a spare save.
Tips
Play it better
- Start your gravity turn early: tilt a little east around 100 m/s and keep leaning as you climb.
- Kerbin's atmosphere ends at 70 km, so your apoapsis must be above that for a stable orbit.
- Use maneuver nodes to plan burns, and burn half before and half after the node.
- Struts fix wobbly rockets; add them between stacks and radial boosters.
- Always launch east to borrow speed from Kerbin's spin.
- Bring parachutes and test staging before you launch any crewed mission.
Secrets & unlockables
Hidden in plain sight
Tap a secret to reveal it.
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Trivia
- Felipe Falanghe created it at Squad, a Mexican marketing company with no game-making history.
- It entered early access in 2011, long before that model was common, and fully launched in 2015.
- NASA collaborated on an Asteroid Redirect Mission update in 2014.
- Take-Two bought the series in 2017; the sequel Kerbal Space Program 2 launched in early access in 2023.
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