'Dad, This Makes Me Want to Play KSP!' — 11-Year-Old Kerbal Space Program Gets Player Boost Amid Artemis II's Mission to the Moon
in newsletterIGN · 2026-04-07 · 2 min read · culture
NASA's Artemis II mission drove Kerbal Space Program's Steam peak to 11,390 concurrent players — nearly triple its usual 3–4K baseline — alongside a 732% spike in Twitch viewership for April 2026.
Appeared in 2026-04-07.