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Juno: New Origins
Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and make your own. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
70 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“This game has a lot of good core mechanics, good physics, good editor, but... there is huge lack of motivation and immersive aspects, I just don't feel any reason to build spacecrafts. There is no story, no narration,…”
“This game is waaay more customizable than ksp but it also makes it way harder to actually make anything cool IMO. Also theres just not really a reason to do anything? Like you can get a contract to go to the moon and it…”
“Its a good game, it has all the stuff you would expect but the devs seem to have abandoned it (no major updates since 2024). I Would have recommended it if the devs were still updating the game.”
9 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“I play on my pc that could probably be carbon dated and yet still manage to play at 25 fps with decent ish graphics... How did y'all even manage to shove an entire 3d star system into it and still make it run better…”
“If yo pc cant run the kerbals get this.”
“controls are super duper easy and most things have a tutorial. sandbox is available at the start. only bad thing is i guess lack of weapons lol. also runs super smooth”
8 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“I'm finding this game to be very interesting. I'm a new player to these space games and new to deep diving into the physics and math of rocket science. I found this game to be much more user friendly, I've tried KSP…”
“This game is a lot like Kerbal Space Agency. A lot. Where it truly differs is in it's accessibility. Kerbal demands you put in the hours to really get to grips with it's intricacies, Juno New Origins reads instead like…”
“Very configurable, begginer friendly, very well made barely need any mods (if any at all). The campaign felt a little too hard for a begginer even tho it's supposed to teach you, it's also not fun to work with so little…”
7 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“its nice worth the money”
“incredible. an experience that is both different and similar to other (cough) space sims. for its price, on or off sale, definitely recommend. the out-of-the-box automation is impressive.”
“very worth it espically the mods for everyone interstreted in aerospace or engineering i would recommend Ive bougth this game atleast 3 times”
6 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“This game is all i ever wanted KSP to be (Better QoL, Prettier, ..), but be warned : it is also much more difficult because it is more realistic. EDIT : I forgot what is maybe the best feature : it is entirely…”
“Amazing space game, absolutely stunning graphics. By far better than Kerbal Space Program. The level of detail that you can add to rockets is insane.”
“Honestly, this game is really good for a wide range of space game enthusiasts. New to the genre and cant build well? Slap a command module, a fuel tank, and an engine, sort of like KSP. Want to build and intricate and…”
14 of the 101 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is waaay more customizable than ksp but it also makes it way harder to actually make anything cool IMO. Also theres just not really a reason to do anything? Like you can get a contract to go to the moon and it…”
“Very niche game. If you want to be an engineer or you already are, this game is for you, as you can build, test, and upgrade your rocket/plane/car design to the limit. For common people? Nah, it needs a lot of patience…”
“This game is all i ever wanted KSP to be (Better QoL, Prettier, ..), but be warned : it is also much more difficult because it is more realistic. EDIT : I forgot what is maybe the best feature : it is entirely…”
7 of the 101 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“The UI is clunky, the camera controls will drive you to madness, the drive wheels are all but useless? and who designs a runway with sharp edge transitions!? (why transitions at all?).”
“This feels like they wanted to make too many games in one game. You have airplanes and cars and rockets but none of them work because its just too much of everything! I would say scrap it all and make juno2 about…”
“gave this a try and essentially had a fight with the design system to build a simple RC vehicle that didnt look like a tube with wheels, it is unintuitive and reacts strangely to attempts to make things moe complex than…”
5 of the 101 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Too many bugs, and not enough explanation on how things work. I have thousands of hours in KSP. This game feels broken.”
“I've been playing this game for a long time, even on Android, and it's the best rocket science and aviation simulator since Simple Planes and KSP. If you enjoy tinkering with details and solving problems, this is the…”
“Few parts, Not a great re-entry model (I have a mach jesus com-sat that orbits at 45km with no drag loss despite air pressure)”
4 of the 101 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“This game has a lot of good core mechanics, good physics, good editor, but... there is huge lack of motivation and immersive aspects, I just don't feel any reason to build spacecrafts. There is no story, no narration,…”
“This game is waaay more customizable than ksp but it also makes it way harder to actually make anything cool IMO. Also theres just not really a reason to do anything? Like you can get a contract to go to the moon and it…”
“This feels like they wanted to make too many games in one game. You have airplanes and cars and rockets but none of them work because its just too much of everything! I would say scrap it all and make juno2 about…”
3 of the 101 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“The UI is clunky, the camera controls will drive you to madness, the drive wheels are all but useless? and who designs a runway with sharp edge transitions!? (why transitions at all?).”
“gave this a try and essentially had a fight with the design system to build a simple RC vehicle that didnt look like a tube with wheels, it is unintuitive and reacts strangely to attempts to make things moe complex than…”
“The game is amazing, I like it more than KSP. Nevertheless there are some things that in my opinion need to be updated. In trajectory planning mode it would be cool, if I could zoom in more than now. It also would be…”
Counted across 101 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“This game solves so many of the problems with KSP. It's a shame the player and modder community are so much smaller. If you want better physics and modeling than KSP, and don't mind losing the cute characters, you should give this a try.”
— a player, Steam review · 42 hrs played“If you like space and realistic space travel, there's plenty of games to pick from. If you like assembling your own craft and want the option to program as much or as little of the flight as you need, this is definitely the game to pick. Juno: New Origins is similar to games…”
— a player, Steam review · 84 hrs played“Love this game, it is like KSP with a built in programing language to automate whatever your heart desires. Although, I still long for the Space sim that allows for full on moon bases for mining and space elevators to rendezvous for refueling missions. This game has more than…”
— a player, Steam review · 79 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Small patch addressing issues found in 1.4
This patch addresses some issues with the Career Mode and visual glitches, you can find all info in our Release Notes . As a side note, we have set up a platform for the community to help us translate
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Building · Science · Space Sim · Programming · Flight · Jet · Education · Base-Building · Physics · Realistic · Sandbox · Space (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 99 |
| Official site | https://www.simplerockets.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1 Processor: 3.2 GHz Dual Core Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: SM4, 512MB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space