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Kerbal Space Program 2
Developers

	Intercept Games
Former	Star Theory Games
Publishers
	Private Division
Engines
	Unity 2020^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	Early access
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Free-roaming camera
Controls	Menu-based
Genres	Simulation, Vehicle simulator
Vehicles	Space flight, Flight
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Kerbal Space Program

Kerbal Space Program
Kerbal Space Program	2015
Kerbal Space Program 2	EA

1 Availability
2 Game data
- 2.1 Configuration file(s) location
- 2.2 Save game data location
- 2.3 Save game cloud syncing
3 Video
4 Input
5 Audio
- 5.1 Localizations
6 Network
- 6.1 Multiplayer types
7 Other information
- 7.1 API
- 7.2 Middleware
8 System requirements
9 Notes
10 References

Kerbal Space Program 2 is a singleplayer free-roaming camera simulation and vehicle simulator game in the Kerbal Space Program series. It was initially being developed by Star Theory Games after which development was taken over by Intercept Games. The game was published by Private Division. It make use of the Unity 2020 engine.

Its Early Access release on February 24, 2023 wasn't received well by critics and the publish, citing poor performance, many bugs and missing features from Kerbal Space Program.^[1]

The developers promised upcoming major performance optimizations, scaling down some graphical aspects more on lower settings to improve performance, switching to Unity's HDRP renderer (improved visual quality and performance), Science Mode, colonies, interstellar exploration (new star systems) and multiplayer.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The first patch during the Early Access period brought with it a laptop audio mode, many performance optimizations, loading optimizations, several improvements, many bugfixes and more.^[5]

General information

Official forum

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website
Epic Games Store		Can be launched directly from "KSP2_x64.exe" without Epic Games Store running.

Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Intercept Games\Kerbal Space Program 2\Global
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/954850/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Intercept Games\Kerbal Space Program 2\Saves
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/954850/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		The option is there but acts as exclusive fullscreen.^[6] Enabled windowed mode and use `-popupwindow` as a command line argument to switch to borderless windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		On/Off toggle.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Off, x4 and 8x MSAA options available.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On/Off toggle.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

See Also
How to Move the VAB Camera in Kerbal Space Program 2 - Touch, Tap, Play
Input Settings

Audio

Audio Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Separate volume sliders available for Master, Ambience, SFX, VO, Music, Kerbal Communication Chatter, Kerbal IVA and UI Sounds.
Surround sound		Normal, Home Theatre, Night Mode, Headphones and Laptop Speakers Audio Listening Modes are available.
Subtitles		Subtitle size can be adjust to Small, Medium or Large.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		No option to disable this.
Royalty free audio

Accessibility settings

General settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer is coming in an unknown form at a later date.^[3]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-6400 AMD Athlon X4 845	Intel Core i5-11500 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
System memory (RAM)	12 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	45 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 AMD Radeon 5600XT DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 AMD Radeon RX 6800XT

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 2020.3.33
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (954850) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ 'Too early access for early access'—players react to Kerbal Space Program 2 launch - PCGamer - last accessed on 2023-03-17
↑ Developer Insights #18 - Graphics of Early Access KSP2 - Steam - last accessed on 2023-03-15
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Early Access Roadmap - KSP2 - Private Division - last accessed on 2023-03-15
↑ The KSP2 Journey Begins - Steam - last accessed on 2023-03-15
↑ v0.1.1.0 Patch Notes - Steam - last accessed on 2023-03-16
↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-03-15
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