Space Engineers

4.5 out of 5
13 User Ratings
5 Stars
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Engineer, construct, explore and survive with an epic Early Access sandbox game set in the vastness of outer space. Hugely popular, prepare for blast off!
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About Space Engineers

About this game

Space Engineers is an open world sandbox game defined by creativity and exploration.

It is a sandbox game about engineering, construction, exploration and survival in space and on planets. Players build space ships, wheeled vehicles, space stations, planetary outposts of various sizes and uses (civil and military), pilot ships and travel through space to explore planets and gather resources to survive. Featuring both creative and survival modes, there is no limit to what can be built, utilized and explored.

Space Engineers features a realistic, volumetric-based physics engine: everything in the game can be assembled, disassembled, damaged and destroyed. The game can be played either in single or multiplayer modes.

Volumetric objects are structures composed from block-like modules interlocked in a grid. Volumetric objects behave like real physical objects with mass, inertia and velocity. Individual modules have real volume and storage capacity.

Space Engineers is inspired by reality and by how things work. Think about modern-day NASA technology extrapolated 60 years into the future. Space Engineers strives to follow the laws of physics and doesn't use technologies that wouldn't be feasible in the near future.

Space Engineers concentrates on construction and exploration aspects, but can be played as a survival shooter as well. We expect players will avoid engaging in direct man-to-man combat and instead use their creativity and engineering skills to build war machines and fortifications to survive in space and on planets. Space Engineers shouldn’t be about troops; it should be about the machinery you build.

Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
February 28, 2019
Developer:
Keen Software House
Publisher:
Keen Software House
Supported Languages:
English
Steam Deck Support:
Unsupported
Link:
Genres:
Sandbox
Building

Open World Survival Craft

Survival

Simulation

Crafting
Themes:
Space
Futuristic

Sci-fi

Destruction
Play Styles:
Open World
Multiplayer

Physics

Co-op

Singleplayer
Features:
Steam Workshop
Partial Controller Support

Includes level editor

Singleplayer

Multiplayer

Co-op

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Microsoft Windows 7 (latest SP) 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo 2.0 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT / ATI Radeon HD 3870 / Intel HD Graphics 4000
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 10 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX® compatible on-board
  • Additional Notes: NOTE: The minimum requirements are sufficient to run the game but without planetary features.

Recommended:

  • OS: Microsoft Windows 7 (latest SP) 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Quad Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 660 Ti 2GB / AMD HD7870 2GB
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 10 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX® compatible on-board
  • Additional Notes: No internet connection required to play the game

Space Engineers Statistics

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~60 Hours
9.68%
>= 80 Hours
58.06%
Achievement Hunter?
58.06% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!

Difficulty Statistics

Difficulty Rating

Simple
2.82%
Easy
8.45%
Just Right
61.97%
Tough
25.35%
Unforgiving
1.41%
Relax & enjoy! 61.97%  of players consider this game to be Just Right

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Play Behaviour

Tried It
12.62%
Played It
55.34%
Halfway
4.85%
Beat It
19.42%
Conquered It
7.77%
Completionist! 7.77%  of players have Conquered It

Space Engineers User Reviews

All our customer reviews are open and honest. We publish all reviews that are relevant and follow our guidelines.

User Rating

Average score from 13 ratings
79% of users would recommend this.
4.5

User Ratings Breakdown

5 Stars
62%
5 Stars
62%
4 Stars
31%
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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11 - 12 of 10 Reviews

Recommended

Bibbity
Verified purchase
Seems cool so far, very customisable. UI of blocks is a little unintuitive, why start on block properties or storage and not the items in it? A little daunting at first, but I've found it fun
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Space building fun

GremlinMo
Verified purchase
interesting game, i love the out in space feeling , this game is mission based and storyline based. if you love space, planets and scifi stuff you will find this game highly appealing :)
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Frequently Asked Questions

Somewhere in the middle. 11% of GameFAQs users said Space Engineers is Simple or Easy. 62% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 27% of GameFAQs users said Space Engineers is Tough or Unforgiving.
No, Space Engineers is not currently playable on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that Space Engineers is Unsupported on Steam Deck. Some or all of this game currently doesn't function on Steam Deck.
Minimum:
  • OS: Microsoft Windows 7 (latest SP) 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo 2.0 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT / ATI Radeon HD 3870 / Intel HD Graphics 4000
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 10 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX® compatible on-board
  • Additional Notes: NOTE: The minimum requirements are sufficient to run the game but without planetary features.
Recommended:
  • OS: Microsoft Windows 7 (latest SP) 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Quad Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 660 Ti 2GB / AMD HD7870 2GB
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 10 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX® compatible on-board
  • Additional Notes: No internet connection required to play the game
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 61 hours. 58% of users played Space Engineers for over 80 hours.
79% of Fanatical users recommend Space Engineers. The average review score is 4.5/5
Space Engineers was released on February 28, 2019
Space Engineers is published by Keen Software House
Space Engineers was developed by Keen Software House
Fanatical users tagged Space Engineers as Sandbox, Building, Open World Survival Craft, and Survival
Fanatical users tagged Space Engineers as Space, Futuristic, Sci-fi, and Destruction
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Space Engineers as having Multiplayer
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Space Engineers as having Co-op
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Space Engineers as having Singleplayer
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Space Engineers as Sandbox
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Space Engineers as Building
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Space Engineers as Open World Survival Craft

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