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Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
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About SpaceChem
About this game
Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products! Streamline your designs to meet production quotas and survive encounters with the sinister threats that plague SpaceChem.
Features:
- Over fifty mind-bending puzzles!
- An original soundtrack by Evan Le Ny, whose music was featured in The Codex of Alchemical Engineering!
- Twenty challenging achievements!
Game Details
- Platform:
- steam
- Release Date:
- March 02, 2011
- Developer:
- Zachtronics
- Publisher:
- Zachtronics
- Supported Languages:
- English
- Franchise:
- SpaceChem
- Link:
- Play Styles:
- Singleplayer
Automation
- Features:
- Steam Achievements
Steam Cloud
Steam Leaderboards
Singleplayer
Product Requirements
- OS: Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7
- Processor: 2.0 GHz Processor
- Memory: 1GB RAM
- Hard Disk Space: 300MB
- Video Card: frame buffer support recommended
Product Requirements
- OS: OS X 10.7 or later
- Processor: 2.0 GHz Processor
- Memory: 1GB RAM
- Graphics: frame buffer support recommended
- Hard Drive: 300MB
- Additional: Mono 2.6 or later
Product Requirements
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, fully updated
- Processor: 2.0 GHz Processor
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: frame buffer support recommended
- Hard Drive: 300 MB
- Other: Mono 2.6 or later
Critic Reviews
84
Based on 13 Critics
SpaceChem Statistics
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Play Time Statistics
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~4 Hours
10.53%
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~12 Hours
10.53%
~20 Hours
5.26%
~40 Hours
15.79%
~60 Hours
26.32%
>= 80 Hours
31.58%
Achievement Hunter?
31.58% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
31.58% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
Difficulty Statistics
Difficulty Rating
Simple
0%
Easy
1.12%
Just Right
4.49%
Tough
35.96%
Unforgiving
58.43%
Don't Ragequit! 58.43% of players consider this game to be Unforgiving
Completion Statistics
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Play Behaviour
Tried It
23.53%
Played It
42.35%
Halfway
21.76%
Beat It
10%
Conquered It
2.35%
Completionist! 2.35% of players have Conquered It
Frequently Asked Questions
Are you ready for a challenge? 94% of GameFAQs users said SpaceChem is Tough or Unforgiving.
Yes, SpaceChem is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck.
- This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
- Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
- This game supports Steam Deck's native display resolution but does not set it by default and may require you to configure the display resolution manually
- Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
- Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
- This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
- OS: Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7
- Processor: 2.0 GHz Processor
- Memory: 1GB RAM
- Hard Disk Space: 300MB
- Video Card: frame buffer support recommended
- OS: OS X 10.7 or later
- Processor: 2.0 GHz Processor
- Memory: 1GB RAM
- Graphics: frame buffer support recommended
- Hard Drive: 300MB
- Additional: Mono 2.6 or later
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 53 hours. 74% of users played SpaceChem for over 40 hours.
Yes, SpaceChem has broad critical consensus. 85% of critics on Metacritic recommend SpaceChem. The Metascore is 84 out of 100.
SpaceChem was released on March 02, 2011
Yes, SpaceChem supports MacOS.
Yes, SpaceChem supports Linux.
SpaceChem is published by Zachtronics
SpaceChem was developed by Zachtronics
Yes, Fanatical users tagged SpaceChem as Puzzle
Yes, Fanatical users tagged SpaceChem as Casual
Yes, Fanatical users tagged SpaceChem as Difficult
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