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Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
49 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“⭐⭐ Bad A Budget version of Space Engineers. The game where your imagination works harder than the engine. Empyrion is a sandbox survival game that promises you the galaxy, then hands you a shovel and says, “Figure it…”
“With MOD Reforged Eden 2 (still receiving updates) this game is very fun to play. Yes it's hard, yes you will die, and yes the learning curve is steep. There will be issues, for example I had to redo my controls because…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Great game if you use addons and private server”
“Been with this game for years, top fun coop and the constant updates keep reeling me back. A few hundred hours speaks for itself. Space engineers meets avorion and goes for a camping trip on a new planet”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I still Rather enjoy Coming back to this game again and again. I love this game Equally as I do Space Engineers. This one has the More RPG Feeling to it. (Note) Everyone has problems with the performance of this game.…”
“A great survival crafting game with lots of scope to follow your own ideas etc, relaxing and can be very addictive lol”
“Been with this game for years, top fun coop and the constant updates keep reeling me back. A few hundred hours speaks for itself. Space engineers meets avorion and goes for a camping trip on a new planet”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“[H3]DISCLAIMER:[/H3] I HIGHLY suggest playing this game with [b]Reforged Eden 2[/b] mod/scenario, it adds so much content, and makes the game SO much better, you have no idea. I've gobbled up 200+ hours of this game in…”
“Its like starbound, but its 3d! But its different from starbound at the same time! I totally LOVE the shipbuilding part and to explore and mine stuff all around. The game is vast and seem to be endless. I and two…”
“very fun overall, amazing survival game with a long storyline and lots of community mods that bring it to life a shame that the game has definitely aged, some of the details aren't very modern looking. aside from…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“What makes this a yes is the mod community. W/o them as of now all be it fun, the game loses speed fast with things. Would be nice to see a little more flavor with planets so exploring feels more rewarding. That is my…”
“In spite of its legendary jankfest, Empyrion is one of the most enjoyable space exploration games I play (Elite, NMS, Avorion, X4, Space Engineers). The devs have really nailed the survival aspects, with mining,…”
“very fun overall, amazing survival game with a long storyline and lots of community mods that bring it to life a shame that the game has definitely aged, some of the details aren't very modern looking. aside from…”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is a lot jankier than it should be for how long it's been out. I love the concept and the galaxy but the combat, both human and ship is very crude. Plus the volume system is horrible, you need to "link" to cargo…”
“This game lacks proper balancing. POI combat is a slog, enemies being bulletsponges and hits like a truck, the status effects are annoying. There is no real progression and the game is unstable. finaly, you are not…”
“This feels like an over-ambitious project that was never finished I love and hate this game to be honest. It's a true sandbox where combat in general is pretty crappy, Your goal is less fighting and more building,…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“⭐⭐ Bad A Budget version of Space Engineers. The game where your imagination works harder than the engine. Empyrion is a sandbox survival game that promises you the galaxy, then hands you a shovel and says, “Figure it…”
“With MOD Reforged Eden 2 (still receiving updates) this game is very fun to play. Yes it's hard, yes you will die, and yes the learning curve is steep. There will be issues, for example I had to redo my controls because…”
“This feels like an over-ambitious project that was never finished I love and hate this game to be honest. It's a true sandbox where combat in general is pretty crappy, Your goal is less fighting and more building,…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is a lot jankier than it should be for how long it's been out. I love the concept and the galaxy but the combat, both human and ship is very crude. Plus the volume system is horrible, you need to "link" to cargo…”
“This game lacks proper balancing. POI combat is a slog, enemies being bulletsponges and hits like a truck, the status effects are annoying. There is no real progression and the game is unstable. finaly, you are not…”
“I can't recommend it. It could be fun in theory, but it feels like some basic features are missing. For example, I can't move around inside the ship while it's in motion. Also, there's a lack of challenges, especially…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Masterpiece. edit: game is getting old and the ui, animation, graphics, all feel cheap but very nice ship/base building features, nice planets to explore. Recommended!”
“The building and crafting systems are atrocious. The entire game feels and looks like it was made in 2000. I love the concept, and it definitely has potential. In it's current state however it's basically valheim in…”
“First of all, this game doesn't support EAC on Linux. Secondly, you need a big notepad to keep track of where you found all your ores. There is no in-game search feature to help you remember where you found them across…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This game lacks proper balancing. POI combat is a slog, enemies being bulletsponges and hits like a truck, the status effects are annoying. There is no real progression and the game is unstable. finaly, you are not…”
“I can't recommend it. It could be fun in theory, but it feels like some basic features are missing. For example, I can't move around inside the ship while it's in motion. Also, there's a lack of challenges, especially…”
“With MOD Reforged Eden 2 (still receiving updates) this game is very fun to play. Yes it's hard, yes you will die, and yes the learning curve is steep. There will be issues, for example I had to redo my controls because…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 78.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“In light of the recent negative reviews(looking at you dude with 2.5h into the game but can somehow explain how 60 hours of content suck...): It has its flaws, sure. But it's still an indie game and a labour of love. The devs are trying their best from what I can tell and I keep…”
— a player, Steam review · 262 hrs played“pretty amazing sandbox. got 1000 hours out of me on various themed playthroughs in reforged eden 1/2 presentation 2/10 onboarding 0/10 gameplay 9/10 people ive got to play it either bounce off within a few hours or obsess and think about it all day at work then log on till 6am.…”
— a player, Steam review · 1,016 hrs played“Been the same broken game for years. Was super ambitious and interesting at the start but evolved into a running joke. Don't give these guys your money.”
— a player, Steam review · 60 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:24 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
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.
v1.18.1 Update
Changelog: v1.18.2 Build 5116 Fixes: Fixed exception on player actions that would unlock a single-event achievement a 2nd time Changelog: v1.18.1 Build 5115 Changes: Added first batch of achievements
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v1.18 Update
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v1.18 Experimental II
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v1.18 Experimental I
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Simulation · Co-op · Open World Survival Craft · Space · Survival · Building · Open World · Exploration · Space Sim · Sandbox · Voxel · Physics (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op · Steam Workshop |
| Languages | English, German, French, Russian, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Greek |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://empyriongame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit system required Processor: Dual-Core Processor 2.5 GHz or better Memory: 10 GB RAM Graphics: AMD RX 550 / NVIDIA GTX 1050 (min. 2 GB VRAM) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX® compatible Additional Notes: SSD is highly recommended