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Space Engineers 2
Space Engineers 2 is a sandbox about engineering and colonization where you build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible world. Begin the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol, expand humanity’s foothold in the Almagest system, and fight to survive.
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 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
51 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Edit: I think I jumped the gun when I wrote this. I do actually like the backpack building, it's grown on me in a short period of time. I thought it was making things too simple but in reality it's just getting rid of…”
“First Impressions: Space Engineers 2 has the foundation to be much better than SE1. The new grid system gives you amazing flexibility, although there is a learning curve. Game Play: The biggest difference compared to…”
“I've thoroughly enjoyed this game and have made it to "end" game. I started in the survival update and it feels good and better in many ways than the first game. It's exciting to see how it's growing in real time;…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I've thoroughly enjoyed this game and have made it to "end" game. I started in the survival update and it feels good and better in many ways than the first game. It's exciting to see how it's growing in real time;…”
“A Promising Foundation With Room to Grow Space Engineers 2 has serious potential, and for the most part, I'm genuinely enjoying my time with it. The graphics are stunning — the level of detail is impressive, and ship…”
“Game is obviously still in active development but it already is a lot of fun. Biggest surprice for me is the fact that it runs on LINUX! and the performance is actually better then on windows 11. I can only hope it…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“this game is great and i only played for one day and already made my first massive spaceship (creative btw) the views on and off planets are amazing recommended 100%”
“A Promising Foundation With Room to Grow Space Engineers 2 has serious potential, and for the most part, I'm genuinely enjoying my time with it. The graphics are stunning — the level of detail is impressive, and ship…”
“Bought this game a while ago and let it sit for a bit as I just wanted to support the developers. Hopped into it this weekend as I was bored and curious -- and I'm fairly impressed with what is here. Coming from someone…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I've thoroughly enjoyed this game and have made it to "end" game. I started in the survival update and it feels good and better in many ways than the first game. It's exciting to see how it's growing in real time;…”
“This game is in ALPHA! Please keep an open mind and check out their planned features! This game shows great potential and is actively being developed. Keen has an entire team working on their roadmap and they are…”
“I am so excited for this game, I can't even say. I logged probably thousands of hours on the original, between PC and PS5, and Keen's decision to make SE1 free on PS network has definitely paid off with me. This game is…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I am so excited for this game, I can't even say. I logged probably thousands of hours on the original, between PC and PS5, and Keen's decision to make SE1 free on PS network has definitely paid off with me. This game is…”
“Not many hours. BUT! im over here in creative giggling and kicking my feet rn, Im so beyond excited for this! its got my full support. ill probably be on SE1 till more content comes, but jesus lord this is gonna be…”
“[b]Buy This Game[/b] I love this game, like Space Engineers itself but better quality. Definately worth buying I am 100 hours in and while I have reached the end of development in the current colonisation, I still have…”
27 of the 104 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1]Waiting for Survival… and Still Waiting[/h1] I waited quite a while before writing this review. At first, the game felt more like a tech demo of a new engine than an actual game. Now we finally have survival…”
“The game is currently oversimplifiied. It's missing a lot of the cool aspects of SE1 when it comes to survival mode things like production lines. A lot of the visual effects are also oddly worse looking than SE1, namely…”
“The unlocking of blocks is real annoying. It shouldnt be in the game. its not a survival mechanic because if your staring out, you have to grind out the materials to craft what you need. Im actually stuck and returning…”
18 of the 104 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“- Performance is absolute garbage, even with a beefy system. Almost like the game is locked to a permanent 30fps no matter what the settings are. Vsync on, off, fps cap to 144, High, Medium, Low, doesn't matter. The…”
“game is broken, its that simple. i enjoyed over 1k hours in SE1 but this game, with the same developers they are just readding the same things from SE1 but doing it WORSE. it is plain to see the game breaking bugs in…”
“This game is so alpha it's pretty unplayable. Bugs everywhere, performance is... meh, and not much to do. Also, the story dialog is atrocious. I don't recommend picking it up just yet.”
15 of the 104 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is currently oversimplifiied. It's missing a lot of the cool aspects of SE1 when it comes to survival mode things like production lines. A lot of the visual effects are also oddly worse looking than SE1, namely…”
“- Performance is absolute garbage, even with a beefy system. Almost like the game is locked to a permanent 30fps no matter what the settings are. Vsync on, off, fps cap to 144, High, Medium, Low, doesn't matter. The…”
“Inferior performance, Unappealing evolution of graphics, worse feeling building and clunky gameplay. Why settle for less when you're paying more? For all its shortcomings SE1 is a superior product at a smaller…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Inferior performance, Unappealing evolution of graphics, worse feeling building and clunky gameplay. Why settle for less when you're paying more? For all its shortcomings SE1 is a superior product at a smaller…”
“First Impressions: Space Engineers 2 has the foundation to be much better than SE1. The new grid system gives you amazing flexibility, although there is a learning curve. Game Play: The biggest difference compared to…”
“So I've played SE1 for a while now; the game itself is fun, but SE2 feels boring in comparison. The game has little challenge. I do think Keen made a mistake in trying to make SE2 easier and more accessible. Personally,…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1]Waiting for Survival… and Still Waiting[/h1] I waited quite a while before writing this review. At first, the game felt more like a tech demo of a new engine than an actual game. Now we finally have survival…”
“The game is currently oversimplifiied. It's missing a lot of the cool aspects of SE1 when it comes to survival mode things like production lines. A lot of the visual effects are also oddly worse looking than SE1, namely…”
“The unlocking of blocks is real annoying. It shouldnt be in the game. its not a survival mechanic because if your staring out, you have to grind out the materials to craft what you need. Im actually stuck and returning…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 75.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“This game is genuinely fun for what it is. Yes it’s buggy and sure it’s got a couple problems but ladies and gentlemen it’s a f****ing alpha what do you expect. The only reason we are able to play is to help in play test and reporting bugs to make this the best game they can.…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“The game isn't even fully out yet and its everything i wanted from the first game and more. Seems like everything will be a little simpler and easier to understand than the first game and ship building is already better and more detailed. Haven't played too much yet but once…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“[h1]This review will change with the game over time but it may not always be 100% accurate:[/h1] [h1]TLDR:[/h1] I hope this game becomes something I love eventually. Like SE1. [b]Do not buy.[/b] This is not even an alpha, this is a pre-pre-pre-alpha with barely any working…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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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.
Space Engineers 2 Dev Diary: September 10, 2026
Lighting Changes We are continuing to tune the lighting in Space Engineers 2. One important change is that we can now use separate lighting settings for planetary environments and for space. This mean
Space Engineers 2 Dev Diary: September 3, 2026
Competition Results Livestream Please join us Friday, September 4th, for the “Masters of Motion” – Mechanical Engineering Video Competition Livestream! Celebrate the creativity of the Space Engineers
Space Engineers 2 AMD Driver Issues
Update 28/08/2026: Hotfix 2.4.0.95 has been released - Added Unstable AMD GPU driver detection. Thank you for helping us make the game better! ➡️ Changelog: https://kswh.link/se2_ssf 🛠️ Support Portal
Space Engineers 2: Hotfix 2.4.0.93
Hotfix 2.4.0.93 has been released! ➡️ Changelog: https://kswh.link/se2_ssf 🛠️ Support Portal: https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers2/pc 🛰️ Discord: https://discord.gg/keenswh Stability Fixed a cr
Space Engineers 2 Dev Diary: August 27, 2026
Meet the Renegades – hostile NPCs and space pirates who are starting to appear across the Almagest System and make it a much more dangerous place. They are being built to fight back when you cross the
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Simulation · Sandbox · Action · Strategy · Action-Adventure · Exploration · 3D · Choose Your Own Adventure · Space · First-Person · Realistic · Third Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish |
| Official site | https://www.spaceengineers2.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit Processor: 4core 3GHz CPU / AMD Ryzen 5 2400G / Intel Core i3-10100F Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: 4TFlop GPU / Radeon RX 5600 XT / Geforce 1660 Super DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 40 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX® compatible on-board Additional Notes: No internet connection needed for single player