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Space Engineers
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “boundless engineering sandbox creativity” (62 of 103 reviews) and “more fun with friends” (16); the most common complaint is “steep, poorly taught learning curve” (23). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
62 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“If you like building space ships and infrastructure for constructing them? It's great game. Awesome game. And keeps getting better.”
“Fun to play for awhile and also fun to watch your machines explode across the map then get annoyed you have to rebuild it.”
“Awesome game! Best experience with friends, just like in the trailers. Grinding alone is tough but managable after you checked and practiced some tutorials from youtube. Modding community is also awesome with infinite…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Awesome game! Best experience with friends, just like in the trailers. Grinding alone is tough but managable after you checked and practiced some tutorials from youtube. Modding community is also awesome with infinite…”
“Great game, you should buy it i would in a heart beat if i was you especially if your friends play it, it's a great game over all to mechanics and just straight out surviving the game. Thanks for reading my review.”
“Ya pretty fun game especially with friends but if your friend lands on your planet your done...”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“If you like building space ships and infrastructure for constructing them? It's great game. Awesome game. And keeps getting better.”
“Awesome game! Best experience with friends, just like in the trailers. Grinding alone is tough but managable after you checked and practiced some tutorials from youtube. Modding community is also awesome with infinite…”
“Its space and creations from planet to moon to deep space, with mods you never know what you'll get, and even more so with updates here and there and fixes when things come up why not join the space race again.”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I spend at least an hour to 12 hours a DAY playing this game and it never gets old. For someone with ADHD I give this a thumbs way up for its therapeutic properties.”
“Never in my life have i come in contact with a game that i just cannot let go of. The endless possibilities of this game keen me coming back again, and again, and sorry i have to get back to building there is a new DLC…”
“I have played Space Engineers for roughly six to eight years, and in that time, very few games have left an impact on me the way this one has. What began as watching videos online eventually became years of building my…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This is not a game :) This is only a test... This game is great for someone who is getting into engineering think of it as a adult Minecraft and on pc it's totally worth bundle pack rather than on xbox I own it now for…”
“This game is worth the money and if you put mods onto the server it can enhance the game play.”
“This game is amazing, spent over 60 dollars on it in dlc's and the game itself, best investment I've ever made.”
23 of the 103 reviews raise this · 17 of them still recommend the game.
“Lack of adequate tutorials. Actual 0/10 game because i can't even start playing the game. "Go refill your oxygen at the constructor or surivial bay" Ok... HOW?! You are telling me to do something but not teaching the…”
“i never built anything to be proud of because the stupid space pirates always know where your base is from hour 0 so i could never figure out mining or defenses, proper base building or item processing . let alone ship…”
“It's impossible to learn how to do anything when all the mechanics are so opaque and the recommended starting spawn drops you in the middle of nowhere dozens of kilometers away from anyone you might be playing the game…”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“You buy a game. Want to build cool stuff. Can't build, because you need to buy dlcs. Every dlc costs same as the game. Day ruined. P.S. And if you don't buy dlcs, everything you build will be inefficient and some stuff…”
“i never built anything to be proud of because the stupid space pirates always know where your base is from hour 0 so i could never figure out mining or defenses, proper base building or item processing . let alone ship…”
“Space Engineers is a game that I'd call "Wasted Potential". Being the only game of its type that I'm aware of, Space Engineers has essentially been the flagship game for anyone who wanted to build spacecraft, planetary…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“i never built anything to be proud of because the stupid space pirates always know where your base is from hour 0 so i could never figure out mining or defenses, proper base building or item processing . let alone ship…”
“Fun to play for awhile and also fun to watch your machines explode across the map then get annoyed you have to rebuild it.”
“Awesome game! Best experience with friends, just like in the trailers. Grinding alone is tough but managable after you checked and practiced some tutorials from youtube. Modding community is also awesome with infinite…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“the game has been crashing non stop after update it wouldve been a 5 star as soon as i can play with my friends again without crashing every min ill give a positive review”
“It's impossible to learn how to do anything when all the mechanics are so opaque and the recommended starting spawn drops you in the middle of nowhere dozens of kilometers away from anyone you might be playing the game…”
“Really thought I could like this game, but couldn't get past even the basic parts of them. Coming from a background of steep learning curve games, this one didn't feel like I wanted to invest any time in, because I had…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“After the latest update on May 4th, 2026 the game crashes just after launching it. It's unplayable.”
“the game has been crashing non stop after update it wouldve been a 5 star as soon as i can play with my friends again without crashing every min ill give a positive review”
“About a decade ago when I purchesed this game it was very nice, clearly with a lot of flaws, but still nice. Put about 700h in it. It had a bright future and it only required of devs to put a little bit of elbow greese…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 88.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“This is one of the best games that I have ever played. You have complete control over how you want to play a specific game, from a wide-open creative one to a very challenging survival mode. Dozens of options are available to tune the game to your preferences.”
— a player, Steam review · 4,517 hrs played“I have been playing this game from the very beginning of early access. Selection of available blocks has been expanding along the way to the point that you can today build almost anything that comes to your mind. The blocks are designed for movement, rotation, automation and…”
— a player, Steam review · 356 hrs played“I'm really enjoying this game, caved in and bought 6 DLCs. It does how quite the learning "curve" but as Splitsie says in his survivor tutorial, its more of a cliff. However, with Splitsie's help, and a feel for games similar to Space Engineers, everything really started to…”
— a player, Steam review · 72 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-10-21.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.
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: 13 Years of the Need to Create
Hello, Engineers! On October 23, 2013, Space Engineers launched into Steam Early Access. Thirteen years later, we are still building, still experimenting, and still discovering what happens when we pu
Space Engineers: Warfare 3 Revealed - Hydroman, G-Drive & More!
Hello, Engineers! Since our Warfare 3 reveal , we’ve received a lot of questions, many along the same lines: How will all of this actually work? We sat down with Space Engineers Lead Designer Ryan Kee
Celebrating 13 Years of Space Engineers
Hello, Engineers! Please join us Friday, October 23, for the Space Engineers 13 Year Anniversary Celebrations! You do not want to miss it – we have prepared a surprise gift for you. 😉 📅 Friday, Octobe
Space Engineers: Warfare 3 Revealed - Separation Charge!
Hello, Engineers! Since our Warfare 3 reveal , we’ve received a lot of questions, many along the same lines: How will all of this actually work? We sat down with Space Engineers Lead Designer Ryan Kee
Space Engineers: Warfare 3 Revealed - EMP Weaponry
Hello, Engineers! Since our Warfare 3 reveal , we’ve received a lot of questions, many along the same lines: How will all of this actually work? We sat down with Space Engineers Lead Designer Ryan Kee
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Space · Sandbox · Building · Open World Survival Craft · Multiplayer · Survival · Simulation · Open World · Physics · Crafting · Destruction · Co-op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop |
| Languages | English, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Polish, French, Italian, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese - Brazil, Swedish, Russian, Simplified Chinese |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Official site | http://www.SpaceEngineersGame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit Processor: Intel i5 @ 3.0 GHz or higher (or AMD equivalent) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce 750/Radeon R9 270X or higher DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 35 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX® compatible on-board Additional Notes: No internet connection needed for single player, but for multiplayer we recommend 5Mbit/s or more