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Space Engineers

Action

Science fiction

Survival

Sandbox

Open world

Warfare

Simulator

Strategy

Adventure

Indie

Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and maintenance of space works. Players build space ships and space stations of various sizes and utilization (civil and military), pilot ships and perform asteroid mining. Space Engineers utilizes a realistic volumetric-based physics engine: all objects can be assembled, disassembled, damaged and destroyed.

3.6

External Ratings

59 ratings
Release Date:

28 Feb, 2019

Last Updated:

21 Jun, 2026

About this game

Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and maintenance of space works. Players build space ships and space stations of various sizes and utilization (civil and military), pilot ships and perform asteroid mining. Space Engineers utilizes a realistic volumetric-based physics engine: all objects can be assembled, disassembled, damaged and destroyed.

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platform

Platforms:

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5

release date

Release Date:

28 Feb, 2019

mode

Modes:

Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

theme

Themes:

Action, Science fiction, Survival, Sandbox, Open world, Warfare

genre

Genres:

Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

perspective

Player Perspectives:

First person, Third person

IGDB

IGDB Website:

Space Engineers

IGDB Rating

3.2 ;
IGDB User Rating

3.2

User Rating

IGDB User Rating Count

58

User Rating Count

IGDB User Rating

64%

Rating %

Critics Rating

3.6 ;
IGDB User Rating

3.6

Critics Rating

IGDB User Rating Count

59

Critics Rating Count

IGDB User Rating

72%

Critics Rating %

Main Developers

Keen Software House

Supporting Developers

-

Publishers

Keen Software House

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