Space Engineers overview

Overview

Space Engineers comes from Keen Software House and is published by Keen Software House. It arrived on Steam on Feb 28, 2019, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Achievements, and Steam Workshop. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Space Engineers's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 3,279 players at 5 October 2026 - 16:11:27 UTC, with a tracked peak near 23,867. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 89% positive across 133,627 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Space Engineers is available in 16 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including pegi, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Space Engineers has sold up to 3,816,009 units and has 102,670 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $56,872,935. On Twitch, 5 streamers are live with around 7 total watchers.

Space Engineers overview details

Space Engineers combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

DELUXE EDITION The Deluxe Edition includes the standard Space Engineers game, an exclusive "Golden" skin set for your character and tools, the first Space Engineers build from 2013, all tracks from the original soundtrack , over 200 unpublished digital concept images and never seen videos and a special badge ! About the Game Space Engineers is an open world sandbox game about designing, building and testing your own space machines. Construct ships, stations and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment, then explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes. Play solo or in multiplayer, from small co-op outposts to huge community servers. Start with a simple lander, grow into a mining and industrial empire, or focus on warships and planetary fortresses – the game gives you the tools and physics, you decide what to build. Space Engineers uses a volumetric physics engine: every block and voxel has mass, inertia and damage. Ships break apart, stations crumble and terrain can be drilled, carved and reshaped, so your engineering choices really matter. Space Engineers is grounded in real engineering and hard science fiction, driven by realism and plausible near-future technology. Think modern space programs extrapolated into the future: realistic ships, stations, tools and systems where everything is built and simulated block by block. It’s about the machinery you build, not about magic or scripted set-pieces. Why play Space Engineers (SE1) now? 10+ years of active development with m…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Space Engineers is listed as a game with $19.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Achievements, and Steam Workshop, and is associated with Action, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 3,279 players at 5 October 2026 - 16:11:27 UTC, a tracked peak of 23,867, and 89% positive reviews.

Overview tags

SpaceSandboxBuildingOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayerSurvivalSimulationOpen WorldPhysicsCraftingDestructionCo-opFuturisticSci-fiIndie

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Support and legal notes

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