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Space Engineers 2

Single-player space sandbox for building and destroying ships

Keen Software House · Released Jan 27, 2025 · Early Access

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Mostly Positive
72% of 5,605
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
76% of 217 in 30 days
Players
603
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
2 weeks ago
Oct 23, 2026
Minimum PC
RX 5600 XT
16 GB RAM · 40 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Space Engineers 2?

An early-access, single-player space engineering sandbox set in the Almagest System. After arriving on a damaged colony ship, you explore planets, moons, and asteroid fields, mine resources, reshape terrain, and build bases, machines, and spacecraft in an open world.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy detailed shipbuilding and destructible physics sandboxes
  • +you prefer solo, open-ended mining and exploration

Not for you if...

  • −you want multiplayer in the current build

What players say

72% of 5,605 reviews are positive · 76% of 217 in the last 30 days

Players praise the unified-grid building tools and the foundation for creative ship construction. They most often criticize the sparse alpha content and simplified survival production, while performance problems, high memory use, and crashes are also recurring complaints.

Players over time

▲ +43% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 943 players on Oct 24, 2026.

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Nov 7, 2026603
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Oct 7, 2026349
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Sep 24, 2026333
Sep 23, 2026383
Sep 23, 2026422
Sep 22, 2026479
Sep 21, 2026465

Screenshots and trailer

Space Engineers 2 screenshot 1

Space Engineers 2 system requirements

Minimum: RX 5600 XT, 16 GB RAM, 40 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit
Processor
4core 3GHz CPU / AMD Ryzen 5 2400G / Intel Core i3-10100F
Graphics
4TFlop GPU / Radeon RX 5600 XT / Geforce 1660 Super
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
40 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12
Notes
No internet connection needed for single player

Recommended

OS
Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit
Processor
8core 3.6GHz CPU / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X / Intel i7 9700k
Graphics
12TFlop GPU / Radeon RX 6800 / Geforce 2080 Ti / 3080
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
40 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12
Notes
No internet connection needed for single player

Does Space Engineers 2 have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Space Engineers 2 run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Device compatibility warnings shown
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish.

Does Space Engineers 2 use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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