Stationeers

Technical space survival sandbox about engineering and automating a station

RocketWerkz · Released Dec 12, 2017 · Early Access

Reviews: Very Positive; 88% of 9,293
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 84% of 73 in 30 days
Playing now: 275; peak 24h 365
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 month ago; Aug 13, 2026

What is Stationeers?

Stationeers is a systems-heavy space survival and base-building sandbox played solo or cooperatively. On hostile planets and in asteroid fields, you mine resources, construct a station piece by piece, and manage linked power, atmospheric, temperature, manufacturing, and agricultural systems. Logic circuits and programmable computers let you automate the base.

For you if...

+you enjoy demanding, science-based survival and engineering systems
+you like building, programming, and refining automated bases
+you want a sandbox playable alone or cooperatively

Not for you if...

−you want an accessible survival game with gentle onboarding
−you dislike detailed inventory, tool, and construction routines
−you want exploration to take priority over station engineering

What players say

88% of 9,293 reviews are positive · 84% of 73 in the last 30 days

Players praise the depth and interplay of atmospheric, power, manufacturing, farming, and automation systems. The most common complaints are the clunky interface, frequent tool and inventory switching during construction, and tutorials or in-game documentation that do not explain the complex systems well.

Screenshots and trailer

Stationeers system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7+ 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K or AMD equivalent
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2 GB or AMD equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 5 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 53
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

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
Default configuration is not performant
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese. Text only: French, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Czech, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Danish, Finnish.