Space Engineers

What it is

Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game from Keen Software House about designing and building ships, stations and planetary bases. Set in a destructible environment, it lets players explore planets and space, mine resources, face hazards and fight in Creative or Survival modes. Play solo or in multiplayer, from co-op outposts to large community servers. The game’s volumetric physics gives blocks and terrain mass, inertia and damage, so ships can break apart, structures can crumble and surfaces can be drilled or reshaped. That makes construction choices part of both building and survival. Players can focus on mining and industry, warships, or planetary fortresses, or use the game’s tools to pursue another design. It is grounded in engineering and near-future science fiction, with machinery built and simulated block by block. Steam features include multiplayer, co-op, PvP, cross-platform multiplayer, Steam Workshop and Steam Cloud. The listed platform is Windows.

What players like, and what they don't

Who it suits

It suits players who want to design engineering projects and explore a destructible space sandbox alone or with friends. Community server builders may also value its multiplayer and Workshop features.

Space Engineers centers on block-by-block construction, physics and exploration in a destructible setting. Its solo and multiplayer options support both private projects and community play.