Space Engineers

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 107 Ratings

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  1. theirrelephants
    Nov 24, 2015
    6
    Very fun game, great building and space simulator that's pretty much unrivaled in that regard.

    Utterly ruined by the optimization that makes RAGE look well done. Put three 980s together and maybe you can run it on high settings with no lag. All I know is that I have a 550 gtx and get 10-30fps on low settings on a game that has graphics that wouldn't look out of place on a decade old    Very fun game, great building and space simulator that's pretty much unrivaled in that regard.

    Utterly ruined by the optimization that makes RAGE look well done. Put three 980s together and maybe you can run it on high settings with no lag. All I know is that I have a 550 gtx and get 10-30fps on low settings on a game that has graphics that wouldn't look out of place on a decade old game. Makes it pretty much unplayable.    … Expand
  2. Hawqer
    May 28, 2021
    5
    Good concept, but poorly executed. The building system is way too restrictive and combat is laughably crap. Survival is pretty meaningless and servers are bad, not only that but the game is poorly optimized and devs make every major update a DLC. Better buy Starship Evo.
  3. 350gamesSince94
    Jan 31, 2015
    6
    Space Engineers is the type of game that will tickle your mind a bit on how vast it is, making it rather buggy due to the overachieving nature that has ruined some experiences. I only recommend this unoptimized technical feat to people who don't mind building while owning high end gaming computers. If you are looking for a living breathing environment full of aliens and NPC's, prepare toSpace Engineers is the type of game that will tickle your mind a bit on how vast it is, making it rather buggy due to the overachieving nature that has ruined some experiences. I only recommend this unoptimized technical feat to people who don't mind building while owning high end gaming computers. If you are looking for a living breathing environment full of aliens and NPC's, prepare to be deeply disappointment as its main focus is entirely geared towards massive scale space constructs with a super cool collision engine.

    They attempted to give this game a spin by adding a survival mode purposely making it harder to build your masterpieces by introducing randomly generated inanimate objects, and nothing else to surprise you. Space mining is possibly the only thing you could get out of single player. Multilayer is the way to go if you are looking to create a unrealistic Recreation of any fantasy ships you could possible imagine with a crew of real humans. There is no Dedicated servers yet, but don't get your hopes up considering the Dev's primary focus has splintered towards the new siege engineers.

    Long term I noticed a sharp increase in price considering this is a really late review done, a marketing tactic that only mine craft really executed well. The game has gone a long way and is snailing along with bare bone updates that may suggest you need mods to float your boat to epic proportions.

    Overall as a sandbox game, its pretty impressive for the first hundred hours, but after that it requires a friend or a unbreakable joy of endless mining + construction for it to be worth the raised price at $27.00 (I got my copy at $5.00 when it was on sale, and that the base price increased $17.00 since alpha release).

    Oh yes, and don't forget the bugs and the general technical issues that plagued so many. I recommend waiting for it to go on sale only if you have dedicated gaming computer that is high end and custom. Otherwise avoid this game like its radioactive stuff that you will probably never get to play because you cannot afford the equipment to run it.

    Its a 6 at best if you don't follow my recommendations and even lower than 3 if you use any equipment not suitable for this resource hog, as I personally believe the makers of the game seemed to move on to a different game rather than focus on making this project great.    … Expand
  4. gamingforfun365
    Jun 4, 2015
    7
    This game is very great and realistic, but it becomes boring, repetitive, and frustrating once one progresses because of both its lack partially of tutorials and its lack mainly of a variety.

    VERDICT: Were I thou, I would probably rent Space Engineers first before buying it.
  5. mrspear
    Apr 30, 2016
    5
    This game has so much potential but it is absolutely ruined by the fact that it is so laggy when you log in to multiplayer for example for when you are playing with your friend and then you can not move
  6. AkitoAK
    Jul 16, 2020
    7
    Very fun game to play, the building aspects are phenomenal..
    But there are a lot of things to be fixed in the game, bugs and all..
    The number of paid DLC is increasing slowly, hopefully they will use the money to fund fixing of the game breaking bugs..
  7. PanMrkvicka
    May 24, 2020
    7
    very good with friends but as a game it has many flaws. **** optimization..
  8. JackPlack
    May 13, 2022
    7
    Maybe creative mode is ok, but all survival mission or campaign have wrong design. There is lot of irritation when there are no simple tools for wheel vehicles (scrap mechanic has more clever possibilities). Constructing and repairing things is annoying a specially when 10cm of asteroid, invisible from far and attached do rest of rock by some invisible connection is destroying hull. AlsoMaybe creative mode is ok, but all survival mission or campaign have wrong design. There is lot of irritation when there are no simple tools for wheel vehicles (scrap mechanic has more clever possibilities). Constructing and repairing things is annoying a specially when 10cm of asteroid, invisible from far and attached do rest of rock by some invisible connection is destroying hull. Also too much bugs other kinds, but wrong game rules are bigger problem.… Expand
  9. Jollyolfun
    Nov 18, 2022
    5
    im not sure if i like it or not. played for a very shorty amount of time and it was pretty okay

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  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Jun 26, 2019
    67
    Over six years of Early Access, developers added to Space Engineers a lot of options and objects, including entire planets. There’s only one thing that’s still missing: meaningful gameplay. [Issue#238, p.40]