Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.
Steam review activity
% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
Oct 2013Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 174 reviews, peak 11/day
Aug 21Sep 18
per month · 688 reviews, peak 262/month
Jun 2026Aug 2026
per month · 1,463 reviews, peak 301/month
Mar 2026Aug 2026
per month · 3,866 reviews, peak 601/month
Sep 2025Aug 2026
Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.
Review languages
Languages of the 438 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.
English63%
Russian15%
German4%
Spanish4%
French3%
Portuguese3%
Other8%
🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.