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Space Engineers 2

Keen Software House · 2025-01-27

Steam

ActionIndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Franchise: Space Engineers · Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 27, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.

671
playing now
75%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
14
twitch viewers (latest)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

671 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 671 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 621 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~78/week).
  • · Review velocity up 185% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 106k–239k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,320 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $23.99 at Steam (2025-06-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Featured in Valve's Top Releases of February 2025 (#10)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20252026Week of 2025-01-27: 1,111 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 282 negativeWeek of 2025-02-03: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-10: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-02-17: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-24: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-03: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-10: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-03-17: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-24: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-31: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-07: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-14: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-21: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-28: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-05: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-23: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-06-30: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-15: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-09: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.4k4562026-08-11 19:00 — 1,016 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 511 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 503 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 901 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 456 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 630 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 1,032 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 680 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 722 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 816 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 536 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 791 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 960 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 487 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 898 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 1,008 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 653 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 1,314 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 1,404 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 549 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 1,158 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 785 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 488 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 997 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 796 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 508 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 1,191 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 1,141 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 671 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$23.992024-12-192026-07-162024-12-19 — best price $29.992025-06-24 — best price $23.992025-07-01 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $23.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-11-24 — best price $23.992025-12-08 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $23.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-02-09 — best price $23.992026-02-17 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $23.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-05-04 — best price $23.992026-05-12 — best price $29.992026-06-25 — best price $23.992026-07-16 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

36202026-08-26 20:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 362 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 47 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 82 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 14 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DSpaceActionSci-fiSandboxRelaxingStrategyRealisticFuturisticSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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