Key points
- Monthly updates
- Large modding community
- Crossplay between PC and Xbox.
General information
- Developer forum
- Official wiki
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- All versions require Steam DRM.
Version differences
- The Deluxe Edition includes the orignal 2013 game build, a gold armor skin, concept art and soundtrack.
- The Ultimate Edition includes all DLC, excluding the most recently released.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
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Deluxe |
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Decorative Pack |
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Style Pack |
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Economy Deluxe |
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Decorative Pack #2 |
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Frostbite |
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Sparks of the Future |
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Wasteland |
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Warfare 1 |
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Heavy Industry |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
System |
Native |
Notes |
Steam Cloud |
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Has option available but does not store any game data.[citation needed] |
Video
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
- Render quality limited to presets (Normal, High, Extreme) in DirectX 9. In DirectX 11 it is possible to change various settings.
Input
In-game control settings.
In-game key map settings.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Sound & Music. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Can be toggled via the "Mute when inactive" option. |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
- The localization for the game is community-driven. Further details can be found on the official site.
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UI |
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Sub |
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English |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Czech |
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Danish |
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Dutch |
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Finnish |
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French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Italian |
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Norwegian |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Swedish |
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Turkish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
VR support
Issues fixed
Game won't start
Restart computer[5]
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- After Steam installs the .NET Framework a restart is sometimes required.
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Broken controls
Run as administrator[5]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Right-click on
SpaceEngineers.exe and select Properties.
- Select the Compatibility tab and tick Run this program as administrator.
- Click Apply and then OK.
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Music plays in main menu but not in-game
- This only applies if you have Sound Blaster drivers.
Disable Sound Blaster enhancements[5]
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- Right-click on the volume icon in your taskbar and select Playback devices.
- Select your primary playback device and click Properties.
- Select Sound Blaster and tick Disable Sound Blaster enhancements.
- Click Apply and then OK.
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Steam overlay not functioning
- For this game, the Steam overlay doesn't launch if Fraps is running.
Disable Fraps[6]
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- Close the Fraps window.
- Launch the game.
- If you want to record, launch Fraps while the game is active.
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=Downloading mods has failed
- While using only mod.io Mods.
{{Fixbox|description=Disable GDPRConsent|fix=
- Close Game
- Go to %appdata%/roaming/SpaceEngineers
- edit SpaceEngineers.cfg with Editor
- Search for "GDPRConsent" inside the file
- Set both lines that includes "GDPRConsent" from "true" to "false".
- Start your Game
{{ii} If this works for you then you have to do it every time before you start Space Engineers.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c, 11 |
DirectX 9 has been officially dropped as of February 26, 2016.[7] See Re-enable DirectX 9 / 32-bit support on how to open the latest DirectX 9 version of the game. |
Shader Model support |
3, 5 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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32-bit support has been officially dropped as of February 26, 2016.[7] See Re-enable DirectX 9 / 32-bit support on how to open the latest 32-bit version of the game. |
Middleware
Re-enable DirectX 9 / 32-bit support
- This version of the game is no longer being supported by the developers. All further updates will be made on the DirectX 11 / 64-bit version.
Switch to the legacy branch[7]
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- Open the Steam client.
- Go to the Library section.
- Search for the
Space Engineers entry, right click it and select Properties .
- In the Properties window, select the
Betas tab and choose the dx9-32bit - compatibility branch for dx9 and 32 bit option from the dropdown menu.
- Close the window and launch the game.
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System requirements
- A 5 Mbit/s internet connection is recommended for multiplayer.
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
7 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i5 3.0 GHz
| Quad-core Intel Core i7 4.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
8 GB |
16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
25 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 AMD Radeon R9 270X DirectX 11 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce 1070 GTX AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 |
- The performance depends on the complexity of your world and the configuration of your computer. Simple worlds run smoothly even on low-end computers, but a more complex world with rich object interactions could overload even high-end computers.[8]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References