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.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
Most players never reach the end. On a 19-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
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Worth it · action · 2019
Steam Deck UnsupportedBUY IT.
Yes, worth it at $9.99.
about 19h$9.99 (~)
Recent reviews trending down (75% last 30 days vs 89% all-time)
Better value than 99% of action games
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Space Engineers scores 78/100 on the BANG Score (worth it). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/244850/space-engineers<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/244850/space-engineers"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/244850" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/244850/space-engineers)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 3h ago.
Peak 4,201Low 4,201Latest 4,201
Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
Low $4.99High $19.99Now $9.9950% off high
Price line + bands by tier:Worth itPrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
The lowest price on record is $4.99, set in August 2025. It has been discounted 87 times in the 13 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Space Engineers 2 ($29.99, scores 25) and Medieval Engineers ($4.99, scores 0).
Steam's global achievement data says about 6 percent of players ever finish it. On a 19-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see. Players rate it 89 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 75 percent. Something recent has soured the room.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).