Games like Space Engineers
If you like Space Engineers (sandbox, building and sci-fi), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Kerbal Space Program
- In common: long sessions and building
- Difference: less co-op
When you have hours, want to experiment and have the patience to fail many times with good humour.
Factorio
- In common: building and long sessions
- Difference: more management
When you have many hours ahead and a sharp mind: "five more minutes" turns into three hours.
Raft
- In common: long sessions and building
- Difference: less thinking
When you want relaxed survival with friends, in afternoons of expanding the raft and exploring islands.
Satisfactory
- In common: building and long sessions
When you have a long afternoon and want to build something huge and functional, solo or with friends.
Project Zomboid
- In common: long sessions and co-op
- Difference: less creative
When you have hours and want the most complete, tense survival simulation.
Valheim
- In common: long sessions and building
- Difference: less thinking
When you have a long afternoon, ideally with friends: building the village together is one of the most satisfying things in the genre.
Garry's Mod
- In common: creating and building
- Difference: shorter sessions
When you're with friends and want to mess around: join a server and play a different mode each time.
Core Keeper
- In common: long sessions and building
- Difference: less thinking
When you want an exploration and building adventure at your own pace, ideally with friends.
Starbound
- In common: long sessions and building
- Difference: less thinking
When you want an endless world for weeks on end: with friends in online co-op, it's good for hundreds of hours.
Oxygen Not Included
- In common: building and long sessions
- Difference: less co-op
When you have hours, a clear head and want to untangle complex systems.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Space Engineers
A space-engineering sandbox: you design ships, stations and bases block by block, with physics that deforms and breaks whatever collides. In survival you mine, refine and manage power; in creative, resources never run out.
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