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The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.

SpaceEngine is a early access, open world and casual game developed and published by Cosmographic Software.
Released on June 11th 2019 is available only on Windows in 18 languages: English, German, Russian, Italian, French, Finnish, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Czech, Swedish, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish and Ukrainian.

It has received 12,617 reviews of which 12,102 were positive and 515 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified SpaceEngine into these genres:

Early Access Open World Casual Sci-fi Sandbox Space Space Sim Flight 3D Science Realistic Colorful Education Simulation Relaxing Atmospheric Futuristic Indie Singleplayer Procedural Generation

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i3-3220T or AMD FX-4100
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or Radeon RX 460 (4 GB)
Storage: 4 GB available space
VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC
Additional Notes: Screen resolution of at least 1280x720 required to display all user interface elements. Graphics card must have at least 3 GB of VRAM.

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Jan. 2026

Born too late to explore the world. Born too early to explore space. Born just in time to explore a near perfect replica of the universe.

Dec. 2025

SpaceEngine gives me a feeling I can't accurately describe. It's like something between existential dread and nostalgia. As I drifted beyond our solar system, I watched our only home fade away and join the field of stars behind me. Then I wandered, clicking on a faint red dot which was an entire star system with its own planets. I opened the system viewer and singled out an airless terra, a world as big as our own but with the face of our moon. I landed on that dead world and pretended to walk on it. That was when I began to feel this feeling. For some reason, I felt as though I was returning to an old habit, revisiting an old hobby of drifting between the stars, like I had never called anywhere home before. I couldn't tell if it was somehow a memory of something I did before being born, or if I was seeing a glimpse into my own afterlife. I then had a keen awareness that I would die, and I somehow my consciousness would find itself among these same stars. This existentialism was different from what I felt before. The rising panic that I would usually feel was instead replaced with a wistful calm. I left that planet and drifted to its asteroid moon. I landed on it, and observed how the light from the planet and from the star made two shadows on the surface, as though I were standing in an outdoor set at night under two floodlamps back here on Earth. The feeling got stronger. Being so far from Sol, it felt like this was my new reality. For once, I didn't fear death. I couldn't, if it was going to be like this. And even if it won't be like this, at least I got to experience it. I decided to leave that star whose name I never bothered to write down. I watched the red dwarf fade away just like I did with Sol, and something in me kept begging me to go back. But I didn't. The memory of that planet was now just that: a memory. The star was gone now, and I kept going, and I knew then that I could never go back to that star. What seemed so permanent was now so fleeting. Our civilization won't last forever. Our species' future is not guaranteed. We live on time that we earned, not what we were granted. And what we did with that time was ensure that future generations would not have it as easy as we did, we who know what snow looks like, who almost never have to worry about water or where our waste went. Through greed, we altered our tiny speck of dust, putting it on a path that may not include us for much longer in its long, long life. Wandering the stars of the galaxy once more, I was now fully aware that each point of light was not just another world, but an entire collection of worlds. Fantastic landscapes and breathtaking sights all reduced to specks. I would never be able to experience all of it in my lifetime. But if I'm right, then I will have a trillion years to do so when I'm gone.

Nov. 2025

Best procedural galaxy creator out there, using official NASA and ESA data for continuous improvement. Watching a sun rise and fall on distant alien planet, the orbits of stars around a super massive black hole; visiting black spots on our sun, see the mountains on Mars - it's amazing in scope, scale and promises - which it delivers! If you want to just travel at light speed and see how nothing changes on big scales, or visit every planet in our solar system, you can do it! And of course, you can change the speed to >= c, so you get a bizarre view from an outer perspective on what we call the universe. Should be mandatory in high school!

Aug. 2025

Born too early to explore the universe, but just in time to do it virtually

June 2025

>load into game >fly to edge of universe >furthest star in the furthest galaxy in the furthest corner of reality >suddenly feel small >close game >reopen game

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Frequently Asked Questions

SpaceEngine is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.

SpaceEngine is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 28.99€ on Steam.

SpaceEngine received 12,102 positive votes out of a total of 12,617 achieving an impressive rating of 9.32.

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SpaceEngine was developed and published by Cosmographic Software.

SpaceEngine is playable and fully supported on Windows.

SpaceEngine is not playable on MacOS.

SpaceEngine is not playable on Linux.

SpaceEngine is a single-player game.

There are 12 DLCs available for SpaceEngine. Explore additional content available for SpaceEngine on Steam.

SpaceEngine is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

SpaceEngine does not support Steam Remote Play.

SpaceEngine is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for SpaceEngine.

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Developer

Cosmographic Software

Publisher

Cosmographic Software

Release 11 Jun 2019

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