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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 open world, sci-fi 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 16,127 reviews of which 15,482 were positive and 645 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified SpaceEngine into these genres:
Open World
Sci-fi
Casual
Sandbox
Space
Space Sim
3D
Realistic
Science
Flight
Education
Simulation
Colorful
Relaxing
Atmospheric
Futuristic
Singleplayer
Indie
Procedural Generation
Exploration
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for SpaceEngine:
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| Spanish - Spain | |||
| Simplified Chinese | |||
| Traditional Chinese | |||
| Russian | |||
| Japanese | |||
| Polish | |||
| Dutch | |||
| Finnish | |||
| Swedish | |||
| Czech | |||
| Turkish | |||
| Portuguese - Brazil | |||
| Ukrainian | |||
| Spanish - Latin America |
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System requirements
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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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Space Engine isn't a game, it's a straight-up ego death simulator. I was thinking I’d have a nice, relaxing little space walk. Instead, I ended up having an existential crisis. I scrolled backwards for three hours straight, watched the entire Milky Way shrink into a pixel, and looked at trillions of galaxies turning into tiny dots of light. Then it hits you: everything and everyone you’ve ever known is just microscopic piece of cosmic dust in an endless void. But if you really want to lose your mind, go find a black hole. Flying into one is wild. The sky starts tripping out, warping and looping like you’re on some heavy psychedelics. Honestly, it’s cheaper than therapy. You’ll find yourself staring at your ceiling at 3 AM wondering why you were ever stressing over your silly little problems in the first place. Unironically horror game of the year. There are no jump scares, no aliens, no monsters. But the second you cross that event horizon? Reality straight-up snaps. The game engine literally gives up on physics and the whole screen fades to a blinding, empty white. It’s terrifying because it shows our absolute human limits—you’ve glitched into a space so hostile to existence that we can’t even comprehend what’s out there.
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
This is a recommendation with caveats. Space Engine is a program I'd hesitate to call a game in a traditional sense. You can, technically, spawn in spaceships and use them to fly around, but I've never engaged with that part of Space Engine. I use Space Engine to fly around, look at cool things, marvel at the universe, and maybe write some sci-fi for fun. The game can be somewhat intensive if you, like me, play on a laptop/ older machine, but I've not found anything else that does what Space Engine does. Finding a new star system almost always prompts me to start dreaming about other worlds, about how life might emerge on any of these planets, or how they might become colonies of some interstellar empire and develop a complex web of alliances, trade, and politics. Space Engine is not a game. Honestly, for me, It has more in common with a *writing tool*. But if you're looking for a program that does its level best to simulate every little factoid of a planet's orbit, composition, atmosphere, climate, and more- I've found nothing better. If you're looking to get just a little better at comprehending the incomprehensible scale of the universe by flying through space towards another planet, then shooting past it by ten lightyears because you forgot how fast you were going, this is it. It'll always hold a particular place in my heart.
---{ Graphics }--- ☑ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10
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Frequently Asked Questions
SpaceEngine is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.
No, SpaceEngine is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 28.99€ on Steam.
Yes, SpaceEngine received 15,482 positive votes out of a total of 16,127 achieving an impressive rating of 9.35.
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SpaceEngine was developed and published by Cosmographic Software.
Yes, SpaceEngine is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, SpaceEngine is not playable on MacOS.
No, SpaceEngine is not playable on Linux.
No, SpaceEngine is not playable on Steam Deck.
No, SpaceEngine is not playable on Steam Machine.
No, SpaceEngine does not support VR.
SpaceEngine is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 12 DLCs available for SpaceEngine. Explore additional content available for SpaceEngine on Steam.
Yes, SpaceEngine is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.
No, SpaceEngine does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, 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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Last Updates| Steam data | 21 October 2026 21:02 UTC |
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| SteamSpy data | 26 October 2026 11:40 UTC |
| Steam price | 27 October 2026 20:00 UTC |
| Steam reviews | 20 October 2026 18:09 UTC |
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Online players
143
Developer
Cosmographic Software
Publisher
Cosmographic Software
Release
11 Jun 2019
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