Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and maintenance of space works. Players build space ships and space stations of various sizes and utilization (civil and military), pilot ships and perform asteroid mining. Space Engineers utilizes a realistic volumetric-based physics engine: all objects can be assembled, disassembled, damaged and destroyed.
Best gaming PC for Space Engineers in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Space Engineers today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Keen Software House on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit | Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit |
| CPU | Intel i5 @ 3.0 GHz or higher (or AMD equivalent) | Intel Quad Core i7 @ 4.5 GHz or higher (or AMD equivalent) |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | Geforce 750/Radeon R9 270X or higher | Geforce 1070 GTX / Radeon RX Vega 56 or higher |
| Storage | 35 GB | 35 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Space Engineers?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Quad Core i7 @ 4.5 GHz and your GPU is at or above Geforce 1070 GTX / Radeon RX Vega 56, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.