Games like Space Engineers

3.4average player rating•5 games

Space Engineers’ pull is the blank hangar: build working ships and bases piece by piece, then prove them against physics and survival. These picks keep that build–test loop, where engineering choices carry weight and failure teaches.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic88

Avg. player rating3.4/5

Avg. playtime5h

Main genreIndie

Released2014–2017

What these games share

The genres these 5 picks have in common, straight from their store data.

Indie5 of 5
Simulation5 of 5
Action3 of 5
Adventure2 of 5
Strategy2 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
Kerbal Space Program
SimulationIndie
Hard-physics engineering where thrust, staging and fragile joints decide whether your design reaches orbit.
4.2/5Player ratingMC88View game
2
Stationeers
ActionSimulationIndie
Systems-first survival where pipes, power and atmospherics are the build — get it wrong and you suffocate.
3.7/5Player ratingView game
3
From the Depths
ActionAdventureRPG
Voxel war machines tuned to real mechanics — buoyancy, recoil and power routing decide every battle.
3.2/5Player ratingView game
4
Empyrion - Galactic Survival
AdventureStrategySimulation
Ships and bases you fly and defend, built block by block under hunger, O2 and power limits.
3.1/5Player ratingView game
5
Avorion
ActionSimulationIndie
Freeform block shipbuilding with mass, inertia and energy budgets, then a galaxy to stress-test it.
3.0/5Player ratingView game