SpaceEngine

Buy96%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 17k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows

Cosmographic Software · Open World · Jun 11, 2019

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
18
Full audio0 of 18
Subtitles0 of 18

Should I buy SpaceEngine?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Performance: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 17k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise20% are divided30% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
56 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This game/software app is very intriguing and full of the wonder of exploration, it has 9 trillion galaxies and each galaxy has over 1 trillion stars and each star has at least 5 planets so you'll find plenty to explore.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics are incredibly realistic so most of the screenshots look like they were taken by a space probe and not pictured in a game.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Very good optimized too, hitting about 150 fps in 1440p most of the time, about 60-70 in huge clusters and about 40 near event horizon of a black hole.
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Sure, you need decent hardware to run it, but the optimization settings are quite good considering how amazing everything still can look.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
But if, for some reason, you want to look beyond that and say "Why not?" Then this game has an accompanying music track that is calm, serene, and a music player that allows you to change between the accompanying soundtrack at will.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay56 reviews
Graphics44 reviews
Performance9 reviews
Optimization5 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion
Story
67% still recommend
Difficulty
67% still recommend
Players complain
Crashes
76% still recommend
Bugs
57% still recommend
Interface
60% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support
  • Tracked Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Workshop
  • VR Support

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$29.99

The lowest we've tracked is $17.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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