Games like Space Engineers

Miss the chaotic and replayable pull of Space Engineers? These games make natural next picks for you. You can bring friends along for most of these.

Empyrion - Galactic Survival
A space sandbox survival adventure: start in a crashed pod on an alien planet, mine, craft and build your way up to capital ships, planetary bases and space stations, then warp off to explore a whole galaxy. Play alone or with friends, and expect things to go gloriously wrong along the way.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Chaotic, Replayable
78% of 29,245 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 561$19.99
StarMade
A voxel sandbox in space where every ship, station and turret is built block by block, then flown into battle. Mine asteroids, run factories, trade, and network the galaxy with warp gates. The universe is procedurally generated and nearly endless, and it bends to your settings. Best with friends on a server.
Also in Co-op · Replayable
66% of 2,201 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
Starbase
Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.
Chaotic, Replayable
55% of 6,222 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$34.99
Approximately Up
Bolt together a spaceship from thousands of parts, wire up its systems, then fly it in first person to 15 strange planets. Solo or with up to four friends, every mission asks something new of your ship, and every mistake becomes a story. Build it, launch it, and find out what happens.
Also in Co-op · Chaotic, Replayable
93% of 1,149 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 86$18.74
Archean
Archean is a first-person engineering sandbox where physics does the judging. You gather ore, craft parts, bolt together planes and rockets, wire their power and fluids, then program them in XenonCode. Planets are full-sized, orbits are real, and if it flies, it is because you built something that flies.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Chaotic, Replayable
87% of 246 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
Starship EVO
Crash-land on a planet, mine and craft your way back to orbit, then build the starship of your dreams and take it into a dangerous galaxy. The building system lets you stretch, shape and wire anything from fighters to capital ships, and the whole thing is yours to fly.
Also in Co-op · Chaotic, Replayable
82% of 1,353 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 30$24.99
Space Impossible
Take control of a fully destructible spaceship and explore, blast or trade your way through the cosmos, alone or with friends. Every tile matters, as you dogfight, maneuver or speed your way past friendly traders, hostile aliens, and impressive space navies. What will you do, Captain?
Also in Co-op · Chaotic, Replayable
94% of 124 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Stationeers
Build and run a space station where every pipe, wire and gas molecule matters. Stationeers models pressure, heat, power and farming as real systems, so survival means actually understanding what you built. Play alone or with friends, start with a cold metal box, and engineer your way to a thriving base.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Replayable
88% of 8,664 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 464$34.99
SpaceCraft
SpaceCraft is an online galaxy where you mine planets, build your own ships from parts, automate bases and trade with other players. Fly out, scan a system, land, dig something up and turn it into a business. A calm, open-ended space sandbox that rewards patience and works best with friends.
Also in Co-op
63% of 2,730 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 269$29.99
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
Design starships piece by piece, staff them with crews of individually simulated people, and send them into physics-driven battles where every module can be blown off the hull. Explore a procedurally generated galaxy alone or with friends, test your designs in online PvP, or build without limits in Creative Mode.
Also in Co-op · Replayable
94% of 12,130 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 588$19.99
Celestial Command
Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.
Chaotic, Replayable
59% of 689 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99
Masterspace
Masterspace is a game about mining, creating and exploring, featuring fully destructible environments and spaceships that allow you to travel between different planets. Use explosives to mine metal ores or watch your newly constructed home get smashed to pieces by a meteorite impact.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Chaotic, Replayable
27% of 128 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

Cheaper than Space Engineers

StarMade

A voxel universe where you mine, craft and command your own fleet, alone or with friends on a server.

$14.99

Approximately Up

Assemble a ship from thousands of parts, wire its systems together, and take it to fifteen strange planets, alone or with friends.

$18.74

Space Impossible

Take control of a fully destructible spaceship and explore, blast or trade your way through the cosmos, alone or with friends.

$12.99

Masterspace

Masterspace is a game about mining, creating and exploring, featuring fully destructible environments and spaceships that allow you to travel…

$4.99

Avorion

Build a blocky spaceship from scratch and take it into an open galaxy where mining, trading and piracy all pay off, and every battle leaves dents in…

$12.49

Spaceflight Simulator

Assemble rockets from real parts and take them from the launch pad to the far reaches of the Solar System, one failure at a time.

$14.99

Starbound

Flee a broken past, then craft, build and explore colorful alien worlds at your own pace, alone or with friends.

$5.99

The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator

Put your engineering and problem solving skills to the test in this sandbox physics building game!

$8.99

Habitat

Habitat is a physics-based space game where you build, fly, and fight with whatever you can find out in space.

$14.99

Mechanic Miner

Put your mechanical skills to the test in a physics-based sandbox where ingenuity and creativity are the ultimate key to survival.

$7.99

Trailmakers

Snap parts together into whatever vehicle you fancy, then race, battle and explore across a bright open world with friends.

$7.49

Out of Orbit

Design, build, or pirate spaceships. Build bases on planets.

$14.99

Hidden gems like Space Engineers

Approximately Up

Assemble a ship from thousands of parts, wire its systems together, and take it to fifteen strange planets, alone or with friends.

$18.74

eXoSpace Combat Engineer

Design your own warship piece by piece, then take it into fast bullet-hell battles across a galaxy of supervillains.

$14.99

Astro Colony

Set up conveyor networks, dock your stations and research new tech at your own pace, alone or with friends.

$19.99

The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator

Put your engineering and problem solving skills to the test in this sandbox physics building game!

$8.99

Archean

Archean is a first-person engineering sandbox where physics does the judging.

$19.99

Space Trash Scavenger

Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts.

$19.99

The Last Starship

Design a working starship from the reactor up, then take it into a fresh galaxy each run as a miner, pirate hunter or anything else you fancy.

$19.99

Space Haven

Build a spaceship tile by tile, keep its air breathable and its crew fed, then jump it toward a new home.

$24.99

Starminer

Build a mining ship piece by piece, haul in asteroids and manage the heat your greed creates before something out there notices.

$29.99

Juno: New Origins

Build rockets, planes, cars and whole planets from parts you stretch, reshape and paint, then fly them with realistic physics.

$19.99

Out of Orbit

Design, build, or pirate spaceships. Build bases on planets.

$14.99

Space Architect

Mine asteroids, build production lines, keep your crew fed and trade with passing ships to buy back your freedom.

$1.79

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