Can I Run Space Engineers?
Space Engineers is an action indie game from Keen Software House, released in 2019. Keen Software House both developed and published it. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. There are 30 achievements to chase. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. With more than 102 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Its 7 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Steam Workshop support means community content is part of the picture, and a heavy mod load can push the real requirements past anything the publisher lists. It is localised into 16 languages according to the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5 @ 3.0 GHz or higher (or AMD equivalent) |
|---|---|
| GPU | Geforce 750/Radeon R9 270X or higher |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 35 GB |
| OS | Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Quad Core i7 @ 4.5 GHz or higher (or AMD equivalent) |
|---|---|
| GPU | Geforce 1070 GTX / Radeon RX Vega 56 or higher |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 35 GB |
| OS | Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in an open sandbox. Play is structured around hostile territory. 13 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Space Engineers is demanding
The ask Space Engineers makes is moderate. Geforce 1070 GTX / Radeon RX Vega 56 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. Disk footprint is light, near 35 GB. A 64 bit version of Windows is required.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Space Engineers?
Space Engineers targets a mainstream modern PC: Geforce 750/Radeon R9 270X or higher and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Geforce 1070 GTX / Radeon RX Vega 56 or higher for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.36x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.77x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.34x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Space Engineers's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Can my PC run Space Engineers?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Space Engineers?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5 @ 3.0 GHz or higher (or AMD equivalent); GPU: Geforce 750/Radeon R9 270X or higher; 8 GB RAM; OS: Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit.
How much storage does Space Engineers need?
Space Engineers needs about 35 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Space Engineers?
The RTX 3060 runs Space Engineers comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Space Engineers?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Space Engineers is the GPU.