Can I Run Space Engineers 2?
Released in 2025, Space Engineers 2 is an action indie game built by Keen Software House. The game supports a single player campaign. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. Over 4 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. It is localised into 9 languages according to the store listing. Workshop content is supported, so the published requirements describe the unmodded game only. This is current generation software, and the requirements read that way.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 4core 3GHz CPU / AMD Ryzen 5 2400G / Intel Core i3-10100F |
|---|---|
| GPU | 4TFlop GPU / Radeon RX 5600 XT / Geforce 1660 Super |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB |
| OS | Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 8core 3.6GHz CPU / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X / Intel i7 9700k |
|---|---|
| GPU | 12TFlop GPU / Radeon RX 6800 / Geforce 2080 Ti / 3080 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB |
| OS | Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in an open sandbox. Play is structured around hostile territory. The publisher supplies 17 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Space Engineers 2 is demanding
Space Engineers 2 is a heavy title. Its 12TFlop GPU / Radeon RX 6800 / Geforce 2080 Ti / 3080 target scores above the RTX 3060 we measure against, so anything meaningfully slower is making compromises rather than running Space Engineers 2 properly. Space Engineers 2 needs 64 bit Windows. Disk footprint is light, near 40 GB. Space Engineers 2 calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Space Engineers 2 scales hard with the hardware you give it. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Space Engineers 2?
Space Engineers 2 is one of the more demanding games on PC. To reach its recommended tier you'll want a 12TFlop GPU / Radeon RX 6800 / Geforce 2080 Ti / 3080-class graphics card, with 4TFlop GPU / Radeon RX 5600 XT / Geforce 1660 Super the floor just to launch at minimum settings. Plan for a recent high-end GPU rather than a mainstream one.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Below the bar | 0.68x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.38x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.17x |
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 | Below minimum |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Playable |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Playable |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Playable |
Each card is compared against Space Engineers 2'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 2?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Space Engineers 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 4core 3GHz CPU / AMD Ryzen 5 2400G / Intel Core i3-10100F; GPU: 4TFlop GPU / Radeon RX 5600 XT / Geforce 1660 Super; 16 GB RAM; OS: Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit.
How much storage does Space Engineers 2 need?
Space Engineers 2 needs about 40 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Space Engineers 2?
The RTX 3060 can run Space Engineers 2: it sits around the minimum GPU requirement, so expect to manage settings.
What is the bottleneck for Space Engineers 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Space Engineers 2 is the GPU.