Space Engineers 2

Space Engineers 2 is a space engineering sandbox set in the Almagest System. You arrive on humanity’s first large-scale colonization mission with a damaged ship and basic tools. Explore planets, moons, asteroid rings and dense clusters; mine resources; build bases and starships; complete contracts; discover Datapads; trade; and expand into new sectors. The current Alpha includes building, survival and colonization systems, with more content and systems still in development.

Build and reshape

Build ships, stations, bases and machines in a destructible sandbox powered by the VRAGE3 engine. You can mine asteroids, reshape terrain, carve tunnels and damage structures, with engineering decisions affecting the environment. The 25 cm Unified Grid System lets blocks fit together without separating large and small grids. Mounting point visualization, grid lines and building tools support precise construction.

Building tools include Grid Undo, copy and paste, symmetry, blueprints, Projection Building, Backpack Building, Area Welding, refined CTRL controls, and improved rotation and zoom. Blueprints and Worlds can be shared through Steam Workshop, and the VRAGE3 Mod HUB and Mod Editor tools support modding.

Survive and expand

The current Alpha includes a sandbox survival experience in which you manage power, oxygen, hydrogen and health. Mine resources, process materials, manufacture components, build production chains, complete contracts, earn credits and find Datapads as you begin expanding colonization across the Almagest System.

Long-term survival progression, deeper colonization, a richer economy and contracts, NPCs, campaign content, co-op, multiplayer and additional systems are planned to arrive during Early Access.

Move and engineer

Characters can reach speeds of up to 310 m/s, while grids can reach up to 300 m/s. Magboots and automatic jetpack activation help you move around large constructions, platforms, ships and asteroids. Rotors and Pistons are available in the current Alpha; wheels, hinges, warheads and additional engineering systems are planned for future updates.

Combat threats

Combat NPCs include hostile ground factions such as the Renegades and their heavily armed leaders, the Boatmen. They navigate voxel terrain, explore player-built interiors, open doors and maneuver around obstacles. In combat, they use cover, adapt when it is destroyed, reposition, retreat when injured and share threat information with their squads.

You can fight them with a character combat system that includes directional damage indicators and weapon recoil, or use automated interior defense turrets. Customizable NPC health bars let you adjust the HUD to your preferred level of immersion.

The Almagest System

The game features planetary landscapes, industrial designs, a new skybox, ray-traced global illumination, realistic shadows, tessellated voxel materials, parallax effects for armor and volumetric clouds. Its UI and tools are being developed to make building more intuitive, while VRAGE3 is being optimized throughout Early Access; performance can vary with hardware, world size and build complexity.