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Games like Space Engineers
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like Space Engineers” means here
Open World Survival CraftSpaceSandboxCraftingBuildingSurvival
Matches come from the tags Steam players vote on each game, weighted so a rare tag counts for far more than one that sits on half the store. A game's popularity never moves it up this list.
1
96%
match
2
ASTRONEER
Open World Survival Craft · Space · Building · Sandbox
92% of 139,161 reviews positive · 2,270 playing now
95%
match
3
Starbound
Open World Survival Craft · Space · Sandbox · Building
90% of 123,287 reviews positive · 809 playing now
94%
match
4
93%
match
5
92%
match
6
Osiris: New Dawn
Open World Survival Craft · Space · Building · Survival
53% of 15,085 reviews positive
91%
match
8
Planet Explorers
Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox · Building · Crafting
62% of 6,818 reviews positive
91%
match
9
Force of Nature
Open World Survival Craft · Crafting · Building · Sandbox
75% of 4,209 reviews positive
90%
match
10
No Man's Sky
Open World Survival Craft · Space · Sandbox · Survival
85% of 415,051 reviews positive · 12,653 playing now
90%
match
11
89%
match
12
Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Open World Survival Craft · Space · Building · Sandbox
78% of 34,414 reviews positive
89%
match
13
Terraria
Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox · Building · Crafting
97% of 1,551,879 reviews positive · 59,678 playing now
89%
match
14
Wurm Unlimited
Open World Survival Craft · Building · Sandbox · Crafting
71% of 3,137 reviews positive
89%
match
16
88%
match
17
88%
match
18
Raft
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Building · Crafting
93% of 378,023 reviews positive · 12,765 playing now
87%
match
19
Stranded Deep
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Building
74% of 47,867 reviews positive
87%
match
20
87%
match
22
87%
match
23
Life is Feudal: Your Own
Open World Survival Craft · Building · Sandbox · Crafting
66% of 12,059 reviews positive
87%
match
24
87%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to Space Engineers?
The closest matches to Space Engineers on Steam are Edge of Space, ASTRONEER, Starbound, Breathedge, Fragmented. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with Space Engineers's, and shared tags include Open World Survival Craft, Space, Sandbox.
How are games like Space Engineers chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Open World Survival Craft, Space, Sandbox count far more than catch-all ones like "Indie" or "Singleplayer", and each game is scored on how closely its whole tag profile matches Space Engineers's. Popularity never affects the ranking.