SpaceEngine

The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.

SpaceEngine is a early access, open world and casual game developed and published by Cosmographic Software.
Released on June 11th 2019 is available only on Windows in 18 languages: English, German, Russian, Italian, French, Finnish, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Czech, Swedish, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish and Ukrainian.

It has received 11,493 reviews of which 11,027 were positive and 466 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 17.39€ on Steam and has a 40% discount.

The Steam community has classified SpaceEngine into these genres:

Early Access Open World Casual Sci-fi Sandbox Space Flight 3D Space Sim Colorful Realistic Science Education Simulation Relaxing Atmospheric Futuristic Indie Singleplayer Procedural Generation

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i3-3220T or AMD FX-4100
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or Radeon RX 460 (4 GB)
Storage: 4 GB available space
VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC
Additional Notes: Screen resolution of at least 1280x720 required to display all user interface elements. Graphics card must have at least 3 GB of VRAM.

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

---{ Graphics }--- ☑ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☑ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10 ---{ Author }--- ☑ https://vojtastruhar.github.io/steam-review-template

Sept. 2024

This is a highly accurate Universe simulator. The one downside though is that all the spiral galaxies seem to look more-or-less the same. As a PhD astronomer, I know that not to be the case, given James Webb and Hubble observations showing us that even spiral galaxies have distinct looks in real life. It would be great if the spiral-galaxy models were more varied. That being said, the distances and visuals of what they COULD put in are awesome. I am currently in production of an astronomy documentary, and I am finding it to be a very useful teaching tool about the Universe. I am using it to not just do an astronomic zoomout, but to stop along the way at pretty nebulas and beautiful galaxies. I highly recommend this game. I am a little bothered at the nomenclature of "game," because "teaching tool" is really more accurate, IMHO. I strongly recommend this to science teachers and other educators. And the Space Engine PRO and HD Solar System DLCs are well worth it. My bio: My name is Dr. Brian Hart. Originally from Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota, I am a PhD astrophysicist with a specialty in cosmology --- the study of the structure and evolution of the Universe. From 2002-08, I attended the University of California, Irvine on a so-called "Regent's Fellowship," which is a highly-coveted "full ride." Major funding for my PhD graduate school program was provided by the NASA Astrophysics Data Program and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian. Currently, I reside in Colorado Springs with my Black Lab, Bruce. I am not being paid for this review in any way, and I paid for my copy of Space Engine. While this game is not without its subtle flaws and inaccuraces, I recognize that it's in the very early stages of development, and I do not fault the authors for that. Overall though, as a trained, professional astrophysicist, I am highly impressed with the level of fidelity in this game and that is why I highly recommend it to educators (especially) for use as a teaching tool in the classroom and lecture hall.

July 2024

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10

May 2024

---{ Graphics }--- ☑ You forget what reality is (It's between this and beautiful) ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids (maybe) ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☑ Fast (For ultra graphics) ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10 Quick review: This game is amazing. this game is a visually stunning cosmic exploration game. It offers realistic, procedurally generated universes and solar systems. You can travel easily between planets. It's not a traditional space game, more like a peaceful journey through space finding cool looking planets. It would probably take someone a life time just to explore the half the milky way. there are so many galaxies and planets to fly around. You can go onto every single planet like you're standing there. this is one of the only games I will ever give an 11/10. If you like exploring space you gotta get this. could do with a few more features (Like being able to walk on the planets and see how different gravity is and a lot more). I know not a quick review ._. also please don't give me points I don't need them but thanks anyways :)

Feb. 2024

As an astrophysics PhD researcher I strongly approve of this game. Scientifically speaking it's not perfect, but what is perfect? It's probably the best representation of space I've ever seen in a game, and there is a whole lot that it gets right. Every 'realistic' space game that gets made from now on should use this.

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-40% 28.99€ 17.39€

9.3

11,027

466

Online players

199

Developer

Cosmographic Software

Publisher

Cosmographic Software

Release 11 Jun 2019

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