Space Engineers

Space Engineers
Developer(s)	Keen Software House
Engine	VRAGE 2.0
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	Oct 23, 2013 (alpha)
Genre(s)	Sandbox, Simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer

Space Engineers is a voxel-based sandbox game set in space, developed and published by Keen Software House. The game features a open-world environment where players can build various functional structures. The pre-release alpha build was released on October 23 2013 on Steam, featuring a single-player "creative" mode.

Once in-game, the is given control of a single Space Engineer. Depending on the game-mode and starting map, the player can begin building one of three structures: Space Station, Large Ship, or Big Ship. Selecting one of these will spawn a block in front of the player to be used as a scaffold for the rest of the structure. Among structural blocks, some blocks can be interacted with to carry out different functions such as mining, refining, healing, and communicating. Alongside the blocks are several tools that can be held and used by players.

In creative mode, players are able to spawn items and building materials indefinitely and fly ships beyond their power limits. This mode is focused on Note that this is the only available mode in the game as of yet.

Manual mode is a survival-type game-mode where players work with limited resources that they must gather and prepare themselves. This mode is not available in the current alpha build of the game.

Space Engineers runs on the VRAGE (short for voxel rage) engine which drives the collision and destruction physics.