Why people CAN'T Stop Playing SPACE ENGINEERS

[@SpaceEngineers]

It has been crazy 11 years and the best is yet to come 😉

[@DonDior1337]

That sounds interesting ;=)

[@doot4246]

thank you so much for such an amazing game

[@You_From_Future]

Hey keen do you think you can increase the chance of finding planetary encounters in some kind of minor small update or maybe even buff the prototech thrusters?

[@BattlewarPenguin]

Thank you for making one of the most powerful game engines I've ever seen. No other game in existance has the amount of freedom to create things that SE has. It's the ultimate Space Sandbox. With the upcoming VRAGE 3, the future certainly looks exciting!

[@DaikonRyusa]

Fix the damn Planetary Encounters. So much for the hype.

[@Aeonlith]

SE is a game where i come home after a hard days work and fiddle around with my creations in a low energy enviroment. Suddenly i realise its 1 am i have to get up for work in the morning and i havent had dinner yet. 10/10

[@jacksonbarkerthebluehairedfox]

For years they've kept true to what they wanted this game to be: A creative sandbox where you can build anything you want in space.

[@JoachimVampire]

did you see the videos about the engine they are making? that freedom of building will be insane!

[@sib315]

​@@JoachimVampirefinaly the detail of small grid and ease of building large structures with large grid without sub grids that might explode

[@jacksonbarkerthebluehairedfox]

@@JoachimVampire Oh absolutely. Doing away with the separation of small grids and large grids will VASTLY expand what people can do with their ships. Extremely detailed greeble and interiors on large ships!

[@kubel83]

Indeed. But they also met plenty of backlash and hate. Especially when they introduced build for consoles… People hated them…. But thanks to that they got more popularity. More money and atlas big and hug updates started to happen. But ofc we still have some stubborn PC MASTER RACE clowns still defending the game would be greater without.. Yet 70 % of pc toasters runs this game worse than Series X… By the way comes from a pc gamer and a console player. Bought the game on both platforms.

[@x_asp3x_x]

They have a vision and they are making sure they will fulfill this vision

[@therealbahamut]

One of the most unusual things Keen have done with SE is they will at times release a new DLC with new blocks while ADDING new blocks to PREVIOUS DLCs, adding value to your past purchases and further incentivizing multiple DLC purchases to really fill out your build menu.

[@Thalanox]

Space Marine 2 is funding big updates with new modes, factions, and enemies by selling Cosmetic DLCs. It's a good model.

[@jacob416]

Even better the DLCs are entirely cosmetic. You get all the mechanics the game has to offer for 10-20USD including ones that were release years after versions 1.0. Then you can spend 5-10 USD every couple months to keep things fresh. It really is a genius monetization strategy. As someone who doesn’t typically purchase DLC, I own roughly half of the space engineers DLC.

[@therealbahamut]

@@jacob416 Weeeelll, I'd say they're "mostly" cosmetic, since each of them DOES actually include new blocks that allow new design configurations that were impossible before. The only downside is that anyone trying to upload a blueprint to the workshop tends to keep an eye toward using as few DLC's as possible so even full vanilla players can actually enjoy their creation. It's a weird place, despite it working for this long.

[@Thalanox]

@@therealbahamut That seems somewhat unusual for a game like that. Are these consistent DLCs, or are they more along the lines of a game getting a handful of expansions? Is there is "full" package that stays consistent over time? There should be some kind of stability in the DLC ecosystem for mods that make use of all those new toys to exist. Otherwise they'd have to constantly be updated.

[@therealbahamut]

@@Thalanox Well modders will mod no matter what and oftentimes old mods get handed off to new modders when the old modder decides to move on so that's kind of an aside. The DLC's have almost always included new blocks that don't drastically change gameplay and vanilla players can certainly live without them but there's always been at least one new block in each DLC that I see and go "ooh, that would solve SO many design problems I'm having!" but then if you intend for people to actually use your creations, much less print them in a legitimate survival scenario rather than just copypasting them into a creative mode, it behooves you to use as few DLCs and mods as humanly possible so your work is usable by a wider audience. It's this frustrating dilemma where we can make so many cool toys with all sorts of moving parts and fancy new blocks but then it's hard to share them because people can't actually use them legitimately. Like I said, it's a weird spot. I have some confidence that Keen are working to address that in the sequel though.

[@TheDeinonychus]

Don't forget that Keen has garnered a good deal of good will with it's customers. One of the big reasons is their policy of not requiring a DLC purchase when a new functional block is added to the game. For example, new cosmetics of functional blocks are paid DLC, such as the different styles of conveyors that have the exact same function as the base game's, only with a different look. But new functional blocks, such as Prototech, are always part of a free update available to anyone regardless of what DLC they do or do not have.

[@FakeSchrodingersCat]

It also doesn't hurt that there are so many mods, that there is probably one for any block you don't have.

[@stefanm5971]

The price is low compared to others as well. First ime i bought a cosmetic dlc and never regrade it I own 7 by now 😅

[@AveryChristy]

It's Legos in space. That's why people can't stop playing. And the more you play, the better you get at it.

[@flu_nog_777]

Spot on

[@ThomasCarstein]

This. I always describe SE to other people as "Lego Technic simulator in a giant solar system with realistic physics" 🤓

[@Ivan-bk9xs]

@@ThomasCarstein realistic physics... no drag, no orbiting, and a low speed limit. yeah there's modding, but it's meh.

[@sik3xploit]

Reminds me of how I would make Star Wars space ships as a kid with Legos before special SW Lego stuff came out... You don't need the special stuff if you got an imagination.

[@kristakis]

Having an active modding scene also helps keep a game interesting.

[@mimic4844]

Everything I build looks like a brick. Everything I build doesn't work as I intended.But somehow I still have a great time.

[@m.k.3433]

There are several Videos about breaking out of that brick cirkel. It helps really good or look for a SE YT with good building understanding. It gives you ideas of how to build. :)

[@stefanm5971]

Much to learn you have 😂

[@TheFakeGooberGoblin]

You push your creative and logistic limits, then find ways to improve it within a week. When the core fun is from personal growth, the game never gets stale.

[@flos6754]

I really love Space Engineers, I currently have 1100+ hours in the game. I bought it back when they didn't even have planets. Over the years they added lots of cool and useful features and stuff. And if that isn't enough, there are also lots of mods to choose from.

[@scottymccubboardpippen214]

Was my first game on steam aswell back in 2013

[@KemPeck1701]

i bought SE with ME as a bundle on 1.0 release... played a couple hours and realised i didnt have a clue, when my first miner just dropped out of the air.. so i spent 1000's of hours watching youtubers (w4stedspace, splitsie etc).. then i started to play.. now.. i'm 4200hrs+.. and i'm still learning to play

[@scottymccubboardpippen214]

@@KemPeck1701 true story

[@snakelord8358]

a have 1.6 k hours and a bought the game the first of 2024 😭😭

[@julgin44]

@@snakelord8358 same lol

[@JustAnODSTyt]

Keen Software House is the only game company I don't mind throwing more money at for DLC without feeling like I'm getting milked and that has to do with the fact that I know all of that money goes right back into the game and into developing their VRAGE 3 engine for future games

[@sib315]

Most of dlc blocks are cosmetic and dont give advantege Exceptions might be the passege blocks for making things airthight, search lights as they make compact cammeras and industrial refinery for when you are working with small spaces

[@Catatonic2789]

@@sib315 Industrial refinery is the same size as the normal one though, there's no space savings. It just ties in with the other industrial style blocks better.

[@Танкозера]

​@@Catatonic2789 It had inbuilt passages

[@javannapoli2018]

And also the fact that their DLC are all ridiculously cheap by today's standards. At around $7.50 each in my currency (AUD) I have always just bought every new DLC they release on launch and will continue to do so because they're so cheap and I know I'll get use out of the blocks.

[@z3ntropy]

you forgot to mention the actual reason the game survives: modding.

[@Catatonic2789]

I'm pretty sure the majority of players run either unmodded or mod-lite. From the online community I get the sense the big modpacks are fairly uncommon unless they're for a server that's doing something really specific. Most players don't play on big servers if they play on servers at all.

[@malcontender6319]

I like my saved world files uncorrupted, so - no mods for me.

[@jacob416]

I have nearly 1k hours in the game. I never played with a lot of mods, the save file I have right now only has a few QoL and realism mods. (Heavy hydrogen/oxygen, build vision, HUD compass/clock, and few other mods that add a small Handful of blocks, like a small o2 tank so my first mining ship could have a pressurized cockpit) It’s basically vanilla. Modding is certainly a vital part of the experience, but I think most people use mods to add vanilla-like features that make the game more interesting. They don’t use mods to entirely overhaul the game like they do with Minecraft/factorio and most of the other games people have been playing for 10+ years.

[@GamerDVE]

I love the fact this video got recommended to me after I finished building a 400 meter Dreadnought with my friend after 2 months of building

[@Xx_Reddit_Girl_xX]

I've been in a strange relationship with space engineers over the years, I've never truly learned how to play, I always have wanted to but I'd just kinda give up cause of the learning curve. But I'v actually sat and learned a lot playing survival. And I'm loving it. I think I've finally cracked my hesitation with learning the game.

[@davidsworld9056]

I stumbled across space engineers 2 years pre pandemic and thought this is way to hard and didnt pick it up for another 2 years but im so glad i did. Its like a mountain learning curve but totally worth it.

[@3dCraddock]

I got pulled back in recently and have been having a great time making some of the most aesthetically pleasing ships I have ever made. It's also one of those games where you can have a relaxing time just tinkering with something while you put a movie on a side-monitor, or have a more serious day trying to take down pirate bases with your finished combat vessels. There is so much satisfaction in having an idea that works out; be it a mining ship that handles well and pulls a good yield, or a large combat ship that was able to withstand a good beating, or just finishing that mess-hall to add some role-play flavor to your main base. Today I binged a rewatch of The Expanse while painting the hangar in my carrier and finishing some lighting to make it one step closer to perfection in a private server i run with friends. And last night I loaded up a fleet of my most recent designs in creative single player, set them to the pirate faction, flew about 10km away from them and then loaded in my most recent strike fighter to see how well it fairs attempting bomb runs on the command decks of some of my most heavily armed battlecruisers. The blueprinting system is fantastic, the ability to either create something quickly in creative and print it out in a server, or stress test something you made on a server in a safe environment repeatedly to fine-tune it before bringing it to combat is so useful.

[@HCH303]

it´s one of the best games... have 4500+ hours played and keep playing

[@vanguardian1]

5056+ here! :D (started in 2017!)

[@lego_is_cool8687]

1:20 oh no your completely right. SE is just minecraft in space. i have around 2000 hours put in to the game and i can say its basically minecraft in space, but better. both games are loved by the community, both are modiable, survival/creative, and is a sandbox. BOTH ARE THE SAME! lol that got to trigger some people. i hope it does lol

[@Yukimaru0]

I always describe it as Minecraft in space because that's the closest game to compare to that most people have either played or know of.

[@xxaquitainexx]

Saaaame 😂

[@aseroxd]

Just don't have the time, skill or patience to appreciate this game, but you are right; it's great for people who are into this stuff.

[@RusAmethyst]

its not that hard to get into just hard to master

[@Billy-bc8pk]

@@RusAmethyst Yes and no. It's not hard to pick up at all, and doing some of the tutorial missions is quite easy, but going beyond that it does require more of a time investment. You're absolutely right that it does take a lot to master it though.

[@JustAnODSTyt]

Space engineers is one of those games where the learning curve seems a whole lot bigger than it is. Trust me, I know the feeling. I first started playing in 2018 and dropped it after a few days because I didn't know what I was doing. What helped me was having friends who were at different stages of fluidity with the game and playing with them, and now I have more hours in this game than the friends who got me into it in the first place

[@aseroxd]

@@JustAnODSTyt All fair, but I just don't have the free time to commit to the game. Frankly I'd much rather play other games I enjoy more.

[@JustAnODSTyt]

@@aseroxd fair enough

[@naturally_rob]

It tickles all the right spots of my brain. I get engineering, I get complex problem solving, I get to explore new design ideas, I get to manage resources, I get to build with purpose. I have a lot of hours in Satisfactory, so the logistics is nice break from that. It just, does all the things that brain wants.

[@EngineeredCoffee]

I would say another huge component to the success is the workshop community; sharing blueprints gets others inspired to change or create their own, much like MOC does for LEGO.

[@dsmarineYT]

Nice video that reminds me of the good old times. The video with the running engineer thru the different years is realy cool. Is there a source to the original of this?

[@mortigoth]

10000 hours... but I AM somewhat tired... yet I still play...

[@ThomasCarstein]

Damn, and there i was thinking my 2200 hours were a lot 😲

[@MagicPop412]

This is really good video with good points but it should be said that you missed the community aspect of the game. There are thousands of mods out there made by people that can completely add to, improve, or even remake the much game for free. And they are able to do this because Keen(devs) have done a great job giving the Moders the tools to do it.

[@metalWarriorCZ]

Finally someone interpreted it right. I absolutely love this game.

[@americankid7782]

I started playing this game in Highschool once I was given my mom’s old Laptop for school. It was incredibly fun and I was incredibly bad at it. I only ever made a few ships after following tutorials block by block (mainly cause I was scared to mess something up and would get to scared to do my own thing) but it was still extremely fun! Now, I’m old enough and mentally developed enough to actually come up with my own ideas and actually make them! It’s so fun now that my friends have dragged me back into the game and I fully intend to make my own ship designs.

[@Sp3llmen]

A friend suggested we play this game around the time of this upload, and since we started, I have about 140 hours into the game already. This game is fucking amazing

[@cptccman5665]

Don't forget Space Engineers 2 is being teased so get ready my fellow Engineer

[@rocco123q]

I think they also have great marketing, building up hype using trailers and letting KZbinrs showcase the new update before release. The connection with the community is also very close. Overall this game is great, as your video is. Keep it up, you definitely earned yourself a new subscriber.

[@BON60_B1LL90]

@5:49 "build efficient ships" or "build the fish and chips" - Wonderfully misheard phrasing! Good video, I keep coming back because it's like a giant Lego simulator and I can chill out digging a hole for resources to build more stuff!

[@Rashkiri]

I just got this game and my first reaction once i kinda figured out how things work was "Holy shit"

[@Taron_HaiTar]

Throwing out one idea for either a challenge, or an entire server: *Capture, Salvage, Restore, Claim and Buy!* - You can't build from scratch ANYTHING (Bases, rovers, ships, drones and ect.), with two exceptions;* You need to either buy all of those, or salvage and restore stuff from encounters, or capture and Claim stuff from encounters, or all 3 combined in no particular oreder and proportionality! Also, when you get those, you can modify them, but it still must be recognisable as that original ship; atleast in size, silluete, and Color Pattern(can change "faction color" for your own, but leaving paint scheme and the rest of the colors the same, or similar). *The first exception for building from scratch is for one particular category of ships - capture and boarding ships; ships to ONLY capture or board enemy constructs with prefferably as little damage to targets as possible, even at the cost of themselfs. **If you successfully capture and Claim a drone, you can build that particular type of drone in your capital ships; if that drone belongs to a "faction" (Pirate, Frostbite, Green, Yellow, Blue, Red, Factorum), you can only build it in the capital ship of the same faction; only personal drones allowed to be modified, with those that are "shared" or belongs to a fleet be forbidden from modifying.

[@umbratherios5614]

I might've missed you listing it, but modding is, quite literally, the heart and soul of this game... it adds a LOT, and frankly, the mods are the only reason a lot of us do play the game. Specifically, the "MES" mod list that adds exploration, encounters, PVE and so on...

[@KhaziirEverflight]

This, so much this. I occasionally play with my best friend, and honestly, without mods i would have dropped the game after a few hours at most, but with mods, it just is so much more fun for me.

[@KhaziirEverflight]

wait... bruh... i really gotta start reading usernames when replying to comments xD

[@kerngezond6953]

MES is class! I fondly remember adding them to a brand new savegame and looking in awe at the big ships passing over my puny base, hoping they keep their course. And if that’s too tame for you there’s always a list of more aggressive mods (like Reavers if you want an enemy that’s basically a bunch of berserking lunatics).

[@YoStu242]

Took a while for me to figure out that random spinning of my ship was caused by a piston that wasn't even active. Shame that they cannot be put to moving ships or risk losing control and crashing

[@interstellarsnow]

klang is like that

[@uncleweirdbeard86]

I host a couple of servers and help new players learn the ropes. It's a lot of fun. Keen are pretty awesome at listening to the players and care about their community. Considering the popularity of space engineers, they actually gave their previous game (Medieval Engineers) to the community that loves it. Keen is now working on their newest engine and are still working on Space Engineers despite their small size. They really are about the community, and that's a big part of what makes people come back to Space Engineers

[@teolegrande304]

This is the best space sandbox ever! :) Good thing we have mods. But very much missing VR support.

[@kadefoulk8492]

just stumbled on your channel, and I'm so happy I did. excellent content, thank you

[@thepro9417]

3:36 this one is perfect for a base on space, i mean, you could attach a bunch of ships or wait on space while mining ships go to the surface and come back, i mean, that size is enough to even be a gigantic storage.

[@q9260]

There is nothing else like SE - So much love for this game 11yrs and 1400hrs into it and still not boring, still stuff to learn, still an amazing survival mode.

[@justinisaacs9617]

Ive been playing SE since 2017, and yet to let up.

[@zooleebest]

i was so bad at painting my ship. i know i can't even draw good stick figure, but damned this game remind me that in the hard way lmao.

[@pepethegood]

Because space engineers is that one game we always wanted to play and there isnt anything similiar to space engineers, a huge mod support, ability to build supercapital floating city or small over-engineered missiles or underground vaults

[@MrMarekRosa]

Thanks for making this video! 😃

[@captaindarksign3589]

Thanks for making such an awesome game. (1.300 hours and counting!)

[@VultureXV]

Seeing all these components I kind wanna make a modular capital ship which is fully capable of dropping temporary prefab bases on planets to scavenge materials before packing up all the equipment just to continue space-nomad'ing.

[@fariin2174]

The freedom to build really sells the game for my friends and I, we love creating ships and then duking it out in a session. We use the same mods for our shared session so anything you can gain normally is totally valid per the rules, last night I fought a reaver boss and managed to not destroy the inhibitors so now my warship is trolling friends with both jump drive and jet pack inhibitors. Nothing like seeing a capital ship drop from warp and suddenly all jump drives in 25km are disabled to really spell out how doomed you are 😂

[@kinngrimm]

The ways you can improve ressource gathering by sending out drones, decreasing your own involvment in ressource gathering if you so wish and therefor spend more time on creating new grids/bps are also pretty insane. Then there is scripting, where people who want to learn or are good at programming have an in. More than one who first tested out modding in a game like SE later on became a programmer in RL. Does that at times advantages to people who know stuff and are better at using the possible ways you can interact with the game sure, but you can also just gather in a blob of people and do everything like you are used from other games and still be the biggest most scarriest group arround, but single players who have some smarts can survive in multiplayer servers alone just fine. If you don't want to engage, you just keep on the move. Ofcause there are many different dedicated servers with different rule sets, limitations or mods that even provide more options. So usually there is something for everyone.

[@____trazluz____9804]

also : this game has a ton of mods that add more enemies, boss , lasers, new blocks, man , its crazy

[@hawkgamedev]

man your videos are fun and informative great channel!

[@AAa-ru9vz]

space engineers is the type of game where i like to watch other people play more than me actually playing it

[@evlkenevl2721]

Hi. I'm evlkenevl, and I'm addicted to SE. I'm not especially gifted at it, though. I've been known to spend hours trying to overcome "builder's block", where nothing seems to work or look good. BUT! When it clicks! When I stumble onto a beautiful solution, then another, and another. That's when the game is peak entertainment and worth every penny. Sure, I get burned out sometimes. I'll play something else for a while. Then, some random idea will pop into my head and I just gotta build it. Then I gotta build the stuff that goes with it, too. Before I know it, I'm hooked all over again. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to see if my new cargo hauler can lift a full load of steel plates. Cheers!

[@wayfarerzen]

BECAUSE SPACE LEGOS IS FUN AND ADDICTING I NEED HELP fr I love this game, its got no content whatsoever besides various blocks but you make your own fun and mod the hell out of it. I have almost 1500 hours in it.

[@K-Anator]

I'd been interested in SE for years, even pirated it at one point, before planets. I bought it about 2 years ago now, and I've since racked up 3000 hours.

[@smooth8175]

Trueeeee, this game is so fun btw. I bought it 1 year ago and have played for 3,4 hours, i cant stop playing this game.

[@unapologeticart45]

I recently discovered Space Engineers, and it has become a personal favorite.

[@Galactican00]

I love space engineers so much and its cool to see when someone makes a video on it

[@felps_4500]

As someone who's never played SE, but have been watching content of it since the Early Access, everything you said (and the comments also said) is true, just about 2 years ago I got a PC that can run SE properly, now I'm just waiting for Black Fryday so I can get the game and the DLCs all at once The one problem is that I'll have to find some time in between my Cosmoteer and EaW playtimes to play it

[@biomerl]

I didnt know this was still being updated

[@cptccman5665]

The best is yet to come and with SE2 being teased, the SE community is and probably always will be going strong :D Are you with us?

[@TsYovinski]

Spot on!!! Coming from a guy with 2800 hours in SE :)

[@bdragon254]

Loooove me some Space Engineers. I've bought all the DLC with the exception of music / art stuff. The newest release will change everything about the game... no doubt about it.

[@salvaribeiro]

I stopped playing about 10 years ago because of bugs and lack of basic features. To this day, everytime I try to reboot it and give it another try I find the same physics bugs and the same frozen lake *water*. People who play this for so long either found some niche activity that is not impacted by bugs or have very low standards

[@shahbazfawbush]

0:40 because new people are born every day.....

[@fantasypvp]

Genuinely a great point. As an 18yo I've been playing SE since I was like 10 but I recently got one of my friends to get the game. Now all of his other friends play it regularly as well. Its the kind of game that isn't very well known to most people but the people who do know it keep coming back.

[@BlooAku]

It's a good time, lots of freedom to build with your friends. Nearly 10k hours in so far :D Keen has done a pretty good job of steadily adding cool new stuff and keeping things up to date. The modding scene for this game is phenomenal with a incredible steam workshop library full of amazing creations. IMHO this is the largest part of what keeps people engaged. Playing daily to this day :D

[@strixfiremind]

2680 somethin' hours into the game - and I'll probably keep playing it until Keen releases the next game in the series...yah...I'll probably still play it even after that *LOL*. If I were asked 11 years ago what my favorite game was, it would have been the same it always was Shining Force; but starting 10 years ago it became Space Engineers by a mile! For the last decade I've played this game, consumed content from KZbin Space Engineers players - and even became one myself. Community - something you didn't talk much about in this video, but that is another HUGE part of why this game is amazing. The devs, the players, the youtubers & streamers - all just such awesome and wholesome people out to build wacky contraptions and just have fun in space :)

[@TheIceThorn]

i've stopped :| it misses the only thing they'll never add and that I hoped they would add for years: VR.

[@cptccman5665]

We might get that in Space Engineers 2. I'm already crossing my fingers

[@TheIceThorn]

@cptccman5665 i really hope.

[@professorkatze1123]

space engineers is like minecraft in space. the fun depends on the effort you put into it

[@donte10111]

I remember playing this game back in 2015 and playing a lot of creative then dropped it. It was only in the past year that when i tried survival was i playing for straight weeks. This game srcatches so many itchs i dont know how to stop

[@sik3xploit]

There is also the fact that big game companies these days don't exactly seem interested in making a profit anymore...

[@zackzeed]

Only limiting factor is the Engine itself. One thing I'm looking forward to with the new VRage 3 Engine in SE2! I wanna build a 1km+ Battelship with the game still being playable xd

[@mikecdammit1990]

The developers have put a lot of effort and care into space engineers, it beats the others like elite dangerous and the other big space title games.

[@Yuuni_Shiroza]

Why am I coming back to this game?. Devs are based. they deserve the DLC money that are put into developing the new SE2. I can hop in. Screw around for a week. hop off knowing I can come back to after 3 or 4 months and start over without missing anything. I can hop in with my friends. Screw around. and move on to another game without having the guilt of "progression grind" or whatever Live service nowadays pumps out. SE is just a game. you treat it as a game. nothing more. nothing less.. and that's why it's good

[@daniellobo8813]

playing since 2013 here, note that the developers are working on a new engine right now, with a lot of upgrades, including textures, lightning, liquid water, better physics, destruction system, and better performance. Space Engineers 2 is on the horizon!

[@kerngezond6953]

Damn, I’m so excited and fearful at the same time. Space Engineers 2 with the VRAGE3 engine has so much potential but after the dumpster fire that was Kerbal Space Program 2 I’m terrified of promising sequels.

[@zylechaos906]

For me its like first person Command and Conqurer, where you get to build the costructions and statagize.

[@Yokenshiro11]

Space engineer for me is one of those title that are on a category of their own, Minecraft / skyrim / wow ect truly close to a masterpeace if it weren't for some limitation in the code.

[@seannemo8076]

It helps that the DLCs are about $5 US... They're not charging us for a whole new game just to give us a few extra toys to play with.

[@Kehvan]

4,000 hours in Space Engineers... "Minecraft in Space" is an apt description of the game.

[@GhostOfSnuffles]

I bought in the gam eat early access and loved the fact from the very start you could do whatever you wanted i'd played about 7,900 hours in 4 years. Over the least 5 years they've turned the game into more of a hardcored survival mode with the stone mining and rare resources and due to that i've put in less then 1,000 hours since. They've lost their way by adding progression in a game where what made it unique was that it didn't have progression.

[@Yukimaru0]

You can turn progression off in the world options. You really can just play the game how you want for the most part.

[@thephoenixknight0521]

You forgot about Mods. Space Engineers has the best modding compatibility out of probably any game I’ve ever seen, Maybe even on par with Garry’s Mod. So if you do get bored of vanilla, You have even more creative potential with using mods Also, The Devs are extremely social with the player base, and tend to listen and communicate with us players, Aswell as they keep us hyped durring updates with teasers, and overall just keep us players entertained, (Looking at you Xocliw)

[@kerngezond6953]

I absolutely agree with this. One reason I got bored with Space Engineers was the lack of enemies (something they are only addressing since the most recent update). Then I discovered MES and its accompanying mods and boy do I have a blast playing with them in my new server. I fondly remember adding them to a brand new savegame and looking in awe at the big ships passing over my puny base, hoping they keep their course. And if that’s too tame for you there’s always a list of more aggressive mods (like Reavers if you want an enemy that’s basically a bunch of berserking lunatics).

[@lemon7933]

1,300 hours on SE and i confidently describe this game as minecraft but in space

[@marlonmadruga3572]

Appreciate this video I love this game, and I think it deserves a lot. As do you for all your great content, keep it up.

[@qefucan7591]

It took me 6 years to put 600 hours into no mans sky. I dropped 2000 hours into Space Engineers the first 6 months i had the game, and now im about to break the 11,000 hour mark. Representing Stone Industries.

[@kerngezond6953]

Holy crap, how the hell do you do that? That’s more time per week than a full time job! I love Space Engineers more than anything else but if I played that much my brain would melt and my body would atrophy. O.o

[@mohawk72]

If you want the survival element into the game, you need to play Stationeer's..

[@ThomasCarstein]

I played SE on & off since it came to Early Access and always had a blast with it (sometimes literally 😉). I last played it for a longer period up to 2022, when i stopped due to other interests. After SpaceX's Mechazilla landing however i got the urge to play it again and coincidentally just then the Contact update dropped, which required a new game start anyway; so i fired it up again and it's definitely better than ever 😍 Here's to at least 10 more years of playing 😁👍

[@TehF0cus]

Thanks to this video, I checked out the game, which I own since the first day of early access. TIL I have a special key that includes all DLC that ever came out or will come out, meaning I have all the shiny new things. Guess the long Halloween Weekend is saved.

[@dragonfish3596]

This is kindo funny beacose it looks like we may actualy get SE2 pretty soon

[@Caffin8tor]

I think of Space Engineers as the video game equivalent of LEGO Technic.

[@HildegardActual]

I have over 3000 hours in this game sonce its first public release. I have simply never gotta bored with builing and surviving. Addicted? Maybe.

[@MetallicMedium]

9000 hours! 🚀

[@DontScareTheFish]

You know there's a food mod (Daily Needs Survival Kit) if you're on PC and want to add that aspect?

[@Swellard6415.]

Hopefully they have more player slots and pcu for servers when they update the engine to Vrage 3 as someone who so far put 3560 hours into the game that is my only issue by far

[@tazzitek]

I really want to know what mod that jump effect is from at 3:48

[@Libosi]

Its been a month since my first launch, a friend kept telling me to try it and now I can't stop playing it*. Video is 100% true. *EDIT: Almost 400 hours played in a month LMAO

[@williambrack1530]

As a huge SE fan, I always use "Minecraft in space" to tell people the basics of the game. Its easier than sounding like a massive nerd.

[@aurenian8247]

It is minecraft in space. Especially now with the new PvE stuff they just added. Like minecraft, you get out of it what you put in. Some people fluff around for a couple of hours and decide it's not for them. Some people sink thousands of hours into the game. Making a build that does a job well and looks good while doing it is so satisfying. When you get a bunch of like minded people together with some self imposed rules and a scenario in mind this game really shines.

[@DUEL.FATALIS]

I’ve had the game for a long time but I couldn’t figure out really what to do. Is the PVE an official update? I think that’s what the game was missing for me.

[@aurenian8247]

@@DUEL.FATALIS Yes the latest update added end game PvE in space as well as encounters you can find on the planets. The older pirates may show up and shoot you up a bit with gatlings, but the new factorum enemies have all the weapons from the warfare 2 update and are happy to use them.

[@ConflictZ0NE]

SE has slowly become my most played a game ever

[@captaindarksign3589]

Same

[@FMHikari]

As long as the game remains receiving updates. People who like it will keep playing it. Age is not a relevant thing for games, as long as the developer maintains and improves it.

[@CamelPrince]

I have a severe addiction to this game

[@MehnixIsThatGuy]

Was the first game I hit 1000 hours on, haven't played it in a while but definitely got my money's worth.

[@Akatsuki_Ren_HU]

3k+ hour still love this game.

[@lWhiteRavenl]

My favorite game. I spend 1400 hours without playing public multiplayer

[@RichyN25]

over a thousand house, good game, great creativity, and only gets better with mods

[@SOSGaming404]

Space engineers is fire. It one of my top favorite games