Space Engineers

Last updated: 2026-02-22
  • Creative and imaginative gameplay mechanics.
  • Extensive building and construction freedom.
  • Strong mod support and community content.
  • Poor tutorial and unintuitive user interface.
  • Frequent game-breaking bugs and crashes.
  • High cost and overuse of DLCs.
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Emotions

Archetypes

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
135,743
Positive
120,18488.5%
Negative
15,55911.5%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
9,228,585
Estimated revenue
$184,479,414
Game price
$20
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
1973.44%
Estimated copies lost
13,393
Estimated revenue lost
$267,726
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
1993.5%
Avg playtime 0.8h
731.3%
Avg playtime 0.8h
> 2h playtime
64711.3%
Avg playtime 284.9h
4,81584%
Avg playtime 570.3h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day1.3 rev/day
Last 30d12.2 rev/day
Quarterly66.2 rev/qtr
Days covered4,471.4 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
5,734 total
Organic purchasers4,40376.8%
Voted up: 87%
Key activations1,33123.2%
Voted up: 81%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
5,734 total
First impression0-2h3055.32%
Voted up: 32%
Mid game2-10h66911.7%
Voted up: 72%
Late game10-20h3966.91%
Voted up: 85%
Endgame20h+4,36476.1%
Voted up: 91%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.16% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
44.4%
Global baseline 85.2%
9 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 135,743 total.