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Can I run Space Engineers?

Space Engineers by Keen Software House: the publisher’s own system requirements, checked against your exact laptop.

Minimum requirements

CPU: Intel i5 @ 3.0 GHz or higher (or AMD equivalent)
GPU: Geforce 750/Radeon R9 270X or higher · DirectX 11
RAM: 8 GB
Storage: 35 GB
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit

Recommended requirements

CPU: Intel Quad Core i7 @ 4.5 GHz or higher (or AMD equivalent)
GPU: Geforce 1070 GTX / Radeon RX Vega 56 or higher · DirectX 11
RAM: 16 GB
Storage: 35 GB
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit

Check your laptop

Laptops that definitively can’t run Space Engineers

34 of 317 laptops in our database fail Space Engineers’s minimum requirements outright — either the publisher lists a different operating system than the laptop runs, or the laptop’s RAM is soldered (not upgradeable) and below the requirement. Laptops not listed here are not judged, not incompatible: their CPU, GPU and configuration need checking by you — we don’t guess.

Which laptops can reach 8 GB of RAM?

291 of 317 laptops in our database support at least 8 GB of RAM (the model’s documented maximum). That is capacity, not what ships in the box — check your exact configuration, and see whether your model’s RAM can be upgraded.

Where these requirements come from

Valve (Steam) — Space Engineers on Steam — System Requirements · retrieved 9/20/2026

minimum: No internet connection needed for single player, but for multiplayer we recommend 5Mbit/s or more
recommended: No internet connection needed for single player, but for multiplayer we recommend 5Mbit/s or more

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