Space Engineers Revealed As Timed Exclusive for Xbox One

Written by Brandon Hofer on August 12, 2014

News: Keen Software’s popular game Space Engineers will be hitting Xbox One via the ID@Xbox self-publishing program.

Earlier at Microsoft’s press conference they showed off a number of ID@Xbox games with some of them being timed exclusives to Xbox One. One of these games is Space Engineers from Keen Software. Space Engineers is a space-based sandbox game that became a hit on PC via Steam early access and will now make its way on to Xbox One with the ID@Xbox self-publishing program. The game will remain an exclusive to Xbox One for the period of one year and will retain its trademark open-ended creative and survival gameplay.

Space Engineers offers a robust platform for creative gamers to build and maintain space stations and ships in a single or multi-player environment. Offering both Survival and Creative modes, as well as resource management, multiplayer, and even combat, the limits of what can be built and played are only bound by the player’s own creativity.

“We are really excited to introduce Space Engineers to an all new audience on Xbox One and provide gamers from around the world the same open-ended creative environment that has enamored PC gamers,” said Marek Rosa, CEO and Founder, Keen Software House. “With the power of Xbox One, we will be able to offer all of our features with amazing multiplayer options. We expect the Xbox community to unleash amazing creations and astounding worlds that we can’t even imagine.”

Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and maintenance of space works. Players are placed in an asteroid field to build and pilot space ships and space stations and create the outer space world of their dreams. Players can gather resources from neighboring asteroids, build complex machineries and weaponry, or construct massive space vessels. Featuring both single- and multi-player modes, as well as both Creative and Survival modes, there is nearly no end to what can be built, what can be played, and what can be explored.

Check out the video below and tell us what you think. Will you play Space Engineers on Xbox One?