5 Games like Space Engineers on Mobile that you should try

Same family as Space Engineers: exploration and discovery, a sandbox world, and single-player focus. Both also lean on a first-person view. The distance is in setting and game mode — its own ground is fantasy world and offline play.

Genre puts it alongside Space Engineers, and so does a sandbox world, melee combat and a sci-fi setting. To that it adds co-op play and crafting mechanics. They part company on visuals and combat: this one brings magic-based combat and horror setting.

Genre puts it alongside Space Engineers, and so does a sandbox world, multiplayer gameplay and crafting mechanics. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings fantasy world and pixel art.

The genre is the same as Space Engineers’s, and with it a sandbox world, single-player focus and crafting mechanics. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in game mode and visuals — its own ground is an isometric view.

On paper it is what Space Engineers is — a sandbox world, single-player focus and crafting mechanics — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is a cartoon aesthetic and 2D presentation.