5 Games like Space Engineers on Nintendo Switch 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.

The genre is the same as Space Engineers’s, and with it a sandbox world, single-player focus and crafting mechanics. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings a medieval setting and resource management.

With Space Engineers it shares a sandbox world, single-player focus and crafting mechanics. The common ground extends to a first-person view. Where the two diverge is progression: resource management.

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.

Its point of contact with Space Engineers is sandbox freedom, tactical combat and multiplayer gameplay. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is puzzle design and a medieval setting.