What changed in Space Engineers in 2023

New weapon pack featuring missiles, torpedos, cannons, fixed coilguns and more.

Enhances builds with stronger materials and varied building blocks.

Script designed for specific events like F1 and WEC, controlling race car systems.

A vanilla-based turret designed for high-precision combat, performing similarly to 2 small grid Railguns.

Over 100 sounds with sci-fi HUD effects, signaling various events and more.

Advanced thrusters developed for both combat and civilian fleets of the Outer Planets Consolidation.

Script to monitor the capacity of cargo containers and other storage blocks.

An open-ended building scenario that aims to bring lore-driven tasks to your Space Engineers experience.

A self-sufficient deep space colony on the planet Anteros.

Groundbreaking NASA Punk-inspired Aneutronic Fusion Reactors unlocking the power of Helium-3.

A high-explosive missile turret with a low rate of fire, balanced against vanilla turrets.

Arcade automat for Space Engineers.

Automated arena systems with unique premade bots for competition.

Replaces vanilla hand weapons with high-quality, fully animated models.

A gas giant with an icy core and turbulent weather, posing risks to ships.

Grid ignores gravity effects when turned on, overridden by artificial mass blocks.

Second installment of the Far From Home scenario with a narrative twist.

Custom script that displays inventory in a graphical format using intuitive icons.

A mech that offers a unique experience despite being less efficient than smaller vehicles.

Adds a block to keep player inventories stocked with configurable components.

The top 15 tracks selected from the 2023 Space Engineers music competition will be added to the Jukebox in a future update.

Create and submit Space Engineers inspired music tracks for a chance to have them implemented in-game and win prizes.

Winners of the music competition will be announced on September 9, 2023.

Submissions for the music competition open on May 18, 2023, and close on August 20, 2023.

New AI blocks including AI Flight, AI Basic, AI Recorder, AI Defensive, AI Offensive, and Event Controller added.

Resolved an issue where voice chat was transmitted through unstreamed grids but did not play on client.

Fixed an issue with Build Planner not being able to withdraw items from inventories on sub-grids.

Updated names for various weapons including Missile Turret to Rocket Turret and others.

Fixed an issue with Atmospheric thrusters not stopping their spinning animation upon losing power.

Fixed an issue with Gatling Turret muzzle flash remaining after being ground down to construction stage.

New blocks added including AI blocks, conveyor caps, and various other components.

Fixed an issue with Armor Panel side textures being stretched or differently scaled.

Turrets will now automatically engage a locked target within range and line of sight. Increased target locking distance by 500m.

New overlay when manually controlling turrets and cycle subsystem in toolbar now shows the name of the currently selected subsystem.

Fixed multiple issues including missing controller hints and terminal search function.

Helps find projected blocks that didn't get placed.

A large battleship with specific dimensions and mass.

A graphics mod that makes some quality of life changes.

Adds simple armor-like blocks with subgrid attachment points in various degrees.

Gives all glass a limousine black shade that you can't see through.

Latest version of AWP configured for the latest WC, set in well balance.

Adds 23 new large grid building blocks in the form of non-deforming armor-like 5x5x5 sized blocks.

All new PvP infantry arena featuring a railgun hazard down the middle of the map.

Monitors all static grids for split events and ensures dynamic parts are maintained.

A Weaponcore weapon mod adding 10 new guns, turrets and explosives to the game.

The Automatons Beta has been released, featuring new AI Blocks and an Event Controller.