When you create a new game, you can choose between Scenario, Workshop, or Custom Games. Scenarios are the recommended starting points for beginners, and for anyone who wants to discover what the game offers in addition to the pure sandbox experience.
Important: On consoles, only the following scenarios are official supported: First Jump, Learning to Survive, Never Surrender. The official Lost Colony scenario does not work on consoles. Third-party scenarios from the Steam Workshops are not supported either on consoles. As a workaround, console players install the scenario on a dedicated server (EOS) and connect to the hosted PC game.
List of Scenarios[]
| Name | Description | Objectives | Type | Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The First Jump | This short beginner tutorial offers a linear story with action-packed gameplay while casually teaching you the basics. | Learn game controls and interactions in stations, space ships, and land vehicles. | Singleplayer, beginner tutorial | Three planets/moons, multiple spaceships, drones, a tank, various space and planetary stations. |
| Learning to Survive | This longer, in-depth tutorial gives you the opportunity to show what you've learned in The First Jump scenario by solving a series of engineering tasks. | Learn about space engineering, building, drones, and fighting. You can gain Steam Achievements. | Singleplayer, intermediate tutorial + PvE battle | Asteroid bases, planet + moon |
| Never Surrender | Build and prepare defences, alone or with friends. How you defend yourself is up to you! | Protect your beacon from endless hordes of hostile NPC drones. You can gain Steam Achievements. | Multiplayer survival, PvE battle, "tower defense". | Planets, asteroids, drones, your own base / battleship / drones |
| Lost Colony Created by: Mikko Saarjavi, PC only | Contact has been lost with a remote colony and it’s your job to find out what happened. Embark on an exciting journey through a planetary settlement, caves, and bunkers, while exploring the valley’s history by reading data pads left behind by the colonists. | No enemy NPCs, but watch out for traps | Singleplayer/multiplayer, exploration | Earthlike planetary settlements, caves, multiple trucks and rovers |
| Frostbite Requires the purchase of the Frostbite DLC. | You are a member of a salvage crew which has been tasked to procure valuable containers from Triton. This is a challenging PvE survival scenario and it’s recommended to team up with friends. | Overcome numerous engineering and logistics challenges, fight enemy drones, build defenses, and avoid traps. | Multiplayer, PvE battle, exploration | Ice moon settlements, drones, multiple trucks and rovers |
| Sparks of the Future | Party with friends and explore a futuristic asteroid station! Try not to get arrested (or hit by a train) while snooping around behind the scenes of shiny casinos, shooting galeries, luxury hotels, and night clubs. | No objectives. | Singleplayer/multiplayer, exploration showcase, no building | Multiple asteroid stations, multiple shuttles, entertainment |
| Uranium Heist | Challenge your friends in a well-programmed coop/PvP infantry battle arena for three factions. | Complete multiple timed strategic objectives, including gathering, welding, fighting. | Multiplayer coop/PvP battle, 3 teams of 4 players | Space arena, no planets/ships/rovers |
| Scrap Race | Invite up to eight friends with nerves of steel to compete in the thrilling car races on the dangerous desert world Pertam! | Complete laps on the race track. Friendly fire allowed… | Multiplayer car race | Desert planet race track, multiple race cars, rusty wrecks and ruined buildings |
| Space Standoff | A multiplayer PvP space battle between two factions | Build, fight, and sneak to capture the enemy base | Two-faction multiplayer PvP battle | Two large fully equipped asteroid stations, multiple spacecraft |
Scenario Editor[]
PC players can use a tool called VST (VisualScripting.bat) to edit scenarios or turn a Custom Game into a scenario, and publish them on the Steam Workshop.
- In your Steam Library under Tools, search for “Space Engineers – Mod SDK”.
- Install the SDK tool if not yet done.
- Click Launch in Steam to open the SpaceEngineersModSDK folder in Windows Explorer.
<Your Steam Library>\steamapps\common\SpaceEngineersModSDK - Open the SpaceEngineersModSDK\Tools\VRageEditor\ folder, then run VisualScripting.bat.
- If this is your first time running VST, select the content folder of the game: Navigate to the Steam installation folder on your computer and select:
<Your Steam Library>\steamapps\common\SpaceEngineers\Content\ - When opening VST you’ll be presented with the Start workspace, which shows options to start a New Scenario (based on a Custom Game) or load an existing scenario.
For more information, see https://www.spaceengineersgame.com/visual-scripting-tool/.
See Also
Learning to Survive Scenario