Thinking of getting into space engineers on (playing on Linux)
As per title it's on my list of games to play. I'm running Linux are there any changes I need to do to get it to work Also what's a good channel for tutorials
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I would be surprised if you had to do anything special for Linux, but don’t know for sure. Splitsie is my go-to for specific tutorial, but Engineered Coffee’s let’s play is also fairly informative, although not structured as pure tutorials.
Also unsure, but adding:
If you installed through Steam, gaming on Linux is pretty seamless and should work out of the box. If you purchased it through another store or acquired through other means, you may have to jump through a hurdle or two to get proton set up and dialed in.
ProtonDB for SE: https://www.protondb.com/app/244850
ProtonDB for SE2: https://www.protondb.com/app/1133870
Splitsie has recently released released a new tutorial series for the Apex survival update, I second the recommendation.
To play multiplayer SE it's vital that you install dotnet4. As of a month ago (when I last installed it) there's a bug making that difficult - I had to delete a registry key, after which the dotnet4 install went through fine.
Space Engineers 1 mostly just worked. Not great sim speed, even on a decently powerful system, but as long as the world didn’t get too complicated it was fine. Restarting the game from time to time helped.
SE2 on the other hand, I was unable to get to run.
Edit: I got my copy through Steam.
Edit 2 (2026-02-10): I solved the performance issues with SE on my system. I found non-Valve compatability tool called Proton GE. Runs pretty much perfect now using version 10-29. Installing the tool was pretty straight forward. Still no joy with SE2.
I tried different guides, and eventually went to the source, this worked great for me.
From SE Discord, posted by "lord.of.woe":
Space Engineers Linux Installation Guide Last Updated 2025-07-24
Prerequisite Packages
git
wget
WINE
Step 1: Install GE-Proton9-25 and GE-Proton10-X. There are several methods you can use to install this, but this guide uses only common terminal commands. (Edit: I used Protonplus for this)
Step 2: Remove local Space Engineers data. ‼️ WARNING: THIS WILL PERMANENTLY DELETE ALL SAVES, GAME DATA, ETC. THAT ARE NOT BACKED UP TO THE STEAM CLOUD OR ELSEWHERE. ‼️
Step 3: Restart Steam
Step 4: Change the compatibility layer in Steam to GE-Proton9-25.
Step 5: Launch Space Engineers in Steam and close the game upon reaching the main menu.
Step 6: Install dotnet48. DO NOT USE PROTONTRICKS.
or experimentally
Step 7: Change the compatibility layer in Steam to GE-Proton10-X, where X is the minor version.
Step 8: Launch the game and hope everything worked.