We are launching
Space Engineers 2: VS2 – Planets & Survival Foundations on this
Monday, December 1, 6PM UTC!
I’m extremely excited. We’ve been working on VS2 for over six months, and it’s the biggest update since the SE2 Alpha launch in January 2025. Over the past year we also streamlined our management and production processes, so I expect future updates to move even faster. Increasing productivity and quality is one of the things I care about most – I simply love efficiency and getting a great ROI on time and effort.
After we release VS2, we’ll spend a few weeks on hotfixes. Meanwhile, most of the team is already working on VS2.2, planned for Q1 2026 (likely toward the end of the quarter). The water team will also resume work on VS3 – we pulled everyone onto VS2 to finish it, so I expect solid progress there as well.
The final build is going through last polish, lots of QA work is being done. I am really proud of the whole team and everything we pulled together for this release.
[h3]Projection Building[/h3]
One of the big stars on the survival side of the VS2 Update is definitely projection building.
In Space Engineers 2 survival, you are placing an holographic projection of a block instead of its lowest build state. This makes planning and building feel much closer to creative mode - more intuitive and accessible for everyone.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
It even creates automatic support blocks for you!
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
And that is not all. This system opens up a whole new level of creative possibilities in survival mode, including
mirroring, copy and paste, modular blueprint building, and even
undo and redo.[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
The
previews by our amazing community creators are already in full swing and more videos are revealed every day! The final countdown has begun!
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
Both planets Kemik and Verdure are looking better than ever.
And something is stirring in the depth of the cosmic void,
soon to come ;)
[h3]Steam Awards[/h3]
The Steam Awards are back! We are going for the
“Labor of Love” Award with Space Engineers 1 and the
“Best Soundtrack” Award for Space Engineers 2!
If you think we deserve it, please give us your votes. And thank you for sticking with us all these years!
Full Blog Post:
https://blog.marekrosa.org/2025/11/mareks-dev-diary-november-27-2025/
🛠️ Feedback & Support -
https://support.keenswh.com/🗺️ Roadmap:
https://2.spaceengineersgame.com/roadmap-2/#current🛰️ Discord:
https://discord.gg/keenswh📫 Newsletter:
https://www.keenswh.com/newsletter➡️ Connect and find us on your platform of choice:
https://www.keenswh.com/connect/
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1133870/announcements/detail/582781208710088583 https://steamcommunity.com/games/1133870/announcements/detail/626690914537964566 https://steamcommunity.com/games/1133870/announcements/detail/626690914537963591
Update Release