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About This Demo

Play the Free Demo — Your First Steps Into the MineEngineer Universe

The MineEngineer Demo gives you a hands-on taste of the core systems that power the full game. It’s designed as an introduction to the world, the engineering loop, and the survival challenges you’ll face later on.

In this demo, you’ll start your journey inside a damaged Survival Pod after waking up from a 2-year cryogenic sleep. Your memory is foggy, your oxygen is nearly gone, and there’s no one out there responding to your signals. As an astronaut-engineer alone in space, the only way to stay alive is to follow the Memory Recovery Protocol — a built-in system that guides you through the first essential steps of survival.

What You’ll Experience in the Demo

  • Basic survival gameplay — stabilizing oxygen, restoring electricity, and repairing your pod

  • Mining and dismantling — gathering resources from asteroids and salvaging your surroundings

  • Building and welding — learning how to assemble simple components, blocks, and your first small ship

  • Combat & hazards — remembering how to defend yourself and deal with threats

  • Exploration — locating an abandoned base that hints at the larger world waiting in the full game

Through these guided tasks and mini-objectives, you’ll rebuild the core engineering skills your character once had and take your first steps toward becoming a full-scale space engineer again.

Important Notes About the Demo

  • The demo currently has no sound effects

  • The open world is limited and designed only for introductory purposes

  • This version showcases roughly 15% of the features already built — just a small part of what the full game offers

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 / AMD FX-6300 or equivalent
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible graphics card with 1GB VRAM (NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti / AMD Radeon R7 260X)
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card
    • VR Support: Not supported
    • Additional Notes: Requires OpenGL 3.3 support
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit or newer
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or equivalent
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible graphics card with 2GB VRAM (NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD RX 580)
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card
    • VR Support: Not supported
    • Additional Notes: SSD recommended for better performance
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or newer
    • Processor: Intel Core i3 or Apple M1
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Metal-compatible graphics card with 1GB VRAM
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Built-in audio
    • Additional Notes: Requires Metal support
    Recommended:
    • OS: macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) or newer
    • Processor: Intel Core i5 or Apple M1
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Metal-compatible graphics card with 2GB VRAM
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Built-in audio
    • Additional Notes: Apple Silicon optimized

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