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SpaceChem

Zachtronics · Mar 2, 2011

Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!

Puzzle Difficult Programming Indie Logic

Last tracked players: 10
All-time peak: 20
24-hour change: Unavailable
Steam reviews: 95.1% positive

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Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products! Streamline your designs to meet production quotas and survive encounters with the sinister threats that plague SpaceChem.

KEY FEATURES:

Over Fifty Mind-bending Puzzles!
An original soundtrack by Evan Le Ny, whose music was featured in The Codex of Alchemical Engineering!
Twenty challenging achievements!

Media gallery 6 screenshots · 0 videos

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Latest news

All news on Steam ↗

Jul 5, 2022 Last Call BBS - The last game by Zachtronics! Aug 31, 2020 UPDATE: Minor bug fixes Jul 27, 2020 You can now get the enhanced SpaceChem Community Edition on Steam

System requirements Windows · macOS · Linux

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OS *: Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
Processor: 2.0 GHz Processor
Memory: 1GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 300MB
Graphics: frame buffer support recommended

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OS: macOS 10.9 Mavericks or later
Processor: 2.0 GHz Processor
Memory: 1GB RAM
Hard Drive: 300MB
Graphics: frame buffer support recommended

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OS: glibc 2.17+, 64-bit only
Processor: 2.0 GHz Processor
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Hard Drive: 300 MB
Graphics: frame buffer support recommended

Game details Languages, features & support

Publisher: Zachtronics
Brazilian rating: 12
Steam Germany rating: 16
Achievements: 20
Metacritic: 84
Features: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Family Sharing
Languages: English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America
Website: Official website ↗
Support: [email protected]

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Structured language support (8)

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	No	No
French	Yes	No	No
German	Yes	No	No
Russian	Yes	No	No
Italian	Yes	No	No
Japanese	Yes	No	No
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes	No	No
Spanish - Latin America	Yes	No	No

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Value Score

Great Value — 79th percentile.

Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 79th percentile. Priced as Market at $9.99.

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Value Ratio Top 21%

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Is SpaceChem worth buying right now?

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When does SpaceChem go on sale?

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Is SpaceChem free to play?

SpaceChem costs $9.99 on Steam.

What genre is SpaceChem?

SpaceChem is a Indie, Simulation game.

Who developed SpaceChem?

SpaceChem was developed by Zachtronics and published by Zachtronics.

What platforms does SpaceChem support?

Available on Steam for Windows, macOS, Linux.

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