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Space Engineers: Become a Server Admin

Learn how to add yourself as an admin on your Space Engineers VPS and use the admin tools → Find out more

10 November 20261 min read0 Views0 helpful

Introduction

With administrator permissions, you have full control over your Space Engineers server and can use all of the game's admin tools directly in-game. Here's how to add yourself as an admin on your VPS.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Stop the server and add your SteamID64 to the <Administrators> element in C:\ZapX-GameServers\space-engineers\data\SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg as a <string> entry. Then restart the server.
Right-click your Steam profile and copy your Steam URL, then paste it into a site like steamid.io. Your SteamID64 is a 17-digit number that starts with 7656119.
Press Alt+F10 while connected to the server as an admin.

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