Game thinks im running Windows 8 not 11

Hi,

I’m experiencing a crash on launch with Space Engineers 2. The game immediately closes and displays the error:

“Your system does not meet minimum requirements.”

However, my system is well above the minimum specs:

• CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X
• GPU: RTX 4060 Ti
• RAM: 16GB
• OS: Windows 11 25H2 (Build 26200.8037)

From reviewing the logs, it appears the game is incorrectly detecting my OS as:

Windows 6.2.9200 (Windows 8)

This seems to match reports from other users on newer Windows builds.

I have attempted the following troubleshooting steps:

• Updated GPU drivers (latest NVIDIA)
• Verified game files via Steam
• Reinstalled the game
• Reinstalled DirectX and Visual C++ runtimes
• Forced GPU usage (no integrated graphics in use)
• Tried launch options (e.g. -force-d3d11)
• Ran as administrator

None of these resolved the issue.

Additionally, I am unable to roll back my Windows version as the “Go back” option is unavailable, so I cannot test on an earlier build.

Could you please advise if there is a workaround, or confirm when this will be fixed?

I am aware that there was a ticket raised 4 months ago (SE2-29483) and that many people are having this issue.

As this game was a wedding present and something i have been greatly looking forward to play this has been a huge disappointment.

Happy to provide logs or further information if needed.

Thanks.