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Dyson Sphere Program cover art

Dyson Sphere Program

Youthcat Studio · Gamirror Games · 2021-01-20

SteamMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: TBD (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.

Dyson Sphere Program is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 91677 reviews).

3,305
playing now
97%
positive of 92k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
IGDB user rating (42 ratings)
18
Nexus mods (24k downloads)
89h
to beat · completionist 77h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

3,305 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Dyson Sphere Program is an upcoming factory simulation game developed by Youthcat Studio and published by Gamera Games. It was released in early access in January 2021 for Windows on Steam and WeGame.

Trailer

Dyson Sphere Program trailer thumbnail

Dyson Sphere Program Trailer

≈391,410 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,305 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,656 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~332/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (16,614 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 49,341 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.8M–4.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 91,979 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $15.99 at Steam (2022-01-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16k16k20212026Week of 2021-01-01: 10,260 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 16,351 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5,137 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2,415 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,545 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,946 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,251 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,546 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,059 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,293 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3,448 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,318 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,104 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,186 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 711 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,010 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 840 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 628 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 581 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 897 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 943 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 648 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 559 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 763 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,678 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,070 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 631 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 563 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 565 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 751 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 494 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.5k1.6k2026-09-14 19:00 — 1,940 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 2,060 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 3,079 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 2,159 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 2,350 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 2,702 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 2,255 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 1,770 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 3,687 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 4,105 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 1,756 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 2,637 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 4,342 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 1,787 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 3,779 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 5,453 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 1,928 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 3,620 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 4,421 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 2,218 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 3,853 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 3,795 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 2,392 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 3,305 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
32k2.7kJan 2021Aug 2026Jan 2021 — avg 25,525 · peak 59,339Mar 2021 — avg 14,931 · peak 33,242May 2021 — avg 7,074 · peak 15,455Jul 2021 — avg 7,279 · peak 12,895Sep 2021 — avg 4,471 · peak 7,534Nov 2021 — avg 4,518 · peak 7,958Jan 2022 — avg 9,614 · peak 23,837Mar 2022 — avg 5,415 · peak 9,390May 2022 — avg 5,483 · peak 11,032Jul 2022 — avg 3,833 · peak 6,556Sep 2022 — avg 3,870 · peak 7,760Nov 2022 — avg 4,255 · peak 7,493Jan 2023 — avg 5,250 · peak 8,864Mar 2023 — avg 3,918 · peak 6,944May 2023 — avg 3,287 · peak 5,953Jul 2023 — avg 3,374 · peak 5,513Sep 2023 — avg 3,236 · peak 6,806Nov 2023 — avg 3,388 · peak 6,177Jan 2024 — avg 10,643 · peak 22,104Mar 2024 — avg 4,572 · peak 8,277May 2024 — avg 3,262 · peak 6,349Jul 2024 — avg 3,238 · peak 5,497Sep 2024 — avg 3,544 · peak 7,722Nov 2024 — avg 3,382 · peak 6,251Jan 2025 — avg 3,629 · peak 6,212Mar 2025 — avg 3,516 · peak 6,481May 2025 — avg 2,900 · peak 5,088Jul 2025 — avg 3,636 · peak 7,387Sep 2025 — avg 3,184 · peak 6,006Nov 2025 — avg 3,166 · peak 5,648Jan 2026 — avg 4,156 · peak 9,308Mar 2026 — avg 4,023 · peak 8,519May 2026 — avg 3,479 · peak 6,770Jul 2026 — avg 2,723 · peak 4,950Aug 2026 — avg 2,755 · peak 4,776
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
14142026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 4 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-22: 4 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 6 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 11 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 7 new positive2026-09-26: 9 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 9 new positive2026-09-28: 6 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 4 new positive2026-09-30: 9 new positive2026-10-01: 10 new positive2026-10-02: 6 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 8 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 8 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 11 new positive2026-10-06: 14 new positive2026-10-08: 10 new positive2026-10-10: 10 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 6 new positive2026-10-12: 9 new positive2026-10-13: 7 new positive2026-10-14: 8 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$15.992021-01-212026-10-082021-01-21 — best price $17.992021-05-04 — best price $19.992021-06-28 — best price $17.992021-10-11 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $17.992022-01-24 — best price $19.992022-06-24 — best price $15.992022-08-08 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $15.992022-12-22 — best price $15.992023-01-31 — best price $19.992023-04-11 — best price $15.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $17.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $17.992024-04-25 — best price $19.992024-07-15 — best price $17.992024-10-04 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $15.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $17.992025-04-24 — best price $19.992025-07-14 — best price $15.992025-09-03 — best price $19.992025-10-13 — best price $15.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $15.992026-05-02 — best price $19.992026-07-20 — best price $15.992026-09-03 — best price $19.992026-09-24 — best price $19.992026-10-08 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

84382026-05-29 — 48 pageviews2026-06-02 — 82 pageviews2026-06-06 — 60 pageviews2026-06-10 — 48 pageviews2026-06-14 — 55 pageviews2026-06-18 — 56 pageviews2026-06-22 — 58 pageviews2026-06-26 — 67 pageviews2026-06-30 — 66 pageviews2026-07-04 — 59 pageviews2026-07-08 — 71 pageviews2026-07-12 — 62 pageviews2026-07-16 — 54 pageviews2026-07-20 — 71 pageviews2026-07-24 — 70 pageviews2026-07-28 — 49 pageviews2026-08-01 — 60 pageviews2026-08-05 — 58 pageviews2026-08-09 — 67 pageviews2026-08-13 — 40 pageviews2026-08-17 — 46 pageviews2026-08-21 — 51 pageviews2026-08-25 — 66 pageviews2026-08-29 — 53 pageviews2026-09-02 — 52 pageviews2026-09-06 — 64 pageviews2026-09-10 — 51 pageviews2026-09-14 — 62 pageviews2026-09-18 — 49 pageviews2026-09-22 — 57 pageviews2026-09-26 — 50 pageviews2026-09-30 — 45 pageviews2026-10-04 — 42 pageviews2026-10-07 — 61 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

30702026-09-30 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 307 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 264 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
61.5%
earned "Know any campfire songs? "
14.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing2 DLC

4 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, French, German

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-01-21, latest 2021-04-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)22,2150%128
Windows (Xbox)1,6840%128

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DSpaceSci-fiSandboxBuildingStrategySpace SimAutomationManagementOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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