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Sphere - Flying Cities cover art

Sphere - Flying Cities

mañana studios · Assemble Entertainment · 2022-10-13

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 13, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sphere – Flying Cities is a sci-fi citybuilder which combines strategy, simulation, and survival elements in an extraordinary and immersive scenario. Rebuild and protect a society in a unique and hostile environment. Pay the price for your decisions and be prepared to lose everything.

Sphere - Flying Cities is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $17.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (50% of 242 reviews).

0
playing now
50%
positive of 242 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$17.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

In the not-so-distant future, Earth’s moon has been struck by a massive asteroid. With the fallout rendering the terrestrial surface uninhabitable, the ecosystem of the planet collapses. Facing complete annihilation, humanity makes one final and desperate attempt to survive — thanks to newly-created anti-gravity technology, the first flying city ascends as the ultimate bastion of the human race. As Commander, you have been chosen to take control over the flying city in this relentless and unique strategy-blend that combines the best elements of the city-building and survival-game genres. Rebu(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (47 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 242 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.79-90%
GOG$1.79-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.54 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 90 of 126 observed days · $0.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720212026Week of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
181Oct 2021Mar 2024Oct 2021 — avg 18 · peak 91Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 16Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 14Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2022 — avg 12 · peak 57Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.99$1.622021-10-142026-10-142021-10-14 — best price $14.392021-12-09 — best price $14.392022-01-28 — best price $12.142022-04-01 — best price $17.992022-05-03 — best price $12.142022-07-12 — best price $12.592022-08-19 — best price $12.592022-10-27 — best price $8.992022-12-12 — best price $8.992023-02-04 — best price $17.992023-03-13 — best price $8.992023-04-27 — best price $5.932023-05-28 — best price $17.992023-07-27 — best price $17.992023-09-09 — best price $17.992023-10-25 — best price $3.592023-12-18 — best price $3.592024-02-14 — best price $3.592024-04-08 — best price $3.592024-05-18 — best price $17.992024-07-12 — best price $17.992024-08-10 — best price $17.992024-10-11 — best price $3.592024-11-26 — best price $3.592025-01-03 — best price $17.992025-02-21 — best price $17.992025-03-28 — best price $17.992025-05-14 — best price $1.792025-07-10 — best price $17.992025-09-11 — best price $17.992025-11-18 — best price $17.992026-01-10 — best price $17.992026-03-19 — best price $1.792026-05-12 — best price $17.992026-07-11 — best price $17.992026-08-30 — best price $1.792026-09-14 — best price $17.992026-09-29 — best price $1.792026-10-14 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
15.6%
earned "Basic Training Accomplished"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-14 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DRetroSpaceMiningSci-fiCraftingStrategySurvivalCyberpunkNarration

Census log

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

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