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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.

Early AccessOct 14, 2021
Release DateOct 13, 2022
Price$ 17.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)47.5% (mixed) Bottom 10% / 53.5%  Bottom 15%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)48.1% Bottom 15% / 52.8%  Bottom 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)139  / 198  Top 30%
Curators18 reviews  Top 30%
Median Play Time6.4 hours  Top 25%
Play Time per Dollar22 minutes
Followers4.5K  Top 15%
Owners± 16K 
Copies Sold± 5K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 49.7K  Top 30%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Sphere - Flying Cities steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Sphere - Flying Cities's Steam rating and reviews between October 2021 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 61.6% (October 2021) to 53.5% (December 2023).

With its 198 reviews Top 30%, Sphere - Flying Cities could be considered a decent success for an indie game. The chart suggests a long tail distribution, which could mean that the game was promoted at laucnch but that there were no more marketing, update or major discounts after that point.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Sphere - Flying Cities and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Sphere - Flying Cities's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (48%), followed by German (20%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 16 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 8 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying Sphere - Flying Cities percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Sphere - Flying Cities depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. You can also see the reviews during the Early Access phase. The time in game is not bad at all, with 18 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews median playtime closely matches the median for positive reviews, meaning that there is no major difference between the players' experiences and the reviews probably reflect personal preferences more than anything else. The negative review time is high (median is 6 hours), it can be a sign that Sphere - Flying Cities crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Fresh concept
  • Inspired by Frostpunk
  • Fast construction drone
  • Upgrade tree based on periodic table elements
  • Challenging variety of hazards
  • Decent price point
  • Huge map to explore
  • Cool sci-fi graphics/theme
  • Interesting research implementation
  • Fun tension during storms
  • Poor performance/technical issues
  • Lack of informative UI
  • Manual operation of some systems
  • Too many unskippable cutscenes
  • Tiny research tree
  • Flawed worker priority system
  • Poorly explained element system
  • Balancing issues
  • Bugs/glitches
  • Lack of depth/charm in story/characters

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 47.5%  Bottom 10% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Sphere - Flying Cities's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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