As much as I greatly enjoy almost any genre of video games, I think management is without a doubt my favorite. I’ve spent enough hours in cities, transportation routes, and resource organization to know when I’ve found a gold mine, and the Dyson Sphere Program (Steam) is one of those that I’ve been on for more than 60 hours now.
I also know for sure when, in addition to being a fun or original idea, it is also a very dangerous well of hours for me. One of those eternal cycles in which the ” one more game ” only ends when I decide emphatically to uninstall the game until I have time to dedicate again. And yes, the Dyson Sphere Program has met the same fate.
The perfect mix between Factorio and Anno
As its name suggests, the idea behind this game born from Kickstarter is to shape a Dyson sphere , a hypothetical spatial megastructure that would surround a star to make the most of its energy and send it wherever it was needed.
From swarms of satellites with solar panels to astronomical bubbles capable of encircling the Sun, our goal at the Dyson Sphere Program is to shape that utopian dream of infinite energy based on automation and resource management.
Those who come looking for a Factorio or Satisfactory (another great game) in which to catch three or four resources and create automatic manufacturing chains , have hit the nail on the head. Those who seek more accessible procedures such as the simplicity of Anno, from which it also collects the addition of commercial routes , too.
From there I would tell you that if you don’t need much more to dive headfirst, just do it and experience your biggest surprise in the first person. If you need a little extra push, the Dyson Sphere Program has a lot more than meets the eye.
Management games can also have moments
With a robot as the only protagonist, the early collection of resources, manufacturing of materials and fine-tuning of our production lines will be carried out by this friendly flea market Bumblebee. We can move around the planet at will, but to do so in the most agile way possible we will have to invest part of our resources in improving the robot.
Moving between the branch of technology and the improvements of our friend, at a certain point our planet will cease to be a reliable source of resources and, to obtain the necessary ones, it will be necessary to take flight and head towards the stars .
Taking advantage of the orbit of your planet to get closer to a nearby satellite, or the planet that is a little further, is just one of the magnificent pictures that the Dyson Sphere Program leaves on the screen.
Seeing how a cannon shoots our swarm of satellites towards the Sun, or how our space routes arrive from another planet to bring materials to ours, is a real joy .
Deserves all your attention
Despite its apparently simple proposal, Dyson Sphere Program is one of those titles in which you are encouraged to restart the game every two by three to try to reuse what you have learned. More efficient production lines, more effective organizations, faster evolution.
Each game is one more reason to say ” wait, I’m starting again taking advantage of this “, and that after more than 30 hours it continues to remain just as addictive is one more reason to applaud the work of Youthcat Studio .
A game in early access that, due to the level of quality offered and the number of hours of game available, is closer to a final game than to the demos that we often find in this way. Normal that, just scratching its potential, the game has already become one of the most celebrated on Steam .
Abandonment not because I see that there is not much more to scratch, but because of the need to get rid of it so as not to fall into a dangerous pit. That moment will come, I have no doubt, but what I have seen so far is so damn good that I prefer to wait until I have as much free time as possible to make the most of it. What a great game .