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Sphere - Flying Cities

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Strategy
Publisher: Assemble Entertainment
Developer: Hexagon Sphere Games
Release Date: Oct. 13, 2022

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'Sphere - Flying Cities' Early Access Update Adds Expeditions, Mission, Story-driven Voyages, Full Release Planned For September

by Rainier on May 31, 2022 @ 8:40 a.m. PDT

Sphere - Flying Cities is a sci-fi citybuilder which combines strategy, simulation, and survival elements in an extraordinary and immersive scenario.

Utilizing a mix of strategy, simulation, and survival elements, Sphere ensures there’s no limit to the truly extraordinary, immersive gameplay scenarios that can be constructed.

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 (and possibly last) faction of flying cities ascends as the ultimate bastion of the human race. 

As Commander, you’ve been granted an impossible task: rebuild, restructure, and protect the last of society in an uninhabitable environment. Your primary weapon and invaluable tool? An anti-gravity device you’ll use to navigate the upper atmosphere and the daunting unknown. Stay vigilant, as each decision could have ghastly consequences; be prepared to lay it all on the line to succeed, else risk losing everything you worked for.


Prepare for a full-on atmospheric adventure! Indie publisher Assemble Entertainment and developer Hexagon Sphere Games are elated to announce a brand new Early Access update for Sphere - Flying Cities.

Titled “Story Phase II”, this update adds fresh, narrative driven content, expanding the story of the post-apocalyptic skyscape denizens and delving deeper into their struggle for survival. Continue to build, fortify, and expand above the horizon of Earth’s destroyed surface in what is  humanity’s last stand among the clouds.

Along with the addition of new story missions to embark on, the studio has another exciting announcement: Sphere - Flying Cities will be soaring out of Early Access this fall! The full release is slated for September of this year

Sphere - Flying Cities is available through Steam Early Access for £14.99 / €17.99.


Key Features:

  • Build It and They Will Come: Erect a living, thriving city with over 30 different building types and maintain your ecosystem via resource management mastery and infrastructure supported by independent economic cycles 
  • Don’t Look Down: Ensure your anti-gravity device and its expanding deflector shield are kept in tip-top shape at all times, as an insufficient power supply will result in a quick (and painful) demise 
  • Send in the Robots: Utilize drones and other scout technologies in hazardous environments to quickly construct buildings, harvest resources, and search for stranded survivors. You may even find rare materials in uncharted territories! 
  • A Geologist in Space: Research new technologies to improve the efficiency of every aspect of your city and withstand a plethora of (un)natural disasters like geomagnetic storms, asteroids, and poisonous clouds
  • A Delicate Ecosystem: The well-being of your people is crucial to the success of the mission. Carefully tend to the needs of your colonists by supplying food, healthcare, and shelter. But don’t forget, the survival of many may require the deaths of the few. Sacrifices are an inevitable imperative.

Keeping in line with their philanthropic nature, Assemble Entertainment has partnered with Atmosfair, an environmental development organisation that focuses on clean energy climate protection projects, to offer a unique Save the World edition of the game. Including a mini-artbook and in-game cosmetics, a portion of this edition’s profits go directly to the charity.

Sphere - Flying Cities is coming to PC (Steam) in September 2022.


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