Games like Sphere - Flying Cities

Chasing that dark and tense feeling you got from Sphere - Flying Cities? Give these games a try when the craving hits.

1. Dream Engines: Nomad Cities

   

   A survival city-builder about a flying city on the run. You build automated production lines, keep everyone fed and housed, hold off the Dream Plagues, then lift the whole town into the sky when the raids get too rough.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark, Tense

   72%72% of 554 Steam reviews are positive$29.99

2. Airborne Kingdom

   

   Build a city in the sky and fly it around the world. Balance lift, weight and tilt while your metropolis grows, gather resources from the ground below, win over twelve kingdoms and dig up the secrets of the first Airborne Kingdom. A gentle, gorgeous city builder where the whole town is also your vehicle.

   Also in City builder

   86%86% of 2,135 Steam reviews are positive8Players online now: 8$24.99

3. New Cycle

   

   After solar flares end the old world, you lead survivors from a bare settlement to an industrial metropolis. Balance food, water and work through storms, disease and hard choices, then rebuild the machines of the past. A dark, demanding city builder about dragging civilization back from the edge.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark

   79%79% of 2,617 Steam reviews are positive19Players online now: 19$29.99

4. ALL WILL FALL

   

   Manage water, food and factions, scavenge the receding ocean floor, and grow a shanty town into a megastructure that (hopefully) stays standing.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark

   77%77% of 1,317 Steam reviews are positive92Players online now: 92$22.49

5. Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)

   

   A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark

   87%87% of 208 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2Free

6. Cliff Empire

   

   Earth is under 300 metres of radioactive fog, and humanity's last footholds are three artificial cliffs. Build futuristic cities on their narrow tops, trade between them, survive a hostile climate, and work your way up to an orbital station. A calm but demanding city builder where every metre of space counts.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark

   87%87% of 4,209 Steam reviews are positive21Players online now: 21$17.99

7. The Final Earth 2

   

   The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?

   Also in City builder and Colony sim

   97%97% of 422 Steam reviews are positive6Players online now: 6$9.99

8. Flotsam

   

   Turn an ocean of trash into a floating town. Flotsam is a gentle city builder set on a garbage sea: collect plastic and driftwood, recycle it into homes and gardens, rescue survivors and sail out to explore a flooded world. A post-apocalypse that feels more like a fresh start than a disaster.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim

   80%80% of 4,414 Steam reviews are positive105Players online now: 105$24.99

9. IXION

   

   Earth is dying, and DOLOS' prototype station Tiqqun is all that's left. As Administrator you build out its sectors, mine the void, recover cryopods and keep a fragile crew alive and loyal. A hard, story-driven survival city builder where every choice echoes. Can you keep humanity's flame burning in the cold?

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark, Tense

   77%77% of 15,475 Steam reviews are positive239Players online now: 239$34.99

10. Endzone - A World Apart

    

    Lead the last survivors back to the surface, 150 years after an ecological disaster ended the world. Build them a settlement in a land of radiation, toxic rain, droughts and raiders, and keep it alive. A harsh, atmospheric colony sim that rewards careful planning and does not forgive much.

    Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark

    76%76% of 8,358 Steam reviews are positive67Players online now: 67$24.99

11. Synergy

    

    An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.

    Also in City builder and Colony sim

    79%79% of 712 Steam reviews are positive8Players online now: 8$24.99

12. Project AURA

    

    Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.

    Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark

    62%62% of 655 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

Cheaper than Sphere - Flying Cities

The Final Earth 2

The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony.

97%97% of 422 Steam reviews are positive6Players online now: 6$9.99

Project AURA

Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors.

62%62% of 655 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

Poly Universe

Poly Universe is a survival city-building game in a galaxy where planets are only slightly larger than the colonists who inhabit them.

85%85% of 104 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Oxygen

Humanity is down to its last breaths, and the machine that breathes for it is yours.

70%70% of 837 Steam reviews are positive12Players online now: 12$14.99

Aven Colony

Grow humanity's first settlement from a lonely outpost into a thriving city, one dome at a time.

71%71% of 2,023 Steam reviews are positive26Players online now: 26$5.99

The Universim

Guide a tiny civilization from caves to rockets, with tornadoes and lightning at your fingertips.

79%79% of 8,485 Steam reviews are positive508Players online now: 508$14.99

Epoch Cycle

Apocalypse is Not the End, It's Your Beginning. Become the supreme leader of a civilization in an apocalyptic world.

69%69% of 81 Steam reviews are positive$8.99

MEGACITY

Run a post-collapse megacity where every decree has a cost. Balance industry, survival, politics, war, ecology, and human lives in idle-strategy…

88%88% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Planetbase

Grow a fragile space outpost into a working colony, one power failure at a time.

79%79% of 9,602 Steam reviews are positive179Players online now: 179$14.99

Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder

Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game.

69%69% of 749 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$11.99

Post-Apo Builder

Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts!

37%37% of 54 Steam reviews are positive$5.99

Atmocity

Atmocity allows you to build impressive, gravity-defying cities.

63%63% of 19 Steam reviews are positive$11.99

Hidden gems like Sphere - Flying Cities

Airborne Empire

Lay out streets, balance lift against weight, and steer your floating town across a bright open sky.

85%85% of 891 Steam reviews are positive14Players online now: 14$29.99

DarkSwitch

Grow a vertical settlement on a giant tree and keep the fog from eating it.

78%78% of 769 Steam reviews are positive10Players online now: 10$34.99

ALL WILL FALL

Lead flood survivors, scavenge a drying seabed and stack a shanty town toward the sky while physics, hunger and factions test every beam.

77%77% of 1,317 Steam reviews are positive92Players online now: 92$22.49

Solargene

Run a private space corporation across a realistically simulated solar system.

77%77% of 786 Steam reviews are positive11Players online now: 11$34.99

Synergy

An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources.

79%79% of 712 Steam reviews are positive8Players online now: 8$24.99

The Final Earth 2

The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony.

97%97% of 422 Steam reviews are positive6Players online now: 6$9.99

Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)

A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet.

87%87% of 208 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2Free

Flotsam

Recycle the drifting garbage of a flooded world into a floating home for your survivors, one plank and garden at a time.

80%80% of 4,414 Steam reviews are positive105Players online now: 105$24.99

The Crust

Build a lunar colony Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, keep your colonists fed and…

75%75% of 3,986 Steam reviews are positive599Players online now: 599$19.19

Oxygen: First Breath

Build a settlement around the Oxygen Center and keep your people breathing through the disasters of a broken world.

88%88% of 1,665 Steam reviews are positiveFree

InfraSpace

Build a space colony where every truck, train and pipe matters, and turn a dusty outpost into a green, breathable world at your own pace.

82%82% of 1,661 Steam reviews are positive25Players online now: 25$24.99

New Cycle

Lead a band of survivors from a bare settlement to an industrial metropolis, keeping them fed, watered and alive along the way.

79%79% of 2,617 Steam reviews are positive19Players online now: 19$29.99

Newest games like Sphere - Flying Cities

Wall World Strategy

Build a colony on an endless vertical structure, manage its people and resources, and survive what lives in the dark.

70%70% of 136 Steam reviews are positive667Players online now: 667$16.99

Beyond These Stars

Found a settlement on a living Space Whale and journey across the galaxy together.

65%65% of 263 Steam reviews are positive75Players online now: 75$29.99

The Crust

Build a lunar colony Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, keep your colonists fed and…

75%75% of 3,986 Steam reviews are positive599Players online now: 599$19.19

MEGACITY

Run a post-collapse megacity where every decree has a cost. Balance industry, survival, politics, war, ecology, and human lives in idle-strategy…

88%88% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Astro Colony

Set up conveyor networks, dock your stations and research new tech at your own pace, alone or with friends.

80%80% of 2,447 Steam reviews are positive83Players online now: 83$19.99

Possible One: Lunar Industries

Stake your claim in the first realistic lunar colony management game!

64%64% of 56 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$24.99

Airborne Empire

Lay out streets, balance lift against weight, and steer your floating town across a bright open sky.

85%85% of 891 Steam reviews are positive14Players online now: 14$29.99

Generation Exile

Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder.

65%65% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$29.99

CLOUD DWELLERS

CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands.

80%80% of 61 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

DarkSwitch

Grow a vertical settlement on a giant tree and keep the fog from eating it.

78%78% of 769 Steam reviews are positive10Players online now: 10$34.99

ALL WILL FALL

Lead flood survivors, scavenge a drying seabed and stack a shanty town toward the sky while physics, hunger and factions test every beam.

77%77% of 1,317 Steam reviews are positive92Players online now: 92$22.49

Solargene

Run a private space corporation across a realistically simulated solar system.

77%77% of 786 Steam reviews are positive11Players online now: 11$34.99