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6 Games with a sci-fi setting like Dyson Sphere Program that you should try

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We filtered the 37 games similar to Dyson Sphere Program down to the 6 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Space Colony: Steam Edition, Surviving Mars and The Mims Beginning top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Dyson Sphere Program.

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Year 2021Dev Youthcat Studio
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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to Dyson Sphere Program is Space Colony: Steam Edition — scoring 89/100 on our similarity scale. Surviving Mars and The Mims Beginning follow close behind.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Dyson Sphere Program

6 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Dyson Sphere Program. Each one has been evaluated across 13 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

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Space Colony: Steam Edition

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Space Colony: Steam Edition
Closest overall match
StrategyCity Builder
SoloOpen WorldSandbox WorldSpaceSci-FiBase BuildingManagementExploration
Year 2015Dev FireFly StudiosPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

If Dyson Sphere Program worked for you because of open world exploration, a space setting and single-player focus, the same is here. The common ground extends to base building. Where the two diverge is visuals: 2D presentation.

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Surviving Mars

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Surviving Mars
StrategyColony Sim
SoloSandbox WorldOpen WorldSpaceSci-FiBase BuildingManagementExploration
Year 2018Dev Haemimont Games · Paradox InteractiveOn PS4 · Linux · PC

It shares the essentials of what Dyson Sphere Program does: deep simulation, a sandbox world and a space setting. To that it adds single-player focus and base building. They part company on visuals and genre: this one brings survival mechanics and an isometric view.

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The Mims Beginning

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The Mims Beginning
Closest on visuals
StrategyRTS
SoloSci-FiSpaceBase BuildingManagement3D
Year 2016Dev Squatting Penguins · Ultimate GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

Held in common with Dyson Sphere Program: deep simulation, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on resource management and 3D presentation. The distance is in genre — its own ground is real-time strategy.

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Jurassic World Evolution

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Jurassic World Evolution
StrategyCity Builder
SoloSandbox WorldOpen WorldSci-FiManagementBase BuildingExploration
Year 2018Dev Frontier Developments · Universal PicturesOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

What brings it close to Dyson Sphere Program is a sandbox world, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and world. Both also lean on resource management. The distance is in visuals and setting — its own ground is an isometric view.

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Rusty's Retirement

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Rusty's Retirement
StrategyCity Builder
SoloSandbox WorldSci-FiManagementBase Building
Year 2024Dev Mister Morris GamesPlaytime ~18hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

Genre puts it alongside Dyson Sphere Program, and so does a sandbox world, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on base building. The distance is in visuals and setting — its own ground is fantasy world and pixel art.

Released 3 years after Dyson Sphere Program.

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X-COM: Terror From the Deep

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X-COM: Terror From the Deep
StrategyCity Builder
SoloSci-FiBase BuildingManagementTactical
Year 1995Dev MicroProse Software · 2K GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS

On paper it is what Dyson Sphere Program is — a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and base building — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings horror setting and an isometric view.

It predates Dyson Sphere Program by 26 years, with what that implies technically.

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