The RPS Advent Calendar 2021, December 8th - Rock Paper Shotgun

Operating at peak efficiency, it's Dyson Sphere Program.

Ollie: Automation games have really started to grow now, haven't they!

Now there are dozens of automation games out there, more releasing every year, and each one desperately trying to put its own spin on the format.

I've played many of them now, and I can safely say that Dyson Sphere Program comes the closest to knocking the almighty Factorio off its throne.

A new game of Dyson Sphere Program puts you in control of a mech suit which is plopped onto a friendly spherical planet which brings to mind the worlds of The Outer Wilds.

Several elements I just mentioned also introduce some major features and mechanics which turn Dyson Sphere Program into an automation game unlike any other.

In Dyson Sphere Program, planets orbit their star in real-time, which means sometimes planets are near each other, and other times they're very far away.

Dyson Sphere Program gives you a lot of new things to think about even for veteran players from other hardcore automation games.

It's all incredibly well put together and polished, and it takes after Factorio in its careful leading of players from one problem and solution to the next without ever feeling like the game is holding your hand.

It's most certainly the most gorgeous automation game I've played as well.

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