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Blindsided Games · Published by Blindsided Games
Mixed — 60% positive (92 reviews) · 27 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Ever wanted a Dyson swarm of your own? Now you can have one with just a few clicks! Manage a solar empire, produce bots which will make solar panels for you. Send your panels to the sun to generate energy and sell that energy to make money which you can spend on even more bots!
Indie, Simulation, Free To Play, Strategy, Casual · 2026 · More free games
About this game
Build. Automate. Transcend Reality.
Idle Dyson Swarm is a deep incremental game where you construct an ever-expanding network of facilities, harness the power of mega-structures, and push the boundaries of existence itself. Start with simple assembly lines and evolve into a civilization capable of building Galactic Brains that span the cosmos.
A Universe of Automation
Begin your journey producing bots and generating science. Build Assembly Lines, deploy AI Managers, establish Data Centers, and colonize Planets. Each facility feeds into the next, creating satisfying production chains that scale exponentially.
But the real game begins when you unlock Mega-Structures:
Matrioshka Brains — Stellar-scale computing structures that consume entire planets
Birch Planets — Supermassive planetary shells housing unimaginable potential
Galactic Brains — The ultimate achievement, requiring mastery of multiple mega-structure types simultaneously
Three Layers of Prestige
Progress never truly ends. When you've pushed your facilities to their limits, prestige to earn permanent upgrades across three distinct systems:
Infinity — Reset your run to earn Infinity Points. Unlock Secrets of the Universe and permanent facility multipliers that make each subsequent run faster and more rewarding.
Quantum Leap — Convert Infinity Points into Quantum Points. Unlock automation features, bot multitasking, mega-structure access, and powerful meta-upgrades that fundamentally change how you play.
Reality — The deepest layer. Generate Workers to produce Influence, manipulate the fabric of the universe, and push numbers beyond comprehension.
100+ Skills to Master
A sprawling skill tree offers meaningful choices with real trade-offs:
Multiple specialization paths — choose between Purity, Terra, Power, Paragade, Stellar, and more
Exclusive skills that lock out alternatives — your build matters
Banking mechanics to save skill points across runs
Refundable and permanent upgrades to balance short-term and long-term strategies
Dream Simulations
Discover Dream 1 — an alternate reality where you guide civilization from primitive hunters to spacefaring engineers:
Progress through the Foundational Era and Information Era
Face prestige events: Meteor Storms, AI Risk, Global Warming, and Black Holes
Earn Strange Matter to permanently boost your main game progress
An entirely separate progression loop within the game itself
Play Your Way
True Idle Gameplay — Earn resources offline and return to meaningful progress
Deep Active Play — Optimize production chains, plan prestige timing, and theorycraft skill builds
Automation Unlocks — Gradually unlock auto-buy features for research, bots, and facilities
Exponential Scaling — Watch numbers grow from hundreds to incomprehensible magnitudes
Key Features
6 Facility Types including three universe-spanning mega-structures
11 Research Technologies with repeatable upgrades
100+ Branching Skills across multiple specialization trees
3 Prestige Layers providing endless long-term goals
27 Secrets of the Universe granting permanent multipliers
Full Simulation Mode with its own eras, buildings, and prestige mechanics
Offline Progress that respects your time
Exponential Everything — numbers that never stop growing
From assembly lines to galactic brains. From hunters to space factories. From reality to whatever lies beyond.
How far will you go?
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Any
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: NA
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 512 MB available space
- Sound Card: NA
- VR Support: NA
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Any
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 512 MB available space
- Sound Card: NA
- VR Support: NA
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
328
I honestly don't remember what I changed. That said it should be more stable, I definitely boosted the heck out of the megastructures, added some researches for them and automation for them. There may be bugs there may not.Read full article on Community Announcements (Vathreon)Patch NotesOfficial
V327
- Improved offline progression accuracy across lifecycle events, including smoother mobile return handling. - The offline return popup now appears only after at least 2 minutes away. - Fixed a startup offline-time edge case that could cause inconsistent away-time rewards. - Fixed Simulation Mathematics parity for migrated/prestige saves so intended solar output bonuses are restored consistently. - Updated Simulation solar panel and mathematics info text to better show base output, active multipliers, and effective output.Read full article on Community Announcements (Vathreon)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 326
- Reworked skill tree visuals so owned, non-refundable, and exclusive-lock states are clearer at a glance, including updated connection-line coloring.- Skill confirmation now explains why a skill can’t be refunded (including required-skill lock reasons).- Fixed Parallel Computation to apply as a multiplier to Data Center production, and aligned production displays with actual applied gains.- Added clearer run stats in the side panel, including s/IP plus current/previous run time and offline time used this infinity.- Improved offline-time spend tracking and rollover between infinities so usage stats stay accurate.- Improved save/lifecycle handling around pause/focus/quit to reduce offline progression inconsistencies.- Fixed the Space Age Power/Energy section default visibility state.- Updated Idle Electric Sheep to be refundable.Read full article on Community Announcements (Vathreon)Patch NotesOfficial
Version 325
- Bumped version to 3.0.325.- Updated Versatile Production Tactics so its 50% bonus now applies to AI Managers (instead of Assembly Lines) and now uses a dedicated Planet modifier after 100 planets.- Added direct skill preset controls in the settings window (preset toggles + labels + load feedback) so presets can be selected/managed without leaving the settings pane.- Hardened quit/return persistence around offline-time logic so save timing and offline progress restore are more reliable after backgrounding.Read full article on Community Announcements (Vathreon)






