Power to the People

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About the Game Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population - all while fighting off potential disaster - in this thrilling resource management experience. Sell energy and earn money in order to expand your company.

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464 reviews
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Developer:
Rhombico Games
Publisher:
Crytivo
Engine:
Unity
Release date:
08 February 2022
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (464)

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Description

About the Game



Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population - all while fighting off potential disaster - in this thrilling resource management experience. Sell energy and earn money in order to expand your company. Provide more power to existing customers and supply it to newly constructed cities. It's time for you to give Power to the People!

Feature Summary:
  • Multiple modes (Main Campaign, Sandbox Mode, and Weekly Challenges)
  • 14 missions spanning 5 continents
  • Varying levels of difficulty
  • 20+ unique buildings to utilize
  • Extensive research tree with 30+ perks to discover and influence point management
  • Different weather conditions, each providing its own challenges to the player
  • Random events
  • Leaderboard




Challenge yourself and provide electricity to constantly growing cities, all while the demand for energy increases. Utilize more than 20 buildings and their upgrades to achieve your goals and keep the power running. Remember, if there are blackouts and your customers are not satisfied, you’ll be out of a job! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?




Do you believe in nuclear power as the solution for humankind's energy production problems? Or are you more of a renewable energy fan? Perhaps you’d prefer to go old school and stick to fossil fuels? Power to the People offers you a wide array of power plant types and energy storage solutions so you can design your grid exactly how you want it, all while taking advantage of the local resources and climate.




Each continent has its own challenges and weather conditions. You will have to employ both strategy and judgement to select the best energy plants, providing the most benefit for current conditions. Don’t forget to automate how power flows through your grids by using switching stations. Switching stations will allow you to adjust power flow based on weather conditions, power usage, storage, etc. Create the most robust system possible and thrive!



Research more than 30 different technologies in order to improve your substations, power plants, and power lines. Don’t forget to spend some extra influence points to research new marketing techniques to boost the economy of your company.




Each day, you’ll see new challenges thrown your way - be ready for anything! Sometimes, Mother Nature will surprise you with lightning bolts, solar flares, and falling trees which can put both your power lines and power plants at risk. In other cases, cities might experience increased power usage due to events like football games, the arrival of influencers, or the hosting of an extremely popular TV show. Make sure you provide a smooth experience for everyone involved and keep the people happy!



You finished the main campaign and played around in sandbox mode, and now you want more? Every week, a new set of challenges will be presented to players. Play maps that have special conditions and specific restrictions, earn points, compete against other players, and climb your way to the top of the leaderboard!

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *:
Windows 7 64-bit
Processor:
Intel Core i5-2300 or AMD A8-5600K
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
GeForce GTX 550 Ti or Radeon HD 7770
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
4 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX Compatible Sound Card

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10 64-bit
Processor:
Intel Core i5-4460 or Ryzen 3 2200G
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
GeForce GTX 950 or Radeon R9 290
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
6 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX Compatible Sound Card

User reviews

DexRam
Not recommended | 10 Oct 2025
14.0h played

As for the game which should be a simulation of managing power plants and delivering electricity it is skewed when it comes to both. Operational costs of power plants and electricity production are plucked from thin air

Helpful: 10
casual
Not recommended | 30 Jan 2025
25.6h played

A pretty shallow time-killer. The core game mechanic, the flow of power from producers to consumers, has been initially designed in a nonsensical way, and never fixed. And so the main challenge is working around game

Helpful: 9
Thalinx
Recommended | 18 Jan 2025
39.8h played

A great strategy simulation game to balance the electricity needs of the cities. The first days it's easy, but as soon as you reach day 40, it really get's more complicated to manage supply, demand, rerouting it all.

Helpful: 3
Spooky Spider
Recommended | 23 Dec 2025
23.4h played

fun game to understand the macro concepts of the electric grid and pleasant simcity type of puzzle manager. The tech tree is actually decently accurate to the industry. I think expecting a $15 game to be physics or

Helpful: 1
xxadonisxx
Recommended | 13 Sept 2025
17.4h played

Power to the People, developed by Rhombico Games and published by Crytivo, presents a thoughtful and engaging simulation experience centered around building and maintaining a sustainable power grid for a growing

Helpful: 1
Agent J
Recommended | 01 Nov 2025
150h played

Best wishes and good luck to the dev(s) in their future ventures, it is sad they are winding down operations. This is a great game if you are a bit of an infrastructure nerd. While it is not extensive, it does give you

Helpful: 0