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Power to the People
Developer Rhombico Games
Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on? From the Steam store page
187 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 18, 2026 · last updated Oct 19, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
71
Fresh
113 positive · 47 negative
95% range 63–77%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 113 | 47 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 11 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
247 of 312 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
71% recommend · 116 yes, 47 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 163 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (451 of 556 positive).
Players praise the game's engaging and relaxing management gameplay. [1][2][3] Some reviewers criticize the game's power grid mechanics as frustrating. [4][5][6]
Liked
Representative posts
- [4]
Do you know how electricity works? Well the game doesn't. Connect your power plants, storage facilities and loads in a way that seems sensible and suddenly the game starts calculating values wrong and sometimes power lines get loaded twice. So lets say 50MW need to go from A to B but 20MW need to go from B to A. Net amount 30MW, right? Not in this game. Game is nice in general but getting to day 50 means segmenting …
- [7]
A great game. It is fun to play, and at the same time it shows some of the challenges utilities face in real life. As an engineer with mostly mechanical background I do feel it is a bit skewed too far into the focus on electricity flows, with too little attention to the generation side. It would be great if creators looked for inspiration for that side in a game called "Power the Grid".But overall mechanics is fun …
- [14]
I didn't expect to get drawn into this like I did, but it's really good! TL;DR: It's easy to figure out all the major mechanics, and then it gets out of your way to let you zone out and design a regional electrical grid. Buy this if you want a relaxing but engaging sandbox/management game. This game has a nice learning curve when you first start out. The tutorial feels well-paced and it explains the mechanics fairly …
- [1]
It’s a great game if you don’t mind that it’s been abandoned.
- [2]
This is a very good "city builder" game, although you don't build cities but supply them with electricity. Highly recommended.
Summarised from 34 of the 187 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Power to the People talk about engaging and relaxing management gameplay; those who didn't talk about power lines overload and explode frustratingly. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 187 · most liked firstDo you know how electricity works? Well the game doesn't. Connect your power plants, storage facilities and loads in a way that seems sensible and suddenly the game starts calculating values wrong and sometimes power lines get loaded twice. So lets say 50MW need to go from A to B but 20MW need to go from B to A. Net amount 30MW, right? Not in this game. Game is nice in general but getting to day 50 means segmenting your net (making all the nice graphs worthless), constantly adding lines,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While the gameplay is really enjoyable the developers have started restricting access to items in game behind registering for their club and as such i cant recommend this game anymore.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game starts data harvesting as soon as it starts. Analytics are opt-out, not opt-in. GDPR is an afterthought. To disable analytics you need internet connection! If you value privacy, block the game's internet access or just don't play it. Can't say much about gameplay, was turned off by the tutorial in the first few minutes and the blatant disregard for data privacy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Summary: good looks, disappointing gameplay. Starting with the good: - The game is aesthetically pleasing - There is a decent breadth of content - It doesn't feel like it will become grindy/repetitive for a while What I don't like: - You can't curtail power plants, which is the primary mechanism with which a grid is balanced - The physics are just stupid - The "data views" are very basic The main objective focuses on building generation (capacity) and lines and substations (distribution…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →scoring some RARE Northgard achievements, baby! 'Power to the People' might be the least common one I've earned so far
positive · AI labelView post →Was expecting this to be more fun than it turned out to be. You're either skipping days, waiting for money, or you're panic fixing lines as they're breaking down one by one because the mall got upgraded and you didn't notice, causing the demand on one of the lines to shoot way up, breaking down, causing the other lines to go down after it. I have no clue why the game doesn't allow you to pause, I find that really weird. Either way, eventually you get the hang of things and at that point most…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It provides four hours of decent fun, up to you if it's worth the price. After those four hours it becomes rather obvious that there's way too little to do. Game loop looks like this: You start with a city to power. You build a power station. In theory you have a choice from about eight types, but as long as you can affort them, they are interchangeable, they just differ by where they can be placed. Which matters very little though, since power lines across half the playing field are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such a good game but I have to not recommend because of the damn power lines. They just constantly overload and explode. I try to make my set ups look realistic but realistic is so inefficient that I need to spam lines all over the place. Even then it seems other lines always take priority and just explode. Its not fun and makes no sense that even with all the researched upgrades and spamming lines everywhere with multiple sub stations and power plants, all my lines still explode. Its just not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Basically a city builder where the city buids itself, you only have to manage the power grid. As you would expect, this one element the game chooses to focus on is explored in more depth than in your usual entry in the genre... but the sad truth is, not in a lot more depth. You have to convert from high to low voltage between you power plants and consumers, plants need be turned off briefly for maintenance every once in a while, and power lines themselves have a capacity and will explode when…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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 - it takes a massive role in such game and failing to simulate reality takes away all the fun. Also apparently the game takes place in some other universe where laws of physics are different and electric flow sums up. I advise against buying this game, as in more it can be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game seemed promising but after almost 2 hours of play has issues that make me not recommend it. The biggest issues are how they simulate power flow and the UX. The power flow appears to be using either a path finding algorithm with lowest cost or just looking for nearest source. This causes the problem of power sometimes flowing both ways on a line at the same time that other reviews mentioned. For a game that is entirely about power distribution using electricity this isn't acceptable.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game lacks the depth and realism to be a simulator, but also lacks sufficient mechanics to be a puzzle-type challenge. Instead you're left with a power grid micromanagement game with limited options. You also can't modify your grid in a city once the city develops, so you can end up in a situation where an early decision dooms you weeks later and you can't fix it. If you're willing to put in a dozen hours of learning the mechanics for the payoff of having a well managed in-game grid…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game appears to be abandoned (no development or feedback in nearly 6 months). Game has fundamental issues with in game physics. Do not recommend this game until the game issues are resolved and developers become more active on addressing other player issues. If these issues are resolved the game does have potential to be enjoyable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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 quirks and overloaded wires, not large-scale planning of supply vs consumption.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pathfinding is always an issue. The same power line, electricity goes from left to right and right to left at the same time, then keep overloading my cables and exploding them since they just don't follow the simplest physics rule of electricity
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is incredibly stressful. However, the graphics are lovely but as a Engineer as my profession I think this game has wasted my time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to enjoy this game, I really did. Fun concept, neat implementation, but absolutely garbage controls sadly. Why are we only allowed to pause at end of day? Why is "speed up" and "slow down" mapped to the same key and that can't be changed? Why is the predicted demand only shown in a tiny non-interactable grid rather than a chart you can see details on, so you have to squint and guess what numbers will be hit? Why is the tutorial more concerned with having "characters" than actually…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game, I like the premise and the art style but the gameplay itself is just awful. I don't know why they decided to even try and make a fast and frantic game where you couldn't pause and base it around something innately strategic like power distribution, but here we are. I feel like they were inspired by mini motorways, but those type of 'building pressure on your network' games allow you to pause and don't penalise you for random placements by giving you a refund…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was too slow for Power to the People Fest tickets, the festival queue is a young man’s game I fear
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s a great game if you don’t mind that it’s been abandoned.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, highly recommend if autistic :3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great game. It is fun to play, and at the same time it shows some of the challenges utilities face in real life. As an engineer with mostly mechanical background I do feel it is a bit skewed too far into the focus on electricity flows, with too little attention to the generation side. It would be great if creators looked for inspiration for that side in a game called "Power the Grid".But overall mechanics is fun and a good balance of simplification and truthfulness to core concepts.Also: runs…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TULSA-24/7 FREE Store Take what you need, leave what you can, anytime - day or night. Address: maps.app.goo.gl/GtdFfMifRXtF... UPDATE: the rug, shaving cream, and Operation game are already gone. 💨 No limit, no questions asked. On the Mother Road, Route 66. All Power to the People! 💚✊️💚
neutral · AI labelView post →The game simulates the life of power grid employees, which is good, but lacks in game design. I feel like I found myself a new job, not a new game. The core reason is that the development of the city has nothing to do with the player. City growing only creates stress and problems for the player, and the player has to constantly figure out how to deal with problems. Those external pressures make the whole process feel more like a job than a game. Game should give players a sense of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's ok but really let down by the influence point system. I dislike the campaign mode because you can't pause time until the end of the game, so I just like to play in sandbox. However, the game doesn't let you use certain buildings and technologies until you unlock them with 'influence points' which you can only get by playing campaign. If they changed that I would recommend. Otherwise it's good fun but. I wish you could trade power with other cities or countries. Also the speed of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a very good "city builder" game, although you don't build cities but supply them with electricity. Highly recommended.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Power to the People is a game with very little depth or variety, that quickly burns out it's fun as a result, whilst simultaneously trying to stretch it's content out much too much. It devolves into tedium after the first hour or two. It doesn't do anything particularly well, there's very little meaningful variation in strategy, and the AI is so bad it's noteworthy - load management can be difficult because it's literally impossible to get enough power lines into a city that has only two major…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As of 22 October 2023, I cannot overall recommend this game. It is a fun game, however there's a lot of "WTF" moments in it described in detail on other reviews of the game. Hopefully the game gets a major update soon and also gets more love from the developers and eventually the community. The game deserves that imo.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Power to the People game thread
neutral · AI labelView post →incredibly fun game it starts simple and easy but you need to progressively optimize in order to keep the evolving cities running so there's never a dull moment If i have to criticize something is that the energy times don't vary much, you could play every single map with only wind power or only solar power despite being on different continents without major drawbacks but it's up to you
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't really appreciate the cussing and negative language in the tutorial so I deleted the game. It did not match the 'happy go lucky vibe.' I have to be honest if I had kids and they were playing this I probably wouldn't be happy either.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I gotcha. All I'm saying is whenever I protest it's 90% white women.. We need all skin in this game. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE
neutral · AI labelView post →And Donald Trump can go straight to hell when he tries to use the military against us. We will not lay down. We the people will defeat Preznit Fukwit at his own game. Power to the People!
neutral · AI labelView post →one day away from being done with the level and my grid spontaneously imploded 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game needs more exposure, it's a nice game even for casual players. Recommended
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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. Definitely worth buying
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/q222NNYWMto Simplifying the city management to just one axis of play offers a more focused experience but at the cost of engagement due to far too much time spending waiting for meaningful play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Limited UI and information so that you can build the system needed to sustain. What were my peak hour usage for certain lines? How the ♥♥♥♥ do I find that? I have no idea still. Close to being great but needs some work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has good potential, but the fonts are very unpleasant and boring, the UI and the interface are completely frustrating, i can not change the font size nothing inside this game. the fonts are very small to be read. the interface itself makes you uncomfortable and angry while playing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Although it can be difficult at times, the game is very satisfying and has a soothing gameplay. It might not be for everyone as it is a Management/Strategy game, but its cheap, lightweight and you should definitely give it a try if you can.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A surprisingly nuanced puzzle game that accurately covers an important topic.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →@ChrisMayLA6 Spain… #democracy in action. Which goes to show there is no need to *fear* minority govt (in fact it seems quite a democratic necessity) because govt changes are easier to effect when it doesn’t deliver on its electoral promises. #PowerToThePeople #Spain #Housing #Politics
neutral · AI labelView post →Dodger fan here. At least this game is better than that last snoozer in Tampa! Dual screening the Power to the People concert! 🤘 🎸
neutral · AI labelView post →I can’t even watch a football game without that asshole being at a football game, then the tax payer ads during my Ravens 🐦⬛ game is too much . I hope to see some of the resistance this Saturday at the Power to the People concert at Merriweather Post pavilion.
neutral · AI labelView post →No support from devs in multiple years, with a lot of broken mechanics. Honestly not even worth the 15 bucks, maybe 5.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Join the fight and get in the Game OCT 18 NO KINGS PROTEST, Bring your friends, Bring the Kids, Show them how it's done. Power To The People.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is an interesting take on the management game genre, where you don't build the city yourself; you only serve the city's power needs as it grows by itself over time and through various seasonal changes and events.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →big shrug. loop is fine, But nothing to call home about. Probably won't electrify the player with any sort of joy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Save your money Game is Dead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting building game ! There seem to be two gameplay modes: 1 - Hey, this is really nice and relaxing. 2 - aaaa, arrrgh, aagh, everything's exploding.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Could be better, but it's alright.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoyed the talk Power to the People: How Tech Is Flipping the Energy Game by Nina Möger Bengtsson
neutral · AI labelView post →this is not a city builder, you just need to setup the electricity, it is not even complex in any way, tutorial last 4 minutes ...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Power to the people is such a fun little game. It makes you think creatively.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mixing city-building with resource management, it challenges you to create efficient power grids while balancing the needs of your growing metropolis. The game’s focus on optimizing energy distribution and managing infrastructure provides a satisfying strategic depth. Ideal for fans of simulation games who enjoy a hands-on approach to urban planning and resource management.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its okay for the first few maps but once the difficulty curve ramps up a while into gameplay I just feel more frustrated by a lack of tools to actually overcome challenges. The only real way you can overcome problems is by overbuilding which means just spending cash and not building smartly. I'd pass.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the more consistently challenging building/tycoon/puzzle games that I've played. It's really well made, has a good amount of depth and replayability, and has a nice aesthetic. Definitely would recommend for folks who wanna try something different and think infrastructure is cool
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice game, had my share of fun with it and sometimes I do return to complete one or two more levels. However, be warned it is quite limited in variativity and most of the time you'll end up doing just the same, since level perks usually do not outweight optimal build options. Still a good game :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The chief programmer needs to redo its algorithm course.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun game, managing the power distribution of multiple cities. recommanded
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