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Build-A-Lot 4: Power Source

Hip Soft · Next Game · 2009-12-17

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 17, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The power is in your hands! Help friendly towns to grow and glow by building neighborhoods and generating clean energy to make them run. Watch out for power overload! If you build too fast, you may experience blackouts and unhappy renters.

75%
positive of 32 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 73% of 11,958 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220102026Week of 2010-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2011-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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