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Energy Balance cover art

Energy Balance

Sometimes You · 2015-07-02

SteamPlayStation Store

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 02, 2015 (Mac), Aug 11, 2017 (PlayStation Vita), Jun 02, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jan 16, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 02, 2015 (Linux)

Energy Balance is a number puzzle. You have to swap power units in such a way that their sums form correct chains both vertically and horizontally. The game is easy to learn, but very hard to master. So, are you ready to peep under the hood of an alien spaceship?

Energy Balance is a 2015 Casual and Indie game priced at $0.62, with a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 324 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000.

0
playing now
68%
positive of 324 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.34★
PlayStation Store rating (140 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.62
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 29,098 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.1k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 324 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.20 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-02) · bundled 12×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320152026Week of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.492015-07-022026-08-242015-07-02 — best price $1.792015-11-02 — best price $2.992016-01-18 — best price $1.992016-04-27 — best price $2.092016-08-05 — best price $1.792016-10-21 — best price $2.992017-01-26 — best price $2.992017-05-25 — best price $2.992017-09-25 — best price $2.992018-01-11 — best price $0.892018-04-20 — best price $1.992018-07-06 — best price $2.992018-11-01 — best price $2.992019-01-24 — best price $2.992019-04-05 — best price $2.992019-08-08 — best price $2.992019-11-21 — best price $1.192020-01-14 — best price $1.192020-03-30 — best price $2.992020-07-27 — best price $0.502020-11-09 — best price $2.992021-02-11 — best price $0.592021-06-24 — best price $0.502021-11-08 — best price $0.592022-01-27 — best price $0.592022-07-18 — best price $0.592022-11-18 — best price $1.492023-01-09 — best price $0.592023-04-24 — best price $0.592023-07-31 — best price $0.592023-12-11 — best price $0.712024-03-14 — best price $0.712024-07-15 — best price $0.712024-11-27 — best price $0.712025-03-13 — best price $0.712025-07-14 — best price $0.712025-12-18 — best price $0.592026-05-11 — best price $0.592026-08-24 — best price $0.62
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
6.7%
earned "Begin"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, Czech, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-09-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)2,21575%21
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)2,17276%21
Steam (Steam)1,45923%9
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)1,08587%21
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)99984%21
PS4 (PlayStation)77286%21
PS Vita (PlayStation)65294%21
PS4 (PlayStation)12273%21
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieCasualPuzzle

Census log

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

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