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Energy Cycle cover art

Energy Cycle

Sometimes You · 2016-01-13

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 20, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 13, 2016 (Linux), Jan 13, 2016 (Mac), Jan 13, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 20, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Dec 25, 2017 (Nintendo Switch)

'Energy Cycle' – new puzzle game from the developers of ‘Energy Balance’. When you click each cell on the game field - it changes color, and the colors of adjacent cells horizontally and vertically. Your task to bring all the cells to the same color. Sounds pretty easy, but try to do it!

Energy Cycle is a Casual and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $0.62, with Mixed sentiment (69% of 295 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000.

0
playing now
69%
positive of 295 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
17/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
3.45★
PlayStation Store rating (464 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.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.4k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 295 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$2.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.20 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-02) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 9 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

13102026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 24 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 12 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 31 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 31 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 25 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 59 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 67 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 35 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 69 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 112 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4640Jan 2016Aug 2026Jan 2016 — avg 2 · peak 15Apr 2016 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2016 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2016 — avg 3 · peak 66Jan 2017 — avg 13 · peak 147Apr 2017 — avg 59 · peak 1,129Jul 2017 — avg 34 · peak 274Oct 2017 — avg 11 · peak 238Jan 2018 — avg 9 · peak 397Apr 2018 — avg 5 · peak 253Jul 2018 — avg 12 · peak 490Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 228Jan 2019 — avg 6 · peak 115Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 17Oct 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 182Apr 2020 — avg 21 · peak 1,310Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 27Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 8Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 21Jan 2022 — avg 15 · peak 212Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 20Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 32Apr 2023 — avg 18 · peak 589Aug 2023 — avg 8 · peak 91Aug 2026 — avg 126 · peak 1,060
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$2.99$0.202016-01-132026-10-082016-01-13 — best price $0.892016-05-23 — best price $0.792016-10-14 — best price $0.742017-01-02 — best price $0.992017-04-12 — best price $0.592017-08-29 — best price $2.992017-11-22 — best price $1.192018-02-15 — best price $1.192018-05-24 — best price $0.992018-09-13 — best price $0.992018-12-20 — best price $0.892019-04-02 — best price $0.202019-07-17 — best price $1.502019-11-26 — best price $0.592020-01-12 — best price $0.692020-03-26 — best price $2.692020-07-14 — best price $2.992020-11-02 — best price $0.502021-01-18 — best price $2.992021-06-14 — best price $2.992021-11-01 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-04-11 — best price $2.992022-07-25 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $0.592023-01-16 — best price $2.992023-05-01 — best price $2.992023-08-07 — best price $2.992023-12-18 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-07-22 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-07-21 — best price $2.992026-01-12 — best price $2.992026-05-18 — best price $2.992026-09-10 — best price $2.992026-10-08 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
4.8%
earned "The beginning of the cycle"
2.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2016-01-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)9,01697%19
PS4 (PlayStation)8,78198%19
Xbox One (Xbox)7,56295%10
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)3,45998%19
PS Vita (PlayStation)2,90398%19
PS5 (PlayStation)2,31297%21
PS4 (PlayStation)2,18398%19
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,94295%10
PS5 (PlayStation)1,89797%21
PS Vita (PlayStation)1,53299%19
Steam (Steam)1,51728%9
Windows (Xbox)76598%10
PS4 (PlayStation)60199%21
PS5 (PlayStation)53599%21
PS5 (PlayStation)44899%21
Switch (Nintendo)0—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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