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Power to the People

Rhombico Games · Crytivo · 2022-02-08

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IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 08, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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?

Power to the People is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 557 reviews).

10
playing now
81%
positive of 557 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (136 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 49,477 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 557 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.90 at AllYouPlay (2026-01-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 29 of 55 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11111120222026Week of 2022-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1174Feb 2022Aug 2026Feb 2022 — avg 117 · peak 331Apr 2022 — avg 31 · peak 120Jun 2022 — avg 18 · peak 48Aug 2022 — avg 15 · peak 54Oct 2022 — avg 13 · peak 47Dec 2022 — avg 10 · peak 30Feb 2023 — avg 10 · peak 32Apr 2023 — avg 10 · peak 30Jun 2023 — avg 7 · peak 25Aug 2023 — avg 9 · peak 35Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 25Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 21Feb 2024 — avg 6 · peak 16Apr 2024 — avg 8 · peak 32Jun 2024 — avg 8 · peak 25Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2025 — avg 8 · peak 25Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.292022-02-082026-08-132022-02-08 — best price $13.492022-04-26 — best price $14.992022-09-06 — best price $14.992022-10-24 — best price $11.992022-12-01 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-01-31 — best price $11.992023-04-14 — best price $14.992023-06-09 — best price $10.492023-07-25 — best price $9.742023-09-07 — best price $8.242023-10-31 — best price $8.242023-12-05 — best price $8.242024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-02-05 — best price $14.992024-04-01 — best price $14.992024-05-10 — best price $8.242024-06-12 — best price $14.992024-07-29 — best price $7.492024-09-20 — best price $14.992024-11-05 — best price $7.502025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-02-10 — best price $14.992025-03-10 — best price $7.502025-04-08 — best price $7.492025-05-19 — best price $7.352025-06-21 — best price $14.992025-08-06 — best price $14.992025-09-30 — best price $7.482025-11-04 — best price $14.992025-12-12 — best price $3.742026-02-02 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-22 — best price $14.992026-06-21 — best price $3.752026-07-14 — best price $11.492026-08-13 — best price $3.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
63.2%
earned "A little less talk, a little more action"
13.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8553%20

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

Player tags

3DModernEconomyBuildingColorfulStrategyIsometricRealisticManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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