Power to the People
Fair · Strategy · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 13.4h 20.8h to 100%
- Value
- $1.12/hr
- Reviews
- 81% of 556 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $3.74 (75% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
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?
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 550 Ti or Radeon HD 7770, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
31 discounts in the 5 years on record, a median of 45 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 13 percent on value. It is pricier than 81 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 79 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation ($6.99, scores 59) beats it on value, while it beats Sweet Transit ($5.99, scores 21).
More about Power to the People
This site sampled 397 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 4 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written February 2022 to August 2026.
The drop-off
63% start to 4% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 4 when we last checked, on Oct 17, 11:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Its a fun game - worth getting if you like simpler strategy games. I played for around 20 hours and completed most of the maps. I feel like I've done all I want to do. Its not an expensive title and I feel like I got my money's worth.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I had the urge to play a city builder just for the power/grid management aspects, and this game scratches that itch very well. Great fun.
It starts off okish but the gameplay loop quickly becomes a chore and given that every map is 50 days that too quickly feels as an obligation rather then a challenge. The core issue I am having is that rather then challenge the game gives the illusion of strategy masquading busywork with not quite sensical rules.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Power to the People scores 54/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1413370/power-to-the-peopleReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.