Powerstate

Powerstate is a simulation game about the power grid. You start on a new world with one town. You have 60 years to build its power, grid and heat system. Decarbonise it before the planet overheats.

This demo has the tutorial and the first 5 years of a colony. The full game continues your colony from there. Play it in your browser at powerstate-game.com. The first 10 years of every colony are free there.

What you do

• Build coal, gas, nuclear, wind, solar, hydro and geothermal plants.
• Store energy in batteries, hydrogen tanks and salt caverns.
• Build 380 kV, 110 kV and 20 kV lines and the substations that connect the towns.
• Plan each year, pay for research and set your tariff.
• Keep the power on through still days, cloudy weeks and cold winters.

How it works

• The physics and the costs are real: efficiencies, capacity factors, build times, fuel prices and carbon prices.
• The weather drives wind, solar and heat demand. One cold, still week can hit all three at once.
• The cheapest available power runs first. This is the merit order.
• Customers react to your tariff.

In the full game

• Every year of every colony, to the end of its term.
• Three harder worlds: Carbon Valley, Shock Decade and Long Winter.
• Sandbox, scenario editor and the Challenge leaderboard.

Good to know

• You need a keyboard and a mouse. Fullscreen works best.
• In English and German.
• Your saves stay in your browser. There is no account and no login. The demo sends no data.