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Powerplay

83% positive of 49 Steam reviews

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Released
2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Frantic.

About the game

Powerplay is an RTS with a focus on resources and industry. Create supply chains, transport, and explore in this thrilling base builder. Grow into a powerful industrial nation, but don't spread too thin! Resources are finite and "the others" can reclaim what is theirs at any time.

Tagged by players

  • 4X
  • RTS
  • Colony Sim
  • Base Building
  • City Builder
  • Resource Management
  • Wargame
  • Sandbox
  • Isometric
  • Strategy
  • Simulation
  • Building

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    It’s got potential, but currently I wouldn’t go back and play it after playing for a bit once. The units are quite dumb when it comes to pathfinding, and I’d really like to be able to arrange units in particular formations so I can set them up properly and then let them go. A lot of modern RTS games seem to be all about micromanagement, clicks, and actions per minute, trying to do a dozen little things at once. In…

    2.5 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Powerplay has the foundation of a great modern RTS game, and the potential to be much greater in the future.

    33 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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