Games Like Blackstart

Keep the lights on after dark

Blackstart is a puzzle game about the electric grid. You start with a few power plants and a few towns. Every day the map grows, and every morning you make one choice: more cable, or a new source of power. During the day almost anything works. At night the solar panels go quiet, the wind does what it wants, and the whole region switches its lights on at once.

A grid that behaves like one

Every blackout has a reason

When a city goes dark, the game tells you why: no cable to a plant, a line at its limit, or not enough generation for the peak. Each morning brings a one-line summary of the night before. Lost on day 12? Go back to the start of that day, paused, and fix the plan.

17 regions of Brazil, each with its own rule

From the southern pampas to the Amazon, every map brings something new:

After the campaign

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