Power Tycoon is a simulation/strategy game where the player controls a power company employed to manage the power for an entire city. The player needs to provide power to residences and businesses as the city grows, making sure to avoid power outages or inadequate supply.

The key game mechanic is placing infrastructure components to supply buildings with power. This includes placing power lines of different types, transformers, and generators. The player needs to connect these to ensure that each building receives appropriate voltage and current - certain business may need a greater voltage than others.

A secondary mechanic is accounting for the cost of infrastructure. The player receives an income from each building, which they can use to acquire new infrastructure components. The government will force the price of power down however if outages are too frequent.

Each level changes the structures present in the terrain which could have negative effects on power delivery, and must be dealt with by the player. The cities will also expand at different rates, and with different variations of buildings.

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