Games like Energy Balance
If Energy Balance is your kind of game, the closest matches are Energy Cycle, Retention and Bacteria — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, contemplative and relaxing. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Energy Balance: Energy Balance is a number puzzle. You have to swap power units in such a way that their sums form correct chains both vertically and horizontally. The game is easy to learn, but very hard to master. So, are you ready to peep under the hood of an alien spaceship?
Players who liked Energy Balance also play
Steam players who put hours into Energy Balance also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Energy Cycle
WHY THIS
Top pick for Energy Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
'Energy Cycle' – new puzzle game from the developers of ‘Energy Balance’. When you click each cell on the game field - it changes color, and the colors of adjacent cells horizontally and vertically. Your task to bring all the cells to the same color. Sounds pretty easy, but try to do it!
Retention
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Energy Balance.
Second-strongest match for Energy Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.
Bacteria
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Energy Balance.
Third-strongest match for Energy Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
'Bacteria' - A relaxing puzzle game based on the rules of the cellular automaton ‘Life’ devised by John Horton Conway in 1970.
Puzzle Galaxies
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Energy Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
Puzzle Galaxies is a groundbreaking puzzle video game similar to games like Bejeweled and Candy Crush. You must match jewels stored in a space station in a manner similar to Bejeweled, but there's a twist - there are enemies that will come by and try to take matching jewels on you!
Hiiro
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Energy Balance.
Ranked #5 for Energy Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
Hiiro is a 2D platform game focused on ambient exploration and puzzle solving. Discover a grand world filled with mysterious artifacts and forgotten ruins. Become immersed in relaxing gameplay and meditative music. Remain observant as you unravel an explanation for your solitude.
A Story About My Uncle
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Energy Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
Braid
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Energy Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
Little Inferno
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Energy Balance.
Ranked #8 for Energy Balance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
Throw your toys into your fire, and play with them as they burn. An adventure that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace - about looking up up up out of the chimney, and the cold world just on the other side of the wall. From the creators of World of Goo and Human Resource Machine.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Energy Balance at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Energy Balance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Energy Balance.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Energy Balance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Energy Balance.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Energy Balance on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Energy Balance.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Energy Balance on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Energy Balance.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Energy Balance on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Energy Balance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Energy Balance.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Energy Balance on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Energy Balance.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Energy Balance.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Other recommendable Steam games by Sometimes You, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Make it indie!
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Energy Balance.
Another title from Sometimes You, the studio behind Energy Balance. Shares Indie with Energy Balance.
Claw your way through the abyss of the mind and survive the horrors that stalk you as you attempt to survive seven days as... an Indie Developer.
Retention
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Energy Balance.
Another title from Sometimes You, the studio behind Energy Balance. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.
Bacteria
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Energy Balance.
Another title from Sometimes You, the studio behind Energy Balance. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
'Bacteria' - A relaxing puzzle game based on the rules of the cellular automaton ‘Life’ devised by John Horton Conway in 1970.
Energy Cycle
WHY THIS
Another title from Sometimes You, the studio behind Energy Balance. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
'Energy Cycle' – new puzzle game from the developers of ‘Energy Balance’. When you click each cell on the game field - it changes color, and the colors of adjacent cells horizontally and vertically. Your task to bring all the cells to the same color. Sounds pretty easy, but try to do it!
Energy Invasion
WHY THIS
Another title from Sometimes You, the studio behind Energy Balance. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
Energy Invasion - an arcade game inspired by the classic Breakout. Unlike the original game, your ball does not break blocks on its own, but can launch missiles in a chosen direction.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
A Story About My Uncle
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
Braid
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
Little Inferno
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Energy Balance.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Balance.
Throw your toys into your fire, and play with them as they burn. An adventure that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace - about looking up up up out of the chimney, and the cold world just on the other side of the wall. From the creators of World of Goo and Human Resource Machine.
Frequently asked about Energy Balance
- How much does Energy Balance cost?
- Energy Balance is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Energy Balance?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Energy Balance are Energy Cycle, Retention, Bacteria.
- Who developed Energy Balance?
- Energy Balance was developed by Sometimes You.
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