Energy Collector strips idler mechanics down to their essentials: harvest energy across multiple fields, shuffle resources between areas to afford upgrades, and prestige to reset for exponential gains. The core tension is managing automation's slow arrival while juggling frequent check-ins to keep production flowing. Best suited for players who enjoy resource management puzzles but may frustrate those seeking deeper engagement or true offline progression.
About this game
An idler about collecting energy. Automate the collection process, manage your resources by transferring them between fields and buy awesome upgrades. For what? To get more energy!
What players are saying
▲ Recommended1 hrs
I had the chance to play this game just before release. Check the Videos section of the Community Hub.
I played until Prestige. I found the game original. It's hard to achieve in this sea of incremental games.
There are multiple areas where you collect multiple types of energy. Those serve as currency to buy upgrades. You have to transfer energy from area to area because some upgrades cost more than 1 type of energy. So far I had access to yellow, blue and red.
The tutorial is very clear and follows the direction you would normally take if you were to play alone.
You have a companion that has an upgrade tree.
Prestige gives you stats boosts depending on how much of each type of energy you have in the Hub.
There are quests too, but I did not reach that point. And 500+ in-game achievements, 100 Steam achievements.
It's a neat game but ultimately demands attention too often for me to recommend it.
There isn't enough to do to play it actively, but you also don't make much progress without checking back every few minutes to start the next upgrades running. The automation upgrades come way too slowly to alleviate this. The quest and exploration timers contribute to the feeling that you must come back at 15 minute intervals to properly progress.
Additionally the pipe/transfer mechanic, while interesting at first, also becomes tedious quickly as you have to keep micromanaging the levels in the connected zones with the capacity caps.
Energy Collector demo is out now! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42517560/eecebf5af3f5da8fc5eadeb5974ee058bf21ddb5.png The game can be tried out for free via the official Demo that is available now! The following limitations apply to the Demo: A time limit, after which the save can be reset. If not reset, the progress carries over to the main game. Lower max level. No prestige. No leaderboards. The maximum field that can be reaches is the Archipelago. Check out the demo by visiting the game's Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2017540/Energy_Collector/ Check out the official Discord server for the game: https://discord.gg/62FCUKa5G3. Come hangout and discuss the game! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42517560/bb33f688cc19c2776c0503fb51724de81664a12e.png
Patch 7 (v1.1.4) - Patch Notes New leaderboard and other minor improvements. Changes: New pick up count leaderboard! Companion customization unlocks now give the Companion a small chance to supercharge energies when picked up. Added two new achievements. Bug fixes: Diagonal transfer UI arrows now shine when putting the mouse over them. Diagonal transfer UI arrows are now drawn over the chest icons. "New customization unlocked" typo fixed. Notes: Your score is uploaded to the new leaderboard once for every 1000 pick ups. A free Demo of Energy Collector will be released soon!
Patch 6 (v1.1.3) - Patch Notes New achievements, rebindable hotkeys and more! Changes: New rebindable hotkeys system! Added 4 new hotkeys for manually buying upgrades. Default manual upgrade buy hotkeys are: G, H, J, K. Added 23 new achievements! Added a "Hide completed achievements" checkbox. Reduced the number of days needed to play for the "Dedicated" achievements. Reduced the robot helper speed up from the Acorn of Nimble Fingers power up. AI Helper speed is now also affected by the Acorn of Nimble Fingers power up. Added one more tier on the Acorn of Nimble Fingers's robot speed upgrade. New setting for disabling SFX when the Companion picks up power ups. Manually started quests now do not close the quest tab when completed if there are quests left. Added button click SFX when starting quests manually. Improved save file security. Bug fixes: Fixed a bug where left over black energies would contribute to the progress of the next manually started quest. Quest completed in a row counter now resets when failing the flower quest. When the Companion picks up the Burning Coal power up, it no longer shows CD reduction animation for your current field.
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