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'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!

Reviews: Mixed — 69% — of 294 reviews
Released: 2016-01-13
Developer: Sometimes You
Genres: Casual, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 3.3 hrs
Mean playtime: 4.9 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 96%

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    96% matchVery Positive89% of 222 reviews2016
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    95% matchMixed59% of 176 reviews2016
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    71% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2021
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