Can't Live Without Electricity

Grid-based routing puzzles about powering houses as new ones appear

MELOVITY · Released Apr 13, 2023

Reviews: Very Positive; 94% of 238
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 1; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 2 years ago; Jan 4, 2024
Minimum PC: 4000; 2 GB RAM · 1 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Can't Live Without Electricity?

This single-player, top-down 3D puzzle game has you connect houses to power plants of the same color. Across more than 50 stages on square or hexagonal grids, you manage connections in five colors. Generators and jumpers can help, but perfect scores require completing stages without them.

For you if...

+you prefer planning without time limits or edit restrictions

Not for you if...

−you want brief stages that remain easy to solve

What players say

94% of 238 reviews are positive

Players praise the challenge of optimizing tangled networks. The most common complaint is that random house placement can undo careful planning and make success depend too heavily on luck.

Screenshots and trailer

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Can't Live Without Electricity system requirements

Minimum: 4000, 2 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7 or above
Graphics: Intel Graphics 4000
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 1 GB available space

Does Can't Live Without Electricity have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Can't Live Without Electricity run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 54
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English, Korean.

Does Can't Live Without Electricity use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam