Blackout: The City Survives
By @Hueski
Switch city districts on and off to balance civilian morale against bomber visibility in this grid defense simulation.
How to play
- Tap a surviving district to switch its power on or off for the night.
- Check the weather forecast and bomber intel to predict the upcoming raid.
- Press End Night to lock your grid choices and face the incoming bomber.
- Manage Guilt by keeping essential services powered when it is safe to do so.
- Survive 10 nights to save the city and progress to a new layout.
Controls
- Touch
- Tap districts to toggle power or repair, and tap buttons to issue orders.
- Keyboard
- Not supported.
- Mouse
- Click districts to toggle power or repair, and click buttons to issue orders.
More about this game
Your goal is to keep the city functioning through 10 nights of bomber raids. You must toggle power to districts like hospitals and factories, balancing the need for their services against the risk of guiding bombers to lit targets. Leaving districts dark increases civilian Guilt, while lit districts risk taking 1 damage from strikes. The run ends in defeat if any district reaches zero health, or if your Guilt reaches the 80-point threshold.
Tips
- Keep the Command Post powered to receive hints about the bomber's target, which helps you decide what to darken.
- Darkening the Radio Tower for two nights doubles the Guilt penalty, so power it up to prevent massive morale drops.
- In Endless mode, keep a damaged district and a Factory powered for exactly 3 days to restore one health pip.
Questions
What happens if Guilt gets too high?
If your Guilt reaches the threshold, which is 80 in Classic and Timed modes or 120 in Endless mode, civilian despair overwhelms command discipline and you immediately lose the game.
How do I get an Anti-Air Turret?
You earn one Anti-Air Turret by clearing a city in Classic or Timed mode, or by reaching Day 5 in Endless mode. Deploy it to block raid damage for one day.
What does the weather do?
Weather directly affects the raid. Heavy Fog lowers bomber accuracy by 30 percent, Clear Skies make lit districts fully exposed by increasing speed, and Stormy Night multiplies civilian Guilt by 1.5.