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Hydro

Also known as Hydro, h, hydro

Revive a vintage hydro-electric power station and generate power for the local township. Manage both on-site and township power demands, manage your funding levels and perform all manner of maintenance, upgrades and other duties.

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16 Jun 2026

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v1.30Hydro v1.30 brings performance optimizations and more!

Hi everyone! I thought I would drop an update for Hydro that should improve the performance of the game on a range of hardware, as well as some more cool features! Here are the details of this v1.30 update! (confirm the…

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May 2026
Hi everyone! Here's another small, but mighty patch for Hydro. This one focuses mostly on 'natural' lighting levels in the buildings - both during the day and night. Previously these were painfully low especially at nig…v1.293 changesGameplayStore17 May 2026
March 2026
30% off Hydro during Steam's Spring Sale!Spring time is here for Hydro and during Steam's Spring Sale, you can get 30% off the game. If you've been holding-back, now's the time to jump in! 🛞🌊 Please also consider Wishlisting my upcoming game, Empire Water Wo…Announcement20 Mar 2026
Small bug fix to Hand Oiler position in Guided Tutorialv1.28 -Small but important bug fix to resolve a recent issue that was causing Hand Oiler to become virtually impossible to be picked up by the player during the Guided Tutorial after the recent changes to the interact d…Announcement1 changeFix19 Mar 2026
Hi everyone! I trust you are well. I can't believe it's the middle of March already! Here is another 'regular' update which brings a slew of cool new enhancements to the game. This takes the game to v1.27 (check the ver…v1.275 changesGameplayStore15 Mar 2026
January 2026
Hi everyone, I have some exciting news to announce! I am currently developing a brand new game: Empire Water Works! Like Hydro, it will be developed using Unreal Engine 5 and also like Hydro, I will be listening to comm…5 changesGameplayStore30 Jan 2026
Hi everyone! I hope your New Year 2026 is off to a flying start! I thought I'd release a small patch for Hydro to address some recent concerns/feedback as well as drop a few quality of life updates as well. All is revea…v1.266 changesGameplayStore19 Jan 2026
December 2025
Seasons Greetings! And a thank you...Dear Hydro custodians, As 2025 wraps up, I want to thank every one of you for supporting me and the Hydro project this year. Hydro is my first-ever game and it was developed by just me. I only started learning Unreal En…Event2 changesGameplay20 Dec 2025
November 2025
Hi everyone, Just a small update this time to address some niggly issues: Bug fix: previously, if a player selected items for repair on the Repair Worksheet at the Workbench, then cancelled out of the form then re-enter…v1.253 changesFixGameplayStore22 Nov 2025
Hey everyone! Another busy month for Hydro updates, and here is yet another 'regular update' which boasts a number of exciting new additions and fixes. This takes Hydro to v1.24 (confirm the version from the Main Menu o…v1.2422 changesFixGameplayStore11 Nov 2025
DEV UPDATE INCOMING! Hi everyone, Veteran Hydro employees should be able to spot the difference (new addition) in the first pic below... That's right, with the upcoming v1.24 update, a new upgrade option for the power s…v1.244 changesGameplayStore09 Nov 2025
Hi everyone, We are now in November and here's the first update for the month. This is v1.23 (confirm the version from the Main Menu of the game). Let's jump into what's new with this update! 'Instrument Sensor' mechani…v1.2322 changesGameplayBalanceStore05 Nov 2025

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