Games

Energy market games you can play in your browser

Six free browser games by Anshul Saxena that teach real market mechanics the fun way: trade wholesale power and energy futures, run datacenters for the AI boom, govern a nation, build the BRICS bloc and test what you know about the grid. Every game is priced in Virya Rupees (V₹) and scored on a global leaderboard.

The six games

  • VIRYA: Power Trader

    Trade electricity like a pro.

    A global power markets dice game. Trade electricity on a wholesale power desk against shifting demand, weather, outages and mythology-inspired rivals. Roll the dice, ride the merit order and master the one equation that controls every dollar you make; overexposure gets margin-called.

    Trade Now: Power Trader (opens in a new tab)
  • VIRYA: Datacenter Economy

    Power the AI boom, profitably.

    Build and run datacenters for the AI boom: compute, energy, transmission and growth. Balance compute demand against power, siting and grid constraints, with every megawatt hitting your V₹ bottom line. Play solo against bots or pass-and-play.

    Build Your Empire: Datacenter Economy (opens in a new tab)
  • VIRYA: Energy Markets Trivia

    How well do you really know the grid?

    Roll the dispatch die coast to coast through all seven U.S. ISO/RTOs, FERC policy, utility ratemaking, gas infrastructure and real analyst math: spark spreads, LMP components and system lambda. Earn Knowledge Points, play the 50-card Trade Deck, climb from apprentice to grid guru and keep the grid at 60.00 Hz.

    Test Yourself: Energy Markets Trivia (opens in a new tab)
  • VIRYA: Arthashastra

    Govern a nation. Win on quality of life.

    A political economy dice game. Choose one of seven ideologies and govern a nation for a decade of trade, summits, bonds and sanctions, scored on the only metric that matters: your citizens’ quality of life.

    Found Your Nation: Arthashastra (opens in a new tab)
  • VIRYA: Energy Futures

    Trade the curve. Survive the margin call.

    Run a country’s trading desk across crude, gas, power, LNG, carbon and uranium against legendary rivals, solo or with up to five friends, on real margin and mark-to-market arithmetic.

    Open the Desk: Energy Futures (opens in a new tab)
  • VIRYA: BRICS

    Build the bloc. Keep your promises.

    Lead one of the five founding BRICS seats through twelve rounds and three summits: charter regions, build projects, keep your promises and chair the institutions.

    Take Your Seat: BRICS (opens in a new tab)

How the games work

  • They run in any modern browser on a phone or a computer. There is nothing to install and nothing to pay.
  • Every score is kept in Virya Rupees (V₹), so results compare across games.
  • To join a leaderboard you give a player name, email and country. The leaderboard shows your name, country and score, never your email. See the privacy notice.