Is Power Factor on Steam?

No. Power Factor is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Power Factor on?

Power Factor is available on Atari Lynx.

When did Power Factor release?

Power Factor was first released on February 1, 1993.

Power Factor

Feb 1, 1993PlatformAtari Lynx

Power Factor — frequently asked questions

Is Power Factor on Steam?: No. Power Factor is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Power Factor on?: Power Factor is available on Atari Lynx.
When did Power Factor release?: Power Factor was first released on February 1, 1993.

About Power Factor

Power Factor is a 1993 side-scrolling action-platform video game developed by Hand Made Software and published by Atari Corporation in North America and Europe exclusively for the Atari Lynx. Based around a video game within a video game concept, players take control of a character who is in turn playing on a virtual reality simulator assuming the role of Redd Ace, which is recreating his battle against the Sinlendo Techmods by recovering necessary bomb components to defeat the alien race at the Ceegraian Power Station. Its gameplay consists of platforming, exploration and weapons-based combat with a main four-button configuration. Power Factor originally began as a project intended for the Atari ST that was in development by Red Rat Software under the title Red Ace, which was nearly completed before being left unpublished due to internal issues at the company and its eventual disbandment prior to release, however Hand Made Software would later develop a conversion to the Lynx. Power Factor has been met with positive reception from critics and reviewers since its initial release, who praised various aspects of the title such as the unique storyline, graphics and character animation but many felt divided in regards to the sound design and gameplay. In 2005, a ROM image of the original ST version was leaked online.

Summary via IGDB.

Power Factor on Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Atari Lynx
Developer: Hand Made Software
Publisher: Atari Corporation
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Science fiction

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari Lynx · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-08-07

Loose

$17

Complete

$17

Sealed

$26

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1993
Authenticity: Low

On Evercade — Atari Lynx Collection — the cartridge is now a collectibleLow counterfeit risk

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A late-era action-platformer that Atari has kept in print on Evercade despite nobody asking.

Hand Made Software developed it and Atari published it in 1993 — a side-scrolling action game in powered armour, released into a platform already losing support.

It is on the Evercade Atari Lynx Collection 1 cartridge, which puts it among the more accessible Lynx games today. Its loose and complete prices are essentially identical, one of the flattest spreads in the library.

What the press said at the time

“Power Factor est l'une des meilleures cartouches qu'il m'ait ete donne de voir sur Lynx. Les graphismes sont soignes et l'action ne se limite pas seulement a tirer sur tout ce qui bouge... C'est un bon jeu d'arcade, mais certainement pas le meilleur.”
— Consoles + (France) #26, November 1993

Cartridge & preservation record

Cartridge ROM capacity 2 megabit (256 KB), measured from the preserved cartridge image.

Catalogue part number PA2109

Cartridge data from the No-Intro preservation database (metadata only — names, sizes and checksums, no game data).

Worth knowing

It is a video game inside a video game. GamePro #45 explained the framing in 1993: on the Atarian Leisure Moon the most popular entertainment is a Virtual Reality Simulator game called Power Factor, which recreates Redd Ace's battle against the Sinledo Techmods. You play the simulation, not the events. Eleven zones, six hidden bomb components, a TMAT MOW weapon and a backpack levitator.
Three lives, no continues, no passwords. GamePro was blunt about it: "You have only three lives, and there are no continues or passwords. In fact, when the game's over, it's really over. You have to restart to play again."
You are Redd Ace, in the year 3014. Consoles + summarised the premise: the manual frames it not as a game but as a historical simulation. In 3014 you relive, through a spatio-temporal simulator — your Lynx — the exploits of the legendary warrior Redd Ace, who repelled an alien invasion by recovering the six pieces of a bomb scattered through the enemy headquarters. You start equipped with a back-mounted thruster and a multi-function gun.