Surge
Demand rises and falls each round while a hidden rival also brings goods to market — choose your supply, read the clearing price, and profit on the gap.
How to play
Over ten rounds you decide how many units to supply. The clearing price falls when total supply — yours plus the rival's — outstrips demand, and rises when goods are scarce. Each unit costs you to make, so you earn on the spread. The rival reacts to the last public price: it floods when prices were high and retreats when they crashed. Read that pattern and time your shortages and gluts for the biggest profit.
- Set your supply for the round with the slider
- The clearing price depends on total supply versus demand
- Each unit has a cost, so profit comes from the price gap
- Anticipate the rival's reaction to last round's price
Controls
- Desktop: drag the supply slider and read the live preview, then click Bring to market.
- Phone & tablet: drag the slider and tap to sell — touch friendly.
Game modes
- Daily: one shared seeded market per day
- Practice: fresh markets at Calm, Shrewd or Cutthroat difficulty
Tips & strategy
- When the rival likely floods after a high price, pull your supply back and ride the scarcity
- Use the live preview to check that an extra unit still profits before you flood the market
- On harder settings the rival reacts sharper, so swing between gluts and shortages to keep it off balance
What you'll learn
Surge is about supply, demand and competitive pricing, where reading a reactive rival is the key to profit.
- Skills: supply and demand, competitive pricing, reading a market
- Best for: roughly grades 7–12 (ages 12+)
- For parents & teachers: competing on price against a live rival.
About Surge
Surge is an original free browser game about supply, demand and competitive pricing, where reading a reactive rival is the key to clearing the market in your favour. Made in-house for PlayPendium.
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