Indie · May 26, 2011

Frozen Synapse (2011)

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Frozen Synapse is the ultimate tactical game on PC and Mac. It brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre bang up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad: classic gameplay with a modern interface. Plan your moves, test them out, then hit the 'Prime' button: both you and your enemy's turns are executed simultaneously. Competitive-but-intuitive multiplayer and a huge single player campaign mean that Frozen Synapse will give you hours and hours of tactical delight. Key features: Get a FREE full copy of the game for a friend with every purchase 5 challenging multiplayer modes, including the innovative bidding-based “Secure” and “Hostage Rescue” 55-mission single player campaign with dynamic dialogue and thrilling near-future narrative Powerful Skirmish Generator Facebook, Twitter and YouTube integration 15 Steam Achievements Integrated IRC chat as well as various community features Random generation combined with hand-crafted content means that levels and maps are different every time Critically-acclaimed electronica soundtrack by musician nervous_testpilot

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Strategy · 271
  • Turn-Based · 247
  • Tactical · 233
  • Indie · 189
  • Asynchronous Multiplayer · 167
  • Great Soundtrack · 165
  • Cyberpunk · 131
  • Multiplayer · 106
  • Turn-Based Strategy · 101
  • Sci-fi · 79
  • Top-Down · 75
  • Competitive · 62
  • Singleplayer · 58
  • Addictive · 26
  • Difficult · 25

Peer Indie titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.6k Steam reviewsTop 81% in Indie
Positive rating83% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 73%
Metacritic85/100Genre average 77 — top 16% of Indie titles
Engagement hours4 h averageTop 86% for session depth among Indie

Reception Metrics

Steam community

83%Mostly Positive · 2.6k reviews

2.2k positive · 442 negative

Metacritic

85/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.5/10

Curator recommendations

1.1k

Press Quotes

“Ceaselessly thrilling.” 9/10 – EDGE “Excellent and inventive...it's such an achievement.” 9/10 – Eurogamer “The most moreish and brilliant game I've played in years.” 95% – bit-gamer

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

4h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

Achievements

16

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Other

  • Single-player
  • Steam Turn Notifications
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateMay 26, 2011
DeveloperMode 7
Base price$12.49 -50%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page

Editions & Packages

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