Frozen Synapse on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.

Frozen Synapse is a strategy, turn-based and tactical game developed and published by Mode 7.
Released on May 26th 2011 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 2,599 reviews of which 2,152 were positive and 447 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.64€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Frozen Synapse into these genres:

Strategy Turn-Based Tactical Indie Asynchronous Multiplayer Great Soundtrack Cyberpunk Multiplayer Turn-Based Strategy Sci-fi Top-Down Competitive Singleplayer Addictive Difficult Chess Replay Value Local Multiplayer Turn-Based Tactics Co-op

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7
  • Processor: 1.6 GHz
  • Memory: 512 MB
  • Graphics: Netbook integrated graphics
  • DirectX®:
  • Hard Drive: 220 MB
  • Sound:
MacOS
  • OS: OS X version Leopard 10.5.8, Snow Leopard 10.6.3, or later.
  • Processor: 1GHZ PowerPC (or Intel)
  • Memory: 512 MB
  • Graphics:
  • Hard Drive: 220 MB
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User reviews & Ratings

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April 2025
It's a tactics game yet its missions punish the player for not luckily guessing enemy spawns? I don't understand throwing luck into a strategy game, but whatever, it's decently enjoyable nonetheless although I'm not partial to pvp. I really can't be assed to give it more than a few hours of my time each play session because it's just trial and error on randomly generated missions with a dice-roll chance to win. Or, you know, i just suck, there's that too. Music's really the main draw to this game, the gameplay is secondary.
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March 2025
How to describe this game? Frozen Synapse is a real time squad combat game where time is irrelevant to you, It only matters to your squad. You can spend hours planning the next five second time segment and STILL get it horribly wrong. "should have held the angle for 0.9 seconds longer" "should have bounced the grenade off the OTHER wall" "should have told the machine gunner to ignore the rocket and focus the sniper" There is nothing quite like it.
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Dec. 2024
It's a really cool strategy game that plays async.
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Sept. 2024
It's good, but you have to want to play this kind of puzzle game. I just end up accidentally speedrunning losing all my guys in the first 3 seconds (literally). Some really dated menu and option systems, I don't even know if you can change parameters for the quick skirmishes. There's a story campaign and the writing actually seems really interesting but I'm not good enough at the game to experience it.
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Aug. 2024
Awesome game, created the entire genre that is now popularized by titles like Breach & Clear, Breach & Clear: Deadline, and No Plan B. Excellent, strategic gameplay, an incredible amount of ways for each level to play out, a high skill ceiling, you can be as intricate, well thought out, and professional as you want to be here, as you're given every action and tool you need to lay out your best plans, check your corners, and take the shots. Highly recommended, even after all this time.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Frozen Synapse is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam.

Frozen Synapse is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 22.99€ on Steam.

Frozen Synapse received 2,152 positive votes out of a total of 2,599 achieving a rating of 7.97.
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Frozen Synapse was developed and published by Mode 7.

Frozen Synapse is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Frozen Synapse is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Frozen Synapse is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Frozen Synapse offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Frozen Synapse offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

There are 2 DLCs available for Frozen Synapse. Explore additional content available for Frozen Synapse on Steam.

Frozen Synapse does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Frozen Synapse does not support Steam Remote Play.

Frozen Synapse is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Frozen Synapse.

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Frozen Synapse
22.99€ -98% 22.99€ 0.64€
8.0
2,152
447
Game modes
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Online players
1
Developer
Mode 7
Publisher
Mode 7
Release 26 May 2011
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