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Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.

MOLEK-SYNTEZ is a simulation, puzzle and programming game developed and published by Zachtronics.
Released on November 19th 2019 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 642 reviews of which 570 were positive and 72 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified MOLEK-SYNTEZ into these genres:

Simulation Puzzle Programming Indie Singleplayer Science Automation Logic

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System requirements

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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 960 x 540
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 150 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: macOS 10.9+
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 960 x 540
  • Storage: 170 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 16.04+, SteamOS
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.3, 960 x 540
  • Storage: 200 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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May 2025
This little programming game affirms my near-spiritual admiration of hexagons. Its monochromatic field of play being a fixed grid of them, onto which a player inserts chemical precursors--water, ammonia, hydrochloric acid--and then provides instructions to the grid’s inward-facing particle emitters, which in turn rearrange their hexagonal formulae into more complex pharmacological outputs: peroxide, chloroform, & amphetamine, to name only a few of the introductory “levels.” (Is the hardest boss I’ve beaten this year actually just an anxiolytic medication called mebicar?) The game, if you can even call it that, consists of largely experimental, backwards interpretation, in which you program individual tasklists for the six emitters--add a hydrogen atom here, push the molecule two places forward, rotate it clockwise--tweaking uncertain inputs towards certain outputs. Its major appeal comes from both the multitude of possible approaches to any one drug composition and its lean ambience, the mechanical hum of its black machine whirring and clicking along to your solutions. Upon finishing certain compounds, you’re treated to a few vague sentences from the perspective of an erratic & underground protagonist, who much like you sits staring at a screen, though in a drab Romanian apartment sometime in the late 21st century (“The difference between helping and hurting is just a few atoms.”) These lore-drips are rare, and merely a small piece of an eerie, subdued presentation which punches well above its weight. Zachtronics really don’t get enough credit for these refined diegetic interfaces--since the screen you’re looking at is ostensibly identical to our fraught narrator’s archaic terminal, your actions in-game always feel ultra-aligned with the game’s universe despite the fact that the OChem on-screen obviously takes great liberties with the real thing. (As forum STEM bros feel the need to point out.) This is a Zachtronics game, so your ability to find fun here is likely commensurate with your interest in optimizing solutions to open-ended problems loosely associated with real-world programming and/or engineering. And there’s as much, likely more, to be gained from discovering efficient solutions to simple problems as there is to brute-forcing ugly input lists for those which are more challenging. An interactive litmus test for Occam’s razor, then: no coincedence at all that a more efficient solution is also more beautiful. I think it’s a shame that Opus Magnum seems to have had the most staying power within and outside of the Zachtronics community--MOLEK’s druggy minimalism and harsher hexagonal spatial constraint really sets it apart as its own thing. If nothing else, this is the only Zachthronics title I don’t ever feel the need to relearn upon returning to it after a year or more away. Its straightforward rules and no-nonsense vibes make it remarkably easy to pick up for five minutes or five hours, quietly but without question cementing it as one of my all-time favorites.
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April 2025
Another incredible Zachtronics game. To be honest, it just feels so good. These games are HARD, don't get me wrong. Especially the older you get (SpaceChem is painfui), but, after compelting the main campaign and half of the bonus campaign, I can assure you it's a worthwhile buy that you will enjoy A LOT, at least if you like this very specific kinds of games that Zachtronics always brings to the table. Also, the solitaire is really great.
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Oct. 2024
What can one say? It's a Zachtronics game. Two hours of hatred and suffering buys you two minutes of intense joy and pride (and mesmerizing beauty, if you're good enough). A much better ratio than you can usually get in real life!
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Aug. 2024
It's a Zachtronics game. You probably already know whether you will or won't buy it just from that alone. So you get: - Clever pseudoprogramming puzzles - Dystopic plot - Zany solitaire variant - Many hours of brain-teasing Although by Zachtronics standards, this one is miles and miles easier than the norm (except the Solitaire, naturally, which is why 4 out of 6 achievements of the game are tied into it).
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July 2024
summary: - use a rudimentary programming language to make drugs - completely forget about molecular chirality and wonder why your solution is not working - get frustrated - open solitaire - realize you are bound to cheat in solitaire (nothing will ever feel like shenzhen io solitaire) - play a few rounds with a profound sadness in your heart - try to make drugs again
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MOLEK-SYNTEZ is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

MOLEK-SYNTEZ is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.

MOLEK-SYNTEZ received 570 positive votes out of a total of 642 achieving a rating of 8.32.
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MOLEK-SYNTEZ was developed and published by Zachtronics.

MOLEK-SYNTEZ is playable and fully supported on Windows.

MOLEK-SYNTEZ is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

MOLEK-SYNTEZ is playable and fully supported on Linux.

MOLEK-SYNTEZ is a single-player game.

MOLEK-SYNTEZ does not currently offer any DLC.

MOLEK-SYNTEZ does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

MOLEK-SYNTEZ does not support Steam Remote Play.

MOLEK-SYNTEZ 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.

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MOLEK-SYNTEZ
9.75€
8.3
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72
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Zachtronics
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Zachtronics
Release 19 Nov 2019
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