Songs of Syx on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder where you start off as an insignificant colony and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a metropolis and empire. The mechanics are complex and true to life, where small events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms. Try the unlimited demo first!

Songs of Syx is a early access, city builder and colony sim game developed and published by Gamatron AB.
Released on September 21st 2020 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 5,822 reviews of which 5,598 were positive and 224 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Songs of Syx into these genres:

Early Access City Builder Colony Sim Strategy Base-Building Sandbox Grand Strategy Singleplayer Building Top-Down 2D Pixel Graphics Simulation Combat Moddable Survival Open World Fantasy Medieval Economy

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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 10 (8u51 and above) Windows 8.x (Desktop) Windows 7 SP1 Windows Vista SP2
  • Processor: Pentium 2 266 MHz processor
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 256MB with opengl 3.3 support
  • Storage: 300 MB available space
  • Sound Card: Requires openAL support
MacOS
  • OS: Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.8.3+, 10.9+
  • Processor: Intel 266 MHz processor
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 256MB with opengl 3.3 support
  • Storage: 300 MB available space
  • Sound Card: Requires openAL support
  • Additional Notes: You must disable the steam overlay in order to play!
Linux
  • OS: Java 8 compliant
  • Processor: Pentium 2 266 MHz processor
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 256MB with opengl 3.3 support
  • Storage: 300 MB available space
  • Sound Card: Requires openAL support

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025
I am pretty sure this is my first review of any game. I am 50 years old and have been playing computer games my entire life. It started with Omega Race on my Vic20 and now I enjoy city builders, grand strategy epics, and management games. The Baldur's Gate series may be my only variance from the genres I like. This is the best game I have ever played. Why? LIke a good film, it is the writing and attention to world building. It is the complexity of the management. It is the openness of what you can do. It is a game made by some who loves games like this and it shows. It is not a cash grab. There are not seventeen DLCs for $7.99 each (looking at you, Paradox.) It is a solid, well crafted game made by somebody who clearly loves it. Tons of updates ... for free. Tons of options and features. Works great on simple systems. If you like strategy, city building, and management, this game has you covered. I think about this game the way I once thought about Total War games and Civilization. Games should be designed for the players by people who love to play games. Not corporate goons looking to finance their third homes. This is a gamers game.
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July 2024
Some speak of Dwarf Fortress, some of Rimworld - two legends that are now a holy trinity with Songs of Syx. Or, "What if Dwarf Fortress scaled up to 30,000 inhabitants?" Excited yet? Songs of Syx is just incredible, a colony simulator that is clearly inspired by DF and Rimworld but also perfectly happy to go its own way. It files off the intricate edges of Dwarf Fortress but introduces new complexity with its rich system of race, culture and religion. I love the intricacy of DF, but Songs of Syx is a lot smoother to play. And I love Rimworld's rich stories and characters, but Songs of Syx is a lot wider in its scope. There are all kinds of little decisions here where the dev has smoothed up some of the more tedious micromanagement in favour of focusing on the interesting decisions. For example, in Dwarf Fortress you had to manage every chair, table and door individually, whereas in Rimworld furniture is built out of thin air. Songs of Syx strikes a balance where you just manage your stock of generic "furniture" by building it in carpentry workshops. It adds complexity but is never too fiddly. As someone who was let down by how Cities: Skylines 2 was so bland, I also love how it rewards careful attention to detail in your city layouts. Early on I was having some trouble with my Garthimi residents who were very unhappy in my city. Through the well-thought-out feedback system, I realised they didn't like living in stone buildings or using dirt roads. I built them a new district of cave dwellings and fungus roads, carefully adding individual decorations, and it was really rewarding to see them move in and become some of my happiest residents. And it introduces some ingenious new ideas to the genre. Like it takes inspiration from real medieval science, where knowledge was a precious resource that could be easily lost, and had to be carefully maintained by scholars and librarians. In Songs of Syx your science level is like a global stat that needs to be constantly maintained - if you skim on science you start getting penalties to efficiency as knowledge is lost, or even having to forget some knowledge - a genuine "dark age" for your civilization. On the flip side, you can reshuffle your tech tree as you like, representing knowledge being forgotten and the effort being put in new directions.
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June 2024
Born too late to explore the earth, born too early to explore the stars, born just in time to play Songs of Syx. Like giving crack to a five year old. I have just bought the full game after almost a full day spent in the -DEMO TUTORIAL- and the damn thing is still in early access. If you even vaguely like strategy games, this is better than whatever else you are doing today, trust me.
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June 2024
The "unlimited demo" is actually just the full game version or two behind the current live build. Try away!
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June 2024
50 of my subjects froze to death in the streets because they weren't enough hearths to warm up. Over 20 minutes worth of progress was lost due to the resulting riots and economic setback as a result. I'm playing on the tutorial. 10/10
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Songs of Syx is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.

Songs of Syx is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.50€ on Steam.

Songs of Syx received 5,598 positive votes out of a total of 5,822 achieving an impressive rating of 9.28.
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Songs of Syx was developed and published by Gamatron AB.

Songs of Syx is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Songs of Syx is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Songs of Syx is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Songs of Syx is a single-player game.

Songs of Syx does not currently offer any DLC.

Songs of Syx is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Songs of Syx does not support Steam Remote Play.

Songs of Syx 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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Release 21 Sep 2020
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