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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:
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
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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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After playing this game for about 80hrs on GOG, I - with absolute confidence - proclaim it as the best colony sim / city builder ever to exist. The amount of mechanics, flavor, different gameplay aspects and strategy is simply mindblowing, mostly because... Songs of Syx is an exceptional management-focused city builder - akin to Banished. Each in-game year you have to prepare for winter and your crops ripen only once a year. You have to to pay attention to what your people eat, wear and do in order to keep your city afloat. Even in the late game your settlements are vulnerable to collapse, no less than in the early stages. Songs of Syx is a fantastic Total War game - where every soldier has his own name, background, family, tastes, preferences, religion and desires. The battles / sieges are not only epically enormous and enormously epic, but involve a lot of planning as well. And the pops trait system is much akin to Dwarf Fortress, but on a larger scale. Songs of Syx is a political simulator - where you battle, interact and negotiate with other nations in randomly generated worlds. Every decision you make in the world may affect the smallest aspect of your nation, and vice versa. The economy is dynamic, and its affected by weather, climate, seasons, population and wars. A collapse of a nearby empire may impact what your people eat, where they work, and what you may have to focus on in your settlement. Songs of Syx is a wonderful fantasy playground - where you can commit atrocious war crimes, pray to vile gods of destruction and enslave whole nations or races. The world is your oyster and you're the one to decide what you want to to do with it. Unless you're too burdened by your collapsing empire, of course. Songs of Syx is both deep and wide, with lots of content to offer and tons of mechanics still being released. Majority of the updates this game had in the past 2 years are what other developers would sell as DLCs. And also, because this masterpiece is made by a very talented studio called Gamatron. Their designers, coders, artists and writers not only are devoted to making this game as good as it could possibly be, but they develop their game much better and faster than most AAA and large indie studios, and what's most important - all of them are a single dude called Jake. Yes. I am not joking. The greatest 4X immersive colony sim game, that is both the richest in content and is currently the most advanced one in most aspects of it's gameplay is made by only one, very devoted dude. And, well... Bro, you are a genius. I hope you, the dev, will read this review and just try to comprehend for a second what an unimaginable, unbelievable and impossible game you are cooking here right now. I bought it twice - on Steam and on GOG, just to support you, with your unlimited genius and balls that are as large and as heavy as the cannonballs. I hope you get much more praise in the future and SoS would get the status of an all-time classics. You really do deserve it bro.
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The first true sandbox city builder I’ve ever found. Want to make a great kingdom? Do it. Want to become a highly developed regional power? Go for it. Want to develop a highly militarized society and wage massive, bloodily wars against the changing power structure outside your kingdom? Go for it bro Dev is stupidly nice, graphics are good (it’s a art style, if you don’t like it, sucks to be you), game is so optimized it puts so many games to shame (I have a potato pc and I have 4k citizens with only 5 frames dropped from the start of the game) Please play this game, do the demo first just to make sure. The demo is the full game just a couple updates behind with no limit. If you don’t like it, give feedback, the dev listens! Genuinely one of the best games I’ve ever played. Still needs polishing but damn it is good
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Dwarf Fortress, Rimworld and Banished had a baby, but calling Songs of Syx a baby of these games is not really doing it justice. Dwarf Fortress, Rimworld and Banished birthed a full grown adult, with it's own complexities vision and challenge. Great game.
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This singular mad man dev with his $2 dollarstore mic and utter 20 minute mono-tone ramblings tangents he calls "patch notes videos" while simultaneous discovering bugs while showcasing the newest features IS..... the pinnacle apex of city builders developers. Give him your money, this game is more addicting then black tar heroin and more in-depth then the 900 page Iphones Terms & Conditions. 10/10 would experience colony collapse again due to racial infighting over who gets to walk on which side of the street.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Songs of Syx.
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Developer
Gamatron AB
Publisher
Gamatron AB
Release
21 Sep 2020
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