Worthy Syndicate spiritual successor
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Superb spiritual successor to the original Syndicate and Syndicate Wars games. No notes.”
Steam review · 30.7 h played ↗
Satellite Reign
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 76%Mostly Positive · 76%5 Lives Studios2015Stealth · Strategy · Action
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A atmospheric cyberpunk squad-tactics sandbox and a worthy Syndicate successor, but clunky controls, bugs and repetitive missions sink it for many. Skip it if you want tactical pause or polish.
Great for
Syndicate fans and patient players who like planning stealth heists in a neon cyberpunk city
Main risk
Clunky controls, stuck-agent bugs and repetitive infiltration missions with no real pause
What players love
Great cyberpunk atmosphere and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The developers really nailed the cyberpunk aesthetic better than any other game out there.”
Steam review · 75.8 h played ↗
Freedom to approach missions your way
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The sheer number of options available for mission competion in this game is amazing.”
Steam review · 59.6 h played ↗
Rich upgrades, research and squad customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“multi-faceted character development. Add augmentations, gear/gadgets, weapons, weapon attachments, skill trees”
Steam review · 13.5 h played ↗
Deep stealth and tactical sandbox
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“my god is the stealth sandbox good”
Steam review · 29.9 h played ↗
Cheap on sale and long replayable campaign
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“for $2.99 it was worth it to me”
Steam review · 38.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky controls and awkward UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“A decent idea held down by its terrible controls that are unresponsive.”
Steam review · 8.3 h played ↗
Bugs and agents getting stuck
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“You'll spend an hour carefully infiltrating a hostile compound, then as you're sneaking back out with the stolen prototype your agents suddenly fall through the ground and die.”
Steam review · 41.2 h played ↗
No pause and heavy real-time micromanagement
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the game lacks an important feature: pause. Yeah, it's a tactical-like game you can't pause to issue commands.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Repetitive, same-template missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“almost everything feels the same, sneak your way behind guards in the restriced area, get to the door, go inside, go out and repeat”
Steam review · 15.5 h played ↗
Infinite respawns and unreliable stealth/AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“1. Enemies have infinite respawn. 2. Enemies have random patrol routes.”
Steam review · 46.2 h played ↗
Poor performance and optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“even on an RTX3060 you cannot get 60 FPS no matter how you tweak the settings”
Steam review · 17.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 or newer
Processorx86 Dual Core 2.4 GHz
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9 GPU with 1GB of memory
Storage2 GB available space
Recommended
Processorx86 Quad Core 3.4GHz or greater
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 11 GPU with 2GB of memory
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows 7 or newer
Processorx86 Dual Core 2.4 GHz
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9 GPU with 1GB of memory
Storage2 GB available space
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