Huge variety of weapons, items and classes
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“every run is totally different with the literal 100s of guns and items that all spawn with random variants”
Steam review · 32.2 h played ↗
SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Flow Fire Games2018Roguelite · Action Roguelike · Action
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A brutally hard, highly replayable top-down roguelite shooter with excellent gunplay and build variety. Skip it if you dislike heavy RNG, the eject-then-reload system, or need reliable co-op.
Great for
Players who like hard, skill-based roguelites with deep weapon builds, solo or with a friend
Main risk
Punishing RNG deaths, unexplained mechanics, and crashes or co-op bugs can wipe long runs
What players love
Addictive, highly replayable loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“This is the one single title I've played consistently over almost five years.”
Steam review · 317.3 h played ↗
Satisfying, punchy gunplay and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The gunplay and the feedback you get from it is just incredible.”
Steam review · 9 h played ↗
Challenging, rewarding skill-based difficulty
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“This game also wants to reward you for paying attention, figuring out interactions and generally doing a good job.”
Steam review · 56.3 h played ↗
Great co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“My buddy and I have already spent hours saying "one more run" before bed.”
Steam review · 8.7 h played ↗
Great sound design and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“the methodic punch of gunfire and reload pings truly is a soundtrack unto itself.”
Steam review · 77.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor tutorial, UI and unexplained mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Game needs a fking tutorial and better tooltips. No idea whats going on most the time.”
Steam review · 21.1 h played ↗
Crashes and lost runs
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Game is great except for the constant crashing that ends up wiping a really good run”
Steam review · 28.6 h played ↗
Broken, desyncing co-op and netcode
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Multiplayer does not work. Devs are aware of this and have suggested using VPNs, rather than actually fixing the problem.”
Steam review · 14.1 h played ↗
Unfair RNG and sudden one-shot deaths
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The game's major flaw is that you can go from full health to dead in a split second, and the lack of feedback means you will have no idea why”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗
Clunky eject-then-reload and overloaded controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“having to press E to eject my mag then press R to reload right after is messing with my decades of muscle memory and driving me insane”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗
Bad controller support and no key remapping
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“unplayable with controllers.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support600 MB
Minimum
OSWindows XP SP3, Vista or higher
ProcessorIntel Celeron G1820 2.7 GHz / AMD FX 8320 3.5 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 460, Radeon HD 5770, 768 MB Vram
Storage600 MB available space
Recommended
OSWindows XP SP3, Vista or higher
ProcessorIntel Core i3-4160 3.6 GHz / AMD QC A8-7670K 3.6GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 560+ Series, Radeon R9 270+
Storage600 MB available space
OSWindows XP SP3, Vista or higher
ProcessorIntel Celeron G1820 2.7 GHz / AMD FX 8320 3.5 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 460, Radeon HD 5770, 768 MB Vram
Storage600 MB available space
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