Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
$24.99
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A pure, chess-like simultaneous-turn tactics game with a great soundtrack and deep prediction play. Skip it if you dislike fiddly micromanagement and clunky UI, or want a lively multiplayer scene.
Great for
Patient players who love outthinking opponents in chess-like tactics, especially async play with a friend
Main risk
Fiddly, micromanagement-heavy UI and random-feeling outcomes may frustrate you before the depth clicks
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Frozen Synapse is the closest thing to chess I've played with actual soldiers — every five-second turn demands careful prediction of your opponent's moves”
Steam review · 25.8 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“the music SLAPS. This game is such a vibe when you enter deep focus.”
Steam review · 19.9 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“the asynchronous multiplayer is a brilliant mechanic that makes you excited to open it up and see how your games are going.”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Singleplayer: 55 missions with a lot of variety (stealthy infiltrations, ambushes, extracting data, straight up gun fights and much more)”
Steam review · 18.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“The best thing about this game is the ability to plot your opponent’s expected moves and run a simulation that will show what will happen if you do this, and they do that.”
Steam review · 89.8 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“Probably the most reallistic and rng-free turn based game you can play right now. When you lose there's noone to blame but yourself.”
Steam review · 170.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“In practice the game's 80% struggling with an unbearably clunky interface that depends on pixel-hunting”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Also WAY to much reading for the training. this game needs to simplify itself a TON.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“You will play one mission that is just not possible and when you restart the very same mission it will be unbelievably easy because by chance the soldiers were placed in your favour.”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“But seeing a loading screen for like 10+ seconds if the actual turn then takes only 5 seconds or so, is a no-go.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“This game is pretty much dead. I tried playing for a few days in a row, and I'm lucky if I get 1 or 2 matches before all activity ceases.”
Steam review · 11.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Every little step requires absolute micromanagement. Yes, that does allow for greater precision, but it also quickly becomes overwhelmingly tedious.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
From the Steam store page
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