Great free demo for Legion Rising
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“This, is how you make a demo.”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
SYNTHETIK: Arena
Worth buying? What 242 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 242 Steam reviews actually say.
Positive · 100%Positive · 100%Flow Fire Games2019Roguelike · Shooter · Action
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A free, punchy top-down arena shooter with deep reload and jam mechanics, effectively a demo of Legion Rising. Skip it if you hate the eject-then-reload system or dislike demo-limited content.
Great for
Players who like hard, tactical top-down shooters and want to try Synthetik free, solo or in 2-player co-op
Main risk
The eject-then-reload and jamming mechanics, plus demo-like limits, may frustrate you
What players love
Fun co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I play mostly with my friend coop survival arena mode, and it's un-ending fun of destroying and trying to stay alive”
Steam review · 66.6 h played ↗
Deep, tactile gunplay and reload mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Active reloads, overheating, recoil, and tons of upgrades turn simple arena shooting into a surprisingly deep and satisfying challenge.”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
Replayable, fast-paced and stylish
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Loads of fun and very "replayable" since the levels and foes are generated not set, so every play is different.”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
Lots of weapons, classes and upgrades
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Many different classes, weapons, mods, upgrades.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Adjustable difficulty and risk/reward
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“Excellent difficulty system, enable or disable particular features at your leisure. Don't like manual reload? Turn it off.”
Steam review · 36.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clumsy eject-then-reload and jamming
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Eject mag mechanic is awful. To reload first press eject mag button, then wait for meter to completely fill up, then press reload (different button)”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
It's only a limited demo/promo
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“this game is actually a demo, its not the real game.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Bugs, crashes and performance issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“my camera is now locked in place in a random section of the map and i cannot see myself when I respawn.”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
Confusing, cluttered UI and poor tutorial
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“the game control and UI are sooo klunky... The two most important UI elements (HP bar and reload bar) are the two smallest element on the screen”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Confusing Arena/Legion split and paid unlocks
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“I spent 30 Chinese yuan on the Arena DLC, only to receive a handful of extra weapons and a Hard Mode”
Steam review · 13.3 h played ↗
Multiplayer connection and server problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“I was getting anywhere between 100 to 750 ms latency with huge lag spikes.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support700 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
Storage700 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+
Storage700 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
Storage700 MB available space
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