Synonymy

Wait52%

Mixed · 102 player reviews · Low confidence

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Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Christopher Cinq-Mars Jarvis · Word Game · Mar 6, 2015

Player review score
52%
Mixed
Price
$1.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy Synonymy?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 102 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 67 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
25% of themes are praise50% are divided25% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
12 of 67 sampled reviews raised it
Synonymy, developed and published by Christopher Cinq-Mars Jarvis, is a highly unconventional word-based experience that sits somewhere between a puzzle game, an educational tool, and an abstract exploration of language itself.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay12 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
83% still recommend
Audio
33% still recommend
Players complain
Interface
38% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • Multi-player
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$1.99

The lowest we've tracked is $1.19.

4 points recordedtoday · $1.99

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