- Gameplay: 67 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Multiplayer: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Interface: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 3k player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
The gameplay was truly innovative for the time, I'd never seen a turn-based strategy (really, turn-based tactical, but I want to keep calling it 'strategy') that let you move the other player's units around and play out various scenarios an effectively infinite number of times before.
The single-player campaign is quite long; almost 30 hours worth, and the cyberpunk story is engrossing.
Frozen Synapse’s brilliance shines most in its multiplayer mode, where the psychological element of prediction reaches its peak.
The soundtrack is an electronic futuristic collection of tracks, and it is perfect music for getting lost in thought, focussing intently on your units’ every move.
Frozen Synapse only has six unit types, but that's really all it needs because each provide unique combat skills which can (and should) be used in conjunction.
Even after years, the multiplayer system remains one of the game’s strongest features, supported by leaderboards and a loyal niche community of tacticians who thrive on its unforgiving logic.
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What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Multi-player
- Single-player
Controller
Steam lists no controller support.
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Turn Notifications
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Valve device support
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