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Desynced

Stage Games Inc. · Forklift Interactive · 2026-03-05

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.

96
playing now
79%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

96 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

As Commander of an interplanetary mission, your ship has been damaged and your AI, ELAIN, has taken you out of stasis. ELAIN deployed robotic drones to a nearby planet for you to gather resources to make repairs.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 96 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 537 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~67/week).
  • · Review velocity up 555% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 41k–91k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,027 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$22.46-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $17.24 at Fanatical (2026-08-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 37 of 69 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41641620232026Week of 2023-08-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

133372026-08-11 19:00 — 89 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 66 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 58 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 85 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 64 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 51 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 102 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 99 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 62 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 91 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 61 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 42 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 94 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 59 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 43 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 88 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 79 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 59 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 105 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 43 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 54 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 91 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 37 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 55 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 65 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 44 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 104 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 133 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 96 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$15.492023-08-152026-08-232023-08-15 — best price $22.432023-10-06 — best price $23.992023-11-17 — best price $20.672023-12-11 — best price $26.982024-01-09 — best price $29.992024-02-13 — best price $26.992024-02-23 — best price $26.992024-03-06 — best price $26.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-04-04 — best price $26.982024-04-19 — best price $22.982024-04-29 — best price $22.982024-05-16 — best price $20.342024-06-02 — best price $22.982024-06-18 — best price $26.992024-07-08 — best price $22.492024-07-19 — best price $25.422024-07-31 — best price $29.992024-08-22 — best price $22.492024-09-08 — best price $25.422024-09-30 — best price $19.192024-10-23 — best price $26.992024-11-21 — best price $20.992025-01-03 — best price $26.992025-02-20 — best price $29.992025-03-27 — best price $22.982025-07-11 — best price $29.992025-09-15 — best price $15.512025-11-12 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-03-03 — best price $29.992026-04-22 — best price $29.992026-06-17 — best price $26.982026-07-14 — best price $26.872026-08-09 — best price $26.982026-08-21 — best price $20.992026-08-23 — best price $22.46
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
10.5%
earned "Infected"
1.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2553%28

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RTSSci-fiSandboxBuildingStrategySurvivalAutomationManagementSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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