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Frozen Synapse 2 cover art

Frozen Synapse 2

Mode 7 · 2018-09-13

SteamGOG

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 13, 2018 (Linux), Sep 13, 2018 (Mac), Sep 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Frozen Synapse 2 is the sequel to the award-winning turn-based tactical game. Command your squads in a vast procedurally generated city: enter any building, perform any mission, execute any strategy.

Frozen Synapse 2 is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 247 reviews).

0
playing now
66%
positive of 247 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Frozen Synapse 2 is a turn-based tactics video game developed by Mode 7 Games. It is a sequel to the 2011 video game Frozen Synapse. The player is in charge of a security force in a cyberpunk metropolis. The game was announced in February 2016 for Linux, macOS, and Windows. The developers were initially targeting a late 2016 release, but the game eventually shipped on September 13, 2018, for Windows only.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (127 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 50,112 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.2k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 247 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-90%
GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-11-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 16 of 59 observed days · $27.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
858520182026Week of 2018-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$2.992018-09-132026-10-152018-09-13 — best price $29.992018-10-25 — best price $29.992018-12-11 — best price $29.992019-01-24 — best price $29.992019-05-28 — best price $29.992019-08-17 — best price $29.992019-12-03 — best price $29.992020-01-12 — best price $14.992020-01-31 — best price $29.992020-05-07 — best price $14.992020-07-14 — best price $29.992020-09-14 — best price $29.992020-12-22 — best price $23.992021-04-05 — best price $29.992021-07-08 — best price $29.992021-11-24 — best price $10.492022-01-28 — best price $11.992022-11-22 — best price $14.992023-02-17 — best price $14.992023-04-21 — best price $14.992023-10-23 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-05-22 — best price $14.992024-07-26 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-08-06 — best price $2.992026-08-31 — best price $29.992026-09-06 — best price $29.992026-09-12 — best price $29.992026-09-18 — best price $29.992026-09-24 — best price $29.992026-09-30 — best price $29.992026-10-06 — best price $2.992026-10-12 — best price $29.992026-10-15 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-06-01 — 4 pageviews2026-06-05 — 4 pageviews2026-06-09 — 3 pageviews2026-06-13 — 5 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1 pageviews2026-06-25 — 1 pageviews2026-06-29 — 4 pageviews2026-07-03 — 4 pageviews2026-07-07 — 3 pageviews2026-07-11 — 5 pageviews2026-07-15 — 4 pageviews2026-07-19 — 5 pageviews2026-07-23 — 6 pageviews2026-07-27 — 8 pageviews2026-07-31 — 3 pageviews2026-08-04 — 3 pageviews2026-08-08 — 6 pageviews2026-08-12 — 3 pageviews2026-08-16 — 6 pageviews2026-08-20 — 1 pageviews2026-08-24 — 3 pageviews2026-08-28 — 8 pageviews2026-09-01 — 7 pageviews2026-09-05 — 2 pageviews2026-09-09 — 2 pageviews2026-09-13 — 2 pageviews2026-09-17 — 1 pageviews2026-09-21 — 5 pageviews2026-09-25 — 3 pageviews2026-09-29 — 2 pageviews2026-10-03 — 7 pageviews2026-10-07 — 4 pageviews2026-10-11 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-09-13 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieStrategyTacticalCyberpunkIsometricManagementSimulationTurn-BasedMultiplayerReplay Value

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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