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Frozen Synapse cover art

Frozen Synapse

Mode 7 · 2011-05-26

SteamGOG

IndieStrategy

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

Releases: May 26, 2011 (Mac), May 26, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 26, 2011 (Linux)

Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.

Frozen Synapse is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2011, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 2617 reviews).

1
playing now
83%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
33h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$24.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Frozen Synapse is a turn-based tactics video game developed by independent game developer Mode 7 Games, in which players plan their moves at their leisure and turns are resolved simultaneously. Players attempt to win by giving orders to a small squad of armed combatants, most commonly with the goal of eliminating all enemy units.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 105k–209k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,617 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.49-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2015-06-15) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 16 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 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 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$2.492015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $12.492015-05-01 — best price $24.992015-06-22 — best price $24.992015-09-14 — best price $6.242015-12-12 — best price $4.992016-02-22 — best price $24.992016-07-04 — best price $24.992016-10-03 — best price $6.242017-01-02 — best price $24.992017-06-21 — best price $24.992017-11-01 — best price $24.992018-01-04 — best price $24.992018-05-10 — best price $12.492018-08-30 — best price $7.492018-12-11 — best price $24.992019-02-11 — best price $24.992019-06-18 — best price $24.992019-11-26 — best price $6.242020-01-12 — best price $12.492020-02-17 — best price $24.992020-06-15 — best price $24.992020-09-14 — best price $24.992021-01-05 — best price $24.992021-06-24 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $8.742022-02-23 — best price $9.992022-12-07 — best price $2.492023-03-16 — best price $12.492023-08-28 — best price $12.492023-12-21 — best price $12.492024-04-10 — best price $2.492024-07-11 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-10-03 — best price $2.492026-10-08 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4082026-06-01 — 20 pageviews2026-06-05 — 9 pageviews2026-06-09 — 13 pageviews2026-06-13 — 22 pageviews2026-06-17 — 15 pageviews2026-06-21 — 11 pageviews2026-06-25 — 10 pageviews2026-06-29 — 26 pageviews2026-07-03 — 29 pageviews2026-07-07 — 17 pageviews2026-07-11 — 23 pageviews2026-07-15 — 14 pageviews2026-07-19 — 20 pageviews2026-07-23 — 20 pageviews2026-07-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-31 — 20 pageviews2026-08-04 — 13 pageviews2026-08-08 — 16 pageviews2026-08-12 — 25 pageviews2026-08-16 — 18 pageviews2026-08-20 — 20 pageviews2026-08-24 — 28 pageviews2026-08-28 — 25 pageviews2026-09-01 — 13 pageviews2026-09-05 — 16 pageviews2026-09-09 — 18 pageviews2026-09-13 — 23 pageviews2026-09-17 — 17 pageviews2026-09-21 — 16 pageviews2026-09-25 — 9 pageviews2026-09-29 — 20 pageviews2026-10-03 — 25 pageviews2026-10-07 — 14 pageviews2026-10-11 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
46.1%
earned "True Focus Means Ignoring That Which is Irrelevant"
5.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam Turn NotificationsFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2012-05-29, latest 2016-03-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)26,4640%16

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieSci-fiStrategyTacticalTop-DownAddictiveCyberpunkDifficultTurn-BasedCompetitive

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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