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MOLEK-SYNTEZ cover art

MOLEK-SYNTEZ

Zachtronics · 2019-11-19

SteamGOG

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 19, 2019 (Linux), Nov 19, 2019 (Mac), Nov 19, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.

MOLEK-SYNTEZ is a $9.99 Indie, Simulation game released in 2019, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive (89% of 691 reviews) sentiment.

2
playing now
89%
positive of 691 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

December 2092 Cluj-Napoca, Romania These walls don’t do a damn thing to keep the cold out. I should go outside and walk. Instead, I light another cigarette and keep working.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (184 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 50,468 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 691 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2020-03-05) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 38 of 73 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17817820192026Week of 2019-11-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-16 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
532Nov 2019Jul 2026Nov 2019 — avg 53 · peak 161Feb 2020 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2020 — avg 17 · peak 49Aug 2020 — avg 7 · peak 21Nov 2020 — avg 9 · peak 28Feb 2021 — avg 6 · peak 15May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$4.992019-11-042026-10-152019-11-04 — best price $9.992020-05-07 — best price $4.992020-09-14 — best price $4.992020-12-07 — best price $4.992021-02-20 — best price $9.992021-06-21 — best price $4.992021-10-27 — best price $4.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-04-05 — best price $9.992022-07-25 — best price $4.992022-10-11 — best price $4.992022-12-12 — best price $4.992023-02-13 — best price $4.992023-04-24 — best price $4.992023-07-17 — best price $4.992023-10-03 — best price $4.992023-12-11 — best price $4.992024-02-22 — best price $9.992024-05-01 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-09-16 — best price $4.992024-11-16 — best price $9.992025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-02-13 — best price $4.992025-04-11 — best price $9.992025-05-29 — best price $4.992025-08-15 — best price $9.992025-10-28 — best price $4.992026-02-12 — best price $4.992026-08-29 — best price $4.992026-09-10 — best price $9.992026-09-22 — best price $9.992026-10-04 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
29.1%
earned "CHEATER"
7.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,48811%6

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

Player tags

IndieLogicPuzzleScienceAutomationSimulationProgrammingSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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