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Songs of Syx cover art

Songs of Syx

Gamatron AB · 2020-09-21

SteamGOG

CasualIndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 21, 2020 (Linux), Sep 21, 2020 (Mac), Sep 21, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms. 

711
playing now
94%
positive of 9.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
24
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

711 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 711 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,682 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~335/week).
  • · Review velocity up 379% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 183k–412k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,166 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $18.74 at Steam (2025-12-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 6 of 16 observed days · $6.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
60160120202026Week of 2020-09-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.4k02026-08-07 00:00 — 815 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 617 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 1,005 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 784 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 1,154 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 973 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 828 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 1,340 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 988 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 596 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 983 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 896 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 618 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 987 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 809 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 571 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 1,105 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 959 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 476 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 797 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 813 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 652 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 1,015 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 913 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 629 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 604 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 881 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 711 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$18.742020-09-212026-08-302020-09-21 — best price $24.992020-12-02 — best price $24.992024-04-15 — best price $19.992024-04-16 — best price $19.992024-04-23 — best price $24.992024-05-02 — best price $24.992024-06-27 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-12-04 — best price $18.742026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $18.742026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-04-14 — best price $18.742026-04-27 — best price $24.992026-05-14 — best price $19.992026-05-25 — best price $19.992026-06-09 — best price $24.992026-06-15 — best price $18.742026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-08-26 — best price $24.992026-08-27 — best price $24.992026-08-28 — best price $24.992026-08-29 — best price $24.992026-08-30 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

3902026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 13 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 20 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 24 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
31.2%
earned "The Artisan"
3.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,7600%34

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

2DCombatSandboxBuildingModdableStrategyTop-DownColony SimSimulationCity Builder

Census log

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

Recent updates

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