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Songs of Syx cover art

Songs of Syx

Gamatron AB · 2020-09-21

SteamGOG

CasualIndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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. 

Songs of Syx is a 2020 Casual, Indie, Simulation and Strategy game priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (94% of 9,265 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

854
playing now
94%
positive of 9.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
31
Nexus mods (21k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Songs of Syx trailer thumbnail

Songs of Syx - Trailer

≈170,073 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 854 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 2% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 188k–423k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,391 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99-20%

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 22 of 61 observed days · $1.25 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

1.5k3412026-09-14 21:00 — 681 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 341 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 562 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 697 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 471 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 492 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 667 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 537 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 483 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 943 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 675 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 452 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 671 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 601 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 534 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 976 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 655 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 457 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 744 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 1,071 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 898 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 942 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 1,356 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 854 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k23Sep 2020Aug 2026Sep 2020 — avg 105 · peak 221Nov 2020 — avg 38 · peak 88Jan 2021 — avg 25 · peak 71Mar 2021 — avg 30 · peak 73May 2021 — avg 31 · peak 62Jul 2021 — avg 108 · peak 214Sep 2021 — avg 176 · peak 344Nov 2021 — avg 99 · peak 190Jan 2022 — avg 142 · peak 281Mar 2022 — avg 87 · peak 177May 2022 — avg 229 · peak 417Jul 2022 — avg 115 · peak 200Sep 2022 — avg 311 · peak 586Nov 2022 — avg 107 · peak 190Jan 2023 — avg 170 · peak 295Mar 2023 — avg 122 · peak 238May 2023 — avg 107 · peak 181Jul 2023 — avg 218 · peak 365Sep 2023 — avg 138 · peak 281Nov 2023 — avg 184 · peak 308Jan 2024 — avg 387 · peak 739Mar 2024 — avg 289 · peak 529May 2024 — avg 779 · peak 1,539Jul 2024 — avg 582 · peak 1,012Sep 2024 — avg 379 · peak 690Nov 2024 — avg 270 · peak 469Jan 2025 — avg 345 · peak 753Mar 2025 — avg 260 · peak 444May 2025 — avg 224 · peak 539Jul 2025 — avg 266 · peak 494Sep 2025 — avg 215 · peak 358Nov 2025 — avg 178 · peak 314Jan 2026 — avg 1,427 · peak 2,854Mar 2026 — avg 720 · peak 1,344May 2026 — avg 768 · peak 1,291Jul 2026 — avg 1,360 · peak 2,497Aug 2026 — avg 835 · peak 1,450
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
10102026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 4 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 5 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 4 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 5 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new positive2026-10-05: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 3 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 10 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 6 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-11: 8 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 6 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 9 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 9 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$18.742020-09-212026-10-142020-09-21 — best price $24.992024-04-15 — best price $19.992024-04-23 — best price $24.992024-06-27 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $19.992025-12-04 — best price $18.742026-03-19 — best price $18.742026-04-14 — best price $18.742026-05-14 — best price $19.992026-06-09 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-08-27 — best price $24.992026-08-29 — best price $24.992026-08-31 — best price $24.992026-09-02 — best price $24.992026-09-04 — best price $24.992026-09-06 — best price $24.992026-09-08 — best price $24.992026-09-10 — best price $24.992026-09-12 — best price $24.992026-09-14 — best price $24.992026-09-16 — best price $19.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-09-20 — best price $19.992026-09-22 — best price $19.992026-09-24 — best price $24.992026-09-26 — best price $24.992026-09-28 — best price $24.992026-09-30 — best price $24.992026-10-02 — best price $24.992026-10-04 — best price $24.992026-10-06 — best price $24.992026-10-08 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.992026-10-12 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

20602026-09-30 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 206 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 0 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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