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Sym

Atrax Games · Mastertronic · 2015-05-07

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view, Text

Releases: May 07, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 07, 2015 (Mac)

Sym is a puzzle-platformer that explores social anxiety disorder. Play as Josh, a teenage boy trying to reconcile a maze of two contrasting worlds that coexist within the blank spaces of each other - his perception of reality, and the world he created to avoid his fears.

Sym is a 2015 Indie game priced at $7.99, estimated to have 0 .. 20,000 owners, with a Positive review sentiment (86% of 37 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-08

86%
positive of 37 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Guide Josh, a teenage boy affected by social anxiety disorder, through a shifting maze of of black-and-white. Move at will between reality and the world Josh created to avoid his fears, but beware of the dangers lurking across the divide.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 58% of 49,718 Indie games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420152025Week of 2015-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Census log

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