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Syntherapy

Crowned Daemon Studios · V Publishing · 2020-10-15

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 15, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

If an AI were sentient, how would you know if they were malfunctioning, or experiencing a mental health problem? A story-rich game that explores mental health and AI ethics in the form of therapy sessions with a sentient AI.

Syntherapy is a 2020 Casual, Indie, Simulation game priced at $14.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a Positive review sentiment (82% of 40 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

83%
positive of 40 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

Syntherapy is a visual novel adventure game that thrusts the player into the heart of a challenging psychotherapy case where their choices, both in conversations and types of treatment chosen, will have powerful consequences.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 29,286 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320202025Week of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain

Census log

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