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SYNTHETIK: Arena

Flow Fire Games · 2019-01-21

Steam

ActionFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jan 21, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Face the varied challenges of the Machine God Zir in ARENA, a standalone expansion for Synthetik: Legion Rising! Leverage the next level in gun-play and experiment with powerful tech in varied action packed Arenas!

0
playing now
90%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 19:00 UTC (census sample)

"1985. After many years of slavery, the AI servants of Kaida Corporation, the world leader in robotics, have formed the "Machine Legion" and have set out to destroy humanity. Awakening in Kaida Corp. Headquarters, you are the human consciousness of a forgotten Android prototype; the last straw holding the Legion from unleashing the Heart of Armageddon. Only you can battle through the levels of Kaida Corporation's Headquarters, defeat the battalions of enemies within and put an end to this madness. The defeat of the Machine Legions "Last Defender" has thrown you into your Android-subconscious (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (268 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

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25725720192026Week of 2019-01-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Polish, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieActionShooterTop-DownCyberpunkRogue-likeRogue-liteLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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