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SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising

Flow Fire Games · 2018-03-15

SteamGOG

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 15, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising is an Action and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 13096 reviews).

31
playing now
94%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

31 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Synthetik: Legion Rising is a top-down shooter video game with roguelike elements set in an alternate 1980s where humanity is threatened by malicious artificial intelligence. The game was created with Game Maker and was developed by independent studio Flow Fire Games, based in Berlin.

Trailer

SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising trailer thumbnail

SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising Game Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 31 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 220 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,035 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,913 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 327k–786k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,096 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2023-04-17) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 52 of 85 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,014 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

73182026-09-15 12:00 — 29 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 47 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 37 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 53 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 60 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 40 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 38 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 48 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 43 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 32 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 50 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 37 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 25 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 47 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 60 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 37 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 49 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 41 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 30 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 62 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 73 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 40 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 31 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.3k0Feb 2018Aug 2026Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2018 — avg 55 · peak 155Aug 2018 — avg 27 · peak 78Nov 2018 — avg 45 · peak 151Feb 2019 — avg 43 · peak 95May 2019 — avg 21 · peak 46Aug 2019 — avg 24 · peak 68Nov 2019 — avg 152 · peak 513Feb 2020 — avg 1,261 · peak 3,407May 2020 — avg 359 · peak 634Aug 2020 — avg 348 · peak 730Nov 2020 — avg 306 · peak 522Feb 2021 — avg 420 · peak 805May 2021 — avg 286 · peak 507Aug 2021 — avg 488 · peak 1,417Nov 2021 — avg 306 · peak 567Feb 2022 — avg 212 · peak 326May 2022 — avg 200 · peak 374Aug 2022 — avg 166 · peak 267Nov 2022 — avg 164 · peak 308Feb 2023 — avg 193 · peak 534May 2023 — avg 162 · peak 285Aug 2023 — avg 127 · peak 234Nov 2023 — avg 127 · peak 241Feb 2024 — avg 113 · peak 226May 2024 — avg 82 · peak 157Aug 2024 — avg 87 · peak 172Nov 2024 — avg 80 · peak 144Feb 2025 — avg 87 · peak 170May 2025 — avg 87 · peak 164Aug 2025 — avg 76 · peak 151Nov 2025 — avg 68 · peak 125Feb 2026 — avg 83 · peak 267May 2026 — avg 53 · peak 93Aug 2026 — avg 48 · peak 97
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$20.57$3.992018-03-162026-10-152018-03-16 — best price $12.742018-08-09 — best price $9.262018-12-03 — best price $8.942019-03-21 — best price $12.992019-05-31 — best price $19.992019-07-29 — best price $19.992019-10-28 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $8.502020-04-15 — best price $8.502020-06-15 — best price $9.992020-07-22 — best price $15.742020-08-31 — best price $19.992020-10-01 — best price $19.992020-10-31 — best price $19.992020-12-05 — best price $19.992021-01-10 — best price $16.882021-02-13 — best price $19.992021-03-28 — best price $19.992021-05-02 — best price $16.882021-06-05 — best price $16.882021-07-16 — best price $8.952021-10-05 — best price $16.882022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-10-27 — best price $19.992023-04-24 — best price $19.992023-11-29 — best price $19.992024-05-29 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-11-25 — best price $4.992026-06-09 — best price $19.992026-09-08 — best price $3.992026-09-28 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1712026-06-01 — 8 pageviews2026-06-05 — 3 pageviews2026-06-09 — 11 pageviews2026-06-13 — 10 pageviews2026-06-17 — 7 pageviews2026-06-21 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 7 pageviews2026-06-29 — 17 pageviews2026-07-03 — 4 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 8 pageviews2026-07-15 — 6 pageviews2026-07-19 — 8 pageviews2026-07-23 — 13 pageviews2026-07-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-31 — 10 pageviews2026-08-04 — 11 pageviews2026-08-08 — 9 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-16 — 6 pageviews2026-08-20 — 8 pageviews2026-08-24 — 3 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 1 pageviews2026-09-05 — 4 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 6 pageviews2026-09-17 — 7 pageviews2026-09-21 — 8 pageviews2026-09-25 — 6 pageviews2026-09-29 — 7 pageviews2026-10-03 — 7 pageviews2026-10-07 — 6 pageviews2026-10-11 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
52.5%
earned "Arachnophobia"
11.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-10-03 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opIndieActionRobotsShooterTop-DownCyberpunkDifficultIsometricRogue-like

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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