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Desynced
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“This is the best factory game ever! I’ve played Satisfactory, Factorio, Dyson Sphere Program, Microtopia, Foundry and more, and after 85 hours in Desynced I can confidently say that. Here’s why: - Variety. It has RTS elements. Only Factorio had something similar, but here it’s…”
— a player, Steam review · 172 hrs played“Out of any factory game I’ve played, this game has both the lowest complexity floor and the highest complexity ceiling. If you just want a quick comparison, think factorio but you have logistic networks at the start and each machine automatically makes logistic requests for…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“I wanted to like this game, but each of the core aspects of this game's systems fall significantly short of being fun to interact with. Like playing any automation or RTS game, you need to learn the nuances of the gameplay so that you can have a satisfying experience. You need…”
— a player, Steam review · 100 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:39 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
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Regular Update (experimental)
Experimental 1.0.18055 Changes Behavior instructions 'Loop Signal', 'Switch', 'Memory Sift': Removed separate button to invert condition and added more modes to cover inversions Behavior instructions
Regular Update (experimental)
Experimental 1.0.18044 Changes Treat the movement distance number of the GOTO register set to infinity as infinitely large (not 0) Make a drone which has its GOTO register explicitly set to 1 not auto
Regular Update (experimental)
Experimental 1.0.18021 HotfixFixesFix internal API change to Tool.NewRegisterObject and register:Init to correctly set a number even if the value was empty, affecting a few instructionsFix behavior in
Regular Update (experimental)
Experimental 1.0.18020ChangesKeep items reserved on the ground when placing a new construction over it (avoids items and components for relocation getting absorbed)Clear the GOTO register after pickin
Regular Update (experimental)
Experimental 1.0.17996AdditionsAdd windowed mode to behavior editor (limited view which still allows map and unit control)Added new guided behavior tutorials (accessible via the behavior help welcome
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Automation · Programming · Base-Building · Sandbox · City Builder · Simulation · RTS · Sci-fi · Multiplayer · Survival · Building (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.desyncedgame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit or newer Processor: 5th Generation Intel i5 CPU or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 1060 / AMD R9 or higher DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space