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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.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “deep automation and customization” (57 of 81 reviews) and “challenging puzzle-like learning” (5); the most common complaint is “steep, confusing learning curve” (29). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
57 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“I've played just under a hundred hours of this game, about 1/3 of which has fallen just before and after the 1.0 release. (Meaning, I just started a brand new play-through to see all the newest changes.) I would…”
“I really cannot recommend this game enough. It's quite a new and fun take on the factory builder, giving you what is usually end game ability to ignore belts and the circuitry of factory builders and get right into the…”
“In general a very addictive game once you have overcome the cumbersome start. To Beginners: DONT Build storage space until you have the Shared Storage Component, just build 1:1 productions. I would recommend this to…”
5 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“This isn't the easiest game to understand, but that depth is what I'm looking for from this genre.”
“Great game, cant stop playing it, challenging, not many bugs apart from the actual "bugs" :)”
3 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“It soak me up for a long time. It has some nice different concepts than you average factory game. For me its a nice swing. Don't expect standard. Expect long time optimization fun, if you can come into it :-)”
“Play the demo, and do the tutorial. That had me entertained for 5+ hours, and wanting more. Demo progress carries over to the full game, and the game is solid on both Windows and Linux. The music and gameplay flow set…”
3 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“This game is not for me and that's okay, it's an interesting concept and while the gameplay feels unique in terms of management and strategy games and while the presence of this game looks great the overall gameplay…”
“This game is a hidden gem. Even though it's been out for quite a while, I accidentally ran into it only this year and was at first attracted by its pleasant visuals, but it turned out to be so much deeper. I love games…”
“A great game, had lots of fun. Graphics super pretty, rock solid fps, engaging the brain. How will I be able to play other games without integrated behaviour system?!? O.o This is so great. Sure it is difficult to…”
29 of the 81 reviews raise this · 18 of them still recommend the game.
“I've never been so on-the-fence about anything in my life, the amount of times I've started writing a positive review and convinced myself it's bad while writing it is wild! This game is not... ... It's not a pure RTS…”
“At it's core, this is an interesting concept of a game. I love automation games and this one has a lot of promise especially with all the programmable options for unit automation. The problem is the tutorial and…”
“I really wanted to love this game. I enjoy factory/automation games and purchased this game a long, long time ago. I was expecting 1.0 to drop a lot of changes especially in regards to programming behaviors. It didn't.…”
18 of the 81 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“I've never been so on-the-fence about anything in my life, the amount of times I've started writing a positive review and convinced myself it's bad while writing it is wild! This game is not... ... It's not a pure RTS…”
“At it's core, this is an interesting concept of a game. I love automation games and this one has a lot of promise especially with all the programmable options for unit automation. The problem is the tutorial and…”
“If the code were text-based, I would love it. I have a problem with block coding. I know what I want to do, but I can’t find the code because the method names are too bad. There are a lot of block codes mixed together,…”
15 of the 81 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I've never been so on-the-fence about anything in my life, the amount of times I've started writing a positive review and convinced myself it's bad while writing it is wild! This game is not... ... It's not a pure RTS…”
“At it's core, this is an interesting concept of a game. I love automation games and this one has a lot of promise especially with all the programmable options for unit automation. The problem is the tutorial and…”
“I really wanted to love this game. I enjoy factory/automation games and purchased this game a long, long time ago. I was expecting 1.0 to drop a lot of changes especially in regards to programming behaviors. It didn't.…”
5 of the 81 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I've never been so on-the-fence about anything in my life, the amount of times I've started writing a positive review and convinced myself it's bad while writing it is wild! This game is not... ... It's not a pure RTS…”
“I really wanted to love this game. I enjoy factory/automation games and purchased this game a long, long time ago. I was expecting 1.0 to drop a lot of changes especially in regards to programming behaviors. It didn't.…”
“Saddens me to say this but this is a "No". I bought this game in early access, it was clunky and clumsy and clearly in need of polish but it showed promise so I didn't refund it. Now it's 1.0, release, and it's still…”
4 of the 81 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“ui is horrific and non-intuitive whatsoever entire base system for that game makes almost no sense for a "new" player tutorial also forces you to open the guide, in which you cannot pass the part where it wants you to C…”
“The game feels like a very promising early access game. There's interesting core mechanics that can lead to fun gameplay, but it's also clear that large parts of the game were not thought out. It's common for the…”
“1 301 / 5 000 The game is interesting. I tried the demo and it immediately won me over, so I couldn't wait for the 1.0 release. But it seems to me that it was rushed and that the game is still not finished. Towards the…”
Counted across 81 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 79.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“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 data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-10-20.
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
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Regular Update (experimental)
Experimental 1.0.18352 Additions A new campaign with 3 large missions when playing as human with the end-game feature "Allow Race Selection" (needs a new game to get started) Show a popup similar to t
Regular Update (experimental)
Experimental 1.0.18210 Additions Add the technology category as a subtitle to the tooltip of a research technology Changes Recipe change, Small Satellites now require Ceramic Tiles instead of Low-Dens
Regular Update (experimental)
Experimental 1.0.18194 Changes Show integrated production components as producers on tooltips if revealed in the tech tree but not yet researched (same already happens for regular components) Show "Re
Regular Update (experimental)
Experimental 1.0.18186 Additions Added "Disable Blight Damage Notification" option Changes Icon updates for integrated components on human units/buildings Behavior instructions, deprecate 'Launch' and
Desynced Development Roadmap & Patch Notes
Hello Operators! It’s been a little while since Desynced reached 1.0, but development certainly hasn’t stopped. We’ve been hard at work on fixes, polish, new features, and larger improvements. We’ve a
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| 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 |
| 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