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Songs of Syx
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Addictive synthesis of strategy genres” (74 of 103 reviews) and “Hundreds of hours of content” (31); the most common complaint is “Unintuitive menus and poor communication” (12). 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 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
74 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“One of the best city building/strategy games, every playthrough is unique with no real meta on how to start which for games like this is mental!, my first town had 700 people which fell apart as the gods cursed my city…”
“This game suffers from something frighteningly terrible: Combat. It was decently fun for the first few hours; growing my little village into a... well larger village was satisfying. After a while I'd got enough…”
“It's like if Rimworld, Dwarf Fortress, Caesar III & Zeus, and a bit of Total War had the most magnificent lovechild. If you want to try THE DEMO IS THE ENTIRE UNRESTRICTED GAME, albeit several updates old. The dev did…”
31 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I really enjoy this game, Kinda like Rimworld but less focused on a handful of people, more a massive community.... Dumped a lot of hours in in a very short period. If you like Rimworld with a fantasy flare, you'll most…”
“I think I have found my new building game fix after stuff like Factorio years ago. It is a very different game from that one on paper (or Rimworld), yet scratches the same itch to continuously optimize and solve…”
“A beautiful, comprehensive city-builder with its own flair and flavor. Combines the best of 4X strategy games with fully customizable buildings, settlements, civics, and empire. Start a village from scratch, recruit a…”
19 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It's like if Rimworld, Dwarf Fortress, Caesar III & Zeus, and a bit of Total War had the most magnificent lovechild. If you want to try THE DEMO IS THE ENTIRE UNRESTRICTED GAME, albeit several updates old. The dev did…”
“Brothers, even before the starting menu. They accept your piracy. But, are assured by the quality of their product that they will be reimbursed. This my fellow pirates is where you throw your dubloons.”
“I played 100 or so hours of the demo before I even purchased the game. It's great and its very robust demo sold me, which is just an older version of the full game. If you like Dwarf Fortress, (this game has a much less…”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It's like if Rimworld, Dwarf Fortress, Caesar III & Zeus, and a bit of Total War had the most magnificent lovechild. If you want to try THE DEMO IS THE ENTIRE UNRESTRICTED GAME, albeit several updates old. The dev did…”
“Steam achievements are linked to actual in-game buffs AND < 30% of players have any of these achievements because of how complicated the game is... oh yeah it's autism time”
“Best eco city builder with the right scope and complexity for genre veteran players. Recommend.”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A beautiful, comprehensive city-builder with its own flair and flavor. Combines the best of 4X strategy games with fully customizable buildings, settlements, civics, and empire. Start a village from scratch, recruit a…”
“40 hrs in in just 4 days what can i say, i had a great weekend creating cities just to watch them collapse for my terrible urban planning, 5 small kingdoms fallen later, i hit my first 1.000k pop city, this game covers…”
“At first, the pixel graphics put me off, and I hesitated to buy it. But after trying out the demo, I bought the game right away. It's a real gem, and I think I'll have hundreds of hours of fun with this masterpiece.”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“I've played Rimworld for well over 1k hours, I play Civilization and Factorio etc. I have the patience to play through tutorials and pay attention. I even will do a little Googling to find things out if needed. But I…”
“I've tried to get into this game a few times, all tend to fall apart after hitting the need for technology, and the interactions with that system. Most of this game does not describe what is going on very well, even…”
“a little rough around the edges, the ui needs refinement, but there is a lot of potential here and what is here is rather fun”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“This game suffers from something frighteningly terrible: Combat. It was decently fun for the first few hours; growing my little village into a... well larger village was satisfying. After a while I'd got enough…”
“This game is a pure ragebait. It goes something like this: You start your city, everything goes well for a moment and then first problems start to arise When you get rid of one problem, another two pop up on it's place…”
“I don't really know. It is kind of charming first but grows into kind of stupid later on. Like you have to build new library / lab each time you want to get a new tech, because all the old librarians / scientists are…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This game suffers from something frighteningly terrible: Combat. It was decently fun for the first few hours; growing my little village into a... well larger village was satisfying. After a while I'd got enough…”
“Just don't get the hype. Maybe I need to put another 200+ hours in but just feels like a significantly weaker version of other games mashed together. Colony building way worse/more tedious than rimworld or dwarf…”
“I don't really know. It is kind of charming first but grows into kind of stupid later on. Like you have to build new library / lab each time you want to get a new tech, because all the old librarians / scientists are…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I've played Rimworld for well over 1k hours, I play Civilization and Factorio etc. I have the patience to play through tutorials and pay attention. I even will do a little Googling to find things out if needed. But I…”
“I've tried to get into this game a few times, all tend to fall apart after hitting the need for technology, and the interactions with that system. Most of this game does not describe what is going on very well, even…”
“Great game. Already very good in EA. The dev and player community is helpful and dedicated. However, a few warnings so that you have the right expectations. The progression can be quite slow, the UI is unituitive and it…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I like this game overall & I would recommend it to anyone that is experienced with worldbuilding strategy games, however... I would just barely recommend it. I have some issues with it. I do think it has a lot of…”
“An unapologetically difficult colony sim. It is rewarding to learn but once you get this expect hours of learning. It might not be a bad idea to look up a youtube tutorial of how to get your colony started. Things in…”
“Great game. Already very good in EA. The dev and player community is helpful and dedicated. However, a few warnings so that you have the right expectations. The progression can be quite slow, the UI is unituitive and it…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Not autistic enough to play Factorio. Not ADHD enough to play Rimworld Not smart enough to play Dwarf Fortress But SoS has me covered.”
— a player, Steam review · 35 hrs played“Had a long 4-day off from work during the Easter holiday in the UK. Spent 60 hours of my 4 days just playing this game. WELL WORTH IT! Definitely play this game.”
— a player, Steam review · 214 hrs played“you like strategy games you will like this you like total war, yes you like colony sims, yes you like simulated life/entertainment/economy/ military to the small minute detail, yes just the best colony sim overall”
— a player, Steam review · 127 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 2026-10-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · City Builder · Colony Sim · Strategy · Base-Building · Sandbox · Grand Strategy · Singleplayer · Building · Top-Down · 2D · Pixel Graphics (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, Polish |
| Achievements | 34 |
| Official site | https://songsofsyx.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 10 (8u51 and above) Windows 8.x (Desktop) Windows 7 SP1 Windows Vista SP2 Processor: Pentium 2 266 MHz processor Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 256MB with opengl 3.3 support Storage: 300 MB available space Sound Card: Requires openAL support