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Synergy
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
46 of the 67 reviews raise this.
“Synergy is a very special city builder, in my estimation. Its aesthetics, as well as its ideas on the value of culture, science and environmental harmony are unique among its genremates. Synergy is a game that really…”
“its the exact opposite to frostpunk. instead of the sun going away the sun is trying to kill you, and it less bleak till you look closer. it really pretty designs and i would say babies first survival city builder. game…”
30 of the 67 reviews raise this.
“Factorio: 900 hours Satisfactory: 560 Hours Timberborn: 300 Hours Captains of Industry: 600 hours Banished: 130 hours They are Billions: 50 hours Oxygen not Included: 700 hours i could go on but I think I've made my…”
“+: love the art -: - You can systematically quickly reach non-return states where you need to unlock new building or research that can't be done. You can easily harvest with quitely-overriding zone-selection of items…”
“Synergy is a very special city builder, in my estimation. Its aesthetics, as well as its ideas on the value of culture, science and environmental harmony are unique among its genremates. Synergy is a game that really…”
4 of the 67 reviews raise this.
“Very cozy game. If you like wandering village but wanted something longer/deeper mechanics this is for you! I hope they make more updates and add things like animals and desertification as well!”
“I understand the mixed reviews, but the experience was really nice to me. Artstyle is gorgeous, and it is a good strategy game with replayability, and a good, long campaign.”
“This is a nice city builder in the vein of Caeser 3, Pharoah etc, with art inspired by Moebius (Jean Giraud). I'm playing through the campaign. The scenarios are broken up into steps with specific goals, which is great…”
3 of the 67 reviews raise this.
“Factorio: 900 hours Satisfactory: 560 Hours Timberborn: 300 Hours Captains of Industry: 600 hours Banished: 130 hours They are Billions: 50 hours Oxygen not Included: 700 hours i could go on but I think I've made my…”
“The game is well made, engaging graphics and relaxing music, is recommended for those who want to try something new...”
12 of the 67 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Factorio: 900 hours Satisfactory: 560 Hours Timberborn: 300 Hours Captains of Industry: 600 hours Banished: 130 hours They are Billions: 50 hours Oxygen not Included: 700 hours i could go on but I think I've made my…”
“+: love the art -: - You can systematically quickly reach non-return states where you need to unlock new building or research that can't be done. You can easily harvest with quitely-overriding zone-selection of items…”
“I really wanted to like Synergy, but after several hours it turned out to be quite disappointing. The idea of building a city on an alien planet and studying the ecosystem sounds interesting, but in practice the…”
9 of the 67 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“NO SUPPORT, they don't reply. The priority of the character doesn't apply. So... you stay watching them for days, waiting to do what you ask them, but they don't (even when the task has priority assigned). I tried…”
“+: love the art -: - You can systematically quickly reach non-return states where you need to unlock new building or research that can't be done. You can easily harvest with quitely-overriding zone-selection of items…”
“This game isn't bad. It's okay. Get it if it's on sale for less than 10€. If you've just finished Scavengers Reign, Incal or World of Edena, you will have some fun with it for like a week and then never think about it…”
8 of the 67 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“+: love the art -: - You can systematically quickly reach non-return states where you need to unlock new building or research that can't be done. You can easily harvest with quitely-overriding zone-selection of items…”
“I really wanted to like Synergy, but after several hours it turned out to be quite disappointing. The idea of building a city on an alien planet and studying the ecosystem sounds interesting, but in practice the…”
7 of the 67 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“its the exact opposite to frostpunk. instead of the sun going away the sun is trying to kill you, and it less bleak till you look closer. it really pretty designs and i would say babies first survival city builder. game…”
“I really wanted to like Synergy, but after several hours it turned out to be quite disappointing. The idea of building a city on an alien planet and studying the ecosystem sounds interesting, but in practice the…”
6 of the 67 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“+: love the art -: - You can systematically quickly reach non-return states where you need to unlock new building or research that can't be done. You can easily harvest with quitely-overriding zone-selection of items…”
“I really wanted to like Synergy, but after several hours it turned out to be quite disappointing. The idea of building a city on an alien planet and studying the ecosystem sounds interesting, but in practice the…”
“52 minutes and I'm still not out of the tutorial. Saving and knocking off for the night. This game is slow, and the still image art it keeps repetitively throwing at me is boring af. The building design is sort of nice,…”
Counted across 67 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 76.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Synergy is an eco-city builder set in a world after an unspecified apocalypse. Our goal is to build a functioning, stable city and understand the new rules that govern this world. Rarely does a game place so much emphasis on careful planning and strategic foresight. You need to…”
— a player, Steam review · 35 hrs played“If you like the art of Jean Giraud aka Moebius you will love this game's visual (also check Scavengers Reign for a smiliar tv show - thank me later) gameplay is also very solid, be patient with the game and enjoy the ride.”
— a player, Steam review · 55 hrs played“This one just lands as another entry in the pile every city builder that blurs together. After playing just one too many at this point it just recycles the same systems you have seen a dozen times and expects you to care again. It's one of those games the you forgot you played…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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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.
Unity Vulnerability Patch
Hello everyone! Just a quick heads up if you wonder why your game was updated when nothing seems to have changed ; we just patched the game for Unity's vulnerability! Have a wonderful day!
v1.2 Update - Out Now!
Hello everyone! We're here today with a new update, Synergy's 1.2 Update! While there's no new content in it, there is a LOT in this one. But this is mainly focused on overall performance optimization
Update 1.1 - Hotfix #1
Fix birthrate crisis effect active on other saves when enabled once on a quest step
v1.1 Update Out Now!
Hi everyone! Update 1.1 is here, featuring Hard Mode and other requested features! We hope you enjoy this final major update and can’t wait to hear your feedback! New difficulty Mode: Hard mode named
Update 1.0.3
Hello everyone! We're pushign an update with quite some changes on a lot of different levels to make ewveyrhting more balanced, clearer, and more stable! You can see a list of all the changes in the f
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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 | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Stylized · City Builder · Economy · Strategy · Colony Sim · Resource Management · Isometric · Colorful · Building · Nature · Base-Building · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese |
| Achievements | 16 |
| Official site | https://goblinzstudio.com/game/synergy/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Core i3 or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: 6Go VRAM Graphics Card DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: Any