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Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.

Release DateMay 26, 2011
Price$ 24.99  Top 5%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89.6% (very positive) Top 30% / 82.5%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)84.8% Top 15% / 79.4%  Top 25%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.1K  Top 15% / 2.6K  Top 10%
Curators138 reviews  Top 4%
Median Play Time7.3 hours  Top 25%
Play Time per Dollar17 minutes  Bottom 35%
Followers6.5K  Top 15%
Owners± 886.5K  Top 4%
Copies Sold± 160.2K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 2M  Top 5%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Frozen Synapse steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Frozen Synapse's Steam rating and reviews between May 2011 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 100% (May 2011) and 82.3% (July 2021).

With 2.6K reviews Top 10%, Frozen Synapse is an AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Frozen Synapse and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Frozen Synapse's review languages. The most popular language is English (74%), followed by Russian (8%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 27 different languages represented. The game has only one translation (English), it could have been more popular if it was translated in more languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Frozen Synapse percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Frozen Synapse, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is not bad at all, with 25 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 11 times less than the median for positive reviews. When the negative review time is low (median : 52 minutes), it can be a sign that the game crashes on some systems or that players misunderstood the nature of the game (Does the Steam page clearly explain it, with gifs and a gameplay video ?). It can also mean that some players were somehow offended by Frozen Synapse and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Deep tactical experience
  • Detailed control over your units
  • Balanced classes
  • Lengthy singleplayer campaign
  • Great AI
  • Mission generator
  • Supports play by email
  • Soundtrack
  • Simulate the battle situation
  • Can feel like a master tactician
  • Movement mechanics confusing and boring
  • Minimalistic graphics
  • Needlessly complex turn based system
  • Levels look all the same
  • Cheap rocket spam in second half of the campaign
  • Bland graphics
  • Story is meh
  • Matchmaking issues
  • Controls not very quick
  • Tedious gameplay

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 89.6%  Top 30% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Frozen Synapse's review data provided by Steam. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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