MOLEK-SYNTEZ
Worth it · Strategy · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99.
- Length
- 10.8h 26.1h to 100%
- Value
- $0.92/hr
- Reviews
- 89% of 694 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 960 x 540, 154 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 45 times in the 7 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 4 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 66 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Opus Magnum ($19.99, scores 88) outscores it, and so does EXAPUNKS ($19.99, scores 90). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about MOLEK-SYNTEZ
This site sampled 265 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 85 percent of the 112 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 22 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 10.8 hours. Doing everything runs 26, 2.4 times as long.
The drop-off
29% start to 3% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 13, 20:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This is actually the best zachtronics game and I wish this one would get a new expansion now that Opus Magnum got one. Idk why it got less attention than TIS/Shenzen/Opus but it's so good.
2 more reviews
Maybe it's my previous attachment to organic chemistry, but this game is just so charming to me through all its simplicity.
Sort of like Opus Magnum but with making real molecules. If you liked Opus Magnum you'll like this too.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
MOLEK-SYNTEZ scores 72/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1168880/molek-syntezReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.