Frozen Synapse
Fair · Strategy · 2011
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 50% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$24.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$2.4990% offFair
- Cost per hourS
- $1.06/hr
- Reviews▼
- 83% of 2,619
- Critics
- 85 players 2 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 9% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.49 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 23.6h
- To 100%
- 37.9h 1.6x the story
- Achievements
- 16
Price and sales
- Sales
- 68 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $2.49 June 2015
- Sale every
- 68d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 1 now
- Cheaper than
- 5% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 85% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
46% start to <1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 68 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 10 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 9 percent. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 85 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Star Realms (free, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats Chaos Reborn ($9.99, scores 32).
More about Frozen Synapse
Inside the two-hour refund window, 70 percent of the 164 reviews written there were positive, against 83 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $2.49 (90% off). Predictions like this were right 92% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
UW Support - ❓ Steam Deck Playable - ❌ This is a game that has not aged well. Playing through the tutorial and some of the levels and they were challenging and fun! The same cannot be said for the support for this game. My account is locked out due to me forgetting the password and it's been months since I've heard back from the support. I get that it's an old game, doesn't mean that locking the two player behind a...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Pretty revolutionary when it came out and very fun. Unfortunately it has lost a lot of the magic over the years and is quite outdated now.
Frozen Synapse, developed and published by Mode 7, stands as one of the most cerebral and elegantly designed tactical strategy games of its generation. It trades spectacle for intellect, opting for a minimalist presentation that places every ounce of attention on precision, planning, and psychological warfare. At its heart, the game is a simultaneous turn-based tactics experience, where both players plot their moves...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, Netbook integrated graphics, 215 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Frozen Synapse scores 59/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/98200/frozen-synapseReviews 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 Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.