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Synergy
Developer Leikir Studio
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. From the Steam store page
205 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
63
Fresh
114 positive · 67 negative
95% range 56–70%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 114 | 67 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
408 of 532 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
63% recommend · 118 yes, 68 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 186 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (836 of 1,106 positive).
Players praise the unique Moebius-inspired art style and the game's focus on ecology and environmental harmony. [1][2][3] Many reviewers note that the game suffers from bugs, UI issues, and a lack of polish. [4][5][6]
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Representative posts
- [12]
This game comes really close to being great, but it just misses the mark on multiple counts. I was excited to play it at first, but ended up bored and frustrated after a few hours. First of all, the game looks great: I love the overall visual design, the world they've created looks lovely, and the art style is really nice too; animations leave something to be desired, but that's not really a focus for a game like …
- [15]
Despite being a very cool game, with lots of interesting mechanics, its studio was bought out and shut down in January 2026. It was not a very mature game, lots of bugs are around and some mechanics need to be refined or modified. I had some fun playing it, but it really disappointed me the dev pipeline is dead, because the problems in the gameplay really shows.
- [1]
A brilliant game crushed by corporate greed Synergy is a true gold mine in the city-builder genre. The visuals inspired by Moebius comics and the pacifist mechanics based on balance, respect for nature and resource management in hot periods make this game an incredibly relaxing and profound experience. The passion of the development team is felt in every detail. Unfortunately, the story behind the game is a …
- [3]
Synergy is a city-building and colony management game that stands out from the crowd through its focus on ecology, research, and environmental harmony, rather than aggressive resource exploitation. Highlights of Synergy 1. Aesthetics and Atmosphere The first thing you'll notice is its unique art style, often compared to Moebius comics. It features a vibrant yet subtle color palette that gives it an almost painterly …
- [2]
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.
Summarised from 34 of the 207 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Synergy talk about beautiful, Moebius-inspired art style; those who didn't talk about bugs and UI issues, including disappearing menus. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 205 · most liked firstThis is a fantastic game with a great message about environmental stewardship, and it's clear that a lot of love has been poured in even if there are bugs. The best comparison I could make to another game would be Against The Storm; both city builders where you assign population to production or logistics, stack bonuses via the relation of buildings to your central hub, trade with other wanderers, etc. The key difference is that in this game there aren't other citizen species and there's a lot…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A brilliant game crushed by corporate greed Synergy is a true gold mine in the city-builder genre. The visuals inspired by Moebius comics and the pacifist mechanics based on balance, respect for nature and resource management in hot periods make this game an incredibly relaxing and profound experience. The passion of the development team is felt in every detail. Unfortunately, the story behind the game is a revolting one. In January 2026, the parent company (PulluP Entertainment) decided to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game comes really close to being great, but it just misses the mark on multiple counts. I was excited to play it at first, but ended up bored and frustrated after a few hours. First of all, the game looks great: I love the overall visual design, the world they've created looks lovely, and the art style is really nice too; animations leave something to be desired, but that's not really a focus for a game like this anyway. The writing is also pretty decent, and fits the setting well. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Now I’m not a city builder expert. I usually play these games to relax, not to manage ten overlapping systems that punish me for breathing wrong, but Synergy caught my attention right away, all thanks to its unique artstyle. The art here is beautiful. The pastel tones, the shapes, the way your city nicely blends into this weird alien landscape. The sound design fits perfectly. Calm, quiet, with a nice dose of ASMR menu sounds. At first, Synergy feels cozy, peacefull even. You build things,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Synergy is a great example of how a cool initial idea is completely ruined by undercooked execution. Visual design. As you can see from the screenshots - the game looks kinda neat and unique. Here is the problem though: with this drawn design the developers did not draw every facing of a building - so not only you can’t rotate most of the buildings properly (most only have 2 options), but you are also unable to rotate the map. Considering that this game has some big buildings that can…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to preface this by saying that I got this as part of Humble Bundle Choice, so I didn't technically spend money on this game. Frankly, I'm not sure I would've picked this up even during a sale, but I decided to take a look since it was sitting in my library anyway. First off, the good: the game looks quite nice and runs pretty well (until it hard crashes after about 3-5 hours of continuous gameplay). Playing on Balanced, I never felt like the game was screwing me over to the point that I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite being a very cool game, with lots of interesting mechanics, its studio was bought out and shut down in January 2026. It was not a very mature game, lots of bugs are around and some mechanics need to be refined or modified. I had some fun playing it, but it really disappointed me the dev pipeline is dead, because the problems in the gameplay really shows.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey! I noticed I have a lot more followers who may not know my things! So, new #promosky I started doing game photography for *mental health reasons* and I've been going for a bit Games like Remnant 2 Synergy Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Guild Wars 2 Nightingale Everspace 2 Hauntii Eternal Strands
neutral · AI labelView post →The two types of roguelikes are Synergy and Stats Isaac? Synergy. Hades? Stats. Slay the Spire? Synergy. Cult of the Lamb? Stats Despite being a game about adding numbers, Balatro is Synergy
neutral · AI labelView post →It's difficult to recommend something that has been ruthlessly abandoned via a corporate takeover, but there is still a great game at the core here and it's worth engaging with the original studio's work. Music, art, and the overall vibe of becoming environmental stewards in a strange land are great. There are no enemies per se - only surviving in a harsh land. Unfortunately, campaign mode feels like an uneven tutorial, where your hand is held too much, while at the same time, certain…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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 plan well ahead, adapt and sometimes ditch working strategies because environment changed too much. A predatory economy only brings short-term benefits, while careful management mixed with pro-ecological activities…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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 point that I like colony simulators and automation games. I might come back and give this another go round as the sound is very satisfying. The art is fairly unique. and i WANT to enjoy the game, but I think I am bouncing off of it. Maybe I'll come back another time and it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Synergy is officially out of Early Access! 🌍✨ Experience the full game with a brand-new campaign, a reworked exploration system and lots of exciting new content Grab it now at 24% off! 🔥 🔹 Steam: tinyurl.com/Synergy-bsst 🔹 GOG: tinyurl.com/Synergy-GG 🔹 Epic: tinyurl.com/Synergy-EPC
neutral · AI labelView post →I really love this game. It's a city builder, it comes with pretty graphics. Unfortunately, it's quite buggy. Menus disappear often, and I have to close and reopen the game to get them back. The bigger the colony becomes, the more often buildings randomly stop working. Closing the game and reopening it usually fixes it. If not, destroying the building and rebuilding does. "Closing and reopening" almost feels part of the experience, which is fairly disappointing and the reason why I cannot…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm overall pretty tired of not being able to play this game because of constant UI issues. It's been well over a year and I understand fully that it's sold as well as the devs expected so they want to move on, but it's pretty disappointing to have to choose between playing the game at 0.7 scale so that all the UI elements work normally on small screens, or being able to see everything at 1.0 scale and having both horizontal and vertical overflow issues, missing tooltips or buttons you can't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Almost all game genres need better names, and here are my suggestions: "Friendslop" - "Gaggle-Core" Modern "Roguelikes" - "Synergy Builders" "Walking Sims" - "Ramblers" "Soulslikes" - "Sad-Zone" "Cozy Games" - "Cottage Industrial" "Vampire Survivors-type" - "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh"
neutral · AI labelView post →They bailed, this was an art project.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Checking out the alien city builder game, Synergy! Glorp. 👽🦦 twitch.tv/temiree
neutral · AI labelView post →at one point lynch was working on an adventure game with Synergy, the studio that made Gadget, incredible point and click game, and my pet theory has been that the experience eventually seeped into Inland Empire because that movie feels like watching a longplay of an fmv point and click game
neutral · AI labelView post →[Space game releases] System Shock (the excellent 2023 remake is now available on Playstation 4|5, Xbox One & Series X|S. Synergy, the Moebius-like city builder on an alien planet is now in Early access on Steam.
neutral · AI labelView post →Total point differential in the Eastern Conference finals: Indiana +11 TRANSITION point differential (via Synergy): Indiana +80 Game 6 transition points: 46-18
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is beautiful and has great concept. The bad? After several updates it seems like they have not gone back into the scenarios to make sure their game changes match the sequence of quests. This doesn't mean objectives aren't possible, but often the pacing of some quest objectives is widely disparate. Some objectives being instantaneous, and others sometimes requiring the next quest's objectives to finish timely. This often leads to an entire quest being finished as soon as you receive…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sketchy landscape 34 Tested something different. Inspired by art style from game Synergy store.steampowered.com/app/1989070/... #gameart #landscape #art #game #fanart
neutral · AI labelView post →Cheryl Reeve ends her presser tonight w/ a big 'GO WOLVES!' from the podium in DC. If my tracking is correct, it was the exact moment of that game-tying Ayo 3. Synergy.
neutral · AI labelView post →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 until you see it in your library.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have my grievances with how environmentalism focused or aware games do... environmentalism. Especially using the management simulator to do so. Cuz while the intent is to especially rely on plant synergies to maintain your cities... eventually every scenario city became me making mono-crop or dual crop massive fields to meet some large scale need, and that just fully takes me out of any sorta environmentally conscious type design focus While the story is like "we are trying to learn from…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to love this game. The art style is beautiful, I LOVE the different plants, and I find the concepts of the buildings and survival mechanisms very interesting. But that's the problem--I like the concepts, but the execution is messy. Even after playing through the tutorial, the game is not very well explained. There were a lot of things I had to figure out on my own because there isn't any direction on how to proceed. For example, the optimal way to raise Culture and Knowledge and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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 contacting support but they never replied back.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Garland's floater game has gotten elite. 63% on runners this year via Synergy
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is promising. But for some reason it loads my pc harder that a stress test. 7600+4070 can't run it at 120 fps. And even at 60 it randomly crashes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This one breaks my heart cause its like playing a piece of Mobeus' art. but no real updates in a year now means I can't recommend it because it was never done. The science aspect really needed to be expanded it seemed like the most interesting thing this game had going for it. Other reviews say that you can get softlocked or that there is a game breaking bug with resources. I don't know if thats true but if it is all the more reason to give this a bad review. Really sucks man. I hope…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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 leans into Sid Meier's rule, that a good game is a series of interesting decisions, in that everything you do affects something else. You are always striving for the right balance and synergy between your resources, your built settlement, and the environment. It's a slow burner,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gadget: Invention, Travel, & Adventure.. weird adventure type game from 1993 By Synergy .. cool 😎 apparently it inspired the creators of Dark City and The Matrix.
neutral · AI labelView post →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 again. But that's the issue. It's just underbaked. The unique gameplay concept is the whole ecology thing. While building your frontier city, you have to be mindful of the plants in the area and incorporate them in the city design. Very cool, right? Except that early on, you can…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As someone who's gained a fresh appreciation for world building focused games like Wildmender, Terra Nil, Towers of Aghasba, and The Planet Crafter, an ecosystem focused city builder like this was definitely right up my alley. What I enjoy most about this type of game is how it encourages you to approach survival and colonization of an environment in a different way. There is more strategy involved than simply stripping the nearby landscape of resources, and then using better technologies to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+: 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 (that aren't coming back: harvestable stones are growing back, but not plants...) on map before doing mandatory research on them, while selecting various items for analysis remains tedious. The worst is already in the official tutorial map with extremely limited accessible area.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For a game that requires micromanagement, bugs are fatal Love the artstyle, but the stories are meh, not engaging enough.... So many buttons unexplained... Important features that is not implemented (like where are my resources located, what transports are currently being worked on, even what factories work on what materials are not shown, you have to search every factory, and if its not there you have look at reasearch page, to search what made what.) It's still playable, but expect -to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The thing about Synergy is that it's one of the few games where I feel like the difficulty in figuring out how everything works doesn't leave me feeling disappointed in myself because I know I'm doing the best I can and I'm slowly picking up the tricks and knowledge to play smarter - all within the same play-through. I think of games like Factorio by comparison and while I enjoy that game too I get frustrated when I can't figure something out. I think the difference is the art style and the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the art is very nice, it's a bit dry but i'm okay with low key environmental grower, exploring plants and the resources you can get from them. i got it on a sale so im not mad about it, but you shouldnt be able to soft lock two hours into a tutorial. as others have said the ingame information is woefully lacking and confusing. the complexity of it means finding out how to do certain things just are not available. the dev tutorials are im sorry to say very unhelpful. low recommend on a deep…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the graphics, hate the gameplay, its overwhelming with too much stuff to micromanage, store, survive events, but its being sold as a Cozy game? There's nothing cozy in this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to love this game but unfortunately it's not quite there for me. Some mechanics are poorly explained and overall it hasn't sustained my interest and attention beyond a handful of hours. The art is beautiful, but the gameplay is lacking and repetitive, real bummer.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't have a ton of experience in the genre, but this game almost touched greatness. This game filled the void of Frostpunk, after trying several other games in whatever genre Frostpunk abides. I don't understand any of the "cozy" related superlatives attached to this game. I'm genuinely surprised at the lack of interest in this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, for a city builder it does things different. It's a lot of trial & error but once you get the hang of it it's very nice. Also it's very beautiful.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What if you have an AI agent running in Azure write your game pitches? #synergy
neutral · AI labelView post →meh. it's preaty, its diferent , the map is too small,, even in sandbox i cant have all the resources available. gets boring fast and doesnt have no real danger in game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoy city builders, stuff like Anno, Factorio, Civilization, Stellaris, Timberborn, and more, and thought I'd really like Synergy too, but somehow the game just doesn't scratch the itch. 30 hours in and I've maybe played 4 games and none of them have felt satisfying. Something about the pacing, progression, everything just feels like a slog. Upgrades don't feel all that rewarding. I feel like I devote all my time to ensuring my people have enough water, and then needing to tediously…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Synergy is a city-building and colony management game that stands out from the crowd through its focus on ecology, research, and environmental harmony, rather than aggressive resource exploitation. Highlights of Synergy 1. Aesthetics and Atmosphere The first thing you'll notice is its unique art style, often compared to Moebius comics. It features a vibrant yet subtle color palette that gives it an almost painterly look. The alien world feels alive, strange, and occasionally hostile,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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 needs more love
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Charming game with a great concept and interesting mechanics for interacting with the ecosystem. It's a really chill experience, I love it. Surprised to see such low popularity in the reviews.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the art style, but I don't get the feeling I do something worthwhile. The interface displays too many numbers at you, and it's not clear what is important or not. How many houses there are, how many people and who works/doesn't work should have been one menu, not three. Resources such as water have sub menu to give you an idea where it's produced and where it is used - but especially for water, it just gives to plain numbers and I really can't tell why the usage is so high and what…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I badly want too love this game, as the art is amazing. But it's just boring. I wish it had some personality. - Its barely playable on steam deck. - Repetitive research tasks between levels - it desperately needs a narrator or someone to root you on and draw you through the game - many icons are difficult or impossible to figure out, with no tooltips on some - couldn't quite figure out things like canals as the effect is impossible to see - is it doing anything, not sure I'll try again…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a okay game that desperately needs come QoL improvements to be good. I really enjoy the setting and the world building, as well as the art. This game has a slower pace, but there's a ton of 'think fast' games in this genre so I don't consider that a weakness necessarily. The ecology aspects were a big plus for me, but... ...this game has a serious issue with conveying information, especially when a certain upgrade is stopping your progress. Mouse-over menus need to stay open so I can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, bad UI.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I started a trend to finish my steam games, but games like these make it impossible. Too many things wrong with this one, go next.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Genuinely one of the most frustrating and unfun games I have ever played in my life. In something like Rimworld, I care about my colonists, and try to make them happy and safe. In this, I actively *hate* my colonists and colony. The more people you have, the worse things get and I don't think you can't stop the colony growth. Some things are covered in the tutorial but there's a lot of non-intuitive stuff you will struggle with until you figure out what the stupid design actually is, because…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2/10 tutorial sucks. Graphics are nice.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the Moebius -style art. This game is an easy way to lose 200 hours.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm sorry that I slept on this game. Frostpunk and Rimworld combined with unique and beautiful art design. At forty hours, I think I have a handle on how to complete the rest of the scenarios (2/6 done), but I've restarted a few times after learning new mechanics and have played on Balanced Mode (there's a higher difficulty). It isn't perfect and I wouldn't expect the replayability of Rimworld—for multiple reasons including the developer studio's closing—but if you've enjoyed Frostpunk or both,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know why but anytime I boot it up it's just so uninteresting I end up playing for 10-15 mins at a time or just start to afk. I get too sleepy and just keep putting it off. Just not for me I guess.
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