Frozen Synapse Prime
Double Eleven · 2014 · Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactical, Sci-fi
PC
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About Frozen Synapse Prime
✦ AI summary
Lead a rebel strike team through a dystopian city in this fully rebuilt turn-based tactics game where you plot unit movements simultaneously with opponents to predict and outmaneuver them. Battle online in real-time or asynchronously across destructible 3D arenas with diverse mission types, customize your squad loadouts, and climb global leaderboards while replaying your greatest moments.
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Take on the role of Tactics in a brand new Frozen Synapse experience. Lead a rebel faction to overthrow a powerful corporation controlling the city of Markov Geist.
Control an elite strike team of futuristic soldiers - From shotgunners and snipers, to grenadiers and machine-gunners in the ultimate turn-based strategy game. Plot paths and issue orders to your units, test your plans and predict your opponent in each turn. Combat plays out on procedural, 3D, destructible and customizable battlefields.
Play online to become the ultimate tactician – Synchronous play allows you to battle against players live. Asynchronous multiplayer enables you to compete in multiple games simultaneously.
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We’ve rebuilt the original Frozen Synapse from the ground up to provide a more immersive and accessible experience, while enhancing everything that made the original so great.
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A Reimagined Frozen Synapse Experience\
Take on the role of Tactics in a brand new Frozen Synapse experience. Lead a rebel faction to overthrow a powerful corporation controlling the city of Markov Geist.
Control an elite strike team of futuristic soldiers - From shotgunners and snipers, to grenadiers and machine-gunners in the ultimate turn-based strategy game. Plot paths and issue orders to your units, test your plans and predict your opponent in each turn. Combat plays out on procedural, 3D, destructible and customizable battlefields.
Play online to become the ultimate tactician – Synchronous play allows you to battle against players live. Asynchronous multiplayer enables you to compete in multiple games simultaneously.
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Key Features\
- Rich single player campaign with 40+ challenging missions set in a dystopian future
- Multiplayer suite with asynchronous and synchronous play options, player matchmaking, preset map, squad options and more!
- In addition to classic death match, games involve protecting VIPs, rescuing hostages, infiltrating and controlling bases and collecting items to score points
- Save your matches and share your favourites with friends using the Replay Theatre!
- Global leaderboards allow you to view a player’s match records and statistics
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Gameplay Enhancements\
We’ve rebuilt the original Frozen Synapse from the ground up to provide a more immersive and accessible experience, while enhancing everything that made the original so great.
- New Full 3D Presentation - Experience the world of Frozen Synapse like never before. Newly design characters models, destructible arenas, cinematic replays, kill cams, dynamic lighting, audio and visual effects
- Powered Up Tactics – Devise new strategies with Slide, Sweep, Room Selection, Targeting, dynamic cones-of-vision alongside a host of additional enhancements
- Relive the action – Replay Theatre records all your multiplayer matches, friends battles and the world’s best face offs
- Plus a huge amount of new content and improvements, balanced with feedback from the fans of the original. Check them all out in our community hub.
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Overhauled Multiplayer Experience\
- Challenge players online, or compete asynchronously against friends around the world
- A suite of new options for finding, joining, creating and customizing your own matches
- Global leaderboards showcase you, your friends and the best of the Frozen Synapse Community
- New scoring, match objectives and intelligent matchmaking promotes competitive and fair match-ups
- Learn from the pros - Pick up tips and tactics, in specific match-types from the Replay Theatre’s pick of the top matches
- Manage and make turns in multiple games at once, via your ‘Active Matches’ list
Frozen Synapse Prime Steam Edition\
- Exclusive new Arena Mode - Battle in unique and challenging scenarios, designed to empower you to strategize in new ways and utilize the terrain like never before
- Play with keyboard and mouse, mouse only, or controller only
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Soundtrack includes all music tracks from the original game, plus the ‘Red Pack’ expansion
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
[h1] You set the mark points then watch your troops in action. For me game is very boring and takes a lot of time and patience just to play single mission that it's not worth it. You can run simulation and see the outcome, but really it makes the experience even slower. On plus side there's plenty of actions to choose from so strategic element is pretty complex nonetheless in practice you will just narrow your choices to a few simple actions. Graphic wise game is set in cybernetic like simulation so it looks mostly like MGS VR missions. Music is ok and feels a bit nostalgic to me. You might find some enjoyment if you're into strategy games. [/h1]17 found this helpful
Original is way better but its an ok game to kill time I guess4 found this helpful
Frozen Synapse Prime attempts to reinvent a beloved indie tactical masterpiece by dressing its signature simultaneous-turn-based combat in a sleek, dystopian cyberpunk aesthetic. The core concept centers on commanding a squad of elite strike forces, utilizing a unique mechanical hook where both players program complex movement and targeting vectors simultaneously before watching the five-second execution phase unfold in real time. Visually, the title shifts away from the abstract, minimalist neon wireframes of the original game in favor of fully rendered 3D environments, detailed character models, and a highly stylized futuristic presentation. This tactical framework initially promises a deeply cerebral, high-stakes game of psychological warfare and meticulous positioning designed to reward precise planning and anticipation. However, a cluttered visual presentation and a notably clunky user interface heavily compromise the execution, turning what should be a sharp tactical exercise into a tedious chore. The transition to dense 3D graphics frequently obscures sightlines and makes it difficult to read lines of fire at a glance, while the counter-intuitive camera controls make precis…
I still play this in 2026. It may not have been everyone's favorite, but the visuals were unique, and it was interesting. It didn't deserve death. I hope one day, maybe, the game will see interest again.
Too tedious for me.
well done
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