Frozen Synapse

Frozen Synapse
Storefront logo of Frozen Synapse
Developer(s)Mode 7 Games
Publisher(s)Mode 7 Games
Director(s)Ian Hardingham
Producer(s)Paul Taylor
Designer(s)
  • Ian Hardingham
  • Robin Cox
Programmer(s)Ian Hardingham
Artist(s)Paul Taylor
Writer(s)Paul Taylor
Composer(s)Paul Taylor
EngineTorque
Platform(s)Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iPadOS, Android, iOS
Release
26 May 2011
  • Windows, Mac OS X
  • 26 May 2011
  • Linux
  • 28 September 2011
  • iPadOS
  • 26 May 2013
  • Android
  • 8 June 2013
  • iOS
  • 8 January 2014
Genre(s)Turn-based tactics
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Frozen Synapse is a turn-based tactics video game developed by independent game developer Mode 7 Games, in which players plan their moves at their leisure and turns are resolved simultaneously. Players attempt to win by giving orders to a small squad of armed combatants, most commonly with the goal of eliminating all enemy units.

The game has online multiplayer, a single-player campaign, and a skirmish mode.[1] The game and its soundtrack formed part of the Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle[2] between 28 September and 12 October 2011, which ultimately grossed over $1 million and had over 230,000 downloads.[3]

It is set in a dystopian cyberpunk future, in which the player assumes the role of a tactical commander assisting a resistance faction in a struggle against a corporate government regime which has used its power to manipulate the populace, or is pitted against other commanders (human or AI) in a skirmish or multiplayer setting.

  1. ^ "A Simultaneous Turn-Based Strategy Game / Turn-Based Tactical Game!". Frozen Synapse. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. ^ Rob Zacny (28 September 2011). "New Humble Bundle offers Frozen Synapse, other Frozenbyte games". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  3. ^ Matt Purslow (5 October 2011). "Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle makes over $1 million". PC Gamer. Retrieved 28 May 2012.