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- Updated May 4, 2026
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- Released: 2015
- Developer: Christopher Cinq-Mars Jarvis
- Price: $1.99checked Nov 2
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 57% of 46 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Casual
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Educational for vocabulary expansion
- Friendly seed sharing for challenges
- Rewards lateral thinking over memorization
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Contemplative
About Synonymy
The closest matches to Synonymy: Sokobond, Typefighters (Steam Edition), Mini Words - minimalist puzzle, Chants of Sennaar, and Lingo 2. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Synonymy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sokobond, Typefighters (Steam Edition) and Mini Words - minimalist puzzle — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its leaderboard scoring and multiplayer seed sharing. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Synonymy: Synonymy is a non-profit, educational word game narrated by Richard Dawkins where players are challenged to find a path between random words through their network of synonyms. By taking the synonym of a word, and then a synonym of that synonym, and so on, you can ultimately arrive at any other word in a language.
Is Synonymy worth buying?
Too few reviews to call
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- Only 46 Steam reviews so far, not enough to judge.
- Price: $1.99 (checked Nov 2).
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Educational for vocabulary expansion
- Friendly seed sharing for challenges
- Rewards lateral thinking over memorization
- Short bursts of engaging play
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Accepts "cool" and "big" as synonyms for "late" but not "deny" as a synonym for "omit". Overpriced at 2 bucks.”
“Was hoping to convert fly into elephant, but then: "arch - nose - bow - arch" Done in 24 seconds on middle difficulty with 4600+ points earned. Unfortunably, game didn't even let me take a screeenshot of my success.”
People who play it also play: Sokobond, Typefighters (Steam Edition), Mini Words - minimalist puzzle
Frequently asked about Synonymy
Can I run it?
Does Synonymy run on Steam Deck?
Synonymy is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Synonymy cost?
Synonymy is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Synonymy have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Synonymy supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer).
What games are most similar to Synonymy?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Synonymy are Sokobond, Typefighters (Steam Edition), Mini Words - minimalist puzzle.
Who developed Synonymy?
Synonymy was developed by Christopher Cinq-Mars Jarvis.