Games like Frozen Synapse
If Frozen Synapse is your kind of game, the closest matches are Frozen Synapse Prime, Synchronicity and Warhammer 40,000: Regicide — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and intense. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Frozen Synapse: Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.
Players who liked Frozen Synapse also play
Steam players who put hours into Frozen Synapse also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Frozen Synapse Prime
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Frozen Synapse.
Top pick for Frozen Synapse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Frozen Synapse.
Take on the role of Tactics, leading a rebel faction to overthrow a powerful corporation controlling the virtual city of Markov Geist. Control an elite strike team of futuristic soldiers; plot paths and issue orders to your units, test your plans and predict your opponent in each turn.
Synchronicity
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Frozen Synapse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
1v1 turn-based tactics, online or vs a practice-AI in a futuristic cyberpunk setting. Plan 3 steps in advance while your opponent does the same. Mind-game and outsmart your opponent with a variety of abilities, destructible and penetrable environments and a good strategy.
Warhammer 40,000: Regicide
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Frozen Synapse.
Third-strongest match for Frozen Synapse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Warhammer 40,000: Regicide is a brutal take on one of the greatest turn based strategy games of all time. Regicide fuses multiple phases of gameplay with dynamic action. Maneuver your army into place and unleash a devastating array of tactical abilities to crush your enemies.
Frozen Synapse 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Frozen Synapse.
Ranked #4 for Frozen Synapse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Frozen Synapse 2 is the sequel to the award-winning turn-based tactical game. Command your squads in a vast procedurally generated city: enter any building, perform any mission, execute any strategy.
Hex Gambit
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Frozen Synapse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
A fresh take on turn-based strategy! Battle the AI in single player, then join our community-wide turf war, the Apex Cup. Easy to learn, with tons of room for tactical creativity.
Ascension: Deckbuilding Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Frozen Synapse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Frozen Synapse.
Ascension: Deckbuilding Game is now available for your PC and Mac, complete with 9 full expansion decks! Play alone or with friends to battle against the Fallen One for honor and victory. Conceived and designed by Justin Gary, Ascension will provide hours of engaging and strategic game play for enthusiasts and experienced gamers alike.
Skulls of the Shogun
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Frozen Synapse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Enter the Samurai Afterlife and join forces with vibrant ghost-samurai warriors, magical animal monks, and mustachioed samurai generals. It's fast-paced turn-based strategy inspired by Advance Wars, and supercharged with fighting-game flare!
Hive
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Frozen Synapse.
Ranked #8 for Frozen Synapse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Officially licensed version of the "Mensa Select" award-winning board game! Hive is a board game with a difference. There is no board! The pieces are added to the playing area thus creating the board.
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No Plan B
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Frozen Synapse.
Reviewers of Frozen Synapse cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.
Breach & Clear
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Frozen Synapse.
Reviewers of Frozen Synapse cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Frozen Synapse.
Breach & Clear brings deep tactical strategy simulation to PC, Mac and Linux! Build your Special Operations team, plan and execute advanced missions, and own every angle.Choose your real-world squad -- US Army Rangers, Germany's KSK, Canada’s JTF2, UK SAS, and more -- and take on a variety of foes with different skill-sets and...
Breach & Clear: Deadline Rebirth (2016)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Frozen Synapse.
Reviewers of Frozen Synapse cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
A deadly new breed of human monster is on the rise, and it’s up to players to stop the infestation before it spreads. Breach & Clear: DEADline Rebirth is a new and greatly improved version of B&C: Deadline, the follow-up to Breach & Clear, the critically acclaimed hybrid tactical strategy game.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Frozen Synapse.
Reviewers of Frozen Synapse cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.
Rainbow Sea
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Frozen Synapse cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Rainbow Sea is a multi-ending adventure with pixel-art style based on the myth of the traditional Japanese gods — Seven Lucky Gods. You explore inside a treasure ship and make choices to change the storyline. All twenty two endings are true endings, and only you can know the authentic story.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Frozen Synapse at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Frozen Synapse on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Frozen Synapse on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Frozen Synapse.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Frozen Synapse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Frozen Synapse.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Frozen Synapse on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Frozen Synapse on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~68% under Frozen Synapse on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Frozen Synapse.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Frozen Synapse.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Frozen Synapse.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Frozen Synapse 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Frozen Synapse.
Another title from Mode 7, the studio behind Frozen Synapse. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
Frozen Synapse 2 is the sequel to the award-winning turn-based tactical game. Command your squads in a vast procedurally generated city: enter any building, perform any mission, execute any strategy.
Frozen Cortex
WHY THIS
Shares asynchronous multiplayer and an intense mood with Frozen Synapse.
Another title from Mode 7, the studio behind Frozen Synapse. Shares Strategy and Indie with Frozen Synapse.
A hard-hitting simultaneous-turn-based tactical game from the creators of Frozen Synapse. Defeat your opponent’s plans on a randomly-generated playfield in this brutal futuresport.
TIME STRIKE
WHY THIS
Another title from Mode 7, the studio behind Frozen Synapse. Shares Indie with Frozen Synapse.
TIME STRIKE is a single-player FPS that gives you maximum control: stop time to dodge projectiles, rip down walls, line up a headshot, and flip flying debris into hapless enemies. CONTROL TIME. CONTROL SPACE.
Frequently asked about Frozen Synapse
- Does Frozen Synapse work on Steam Deck?
- Frozen Synapse is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Frozen Synapse cost?
- Frozen Synapse is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Frozen Synapse have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Frozen Synapse supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Frozen Synapse?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Frozen Synapse are Frozen Synapse Prime, Synchronicity, Warhammer 40,000: Regicide.
- Who developed Frozen Synapse?
- Frozen Synapse was developed by Mode 7.
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